Former WWE Star Chyna is probably the most controversial female star in the history of the company and a possible Hall Of Fame induction for her is one of the most discussed topics among wrestling fans.
While her achievements in the ring provide more than enough reasons to earn her a spot into the prestigious group, the career path she chose after leaving the company puts officials in a tough place to make a decision on the same.
Since yesterday was the birthday of the deceased star, this topic was bound to find its way back into the spotlight and it was none other than her former teammate X Pac who brought it back into the people’s attention.
X Pac, real name Sean Waltman belongs to the group of stars who knew Chyna personally. He remembered the former IC Champion on her birthday via the following tweet, while also hoping that she will be honored the day before WrestleMania this time:
With WWE promoting women’s revolution strongly on their programming, X Pac’s comments about this being the right time to induct Chyna make a lot of sense.
However, the big question is if the company will be able to forget the issues related to her past since moving on from wrestling to be able to finally induct her into the Hall Of Fame this time?
Recently, former WWE Champion Kane joined ex-Tag Team partner Sean “X-Pac” Waltman’s podcast, “X-Pac 12360.” The pair reminisced about their days teaming together in the late ’90s, which included two WWE Tag Team Championship runs. Kane debuted in WWE back in October of 1997. He interfered in the first-ever Hell In A Cell (HIAC) match at the Badd Blood: In Your House pay-per-view (PPV).
Kane hit his storyline brother, The Undertaker, with a Tombstone, allowing Shawn Michaels to win the match. Over the next few years, Kane’s character was portrayed as a silent monster with little personality other than evil. However, that all began to change when he aligned himself with D-Generation X’s X-Pac in the late ’90s. Kane slowly started to come out of his shell and became more relatable to WWE audiences.
He even had an on-screen companion in Tori. Kane said that his run with X-Pac really “humanized” the Kane character:
“It was great. It helped me out tremendously. Because up until that point Kane had just been like a emotionless monster and what that did for me, our tag team, was it really helped round out my character because it showed that Kane has feelings and all that stuff which I never had before.
“It humanized me enough that people could relate much better, but all that stuff it really helped my character in, in my career. And all the stuff we got to do man, it was a blast, and like you said a lot of times when you have tag teams that are bookends having something that contrasted so much and was so unique and we can have great matches with anybody.”
What do you make of Kane’s comments regarding how teaming with X-Pac “humanized” his character?
Sean Waltman has commented on his friend Justin Credible’s recent arrest for assault.
Credible, whose real name is PJ Polaco, has had a series of arrests this year, the latest coming last Tuesday. Polaco is facing numerous charges, including misdemeanor assault, all in connection with allegedly violating an order of protection.
Waltman, who has publicly supported Polaco during his battle with addiction, had this to say regarding his friend and former tag team partner on X-Pac 12360.
“My heart hurts for him, and I love the guy,” Waltman said. I really care a lot about him. We try not to give up on people, because when I was ready to fight [addiction], people were there for me.
Waltman made it clear, though, that he expects Polaco to hold up his end of the bargain.
“He’s got to do his part. You’ve got to do your part,” he said. “I work with a rehab center, and that guy was ready to go pick him up and he wouldn’t go.”
“It’s so frustrating. But I kinda get it too.”
Further complicating Polaco’s situation is a documentary that is being filmed on his life. Waltman says that the film will capture all of Polaco’s recent issues.
“A documentary is a documentary,” Waltman said. “It’s not scripted. You don’t get to write the finish of the documentary.”
You can hear Waltman’s full comments on this issue in context below.
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News broke on Monday of WWE signing WALTER to be a part of the NXT brand in some form, likely first in NXT UK, and later in the likelihood that NXT Germany is established.
On this week’s X-Pac 12360, Sean Waltman gave his take on WWE signing WALTER, and specifically what having him in the locker room will mean.
“Walter is a hell of a commodity, the type of guy you want in your locker room,” Waltman said. “Not a bunch of guys who act like Walter.”
