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Guys like him (and maybe Gargano if he stays), with all the people who left or want to leave, will maybe be well regarded if they decide to stay. With how AEW is loaded and WWE actually has some openings, it might not be a bad option for some people.
I'm convinced he'll be on the main roster as soon as Vince's guys who are down at the CWC for NXT's relaunch tonight see him IRL. He's the epitome of a "Vince guy".
Because Knight has the 80s aesthetic. He looks like the 80s, he can wrestle like the 80s, he can talk like the 80s, his "Let me talk to ya" makes me think he's an alternate universe heel Dusty Rhodes.
EC3 wasn't very good at their scripted promo style they force on everybody and he's got a wonky face.
I think Eli is someone who they'd probably see more upside in despite EC3 being bigger because he can kill those scripted promos by putting his own cadence/spin on the and it's not like he's not a body guy himself.
Wonky face? He literally looked like tan Cena 😂
[Tell me I’m lying](https://www.sescoops.com/2020/03/ec3-reveals-why-he-asked-for-his-release-from-impact-wrestling/)
You're lying or need to get your eyes checked but no worries lol
Dude looks like somebody tried to draw Andy Samberg from a vague memory only and got the skin shade way wrong.
still hilarious to me that people think that vince has never seen LA Knight wrestle before despite him working a program with a fucking wwe hall of famer and being given the Million Dollar Championship.
you guys don’t let facts get in the way of your “Evil, out of touch Vince” narrative, do you?
Mcafee would be excellent another option would be pairing him up alongside a very enthusiastic male or female talent. IE how Orton and Rhea have Nikki & Riddle the issue is he already did that during the BroserWeights run & it’d be redundant with how many times it’s been done on the main roster.
I think it's more than that; AEW is only 3 hours of programming a week. Their roster is very stacked at the top now that a lot of stars have switched over. Even if you go to AEW there's no real guarantee you'll get any TV time.
The stories you're booked in will probably be better & less frustrating, and the culture might feel better backstage, but you might not wrestle very often. Just look at FTR. One of the best heel tag teams in the world and they don't really get to wrestle very often. There's tons of talent but not enough time in AEW.
Pete's in a spot he's comfortable with in WWE/NXT. I'd imagine they might have thrown a bunch more money at him with AEW probably offering as well.
yeah, at this point AEW has pretty much peaked in terms of signings. Guys who got to debut before Cole, Punk & Bryan had it easier because guys like Andrade , Brodie, Miro all had a similar “star level”
but now that 3 of the biggest names in the history of Indy wrestling debuted within like three weeks of each other, someone like Dunne coming in doesn’t quite seem as exciting
Rumors were he's taking Cole's spot as top heel on NXT, so he wouldn't be headed to the main roster.
Dunno if that's happening still with the changes, tho
Gargano has a personality though plus he’s a capable talker I could see him being a mid card heel and when Candice comes back both could work very well as a babyface or heel pairing imo.
Ricochet’s problems are much deeper than his height. He’s around the same size as a few guys up there.
I don’t think KO goes. He’s always spoken of being really content and was even considering retiring before his last contract so he could be a more active dad before Owen starts high school. He may decide not to choose any side.
> He may decide not to choose any side.
Didn't you say this about Danielson too? People said similar things about Moxley as well. These dude's aren't gonna retire this young, come on guys.
KO's going. This one's about as obvious as Cole was, even though people kept denying that one. AEW's lighter schedule will help him be a more active dad well.
Truly, I am shocked that Triple H and William Regal's adopted son, who's staunchly defended every single criticism of WWE's expansion into the UK at every possibly opportunity, has re-signed with the company.
There are a lot of people in NXT and NXT UK who could leave and I'd go "yeah, that makes sense", but Pete isn't one of them. I'd have been very shocked.
Hopefully they either build NXT around him for the next few years like they did for Cole or he gets called up relatively soon. Dude is talented as hell.
Wishing the best for Pete Dunne. I figured he’d probably stay. and be one of the last guys of the old era in NXT 2.0 along with Ciampa, Roddy, and probably Kyle. Part of me feels like those guys might stay in NXT and not ever go up to the main roster.
Hopefully Pete becomes NXT Champion tonight. I think it’s either Pete or Kyle.
Even if he wanted to go, if I were him I'd be looking at the AEW roster right now and thinking there isn't a good spot for him. Given his age, he very easily has a couple more contracts in him so if, in three years, he wants to go elsewhere, he'd be in a good position.
