The WWE United Kingdom Championship was introduced way back in January with a two-night tournament that culminated with Tyler Bate being crowned champion. Shortly after, it was reported that three popular independent wrestling promotions based in the UK might be heading to the WWE Network and that WWE was planning a UK based show to rival ITV's planned World of Sport reboot.
Well, that now appears to be dead and that makes WWE's deal with a number of British wrestlers (to keep them off that show) pointless, right? After all, WWE no longer has competition in the UK!
That's not necessarily the case, though, as Triple H has now explained that the company is still working on bringing a WWE UK TV show to a British TV channel and that they just need more time.
"Pete [Dunne] and all of those U.K. guys are very talented. Putting together a product of a television show and live events in the U.K. and doing what we do takes time. I would love for this to have happened quicker and sooner but we are where we are. We’re still in that process but we’re using those guys here and there and they are still doing their other bookings as well as working with us.
"As we move forward, I’m hoping something more definitive for them will be coming soon and we’ll certainly be letting everyone know. They are all very talent kids and a bunch of them are at the Performance Center now, training and constantly working with us as we try to improve them so that, when the opportunity comes, we are ready to go."
So, nothing immediate is in the pipeline then but it's good to know that something is happening as WWE has signed far too much talent to let it all go to waste. It seems we'll have to wait and see.