Waltman is likely referring to someone with WALTER’s natural aura and presence, something I can attest to having seen him perform live at an EVOLVE show in 2017.
WALTER has reportedly expressed no interest in joining Raw or Smackdown. Waltman sees this as the true expression of an independent contractor.
“Apparently it sounds like he knows what he wants,” Waltman said. “It’s not like he was begging to go anywhere. The buyers were coming.”
“It’s like a seller’s market, sort of, when there’s something really good to sell,” Waltman continued.
The full episode of X-Pac 12360 can be found below. When referencing this transcript, please credit SEScoops.com. This transcript has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Four Horsewoman of MMA, Jessamyn Duke, has been impressing her coaches at the WWE Performance Center. In fact, the former UFC fighter has been declared “a natural” much like her training partner, Ronda Rousey, has been.
Sean Waltman was backstage at NXT WarGames over the weekend. He mentioned that he was speaking to people backstage from developmental who are very impressed with Duke’s progression.
“I’m getting some high praise for Jessamyn Duke actually,” Waltman said on his latest podcast. “She’s doing fantastic from what I hear.”
Waltman said that is the opinion of those in high-up positions in developmental who are impressed with her. “Apparently, she is (a natural),” Waltman continued.
Jessamyn Duke WWE
Duke started her pro MMA career in 2012. She then competed on the Ultimate Fighter in 2013 and received Fight of the Night honors for her bout with Raquel Pennington.
By 2016, Duke was focussing on a Twitch video game streaming gig along with friend and teammate, Shayna Baszler. Once Baszler was signed to NXT and Rousey to WWE, Duke moved to Orlando and the team set up camp there. In May, she started training at the Performance Center along with Marina “the Supernova from Moldova” Shafir at the PC. Shafir is married to Roderick Strong and the couple had a child together last year.
Waltman, who sat backstage in the gorilla position for the bulk of the event, says that Gargano approached him for feedback and advice after his match with Aleister Black, but Waltman was at a loss for words.
“I said man, the shit you guys are doing now is so next-level, cutting edge, I’m just going to stand back and enjoy it,” Waltman said. “We can pick shit apart at a later date if there’s anything to pick apart.”
“It was just about as flawless of a match as it gets these days,” he said. “I watched that match and it was the one that I liked the most.”
Backstage At WarGames
Waltman also revealed some of the backstage discussion about Matt Riddle’s TakeOver debut.
“I was sitting there talking with Hunter before he went on. I was like, ‘Hey, have you ever seen Riddle and Kassius Ohno work before?’ because they’ve had matches before, and really good ones. He was like, ‘yeah, but they aren’t going to do a match tonight’ and he kind of told me the whole thing,” Waltman said.
“I liked that. I like where they’re going with that,” he said. “It’s going to give Ohno something to light a fire under his ass about, and turn it up a notch or two for him.”
Waltman also talks about his cameo on the WarGames show, the setting at the gorilla position, and breaks down each match on the event on this week’s show.
The full episode can be found below. When quoting this transcript, please credit SEScoops.com. This transcript has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Do you agree with X-Pac on Johnny Gargano’s match?
On the latest edition of X-Pac 12360, Sean Waltman talks Io Shirai, and on the possibility of Ronda Rousey taking on Shayna Baszler.
Evolution has been the talk of the wrestling world this week, and Waltman weighed in with his thoughts on the show.
Sean Waltman Talks Mickie James
“It was a fantastic show,” Waltman said. When discussing the opener, he had high praise for Mickie James.
“She was the MVP of that opening match for sure, she held that match together. She was the workhorse of that match. As far as value in their match goes, she might be the one that brought it the most the whole night.”
Sean Waltman Talks Io Shirai
Toni Storm defeated Io Shirai to win the Mae Young Classic at Evolution. But to Waltman, Shirai is something special.
