WWE United Kingdom Championship Special


The United Kingdom Championship Special was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE, that aired exclusively on the WWE Network. The event was filmed on May 7, 2017 and aired on May 19, 2017. The event was held at Epic Studios in Norwich, Norfolk, England and featured the participation of the competitors from WWE's 205 Live brand.

Background

On December 15, 2016, at The O2 Arena, Triple H announced that the following month WWE would crown its inaugural United Kingdom Champion. A tournament to crown the inaugural champion occurred on the United Kingdom Championship Tournament event which took place over two days on January 14 and 15. The tournament and championship were won by Tyler Bate. With the victory, 19 year old Bate became the youngest singles champion in WWE history and the second youngest champion overall behind René Duprée.
On May 15, 2017, a follow-up to the UK Championship tournament was announced by WWE, titled the "United Kingdom Championship Special", the event was to be commentated by Jim Ross and Nigel McGuinness.

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