Shawn Spears Quotes

When I came to NXT, it was very much a developmental brand.

I think NXT has opened up the doors for a lot of guys to come in and create different opportunities.

I started in NXT when we were still FCW in Tampa.

A lot of people always say, 'Oh, people down there in NXT' or 'Down there' as if it's... yeah, it's like a farming system for WWE, but they've done such a great job over the years making their own brand.

You want to be an NXT fan.

NXT is the professional level, and it's the best of the best.

Nothing turned the NXT Universe upside down like The Undisputed Era's debut.

I wouldn't mind being a part of that 205 Live brand.

The biggest thing here in WWE is that if they see some really valuable qualities in you, they're really going to do their best to maximize them and put you into the scenarios and into the situations where that's going to make the most impact. For me, they've definitely done that.

Bayley helped me a lot in my career, especially in NXT. I had some of my best NXT matches with her, and she definitely helped me develop as a talent, because you're just as good as the person you're in there with.

There's a huge fan base behind NXT, which is cool because that opens up the door to younger talent that maybe at one point thought that it was impossible to ever get into WWE, but now, there it is.

But when it comes down to it, I'm a guy who feels like I should be a champion in NXT.

NXT is its own kind of animal, and you're never quite sure how much of that transfers over into WWE and into Monday Night Raw.

There's a lot of talent down there in NXT.

I'd like to go to NXT, be NXT Champion.

I think I would have liked to have experienced the whole NXT thing.

To be the first NXT Women's Champion is such an honor.

I would love to help guys transition from 'NXT' to 'Raw.'

People are finally figuring it out that, at the end of the day, that WCW created some of the best talent in the history of the world. It was a great run.

After I made my initial debut at NXT 'TakeOver,' they looked at the interest and merchandise sales and decided I would be better signed full time than not.

I wanted to be a part of WWE and part of NXT first, as, if I went to 'Raw' or 'SmackDown' right away, I would always wonder what NXT would have been like.

Ring Of Honor was so great to me and so great to many young talents where they really give you the ball.

I trained at All Pro Wrestling in the U.S. Later, I signed up with the New Japan Pro Wrestling. Then WWE noticed me.

I was sort of like a scout for Eric Bischoff if I saw people who had the talent. Sometimes I wouldn't bring people to him until they had the gimmick, like Raven.

I try to keep up with everything - all wrestling across the board. I want to know what the competition is doing, what the up-n-comers are doing.