Shawn Spears

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Ronald William Arneill CanadaCanada
Spears in July 2019.

Spears in July 2019.
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Ring name Gavin Spears
Shawn Spears
Tye Dillinger
Additions to names The Chairman
The Perfect 10
height 191 cm
Fighting weight 101 kg
birth February 19, 1981
St. Catharines , Ontario , Canada
Trained by Eric Young
Derek Wylde
Cody Deaner
debut 2001

Ronald William Arneill (born February 19, 1981 in St. Catharines , Ontario , Canada ), better known by his ring names Tye Dillinger and Shawn Spears , is a Canadian wrestler . He is currently under contract with All Elite Wrestling and appears regularly in their shows.

Wrestling career

Beginnings

Arneill was initially trained by Eric Young in the WrestlePlex wrestling school before he was trained by Derek Wylde and Cody Deaner. In March 2002 he made his debut under the ring name Shawn Spears. He then appeared in independent leagues in Ontario and the United States, including Border City Wrestling, World Xtreme Wrestling, and Blood Sweat and Ears. At the end of 2005 he was invited to a trial training session by World Wrestling Entertainment , the market leader in wrestling. On January 21, 2006, he signed a development contract with WWE.

World Wrestling Entertainment (2006-2009)

After Arneill signed a contract with the WWE, he was used in Ohio Valley Wrestling , the then building league of the WWE. There he was allowed to keep his old ring name. On May 31, 2006 he was able to defeat Simon Dean on his debut. After that, he began a winning streak that was later broken by Aaron Stevens . He then formed a tag team with Cody Runnels . With Cody Runnels he won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship twice .

On March 17, 2007 he won the OVW Television Championship from Boris Alexiev . He lost the title on July 6, 2007 to his former tag team partner Cody Runnels. He got the title back after 7 days. He then began a feud against Colt Cabana for the OVW Television Championship . He lost the title in the course of the feud to Ted McNaler after Colt Cabana intervened for him. On October 24, 2007, he defeated Ted McNaler and won the OVW Television Championship for the third time . He lost the title to Colt Cabana on October 31. During the feud, he and Colt Cabana won the vacant OVW Southern Tag Team Championship on November 7, 2007 . The feud between the two ended on December 19, 2007 when he lost to Colt Cabana in a ladder match . With this defeat he lost his OVW Southern Tag Team Championship and Colt Cabana was able to choose a new co-champion by winning.

After Ohio Valley Wrestling ended the cooperation with the WWE, Arneill was used in Florida Championship Wrestling , which was also a development league of the WWE at the time. There he also got a new ring name. At FCW he now appeared under the name Gavin Spears and formed a tag team with Nic Nemeth . On August 17, 2008, they won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship after defeating Eddie Colon and Eric Perez. They lost the title on September 11, 2008 to Heath Miller and Joe Henning . He played his last match at FCW on January 8, 2009, when he lost to Eric Escobar.

On August 19, 2008, Arneill made his debut at ECW as part of Theodore Long's New Superstar Initiative. From then on he appeared at the same time at ECW and FCW. At ECW, however, he was unable to assert himself and worked most of the time as a jobber. He played his last match in the main rustler on December 16, 2008 when he lost to Finlay . On January 10, 2009, Arneill was fired from the WWE.

Independent leagues (2009-2013)

The day before he was released from the WWE, Arneill broke his hand. He was out of action for 12 weeks due to an injury. After his recovery, he appeared in various wrestling leagues. He was able to win the ACW Heavyweight Champion and ACW Combat Championship at American Combat Wrestling , among others . At World Wrestling Council he formed the tag team The American Family with Idol Stevens . On August 15, 2009, they won the WWC World Tag Team Championship . They lost the title on October 31, 2009. His last appearance in the independent leagues he had at Crossfire Wrestling on July 28, 2013, when he won against Marc Hauss.

Return to WWE (2013-2019)

On September 15, 2013, the WWE announced that Arneill had again signed a contract with the WWE. When he returned to WWE, he was given the ring name Tye Dillinger. He made his NXT television debut on November 6, 2013, when he lost to Mojo Rawley . In early 2014 he formed a tag team with Jason Jordan . The partnership ended on February 25, 2015.

At the August 12th edition of NXT, he made his debut with his new "Perfect 10" gimmick. He took part in the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic with Bobby Roode . In the October 12th edition of NXT, they lost to SAnitY ( Alexander Wolfe and Sawyer Fulton) in the first round after Bobby Roode did gymnastics against him. He then started a feud against Bobby Roode. The feud ended on NXT TakeOver: Toronto on November 19, 2016 after losing to Bobby Roode.

On January 29, 2017, he took part in the Royal Rumble under the starting number 10 . He was later eliminated by Braun Strowman .

On April 4, 2017, Arneill made his SmackDown Live debut by defeating Curt Hawkins .

On February 20, 2019, Arneill publicly asked for a release. The WWE followed his request and Dillinger was released on February 22, 2019.

All Elite Wrestling (since 2019)

At the first Double or Nothing event of the newly founded wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling , Arneill made his debut on May 25, 2019 as a participant in the 21 Man Casino Battle Royale , which Adam Page won. Since his match against Cody at All Out on August 31, 2019, Arneill Tully Blanchard has been at his side as manager .

Titles and awards

  • Adrenaline Live Wrestling
    • ALW Georgian Bay Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
  • American Combat Wrestling
    • ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
    • ACW Combat Championship (1 ×)
  • Canadian Independent Wrestling Alliance
    • CIWA Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
  • Great Lakes Championship Wrestling
    • GLCW Tag Team Championship (1 × with Flexx Falcone)
  • Ground breaking pro wrestling
    • GBPW Championship (1 ×)
  • Neo Spirit Pro Wrestling
    • NSPW Tag Team Championship (1 × with JT Playa)
  • Pure Wrestling Association
    • PWA Pure Wrestling Championship (1 ×)
  • Tri-City Wrestling
    • TCW Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ OVW TV results from June 3, 2006 cagematch.de, accessed on February 7, 2017
  2. ^ OVW Six Flags Summer Sizzler Series results cagematch.de, accessed on February 7, 2017
  3. ^ OVW Six Flags Summer Sizzler Series results cagematch.de, accessed on February 7, 2017
  4. ↑ OVW TV # 430 cagematch.de, accessed on February 8, 2017
  5. ↑ OVW TV # 432 cagematch.de, accessed on February 8, 2017
  6. ↑ OVW TV # 437 cagematch.de, accessed on February 8, 2017
  7. ↑ FCW results from August 17, 2008 cagematch.de, accessed on February 8, 2017
  8. ↑ FCW results from September 11, 2008
  9. ↑ WWE: ECW star and young wrestlers add to the termination list cagematch.de, accessed on February 8, 2017
  10. ↑ WWC Summer Madness Tour results cagematch.de, accessed on February 8, 2017
  11. ↑ WWC Halloween Wrestling Xtravaganza Tour Results cagematch.de, accessed on February 8, 2017
  12. ↑ WWE: Shawn Spears again under development contract cagematch.de, accessed on February 8, 2017
  13. ↑ WWE NXT TakeOver: Toronto Results cagematch.de, accessed February 8, 2017
  14. ↑ Royal Rumble 2017 results and report wrestling-infos.de, accessed on February 8, 2017
  15. ↑ WWE SmackDown Live # 920 report + results from Orlando, Florida from April 4, 2017 wrestling-infos.de, accessed on April 5, 2017

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Commons : Shawn Spears  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files
personal data
SURNAME Spears, Shawn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dillinger, Tye; Arneill, Ronald William (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH 19th February 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Catharines , Ontario , Canada