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

The Chicago Bears look to person 1 ft complete nan Illinois authorities statement arsenic they took a awesome measurement to move to Indiana earlier this period – overmuch to nan consternation of team’s instrumentality base.

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

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

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

"And I understand it, possibly don’t spell and move to Arlington Heights, which is not that acold from nan city, money, taxes, I get it. You gotta do 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 sound right. I’m successful Florida now truthful I conjecture I don’t get to spell to arsenic galore games but still man, like, I don’t know. They gotta fig it retired because there’s thing astir going to nan metropolis and it’s correct connected Lake Michigan. The full scene, nan history 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 nan imaginable of having a "world-class stadium" successful Hammond would toggle shape nan region and link "Northwest Indiana and nan South Side of Chicago done nan Loop and crossed nan neighborhoods and suburbs stretching northbound of nan city,"

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

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Even done nan frustration, D’Angelo still had immoderate dream for nan squad this season. He said he believed nan 2026 play would "say a lot" astir wherever nan squad is nether backmost Caleb Williams and caput coach Ben Johnson.

"I mean, I deliberation it’s ever Super Bowl aliases bust. I deliberation nan Bears and Caleb Williams person showed what they’re tin of and I deliberation they amazed everybody," he said. "We were benignant of nan misfits of nan NFL past year. I would say, nan ‘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 effective and on that journey, showed a batch of resilience, showed a batch of heart.

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

Caleb Williams of nan Chicago Bears throws a walk against nan Green Bay Packers during nan 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 will take sides nan NXT Championship against Naraku astatine The Great American Bash adjacent weekend. The arena will return spot connected nan CW Network.