‘Luke Littler’ wrestler goes viral as ’17-year-old’ bloke...

LUKE LITTLER'S darts fame appears to have spilled into the world of wrestling. They say imitation is the highest form of flattery, and it looks like The Nuke has been inspiring one rising wrestling star with his efforts at the oche. Bart O'Connor has been dubbed "Bart the Dart", thanks to his unusual persona in the wrestling ring.

Image Credit: The Sun [Portrait of Luke Littler at a darts academy.]

The professional wrestler, who made his ring debut last week, dons a darts shirt during his walk-on and even comes out to iconic darts tune Chase The Sun. While he is also introduced as coming from Alexandra Palace. In a nod to darts sensation Littler, O'Connor has been described as a "17-year-old prodigy" despite his age being listed at 35 on a number of wrestling websites.

Image Credit: The Sun [Man in a wrestling jersey celebrating in a dimly lit venue.]

His unusual gimmick has already caught the eye of wrestling fans who welcomed him to the ring with 180 signs during his debut Riot Cabaret Pro Wrestling match. While fans online can't believe what they're seeing, taking to social media to react. One wrote: "Darts has finally made it".

Image Credit: The Sun [Man in a green and black shirt holding up a can of soda.]

While another added: "This is incredible". CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS. A third joked: "Luke littler, Ethan Nwaneri and Bart the dart. We are truly blessed". And a fourth pleaded: "Where do I watch this fight?!". Littler, 18, has had a meteoric rise to fame in darts since he burst onto the scene at the 2024 World Darts Championship.

Image Credit: The Sun [A man yelling excitedly at a wrestling match.]

Since then he has pocketed well over £1million in prize money and was crowned world champ on his second attempt at Ally Pally last month. The teenage superstar may just become aware of the unusual similarities between himself and O'Connor soon too. That's because Littler is a huge wrestling fan.

Image Credit: The Sun [A dart player interacts with cheering audience members holding scorecards.]

The world number two tungsten thrower visited the WWE HQ during his trip to New York for the US Darts Masters last year. And he has even revealed that his walkout song - Green Light by Pitbull - was inspired by a trip to watch Wrestlemania with his dad in Florida.

Image Credit: The Sun [Group of people posing with a large WWE championship belt outside WWE headquarters.]

He said: "Me and my dad went to Wrestlemania 33, seven years ago now, it was in Florida, Orlando. "It was my first time being there. It was a good song, I was singing my head off as a ten years old. "I thought that if I did make it – I was playing football at the time a little bit – then that would be my walk-on.".