8 Things You Didn't Know About WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne
2. He & Tyler Bate Didn't Expect Anything From A WWE Tryout In 2016
Sitting in a car on their way to Glasgow's SSE Hydro venue for a WWE tryout last November, Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate weren't expecting much outside of a fun experience. Talking to The Mirror shortly after the UK Title Tournament on the WWE Network, Dunne chuckled as he recalled Bate worrying he'd be "too small" for the company.
Pete was a bit more positive, reasoning that anything could happen and that the pair had done well to even secure a tryout in the first place. At the same time, he admitted to The Mirror that he didn't foresee WWE being interested in both, let alone signing them to appear as part of a tournament.
Dunne had joked to Bate that he could be anything he wanted to be, even if that meant becoming the world's best power lifter instead of wrestler. As they drove towards destiny though, it seemed inconceivable that both would go on to become the first ever WWE United Kingdom Champions in history.