Just recently, a couple of matches in the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament first took place at the NXT Event that was held as part of the Download Festival at Donington Park in Derby, England.
In First-Round Matches, Ashton Smith defeated Joseph Conners and Flash Morgan Webster defeated James Drake. With their victories, Smith and Webster advance to the Quarterfinals of this year’s WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament.
You can check out the announcement on Ashton Smith & Flash Morgan Webster winning their respective matches in the First Round and moving on to the Quarterfinals below:
Ashton Smith defeats Joseph Conners and advances to the Quarterfinals of the @WWEUK Championship Tournament! #NXTDownload
— WWE (@WWE) June 8, 2018
.@Flash_Morgan advances to the next round of the @WWEUK Championship Tournament by defeating @JamesDrake_GYT. #NXTDownload
— WWE (@WWE) June 8, 2018
More matches took place just yesterday which saw Travis Banks defeat Ligero while Zack Gibson defeated Amir Jordan. Webster will now face the winner of Tyson T-Bone vs. Jordan Devlin in the quarterfinals while Smith will face Banks. Gibson will face the winner of Drew Gulak vs. Jack Gallagher, which was taped at the recent NXT TV tapings.
WWE confirmed on their website that the video of these First Round Matches taking place at Download will be released online starting next week. The WWE UK Title Tournament will be taped on Monday, June 18th and Tuesday, June 19th at Royal Albert Hall in London, England. Dunne will defend his title against the winner of the tournament at the June 19th show. The taped tournament will then air on the WWE Network on Monday, June 25th and Tuesday, June 26th at 3pm EST.