Tyler Bate (born 7 March 1997) is an English

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. He is signed to WWE where he performs on the Raw

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and is one of the two members of New Catch Republic, performing alongside Pete Dunne. In 2017, he became the inaugural WWE United Kingdom Champion (later renamed NXT United Kingdom Championship), making him the youngest singles champion in WWE history aged 19. Bate is the only wrestler to become a NXT UK Triple Crown winner, holding the NXT United Kingdom Championship, NXT UK Tag Team Championship, and NXT UK Heritage Cup. He was also the only two-time NXT United Kingdom Champion and is recognized as the final holder of the title. He is also known for teaming with

Trent Seven Benjamin Maurice Webb (born 21 August 1981), known by the ring name Trent Seven, is an English Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and Promoter (entertainment), wrestling promoter. He has worked for WWE, where he performed on their NXT ...

as Moustache Mountain; the two have held the

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, Progress Tag Team Championship, and

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. Bate, Seven, and Pete Dunne collectively form the British Strong Style; the three were nicknamed "the founding fathers of NXT UK" by WWE, due to their crucial part in the creation and growth of the brand.

Professional wrestling career

Preston City Wrestling (2014–2015)

Bate debuted in Preston City Wrestling as "The Iron Master" Tyler Bate at PCW Fright Night III, competing unsuccessfully in a 4-way match also featuring Charlie Garrett,

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and Zack Gibson. Bate returned to hat Shooting Star in January 2015, aligning himself with The Hunter Brothers and Ryan Smile. Bate and his team were then defeated by Pete Dunne, Damian Dunne, Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews.

Chikara (2015–2017)

In early 2015, Bate, alongside

, debuted in American promotion Chikara as part of their tour of the United Kingdom, defeating The Hunter Brothers in a dark match on 3 April and losing to the Devastation Corporation (Max Smashmaster and Blaster McMassive) in another dark match on 6 April. In their final dark match on the tour, Seven and Bate teamed with Clint Margera to take on Pete Dunne, Damian Dunne and Jimmy Havoc in a losing effort. Bate teamed with Seven and Dan Moloney at that year's King of Trios as Team Fight Club: Pro, making it to the semi-finals before being eliminated by the

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(

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, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson). In 2016, Seven and Bate began competing more regularly in Chikara, and on 21 August, they defeated Los Ice Creams (Hijo Del Ice Cream and Ice Cream Jr.), N_R_G (Hype Rockwell and Race Jaxon) and The Devastation Corporation to win the

. They never returned to Chikara to defend the titles, and were stripped of them for inactivity on 15 December during Chikara's secret season 16. Bate returned to Chikara on 1 September 2017, when he, Trent Seven and Pete Dunne, billed collectively as "House Strong Style", entered the 2017 King of Trios, defeating House Whitewolf ( A-Kid, Adam Chase and Zayas) in their first round match. Over the next two days, House Strong Style defeated House Throwbacks ( Dasher Hatfield,

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and Simon Grimm) in the quarterfinals, House Rot ( Frightmare, Hallowicked and Kobald) via forfeit in the semifinals and House Sendai Girls ( Cassandra Miyagi,

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and

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) in the finals to win the 2017 King of Trios.

Progress Wrestling (2016–2019)

Bate debuted in Progress Wrestling at Chapter 22, losing to William Eaver in a Natural Progression Series quarter final match. His first appearance in Progress alongside Trent Seven as Moustache Mountain was in a loss to Damian and Pete Dunne at Chapter 28. At Chapter 33, Moustache Mountain split after Seven turned

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, attacking Bate and aligning with Pete Dunne to form British Strong Style. At Chapter 39, Bate returned to Progress, attacking Jimmy Havoc during a seven-man elimination match for the vacant Progress World Championship, turning heel and aligning himself with Seven and Dunne. On 16 December, Seven and Dunne were stripped of the Progress Tag Team Championship after Dunne attempted to give his half of the shield to Bate. Two weeks later at Chapter 41, Seven and Bate defeated The London Riots and The LDRS of the New School ( Zack Sabre Jr. and Marty Scurll) in a three-way tag team match to win the vacant title. Bate made it to the finals of the Super Strong Style 16 Tournament, defeating Pastor William Eaver, Mark Haskins, Matt Riddle, before losing to Travis Banks in the final. At Chapter 50, Bate and Seven lost the Tag Team Championships to #CCK ( Chris Brookes and Kid Lykos). After regaining the title, Bate and Seven lost it again to #CCK in a

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on 10 September 2017.

