Shawn Spears comments on making his return to WWE and what was discussed behind the scenes

As seen during the February 27th 2024 edition of NXT, Shawn Spears aka Tye Dillinger made his return to the company.

Spears recently did an interview with Fightful.com and here are the highlights…

Attempt to enter the 2024 men’s Royal Rumble: “All I will say is that I shot my shot. I just don’t think I got it in early enough. I think I was too late. But I did shoot my shot. I tried. All I can do is, ‘Hey, how about this?’ and then I let it go. I let the rest play out as it can. I think I was a little late to the party. So you never know. That’s what they tell you, right? You never know.”

Returning as Shawn Spears instead of Tye Dillinger: “It was discussed. Preference wise, I was asked, ‘Hey, what would you prefer?’ I immediately felt that Shawn Spears was the best way to go. Then speaking with Shawn Michaels, he enjoyed the presentation of Shawn Spears. He enjoyed what I brought to the table in that aspect. He said, ‘How can we make this work?’ We were able to filter it up the ladder a little bit and we were able to make it all work. The good news is I have the rights to majority that I present. Whether that be name, music, logos. I have the rights to all of that. So I presented it as all possibilities and luckily enough, and thankfully enough, we were able to keep the same concept of what I was working with. Now it was just about adding in a few more elements and trying to compound the character that I’ve already been trying to filter out. I am a big character guy. I love characters. I grew up on the Rick Martels and the Rick Rudes and the Mr. Perfects. I love that stuff. So I will always be a character based driven professional wrestler. I love the entrances. That’s something I stole from Triple H. Go back and watch all his entrances from WrestleManias. They’re all awesome. They’re all little movies. I tell a lot of talent, ‘It’s the only time that everybody’s looking at you. So why not put all the effort you can into that entrance?’ So I’m always going to look for that entertainment aspect and all of that. So, yeah, I get long winded and I get excited when we start talking, but hopefully that kind of answers your question a little bit.”

You can check out the full interview below…