Mark Shepherd (born December 31, 1985), better known by his ring name Shane Taylor, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his stint in Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is former ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions with Shane Taylor Promotions teammates Moses and Kaun. He is also a former ROH World Television Champion. Background Shepherd grew up in the slums of Cleveland. 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. He also practiced boxing for 20 years and played American football during his university years. He is now married and has children. Career Ring of Honor (2014-2021) 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. 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. 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. In early January, Taylor signed his first contract with the Ring of Honor. 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. On the third day of Global Wars, on October 14, he defeated Josh Woods. On October 20, he defeated Cheeseburger and received a shot for the ROH World Television Championship. During the year 2018, Taylor lost several matches to become a challenger in