“Io Shirai, she’s a big star. I’m watching her in there, and her ring presence, and watching her tie Toni Storm up, she has a big ole grin on her face, just owning it. She knows what’s up. She knows what to do in there. We’re gonna see a lot more of her,” Waltman said.
Sean Waltman Talks Baszler vs. Rousey
Two of MMA’s Four Horsewomen were victorious at Evolution. Ronda Rousey retained her Raw Women’s Championship in the main event, while Shayna Baszler became the first two-time NXT Women’s Champion earlier in the night.
Waltman says he can envision a marquee matchup between the two in the future.
“I look pretty far down the road, and I see some big money being made with Shayna Baszler vs. Ronda Rousey. Far down the road… both of them need more experience to be in there with each other in a huge match like that, but still I can see them out there.
Waltman breaks down the rest of the Evolution card, and also interviews famed wrestling trainer Dr. Tom Prichard, all on the latest edition of X-Pac 12360.
The full episode can be found below.
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The wrestling world is still abuzz from Roman Reigns’ shocking announcement during the latest episode of Raw where the Big Dog revealed his battle with leukemia and relinquished the Universal Championship.
During the latest episode of his X Pac 1,2,360 podcast, former WWE Superstar Sean Waltman talked about this announcement and the upcoming Crown Jewel PPV among other things.
Waltman talked about Reigns’ disease and said that the best treatment would be available for him and we are going to proceed with the belief that he is going to come through this and make a complete recovery.
Continuing on the topic, Sean talked about people expecting him to return to the ring soon and he said that the main thing is that we should forget about seeing him back in the ring and make sure that his daughter has a father while growing up.
Apart from this, Sean Waltman also discussed the vacant Universal Championship saying that you always need a plan b in today’s business. He said that he sees a big plan b in Braun Strowman and he thinks that WWE will go with him as the next Universal Champion.
As of this writing, not many details are available about Roman Reigns’ path of recovery so it’s hard to determine a timeframe for his return. You can check out some backstage details about his Raw promo here.
While Sean Waltman has made sporadic wrestling appearances every now and then since leaving WWE, it has still been a while since he last wrestled.
Though some latest comments from the former DX member make it seem like he could return to the ring in the near future, and wrestle on a bigger stage then many would imagine.
During a latest episode of his X Pac 1,2,360 podcast, Waltman talked about a number of wrestling-related topics, including the recent return of Neville and more.
Sean Waltman On Recent Offer
While talking about possibly wrestling again, Sean revealed that he was actually asked about it recently by NWA Vice President Dave Lagana. But he refused the offer because he can’t do justice to it at this time.
Though continuing on the topic, the former WWE Star said that he would like to have some singles matches before performing on a bigger stage as he would like to be sharper.
While not confirmed, this likely means that Sean is actually thinking about making an in-ring return and we may see him returning to action sooner rather than later.
Do you think Sean Waltman should return to wrestling as an active competitor? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section.
This past Monday on RAW, professional wrestling fans witnessed a rather disturbing moment. A Six-Woman Tag Team match took place between The Bella Twins and Natalya versus The Riott Squad. During the match, Brie Bella hit Liv Morgan with a series of YES! Kicks.
One of the kicks, however, hit Morgan square in the face. Morgan went limp and folded over, seemingly unconscious. Bella later dragged Morgan over to her corner and she was tagged out of the match. During the commercial break, Morgan was taken backstage to receive medical attention.
X-Pac’s Take
Former WWE star Sean “X-Pac” Waltman took to his podcast, X-Pac 12360, and offered his thoughts. Here’s what he had to say:
“The natural instinct when you get concussed, when you get knocked out, as soon as you come up is to get up and fight and keep going,” said Waltman. “It’s a really weird experience because you all of a sudden are laying on the ground and there’s this déjà vu thing. Happens every time I have a concussion. Even last year in the U.K, I got knocked out and it was the same thing all of a sudden I am on the ground on the mat having déjà vu going through my head.