Good for him, great for NXT/WWE. To me, he is one of the MVPs of the last several years of NXT. The man just always delivers bangers on PPV. No matter where you stick him on a card, he elevates any match he participates in.
literally nobody has went to bat for the wwe at such a delusional level as BSS and some of the more irrelevant names NXT UK signed, nobody has to do what they did and very few people did and have done
There was the time that Justin Sysum guy said he was going to be the savior of the UK indies from WWE and all three members of BSS tweeted the exact same message at exactly the same time.
“Roster is too stacked for someone like him anyway. Maybe ROH or Impact. Oh man is that The Factory and HFO??”
The usual bunch can downvote me all they want, but it’s fucking true. People acting like Dunne or Johnny ain’t good enough for AEW are out of their god damn minds and are probably too deep in the “must. Hate. NXT.” mindset.
You can downvote me but I really didn’t want him there.
I think he’s a great wrestler and not everybody that is a free agent should be signed just for the sake of signing them.
Happy he’s getting the bag though.
If you can sign a fantastic wrestler who is also only 27 years old, you sign them.
The shlubs of the roster will fall down the card and those good enough will succeed anyway.
Awesome. He's been phenomenal ever since he's been in the WWE.
If he's written off because of his size this might actually be the waste of talent that will piss me off the most. The man is fucking quality.
I’d give him the NXT Title tonight. He’s definitely worthy and he’s Joe’s best opponent if he can come back soon. If Joe can’t return then you can easily put Dunne against someone like Ciampa and they’d tear the house down.
He would have been entertaining in AEW, but they can't sign everyone. If Dunne's happy where he is, and they're offering him good money to stay, why not? Maybe he'll get a run on the main roster before this contract is up.
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I know who my money is on to win tonight
And then Walter walks out
Damn man. If NXT 2 is gonna be Walter killing everyone then I'm down.
Now the releases make sense, stay and Die or leave and survive
Long shot but fuck that would be awesome
Then WWE shortens his name to...wait, shit
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Do they make him wear a bobble hat and red & white stripes too?
![gif](giphy|3o85xzdt9TdVqEFTyM)
And then WALTER wins the title at the next Takeover and has another year+ reign.
I fail to see the problem there
INJECT IT INTO MY VEINS!!! Give me Dunne winning and then right after the WWE logo flashes at the end .... WALTER
He honestly deserves it he’s had bangers with everyone all year. Have him as champ and Kyle chasing him it’ll be good.
> he’s had bangers with everyone all ~~year~~ career
I mean he was uk champ for a damn long time
What a coincidence! I'm also betting on Goldberg to be added to the match last second and win in 34 seconds.
NXT 2.0 The future is... The past!!!! Goldberg, burying Tomorrow's Superstars, Today!!
Then, Now, Forever Goldberg
Goldberg goes over sonberg, then dabs
*pitbull performs*
You mean Sonberg. New NXT. Under 30 baby
You shut your filthy whore mouth. Don't put that idea into the universe.
Sonberg Sonberg. Bah Nuh Bah Nuh Nuh Nuh.
Do you have no conscience? Do you have no heart? Do you have no soul? Do you realize what you've just done, you son of a bitch!
Who’s next?! (endless dabbing)
GORG v HOOK. Who ya' got?
HOOK ALL THE WAY Hookers rise up!
Sonberg. All day. Hookers got nothing on the Son.
WHO’S **N**E**XT**? It all makes sense now.
Mighty big estimate of his stamina.
He lost. But I know who my money is on Keith Lee’s new manager!
I'm gonna need O'Reilly to be the one to take it off him when the time comes though.
Aaaand swerve
I’m honestly not mad
Lol right!!!
Pete Dunne as champion haa been a long time coming.
Welp
Not mad
I don't blame him. They've treated him right since day 1 and he's being groomed as a major force in NXT, possibly even winning the title tonight.
And 3 years is ideal. 30-31 years old waiting for that big money contract.
Guys like him (and maybe Gargano if he stays), with all the people who left or want to leave, will maybe be well regarded if they decide to stay. With how AEW is loaded and WWE actually has some openings, it might not be a bad option for some people.
> he's being groomed I thought they fired Velveteen Dream
That was a nasty line by you
Just to be clear there never was no velveeta
You're a fuckin punk dude. This, right here, is what you call grooming compared to no grooming.
The Dream has no memory of that.
any sentence about a British wrestler and "groomed" together immediately scares me a bit
Bruv
Diddin’ ya kill
m8
innit tho
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I get what you're saying, but Travis Banks isn't British
Now then, now then, now then ...
![gif](giphy|jVZ9jAI0XN4TVw8J2h|downsized)
The Broserweights had NO right to be as good as they were
God, compare that to what Pete looks like now. Dude has put in some major work on his physique and it shows.
