Recently we would see the return of Shawn Spears to action in AEW, teaming with FTR to defeat The Embassay on an episode of AEW Rampage. This would be an emotional return for Spears, who would recently lose his mother and announce that he would soon be a father. Spears knows his wrestling career is starting to wind down, and recently would have a chance to detail his goals.
Shawn Spears Wants To Be A Champion Before He Retires
While speaking to recent AEW hire Renee Paquette on The Sessions podcast, Spears would be asked about what he sees in the rest of his career. Spears had the following to say.
“I’m winding down, I don’t have a lot of time left. That’s probably the reason I put pressure on myself now. Both. Body-wise, I’m in really good shape, the best shape of my life. I mean in a sense where, I’ve never been main event, top of the card, champion schedule. Jon Moxley is all over the place, that’s a champion schedule. It’s staying until the end of the night, you’re last, you’re going out there 30 minutes, every night, busting your ass, jump in the car and driving to where you’re gonna go.
I never had to do the champion schedule. My body, after almost 21 years, really good condition based on what I have done. There are very few things I would like to do left in wrestling. I’ve been pushing to try and check off a few of those boxes before my time is done. It’s been difficult and been a challenge, but not more challenging than anything else I’ve been through in 20-plus years. That’s where I put the pressure on myself. My goal is to be decorated, to win a championship in a major company. AEW or elsewhere. That is my goal. So I can have that time and that prize to show my son in the future.”
Later in the same interview, Renee would ask what title Spears would want to hold – he’d respond with the WWE Intercontential Championship, always wanting to hold that ‘workhorse’ championship.
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