WWE announced today the date and location for the upcoming 2018 WWE U.K. Championship Tournament.
This years tournament will be held at the Download Festival. The festival will take place at the annual rock festival, on June 8-10 at Donington Park in Derby, U.K. and will feature the first round of the tournament. The second round of the tournament will take place on Monday June 18th from London’s Royal Albert Hall. The winner of the tournament will receive a title match the following day against WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne.
You can see WWE’s official announcement issued today below:
“WWE U.K. Championship Tournament first round to be held at Download Festival, competitors to be revealed this week.
Next month’s Download Festival just got even bigger.
In addition to featuring the Superstars of NXT live and in action, the annual rock festival — which takes place June 8-10 at Donington Park in Derby, U.K. — will host the opening round of the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament.
Featuring 16 competitors, the tournament will continue at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Monday, June 18. The winner of the tournament will then receive a title match against WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne the following day.
Stay tuned to WWE.com, as the field of competitors in the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament will be revealed this Wednesday and Friday.
Tickets for both NXT at the Download Festival and the Royal Albert Hall events are on sale now. Head to www.downloadfestival.com/tickets to save your spot at Download Festival, and check out www.bookingsdirect.com and www.livenation.co.uk for ticket information for the June 18-19 events at the Royal Albert Hall.”
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