Claim: Vince McMahon wanted Pete Dunne to be a guy that never wrestled
During an interview with MuscleManMalcolm, former WWE stars Mace and Mansoor discussed the Maximum Male Models faction. At one point, Mansoor mentioned Butch aka Pete Dunne while talking about Max Dupri aka LA Knight having a manager role for the MMM…
“LA [Knight] was super cool because he could’ve just said no but he didn’t. He tried to make it work. I remember talking about how much Vince [McMahon] was into this idea with LA and LA was just like ‘I don’t want to be a manager. I still got a lot left in the tank.’”
“Dude, 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.”
(quotes: Sportskeeda.com)
You could see it in the manic qualities he gave him. But i never understood HHH and HBK’s obsession with him. He’s a generic workrate wrestler with one type of offense that makes him memorable. Even in the latest promo and matches it’s painfully obvious Tyler Bate is more the total package than Pete Dunne will ever be. Hell Ridge Holland is showing more range right now than Dunne.
By not working a match you could extend your career by decades. Why don’t these dummies take a free paycheck?
@Pete
Because wrestlers want to wrestle? Groundbreaking, I know.