July 5th, three days before Fightful and Ella Jay broke the news, The Tuckman and Scott Green, collectively known as The Dropouts, gave an emotional farewell speech at Pro Wrestling Australia’s King of the Metro event days before the rumor of signing with WWE hit the internet.
If true, get ready to raise your fingers and pump your arms! Expect The Dropouts to make an impression. Like fellow countryman Bronson Reed, Zaria and Grayson Waller, Green and The Tuckman tick many of the WWE superstar priority boxes. For fans unfamiliar with the Aussie indy scene and its crown jewel promotion, PWA, I can tell you, if you’re a WWE and NXT fan, get excited.
Alongside the former, nearly 1,000-day reigning PWA World champion, Ricky South, the trio took part in a WWE try-out in February. While I have highlighted all three men’s individual backgrounds and journeys as part of a special PWA Indy Watch, here we’re going to explore why this pair of entertaining, athletic, and unique Australians could mesh well within the WWE environment, if they were signed.
If they haven’t, WWE would miss out on a pair suited for their brand of wrestling. At least, The Dropouts have the potential to be strong utility players. But if the stars align, they could become fan favorites.
Aussie Wrestling > Everything
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The Dropouts Connect
Watch any PWA show where The Dropouts perform, either solo or as a pair, and the outline of a ginger and black mullet flashes on the screen, and the familiar crowd is primed and ready. In synch with the first “da” of The Fratellis’ Chelsea Dagger, the PWA crowd sings. The song has become a phenomenon in various sporting arenas, but it’s the vigor and passion of the Tuckman and Green pointing to the sky and swaying their hips that gets the fans joining.
For a company that prides itself on spectacle and the power of a strong entrance, the connection The Dropouts have with an audience familiar with them is symbiotic. Loveable, exuberant babyfaces who feel relatable and real while being unmistakably Australian with their strange fashion choices, it’s hard not to share their joy. Given the success Jey Uso found with Yeeting, the Dropouts Down Under Fandangoing variation could likewise make them standouts before the bell rings.
Like Joe Hendry’s music, The Dropouts can entertain with their physicality and charm. Although it’s unlikely WWE will pay to license their well-known anthem, and it may be optimistic to assume they’ll get a banger to match that quality, the pair are adaptable and high-energy, even without the music.
The Tuckman is no stranger to getting into the crowd to encourage them to move. Likewise, Green, who has been told he can play to the crowd “too much”, is nicknamed the Highest in the Room for multiple reasons. The former Australian Survivor competitor is as entertaining as his partner. Yet an entrance is only one part of the connection.
In Ring Entertainers and Storytellers
There is a relatability each man has that could be more than regional. Yes, The Tuckman is an amplified version of the beer-drinking, rural boy who calls himself “the Australian Mullet”.
Green, too, is more than someone who enjoys partying. You can’t necessarily take the Aussie out of the men, but the Aussie twist to otherwise cliched gimmicks of the party animals could resonate globally. There are plenty of folks, young and old, who might see a bit of themselves in the pair.
Both men are storytellers. Just check out the above 2024 video of their clash with North Shore Wrestling. After their entrance, with a timely reference to the viral Australian breakdancer Raygun, the pair make you want to root for them.
Look at how Green takes a beating from the team fans nicknamed with a word that rhymes with Tankers. Green sells the isolation before hitting a surprise step-up enziguri to an opponent stacked on the top rope! With strong timing and awareness, both men know their roles.
Watch Scott Green take on a debuting social media influencer (who we interviewed), Lachy McIntyre, in a dumpster match. The stipulation and theatrics distract from the rookie’s limitations, but the veteran Green plays his part in making this 17-minute segment entertaining and meaningful. A skill handy for WWE, where the connective tissue around the match can often be more important than the match itself.
With expression and body language that perhaps surpass their short years in wrestling, the pair can pack emotional story beats. Both men, in a similar vein to how Will Ospreay’s relatable Essex Lad persona found a way to make the regional translate to something bigger and beloved.
The Tuckman and Scott Green – Aussie’s Rule?
Over time, the potential both men have could be somewhat like the run the Aussie Open has had in AEW in the sense that together and separately, they could, like Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis, find a role for themselves on a large roster.
As a tandem, the pair could fit well with the chaos and experimentation of Chef Shawn Michael’s NXT. Eventually, on the main roster as comic relief or serious contenders in the tag division, while finding ways, like Pretty Deadly or others before them, to gain a cult following.
If allowed the time to connect with fans, it’s possible buildings could rock like Metro Theatre during the pair’s “One Last Time” at PWA King of Metro. Check out the match (above) for yourself. Or more of their solo efforts. Now leaving PWA, The Tuckman has relinquished his Soul of PWA Championship. A championship that, in many respects, reflects how The Tuckman captured fans’ hearts.
After all, this is WWE we are speculating about. Few tag teams remain together forever. Optimistically, like Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis now, AEW International and AEW National champions, if the stars align and the booking is strong, together or apart, more Aussies could be ruling the wrestling mainstream roost. But if The Dropouts are not signed now, it’s not a matter of if but when.
