WWE News: Air Date For United Kingdom Championship Tournament Announced

The final details for the WWE’s next installment of the United Kingdom Championship Tournament are being cleared up with the two day event from London’s Royal Albert Hall approaches on June 18th and 19th. One of the biggest questions yet to be addressed regarding the shows has been when it will be airing on the WWE Network, but today WWE has finally revealed that information.

While the shows take place on the 18th and 19th (Monday and Tuesday), they will not be airing until one week later on June 25th and 26th and 3PM EST. Below is WWE’s full announcement:

WWE makes its historic return to London’s Royal Albert Hall for the first time in more than 20 years with the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament later this month, and members of the WWE Universe will have their chance to catch all the action on WWE Network.

The two-day event will stream in two parts on the award-winning WWE Network on Monday, June 25, and Tuesday, June 26, at 3 p.m. ET/8 p.m. GMT.

A limited number of tickets for the Royal Albert Hall events, which tape Monday, June 18, and Tuesday, June 19, are still available at livenation.co.uk and bookingsdirect.com. 

Already announced for night one at Royal Albert Hall are the quarterfinal, semifinal and final matches of the 2018 WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament. Featuring 16 of the top competitors from the U.K.’s vibrant wrestling scene, the tournament will decide the challenger to WWE U.K. Champion Pete Dunne on night two. Night one will also include a Six-Man Tag Team Match pitting Dunne, Tyler Bate & Trent Seven against Undisputed ERA’s Adam Cole, Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly and appearances by WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels and Triple H.

In addition to the WWE U.K. Championship Match between Dunne and the tournament winner, the second night at the Royal Albert Hall will feature a tag team match of NXT Champion Aleister Black & Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream & EC3, plus matches for the NXT North American Championship, the NXT Women’s Championship and the NXT Tag Team Championship.

Don’t miss out when these historic events stream on the award-winning WWE Network on June 25 & 26.

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