“It’s a tough call in a situation like that on live TV and everyone is in the moment. I saw a clip of that and to me it just looks like the last one caught her because she was registering the kicks when she would get kicked. It was just their timing, it got messed up, it looked like to me. And as she was coming back down from registering the kick she got kicked with the last one. It looked like just the last one is what knocked her out to me.
“Sh-t happens, and no one means to do that… I am not gonna fault anyone for not doing anything if wasn’t part of protocol. However, this might be a good learning experience to start training the referees on what to do… That would be something I am pretty sure they’re already talking about.”
What do you make of Waltman’s comments regarding Morgan and Bella?
Sean Waltman has just announced his ex-wife and mother of his 2 children has passed away. Waltman announced the news recently to his followers on Twitter.
“I’m numb right now over the death of Terry, my wife of many years & the mother of my children. She lost her battle with Mental Illness & Addiction. She had 2 other children(7 &12)that my kids had to break the news to a short time ago. My heart hurts for them so bad right now.”
Responses To Sean Waltman Losing His Wife
Numerous wrestling personalities have reached out to Waltman to offer condolences. Konnan offered up the following message:
Stay strong for your kids they are gonna need it..Wish I could take away your pain my bro…If you feel like talking, please don't hesitate to call me…
“Hey Sean, I’m so sorry for your loss,” Tweeted Rocky Romero. “My heart goes out to you and your family. Take care my brother.”
The 46-year-old Waltman hasn’t wrestled since July but played a big part in the Starrcast festivities over All In weekend. Waltman performed a live version of his popular podcast, 12360 with X-Pac.
Shawn Michaels made his announced return to WWE Programming on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw, and the Undertaker followed him not too long after.
What’s interesting is that Michaels’ retirement was brought up multiple times during this segment. It made a lot of people wonder if this is an indication of things to come and if the company has any plans for these two to compete against each other.
During the latest episode of his X-Pac 1,2,360 podcast, Sean Waltman talked about the whole angle and claimed that WWE is planting seeds for a match between these two.
Sean first discussed the return of both the legends and said that the mic work Taker showed during the episode was the best from the former Champion he has ever seen.
He then talked about the tension that was built between these legends during the angle and said that he is pretty sure that the company was planting seeds for some kind of match between these two.
Waltman also explained why a match against the Dead Man is better for Shawn as opposed to the much-talked bout against AJ Styles, because the expectations would be too high if he wrestles the WWE Champion.
According to Sean Waltman, the Heartbreak Kid doesn’t want that pressure, and he will be able to tell a better story while wrestling with the Phenom because of the history between them.
Do you think WWE is planting seeds for a Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker match for somewhere down the line? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section.
Former WWE star Sean “X-Pac” Waltman has released a new episode of his podcast, X-Pac 12360. During the show, Waltman talked about several professional wrestling topics such as All In and The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels’ RAW segment.
Undertaker & Shawn Michaels
This past Monday, Undertaker and Michaels came face-to-face on RAW. The pair bickered about “The Deadman’s” chances against Triple H at the WWE Super Show-Down. Some fans have speculated it could be teasing a rematch between the pair at some point.
Waltman offered his thoughts on if he believes Undertaker and Michaels will run it back again:
“It was a magical moment. (RAW, HBK & Undertaker Segment) First Shawn {Michaels} comes out, he can carry something on his own just fine, he kills it on the mic everytime…Then Taker {Undertaker} comes out and it was the best Taker mic work I’ve ever seen.
“It was tremendous, very compelling between those two. I loved it. I’m pretty sure, I may be be going out on a limb here but I’m pretty sure this is planting a seed for some kind of Undertaker vs. Shawn, whether it’s a singles or some kind of a tag or triple-threat or something, I see that…
“It’s the history those two have… he {Shawn Michaels} can still go out there and do a lot of stuff but he doesn’t want the pressure I think; from talking to him; it’s not gonna be Undertaker vs. Shawn at Wrestlemania, where they had one of the greatest matches ever.”
