WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament and Follow Up

DM_7

WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament takes place this week, (live on WWE Network) Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m


https://twitter.com/natkinESPN/status/819613774608859137


http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwe-united-kingdom-championship-tournament





The First Round of the tournament will see eight intriguing matches, including:

Tyler Bate vs. Tucker
Jordan Devlin vs. Danny Burch
Trent Seven vs. H.C. Dyer
Wolfgang vs. Tyson T-Bone
Mark Andrews vs. Dan Moloney
James Drake vs. Joseph Conners
Pete Dunne vs. Roy Johnson
Saxon Huxley vs. Sam Gradwell

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So Folks will you be watching a WWE show designed for out time zone and (despite the title) featuring some very local local performers?


I wonder if they will stay true to the intention to have a weekly show on the network based on this tournament.

How many of the lads taking part are Irish?

DM_7

Deleted User wrote: »

How many of the lads taking part are Irish?

Two but other also wrestle here from, notably in OTT.

Mark Andrews Wales Cardiff, Wales
Tyler Bate England Dudley, West Midlands, England
Danny Burch England London, England
Joseph Conners England Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Jordan Devlin Republic of Ireland Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
James Drake England Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Pete Dunne England Birmingham, West Midlands, England
HC Dyer England Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Sam Gradwell England Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Saxon Huxley England Hartlepool, County Durham, England
Roy Johnson England London, England
Dan Moloney England Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Trent Seven England Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England
Tucker Northern Ireland Belfast, Northern Ireland
Tyson T-Bone England Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Wolfgang Scotland Glasgow, Scotland

LeeJM

Deleted User wrote: »

How many of the lads taking part are Irish?

2. Jordan Devlin is from Bray and is trained by Finn Balor and Paul Tracey. Tucker is from Northern Ireland and I know very little about him.

I will 100% be watching this. Pete Dunne IMO is the favourite here. Looking at Pete & MAndrews in one Semi and Jordon and Trent Seven in the other. Jordan vs Tyler Bate in round 2 has the potential to be match of the tournament.

ShagNastii

The expectations I have for this is sky high. With the small venue it'll be interesting to see what the set up will look like.

sky88

Looking forward to this a lot will be my first time seeing a lot of the guys

DM_7

I am intrigued by how they will get everything in. Finalists will need to work three matches the second night.

PTH2009

Looking forward to this

If its does get a weekly TV show will they record it similar to NXT and tape a months worth of shows in one night in the same venue ???. Triple H will hardly be in the gorilla position for the weekly show each week

Will the WWE UK brand have house shows and tour Irish cities such as Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford etc

LeeJM

PTH2009 wrote: »

Looking forward to this

If its does get a weekly TV show will they record it similar to NXT and tape a months worth of shows in one night in the same venue ???. Triple H will hardly be in the gorilla position for the weekly show each week

Will the WWE UK brand have house shows and tour Irish cities such as Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford etc

I would imagine it will be similar to NXT from a cost point of view.

Re touring nobody knows. And anybody that says different is full of ****. I would think its unlikely for at least a year and that of course is dependant on the tournament leading to a full time territory

ShagNastii

Just looking on Wikipedia.

Tyler Bate was born in 1997.

No no don't feel completely ancient at all.

Manning3000

That championship belt is better looking than anything on the main roster,

Really looking forward to watch reasonably times live wrestling,

jaykhunter

ShagNastii wrote: »

Just looking on Wikipedia. Tyler Bate was born in 1997. No no don't feel completely ancient at all.

But he missed out on both the Hulkamania and Attitude Era! He grew up with the "remember how great wrestling used to be?" era. Feel better?

sky88

jaykhunter wrote: »

But he missed out on both the Hulkamania and Attitude Era! He grew up with the "remember how great wrestling used to be?" era. Feel better?

i guess he the first batch of wrestlers who grew up when cena was the man which seems crazy to me.

ShagNastii

Is Tyson T-Bone a traveller?

They're billing him as king of the travellers.

DM_7

10 minutes!

