Last month WWE announced the company will be returning to The UK for a pair of WWE UK Championship tournament events. The events kick off with a United Kingdom Championship Tournament on Monday, June 18, at Royal Albert Hall in London, and continue on June 19th, with the winner receiving a title shot against Pete Dunne.
Over WrestleMania weekend, Triple H appeared at WWE’s annual Business Partner Summit and outlined his concept of “Global Localization” for WWE.
Triple H noted he wants to expand NXT brands into different countries to create their own global territorial system, in which WWE brands would operate on their own, as international feeder systems, under the umbrella of WWE. The news prompted speculation that The UK might be one of the first places WWE attempts this new system.
During a recent interview with The UK Mirror, Triple H had the following to say on plans for The WWE UK division:
“Just in the next few months you will see two full main roster tours of Raw and SmackDown all through the UK, you will see not only the Download Festival with NXT but shows in Paris and Antwerp, and you will see us coming back to one of the most famous arenas in London, the Royal Albert Hall, for two days back-to-back, with the WWE UK Championship and NXT combo on the second day. It’s massive.
“While we are there at this UK event at the Royal Albert Hall, we will be making some announcements about the future of the UK Championship brand there in the UK and moving forward.”
“That brand still remains very near and dear to me and it’s something I want to move on. It’s taking a little bit longer than I anticipated in getting things done and getting them done in the way I want them to get done… but it’s happening.
“It will be meaningful to everybody there and over there and I look forward to showcasing the UK talent to the world.”
See the very best of @WWEUK and @WWENXT when @WWEUKCT arrives at the Royal Albert Hall this summer! https://t.co/qrlTPLdAFc pic.twitter.com/ki3uIwIQG8
— Royal Albert Hall (@RoyalAlbertHall) April 24, 2018
The Mirror