Set your nostalgia phasers to stun, because that is indeed a Bushwhacker inside the squared circle at a Ring of Honor event.
During the ROH television tapings in Philadelphia on Friday night, Luke Williams (better known as WWE Hall of Famer Bushwacker Luke) appeared live to help out Cheeseburger.
BUSHWHACKER LUKE IS HERE @ringofhonor #ROH #NJPW pic.twitter.com/bZLBugMYhR
— Santiago Sent Me (@NickGator) August 22, 2015
Bushwhacker Luke saves Cheeseburger! #ROH pic.twitter.com/fMAGx5o4qp — Aaron Oster (@TheAOster) August 22, 2015
Bushwacker Luke #ROH #Philly pic.twitter.com/qunVlPn2FM — Tuco (@CNega33) August 22, 2015
Per PWInsider.com:
“Cheeseburger came out to the ring to toss t-shirts to the fans when Bob Evans and an apparent new protege, dressed like him and also with a shaved head, run in and attack Cheeseburger. Evans yells at cheeseburger and says a mascot is all he’ll ever be, but then Bushwhacker Luke comes out and brawls with Evans. Luke and Cheeseburger hit the battering ram on Evans’ protege and celebrate in the ring.”
Many fan comments in the photo gallery ROH posted on Facebook referred to Luke as a Sheepherder, which is what the Bushwhackers were known as during their pre-WWE years, winning countless championships around the world.
Luke was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a Bushwhacker, along with Butch Miller, in 2015.
Editor’s Note
*does the Bushwhacker march*