Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 15 ga Disamba, 2016, an bayyana cewa Dunne zai kasance ɗaya daga cikin maza 16 da ke fafatawa a gasar zakarun Ingila na dare biyu
don naɗa WWE United Kingdom Champion na farko a ranar 14 da 15 ga Janairu 2017. Dunne ya doke Roy Johnson a zagaye na farko, ya ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na kusa da na karshe kuma daga karshe ya kai wasan kusa da na karshe inda ya doke Sam Gradwell da Mark Andrews bi da bi don ci gaba zuwa wasan karshe, inda ya yi rashin nasara ga Tyler Bate. Daga nan sai Dunne ya sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da WWE, wanda ya ba shi damar ci gaba da ɗaukar littattafai masu zaman kansu tare da wasu ƙuntatawa. Daga nan ya zama wani ɓangare na NXT, yana yin farkonsa a ranar 22 ga Fabrairu 2017 a cikin ƙoƙarin cin nasara da Mark Andrews; sannan ya fara bayyana a NXT. A ranar 4 ga Afrilu, Dunne, da sauran waɗanda suka halarci gasar, sun bayyana a "205 Live" don tallata nunin raye-raye na Burtaniya mai zuwa.