Shane Taylor
Birth nameMark Andrew Shepherd
Born (1985-12-31) December 31, 1985[1]
Cleveland, Ohio
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Shane Taylor
Jack Frost[2]
Billed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2][3]
Billed weight338 lb (153 kg)
Billed fromCleveland, Ohio
Trained byRaymond Rowe
DebutNovember 13, 2007

Mark Andrew Shepherd[4] (born December 31, 1985), better known by his ring name Shane Taylor, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is a former ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion with Shane Taylor Promotions teammates Moses and Kaun and a former ROH World Television Champion.[5][6] He also competes in ROH's sister promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

Background

Shepherd grew up in the slums of Cleveland.[7] His father was a drug dealer but did not want his son to follow on the same path and advised him to go to school. Shepherd studied business management, graduating in 2009.[7] He also practiced boxing for 20 years and played American football during his university years.[8] He is now married and has children.[7]

Career

Ring of Honor (2014–present)

Debut and Pretty Boy Killers (2014–2017)

Shepherd made his first match in ROH on November 15, 2014, during a dark match at Glory By Honor XIII under the name Shane Taylor, where he lost to J. Diesel.[9] During 2015, he made a few tag team matches with Keith Lee, most of which were not televised, and made themselves known under the name of "Pretty Boy Killers".

On August 27, 2016, during Field of Honor, they participated in a gauntlet tag team match in order to have an opportunity for the ROH World Tag Team Championship, but this match was won by The Addiction.[10] At All Star Extravaganza VIII, they received another chance to have a championship match for these belts alongside The All Night Express, War Machine and the team of Colt Cabana and Dalton Castle, but Lee and Taylor lost the match.[11] In early January, Taylor signed his first contract with the Ring of Honor.[12] On February 3, 2017, they faced The Briscoe Brothers, where the match ended in a no contest. The team was then disbanded following the departure of Keith Lee from ROH.

Champion pursuits and Television Champion (2017–2021)

Taylor then joined the team of The Rebellion, which also included Rhett Titus, Kenny King and Caprice Coleman. However, this team was dissolved a few months later, during Best in the World after they lost to Search and Destroy.[13] On the third day of Global Wars, on October 14, he defeated Josh Woods.[14] On October 20, he defeated Cheeseburger and received a shot for the ROH World Television Championship.[15]

During the year 2018, Taylor lost several matches to become a challenger in the World Television Championship as well as the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship on June 2 by partnering with The Dawgs.[16] On October 12, at Glory by Honor XVI, he lost to Hangman Page.[17] At the end of December, he signed an exclusive contract with ROH.[18]

On May 9, at War of the Worlds, he defeated Jeff Cobb, as well as Brody King and Hirooki Goto and became ROH World Television Champion.[19] On June 28, he defeated Bandido at Best in the World 2019 and retained his title.[20] On September, ROH announced, as part of a storyline where he criticized the promotion’s lack of interest on his booking, they ended Taylor's contract with the promotion.[21] At Death Before Dishonor XVII on September 27, he retained his title by beating Dragon Lee, Tracy Williams and Flip Gordon.[22] After several successful title defenses during the federation tour in England during the month of October, he finally lost his belt to Dragon Lee at Final Battle on December 13.[23]

In 2020, ROH would go on hiatus for most of the spring and summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After ROH resumed operations, Taylor returned and defeated Jay Briscoe at Final Battle. Then on the February 20, 2021, broadcast of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Taylor, Kaun and Moses would defeat MexiSquad (Bandido, Flamita, and Rey Horus) to win the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship.

All Elite Wrestling (2022–present)

Tayloe made his AEW debut on AEW Dark with JD Griffey defeating Dante Casanova & Mr. G.[24]

IMPACT Wrestling (2022)

Taylor made his Impact debut on September 8, during Before the Impact in a loss against Crazzy Steve.[25]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ↑ "Shane Taylor". Twitter. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Shane Taylor". Cagematch. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Shane Taylor". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Shane Taylor, en exclusiva: 'Compré mi contrato para que nadie me despidiera y me volví agente libre'". 22 December 2019.
  5. ↑ Powell, Jason (2018-06-17). "6/16 ROH in Dallas results: New ROH TV Champion crowned, The Briscoes vs. Killer Elite Squad for the ROH Tag Titles, Cody vs. Shane Taylor, The Young Bucks vs. The Boys, Jay Lethal vs. Marty Scurll vs. Flip Gordon". Ring of Honor.
  6. ↑ "Title Reigns « ROH World Television Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  7. 1 2 3 "How Shane Taylor Went From a Rough Cleveland Neighborhood to ROH Television Champion". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Shane Taylor lets his hands do the talking". Canöe SLAM!. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "ROH 11/15/15 Glory By Honor XIII Results". PWPonderings. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "ROH Field of Honor Results 8.27.16". 411 Mania. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "Csonka's ROH All Star Extravaganza Review 9.30.16". 411Mania. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "ROH Contract News on Adam Page & Donovan Dijak. More on Keith lee's Departure". 411Mania. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  13. ↑ "McNEILL's ROH Best In The World 2017 PPV Report 6/23: Young Bucks vs. War Machine, Daniels vs. Cody". PWTorch. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017..
  14. ↑ "ROH Global Wars Results: Columbus, Ohio (October 14, 2017)". Sports Keeda. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  15. ↑ "12/15 Powell's ROH Final Battle 2017 live review: Cody vs. Dalton Castle for the ROH Title, The Briscoes vs. Bully Ray and Tommy Dreamer in a street fight, Marty Scurll vs. Jay Lethal, four-way elimination for the ROH TV Title". ProWrestling. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  16. ↑ "ROH on SBG #356". Cagematch. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  17. ↑ "10/12 ROH GLORY BY HONOR report: Live coverage of Jay Lethal vs. Silas Young for the world title, Cody & The Young Bucks vs. SCU for the six-man titles". PWTorch. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  18. ↑ "SHANE TAYLOR SIGNS EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT WITH ROH". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  19. ↑ "ROH 05/11/19 War of the Worlds Grand Rapids Results". PWPonderings. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  20. ↑ "ROH Best in The World 2019 : Eli Drake à l'honneur, Flip Gordon est un vilain et Matt Taven reste au sommet" (in French). VoxCatch. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  21. ↑ "ROH anuncia la recisión de contrato de Shane Taylor". 16 September 2019.
  22. ↑ "ROH 09/27/19 Death Before Dishonor 2019 Results". PWPonderings. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  23. ↑ "Csonka's ROH Final Battle 2019 Review". 411 Mania. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  24. ↑ "AEW Dark (1/31) Stream And Results: Top Flight, Konosuke Takeshita, Shane Taylor Promotions, More". fightful. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  25. ↑ Haulotte, Kellie (2022-09-08). "Shane Taylor's Impact Wrestling Debut Shown On BTI". Wrestling Inc. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  26. ↑ "Jon Moxley Tops 2020 PWI 500 List, Top 100 Revealed •".
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