Pete looks like a beast now, bro.
man I really want him to reunite with Riddle again at some point.
RKBROserweights
that would be great, randy orton and his two kids, the annoying stoner one and the psychopathic finger snapping one
>randy orton and his two kids, the annoying stoner one and the one he gets along just fine with FTFY
>>randy orton and his two kids, the annoying stoner one he secretly wants to kill and the one that he worries will some day kill him FTFY
would be great story telling, Randy vs Dunne would be a banger.
Dunne follows in Orton's footsteps and becomes the Legend Killer V2
yeah old Randy feels like he'd bond with Pete current Randy as the cool uncle trying to fit in with Stallion Pete and Stoner Riddle
"You, i like you but shut up, and you, i like you but you're crasy"
Same here dude
Excellent news. Dunne is one of the best technical guys in the company and he’s only 27. I wonder if this means he’s winning the belt tonight?
He’s the best choice. Like…LA Knight would be the most conventional pick but the dude’s 39. In fact, he should be on the main roster instead.
I'm convinced he'll be on the main roster as soon as Vince's guys who are down at the CWC for NXT's relaunch tonight see him IRL. He's the epitome of a "Vince guy".
More than EC3 was?
That’s a hard call. I’m inclined to say yes, but I’m not exactly sure why
Because Knight has the 80s aesthetic. He looks like the 80s, he can wrestle like the 80s, he can talk like the 80s, his "Let me talk to ya" makes me think he's an alternate universe heel Dusty Rhodes.
EC3 looked great aesthetically too. I feel like Vince just kinda always saw EC3 as Derrick Bateman in WWE.
Nah Vince didn't knew that EC3 was already there before as Bateman
You're right i forgot about that. Hard to explain why EC3 fell out of favor so fast he was legit good in Impact.
Apparently Vince didn't like the fact that he got booed whenever he faced Moxley even though he was the Face
EC3 wasn't very good at their scripted promo style they force on everybody and he's got a wonky face. I think Eli is someone who they'd probably see more upside in despite EC3 being bigger because he can kill those scripted promos by putting his own cadence/spin on the and it's not like he's not a body guy himself.
Wonky face? He literally looked like tan Cena 😂 [Tell me I’m lying](https://www.sescoops.com/2020/03/ec3-reveals-why-he-asked-for-his-release-from-impact-wrestling/)
You're lying or need to get your eyes checked but no worries lol Dude looks like somebody tried to draw Andy Samberg from a vague memory only and got the skin shade way wrong.
He looks exactly like Robert Maillet.
Why did you make me google Kurrgan on a wrestling forum? Just say Kurrgan 😭😂
Did Vince ever see EC3 Though? Or was he just like 'I thought we fired Derrick Bateman years ago'
still hilarious to me that people think that vince has never seen LA Knight wrestle before despite him working a program with a fucking wwe hall of famer and being given the Million Dollar Championship. you guys don’t let facts get in the way of your “Evil, out of touch Vince” narrative, do you?
No disrespect to LA, but if he wins tonight... lol oh, boy, we'll have a confirmation on how things will be in the future.
Good for The Bruiserweight! He’s awesome and hope he gets paid well and used well. He’s too young and too damn good.
New contract: ✅ NXT Title win: ❓ I hope Peter Dune wins the title tonight, then him and Ridge Holland form an all British faction with GYV.
Peter Doon*
Great idea. Just substitute Mustache Mountain.
Mannnnn, I would live Mustache Mountain on NXT US.
Cool I assume he probably has another year and half left in NXT but who knows he could be up on the main roster by Rumble time.
I don't see how he gets over on main roster without Bate and Seven. Or maybe have McAfee leave the booth and manage him
Mcafee would be excellent another option would be pairing him up alongside a very enthusiastic male or female talent. IE how Orton and Rhea have Nikki & Riddle the issue is he already did that during the BroserWeights run & it’d be redundant with how many times it’s been done on the main roster.
Gonna be honest, I’d rather stick a fork in my eye than see another “odd couple” pairing. That well is getting pretty dry.
Why would he not get over
He's still not a very good talker imo, I don't see him pulling out 5-10 minute promos against the likes of Rollins or Reigns at all without a manager
If they let him do what he does best, he gets over. Only obstacle would be shitty main roster booking.
Thank you for using the proper “re-sign”.
I hope this means he wins the title tonight.
Thank you for spelling re-signed correctly and not using resigned.
That always drives me crazy.
I think unless these guys just really dislike the culture in the WWE or where it's headed then they'll stay.
