WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament

United Kingdom Championship Tournament
information
date	14.-15. January 2017
Venue	Empress Ballroom
city	Blackpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom
Number of visitors	2 × 3,000
Event chronology
← First event WWE United Kingdom Championship Special →
WWE chronology
← Roadblock: End of the Line NXT TakeOver: San Antonio →

WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament was a wrestling event of the market leader World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which was to crown the first WWE United Kingdom Champion in the style of a tournament . As usual in wrestling, the tournament consisted of a series of show fights and the title was awarded within a storyline . The tournament took place on January 14-15, 2017 at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool , Lancashire . The television broadcast was exclusively via the WWE Network .

background

Wrestling is a comparatively large, currently emerging market in the UK. This is served by various independent wrestling promotions and also served by the private broadcaster ITV . This did not go unnoticed by WWE, which as the global market leader wanted to react to the changed market situation in Great Britain. Even before that there were efforts to expand the wrestling market there. SummerSlam took place in London in 1992. There were also several PPVs in Great Britain, for example WWF One Night Only 1997 in Birmingham as well as WWE Insurrextion from 2000 to 2003 and WWE Rebellion from 1999 to 2003 . In addition, British wrestlers such as The British Bulldog , Wade Barrett or William Regal competed in the promotion.

On December 15, 2016, the WWE announced at a press conference in London that it would create a new title , the WWE United Kingdom Championship , which would be awarded in Blackpool , England on January 14 and 15, 2017 . The event was supported by friendly Indy promotions such as Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), OTT Wrestling and Progress Wrestling .

Astroid Boys from Cardiff contributed the theme song Dusted .

The event sold out on both days and was a success for both the UK wrestling scene and the WWE. After the event, efforts were made to intensify the collaboration, although there are still no concrete plans.

Attendees

Participant in the tournament

A total of 16 wrestlers were nominated for the tournament.

Tournament winner: Tyler Bate

Wrestlers	place of residence	Weight ( pounds )	Web link
Mark Andrews	Cardiff , Wales	159
Tyler Bate	Dudley , West Midlands , England	175
Martin Stone	London , England	190
Joseph Connors	Nottingham , Nottinghamshire , England	196
Jordan Devlin	Bray , County Wicklow , Ireland	180
James Drake	Blackpool , Lancashire , England	181
Pete Dunne	Birmingham , West Midlands , England	205
HC Dyer	Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , England	213
Ricky J. McKenzie	Blackpool , Lancashire , England	212
Saxon Huxley	Hartlepool , County Durham , England	215
Roy Johnson	London , England	206
Dan Moloney	Birmingham , West Midlands , England	216
Seven Trent	Wolverhampton , West Midlands , England	216
Tucker	Belfast , Northern Ireland	191
T-bone	Malvern , Worcestershire , England	245
wolfgang	Glasgow , Scotland	255

In the event of the main actors failing, the following four wrestlers were selected:

Wrestlers	Hometown	Weight
Tiger Ali	Swindon , Wiltshire , England	185
Ringo Ryan	Liverpool , Merseyside , England	198
Jack Starz	Leicester , Leicestershire , England	172
Chris Tyler	Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , England	201

procedure

The tournament was won by 19-year-old Tyler Bate, who became the first WWE United Kingdom Champion.

First round January 14, 2017

Quarter-finals January 15, 2017

Semi-finals January 15, 2017

Final January 15, 2017

1

Tyler Bate

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16

Tucker

10:34

Tyler Bate

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Jordan Devlin

6:05

8th

Danny Burch

8:55

9

Jordan Devlin

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Tyler Bate

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wolfgang

5:55

5

Trent Seven

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12

HC Dyer

5:25

Trent Seven

6:35

wolfgang

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4th

Tyson T-Bone

6:20

13

wolfgang

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Tyler Bate

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Pete Dunne

15:10

6th

Mark Andrews

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11

Dan Moloney

5:35

Mark Andrews

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Joseph Conners

8:10

3

James Drake

7:12

14th

Joseph Conners

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Mark Andrews

10:33

Pete Dunne

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7th

Pete Dunne

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10

Roy Johnson

7:30

Pete Dunne

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Sam Gradwell

4:50

2

Saxon Huxley

6:00

15th

Sam Gradwell

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More matches:

• Chris Tyler and Jack Starz def.Ringo Ryan and Tiger Ali (January 14, 2017, Dark Match )
• Saxon Huxley and Tucker def Nathan Cruz and Dan Moloney (Jan 15, 2017, Dark Match)
• Neville def. Tommy End (Jan 15, 2017, WWE Network )

Moderators

Ring name	real name	role
Charly Caruso	Charly Arnolt	interviewer
Michael Cole	Michael Coulthard	Moderator
Nigel McGuinness	Steven Haworth	Moderator
Andy Shepherd	Andrew Shepherd	Ring announcer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Bobby Melok: First-ever United Kingdom Champion to be crowned in January . In: WWE .
2. ↑ ^{a b} Christian Bruns: WWE UK Championship Tournament: At 19 the King of England . In: Power Wrestling . February 2017, p. 49 .
3. ↑ WWE announces tournament to crown first UK Champion (English) Tweed Daily News, December 16, 2016, accessed February 4, 2017
4. ^ David Owens: Cardiff band's track chosen as the official theme song for the WWE UK Championship. Wales Online, December 21, 2016, accessed February 26, 2017 . 
5. ^ Neil Docking: WWE pressing forward with plans to air weekly UK show. Triple H moves to end "confusion" over contracted talents appearing for other promotions. Daily Mirror , January 16, 2017, accessed February 26, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Mark Andrews .
7. ↑ Tyler Bate .
8. ↑ Danny Burch .
9. ↑ Joseph Conners .
10. ↑ Jordan Devlin .
11. ↑ James Drake .
12. ↑ Pete Dunne .
13. ^ HC Dyer .
14. ↑ Sam Gradwell .
15. ^ Saxon Huxley .
16. ^ Roy Johnson .
17. ↑ Dan Moloney .
18. ↑ Trent Seven .
19. ↑ Tucker .
20. ^ Tyson T-Bone .
21. ↑ Wolfgang .
22. ↑ Martin Hoffmann: Wrestling offshoot in Europe: WWE crowns England champion. Historic expansion at WWE. Sport1 , January 16, 2017, accessed February 26, 2017 . 
23. ↑ Andrew Soucek: SOUCEK'S WWE UK CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT REPORT 1/14: Ongoing coverage of night one of UK Championship tournament . In: Pro Wrestling Torch . Retrieved January 14, 2017.
24. ↑ ^{a b c d} Andrew Soucek: SOUCEK'S WWE UK CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT REPORT 1/15: Ongoing coverage of night two of UK Championship tournament . In: Pro Wrestling Torch . Retrieved January 15, 2017.
25. ↑ #Results: WWE (@WWE @WWEUK) “United Kingdom Championship Tournament: Night 1” * FULL Results * . In: Hastagwrest . January 14, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
26. ↑ #Results: WWE (@WWE @WWEUK) “United Kingdom Championship Tournament: Night 2” * LIVE Results * . In: Hastagwrest . January 15, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
27. ↑ Tommy End Appears at WWE UK Championship Tournament, Challenges Neville (video) . In: WGMD . January 15, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2016.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
28. ↑ Bobby Melok: Meet Andy Shepherd, ring announcer for WWE's United Kingdom Championship Tournament . WWE . January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017.