More On Possible Changes To Butch (Patreon)

There were some hints of a change to the presentation of Butch on WWE Smackdown.

During a pre-produced vignette on Smackdown, Butch was accompanied by Tyler Bate. During the segment, Butch said that the Brawling Brutes were a thing of the past, and Bate said he had to make a name for himself. Fightful has confirmed that a change back to Pete Dunne has long been discussed, with one source in WWE telling Corey Brennan “it’s exactly what it looks like.”

We were told at the time that Butch’s name was changed from Dunne, it got some of the heaviest pushback in recent WWE memory. At least one that we spoke of said of it “It wasn’t even that it was a bad name. The name was okay, it was fine. But there was already a Butch. An actual wrestler named Butch already in our Hall of Fame.”