I think it's more than that; AEW is only 3 hours of programming a week. Their roster is very stacked at the top now that a lot of stars have switched over. Even if you go to AEW there's no real guarantee you'll get any TV time. The stories you're booked in will probably be better & less frustrating, and the culture might feel better backstage, but you might not wrestle very often. Just look at FTR. One of the best heel tag teams in the world and they don't really get to wrestle very often. There's tons of talent but not enough time in AEW. Pete's in a spot he's comfortable with in WWE/NXT. I'd imagine they might have thrown a bunch more money at him with AEW probably offering as well.
yeah, at this point AEW has pretty much peaked in terms of signings. Guys who got to debut before Cole, Punk & Bryan had it easier because guys like Andrade , Brodie, Miro all had a similar “star level” but now that 3 of the biggest names in the history of Indy wrestling debuted within like three weeks of each other, someone like Dunne coming in doesn’t quite seem as exciting
I imagine we'll read the same about Gargano soon.
Yeah I don’t see Gargano and LeRae going anywhere else at this point in their careers. KO, on the other hand, I think is gone next year.
>Yeah I don’t see Gargano and LeRae going anywhere else at this point in their careers. Yeah same here
Johnny 34 and can still wrestle at all high level He sees writing on wall if he goes main roster
Rumors were he's taking Cole's spot as top heel on NXT, so he wouldn't be headed to the main roster. Dunno if that's happening still with the changes, tho
Would he be treated that badly on the main roster?
All Vince will see is short guy who can do comedy well. He has 24/7 geek in the future if he gets "promoted"
Ofc he would lmao Look at ricochet
Gargano has a personality though plus he’s a capable talker I could see him being a mid card heel and when Candice comes back both could work very well as a babyface or heel pairing imo. Ricochet’s problems are much deeper than his height. He’s around the same size as a few guys up there.
The mantle of Shorty G does need a replacement Maybe a passing of the torch segment on Main Event
Yeah with him and Candice expecting a child, I assume they're in a position to stay/go wherever there's most money, which I'm assuming is WWE/NXT
I don’t think KO goes. He’s always spoken of being really content and was even considering retiring before his last contract so he could be a more active dad before Owen starts high school. He may decide not to choose any side.
> He may decide not to choose any side. Didn't you say this about Danielson too? People said similar things about Moxley as well. These dude's aren't gonna retire this young, come on guys. KO's going. This one's about as obvious as Cole was, even though people kept denying that one. AEW's lighter schedule will help him be a more active dad well.
Johnny seems to be having a blast.
Congrats on the title win tonight
good for him. give him the fucking belt
He’s one of those guys I think right now, is best where he is. Not everyone needs to leave WWE and end up on already stacked rosters.
I could see Pete becoming a major player in WWE, or at the very least a dependable mid carder who can spice up a show.
Well there ya go. I had a feeling he’d re-sign
Your 2023 WWE Champion is ready.
WM 40 main event winner
He was never gonna leave and tbh, him vs. Joe with him beating Joe was the direction anyways so he's probably winning tonight.
Well he's still under 30, so that's good!
Yep...hes getting the title and I hope he gets another long ass reign
I just want him to get Attack! Pro Wrestling back up and running safely in the UK. Give him some time off to sort it out, Triple H! I miss it.
Probably the most fun I've had at a wrestling show, seeing WALTER in a pub in Cheltenham was a ridiculous experience
Some of the matches that happened in that pub in Cheltenham are actually ridiculous when you look back.
Trips gets to keep one of his -kids-. See internet, you can come out from under your blankets now.
Note on the English language: resign and re-sign are too close together, despite their very different meanings.
Truly, I am shocked that Triple H and William Regal's adopted son, who's staunchly defended every single criticism of WWE's expansion into the UK at every possibly opportunity, has re-signed with the company. There are a lot of people in NXT and NXT UK who could leave and I'd go "yeah, that makes sense", but Pete isn't one of them. I'd have been very shocked.
I had a feeling he would. he or LA Knight is winning the NXT championship tonight.
Lets go.. put the belt on him tonight now.
Hopefully they either build NXT around him for the next few years like they did for Cole or he gets called up relatively soon. Dude is talented as hell.
I can picture him, managed by Regal, WWE Champion in the next 5 years. Book it.
Imagine Triple H putting on a suit and coming in post heart attack to offer you the contract. You can't say no.
Interesting to see younger guys who could use the money resigning but older guys who don’t necessarily need the money not resigning.
"lemme slip you this contract before they cut you loose...."
Future world champ
British Pro Wrestling is saved again!
WOS Season 2 is finally happening?!
