Saturday, August 8, 2026

Tommy Dreamer On How Ridge Holland Reminds Him Of Brock Lesnar

ECW original Tommy Dreamer recently appeared on an episode of Busted Open Radio, where he talked about a number of topics including The Usos’ segment with Samy Zayn on RAW last Monday night.

Dreamer said, “[Sami Zayn] gets interrupted by Jey and everyone is yeeting. The crowd is so into it and he just says, ‘Hey, man, listen, as a friend, did you do it on purpose? Did you kick Roman [Reigns] on purpose [at WWE Crown Jewel]?’ And then here comes Jimmy. This was an interesting dynamic that they’ve done this.”

On what he would have liked to see differently:

“I personally feel that they united The Usos too soon. I wish I would have seen this drawn out more, but we’re here. And it’s not my job to say, ‘Well, my idea is better.’ I just personally would have liked to see it because I felt there was more drama to it. But we’re here and that’s probably because of Crown Jewel why we’re going to be here.”

On Ridge Holland:

“I remember the first time I saw Ridge Holland and I was like, ‘Whoa, this guy reminds me of a future Brock Lesnar. How big he is, how muscular he was. It was the same show I saw Pete Dunne before both guys got hired. I was like, ‘These two guys have it.’”

On WWE not giving up on Holland:

“I’m very glad WWE did not give up on Ridge Holland because you’re seeing what you get out of him. You know, when he first started, there was an injury, I think, with Johnny Gargano, then the whole Big E stuff — that usually gets you heat and terminated. They still see something in him.”

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