Ridge Holland Enjoyed Being In Brawling Brutes, Thinks They Had More Legs

The former Ridge Holland said that he had fun being paired with Sheamus and Pete Dunne, and believes they could have done more. Holland, aka Luke Menzies, became part of the group when he was called to the main roster in 2021. The trio was part of the first main roster WarGames match, teaming with Drew McIntyre and Kevin Owens in a loss to The Bloodline at Survivor Series: WarGames that year.

However, the faction had some bumpy roads, including Sheamus going down to injury, and broke up when Holland turned his back on Dunne in 2023. Sheamus has said that the group had unrealized potential, and Holland agreed with that notion in an interview with F4W Online. You can see a couple of highlights below:

On Being Paired With Sheamus & Pete Dunne:

“It was good fun.  I think we had a lot more legs than what we were to achieve. I think we had a lot more in us. But it was fun, you know, traveling down the road, and obviously, Sheamus is, you know, Hall of Fame career, you know, certified Hall of Famer. And just to get in there and obviously be reintroduced back with Pete [Dunne], it was great. We managed to get ourselves organically over as babyfaces, and with that, Sheamus had one of his most babyface runs. But yeah, it just felt like they never really pulled the trigger. I mean, we wrestled a couple of times for the tag team belts. You know, we were in the War Games, the inaugural War Games on the main roster. Yeah. And then we had a really good kind of like Donnybrook match with Imperium. But yeah, it was fun. Although I think there was a lot more that we could have done. But I was grateful for the opportunity.”

On Being Part Of the First Main Roster WarGames Match:

“Yeah, just again, a big opportunity. I never realized that we’d be involved in that. But it was a funny situation because we didn’t really have the match down until like 20 minutes before bell time. Nerve-wracking. But we all the beats and made sure that The Bloodline and all of their story. That was the main point, the story of The Bloodline. You know, it was the main point of getting that out, you know, getting that across, and we managed to do it. I would’ve liked to have a bit of a bigger part in it and done some more things, but you know, you’ve just gotta play your part. You know, and play the role that you can. But I’m grateful for the opportunity, and I can say at least I was involved in that match.“