WWE (2016–present)

United Kingdom Champion (2016–2017)

On 15 December 2016, it was revealed that Bate would be one of 16 men competing in a two night

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to crown the inaugural WWE United Kingdom Champion on 14 and 15 January 2017. Bate defeated Tucker in the first round to advance to the quarter-finals, before defeating

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to advance to the semi-finals. Bate then defeated Wolfgang in the semi-finals and Pete Dunne in the final to win the tournament and become the inaugural champion. Bate was presented with the title belt by

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, Finn Bálor and Fit Finlay. At 19 years old, he became the second teenager in WWE history to win a title, and the second (at the time, presently third) youngest champion of all time, after René Duprée. Bate signed a contract with WWE, which allowed him to continue taking independent bookings with some restrictions. On 1 February episode of '' NXT'', Tyler Bate made his NXT debut defeating Oney Lorcan. On 15 February edition of NXT, Tyler Bate successfully defended his title against fellow UK Tournament and tag team partner Trent Seven in the main event, with the two of them showing sportsmanship in the end. On 4 April, Bate and others who participated in the United Kingdom Championship Tournament appeared on 205 Live. On 26 April episode of ''NXT'', Bate successfully defended his championship against Jack Gallagher, a member of the Raw roster. At NXT TakeOver: Chicago, Bate would lose his championship to Pete Dunne, ending his reign at 125 days. The match was highly acclaimed and named Match of the Year at the NXT Year-End Awards. On 7 November 2017, Bate would make his '' 205 Live'' debut, where he was defeated by Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Amore. On 20 December episode of ''NXT'', Bate received his rematch for the WWE United Kingdom Championship, but again lost to Dunne.

Moustache Mountain (2018–2022)

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On 30 January 2018 episode of ''205 Live'', Bate would compete in the WWE Cruiserweight Championship tournament, where he was defeated by TJP in the first round. On 15 May 2018, Bate defeated TJP, Kalisto and Kenny Williams in a fatal four-way match. During day one of the second annual United Kingdom Championship Tournament on 18 June, Bate, Dunne and Seven (known in Europe as British Strong Style) defeated The Undisputed Era (

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and Roderick Strong) in a six-man tag team match. The next day, Bate and Seven defeated O'Reilly and Strong to capture the

, but lost the titles back to O'Reilly and Strong on 11 July episode of ''NXT'' in a critically acclaimed match which drew five stars from

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. At NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 4, Bate and Seven failed to regain the championships. On the 2 January 2019 episode of ''

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'', Moustache Mountain defeated Gallus to advance to the finals to become the inaugural NXT UK Tag Team Champions. At NXT UK Takeover: Blackpool, Moustache Mountain lost to Grizzled Young Veterans in the finals. At NXT UK Takeover: Cardiff, Bate faced

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for the WWE United Kingdom Championship, in which Bate was unsuccessful in regaining the title. The match was highly acclaimed, earning a 5.25-star rating from Meltzer, making it the third match in WWE history to break the 5-star rating system. At NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II, Bate defeated to

. At Worlds Collide, Seven and Bate faced DIY ( Johnny Gargano and

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) in a losing effort. After the match, both teams shook hands and hugged. On the May 20 episode of NXT UK, Bate defeated A-Kid to win the Heritage Cup Championship. He would retain the title against Jack Starz & Mark Coffey on the July 1 & 15 episodes of NXT UK respectively. On the October 28, 2021 episode of NXT UK, Bate lost the title to Noam Dar after Trent Seven inadvertently threw in the towel during an altercation with Pretty Deadly at ringside. On the 9 December 2021 episode of ''NXT UK'', Moustache Mountain defeated Pretty Deadly to win the NXT UK Tag Team Championship, making them the first team to win both the NXT and NXT UK Tag Team Championships. On the 2 June 2022 episode of ''NXT UK'', they lost the tag titles to Ashton Smith and Oliver Carter in a triple threat match that also involved Die Familie ( Teoman and Rohan Raja). On the 16 June 2022 episode of ''NXT UK'', Seven attacked Bate by hitting him with a low blow from behind after making a fake retirement speech, thus turning

for the first time in his WWE career and disbanding the Moustache Mountain.

