WWE News: Triple H Announces WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament Coming in January
The United Kingdom has historically been a massive part of WWE’s market and has influenced the WWE product and programming for decades. WWE held as many of 32 live events in the United Kingdom in 2016, which makes the UK audience a pivotal part of WWE’s global success outside of the United States.
This morning in London, WWE held a press conference in the O2 arena, which was rumored to be the reveal of a major announcement involving the WWE Network. It was announced that Triple H, William Regal, and Finn Balor would all be in attendance for the event, but the expectations heading into this morning’s press conference would be about NXT and its continued growth. However, WWE had something else planned.
Instead, it was announced by Triple H that WWE will be creating the WWE United Kingdom Championship to be decided in a tournament to air next month on the WWE Network. The massive two-day event will be a sixteen man tournament to determine the first WWE UK Champion and will be held in Blackpool inside the historic Empress Ballroom. WWE will be selling tickets as early as today at noon in the United States.
Much like the Cruiserweight Classic did earlier this year on the WWE Network, WWE officials are planning for the WWE United Kingdom Championship tournament to be the launching pad for a weekly show for the UK on the WWE Network shortly after the tournament concludes in January. The belief is WWE will work with many promotions in the UK, including Rev Pro, PROGRESS, and others like ICW and OTT in Ireland.
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