Sean Tan becomes 1st Singapore wrestler to feature in WWE show

Chia Han Keong
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Sean Tan makes his WWE NXT debut as Dante Chen. (PHOTO: Twitter/NXT)
Sean Tan makes his WWE NXT debut as Dante Chen. (PHOTO: Twitter/NXT)

SINGAPORE — Sean Tan became the first Singaporean wrestler to be featured in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on 22 September (Wednesday Singapore time), when he made a winning debut on the major wrestling company's weekly NXT show.

The 25-year-old was billed as Dante Chen in the episode, and he scored a quick win over Trey Baxter with an inside cradle move.

Tan was among a new group of recruits from Asia that reported for training at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando back in July.

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He had previously wrestled under the name of Trexxus for the Singapore Pro Wrestling when the promotion began in 2012, and was its Southeast Asia Champion.

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