I’ve always felt an undeniable connection to rap battles and the competitive element of mic work necessary to succeed as a personality in professional wrestling.
WWE NXT Star Trick Williams just brought the two worlds together as he blazed in-story foe Pete Dunne with a diss track released on Labor Day. The diss track is called The Realest, and it brought a new meaning to the term “get this work.”
If you haven’t seen it, here’s a look at the video for the track, which features Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson.
Trick begins the track going straight for Pete:
“Came back to NXT, he wanna jump people. That’s cool. But now I gotta do what I gotta do. Let’s talk about it.
See I was trying to kick back and close my mouth
But Pete keep talking now Pete done pissed me off
He running his mouth saying I should figure it out
Forget that, figure how to get my foot out your mouth
I’m running this out
forget that I’m running this house
Oh you mad I know what all the hating’s about
You ain’t dumb, you remember when I called you a bum
Now I gotta beat you, like beat these drums.”
This beef was ignited at NXT No Mercy on August 30 when Dunne attacked Williams, following the latter serving as the special guest referee for the NXT Championship match between Ethan Page and Joe Hendry.
Here is a look at the attack:
The attack seemed unprovoked, but I suppose we will find out more about it the coming days.
The fact that this diss track is about Pete Dunne, a WWE Superstar who seems like the least likely person to be involved in rap beef, makes it all the more entertaining.
No one will mistake Williams’ bars as a missing verse from Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us,’ but I love seeing hip-hop infused into WWE in this way.
Will Dunne respond with his own track? That doesn’t seem likely. It seems more likely that this diss track will result in some sort of attack from Dunne. Ever since Dunne left NXT, adopted the new persona as Butch, and then switched back to Pete Dunne, he’s been looking for a strong story angle.
His abbreviated tag-team run with Tyler Bate seemed to have some legs, but the latter suffered an injury that derailed things. Dunne was then thrust into a feud with Sheamus, but it has been a struggle to connect to their story.
There are no stakes, and the two men–despite their history–seem to be in two different spots in their careers. The odd connection between Williams and Dunne could potentially work, and it’ll be interesting to see the latter’s response to the diss track.
