Episode 395 of Ring of Honor TV features the continuation of the feud between Silas Young and Jonathan Gresham and Crocket Cup tag team qualifiers.
The fallout begins as Ring of Honor returns to Las Vegas and its usual pre-taped format after their groundbreaking show with New Japan Pro Wrestling at Madison Square Garden last weekend. New champions and new angles are aplenty, but we will have to wait a bit to see them as we are still in the TV tapings that were recorded before the MSG show. Nevertheless ROH put on a great episode for the week. Here are the major takeaways.
Dinosaurs Walk Among Us
Luchasaurus is a name that may be familiar to some people, while others may know him from his other giant snake monster character, Vibora, from Lucha Underground. Formerly known as Judas Devlin in WWE developmental Florida Championship Wrestling, Luchasaurus has been all around the professional wrestling world and has played many different characters. He only recently showed up in ROH in the same batch of newcomers as PJ Black, another former WWE employee.
Shane Taylor, on the other hand, has been around for quite some time. Originally making his mark in the tag team The Pretty Boy Killers alongside Keith Lee, he has made ROH his home for several years. Now running with the heel stable of Silas Young, Bully Ray and The Briscoe Brothers, Taylor has a more established position in the company and constantly puts on solid matches for the fans.
The match revolved around the idea that Taylor is territorial and wanted to constantly remind Luchasaurus that ROH is Taylor’s company. But this constant jaw-jacking made him open to the karate-inspired offense of Luchasaurus. Luchasaurus employed mostly kicks in this bout while Taylor relied on his powerful strikes and his feats of strength. Both men had decent stretches of offense with Luchasaurus hitting a standing moonsault and scoring a big spinning back kick, which he calls The Tail Whip.
But in the end it was the strength of Taylor that would help set up the finish as Taylor executed a judo throw, a knee strike, and his finisher Greetings From 216 (sit-out piledriver) to keep Luchasaurus down for the count.