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Duke Hudson

On February 11, 2019, it was announced that Hudson had signed a contract with WWE and that he would report to the WWE Performance Center. He debuted under his real name Brendan Vink at an NXT house show on March 15, 2019, defeating Nick Comoroto. He went on to spend the remainder of March and the following month of April wrestling on house shows. Vink made his televised debut on the March 25, 2020 episode of NXT, teaming with Shane Thorne in a losing effort against Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch.

In March 2020, Vink began appearing on Raw alongside Shane Thorne, where they faced teams such as The Street Profits and Cedric Alexander and Ricochet, but were defeated. On the April 27 episode of Raw, Thorne and Vink became MVP’s newest associates as he challenged Alexander and Ricochet to a match the next week on their behalf. On the May 4 episode of Raw, Thorne and Vink defeated Alexander and Ricochet, earning their first victory. However, their alliance with MVP ended after they were both traded back to NXT and Thorne and Vink would quietly disband as a team soon after.

In July 2021, Vink, under the new ring name Duke Hudson was announced to be a part of the 2021 NXT Breakout Tournament. On the July 13 episode of NXT, Hudson defeated Ikemen Jiro in the first round. On the August 17 episode of NXT, Hudson was eliminated in the semi-finals by Carmelo Hayes. Hudson would then confront Kyle O'Reilly and a brawl would ensue, leading to a match being made between the two on next week's episode of NXT. Hudson would go on to lose the match. On December 5, at NXT WarGames, Hudson lost to Cameron Grimes in a hair versus hair match, and therefore had to shave his head per the match's stipulation.

On the November 1, 2022 episode of NXT, Hudson seemingly turned face for the first time in his WWE career by accompanying Thea Hail and Andre Chase as Chase U's flag bearer since Bodhi Hayward was released from his WWE contract the same day.

On October 24, 2023, on night one of NXT Halloween Havoc, Hudson and Chase defeated The Family (Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo) to become the NXT Tag Team Champions, winning his first championship in WWE. Hudson and Chase would go on to lose the titles back to The Family on the November 14 episode of NXT, ending their reign at 22 days. In early May 2024, Ridge Holland began associating himself with Chase U. On the May 21 episode of NXT, Fallon Henley defeated Hail to qualify for a spot in the six-woman ladder match to crown the inaugural NXT Women's North American Championship at NXT Battleground. Backstage, Riley Osborne got into an argument with Holland for costing Hail the match, to which Chase proposed that both men settle their differences in the ring where Holland defeated Osborne. On the June 4 episode of NXT, Osborne and Hudson refused to walk out with Holland for Hail's match against Jazmyn Nyx. Halfway through the match, Osborne and Hudson showed up to ringside to Hail's surprise, to which Nyx used as an advantage to defeat Hail. The stable would eventually accept Holland as an official member. On the June 25 episode of NXT, Chase and Hudson won a tag team turmoil match for an NXT Tag Team Championship match at NXT Heatwave. At the event on July 7, Chase and Hudson failed to defeat Nathan Frazer and Axiom for the titles.

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