Return to NXT (2022–2024)

Bate won his second NXT UK Championship on 7 July, beating

in the finals of a tournament also featuring Oliver Carter, Charlie Dempsey, Wolfgang, Kenny Williams, Joe Coffey and Mark Andrews. He also appeared on NXT Heatwave on 16 August facing off with the NXT Champion Bron Breakker with the NXT UK Championship despite his title win not having aired yet. On 23 August episode of ''NXT 2.0'', Bate appeared to set a championship unification match at Worlds Collide. At the event on 4 September, he lost the title to Breakker, ending his second and final reign at 60 days.

New Catch Republic (2024–present)

Bate made his main roster debut on 5 January 2024 episode of ''SmackDown'': New Year's Revolution as the mystery partner of Butch, taking on Pretty Deadly, whom they would defeat. On 19 January episode of '' SmackDown'', Bate teamed with Butch, who returned to his previous ring name Pete Dunne, and the two defeated Pretty Deadly in a rematch. On 23 February episode of ''SmackDown'', the duo of Bate and Dunne was renamed to New Catch Republic. New Catch Republic won the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Contender Series for an

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match at Elimination Chamber: Perth, but failed to defeat The Judgment Day ( Finn Bálor and Damian Priest) for the titles at the event. At Night 1 of WrestleMania XL, New Catch Republic participated in a six-pack tag team ladder match for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship, but failed to win any of the tag titles. As part of the 2024 WWE Draft, New Catch Republic were drafted to the Raw brand. In July, Bate was reportedly sidelined for a torn pectoral muscle after he suffered an injury, putting the team on hiatus. Bate returned on the March 31, 2025, edition of Monday Night Raw in London, England.

Professional wrestling style

Bate, despite his small stature, is renowned for his strength and power moves, often performing multiple delayed

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es including bridging belly-to-back, bridging German and

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variations. He has also been known to utilise an airplane spin and

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- occasionally on multiple opponents at the same time. This has earned him the nickname the ''Big Strong Boi''. His finishing maneuver is a sitout double underhook powerbomb called the ''Tyler Driver '97''.

Personal life

Like his British Strong Style teammates Peter England (Pete Dunne/Butch) and Benjamin Webb (Trent Seven), Bate became a

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after watching the 2014 documentary ''

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''. Bate previously dated New Zealand-Australian professional wrestler Toni Rossall (best known as Toni Storm) on and off between 2016 and 2019. He is currently in a relationship with American professional wrestler and fellow WWE talent Calyx Hampton, who currently performs under the ring name Sol Ruca.

Other media

Video games

Championships and accomplishments

* Attack! Pro Wrestling **Attack! 24:7 Championship (4 time) **Attack! Tag Team Championship (2 time) – with Super Santos Sr. (As Elephant Mask; 1 time), with

(As Tyler Bate; 1 time) * Chikara **

( 1 time) – with Trent Seven **

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(

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) – with Pete Dunne and Trent Seven *''

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'' **Ranked No. 28 of the 30 best Pro Wrestlers Under 30 in 2023 *Fight Club: Pro **FCP Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Trent Seven **Dream Tag Team Invitational (2018) – with Trent Seven *Great Bear Promotions **Junior Heavyweight Cup (2014) **URSA Major One Night Tournament (2013) * International Wrestling Syndicate **IWS World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Trent Seven *Kamikaze Pro **Kamikaze Pro Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dan Moloney **Relentless Division Championship (1 time) *

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** OTT Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Trent Seven * Progress Wrestling ** Progress Tag Team Championship (2 time) – with Trent Seven *''

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'' **Ranked No. 50 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the

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in 2017 *

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(1 time) – with Trent Seven *Shropshire Wrestling Alliance **SWA British Lions Championship (1 time) **British Lions Tournament (2014) * Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) ** wXw Shotgun Championship (1 time) * World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) ** WWE/NXT United Kingdom Championship ( 2 times, inaugural, final) ** NXT UK Heritage Cup ( 1 time) **

( 1 time) – with Trent Seven ** NXT UK Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) – with Trent Seven ** First NXT UK Triple Crown Champion ** United Kingdom Championship Tournament (2017) ** NXT United Kingdom Championship Tournament (2022) ** Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Contender Series (2024) – with Pete Dunne ** WWE Speed Championship #1 Contender Tournament (

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) ** NXT Year-End Award (1 time) *** Match of the Year (

) – ** NXT Tag Team Championship Invitational (2018) – with Trent Seven

References

External links

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