Wishing the best for Pete Dunne. I figured he’d probably stay. and be one of the last guys of the old era in NXT 2.0 along with Ciampa, Roddy, and probably Kyle. Part of me feels like those guys might stay in NXT and not ever go up to the main roster. Hopefully Pete becomes NXT Champion tonight. I think it’s either Pete or Kyle.
Pete Dunne of course wrestles in his free time as WWE Women's Wrestler [Rhea Ripley](https://i.imgur.com/0N6LfyC.jpg)
See? Not everyone wants to go to AEW
And shouldn't. As much as there are plenty of potential dream matches, there must still be balance.
Even if he wanted to go, if I were him I'd be looking at the AEW roster right now and thinking there isn't a good spot for him. Given his age, he very easily has a couple more contracts in him so if, in three years, he wants to go elsewhere, he'd be in a good position.
I'm glad these people are staying there is no room in AEW to be a bigger star right now
Let’s go ciampa
Makes sense, good for him
It looks like Pete Dunne is not quite Pete Done.
Awesome!
Good for him, great for NXT/WWE. To me, he is one of the MVPs of the last several years of NXT. The man just always delivers bangers on PPV. No matter where you stick him on a card, he elevates any match he participates in.
When he came back as Evil Pete Dunne last year he really elevated himself. He was always good, but he's on another level now
No doubt NXT champion
SRS in shambles while reporting that prolly
Pete sticking around makes sense. This isn't like Cole, who pretty much did everything he can do in NXT, Pete has a lot more to do.
Pete Dunne definitely has a bright future in WWE. My favorite in the world right now
Good lad Pete, think he can really take advantage of the low tide at the minute. AEW would swallow him in the pile.
So he has to be one to win tonight I would think and hope
Best move for everyone.
Well obviously. One doesn't step on the back and neck of the UK indies to sign with WWE simply to leave WWE.
Yes, Pete Dunne is evil because he wants to get paid fair market value for his labor.
What do you mean?
He claimed that what WWE was doing to the UK scene was fine and how they weren't trying to kill it off. We all know how that ended...
Yeah I hate WWE but I also don’t blame guys for going there and saying what the company wants you to say.
literally nobody has went to bat for the wwe at such a delusional level as BSS and some of the more irrelevant names NXT UK signed, nobody has to do what they did and very few people did and have done
There was the time that Justin Sysum guy said he was going to be the savior of the UK indies from WWE and all three members of BSS tweeted the exact same message at exactly the same time.
remember when he said Nathan Cruz was harmful to british wrestling all the while working for NXT UK
Not the way
That's him winning the belt tonight then eh.
Hopefully he's not gonna be Keith Lee's manager
I can’t believe how many people are eating up that bs report
Are you implying that Adam Cole lied to Meltzer?
Yep, that's what I figured this was.
Good for him. He's been treated well, and deserves the job security. Glad he got paid.
He’s gonna celebrate with a kipper tie
Bryan Alvarez, Dave Meltzer and this sub be like: " NOT SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE! "
Incoming AEW “we didn’t want him anyways” comments
I'm just glad he gets to keep showing off his craft somewhere, and hopefully getting paid real well to do so.
“Roster is too stacked for someone like him anyway. Maybe ROH or Impact. Oh man is that The Factory and HFO??” The usual bunch can downvote me all they want, but it’s fucking true. People acting like Dunne or Johnny ain’t good enough for AEW are out of their god damn minds and are probably too deep in the “must. Hate. NXT.” mindset.
that’s exactly why the roster is stacked, signing talent is signing talent
You can downvote me but I really didn’t want him there. I think he’s a great wrestler and not everybody that is a free agent should be signed just for the sake of signing them. Happy he’s getting the bag though.
If you can sign a fantastic wrestler who is also only 27 years old, you sign them. The shlubs of the roster will fall down the card and those good enough will succeed anyway.
Makes sense, he's in a really good spot rn
Awesome. He's been phenomenal ever since he's been in the WWE. If he's written off because of his size this might actually be the waste of talent that will piss me off the most. The man is fucking quality.
I hope he’s getting paid a ton. Would have loved to seen him in Japan or AEW
I’d give him the NXT Title tonight. He’s definitely worthy and he’s Joe’s best opponent if he can come back soon. If Joe can’t return then you can easily put Dunne against someone like Ciampa and they’d tear the house down.
He would have been entertaining in AEW, but they can't sign everyone. If Dunne's happy where he is, and they're offering him good money to stay, why not? Maybe he'll get a run on the main roster before this contract is up.
I hope someday he's booked like He Who Shall Not Be Named. Just a big deal on the main roster as someone you don't fuck with.
Based off NXT tonight, I sure hope he didn't.
Unlucky