{"id":129947,"date":"2025-01-24T08:27:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T13:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=129947"},"modified":"2025-01-24T08:27:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T13:27:21","slug":"netflix-pete-dunne-wwe-promo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/01\/24\/netflix-pete-dunne-wwe-promo\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Cutting Pete Dunne WWE Promo Signals Push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix cutting a promo and airing a shocking statistic highlights a push that could be coming for Pete Dunne. Dunne featured prominently on <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/01\/18\/preview-wwe-raw-1-20-25\/\" target=\"_self\">WWE Raw this week<\/a> as he faced Penta in a 10-minute bout. The &#8220;Bruiserweight&#8221; was on top for most of the match before falling victim to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/01\/14\/pentas-wwe-debut-wrestlers-react-to-newest-raw-star\/\" target=\"_self\">the hottest new star in WWE Penta.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But it is a section of WWE Raw that aired live and has since been cut from <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>, that signals Pete Dunne could be primed for a push. Dunne entered the American Airlines Center in Dallas to cries of &#8216;Butch&#8217; from the crowd. After dressing down the mouthy fans on the entrance ramp, Dunne took to the mic.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Conspiracy Against Dunne On Netflix<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Here, he targeted WWE officials for keeping him off Netflix for the first two weeks. He also vented his anger at WWE management for trying to bury him by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/03\/11\/pete-dunne-smackdown-debut-butch\/\" target=\"_self\">giving him the disastrous name Butch<\/a>. At this point, the live feed cut out.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Michael Cole referenced what had happened when the feed was restored. Dunne is<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> being tested as a CM Punk-esque <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/06\/28\/happy-anniversary-seven-years-later-cm-punks-pipebomb-still-resonates\/\" target=\"_self\">&#8216;pipebomb&#8217;<\/a> anti-establishment character. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, WWE has also been keen to shed some hints that Dunne deserves to be treated with respect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Penta battles Pete Dunne: Raw highlights, Jan. 20, 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ySbpoUiECdM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">More TV Wins Than Rhodes &amp; Uso <\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Dunne had more TV victories than Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso in 2024. WWE made sure to tell its viewers this on the inaugural WWE Raw on Netflix.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Whilst Jey Uso waited to face Drew McIntyre, a graphic showed the leaderboard for 20+ televised wins in 2024. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bianca Belair led with 29, followed by Bron <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Breakker<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> with 24, Damian Priest\u00a0with 23, and Dunne with 22. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Uso and Rhodes were both shown to have 21 TV wins. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the new Netflix Era of WWE, everything matters,zip-tied, and we are told things for a reason. Choosing the premiere episode of WWE Raw on Netflix &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/01\/09\/wwe-raw-on-netflix-ratings-revealed\/\" target=\"_self\">which drew 4.9 million viewers<\/a> &#8211; to tell us this means Dunne is someone WWE wants its audience to know about. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Dunne In 2024 <\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Dunne spent the latter part of 2024 hurting anyone that dared call him Butch. The segments took place predominately on WWE online exclusives. But the &#8220;don&#8217;t call me Butch&#8221; bit now being transferred to Netflix signals WWE might be finally about to push Dunne.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Dunne had a satisfying mini-feud with Sheamus last year that climaxed with a superb Good Ol\u2019 Fashioned Donnybrook match in October. It was a busy 2024 for Dunne. He challenged for the NXT Championship, the Speed Championship, and the Tag Team Championship last year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The latter saw him compete on night one of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/06\/wwe-wrestlemania-40-saturday-night-one-results-recap\/\" target=\"_self\">WWE WrestleMania 40<\/a> in front of more than 70,000 fans and at the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/02\/25\/www-elimination-chamber-match-ranking-star-rating\/\" target=\"_self\">Elimination Chamber<\/a> in Australia in front of a crowd of over 47,000. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As we build up to WrestleMania 41 it isn&#8217;t <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">totally<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> inconceivable that WWE could have plans for Dunne to compete in his first singles match at &#8220;The Showcase of the Immortals&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sheamus hits Pete Dunne with a Brogue Kick while zip tied in Donnybrook Match: Raw, Oct. 7, 2024\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A4l6P7_KYCg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Breakout, Bate &amp; Butch<\/h2>\n<p>Dunne was the breakout star of the United Kingdom tournament in 2017. Despite coming up short of Tyler Bate in the final, he soon won the UK Championship at NXT TakeOver: Chicago. Many called this contest the match of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Dunne held the championship for 685 days before losing it to Walter. Kurt Angle highlighted him as a future star when he was a shock opponent for Enzo Amore on WWE Raw in November 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Dunne feuded with the hottest stars in NXT and many fans anticipated his transfer to the main roster.<\/p>\n<p>When he did finally make the move, many were left scratching their heads at him being renamed Butch. Despite this, he competed in many entertaining multi-man matches as part of Sheamus&#8217;s Brawling Brutes faction.<\/p>\n<p>Pete Dunne started 2024 off with a bang when he got his name back and formed a team with longtime friend Bate. Bate&#8217;s injury was the spark for Dunne to go it alone and build towards the push we may be about to see.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Enzo Amore gets an unwelcome surprise from WWE U.K. Champion Pete Dunne: Raw, Nov. 6, 2017\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9UxI68ef1KA?start=19&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out WWE programming on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA Network<\/a>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The CW<\/a>\u00a0(NXT), and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peacock<\/a>\u00a0(archives and premium live event streaming). You can follow WWE on social media and relive top moments on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WWE\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix cutting a promo and airing a shocking statistic highlights a push that could be coming for Pete Dunne. Dunne featured prominently on WWE Raw this week as he faced Penta in a 10-minute bout. The &#8220;Bruiserweight&#8221; was on top for most of the match before falling victim to the hottest new star in WWE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3852,"featured_media":129961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2192,25,4,3],"tags":[8440,536],"class_list":["post-129947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrestling","category-raw","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-butch","tag-pete-dunne"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3852"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129947"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129962,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129947\/revisions\/129962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}