It was hailed as one of the best matches of 2017 and now WWE has released Tyler Bate vs Pete Dunne for FREE on YouTube.
The match for the WWE United Kingdom Championship at NXT’s Takeover Chicago event showed the world exactly what these two British stars could do, two of the youngest performers on WWE’s books went out and delivered on the big stage and put UK wrestling in the worldwide spotlight.
If you have not seen the match then check it out below:
WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne will be making his way to Oberhausen, Germany for a match against Marius Alani this evening. The UK superstar was contacted last minute to perform at the event as Zack Sabre Jr was unfortunately unable to attend due to illness.
The full card for wXw’s historic 17th Anniversary event is now as follows:
Tag Team Match
Jay FK (Francis Kaspin & Jay Skillet) vs. Monster Consulting (Avalanche & Julian Nero)
wXw Women’s Title Tournament Final Match
Martina vs. Melanie Gray
Singles Match
David Starr vs. Jurn Simmons
Singles Match
Marius Al-Ani vs. Pete Dunne
wXw World Tag Team Title Match
Ringkampf (Timothy Thatcher & WALTER) (c) vs. The Young Lions (Lucky Kid & Tarkan Aslan)
Jim Cornette is a fairly outspoken personality in the wrestling world, his views on the ‘modern’ style of pro wrestling ala The Young Bucks have been in the news once again and as always are fairly disparaging.
In a slight change to usual proceedings Cornette has some praise for a match from this week’s NXT show. The main event for the WWE UK Championship between Tyler Bate & Pete Dunne has been garnering plaudits from fans online and now Cornette has described the two young superstars as “WAAY beyond their experience level” and that they “mix modern style/WOS style well, at their ages they will be stars for years to come.”
Did you enjoy the WWE UK Title match from this week’s NXT? How far do you think Bate & Dunne can go in the WWE? Let us know in the comments.
Both guys are WAAY beyond their experience level & mix modern style/WOS style well, at their ages they will be stars for years to come. https://t.co/fTVNIr5V2H
PROGRESS will be holding their 59th Chapter event this afternoon from the O2 Academy in Sheffield, England.
One of the feature bouts on this already stacked card was Pete Dunne vs Joseph Conners for the WWE UK Championship, this was due to be the first time that the WWE UK title was defended in the company on UK soil and a major part of the event’s eventual On Demand ‘drawing power.’
WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne and Trent Seven took part in an OTT event this weekend in Dublin Ireland and due to the snowy weather conditions in Europe both British Strong Style members will be unable to make the PROGRESS show this afternoon.
Myself & @trentseven are stuck in Dublin due to the weather. Very unlikely we'll make it to @ThisIs_Progress ?
PROGRESS Wrestlng’s 59th Chapter show ‘Whatever People Say We Are That’s What We’re Not’ will be taking place this Sunday from the O2 Academy in Sheffield and it is looking like one of the most stacked cards in company history. The promotion has just announced three absolutely huge title matches for the event and they are as follows:
WWE UK Championship Match – Pete Dunne (c) vs Joseph Conners: Dunne will be defending his WWE title in PROGRESS for the first time on UK soil. Conners has been hounding the champion ever since his recent debut in an attempt to trick Dunne into this predicament. With the hype surrounding Dunne and the excitement his appearances have generated on WWE Television recently it is unlikely that Conners gets the win…however PROGRESS are prone to providing a shock or two.
PROGRESS Tag Team Title Match – Grizzled Young Veterans (c) vs Moustache Mountain – Speaking of shocks…the Grizzled Young Veterans took the PROGRESS Tag Team titles from CCK last week and now they have their first defence lined up. The team of Tyler Bate & Trent Seven have made a huge U-Turn with the PROGRESS crowd and are once again beloved fan favourites, that being said Moustache Mountain appear to be in the same position as Pete Dunne, just awaiting the time that they can finally make a move full time to the WWE roster whether that be on a UK show or NXT.
PROGRESS World Championship Match – Travis Banks (c) vs Eddie Dennis – The fact that I’ve put this match last actually speaks volumes. Sadly Travis has not been setting the world on fire as PROGRESS Champion, his meteoric rise through the ranks of the company to beat Pete Dunne earlier this year was fantastic but the time has come to have a strong heel champion atop the PROGRESS ladder…that man could be Eddie Dennis who recently turned on his longtime friend Mark Andrews and declared that he was gunning for the World Title.
