Peter Thomas England was born on November 9, 1993. He is a professional wrestler from England better known by his ring name, Pete Dunne. He is presently contracted to WWE as a part of The Brawling Brutes stable. He performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Butch. Together with Matt Riddle, he won the 2020 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. He is a former WWE United Kingdom Champion and a former NXT Tag Team Champion. He was raised in Chelmsley Wood.
Dunne began training at the age of 12 in 2006 and made his debut in 2007. He has since worked extensively across the global independent circuit in promotions such as Destiny World Wrestling (DWW), Fight Club: Pro (FCP), Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), Michinoku Pro Wrestling (MPW), Over the Top Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Progress Wrestling (where he is a former Progress World Champion), Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW), Singapore Pro Wrestling (SPW), and Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw).
| Name | Peter Thomas England |
| D.O.B | November 9, 1993 |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 93 kg |
| Occupation | Professional wrestler |
| Professional Debut | 2007 |
| Ring name | Butch |
| Wife | Demi Burchel |
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Dunne began wrestling when he was 12 years old, under the supervision of Steve “Psycho” Edwards at Phoenix Wrestling in Coventry. He has stated that his early instruction with Edwards was restricted and just taught him “the basics.” Dunne made his debut as a wrestler at the 2007 Holbrooks Festival in Coventry, where he met and wrestled Mark Andrews. He then studied briefly under Max Angelus and began working on various small local performances, mostly in community halls near his hometown of Birmingham.
He wrestled as Tiger Kid until January 2010, when he was defeated by Helix in a hair vs. mask fight at Riot Act Wrestling in Kent. He subsequently retired the gimmick and mask, changed his name to Pete Dunne, and began wrestling in a tag team with his kayfabe brother Damian Dunne. He spent the majority of his early career working for as many small independent promotions as he could, including EDW Wrestling in Shrewsbury and Kamikaze Pro Wrestling in Birmingham, as well as regularly practicing with Mark Andrews and other friends in a repurposed boxing ring in a Cardiff community center during the school holidays.
In 2011, Dunne began wrestling for LDN Wrestling in England, Dublin Championship Wrestling in Ireland, Celtic Wrestling, Welsh Wrestling, and Royal Imperial Wrestling in Wales, and PBW in Scotland.
In the vast tapestry of his illustrious solo odyssey, the intrepid Pete Dunne embarked upon a kaleidoscopic expedition, traversing the hallowed realms of countless global promotions, including the illustrious domain of Progress Wrestling, the frenetic battleground of Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), the revolutionary landscapes of Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW), and a multitude of others that punctuated his adventurous sojourn. His indomitable spirit and insatiable appetite for the squared circle propelled him into the stratosphere of recognition, for he possessed an unyielding ardor that permeated his every sinew.
Within the annals of Progress Wrestling, Dunne inscribed his name in the scroll of immortality, etching an indelible chapter as the unparalleled arbiter of the Progress World Championship, whose hegemony knew no bounds. He ascended to the apogee of supremacy, forging an imperious reign that endured for a staggering epoch of 685 days, an epoch in which he defended his coveted laurels against an assemblage of veritable luminaries, thus efflorescing into a titan of the British independent wrestling milieu.
Yet, his orbit transcended the confines of the insular realm, as he ventured across the expansive oceans to the hallowed shores of the United States, where he graced the squared circles of eminent promotions such as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) and Ring of Honor (ROH). His collisions with fellow purveyors of the independent wrestling cosmos and foreign virtuosos served as the fulcrum upon which he garnered accolades that reverberated through the corridors of critical adulation, galvanizing his indelible stature as an unparalleled virtuoso.
Such mesmerizing exploits caught the collective gaze of the watchful behemoth, WWE, as they set their gaze upon Dunne’s veritable opus. In the tempestuous maelstrom of 2016, he set foot in the pantheon of WWE’s Cruiserweight Classic, a luminous crucible wherein he unfurled his artistic tapestry, weaving a mesmerizing narrative that captured the hearts and minds of fervent aficionados and the enigmatic arbiters alike. Although the ultimate spoils eluded his grasp, his mesmeric display catalyzed the ink on his contract, etching his destiny onto the hallowed parchment of WWE.
Since his auspicious genesis within WWE’s hallowed confines, Pete Dunne has plied his trade predominantly within the fabled dominion of NXT, a sanctuary that engenders the next generation of prodigious talents. Within this crucible, he has forged a symphony of pugilistic poetry, engaging in epic confrontations that etch indelible portraits upon the canvas of our collective consciousness. The hallowed names of Tyler Bate, Roderick Strong, Adam Cole, and Johnny Gargano resonate as fervent echoes amidst the aegis of his storied skirmishes, a testament to his limitless mettle. Moreover, he orchestrated the zenith of dominance through the formation of a formidable faction, an impervious triptych of unparalleled might, known to the world as British Strong Style, a trinity that consists of the audacious triumvirate of Tyler Bate, Trent Seven, and the indomitable Pete Dunne.
Butch and Holland won a fatal four-way tag team match on the September 16 edition of SmackDown to become the #1 contenders for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship. The next week, they competed for the championships against the champions The Usos but lost due to meddling by Imperium. They got another chance at Crown Jewel on November 5, but they failed again. Butch would eventually pursue a rivalry with The Bloodline, with the support of Kevin Owens and Drew McIntyre from his stable. This would climax on November 26th at Survivor Series WarGames in a WarGames bout that they lost.
