Shane Taylor believes that Ring Of Honor is on the right course.
After five years of not visiting the venue, Ring Of Honor returned to the Hammerstein Ballroom on December 20, 2024, hosting the annual Final Battle event. The promotion has hosted the Final Battle event at the venue on numerous occasions in the past dating all the way back to 2008.
While chatting with Fightful during WrestleCade weekend, Shane Taylor championed the promotion's decision to return to the venue.
"It's a homecoming. For someone who shocked the world five years ago to win the Ring of Honor Television Championship, World Television Championship, to be the only third black male in the company's almost 20+ year history to do that. It's incredible and to now, here we are, Final Battle 2024, back at the Hammerstein. It really does give you that feel, that Ring of Honors headed back to where it should be, and that is the birthplace of innovation, the birthplace of producing badass events and badass pro wrestling."
Taylor went on to talk about how Ring Of Honor used to feel like a destination.
"To me, it’s just been par for the course. This is what I do. This is what we do this is what we've always done and that is put Ring of Honor at the forefront and continue to make sure that we are one of the most felt presences in ROH, that we will be respected and we will do anything and everything we have to do in order to make sure that people understand that. I think the difference though, right? Ring of Honor prior, felt like a destination. Ring of Honor had a reputation and its champions had a reputation of proving we are the best night in and night out."
Taylor continued on and said that a majority of Ring Of Honor titles are just passed around like partcipation trophies these days.
"Whether that be just in a ROH ring or it be outside an ROH ring, even on the independents, Ring of Honor champions stood for something. Ring of Honor championships stood for something. Now, I feel like outside of a few champions like a Lee Moriarty or like an Athena, like a Red Velvet. Ring of Honor championships are passed around like participation trophies."
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