The following matches and segments made up the first night of the WWE United Kingdom Championship tournament: Credit to Dan Galloway (@TheDanGallows)
Night 1 – WWE UK CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
Crowd seem lively and ready.
WWE closed down the top tier of The Royal Albert Hall, due to low sales.
Fans were moved (upgraded) to far better seats, closer to the ring.
England playing in the World Cup on the same night must have really dented sales.
They had issued massive cuts in ticket prices for the entire week before.
Quarterfinal matches:
Flash Morgan Webster defeated Jordan Devlin
Joe Coffey defeated Dave Mastiff
Zack Gibson defeated Jack Gallagher
Travis Banks defeated Ashton Smith
Women’s Fatal 4 Way (Winner Faces Shayna Baszler)
Toni Storm vs Isla Dawn vs Jinny vs Killer Kelly
– Toni Storm won the match, pinning Isla Dawn. The match was restarted as a triple threat after Jinny got injured.
Triple H comes out to announce the NXT UK division. The crowd chants ‘We Want Mania’. Triple H says ‘it’s like I tell my kids, you get what you get’. Johnny Saint makes the announcement.
WWE UK Semifinal Match
Zack Gibson beats Flash Morgan Webster
– Aleister Black was sat ringside, given a decent welcome by the crowd.
WWE UK Semifinal Match
Travis Banks defeated Joe Coffey
– Coffey attacked him after the bell
British Strong Style (Tyler Bate, Trent Seven and Pete Dunne) defeated The Undisputed Era
– British Strong Style get the win after Tyler Bate assisted a dragon suplex from Trent on Kyle.
Shawn Michaels music hits. Another big pop for the night, as he walks down to the ring.
Shawn puts over the last tag match. He gets gets a chant of “one more match”. He also puts over NXT UK.
WWE United Kingdom Tournamnent Finals
Zack Gibson defeated Travis Banks
– Gibson won after a Helter Skelter and Shankly Gates. Shawn Michaels, Triple H and Johnny Saint come out to raise Gibson’s hand to close the show.
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