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“I had a very much established a life, my fianc\u00e9e and I had a mortgage.”<\/p>\n
Eddie Dennis had a good job teaching at a private school when he decided to ditch it to pursue a career as a professional wrestler.<\/p>\n
It was his dream as a boy growing up in Neath Port Talbot, but finding no path to the ring, the 6ft 6in (198cm) mathematician became a teacher instead. <\/p>\n
But the call of spotlight ran deep and after several years teaching during the week and wrestling on weekends, the 36-year-old took a “risk”.<\/p>\n
Now the proud Welshmen is returning home as a wrestling superstar, competing at the Principality Stadium on 3 September in the WWE’s biggest UK stadium event in decades.<\/p>\n
“It’s the most profound, full circle moment that I could ever imagine,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n