ZEF Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 2016 announcement: LONDON — At a historic press conference at the O2 Arena in London, Triple H revealed that WWE’s first-ever United Kingdom Champion will be crowned this January. The WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament is a 16-competitor, two-day throwdown at Blackpool’s Empress Ballroom, airing live and exclusively on the award-winning WWE Network, featuring some of the best talent the U.K. has to offer. The last man standing at the end of the tournament will be crowned champion and awarded a title, which was also revealed at the conference. Joining Triple H in London were former WWE Universal Champion Finn Bálor, General Manager of NXT William Regal and British wrestling icon Nigel McGuinness, who will be calling the tournament action on WWE Network alongside the voice of Monday Night Raw, Michael Cole. Tickets for this historic two-day event at the Empress Ballroom will be available starting today at 12 p.m. GMT at livenation.co.uk. Stick with WWE.com for more news on this incredible tournament as it becomes available, and don’t miss the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament, January 14 & 15, live and exclusively on WWE Network! Source: http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwe-united-kingdom-championship-tournament/article/wwe-united-kingdom-championship-tournament January 2017 Bracket + Results: June 2018 Bracket: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anno Domini. Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 As a Brit myself, I'm pretty hyped about this tbh. Belt looks dope too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St★rstruck Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 *Censored*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey D. Jiggy Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 I don't know what the point is, but I don't care and am just going to sit back and watch the spectacle unfold. Glad for McGuinness, whose issues has been well-documented, that he has his place on this tournament now as a commentator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGION Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 I'm curious about how the title will work, but I can't wait for this tournament. Also mega-interested in hearing Nigel & Cole together on commentary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNFNS Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Hyyyyyyyyype!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Pete Dunne! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGION Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldsie Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Pete Dunne! British Strong Style in its entirety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNFNS Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Wolfgang, Trent Seven, Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne...nice. Lol, Balor looks taller than almost all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEF Posted December 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Seeing Bodyguy Roy Johnson in the mix is a damn nice surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepia Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Holy shit this is awesome! Not sure how the UK Title is going to work, but I don't care, this is a brand new thing and I'm all for WWE trying out new ideas and taking risks. Plus BritWres is in a great place right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Seeing a lot of people on Twitter say this is a response to the World of Sport reboot. And I guess they did get a lot of UK talent that I'd imagine they wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEF Posted December 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Also makes sense when you consider the trainers at NXT right now are so bloody English. Regal, Brookside, Norman Smiley, plus Johnny Saint is heading there for 6 months soon. As Creep said, it's an insanely good time for British wrestling these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willows Way Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 This is really cool im hyped as hell. That championship is mad nice too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepia Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Is that belt real? I honestly glanced over it thinking it was made in 2K17. If it is, then that is a gorgeous belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 This is just a way to try to undermine WOS reboot and the whole UK indy scene. The only dude I know from the pic is Pete Dunne, is he the best one in there? Day two of the tournament is on the same day as Progress 42. 'The competition ran themselves out of business'. I guess these were the 'mark' deals being talked about a while ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepia Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 This is just a way to try to undermine WOS reboot and the whole UK indy scene. The only dude I know from the pic is Pete Dunne, is he the best one in there? Day two of the tournament is on the same day as Progress 42. 'The competition ran themselves out of business'. I guess these were the 'mark' deals being talked about a while ago. Or enjoy the product and not come up with conspiracy theories you know nothing about lmao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King RyderFan Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 I'm willing to bet SmackDown's getting a UK division in response to RAW's Cruiserweights while Neville continues to sit around in the doing nothing but scratching his arse despite there being two divisions perfect for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGION Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 I'm willing to bet SmackDown's getting a UK division in response to RAW's Cruiserweights while Neville continues to sit around in the doing nothing but scratching his arse despite there being two divisions perfect for him. *a year later* WWE announces the British-people-called-Neville tournament, featuring 16 wrestlers from the UK, with Neville as their ringname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 This is just a way to try to undermine WOS reboot and the whole UK indy scene. The only dude I know from the pic is Pete Dunne, is he the best one in there? Day two of the tournament is on the same day as Progress 42. 'The competition ran themselves out of business'. I guess these were the 'mark' deals being talked about a while ago. Or enjoy the product and not come up with conspiracy theories you know nothing about lmao. Lmfao. What conspiracy theories? Bet you also believe WCW were the baddies because they kept stealing guys from WWE and WWE never did anything wrong and good beat evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGION Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 This is just a way to try to undermine WOS reboot and the whole UK indy scene. The only dude I know from the pic is Pete Dunne, is he the best one in there? Day two of the tournament is on the same day as Progress 42. 'The competition ran themselves out of business'. I guess these were the 'mark' deals being talked about a while ago. So...All the promotions holding events during Wrestlemania week are also just trying to undermine Wrestlemania? This was obviously planned a long time ago. Nigel left ROH for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 This is just a way to try to undermine WOS reboot and the whole UK indy scene. The only dude I know from the pic is Pete Dunne, is he the best one in there? Day two of the tournament is on the same day as Progress 42. 'The competition ran themselves out of business'. I guess these were the 'mark' deals being talked about a while ago. So...All the promotions holding events during Wrestlemania week are also just trying to undermine Wrestlemania? Lol, are you actually serious? I'll humour you for a second and ask you to tell me about the shows held during Wrestlemania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGION Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 This is just a way to try to undermine WOS reboot and the whole UK indy scene. The only dude I know from the pic is Pete Dunne, is he the best one in there? Day two of the tournament is on the same day as Progress 42. 'The competition ran themselves out of business'. I guess these were the 'mark' deals being talked about a while ago. So...All the promotions holding events during Wrestlemania week are also just trying to undermine Wrestlemania? Lol, are you actually serious? I'll humour you for a second and ask you to tell me about the shows held during Wrestlemania. Wrestlemania week you numbskull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil' Kazu Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 This is just a way to try to undermine WOS reboot and the whole UK indy scene. The only dude I know from the pic is Pete Dunne, is he the best one in there? Day two of the tournament is on the same day as Progress 42. 'The competition ran themselves out of business'. I guess these were the 'mark' deals being talked about a while ago. So...All the promotions holding events during Wrestlemania week are also just trying to undermine Wrestlemania? Lol, are you actually serious? I'll humour you for a second and ask you to tell me about the shows held during Wrestlemania. Wrestlemania week you numbskull Same day as Progress 42 you genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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