Dexter Lumis

Samuel Robert Shaw (born January 17, 1984) is an American professional wrestler.

He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Dexter Lumis.

Shaw was born on January 1984, in Jacksonville, Florida.

He attended Allen D. Nease High School in St. Augustine, Florida and graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2006.

Shaw made his way to Orlando to work as an illustrator for Universal Studios, after which he returned to his hometown of Jacksonville and began working for the Riverside Arts Market drawing caricatures, with a side business creating "pet ornaments," drawing pictures of people's pets on Christmas ornaments.

Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Shaw started his professional wrestling career in 2007 on the independent circuit.

After training with Curtis Hughes at the WWA4 Wrestling School, Shaw made his professional wrestling debut on September 21, 2007, at World League Wrestling, where he teamed up with Tookie Tucker to defeat Marco Cordova and Otis Idol in a tag team match.

Shaw lost to Bruce Santee on August 3, 2009, at Full Impact Pro.

On April 18, 2009, Shaw debuted for Vintage Wrestling defeating Nooie Lee on his debut.

Just over a month later on May 30, Shaw defeated Glacier to become the first Vintage Heavyweight Champion.

Over the months, Shaw would defend his championship on multiple occasions against the likes of Tyson Tomko and Jesse Neal.

He is also known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he performed as Sam Shaw and Samuel Shaw from 2010 to 2015.

In 2010, he signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he won the TNA Gut Check challenge in 2012 before spending a stint in its then-developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling, later returning in 2013.

On August 21, 2010, he took on VSK at Victory Pro Wrestling in a match for VPW New York State Championship.

Shaw was also part of a Gold Rush Rumble.

He lost both matches.

On May 18 Shaw teamed up with Q. T. Marshall in a losing effort to the Briscoe Brothers for Ring of Honor.

He has also wrestled sporadically for Pro Wrestling Extreme.

Shaw's first appearance for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) was on August 8, 2010, in Hardcore Justice as Lupus, Shaw attacked Tommy Dreamer in his match against Raven before he was attacked by special referee Mick Foley with a Mandible Claw.

Shaw's first match for TNA came on August 9, 2010, in a dark match against Jesse Neal which he lost.

On the December 30 episode of TNA Impact!, Shaw accompanied Jeff Jarrett to the ring as part of his entourage in his $100,000 Double J MMA Challenge against Little Red.

Shaw would finally lose the championship to Thomas Marr on February 2, 2011.

On April 17, Shaw would become a second-time champion after winning the vacant Vintage Heavyweight Championship and would lose it to Jesse Neal on September 11.

In 2011, Shaw participated in the King Of The State tournament and reached the finals before losing to Francisco Ciatso.

On May 14, Shaw would win his third Vintage Heavyweight Championship by defeating Aaron Epic.

On September 3, Shaw was part of a title vs title match where the Vintage Heavyweight Championship and the Vintage Internet Championship were on the line, Shaw won the match after Simon Sez was disqualified which also meant the championship would not change hands.

On August 8, 2011, in his debut match for Florida Underground Wrestling, he took on Romeo Razel and Sideshow in a three-way match and won, this would lead to a shot at the FUW Heavyweight Champion, Bruce Santee, which Shaw lost.

He lost the Vintage Heavyweight Championship to Francisco Ciatso on June 6, 2012.

His last match for the company took place a month later in a fatal four-way match for the Vintage Heavyweight Championship which Milo Beasley won.

On June 28, 2012, he took on Wes Brisco FUW Cuban Heavyweight Championship, where he lost.

His last match for FUW came in the form of a win on June 30 against James Alexander.

In 2012, Shaw was a participant in the monthly Gut Check on IMPACT.

Although his chances were nearly ruined after he was attacked by Aces & Eights, Shaw got a second chance the following week and was defeated by Doug Williams in his Gut Check match.

The Gut Check judges were impressed and awarded Shaw a contract and a spot on the TNA roster.

In actuality, Shaw was signed to a developmental contract.

Shaw returned to Impact Wrestling on November 22, defeating fellow Gut Check winner Alex Silva.

On January 12, 2013, Shaw appeared at TNA X-Travaganza, wrestling in a seven-man Xscape match, which was won by Christian York, that aired on April 5, 2013.

On March 17, 2013, Shaw appeared at TNA Hardcore Justice 2 where he was part of a nine-man Hardcore Gauntlet Battle Royal, which was won by Shark Boy, that aired on July 5, 2013.

Upon departing TNA in 2015, Shaw returned to the independent wrestling scene for the next five years until signing with WWE in 2019.

He was released in April 2022, and returned once more to the independent circuit before returning to WWE in August 2022.