Nerdkiller1991

Ooop! Just caught someone with a What Bar shirt during the preview.

Itssoeasy

Just watched the preview on the live channel on the network. I'm excited I have to say.

johnnyryan89

Gonna have to download it and watch tomorrow or Monday, site I normally use don't stream the network anymore.

sky88

Love the building there in

A Rogue Hobo

Loving the presentation style so far, great building too. The absolute stench of D-lo Brown off of H.C Dyer.

Itssoeasy

Michael cole calling actual wrestling moves. Madness. Also that closeline was JBL approved.

Itssoeasy

A Rogue Hobo wrote: »

Loving the presentation style so far, great building too. The absolute stench of D-lo Brown off of H.C Dyer.

Yeah people on twitter were making the same connection.

Itssoeasy

Come on Jordan Devlin.

DM_7

Good man Joey "Luther Ward". Looking sharp.

citytillidie

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Gonna have to download it and watch tomorrow or Monday, site I normally use don't stream the network anymore.

Sign up and get your free month, create a new email addy if you have to

Nerdkiller1991

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Come on Jordan Devlin.

A Rogue Hobo

Itssoeasy wrote:

Yeah people on twitter were making the same connection.

Easy to see why with the haircut, facial expressions and frog splash!

beakerjoe

Just started watching now from the start, loving Trent Sevens funky music. Great crowd, loving McGuinness on commentary with cole. Hell Dyers music is cool.too

sky88

Love when they let cole actually call the wrestling he's a brilliant commentator well allowed too

Nerdkiller1991

What kind of finish was that?

Itssoeasy

What happened there ?

DM_7

Well that was a mess but well done Jordan for playing it up to get some heat.

sky88

First time seeing Jordan not hugely impressed in ring but like his heel actions

montyrebel

good show so far

The Ayatolla

I wonder was Devlin supposed to go over ?

Showed more charisma in 2mins at the end than Balor has shown in his entire time in NXT. And he didn't even need a chainsaw.

Itssoeasy

DM_7 wrote: »

Well that was a mess but well done Jordan for playing it up to get some heat.

That dopey ref that shouts out "kick out" said something to burch and whatever he said wasn't understood.

B.A._Baracus

I fear the devlin match wasn't gelling.

DM_7

sky88 wrote: »

First time seeing Jordan not hugely impressed in ring but like his heel actions

He had a nightmare match but saved the day post match end.

Nerdkiller1991

Won with a flying headbutt...I don't think WWE would be okay with that.

beakerjoe

I really liked Burch. He looked great until the finish, Devlin was fine.

montyrebel

The king of the travellers? luther ward will have something to say about that

DM_7

That "accent", don't know if I should laugh or say well done for giving it a go.

B.A._Baracus

montyrebel wrote: »

The king of the travellers? luther ward will have something to say about that

Putting yourself in joe's shoes as he watches at ringside you'd have to be thinking "why wasn't I in this?!"

DM_7

Wolfgang can go. Best performance so far.

Can't believe he is only 29 though.

A Rogue Hobo

Only really know Connors from WCPW but I never noticed his ear before, did that happen from an accident in-ring or something else?

montyrebel

he took the mick foley Halloween costume too far

DM_7

I like Connors finisher. Simple book looks good. Bobby Roode should rob it.

ibFoxer

I'm not getting a chance to watch tonight, was going to catch up in the morning and watch tomorrows show- how are we looking? Any standout outside of Wolfgang?

DM_7

ibFoxer wrote: »

I'm not getting a chance to watch tonight, was going to catch up in the morning and watch tomorrows show- how are we looking? Any standout outside of Wolfgang?

Not yet, you might be better waiting for tomorrow night!

ibFoxer

DM_7 wrote: »

Not yet, you might be better waiting for tomorrow night!

I will check out Devlin/Burch, just to see how he's looking. After that i might wait until tomorrow.

DM_7

I take it back, Andrews and Maloney was good. Andrews as expected but Maloney was a good base and played the bigger man role very well.


Tyler and Tucker getting the main event should be worth a watch.