Vince McMahon Had Strange Booking Idea For Current WWE Star
Vince McMahon had his creative genius questioned when tabling an unusual booking idea in 2022.
Having enjoyed tremendous success in both NXT and NXT UK for five years after signing with WWE, Pete Dunne was finally handed a main roster call up on the 11th March 2022 episode of SmackDown.
Dunne was aligned with Sheamus and fellow Brit Ridge Holland to form the Brawling Brutes stable. The Birmingham-born man was repackaged as Butch in a move that raised eyebrows given his previous success on WWE’s developmental brand.
During an appearance on Muscle Man Malcolm, former WWE Superstar Mansoor revealed that Vince McMahon had surprising plans for the former WWE United Kingdom Champion:
“Vince McMahon wanted Butch to be a guy that never wrestles. Vince wanted Butch, Pete Dunne, to be a scrappy little guy, who just attacks people, but he never wanted Butch to actually wrestle a match.”
Thankfully, McMahon relented and the newly renamed Butch would go on to enjoy reasonable success on SmackDown, including competing in the main event of Survivor Series: WarGames on 26th November 2022.
Fans would consistently voice a desire for the former NXT Tag Team Champion to return to his previous persona, however, finally receiving their wish on the 19th January 2024 edition of SmackDown when it as announced that he had returned to the Pete Dunne moniker.
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