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During my time at ES, I have been doing live coverage of WWE SmackDown which currently hosts our ?Head of the Table? Roman Reigns. Prior to this, I worked as a reporter for a national newspaper, covering investigative stories on education, space, science, and tech. While these might seem worlds apart, I still enjoy getting into the nitty gritty of stories here at ES, picking apart details and finding out facts about wrestlers that most would overlook. In my spare time, I enjoy delving into my hobbies: writing, drawing, or just goofing off with my cat.

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With a stacked card on tonight’s episode of WWE SmackDown, fans were not expecting the return of a wrestler back to his original, much-loved gimmick. The second match of the night saw The Pretty Deadly take on Butch and Tyler Bate. However, it wasn’t Butch who came out to the ring. After spending a year in suspenders playing his gimmick of Butch, Butch returned to form as the Bruiserweight Pete Dunne. Fans loved this gimmick and went wild for the return of it. The pop when Dunne came out as his older self was loud. During the last episode of WWE SmackDown, we got a video package of Dunne talking about his time as Butch. He claimed that he was not feeling himself. He said that he was having an identity issue and needed to make a change. Looking at what Dunne did on tonight’s episode, that video package had Dunne written all over it. Here is how the fans reacted. Fans claim that this has brought back real wrestling Everyone was so excited. They want to see Dunne vs Gunther. Now they want the old theme back. Some fans claimed to have hated the Butch gimmick. What do you think about the change?

This episode of WWE SmackDown saw the return of the Bruiserweight Pete Dunne and this is how the WWE Universe reacted to it.

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My passion for professional wrestling began when I saw Kane ripping the Hell in a Cell door off in the iconic 1997 match. I used to enjoy watching WWE re-runs at 5 in the evening when I got home from school. It was sort of a ritual for me. I loved watching Jeff Hardy jump off any tall structure and that was an adrenaline rush despite having crippling altophobia. For me pro wrestling has been an escape and still is. Now, I write about wrestling to share the excitement I felt as a kid with others. I have also been a part of the FanCast at ES, which was a great opportunity. Going from a freelance content writer to someone who gets to cover live events and interviews at ES was a major upgrade in my professional life. Apart from WWE, I love watching movies and picking out the flaws in storytelling or the plot. You can drop a message to me at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-paul-5a49a4193/ and X: https://twitter.com/Momopaul7