It looks as though WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne will not be making his way onto the WWE Roster full time in the near future…
The ‘Bruiserweight’ recently sent out a tweet confirming that he is still taking independent bookings for January and February of 2018. There has been speculation over the last few months regarding the WWE UK television show and it appears that nothing has yet been finalised.
Dunne has been taking a ‘backseat’ position on the major UK shows for companies such as ICW, PROGRESS, Rev Pro and OTT. Dunne himself confirmed on a recent PROGRESS Chapter show that his future in the UK was “up in the air” and he appears to be in a holding pattern until WWE decides exactly how they want to utilise the UK talent they have under contract.
Officially opening myself up for bookings in Jan and Feb of 2018. PeteDunneMerchandise@Gmail.com for enquiries
If you've sent me an E-mail regarding bookings recently please resend, getting organised 👌
— ‘The Bruiserweight’ Pete Dunne (@PeteDunneYxB) December 6, 2017
Pete Dunne’s next challenger for the WWE UK Championship seems to be all but confirmed. Over the last few PROGRESS Chapter events fellow WWE UK Star Joseph Conners has made it his goal to hound and harass Dunne.
This was all part of Conner’s PROGRESS debut feud and it looks as though the company is lining up a WWE UK Championship match between the two men, it isn’t exactly unprecedented as the WWE UK title was defended at one of PROGRESS’ Wrestlemania weekend shows earlier this year.
You can see the war of words between Dunne & Conners via Twitter below:
Rev Pro will be hosting their ‘Uprising’ event this Friday from York Hall in Bethnal Green, London.
The final two matches have been announced and they round off an incredibly solid card including stars from WWE UK, PROGRESS and New Japan Pro Wrestling.
Pete Dunne will be taking on PROGRESS’ Eddie Dennis. ‘The Pride of Wales’ Dennis left his job as a head teacher to pursue wrestling full time, he is now starting to gain some major momentum on the UK scene and this bout with the reigning WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne will be another step in his evolution.
Fellow WWE UK stars and members of the British Strong Style stable Trent Seven & Tyler Bate will be defending their Rev Pro British Tag Team Championships against the team of Josh Bodom & Zack Gibson.
The final card now stands as follows:
Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship – Zack Sabre Jr (c) Vs Matt Riddle
Marty Scurll & The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) Vs Flip Gordon & CCK (Chris Brookes & Travis Banks)
Undisputed British Tag Team Championships – Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven & Tyler Bate) (c) Vs Bodom/Gibson
ROH World Heavyweight Championship – Cody (c) Vs Jay Lethal
Jinny’s Open Challenge – Jinny Vs ???
Pete Dunne vs Eddie Dennis
Return of The Bruiserweight! Eddie Dennis asked for the best and he gets it THIS FRIDAY when he goes one on one with Pete Dunne. pic.twitter.com/JCgReJYy6w
– Above is the new WWE Shop Black Friday/Christmas ad with SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos. Below is the WWE Shop ad that premiered on last night’s RAW with Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson.
– The dark match before tonight’s WWE SmackDown tapings in Houston saw WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne and Mark Andrews defeat Tyler Bate and Trent Seven in a battle of WWE UK Superstars.
– Erick Rowan and Luke Harper returned to WWE TV on tonight’s SmackDown as The Bludgeon Brothers. They easily defeated The Hype Bros, Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley. Below are photos and videos from the match:
– Below is video of new WWE Intercontinental Champion Roman Reigns talking to Mike Rome after the big win over The Miz on last night’s RAW. Reigns says he feels good about the win and was informed by Dean Ambrose that he’s now a Grand Slam Champion. Reigns says it’s no secret that he’s had a rough few months, he’s missed some time but this goes to show that if you’re passionate about something and you’re persistent about it, you can make it happen if you believe in it, no matter what gets in your way. Reigns thanks all of his supporters and says he wouldn’t have these opportunities if it weren’t for his team. Reigns indicates that he will be issuing Open Challenges soon.
– The Bella Twins turn 34 years old today while former WCW star Jerry Flynn turns 58, WWE Hall of Famer Afa The Wild Samoan turns 75 and ECW Original Shane Douglas turns 54.
