Posts Tagged ‘Shawn Spears’

Shawn Spears Comments On Chris Jericho vs Hangman Page

Shawn Spears will be cheering for Hangman Page at All Out later this summer when he faces Chris Jericho for the AEW World Championship. Spears took part in an interview recently with Bill Apter where he said Page has a chance to become a worldwide star with a victory over a high-profile opponent like Jericho.

“Nobody loves Chris Jericho more than Chris Jericho,” Spears said when asked who will win between Jericho and Page. “He’s going to be gunning for it more than anyone else because he still feels he has something to prove even though the guy’s resume speaks for itself.”

Spears then said he’ll be cheering for Page, however.

“I’m pulling for Hangman,” he continued. I think Hangman has a chance to make himself a worldwide global star in one match and that’s the match to do it in.”

Shawn Spears To AEW?

Spears competed in the Casino Battle Royale before Double or Nothing last month but has not signed with AEW. He also spoke to the possibility of him becoming a full-time member of the AEW roster during the interview.

“It’s pretty common knowledge that I’m good friends with an Executive Vice President,” said Spears. “I’d heard the rumblings like everybody else across the planet had heard about the beginning of something special. So when the opportunity presented itself to be a part of it, it just so happened to fall in line with my timeline, the whole 90 days – that worked out perfectly in terms of timing.”

“Once one thing ended another door opened and I dove through that door without hesitation and it turned out to be the best decision I’ve made in recent memory.”

Tye Dillinger Talks WWE Career, Incl. Working A Match With John Cena In OVW

Former WWE Superstar Tye Dillinger recently appeared on the Edge & Christian podcast. The long tenured NXT and main roster Superstar discussed a variety of topics with the two WWE legends.

Dillinger spoke about his time in OVW and in particular a match against John Cena. The ‘Perfect 10’ said that Cena was very nice and laid out the match in such a way that would showcase the, then, Shawn Spears.

Match Against Cena

He said that “finally when we [he and Cena] did run into each other, I think the second match had just started and they were not going to go 20 minutes because it was pouring. So he kind of just said, ‘alright, what do you do?’ And I was like, ‘uh…’ And I think I had a title, like I might have had the OVW Television title at the time. So I was like, ‘hey, how about I catch you with a quick rollup somewhere, maybe they’ll think, ‘ahhh!’ I’m trying to be like, ‘whatever you want to do!’ And then, he kind of just looked at me for a second. I went, ‘oh s–t, I said the wrong thing. Dammit!’ He kind of looked off to the side and then he rattled off a finish for us that we had knocked down a referee; I brought in the WWE title; I hit him with that. He rattled off this finish, and I’m sure you guys know, and it was like, whoa.”

Dillinger elaborated on the story further saying that “he didn’t have to do that for me and he did. Here’s the guy, on top, making the company millions and millions of dollars, has a big match a month later, a day later. Who knew? But going out of his way to take some kid who he doesn’t know, maybe that he probably barely heard of, and he made it a night I will never forget. so hat’s off to John Cena.”

*Credit the E&C Pod of Awesomeness and to WrestlingINC for the transcription

Seth Rollins Opens Coffee Shop, Kane Channels Dr. Seuss, Shawn Spears

Seth Rollins recently opened a coffee shop in his hometown of Davenport, Iowa. Brewing up craft coffee experiences, 392Dport is located right next to his Black & Brave wrestling academy.

On the latest edition of the WWE Now YouTube series, Rollins spoke about the new entrepreneurial venture. Rollins explains that he decided to open the cafe after developing an appreciation for coffee shops while traveling the world with WWE.

– Former WWE Superstar Tye Dillinger, now wrestling as Shawn Spears, has booked his first post-WWE independent match. Spears will wrestle for Create A Pro Wrestling on Friday, May 31st in Lynbrook, New York.

– Finally, this week is Read Across America week, a national campaign to promote literacy. Knox County, Tennessee Mayor Glenn Jacobs (Kane) visited Hopewell Elementary school on Friday morning, dressed up as Dr. Suess’ Cat in the Hat character and read “Oh the Places You Will Go” to dozens of students in honor of Dr. Seuss’ 115th birthday.

Mayor Jacobs hosted a birthday party for Dr. Seuss Friday afternoon at the Bearden Branch Library. You can see Kane dressed up as the Cat in the Hat below:

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