22 Facts About Tye Dillinger

1.

Tye Dillinger is known for his time with WWE under the ring name Tye Dillinger.

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2.

Tye Dillinger played hockey for over ten years until he decided to leave the sport and enter professional wrestling.

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3.

Tye Dillinger was signed to a developmental contract by WWE following the tryout, on January 21,2006.

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4.

Tye Dillinger made a cameo appearance at Cyber Sunday as an employee called "Stan", who gets superkicked by Shawn Michaels of D-Generation X when Michaels is told that he doesn't understand the meaning of the word "controversial".

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5.

Tye Dillinger made his televised NXT debut in a losing effort against Mojo Rawley.

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6.

In early 2014, Tye Dillinger formed a tag team with Jason Jordan, with the two described as a pair of blue chip athletes.

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7.

Tye Dillinger faced the debuting Apollo Crews at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn and another debuting Andrade "Cien" Almas at NXT TakeOver: The End, but he lost both matches.

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8.

The following week on NXT, Tye Dillinger called out Roode for a match at NXT TakeOver: Toronto, thus turning face in the process.

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9.

At NXT TakeOver: San Antonio, Tye Dillinger was defeated by Young following a distraction from Alexander Wolfe and Killian Dain.

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10.

At NXT TakeOver: Orlando, Tye Dillinger teamed up with Roderick Strong, Kassius Ohno and Ruby Riot to take on SAnitY in an 8-person mixed tag team match in a losing effort.

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11.

On January 29,2017, at Royal Rumble, Tye Dillinger was a surprise entrant in the Royal Rumble match, entering at number 10 but was eliminated by Braun Strowman.

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12.

Tye Dillinger would enter a short feud with Aiden English, defeating him on various episodes of SmackDown Live, leading to a match at Backlash, where Tye Dillinger defeated English to end their feud.

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13.

At Battleground, Tye Dillinger briefly reignited his feud with English, with Tye Dillinger facing him in a losing effort.

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14.

At Royal Rumble, Tye Dillinger was to be the number 10 entrant in the Royal Rumble match but was attacked backstage by Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, with Zayn taking his spot.

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15.

At WrestleMania 34, Tye Dillinger would compete in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, where he was eliminated by Matt Hardy.

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16.

Tye Dillinger suffered a hand injury in October 2018 which kept him out of action for several months.

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17.

Tye Dillinger returned to in-ring competition at a house show on February 9,2019; however, he was still not used on television.

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18.

On February 19,2019, Tye Dillinger announced in a Twitter statement that he had requested his release from WWE and was granted on February 22,2019.

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19.

Tye Dillinger would fail to win as the match was won by Adam Page.

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20.

Tye Dillinger then presented him with a black glove, similar to the one worn by Blackjack Mulligan and Ted DiBiase, that can be illegally loaded with a metal slug.

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21.

Tye Dillinger later disposed of the glove after an interview with AEW commentator Tony Schiavone.

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22.

Arneill, as Tye Dillinger, appears in the video games WWE 2K17, WWE 2K18 and WWE 2K19 as a playable character.

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