– Below is a promo for this week’s WWE NXT with the fallout from “Takeover: WarGames” and Johnny Gargano vs. WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne:
– The next WWE NXT special event will be “Takeover: Philadelphia” during Royal Rumble weekend on Saturday, January 27th. Tickets go on sale December 1st. Below is a promo for the event:
– The following NXT TV matches were taped tonight at the Toyota Center in Houston before “Takeover: WarGames” hit the air. These will air on NXT TV next Wednesday.
* Ruby Riot vs. Sonya Deville
* WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne vs. Johnny Gargano
– As noted, tonight’s “Takeover: WarGames” event in Houston saw Ember Moon defeat Kairi Sane, Nikki Cross and Peyton Royce to win the vacant NXT Women’s Title. Triple H tweeted the following with the new champion:
The following WWE NXT TV matches were taped tonight at the Toyota Center in Houston before “Takeover: WarGames” hit the air. These will air on NXT TV next Wednesday.
* Ruby Riot defeated Sonya Deville
* WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne retained over Johnny Gargano in a really good match
– Below is a new video with an inside look at the WWE NXT “Takeover: WarGames” main event for this Saturday night in Houston at the Toyota Center. As noted, the match will feature The Undisputed Era’s Adam Cole, Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly vs. The Authors of Pain (Akam, Rezar) & Roderick Strong vs. SAnitY’s Killian Dain with NXT Tag Team Champions Eric Young & Alexander Wolfe.
– As noted, WWE recently announced that Johnny Gargano vs. WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne would take place before Takeover at the Toyota Center. NXT General Manager William Regal announced on tonight’s show that Gargano vs. Dunne will air on next Wednesday’s NXT episode. Ruby Riot vs. Sonya Deville will also be taped before Takeover to air next Wednesday.
– Lars Sullivan remains undefeated after his match with Raul Mendoza on tonight’s NXT episode, going into his match with Kassius Ohno at Takeover on Saturday night. Below is a post-match segment with Lars and Ohno from tonight:
After making his main roster debut on Monday’s RAW, WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne’s next title defense will be against Johnny Gargano.
The match will take place at NXT Takeover: WarGames, but will take place prior to the show and will not be televised. WWE.com writes:
“The match will not air as part of that night’s TakeOver: WarGames live special on WWE Network, meaning those lucky NXT fans in attendance in the Toyota Center will have an exclusive opportunity to watch the title bout unfold before their eyes.”
NXT Takeover: WarGames takes place on Saturday night, November 18th from Houston, TX at the Toyota Center.
2017 has been quite an incredible calendar year for Pete Dunne. The WWE UK Champion made his RAW debut last night defeating WWE Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Amore in front of his countrymen in Manchester, England.
Dunne is regarded as one of the hardest working performers in the UK and he isn’t making his way to the WWE full time just yet…
Top UK promotion Lucha Forever has announced that Dunne will be taking on PROGRESS World Champion Travis Banks this Saturday as part of their ‘Fire In The Booth’ event from Birmingham. Banks beat Dunne for the coveted PROGRESS Title at their Chapter 55 event back in September and now Dunne has his shot at retribution.
You can watch the bout in the coming weeks via the Lucha Forever On Demand service.
– The Superstars from WWE’s United Kingdom division will be appearing on this week’s 205 Live episode from Manchester, England. Stars advertised to appear are WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne, Mark Andrews, Jordan Devlin, Tucker, Tyler Bate, Joseph Conners and James Drake. As noted, this week’s RAW in Manchester saw Dunne make his RAW debut with a non-title win over WWE Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Amore.
– Sin Cara took to Twitter and confirmed that he suffered a knee injury at Sunday’s WWE live event in Spain. He was pulled from Monday’s live event in Portugal due to the injury. WWE has not commented on the injury but they did re-tweet his comments. Sin Cara tweeted (translated),
“Due to an knee injury I could not participate today in #WWELisbon. Apologies to those who attended. I hope to see you again soon.”
“For those who say it’s only entertainment.We love this sport and we put ourselves at risk for it every day.”
Stay tuned for updates on Cara’s condition going into this week’s SmackDown.
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– This week’s WWE RAW in Manchester, England saw Sheamus and Cesaro defeat Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose to become three-time RAW Tag Team Champions. Below is video of The Bar talking to Mike Rome after the big win, which came after The New Day appeared in the crowd to distract everyone.
The Bar brags on beating The Hardys, The New Day and now The Shield. They now look ahead to their match against SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos. Cesaro says The Uso Penitentiary can’t hold them because they just don’t break bars, they are The Bar.
WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne made his main roster debut at Monday’s RAW tapings from Manchester, England.
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Amore came out for a promo but was interrupted by RAW General Manager Kurt Angle. Angle announced that Enzo would be competing in a triple threat match involving Kalisto and the debuting Bruiserweight. Dunne got the pinfall victory in what appears to have been a non-title match.
According to fans in attendance, Pete Dunne got the biggest pop of the night up until that point. Check out our ongoing WWE RAW Spoilers from Manchester.
WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne recently did an interview with The Mirror to talk about a number of professional wrestling topics. Dunne talked about a possible WWE UK show and Triple H’s reaction to him using the pedigree. You can see the highlights here below:
A lot of people will have followed your journey on social media and seen you at live events. You, Bate and Trent [aka British Strong Style] started mimicking Triple H’s entrance – spitting out bottles of water – with you carrying a sledgehammer and using his finisher the Pedigree at independent shows. How did that come about?
“I think it just came about, it was kind of the angle we had taken on at PROGRESS at the time, that we thought we were too good for the place and moving on, using PROGRESS as a platform to get to bigger and better things. It just all sort of came from that. The fans seemed to like it and even though they were supposed to hate us, I think a part of them found it funny. It was a bit of fun that we had. And Triple H found it pretty funny himself, so that was pretty cool.”
I was going to ask whether he had mentioned it to you.
“Yeah, he did. The first time he brought it up was pretty intimidating! But he found the humour in it, so it worked out pretty well, ha ha.”
Reports suggest WWE is pitching to broadcasters including ITV and Sky for the long-mooted weekly WWE UK show. What do you make of the speculation and are you confident we will see WWE’s UK talent compete together on a regular basis soon?
“I personally haven’t heard anything, but WWE haven’t exactly been quiet about the fact that their aim is to do a full time UK brand show. They have been quite open about that from the start. It’s still something I’m holding out for, that’s the ideal situation for me right now. A lot of people ask do I want to do NXT, or do I want to do main roster. I would love to be able to start something new and build a UK brand that we can all be proud of. I’m so proud of the tournament that we did and the tapings that we did in Norwich and the small part of NXT shows that we’ve had the chance to do stuff with. To be able to build something from the ground up, that would be really exciting to me. So fingers crossed. As of right now, I haven’t heard anything more that anyone else, but I’m still hopeful.”
You can read Dunne’s full interview with The Mirror by clicking this link here.
PROGRESS Wrestling’s Fifty Six Chapter event ‘La Danse Macabre’ took place this past Sunday from the Electric Ballroom in Camden, London. Here are the full results from the show:
Big T & The OJMO b. Oisen Delaney & Charlie Carter
WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne appeared in front of the PROGRESS crowd accompanied by Trent Seven & Tyler Bate. This was the first time that Dunne had spoken to the fans since his loss against Travis Banks at Chapter 55 and he stated that he is unsure how long he will remain in the UK. British Strong Style were then interrupted by The Grizzled Young Vets and Joseph Conners attacked Dunne from behind.
Omari & Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) b. Connor Mills & Never Say Die (Alex Cupid & Dillon D’Angelo)
Strangler Davis b. Timothy Thatcher
The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) b. PROGRESS Tag Team Champion, Chris Brookes & Jimmy Havoc – This was a non title bout as Brooke’s tag team partner Kid Lykos was unable to compete
PROGRESS ATLAS TITLE MATCH – WALTER (c) b. Wolfgang
British Strong Style (Trent Seven & Tyler Bate) b. Sexy Starr (Jack Sexsmith & David Starr) – After the match Jimmy Havoc, Mark and Vicky Haskins attacked Sexsmith and Starr
PROGRESS WOMEN’S TITLE MATCH – Toni Storm (c) b. Charli Evans
PROGRESS WORLD TITLE MATCH – Travis Banks (c) b. Keith Lee
WWE UK Champion and Former PROGRESS World Champion Pete Dunne will be appearing at PROGRESS Chapter 56 this Sunday and he will be taking to the ring to address fans and management of the company.
Although the nature of Dunne’s appearance has not been revealed it is likely that his tenure with the company will be coming to an end at some point soon due to his involvement with WWE.
Rumors are surfacing regarding WWE’s upcoming plans for the UK Division and they will want to have their UK Champion available in a likely exclusive capacity.
