Shawn Spears waited almost two decades and visited the opposing company before finally winning a championship in WWE.

Spears defeated Tony D’Angelo for the NXT North American championship last night.

The 44-year-old made his big-league debut in 2008 on the WWE’s version of ECW under the name Gavin Spears.

He later appeared in NXT as “The Perfect 10” Tye Dillinger. The fans loved his constant rating of himself as a “10,” and he appeared in the 2017 Royal Rumble.

Using the name Shawn Spears, he competed in the first AEW match in 2019, the Casino Battle Royale at Double or Nothing.

He later feuded with Cody Rhodes and was nicknamed “The Chairman” after busting Cody open with a chair shot.

Today, Spears has a stable of wrestlers following him and the No. 2 championship in NXT.

LOTS OF WOMEN’S ACTION

The first three bouts featured NXT’s deep women’s roster. Sol Ruca & Zaria upset the Smackdown duo of Chelsea Green & Piper Niven.

Ruca pinned Green after a Sol Snatcher, so she could be in line for a shot at the women’s US title.

Jaida Parker defeated Kelani Jordan after the “Hipnotic” hip attack.

Parker then called out the winner of the Giulia-Stephanie Vaquer double title match next week at NXT Roadblock in New York City.

Jordynne Grace defeated Cora Jade when the referee stopped the match due to an injury.

Jade later tweeted that the injury wasn’t too serious. Grace will wrestle Roxanne Perez at Roadblock.

QUICK TKO

Trick Williams knocked out Kale Dixon in six seconds. The referee stopped the fight.

Trick accepted a challenge from Eddy Thorpe for an NXT Underground match in two weeks.