Duke Hudson becomes Duke Hanson as the next chapter begins for the former NXT Tag Team Champion.
Duke Hanson revealed his new name on social media, with a new in-gear photo of himself and a display name change on X. WWE released the former member of Chase U in January 2025.
Duke Hanson is slated to compete in his first match after being released by WWE at Pandemonium Pro Wresting's The House Always Wins event on April 17th.
Duke Hanson 2K25 pic.twitter.com/en6JKaUSZ9
— Duke Hanson (@sixftfiiiiive) March 29, 2025
On social media, he has released videos in which he chats with himself. In these videos, he displays the internal struggle that comes with his WWE release, being disappointed with how things turned out for him while trying to be happy for his friends and fellow Australian stars who are still performing in WWE. Learn more about that here.
Learn more about how his first post-WWE match came together here.
