WWE superstar Wolfgang says he's love to see former world champion Sheamus return to these shores to compete in NXT UK .

'The Regulator' will appear at the Coventry SkyDome tonight in the latest set of NXT UK tapings for the weekly show on WWE Network.

The former ICW World Heavyweight Champion makes up one third of the stable Gallus alongside fellow Scottish brawlers, Mark and Joe Coffey.

He and Mark have their eyes set on the NXT UK Tag Team Championship , held by the Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake).

But the 'Last King of Scotland' admits he'd also love to mix it up with a fellow imposing heavyweight - Dublin, Ireland's SmackDown star Sheamus.

The 32-year-old, from Glasgow, named the Celtic Warrior as one of several talents who should make at least a temporary move to the new brand.

He discussed a unique trip to the U.S. for Royal Rumble weekend and who else he wants to face in NXT UK in an exclusive interview with Mirror Sport's Tony Quant.

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We're not long removed from the Royal Rumble weekend. I saw on social media you drove a motorbike more than 1,000 miles to get there with your dad - what was that experience and wrestling at WWE Axxess like?

I had planned a trip with my dad before I found out about Royal Rumble Axxess. I was very excited to be part of it. So we flew from Glasgow to San Francisco and picked up a couple of Harley Davidson bikes with my 61-year-old dad. To be able to drive a Harley Davidson was so impressive.

We stopped at Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara, all places you wouldn’t generally visit, but very beautiful to see. There was one place that was a sheer 300ft drop in to nothingness and my dad just walked up to the edge of it, he was fearless! Being able to ride beside him was such an experience that I will never ever forget.

During Axxess I was lucky enough to wrestle with the NXT UK Champion Pete Dunne. The title wasn't on the line in the match, it was a grudge match as Pete had previously beat up my pal Joe Coffey and I was trying to get one back. Wrestling someone the calibre of Pete is always great and to have my dad there was just the icing on the cake.

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Was your dad a fan of wrestling before you got in to it and if so, who are the wrestlers he likes watching?

He's a wrestling fan for me first and foremost, he never misses our shows. Although he has watched the likes of Noam Dar and the Coffeys, having seen them in ICW with me. He likes seeing big Drew McIntyre and all of the success he's had. He has seen them grow over the last 15 years, he's been to parties and weddings with all of these guys.

I remember the first time I introduced him to William Regal and he was chatting to him for a bit. Then he comes over to me and he goes 'was that Finn Balor?' 'No, not quite' I said! He loves watching wrestling through and enjoys the physical conditioning these guys and girls have and he can't believe how athletic they are.

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Touching on wrestling at Axxess, are you still surprised at the reaction you get across the world and how much of that do you think is down to the reach that WWE has across the globe?

It still blows my mind every time someone recognises me or has a reaction to me. Walking out you have either have a reaction of fans howling and putting up the 'W' for Wolfgang, or in recent times I have been getting more negative reactions when I am with Gallus. But it's good to get a reaction from people regardless. I was surprised that people in Phoenix knew me. I noticed it more so at the Axxess meet and greets. It always surprises me that they already knew who I was.

That is the great thing about wrestling fans, they go all in when it comes to every aspect of it, true fans will study everything. It's like when you were younger and you got football sticker books and you would learn every player from every team.

It doesn't matter to wrestling fans about what brand people are on, we have some real die hard fans. I still find it crazy how quickly NXT UK has taken off and it still blows me away that people across the world have an idea who I am.

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NXT UK has a big show coming up in Coventry at the Skydome - a venue that holds significance for British wrestling. What do you think of the venues NXT UK visit and if you could pick an opponent to face in Coventry, who would it be?

It'll be the first time for me in Coventry. I have done a lot of places in the UK but never quite got to Coventry and so I am looking forward to going there with the NXT UK team. It's always great to go somewhere new and some of the venues that we have worked have been great. It started in Blackpool and then Plymouth and all the venues bring a certain amount of pressure to us to deliver.

Recently my buddy Mark Coffey got in the ring with Walter. I would like to get in and mix it up with him. He's a big guy and it's not often that I get to mix it up with a guy who is bigger than me. I could get my Shawn Michaels versus The Undertaker on and jump around in there like Shawn did!

Mark showed that Walter feels pain. But equally me and Mark have our eyes set on the NXT UK Tag Team Titles, which are currently held by [Zack] Gibson and [James] Drake. That tag team competition is what I'm focused on right now.

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WWE has announced an International Superstar Shake-Up set to take place in April. Which superstars would you like to see from other brands come to NXT UK?

It would be great to see new faces, but also some established ones coming over to NXT UK. Just like Noam Dar did recently. It would be great to see Jack Gallagher, Drew McIntyre and some of the heavyweights come across. People like Sheamus would be good. I know these guys are megastars now, but given where they came from, it would be good to see them back.

Also Killian Dain, get him back here if not permanently, but at least for a few episodes. I'm not sure he's getting the platform he would wish for right now and I think he would jump at the chance.

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NXT UK is coming to Coventry SkyDome on Saturday, February 23, with tickets still available here