Shawn Spears Talks About His WWE Cyber Sunday 2006 Appearance, Says Shawn Michaels Is At Fault For “Stan”
See! I just kicked, Stan!
Shawn Spears is back in WWE, having returned to the company on the February 27th, 2024 episode of WWE NXT. But one of the most memorable moments of his career happened during his first stint with the company at Cyber Sunday 2006, when Shawn Michaels super kicked Stan.
Shawn Spears recently sat down as a guest on “Insight with Chris Van Vliet” and discussed the infamous “Stan” segment with DX at WWE Cyber Sunday 2006.
On the “Stan” segment:
“So when they pulled me aside for that, Cyber Sunday 2006. I just gotten down to OVW, and they needed a few extras. So they grabbed me, pulled me over, and this is where I meet Shawn and Hunter for the very first time. They’re doing DX and Shawn is talking with Hunter. He’s like, maybe I’ll talk to him really quick. Shawn turns to me. He goes, ‘What’s your name?’ And this is off [camera], we haven’t begun rolling yet, but we’re gonna roll live here at any minute. My name was Shawn Spears at the time, and I went, Shawn. And he goes, ‘Stan. I’ll kick Stan.’ So he just said, ‘Your name is not Shawn, my name’s Shawn. Your name is Stan.’ So he actually gave me the name. No one else did. He just went, I’ll kick Stan. I was like, this is the best! He’s gonna kick me! Just a kid in a candy store. But, yeah, he gave me the name. So I don’t know if anybody knew that, but it wasn’t creative, it wasn’t someone on the writing team or anybody else. Shawn Michaels, you’re at fault for Stan.”
You can watch the entire sit down interview with Shawn Spears on “Insight with Chris Van Vliet” below.
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