Recent WWE signing made pitch to be in Royal Rumble (Patreon)

The WWE Royal Rumble has come and gone, but didn't run back a once-fondly received moment even though the talent involved is back in the fold.

During Fightful podcasts that led up to the 2024 Royal Rumble, Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp noted that he hoped to see Shawn Spears/Tye Dillinger return to the company as the number 10 entrant, playing off of his "Perfect 10" persona that he formerly portrayed.

When speaking with Shawn Spears for his first post-AEW interview, Spears confirmed to Fightful that he did at least make pitches. In his words, Spears said that he did "shoot his shot" about being in the Royal Rumble. Unfortunately, by then, it was too late and the Rumble situations had already been determined.

On Monday, we'll have more notes from the interview, including why he left AEW, joined WWE, his role there, Spears/Dillinger names and more. 

We encourage aggregators to wait until the full interview drops to get the context of his words.