Indie Watch is our regular series that looks at amazing talents working the independent circuits around the world. Some are veterans revitalizing their careers. Some are indie prospects hitting their peaks. Others are names to be on the watch for! This edition looks at Pro Wrestling Australia’s (PWA) top prospects with WWE Aspirations, The Tuckman, Scott Green, and Ricky South.
As the Australian indie wrestling scene continues to thrive, Pro Wrestling Australia (PWA) is selling out events, gaining more recognition and exposure. Current talent and alumni are attracting the interest of AEW and WWE. It’s no secret that Australian wrestlers have, over the last few years, made their mark on the international wrestling scene.
In WWE, Bronson Reed and Grayson Waller, and Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis in AEW are stables of weekly programming. Yet undoubtedly, it’s the Aussie women who reign supreme—potential future standouts from Zaria in NXT to Harley Cameron. But two of the biggest attractions in WWE and AEW are Rhea Ripley and “Timeless” Toni Storm. Each regularly steals the spotlight from their male counterparts.
Recently, PWA has a lot to celebrate. Not including that outside the ring, Niki Van Blair was the subject of a short film, Heel Turn, at the Mardi Gras Film Festival. Several current PWA stars competed in ROH. Former alumni Jessie McKay has signed with AEW. Although rumours that The Violent Artist, Charli Evans, also signed with AEW proved false, the media attention will only draw more attention to CHEVS.
Recently, WWE held its February try-outs, which included three of PWA’s top names: The Tuckman, Scott Green, and Ricky South. Whilst there is no news yet on who might receive a WWE contract, being included shows that there is interest in these three PWA wrestlers.
Let’s look at these Aussie standouts, their potential, and why you should be paying close attention to their careers and PWA.
Aussie Wrestling > Everything
🇦🇺 pic.twitter.com/yrq03bKZGf— Grayson Waller (@GraysonWWE) February 20, 2026
The Tuckman
With only five years of experience, Tyran Tuckey has become a standout on the Australian indie scene with a quintessential Aussie twist on the hometown hero archetype. The Tuckman is Tuckey’s lived experiences as a rural boy turned beer-loving, party-hard, university dropout with a dream of making it big. Dialled up to eleven, “the Australia Mullet” has progressed as a character as well as becoming a hard-hitting singles and tag team wrestler.
A drama kid, a youth athlete, and growing up ginger provided Tuckey with plenty of experience fighting before discovering wrestling at age eleven. Deciding then that the dream was pro wrestling and the destination WWE, Tuckey left partway through his university degree, after online study during COVID-19, to pursue wrestling. Hence, the name of his and Scott Green’s partnership: The Dropouts.
Capable in the ring and with a character that connects with native crowds because everyone knows a Tuckman. Even if you watch a PWA show with The Dropouts’ theme, The Fratellis “Chelsea Dagger” muted, study the crowd. Raising their forefingers, they aren’t Fandangoing. Like Jimmy Uso, The Tuckman engages the crowd from the entrance.
However, The Tuckman is more than an entrance. That high energy translates to the ring. That experience with theatre and fan investment allows The Tuckman to involve the crowd in his moves, struggles, and victories.
Appropriately, the reigning Soul of PWA Champion, The Tuckman, has that intangible ability to tell stories the fans invest in. How could The Tuckman translate on an international stage with such a region-specific persona? Well, the same way Will Ospreay’s relatable Essex Lad persona captured the love and admiration of AEW fans.
