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During an appearance on WWE After The Bell with Corey Graves, Pete Dunne spoke about his wrestling style.
āI started wrestling when I was 12 years old, I was a fan of AJ Styles, people like that who were flying around the ring. Originally thatās what I wanted to do but I realized pretty quickly I was just pretty average when it comes to that stuff and I needed to find a niche that really suited me. Also leaning into the fact that I am British, if I could take an element of what made British wrestlers in the past successful, mixed that with the style of wrestling I really enjoyed at the time and just things Iāve picked up travelling around the world.ā
Dunne also spoke about which WWE NXT UK stars he believes are future breakout stars.
āOne that I think that a lot of people that follow NXT UK would say would be A-Kid. Somebody that I saw, I wrestled him originally in the UK years ago and heās just not the same person. I remember going out to Spain a couple years later and wrestling him and being shocked at what had happened, he was a completely different performer. The transition was crazy, the level he was at to where he is now is unrecognizable. Iām not sure Iāve seen anybody improve at that level, his in-ring stuff is so slick and all that and even outside of that you can see him growing in confidence.
āThe way he talks, the way he walks around in his entrance, everything is justā¦ you can really see him becoming a WWE superstar and heās stood in that transition. I think thereās still more to come from him. The other answer that people wouldnāt expect is Wild Boar. Heās somebody I grew up with wrestling and I donāt think people fully know how good he is and I think heās someone who is pretty untapped. Thereās so much more to come from him.
Finally, he spoke about which stars he wants to fight.
āThereās so many people up there. Cesaro would be one, AJ Styles like I said, he was my favourite wrestler growing up. Honestly, I look at those rosters on RAW and SmackDown now and know thereās so many people that Iād love to work with and I think I can have great matches with. Thereās still time, I just turned 28 years old, thereās still work to be done in NXT but down the line thereās so many people Iād love to get in the ring with.
ĀāWhen [Samoa Joe] came back into NXT, we had those few stare-downs and I thought, right, weāre going in that direction and I canāt wait to get in there. Like I said, that era of himself, AJ Styles, these are the guys that I grew up really watching. Thatās another sort of dream match there for me, I really think me and him would be a great match and hopefully down the line this is still an option.ā
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