The Bruiserweight formerly fought in NXT and NXT UK, where he held the tag team and United Kingdom titles alongside Riddle.
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Pete Dunne (now known as Butch), a former WWE NXT UK Champion, made his formal main roster debut on SmackDown a few weeks ago. Butch was his new name, and he was presented as such. Sheamus and Ridge Holland have been assigned to him. Fans have had varied reactions to his new identity, but the former NXT star is thrilled with his new gimmick as well as his new moniker.
The Bruiserweight formerly fought in WWE NXT and NXT UK, where he held the tag team and United Kingdom titles alongside Matt Riddle. In addition, he and the RAW superstar won the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic in 2020.
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Dunne or now “Butch” talked about his new character and how eager he is for this new chapter on the blue brand in a recent interview with Mark Andrews of My Love Letter to Wrestling.
He says, “I mean it’s just different but I think it’s time to change it up a little bit. Like I said, five years, fresh start, why not try something a little new? And the thing is with me, whether it’s a name or whatever it is that changes, that’s not really what endeared me to the audience in the first place, right? It’s the — I like to think anyways it’s the quality of the in-ring work and that’s what I’m gonna keep the same of course. It’s gonna get better, it’s gonna improve as time goes. So that’s sort of my perspective on it. If I can endear the crowd with the quality of my in-ring work, that’s what I’m looking to continue to do.”
Sheamus and Ridge Holland welcomed Pete Dunne to the main roster, and he is presently a member of The Celtic Warrior’s alliance. Sheamus wants him and Holland to flourish, according to the former NXT star, and he holds him in high regard.
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Butch continues, “[Sheamus] would have been a name on that list to work with too. He’s someone I crossed paths with a lot but, we started around the same time when — might have been in the UK… obviously, we haven’t known each other that long but, we definitely have more in common than we think we would and it’s good to see how excited he is for all this as well. He’s been there so long and he’s still excited about the prospect of that and seeing how far we can take it so, that’s endearing to come in and see that veteran up there who’s still, you know, he wants to kill it and he wants to my grow name bigger and he wants to help me and Ridge [Holland] make our names solid so, yeah, he’s a good guy.”
Even though now Dunne’s name is changed to “Butch” but there is one thing which will always be unchanged about the pro wrestler is that he is one hell of a wrestler with great future and in-ring prowess.