Match Of The Night From All In
“X-Pac” then shifted his focus to All In. As for what he thinks was the match of the night, Waltman named Kenny Omega vs. Pentagon Jr. as his favorite:
“For me that was by far the best match on the show, however they bogarted time and I am little bummed that the Golden Elite versus {Rey} Mysterio, Bandido, {Rey} Fenix didn’t get the time they deserved.
“It was their show and they got screwed on the time, we have to stick to our time it’s inexcusable that that happened to those guys. It does take some points away from the match for me knowing that, but it was amazing and Marty Scurll is one of my favorites.
“They have amazing chemistry, told the best story and took their time on things. To me that was the match of the night.”
The news of Neville being released from his WWE contract broke out last week and since then people have been wondering what’s next for the former Cruiserweight Champion.
During the recent episode of his X-Pac 1,2,360 podcast, Sean Waltman talked about how much creative satisfaction matters, the now former WWE Star and what he should do next.
While talking about Neville and his future, Sean Waltman said that he should do something like a surprise All In appearance because he is a part of the conversation about the best wrestlers in the world:
“It’s better if he does a surprise at All In or something like that. He’s right up there in the conversation with the best in the world right now. The fans that are behind the All In and the whole indie movement, they put him on a pedestal, and they look at him in the light he deserves to be looked at.”
Neville walked away from Raw in October last year due to being unhappy with his bookings for a while and WWE decided to freeze the former NXT Star’s contract after that.
There had been no significant update on his status ever since then, up until last month. Things changed after Triple H was asked about him during a recent media call and there are a lot who believe that the Game played a role in getting Neville out of his contract.
Cabana filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court against Punk for breach of contract and fraud stemming from a defamation lawsuit they beat a few months ago. The lawsuit claims Punk promised to help Cabana with legal fees that were being accrued during the defamation case.
Now Cabana claims he has a text message from Punk saying his legal fees would be ‘100% covered.’ The lawsuit claims Punk didn’t live up to his promise. Cabana racked up a legal fee of $513,736.
Cabana also included an email from Punk saying “whatever my bill is currently will be cut in half and half will be yours. If you choose to make this ugly, that’s fine too. I hope you won’t but I gave up on you doing what is right a long time ago.”
Now Cabana is seeking $200,000 in general damages as well as another $1 million in punitive and exemplary damages.
Former WWE Superstar Sean “X-Pac” Waltman recently commented on Colt Cabana suing CM Punk on his podcast, X-Pac 12360. Here’s what X-Pac had to say:
“It’s worse than [being] at each other’s throat. When you say good friends, that’s an understatement. Punk used to live in Colt’s studio apartment with him. The whole thing is over money right?
“It’s really sad, especially when you know the two people and you’re fond of both of them, which I am. [CM] Punk, he can be unlikable, he has that quality, but I like him. Part of why I like him is because he’s unlikable. (laughs)”
Impact Wrestling and MLW’s Rich Swann began his pro-wrestling training at an early age. Swann was recently a guest on X-Pac’s 12360 podcast and talked about training to wrestle at an early age.
“I was going on 15 years old. Started training at 15 with Adam Flash and Darren Wyse,” Swann said. “They saved my life, they guided me in the right direction.”
Swann made his professional debut in 2008 at the age of 17.
Waltman said on the podcast that he feels wrestling saved his life too. Wrestling came into both Swann and Waltman’s lives at a time when they needed something to steer them away from trouble. Waltman was also only a teenager when he began his training as well.
When asked if there was anyone else his age on the scene when he began, Swann replied there wasn’t. “Just grown men, you know?” he said.
Swann debuted with Impact Wrestling this April and has become something of a crowd favorite. His match with Fenix from the tapings in Windsor was particularly well-received. He spoke to X-Pac about the time he’s had with Impact over the last 3-4 months.
