WWE NXT star talks Chicago Bears' possible move to Indiana: 'What the F?'

The Chicago Bears look to person 1 ft implicit the Illinois authorities enactment arsenic they took a large measurement to determination to Indiana earlier this period – overmuch to the consternation of team’s instrumentality base.

WWE NXT champion Tony D’Angelo, an Oak Park, Illinois, autochthonal and immense Bears fan, was inactive a spot annoyed astir the imaginable of the squad moving to Hammond, Indiana.

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Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, Tony D'Angelo and Luca Crusifino vie during NXT astatine the WWE Performance Center successful Orlando, Fla., connected July 15, 2025. (Matt Pendleton/WWE)

"I don’t cognize what to say, different than, what the F?" D’Angelo told Fox News Digital erstwhile asked astir his thoughts connected the imaginable relocation. "I mean, I don’t get it. I get it but I don’t. It’s virtually 1 of the oldest, historical franchises successful the NFL. They’re ‘The Chicago Bears.’ The ‘Chicago Bears.’

"And I recognize it, possibly don’t spell and determination to Arlington Heights, which is not that acold from the city, money, taxes, I get it. You gotta bash what’s champion for whatever. But wholly moving retired of Illinois? That is conscionable bonkers to me. The Indiana Bears? That is conscionable horrible. It doesn’t dependable right. I’m successful Florida present truthful I conjecture I don’t get to spell to arsenic galore games but inactive man, like, I don’t know. They gotta fig it retired due to the fact that there’s thing astir going to the metropolis and it’s close connected Lake Michigan. The full scene, the past down it, it conscionable each makes consciousness and for them to fto it go, it seems, truthful easy – not a bully decision. But who americium I?"

Bears executives said the imaginable of having a "world-class stadium" successful Hammond would alteration the portion and link "Northwest Indiana and the South Side of Chicago done the Loop and crossed the neighborhoods and suburbs stretching northbound of the city,"

Tony D'Angelo performs successful the ringing during NXT astatine the WWE Performance Center successful Orlando, Florida, connected Feb. 10, 2026. (Conor Kvatek/WWE)

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Even done the frustration, D’Angelo inactive had immoderate anticipation for the squad this season. He said helium believed the 2026 play would "say a lot" astir wherever the squad is nether backmost Caleb Williams and caput manager Ben Johnson.

"I mean, I deliberation it’s ever Super Bowl oregon bust. I deliberation the Bears and Caleb Williams person showed what they’re susceptible of and I deliberation they amazed everybody," helium said. "We were benignant of the misfits of the NFL past year. I would say, the ‘Bad News Bears.’ We were doing worldly that we were not expected to beryllium doing. We were playing a small spot of backyard football. But it was effectual and on that journey, showed a batch of resilience, showed a batch of heart.

"What’d they win, 7 oregon 8 games trailing with 2 minutes near successful the 4th quarter? That takes a batch of cajónes. And I deliberation for Caleb Williams to beryllium arsenic young arsenic helium is, doing the benignant of worldly he’s doing, doing seasoned things successful the game, I deliberation it showed a batch astir the character. Especially Ben Johnson arsenic their coach. I deliberation this play volition accidental a lot. I bash deliberation immoderate Bears fans are a small skeptical due to the fact that we’ve had random bully seasons and past we conscionable spell close backmost down. I deliberation this play is simply a trial and if we bash well, we tin respire a small spot and we tin beryllium like, each right, it’s acceptable successful stone. I had afloat religion successful the guys arsenic good arsenic the coach."

Caleb Williams of the Chicago Bears throws a walk against the Green Bay Packers during the NFC Wild Card Playoff crippled astatine Soldier Field successful Chicago, Illinois, connected Jan. 10, 2026. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

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D’Angelo volition support the NXT Championship against Naraku astatine The Great American Bash adjacent weekend. The lawsuit volition instrumentality spot connected the CW Network.