WWE continues to develop the long-rumored project featuring talent exclusively from the United Kingdom. PWInsider published a detailed report about what’s currently in the works. Here are the highlights:
– The working title for the project is “WWE King of the Ring.” It’s unknown at this time whether or not the UK series would feature the tournament format that KOTR has been known for previously.
– While the project was initially conceptualized as a WWE Network series, WWE has been in talks with several UK TV broadcasters, including ITV.
– The show would be produced in the UK and would feature all British athletes.
3 UK Independent Stars To Look Out For
Back in August, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter noted that WWE was looking to launch the series by the end of the year. At one point, there were plans to hold the first tapings back in June, which never materialized. With this latest update from PWInsider, it would appear that securing a UK TV deal is the biggest factor dictating the timeframe of the series.
Pete Dunne is the reigning WWE UK Champion and WWE has been using some of the UK talent in NXT while they work on getting the UK series off the ground. Other UK performers on the roster include Tyler Bate, Trent Seven, Wolfgang and Mark Andrews
WWE’s strong push in to the UK market was initially seen as a response to ITV airing new episodes of a World of Sport wrestling series, but that project appears to be on hold indefinitely.
WWE COO Triple H appeared on The World According To Wrestling podcast last month and admitted that ITV working on a World of Sport revival affected WWE’s plans for a UK series. ITV aired a World of Sport special last December.
“Did it change our timing a little bit because of when they positioned their show? Yeah, but we are talking by maybe months or something not speeding up the process in terms of getting it done. We’ve been working on this for a long time. Any other show aside, if they are successful I’m happy for them. And, at the end of the day, it all helps the industry so we just do what we do. And I think we do it better than anyone else on the planet.”
World of Sport announced a partnership with Anthem last March to bring the series back to ITV, with an initial commission for a 10-part series. Tapings were scheduled for May, but eventually were cancelled with no further announcements.
WWE’s UK Twitter account announced that WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne will be making a special appearance at the MCM Comic Con in London on October 27th for a meet and greet.
NXT Superstar Killian Dain took to Twitter to commemorate his Rev Pro match with Shinsuke Nakamura from 2 years ago. The bout took place in Bethnal Green’s York Hall and is available to view on On Demand. (Side Note: As someone who was in the building for this match it is well worth watching)
Lucha Forever has announced that Pete Dunne will be taking part in a dream match on October 5th…
The WWE UK Champion will be facing Naomichi Marufuji in a genuine ‘once in a lifetime bout,’ this clash will be the first ever between the ‘Brusierweight’ and the Pro Wrestling NOAH icon Marufuji.
Also announced for this mega card is a 6-man tag bout featuring company owner Will Ospreay, Zack Sabre Jr and Marty Scurll against Travis Banks, Chris Brookes and Jimmy Havoc.
This card is not one to miss and it will be available on the Lucha Forever On Demand service soon after October 5th.
WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne will be heading back to ICW on October 1st at the Garage in Glasgow.
Dunne make his debut for the company earlier this year and he also defended his WWE title at ICW’s ‘Shugs Hoose Party 4’ PPV against Wolfgang, Trent Seven and BT Gunn, this was the first time that an active WWE Title had been defended outside of the company in the United Kingdom.
You can watch that bout for free in it’s entirety below:
On this week’s episode of SmackDown, the Hype Bros faced off against Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin. The Hype Bros didn’t put up too much of a fight and Gable & Benjamin cruised to a quick victory. After the match, Mojo Rawley shook hands with Gable and Benjamin. Zack Ryder wasn’t too fond of that and refused to show sportsmanship. Instead, Ryder exited the ring and stormed backstage, leaving his tag partner behind.
WWE uploaded a new SmackDown Fallout video with Mojo Rawley backstage. Rawley gave credit to Gable and Benjamin in their victory tonight. Mojo said that the loss was very disappointing for the Hype Bros and before Ryder got injured they were number one contenders. Rawley said that after Ryder got hurt he won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal and accomplished a lot.
Mojo claimed that the Hype Bros cannot even win a match right now and that they are wasting their opportunities. Rawley said that he doesn’t know what is wrong right now, but they better figure it out quickly. Rawley then walked away.
UK Championship match tonight on NXT
Pete Dunne will defend his UK Championship tonight on NXT against Wolfgang. WWE uploaded the following video to hype the match.