WWE star Kit Wilson dishes on popular character change, bringing in new fans

WWE prima Kit Wilson needed to spell done immoderate quality changes earlier helium was featured again connected "Friday Night SmackDown."

He mislaid his Pretty Deadly tag squad spouse owed to a superior injury, and needed to commencement a singles tally of his own. While the caller tally hasn’t yielded immoderate championships arsenic of yet, he’s been capable to garner attraction successful a mode that hasn’t truly been seen earlier connected WWE TV.

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Kit Wilson enters the ringing during SmackDown astatine Spectrum Center successful Charlotte, N.C., connected Feb. 6, 2026. (Rich Wade/WWE)

Wilson’s gimmick calls retired toxic masculinity among his chap pro wrestlers. He reads poetry, writes successful his diary and puts "toxic" superstars connected notice.

He told Fox News Digital helium believed "things are looking up."

"I’m feeling beauteous good," Wilson said earlier WrestleMania 42. "You know, obviously, it came from a bittersweet place, it came from a acheronian place, losing my tag-team partner. He’s retired injured astatine the moment. I miss him. I anticipation for him to beryllium back. But yeah, we’re connected a trajectory close now. We’re connected a singles tally close now. Things are looking up.

"I’m feeling much assured than ever. I’m much passionate than ever. I’m feeling this occurrence wrong me. And look, things haven’t been going my way. I’ve been losing. I’ve been losing. I’ve been cursed. I’ve been cursed. I’m feeling truthful good, I’m pushing forward. I’m pushing each the mode to the apical and I’m not stopping until I get to the top."

Wilson’s quality has caught connected truthful overmuch that he’s been capable to bring successful immoderate caller fans.

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Kit Wilson reads his diary during SmackDown astatine FLA Live Arena successful Sunrise, Fla., connected Feb. 20, 2026. (Craig Ambrosio/WWE/Getty Images)

The mean sports instrumentality who whitethorn not beryllium funny successful WWE oregon is passing done SmackDown portion transmission flipping has been capable to halt and spot Wilson successful action.

"I bash deliberation that is thing that is precise large and important to me. When I started, determination was a batch of radical who I looked up to that weren’t the stereotypical people. I didn’t similar the benignant of ‘bad a--,’ I didn’t similar the bold, aggressive, aggravated antheral for nary reason. I liked the vibrant characters. When I started connected the autarkic country successful the UK, Noam Dar – who is present successful NXT – I looked up to him truthful overmuch due to the fact that I felt similar I related to him more.

"So, for maine to beryllium capable to beryllium doing this circumstantial quality close now, this Kit Wilson era, it’s benignant of inspiring due to the fact that who possibly spot themselves done it due to the fact that it’s not the stereotypical aggressive, angry, ‘toxic,’ man, yeah, I consciousness truly bully astir that."

Wilson wasn’t scheduled successful a lucifer astatine WrestleMania 42, but helium did look successful a conception with John Cena, The Miz and Danhausen.

Unfortunately, it ended with Danhausen’s allies punching him successful the groin.

The Miz and Kit Wilson observe during WrestleMania 42: Night 2 astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Las Vegas, Nevada, connected April 19, 2026. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE)

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Still, to spell from a mid-card singles rival to being progressive successful WrestleMania successful immoderate respect is immense accomplishment successful its ain right.