In recent weeks fans have seen a number of talents get called up from NXT one of which was former NXT UK Champion Pete Dunne. When the Bruiserweight was called up to the Friday Night SmackDown brand he was paired with Sheamus and Ridge Holland and introduced to the world as Butch.
Name changes have become quite common in WWE nowadays as things are constantly changing. It seems that things are going well for Butch as he told Metro that Vince McMahon is fully behind the Butch character.
“He seems really into this, as you can imagine,’ Butch smiled. ‘He seems really into the idea of Butch. It is entertaining.”
The former Pete Dunne admitted that he knew the name change was coming, but it was the negative reaction to the name change that he wasn’t looking forward to.
“I was aware of that, and that’s quite nervewracking at the time ’cause you know the reaction that’s coming from people. But, you just have to tune out from that and focus on what you can, and that’s the quality of the work you put out. Seeing it catch on in different places, it’s almost more rewarding because I know who I am with Pete Dunne and the Bruiserweight, that’s established. But to start establishing something new is a really rewarding process.”
