Sean Waltman is back.
Not only is Sean Waltman a two-time WWE Hall of Famer and the first-ever Superstar to get it to back-to-back inductions as part of 2 legendary factions, F-Generation X and the nWo, but Sean Waltman is also one of the pioneers of the modern wrestling style as he and Jerry Lynn, among others, helped normalize faster-paced matches during their time in Global Wrestling Federation and beyond.
Now, Waltman is returning to the ring and his first stop is with Game Changer Wrestling on Friday, February 25.
Speaking with Sean Ross Sapp, Waltman opened up about why this is the right time to come back and, why he is choosing to do it at GCW.
"I decided I was going to get everything fixed that I could get fixed. I still have one or two little things on my body that are nagging me, but whatever. I feel great," Waltman said. "I decided I'm going to make a bit of a comeback. I understand there's a lot of guys my age and even a bit older that are talking about making comebacks, or are currently making comebacks, and I'm all for all of it. So, you know, there's one more to add to the list right here."
The former X-Pac admitted that he wanted this final run because he wasn't happy with some of his previous matches, some of which were wrestled under the GCW umbrella, even before they rebranded to GCW.
"Anyway. So once I got once I had the surgery, and everything was going good, I just got connected with Brett Lauderdale and GCW because I knew them from back east, I worked for them — they just became Game Changer Wrestling, maybe the last time I worked it up, but man that was several years back I was having those matches where I was still able to get in there, and do my four or five greatest hits as far as moves go. That's kind of what people want to see. But that wasn't good enough for me. I don't even feel great about those matches. I don't want to — I didn't want to end it on that," he said.
"I just really dig GCW, man," Waltman carried on. "I mean, they don't look at like — they try a lot of different things, man and some of it doesn't work, and that's okay. I just love their spirit. I love how I feel when I'm around all their talent, their roster, and they've all been great to me, man."
Speaking about the return of names like Jeff Jarrett also occurring in GCW, Waltman would say that that only made him more grateful to the promotion for opening their arms to him and hopes that all of these cameo appearances only put more eyes on the GCW brand.
"Like I was saying, you got a bunch of old guys coming around. Jeff Jarrett was there. Guys like the Jeffs and the Matt Cardonas that one might argue are just there to take the money. At least Matt is, ‘cause he makes no bones about it, right? Nothing against Jeff, ‘cause Jeff and I are friends. We get along great and he looked great at the Hammerstein. Not trying to throw shade there. I’m just saying there’s a lot of guys my age making comebacks. I'm grateful to GCW because they've kind of welcomed me with open arms and, you know, hopefully, I can bring some new eyeballs on their product," Waltman concluded.
As for how long the comeback tour will last, Waltman says it will go on as long as he feels good physically and as long as the matches are up to par for him until at least the end of 2022.
"First of all, this Friday it’ll be my first time back in the ring. I’m just gonna see how I feel in this match before I start making any big plans moving forward. But I have tentative plans. Some good shit, man. It’s not like I’m gonna go out there and do this until the end of the year and then I’m done. As long as I feel good, I’ll still do matches. I don’t want to go out there and just be all over the place. I want them to be special matches, you know?"
Waltman's comeback all starts when he teams with Joey Janela against The Major Players, Matt Cardona and Brian Myers on Friday, February 25 at GCW Welcome to Heartbreak. We will have results of the event after its completion.