Tyler Bate
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.[17] At Chapter 33, Moustache Mountain split after Seven turned heel, attacking Bate and aligning with Pete Dunne to form British Strong Style.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.[33] 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.[53][54] 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.[55] 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).[56] 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 heel for the first time in his WWE career and disbanding the Moustache Mountain.[57] Bate won his second NXT UK Championship on 7 July, beating Trent Seven in the finals of a tournament also featuring Oliver Carter, Charlie Dempsey, Wolfgang, Kenny Williams, Joe Coffey and Mark Andrews.[58] 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.[59] 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.[67][68] Like his British Strong Style teammates Peter England (Pete Dunne/Butch) and Benjamin Webb (Trent Seven), Bate became a vegan after watching the 2014 documentary Cowspiracy.