NXT Cruiserweight Champion Jordan Devlin has shared his excitement at returning home for the inaugural TakeOver Dublin.
The Irish Ace, who scooped his first WWE title at World's Collide last month, has already set his sights on a main-event clash with NXT UK king, WALTER.
Vince McMahon's company stunned the world this weekend by confirming that the first NXT UK TakeOver to be held outside Great Britain would be at the 3Arena in Dublin on April 26.
Shortly after the announcement, Cruiserweight champ Devlin tweeted: “The Irish Ace is coming home. Irish crowds always create an insane atmosphere, absolutely buzzing!"
He then added later: “Give me WALTER, you cowards."
Devlin has faced Austrian powerhouse WALTER on two occasions in the past, but both have come outside of WWE, with the scores standing at one-a-piece.
And in a sitdown with SunSport ahead of NXT UK TakeOver Blackpool II in January, the 29-year-old claimed a final showdown with the Ring General deserved to be the main event in Dublin.
Devlin said: "I can't imagine a man alive who deserves (to headline) more.
"I kind of run it around in my head these scenarios, I can't decide whether I'd wrestle for the title in Dublin, or come home as conquering hero with the title."
On his opponent: "I've had a couple of good ones with WALTER in Dublin so he can have a rematch for his title, maybe, against me there at TakeOver Dublin."
I can't imagine a man alive who deserves it more. I can't decide whether I'd wrestle for the title in Dublin, or come home as conquering hero with the title
A potential NXT TakeOver in Dublin has been mooted for a while following the explosion of Irish wrestlers in WWE.
In addition to the recent success of Devlin, the likes of Sheamus, Finn Balor, and RAW Women's Champion Becky Lynch are among the company's top talent.
And Bray-born Devlin admitted he was grateful that NXT UK allows him to continue working for other companies to help continue the growth of Irish wrestling.
He added: "As far as I know, it's unique in pro wrestling, the kind of contract that we have at the moment where we're still able to give back to the independent scene.
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"A lot of guys, in the past, you get signed by WWE and you're never seen again. Because you go off to America and you get your house and you just don't come home until maybe Christmas.
"Guys like Sheamus and Becky (Lynch) and Finn (Balor). Speaking from experience, they got signed with WWE and we didn't see them again for months at a time.
"So for me to be able to work here and gain the knowledge and experience I have from guys like Shawn Michaels to Triple H and then bring it to OTT (Over the Top Wrestling) and places like that and pass on the knowledge firsthand while it is still fresh in my head… it has to be great for Irish trainees and Irish wrestlers."
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