Former NXT UK wrestler Eddie Dennis announces retirement
A former NXT UK wrestler is stepping away from the ring.
Eddie Dennis retired from in-ring competition at Revolution Pro Wrestling’s Revolution Rumble event in London on Sunday. Dennis said going into the show that he would retire if he didn’t win the Revolution Rumble match.
Michael Oku won the Revolution Rumble. Dennis was eliminated by Connor Mills.
This photo is beautiful https://t.co/NYrWGLQzpv
— Eddie Dennis (@EddieDennis1986) March 26, 2023
Dennis was released by WWE in August 2022. Most of the NXT UK roster was released at that time, with WWE announcing that NXT UK was ending in its current form and would become NXT Europe.
The 37-year-old Dennis was both a wrestler and a manager in NXT UK. He was part of the Symbiosis faction with Primate and T-Bone.
Dennis, who is from Wales, is a former PROGRESS Wrestling World Champion and Tag Team Champion.
PROGRESS tweeted about Dennis’ retirement: “We didn’t want to believe the news, we didn’t think it could be true. The reality has set in and now we know this is the end. #ThankYouEddie We will forever party hard with your amazing memories from what you created with us at PROGRESS.”
Before becoming a full-time wrestler, Dennis worked as a math teacher. “It was a risk giving up teaching altogether to pursue my dream,” Dennis told the BBC in 2022. “It was pretty terrifying… I had a very much established a life, my fiancee and I had a mortgage. I was leaving that to go and wrestle independently.”
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