Backstage Update On Shannon Moore Inside, Brooke Hogan, More

Shannon Moore, who had been off television since the 5/27 SmackDown taping, made his return to the ring at last nights ECW taping. He lost to Mike Knox in a brief match. On the heels of the 6/9 drug suspension of his tag team partner Jimmy Wang Yang, Moore was taken off the road following that week's tour Down Under. During the tour, Moore formed makeshift tag teams with Jamie Noble and Funaki, losing to the likes of Vladimir Koslov and The Great Khali in handicap matches.

In other Moore related-news, during his time away, Daily-Slam.com conducted an interview with him regarding his tattoo parlor in North Carolina. Moore said his shop has tattooed a number of wrestlers including Jeff Hardy, Ashley Massaro, Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder. Moore also said that Shawn Michaels, Lance Cade and referee Marty Elias were coming to his parlor this week due to WWE's tour of North Carolina.

As noted yesterday here on the site, the 10 p.m. debut of Brooke Hogan's new reality show "Brooke Knows Best" did a 1.6 cable rating. A The 11:30pm replay did a 1.0. Another replay at 1:30 a.m. Monday morning did a 0.6. The 1 p.m. edition of the show (which aired before the 10 p.m. Sunday debut) did a 0.8 cable rating. The four shows combined did 4.0 cable rating for VH1.