WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament and Follow Up

DM_7

For a live show where the guys are not "known" or part of WWE it was very well done.

Dunne in particular carries himself like he is something, has a real presence about him.

Thumbs up overall.

LeeJM

If you watched that main event and dont think Tyler Bate is an absolute star then I dont know what to tell you. The kid is 19 yrs old and gets booked to close the show on a WWE Network Special and he delivers that match! He is gonna main event WrestleMania. My god he is amazingly talented!

Tucker looked superb also and will not have gone unnoticed. Hope to see more of him in OTT.

Rest of the show was fine. Pete Dunne shining like I knew he would. Trent Seven being brilliantly entertaining. Mark Andrews shone as well and was definitely the fans favourite before the main event.

Jordy Devlin though! No two ways about it, he sh*t the bed. An awful match with a guy that was specifically booked to make him look good. He was able to deliver a good promo afterwards though and hopefully tomorrow he will be a lot more comfortable in the ring with Tyler, who he has faced before and had a great match with at OTT : Its A Matter of Pride last year

DM_7

https://twitter.com/ElliottCantor/status/820391144081293312

They went on with Dunne's attacking the local lad. I wonder if we will see an injury angle and a walkover or stand in




EDIT: Here is the whole lot form a stage side camera, https://streamable.com/r2iaf

DM_7

Also really enjoyed the presentation.

Commentary: Cole and McGuinness were there to promote the wrestlers, put them over, inform the audience about what is happening, tell them what to expect and praise what we are seeing made everything appear top class.

The Venue was inspired, it gave the event a special feel from the start.

The introductions before each match were to the point and fit for purpose.

PTH2009

Ireland loves you Jordon Devlin (everyone else seems to hate you lol) but I think Tyler Bate will beat him

Pete Dunne is a guy you love to hate, plays a perfect heel

Tyler Bate will go places in the WWE, I'd pair him with Jack Gallagher as those 2 could be the perfect English gentlemen heel tag team

ShagNastii

It didn't grab me the way I thought it would. I suppose it's a bit like the CWC you're watch guys you know little about and are coming in cold.

Main event was brilliant both Tucker and Bate being the standouts of the night for me. I'd also commend Danny Birch he really looked the business.

The state of Trent Seven! How has he gained such a profile. His shape is way below par, very "meh" in the ring. Surely twiddling your moustache doesn't make you a star.

A Rogue Hobo

ShagNastii wrote:

The state of Trent Seven! How has he gained such a profile. His shape is way below par, very "meh" in the ring. Surely twiddling your moustache doesn't make you a star.

He's quite tidy and solid in the ring and a good look too, yeah he's not in the best shape from a visual standpoint maybe but he can go! Although he does run quite slow...

CastorTroy

I think Jordan was meant to win, but not at that point. I doubt they would've had him be interviewed straight after if he was meant to lose since not all winners were interviewed.

But yeah overall some guys looked better than others. The final match was in the right position as it was a main event level match. Though when I first saw Tyler, I couldn't figure out if his face reminded me more of Colin Farrell or Russell Crowe

Cianan2

I thought Jordan's match was going really well, thought they worked really well together. The kick that busted him open baffled me, it didn't really look like he connected but the blood started immediately... Also couldn't really figure out how the ref got a three count, and Jordan's reaction as the shoulder came up made it seem weird...

Delighted Tucker got so over, I hadn't realised he'd returned from his injury and I hope that's not the last we see of him - been watching him for years and he really has a lot to give even after the injury it seems!

I was hoping for a Dunne vs Devlin final but now I'm thinking they won't go heel vs heel - if Gradwell gets pulled for injury after the attack from Dunne maybe there is a surprise person to fill his place, one of those eliminated already maybe?

CastorTroy

Yeah I was looking back to see how the head was busted open, but Jordan's boots didn't seem to have anything exposed that would do it. I guess the ref just made the call to end it going by how much blood was there so quickly.

Regal looked brilliant in the segment at the end when he just got Dunne back up against the wall.

Crasy to think Dunne is only 23 and Tyler is 19.

So is this 2 nights or 3? I thought it was originally 3 but then they said quarters, semis and final are all tonight

Virtanen

It was always going to be 2 nights, so yeah, all the final matches are tonight

Cianan2

Just on some of the backstage stuff I've seen on fb, I think it's a bit silly how hard Pete Dunne acts until Regal is around. He seems to run away from him and cower when approached by him! Anyone notice that or just me?

DM_7

Cianan2 wrote: »

Just on some of the backstage stuff I've seen on fb, I think it's a bit silly how hard Pete Dunne acts until Regal is around. He seems to run away from him and cower when approached by him! Anyone notice that or just me?

Yeah that is what is happening. Its typical heel stuff where they back away from someone who gets in their face.

DM_7

Dunne v Gradwell to start tonight according to WWE twitter. I was hoping for a stand in or something but I guess they could still have something good planned for this one (maybe putting over Dunne as a scum bag is enough).

The Ayatolla

It's great that they're actually creating characters and storylines out of this rather than just an endless array of matches.

Looks like they're planning to kick off the weekly show with ready-made feuds.

ShagNastii

Murmurs on Twitter that

Neville is going to have a match with a mystery guest. Could be BS but count me excited if it's true.

LeeJM

Who on Twitter is saying it Shag?

sky88

Great start with dunne and grade well so far.

The Ayatolla

Wouldn't it be great if Pete Dunne sneak attacked all his opponents on his way to the final and eventually won.

DM_7

Very good start. Even let Gradwell look good while putting Dunne and his scummy character over.

sky88

Anyones stream bad tonight

The Ayatolla

All good here on laptop.

DM_7

Sound here on the App

Itssoeasy

sky88 wrote: »

Anyones stream bad tonight

Working like dusty Rhodes tonight.

Nerdkiller1991

Ahhh, we've got Funley there!

B.A._Baracus

sky88 wrote: »

Anyones stream bad tonight

I'm on the ps4 and the stream has paused twice and dropped in quality a couple of times. Pretty good so far tho. I've seen it much worse.

I assume you're ps4 too?

seandotcomm

perfect for me on PS4

DM_7

England, Wales, Scotland all in Semi Finals

Will they go with the Irish man now?

Blue_Dabadee

Carlito?

sky88

On the ps4 aa well improve a lot since the 2nd match

Never heard of Wolfgang before but he's totally won me over.