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WWE prima Kit Wilson needed to spell done immoderate characteristic changes earlier he was featured again connected "Friday Night SmackDown."
He mislaid his Pretty Deadly tag squad partner owed to a superior injury, and needed to commencement a singles tally of his own. While nan caller tally hasn’t yielded immoderate championships arsenic of yet, he’s been capable to garner attraction successful a measurement that hasn’t really been seen earlier connected WWE TV.
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Kit Wilson enters nan ringing during SmackDown astatine Spectrum Center successful Charlotte, N.C., connected Feb. 6, 2026. (Rich Wade/WWE)
Wilson’s gimmick calls retired toxic masculinity among his chap pro wrestlers. He sounds poetry, writes successful his diary and puts "toxic" superstars connected notice.
He told Fox News Digital he believed "things are looking up."
"I’m emotion beautiful good," Wilson said earlier WrestleMania 42. "You know, obviously, it came from a sad place, it came from a acheronian place, losing my tag-team partner. He’s retired injured astatine nan moment. I miss him. I dream for him to beryllium back. But yeah, we’re connected a trajectory correct now. We’re connected a singles tally correct now. Things are looking up.
"I’m emotion much assured than ever. I’m much passionate than ever. I’m emotion this occurrence wrong me. And look, things haven’t been going my way. I’ve been losing. I’ve been losing. I’ve been cursed. I’ve been cursed. I’m emotion truthful good, I’m pushing forward. I’m pushing each nan measurement to nan apical and I’m not stopping until I get to nan top."
Wilson’s characteristic has caught connected truthful overmuch that he’s been capable to bring successful immoderate caller fans.
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Kit Wilson sounds his diary during SmackDown astatine FLA Live Arena successful Sunrise, Fla., connected Feb. 20, 2026. (Craig Ambrosio/WWE/Getty Images)
The mean sports instrumentality who whitethorn not beryllium willing successful WWE aliases is passing done SmackDown while transmission flipping has been capable to extremity and spot Wilson successful action.
"I do deliberation that is thing that is very large and important to me. When I started, location was a batch of group who I looked up to that weren’t nan stereotypical people. I didn’t for illustration nan benignant of ‘bad a--,’ I didn’t for illustration nan bold, aggressive, angry man for nary reason. I liked nan vibrant characters. When I started connected nan independent segment successful nan UK, Noam Dar – who is now successful NXT – I looked up to him truthful overmuch because I felt for illustration I related to him more.
"So, for maine to beryllium capable to beryllium doing this circumstantial characteristic correct now, this Kit Wilson era, it’s benignant of inspiring because who possibly spot themselves done it because it’s not nan stereotypical aggressive, angry, ‘toxic,’ man, yeah, I consciousness really bully astir that."
Wilson wasn’t scheduled successful a lucifer astatine WrestleMania 42, but he did look successful a conception pinch John Cena, The Miz and Danhausen.
Unfortunately, it ended pinch Danhausen’s friends punching him successful nan groin.
The Miz and Kit Wilson observe during WrestleMania 42: Night 2 astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Las Vegas, Nevada, connected April 19, 2026. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE)
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Still, to spell from a mid-card singles competitor to being progressive successful WrestleMania successful immoderate respect is immense accomplishment successful its ain right.
Ryan Gaydos is simply a elder editor for Fox News Digital.
