He made a cameo appearance at Cyber Sunday as an employee called "Stan", who gets superkicked by Shawn Michaels of D-Generation X when Michaels is told that he doesn't understand the meaning of the word "controversial". He was signed to a developmental contract by WWE following the tryout, on January 21, 2006. Īfter sending a tape to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) officials, Arneill was called for a try-out in Buffalo, New York. On February 27, 2005, Arneill made an appearance on an edition of WWE Heat, unsuccessfully teaming with Mikael Yamaha to face The Hurricane and Rosey. Upon wrestling his debut match in March 2002 as Shawn Spears, he began wrestling for some of the biggest independent wrestling promotions throughout Ontario and the United States, including Border City Wrestling, World Xtreme Wrestling, and Blood Sweat and Ears. Professional wrestling career Early career (2002–2006) Īrneill trained at the Hart Wrestling School in Cambridge Ontario with Smith Hart, Ike Shaw and Waldo Von Erich and then with Eric Young at the WrestlePlex school before receiving further training from Derek Wylde and Cody Deaner. During his childhood, he was a fan of Rick Rude, Rick Martel, and Mr. He played hockey for over ten years until he decided to leave the sport and enter professional wrestling. Catharines, Ontario, Arneill attended Laura Secord Secondary School. Shortly after leaving WWE, he signed with the newly founded promotion All Elite Wrestling in May 2019, reverting to his Shawn Spears name.īorn and raised in St. After a rise in popularity, Dillinger was promoted to the main roster in April 2017, working on the SmackDown brand until his second release from the company in February 2019. After being released from WWE in 2009, he returned to the independent scene, before rejoining WWE in 2013 where he was assigned to NXT under the new gimmick of Tye Dillinger. Having begun his career on the independent circuit as Shawn Spears, Arneill initially joined WWE in 2006 and worked for the company between 20, performing in the developmental territories Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) and Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) as well as briefly on the main roster brand ECW under the slightly modified ring name Gavin Spears. He is also known for his time with WWE under the ring name Tye Dillinger. Ronnie William Arneill (born February 19, 1981) is a Canadian professional wrestler and trainer currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Shawn Spears.
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