Last month, WWE
announced the return of the UK Championship Tournament, which will take
place on June 18 and 19 at Royal Albert Hall in London, England. The
one-day tournament will determine the number one contender for the UK
Championship. On the second day, the UK, NXT North American, NXT
Women's, and NXT Tag Titles will all be defended.
Triple H spoke with Mirror Sport about next month's tournament where some announcements will be made about the future of the UK division.
"While
we are there at this UK event at the Royal Albert Hall, we will be
making some announcements about the future of the UK Championship brand
there in the UK and moving forward," Triple H
said. "That brand still remains very near and dear to me and it's
something I want to move on. It's taking a little bit longer than I
anticipated in getting things done and getting them done in the way I
want them to get done ... but it's happening. It will be meaningful to
everybody there and I look forward to showcasing the UK talent to the
world."
In March, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter
noted the idea for the UK expansion is still to do tapings for local
programming, and likely WWE Network programming, and run a UK-based
promotion. They also want to open up a UK Performance Center down the
road with the idea of bringing UK trainers to the main WWE Performance
Center in Orlando to teach them how WWE wants talents trained, and then
have the UK trainers run the facility.
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