“The roster is amazing,” Swann said of Impact Wrestling. “Wherever I land on IMPACT I am happy with because I’m just trying to have great matches and I am happy I am with IMPACT. The company is growing, it’s on national TV. The guys are wrestling everywhere it doesn’t matter if it’s Ring of Honor or New Japan… Slammiversary had a sprinkle of everything and it culminated and made it like ‘Boom this is IMPACT!’.”
Swann suffered a concussion during a preliminary match at the MLW Battle Riot tapings. The injury caused him to miss Slammiversary and the following two nights of tapings. He has since been cleared to compete once again and is scheduled to be at the August 12th and 13th tapings.
“The production value is amazing,” Swann continued to say regarding Impact. “How they present stuff; promos and packages are unique. I think that catches people eye. I think another thing that has IMPACT on an upward is just the wrestling. The wrestling right now is hotter than ever.”
The passing of former WWE Tag Team Champion Brian Christopher (Grandmaster Sexay) has saddened the professional wrestling world.
Christopher passed away at a Tennessee hospital after an apparent suicide attempt in prison. He attempted to hang himself and subsequently passed after his family got the opportunity to say their final goodbyes.
Earlier that week Christopher was arrested for a DUI and attempting to evade police. The Hardeman County Sheriff John Doolen revealed that, due to his notoriety, Christopher was placed in a cell by himself.
He also noted that Christopher wasn’t on suicide watch because the Sheriff’s Department “had no indication he was suicidal.” This has greatly upset former WWE star Sean “X-Pac” Waltman.
Waltman took to his podcast, X-Pac 12360, and expressed his frustration by the entire matter:
“I’m really pissed about this, really pissed,” Waltman said. “Because I’ve been in that situation in more than one way. And you don’t take someone that’s not done something violent or isn’t a danger to others.
“Even then, you don’t put somebody in solitary confinement. You don’t put people in solitary confinement for that long that didn’t do s–t and then go, ‘Oh, it wasn’t solitary confinement.’
“It’s f–king solitary confinement! I’ve been in it, if you’ve never actually been in it I don’t want to hear it from you at all. It’s torture.
“It drives you crazy, you don’t have to be suicidal, you become suicidal. You stay in there with no one to talk too staring at the walls for that long.”
Sharing Demons
He then dove into the similar issues he had to Christopher’s. Waltman revealed he once attempted to hang himself as well:
“I’ve been there and I’ve hung myself and so I know. I have a pretty good idea of where [Christopher] was and it’s just about the worst place you can ever imagine. Not only are you in the lowest possible place but you die that way.
“You never come up out of it… I love [Christopher], I was tight with Brian in WWE. He was crazy as f–k no doubt, but if you knew him like I did you would know he’s a real wonderful guy.”
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– On Wednesday, WWE filmed SmackDown Women’s Champion Carmella for a “great project” coming out later this year.
Joey Maloney, who handles producing, directing and cinematography on a wide range of features for WWE’s digital platforms, posted this behind-the-scenes photo of Carmella from the video shoot.
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With SmackDown taking place the night before in Manchester, New Hampshire, the shoot was apparently for a documentary-style video where Carmella returns to her hometown in the New England area. On her Instagram Story, she posted videos with her parents earlier in the day. Carmella also posted photos visiting her old dance school.
– With Extreme Rules taking place this Sunday, a number of WWE stars paid tribute to the hardcore icons of ECW, such as The Sandman, Tommy Dreamer, and Sabu. Sonya Deville dressed up as Raven for the ECW photo shoot and the two-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion tweeted his thoughts on her impersonation.
It’s funny, when asked who should play me in a movie (which of course will never happen) I always say Kristin Stewart… However, if it was a wrestler playing me,@SonyaDevilleWWE is perfection!
– Sean Waltman celebrates his birthday today as the former WWE/WCW wrestler turns 46 years old. In honor of his birthday, the official Instagram account for the WWE Network posted this clip of Waltman’s WCW debut on September 16, 1996, where he was shown sitting in the front row for a live episode of WCW Monday Nitro.
