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Norfolk wrestler Nick Aldis lands new role with WWE

By Rob Butler

BBC News, Norfolk

Norfolk wrestler Nick Aldis says he is "over the moon" to have landed a role with wrestling promoters WWE.

Aldis is general manager on the Smackdown show in America and also works behind the scenes as a producer.

The 37-year-old has been a wrestler for 19 years and also performed as "Oblivion" on the Sky TV show Gladiators, in 2008.

On his move to WWE, Aldis said: "It's obviously the pinnacle, it's the Premier League."

Aldis is a former TNA world champion and had two reigns as NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion from 2017 to 2021.