WWE United Kingdom Championship

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NXT United Kingdom Championship
Record holding two-time champion Tyler Bate celebrates winning the Championship for the first time on January 15, 2017.
Details
PromotionWWE
Date established15 December 2016
Date retired4 September 2022
(unified with the NXT Championship)
Other name(s)
  • WWE United Kingdom Championship
    (2016–2020)
  • NXT United Kingdom Championship
    (2020–2022)

The WWE United Kingdom Championship, later known as the NXT United Kingdom Championship from 2020 to 2022, was a wrestling title owned by WWE and competed for by the men of NXT UK. It was created on 15 December 2016 and a 16-man tournament with British wrestlers happened on 14 and 15 January 2017 to crown the champion. Tyler Bate beat Pete Dunne in the final to become the first champion.

It was also sometimes defended at NXT events and on independent wrestling shows in the United Kingdom before the COVID-19 pandemic. On 4 September 2022 at Worlds Collide, the title was made into one into the NXT Championship, retiring the title. Tyler Bate, the only man to hold the title more than once, was the final champion.

The base design of the belt was similar to the WWE Championship belt introduced in 2014, with differences.[1] Instead of a large cut out of the WWE logo, the center plate was designed after the United Kingdom's royal coat of arms, featuring a lion and a horse, with a shield at the center. Above the shield were the crown jewels. When the championship was originally introduced, the shield at the center of the main plate featured the WWE logo, but that was changed to the NXT UK logo on 17 January 2020 when the title was renamed.

Inaugural tournament[change | change source]

First Round
January 14, 2017[2] 		Quarter-Finals
January 15, 2017[3] 		Semi-Finals
January 15, 2017[3] 		Final
January 15, 2017[3]
            
1 EnglandTyler Bate Pin
16 Northern Ireland Tucker 10:34
England Tyler Bate Pin
Republic of Ireland Jordan Devlin 6:05
8 England Danny Burch 8:55
9 Republic of Ireland Jordan Devlin Pin
England Tyler Bate Pin
Scotland Wolfgang 5:55
5 England Trent Seven Pin
12 England H.C. Dyer 5:25
England Trent Seven 6:35
Scotland Wolfgang Pin
4 England Tyson T-Bone 6:20
13 Scotland Wolfgang Pin
England Tyler Bate Pin
England Pete Dunne 15:10
6 Wales Mark Andrews Pin
11 England Dan Moloney 5:35
Wales Mark Andrews Pin
England Joseph Conners 8:10
3 England James Drake 7:12
14 England Joseph Conners Pin
Wales Mark Andrews 10:33
England Pete Dunne Pin
7 England Pete Dunne Pin
10 England Roy Johnson 7:30
England Pete Dunne Pin
England Sam Gradwell 4:50
2 England Saxon Huxley 6:00
15 England Sam Gradwell Pin

Reigns[change | change source]

Over the championship's nearly six year history, there were five reigns between four champions. Tyler Bate was the first champion and is also recognized as the final champion. He also had the most reigns at two, he was the youngest champion at 19 (making him the second teenager to win a title in WWE), and his second reign was the shortest reign at 59 days (3 days as recognized by WWE due to tape delay, despite Bate appearing as champion on NXT a couple of weeks before his title win on NXT UK). Walter had the longest reign, which lasted 870 days, and he was also the oldest champion when he won the title at 31.

Name Years
WWE United Kingdom Championship 15 December 2016 – 17 January 2020
NXT United Kingdom Championship 17 January 2020 – 4 September 2022
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Days
recog. 		Number of days held recognized by the promotion
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Days recog.
NXT
1 Tyler Bate 15 January 2017 United Kingdom Championship Tournament Blackpool, England 1 125 125 Defeated Pete Dunne in the tournament final to become the first WWE United Kingdom Champion. Bate subsequently defended the title on NXT and at independent shows in the United Kingdom.
2 Pete Dunne 20 May 2017 TakeOver: Chicago Rosemont, Illinois, U.S. 1 685 685 The title became the top championship of NXT UK when the show was created in June 2018, but continued to be defended on NXT and at independent shows.
NXT UK
3 Walter 5 April 2019 TakeOver: New York Brooklyn, New York, U.S. 1 870 870 The title was renamed NXT United Kingdom Championship in January 2020. [4]
4 Ilja Dragunov 22 August 2021 TakeOver 36 Orlando, Florida, U.S. 1 319 347 WWE lists Dragunov's reign's ending on 4 August 2022, when the episode aired on tape delay. [5]
— Vacated 7 July 2022 NXT UK London, England — — — Ilja Dragunov relinquished the title after suffering an injury.
Aired on tape delay on 4 August 2022. 		[6][7]
5 Tyler Bate 7 July 2022 NXT UK London, England 2 59 3 Defeated Trent Seven in the final of a tournament to win the vacant championship.
WWE recognizes Bate's reign as beginning on 1 September 2022, when the episode aired on tape delay, despite the fact that Bate started appearing as champion on 16 August at NXT Heatwave. 		[8][9]
— Unified 4 September 2022 Worlds Collide Orlando, Florida, U.S. — — — Bron Breakker defeated Tyler Bate to unify the NXT United Kingdom Championship into the NXT Championship. The NXT United Kingdom Championship was retired with Bate recognized as the final champion. Breakker went forward as the unified NXT Champion.

Combined reigns[change | change source]

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
days 		Combined days
recognized by WWE
1 Walter 1 870
2 Pete Dunne 1 685
3 Ilja Dragunov 1 319 346
4 Tyler Bate 2 184 128

Notes[change | change source]

  1. ↑ WWE lists Bate holding the title for 3 days because of tape delay, despite Bate appearing on NXT a couple of weeks before his title win on NXT UK aired.

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ WWE Superstars - WWE.com
  2. ↑ Soucek, Andrew. "SOUCEK'S WWE UK CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT REPORT 1/14: Ongoing coverage of night one of UK Championship tournament". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Soucek, Andrew. "SOUCEK'S WWE UK CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT REPORT 1/15: Ongoing coverage of night two of UK Championship tournament". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  4. ↑ Powell, Jason (April 5, 2019). "4/5 Powell's NXT Takeover: New York live review – Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole in a best of three falls match for the vacant NXT Championship, Pete Dunne vs. Walter for the WWE UK Championship, Velveteen Dream vs. Matt Riddle for the NXT North American Title, NXT Women's Title four-way, NXT Tag Title match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on April 7, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  5. ↑ Moore, John (August 22, 2021). "NXT Takeover 36 results: Moore's live review of Karrion Kross vs. Samoa Joe for the NXT Championship, Raquel Gonzalez vs. Dakota Kai for the NXT Women's Title, Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly in a best of three falls match, Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov for the NXT UK Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on August 23, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  6. ↑ Defelice, Robert (July 7, 2022). "SPOILER: Title Vacated Due To Injury During NXT UK Tapings On 7/7/22". Fightful. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  7. ↑ Russell, Skyler (August 4, 2022). "Ilja Dragunov Relinquishes NXT UK Title Due To Injury, Tournament To Crown New Champion Announced". Fightful. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  8. ↑ Russell, Skyler (July 7, 2022). "Spoiler: New NXT UK Champion Crowned During 7/7 Tapings". Fightful. Archived from the original on July 8, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  9. ↑ Lambert, Jeremy (September 1, 2022). "Tyler Bate Wins NXT UK Title On 9/1 NXT UK After Carrying The Title On TV Since 8/16 NXT 2.0". Fightful. Archived from the original on September 1, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.

Other websites[change | change source]

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