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Later that night, Waltman stood and used a remote control to release New World Order (nWo) propaganda from the ceiling, revealing himself as the newest member of the recently formed faction. As the sixth member of the nWo, he became Syxx. WCW based his ring name on six being the sum of numbers of his name in the World Wrestling Federation, 1–2–3 Kid.
Former WWE Superstar Sean “X Pac” Waltman recently appeared on The Tomorrow Show with Keven Undergaro and spoke about the recent passing of former WCW World Heavyweight Champion Vader. Waltman first expressed his displeasure with Vader being forced to cut a promo that basically humiliated himself:
“They had him [Vader] go out there and like kind of humiliate himself… ya know, call him self a big–a fat piece of s–t and things like that. I just hated it… It’s one thing having somebody else call you that but going out there and having you call yourself that, what the f–k?”
For his size, Waltman considers Vader to be the greatest of all time:
“For his size, for that category of wrestler, [Vader’s] the best of all time.”
Waltman then discussed how bad Vader wanted to be in the WWE Hall Of Fame and how much it meant to him:
“It was really important to him to be put in the Hall of Fame, and it really sucks. He deserved it too. Sometimes when you push too hard and you’re out there and you’re begging for it too much, it works against you. And that sucks in that case.”
You can listen to Waltman on The Tomorrow Show with Keven Undergaro by clicking this link here.
Sean Waltman’s release from WCW in 1997 wasn’t free of controversy and it has once again become a topic of discussion after the then WCW President Eric Bischoff made some interesting comments about it recently.
Eric had talked about Waltman during the latest episode of his podcast, claiming that the former DX Member was let go for “reneging” on his agreement.
Now Sean has replied to these claims from Bischoff, and while talking about his time in the company on his own Podcast, X Pac said that at the time he was performing at a higher level than the money he was getting paid for.
Waltman claimed that he was getting paid $250,000/year while other guys on the same level as his were being paid twice as much.
Due to this he asked for a raise and according to the former WCW Star he couldn’t possibly have reneged his contract because it was already signed:
“So, I wanted a raise, not wrong for asking for it, you can be told ‘no’ so that’s all that was. You’ll hear Eric say I reneged, never not once. You can’t renege, the deal is already done, there’s no way I could have reneged. I just wanted a raise”
Later in the episode, Sean Waltman also talked about the termination letter he received from WCW and revealed that according to the document he was fired for ‘non-performance’.
You can check out his full podcast in the video below:
It was recently reported that Big Cass has heat backstage because he went off script during a recent SmackDown Live segment involving a little person dressed as Daniel Bryan.
Specifically, the plan was for Cass to deliver a big boot to the impersonator and then stop. However, the SmackDown Star asked permission to continue the assault afterward and went on to do so, despite Officials denying it.
During a recent episode of his X-Pac 1,2,360 podcast, Sean “X-Pac” Waltman discussed this topic among other things and shared his thoughts on the matter.
Waltman said that they have a saying in the pro wrestling industry that it’s better to say sorry than to ask permission for something and get told no.
However, continuing on the topic, the former WWE Star said that a lot of wrestlers have gone against the grain but they have never asked for permission and then went on to do something after being denied:
“A lot of us have gone against the grain and done things that the company doesn’t like, but we never really went and asked for permission, but specifically told no, and then went and did it anyway on live TV. So, I understand if you feel the need, you wanna go out there and get over, but man.”
Later in the interview, Sean Waltman said that the issue is not with him asking but defying the Officials and said that while he likes Cass, someone “can be in the doghouse so long, [WWE can] forget what you’re in there for.”
Former WWE/WCW/TNA star Sean Waltman recently spoke about various topics on the latest edition of his podcast, X-Pac12360.
During the podcast, he talked about SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan being cleared by WWE doctors to compete as an in-ring performer once again.
Bryan, who was forced to retire two years ago due to his history with concussions, has talked about wrestling again in the past. Whether that be in WWE or in another promotion. Before the news came out, it was believed that he would be leaving WWE after his contract with the company expires in September of 2018.
