{"id":91067,"date":"2019-12-30T17:52:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T23:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=91067"},"modified":"2019-12-30T17:53:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T23:53:27","slug":"interview-highlights-sean-x-pac-waltman-talks-about-potential-for-solo-wwe-hall-of-fame-induction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/12\/30\/interview-highlights-sean-x-pac-waltman-talks-about-potential-for-solo-wwe-hall-of-fame-induction\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview Highlights: Sean &#8220;X-Pac&#8221; Waltman talks about potential for solo WWE Hall of Fame induction, preparing for this year&#8217;s speech, why site of HOF ceremony matters, how he learned he was going in again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2155098282\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>The following are highlights of\u00a0Sean &#8220;X-Pac&#8221; Waltman speaking to Afterbuzz TV earlier this month after his second WWE Hall of Fame induction was announced. The excerpts were supplied to PWTorch by Afterbuzz TV&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022How he learned about the NWO Hall of Fame induction:<\/strong> &#8220;About three weeks ago I got a call from Mark Carano. He\u2019s the head of talent relations at WWE. Just out of default, when you see that number come up, in the past it\u2019s always been usually not for a good cause. A lot of times it\u2019s because you did something [wrong]. [Carano]&#8217;s like, &#8216;Hey pal, you\u2019re going in the Hall of Fame again.&#8217; That\u2019s a lot. Just one, just being inducted in the Hall of Fame in general. Twice is huge. Back to back years is ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022On being induct in Tampa, Fla., the site of WrestleMania 36 weekend next year:<\/strong> \u201cScott started there. Hulk started there. I started there. Kev didn\u2019t, he started in Atlanta. So for us, it\u2019s really special. My family lives there, too. That\u2019s where my mom, my sister, my nephews, other miscellaneous relatives live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022On the prospects of a solo Hall of Fame induction:<\/strong> \u201cI have no desire whatsoever to stand up on that stage by myself and be inducted as a single. To be a part of something bigger and greater than yourself is just an amazing feeling to me, and I don\u2019t need that. I don\u2019t need the me, me, me, what about me? I got plenty of me. I\u2019m just happy to be a part of something greater than me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022On already going over his speech and having some things and people to add since last year:<\/strong> \u201cLast year, I was incredibly nervous and I don\u2019t like talking in public anyways, so there were people that I forgot to thank that I wanted to. Phyllis Lee. She helped me get into wrestling. My former partner, Kane, who\u2019s the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee now. I really wanted to thank him and I felt so bad afterwards. Meant a lot to me when I teamed with him. Couldn\u2019t ask for a better guy to be partners with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Waltman opened up more about what this induction means to him and his reaction to being included with such an iconic group on his podcast, X-Pac 12360 on AfterBuzz TV. Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/m9U_YQyNTOA\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"X Pac On His 2nd Hall of Fame Induction - X-Pac 1,2,360\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m9U_YQyNTOA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-4061779214\"><div id=\"pwtor-4094881824\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The following are highlights of\u00a0Sean &#8220;X-Pac&#8221; Waltman speaking to Afterbuzz TV earlier this month after his second WWE Hall of Fame induction was announced. The excerpts were supplied to PWTorch by Afterbuzz TV&#8230; \u2022How he <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/12\/30\/interview-highlights-sean-x-pac-waltman-talks-about-potential-for-solo-wwe-hall-of-fame-induction\/\" title=\"Interview Highlights: Sean &#8220;X-Pac&#8221; Waltman talks about potential for solo WWE Hall of Fame induction, preparing for this year&#8217;s speech, why site of HOF ceremony matters, how he learned he was going in again\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/01\/WaltmanSean_3x2_600WK.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91067"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91070,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91067\/revisions\/91070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}