Eddie Dennis Recalls Time in WWE NXT UK, Says It Was ‘Special’

In an interview with Irish Wrestling & Entertainment (via Wrestling Inc), Eddie Dennis spoke about his time on WWE’s now defunct NXT UK brand and how he considers it a special time. Here are highlights:

On the NXT UK brand: “In that locker room Wild Boar’s in there, Flash Morgan Webster in there, Mark Andrews is in there, Pete Dunne’s in there, Tyler Bate’s in there, Trent Seven is in there — all these people who we kind of grew up together within the industry and that’s kind of what was really special about ‘NXT UK.’ Previous to ‘NXT UK,’ obviously if someone made it from the UK, it was one or two guys. With the UK brand, it was really cool because we were with all of our friends.”

On complaints WWE destroyed the UK independent scene: “It was a funny time because obviously, it was very exciting to be a part of something that was new and, just like you touched on, you’ll get people who have opinions on why the WWE came over here. I really … I’m pretty cynical at times, you know, I think it’s a really, really cynical thing, like, take, to think that they wanted to damage a scene. I think they wanted to cash in. They wanted to make money on a scene but I don’t think they wanted to, like, damage a scene.”

On the end of NXT UK: “I mean there’s so many things that happened with regards to that, like that pandemic and stuff. And it’s not all the pandemic, obviously, Speaking Out happened as well, Triple H had his health issues, the company was sold, there was the allegations involved in Vince — like all of these things are in it.”