Shock Return: WWE Star Surprises Former Faction Coming Back 414 Days After Last Match

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Spears, who has been competing in the tag team division in recent months, returned on last night’s show as a singles star. Nico Vance had just defeated Shiloh Hill, and Izzy Dame was in the ring celebrating the victory with her stablemate. The veteran appeared from nowhere to take down Vance with a steel chair.

He locked eyes with his former protege, Dame, before leaving the ring.

You can check out the segment in the tweet below:

Interestingly, Shawn Spears last competed as a singles star on television on the May 20, 2025 episode of NXT. After 414 days, he returned to the promotion as a singles star and will likely want to sort out his unfinished business with The Culling before he moves on to other matters.

WWE Star Was Kicked Out Of His Faction

The June 23 episode of NXT saw Izzy Dame facing Arianna Grace in the final of the WWE Speed Women’s number-one contendership bout. Dame appeared to have the match under control when a distraction by Shawn Spears led to her loss.

Right after, on the same episode, Spears and Nivo Vance were defeated by Dorian Van Dux & Sean Legacy in a tag team bout. After the loss, Dame had seen enough and signalled to Vance to take out their leader.

In a brutal attack, the 27-year-old sent Spears through the announcer’s table, leaving him in a heap and effectively kicking him out of the stable.

Now it remains to be seen what happens next between The Culling and their former leader.