Shawn Spears calls WWE NXT his ‘last stop’

Shawn Spears says he is at the “last stop” of his career. The 44-year-old returned to WWE in February 2024 and, a little over a year later, is now the NXT North American Champion, having defeated Tony D’Angelo for the title on last week’s episode. Spears recently told Gabby AF that he plans to keep going as long as he can: “Right now, I feel good. I’m still moving, and I feel like I can still keep up with the younger kids. I can still hang, but as long as it doesn’t disrupt any plans I have in the future with my kids, I’ll do it as long as I can. The beautiful thing is that even when I step back from on-screen performing as a professional wrestler, I’m still going to have the school, I’m still going to teach, and I’m still going to be actively in there because I believe the best way to learn is by hands-on teaching. That’s the way I was taught by Eric Young, and that’s the way I teach my kids now at the Performance Center and (his Flatbacks Wrestling school). So I’ll always be a hands-on coach, and the day t