Following his return to the company earlier this year, WWE star Shawn Spears has revealed his backstage role in NXT.
In February 2024, Shawn Spears made his return to WWE after finishing up his five year stint with All Elite Wrestling and becoming a free agent.
In a new interview with Chris Van Vliet, Shawn Spears discussed being confident he will retire in WWE following his comeback. He said:
“Maybe it’s human nature to always wonder if you made certain right calls at certain things as opposed to sitting back and going, eh, I did okay.”
“Some things, I am. I know for certain, I am in the right spot, right now, in it with everything and all the time has gone by and all the decisions that I have made, I can say wholeheartedly that I am in the right spot, right now in WWE and NXT, and I am very confident to say that I will retire and finish everything here. I don’t wanna go anywhere else and that’s not a shot to anybody else.”
“It’s just I feel that everything that has happened in my career, everything’s taken place in my life, as a human, as a performer, it is all led to be in this exact spot, sitting with you right now talking about how good things just happen to work out. Life is good.”
Spears continued on to reveal that he is doing more than what fans see from him on-screen and discussed his backstage role in NXT, saying:
“Yeah (I’m doing more than what people see on-screen in NXT). My responsibilities are more than just what you see on-camera. So, I relish in that opportunity. I enjoy it, it’s a learning curve, it’s a lot.”
“But, being on TV for as long as I have and being able to multitask on live television with 15 things happening at once that you have to be aware of, I feel that it’s helped me behind the scenes. Being able to adapt quickly and the best thing is I know what a lot of young talent are going through.”
“So when they cease up or they panic or they have a great match and that excitement, I know all of those feelings so I’m able to kind of — when things go well, I’m able to kind of, ‘Hey man, yeah, enjoy this.”
“Remember what this feels like, you know what I mean? Because there’s gonna be down-points and just remember, keep your eye on the prize’ and then when things don’t go well or when things are really hard or they’re in a tough spot mentally, I’m able to really understand.”
“Because I’ve had a lot of down-points too, if we’re looking at in a totality type way. But I’m able to understand and put myself in those shoes and I’m able to kind of guide in the right way.”
Shawn Spears is currently involved in a storyline partnership with Brooks Jensen on WWE NXT TV.
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