5 Facts about WWE’s ‘Bruiserweight’ Pete Dunne

#2 His dream is to wrestle his best friend at WrestleMania

Dunne and Andrews

While the student-teacher story between Bate and Dunne sounds really emotional, there’s another story waiting to be told in the WWE.

While Dunne helped train Bate, it is Mark Andrews who is Dunne’s childhood friend. The two men trained together from a young age, but unlike most friends, they've been able to live out the dream of wrestling on WWE television.

The former United Kingdom Champion has revealed that he had never attended WrestleMania before he signed onto the company. This gave him a taste of what the event is all about, and now he has a dream of wrestling his best friend Mark Andrews on the WrestleMania pay-per-view down the years.

It’s interesting that Dunne values his friendships more and has named a fellow wrestler with whom he’s grown up with rather than a legend as most other wrestlers do.

Dunne and Andrews are also the co-founders of "Defend Indy Wrestling", a clothing brand for independent wrestling fans, along with fellow Welsh wrestler Eddie Dennis. The brand produces t-shirts, hoodies and other accessories.