“I’m just really really happy for him. All I could do was have a feel-good moment for Bryan. I totally can understand, because I deal with some of those issues. I know how scary that could be, just the prospect of what’s in store for the future and things like that. I just had to quit doing what I love doing and not on my own terms. And so I’m really happy that it turned out this way, instead of Bryan having to leave WWE to do what he wants to to be happy… Trust me, I don’t think they just ran and just jumped right into the deep end of the pool right away.
That’s just what we saw… Actually, it’s exactly the right time. Not a moment too late and not a moment too soon because they had to make really really sure and have a lot of different opinions on this, you know? And people can selfishly want to see him back in the ring and in a match but let’s make sure he can do it and not cause any permanent damage.”
It was announced earlier this week by the WWE that former WWE World Champion Mark Henry would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame alongside Goldberg, Ivory, Jeff Jarrett, The Dudley Boyz, and HillBilly Jim in the class.
WWE holds their 2018 Hall of Fame ceremony on Friday, April 6th in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Smoothie King Center and will air on WWE’s streaming service, WWE Network. “There were so many people that were congratulating Mark on Twitter and I didn’t neglect to. I purposely avoided it so people didn’t bring up me dressing up in blackface like Mark… Not that I’m afraid. I just didn’t want to insert that into the Hall of Fame conversation. He was fine with it but I’m not fine with it now. That’s all. And there was nothing bad meant by it but the things I know now I’m a little embarrassed by it.”
– Over the weekend, WWE Hall of Famer Booker T spoke to Ringside Collectibles at the 2018 Las Vegas Toy Con about what would happen if his Mattel WWE action figure crossed paths with Corey Graves’ Mattel WWE action figure. Booker took shots at the Graves figure and noted that at their age, they would fight, not wrestle.
The two played up their feud backstage at WWE Elimination Chamber on Sunday with this photo.
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– Former WWE star Sean “X-Pac” Waltman was backstage at SmackDown LIVE last night at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. Here are photos of him backstage with his dog Lula, Lilly Singh, and Sasha Banks, among others.
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– It was announced on Monday that on Thursday, April 19, NXT makes its debut in the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., at The Anthem. According to an email sent out today by WWE, there will be a presale on Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Ticketfly.com with the passcode ‘NXT LIVE’.
– In the latest edition of their “Fantasy Warfare” series WWE posted a video teasing a potential match-up between Rey Mysterio and current WWE Champion AJ Styles. Check it out here below:
– Former WWE Superstar Sean “X-Pac” Waltman took to Twitter and revealed that he’s related to one of the victims of this week’s Florida high school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Waltman revealed that one of the 14-year-old victims was the daughter of his mother’s niece:
Former WWE Cruiserweight Champion Sean “X-Pac” Waltman has released a new episode of his podcast, X-Pac12360. During the show Waltman reacted to Shelton Benjamin’s recent social media post in which he reveals that he found a loaded gun in his rental car:
“Here’s the thing, in all the years of traveling around and trying to rent cars like we do. There have been a few times when you find things leftover from the last person that rented the car, but come on man, a loaded gun?! Who freaking forgets something like that… Let’s just use our imaginations and think of all the bad scenarios that could come from something like that.”
He also explained why he didn’t want to win the now-defunct WWE light heavyweight title. It turns out winning the title would actually result in a pay cut for the former n.W.o member:
“I was the very last WWF Light Heavyweight champion. I fought a long time to not have to have that belt. One time, I got my payoff and I gave him [Jim Ross] a call. It was a SummerSlam payoff and I asked him if they were paying me by the pound? So that’s how I felt about the pay scale there. That you were paid by the pound sometimes, and it’s not really, but you can get that being in the WWE at times. I didn’t want that. There was no way I wanted that. That was a pay cut for me. So that was the issue.”
You can listen to X-Pac12360 by clicking this link here.