The United Kingdom Championship Special was a professional wrestling streaming event produced by the American promotion WWE. The event was filmed on May 7, 2017, and aired on May 19 exclusively on the WWE Network at 8:00 p.m. British Summer Time (3:00 p.m. Eastern Time). The event was held at Epic Studios in Norwich, Norfolk, England and featured the participation of competitors from WWE's United Kingdom division and the 205 Live program.
Background On December 15, 2016, at The O2 Arena, executive and part-time wrestler Paul "Triple H" Levesque of the American professional wrestling company WWE announced that the following month, the promotion would crown its inaugural WWE United Kingdom Champion. A tournament to crown the inaugural champion occurred as the United Kingdom Championship Tournament event, which took place over two days on January 14–15, 2017. The tournament and championship were won by Tyler Bate, who at the time became the youngest wrestler to hold a WWE singles championship at 19 years old.
On May 15, 2017, a follow-up to the UK Championship tournament was announced by WWE, titled the "United Kingdom Championship Special". Jim Ross and Nigel McGuinness were announced as the commentators for the event. The event was filmed on May 7 and aired on tape delay on May 19 exclusively on the WWE Network at 8:00 p.m. British Summer Time (3:00 p.m. Eastern Time). It was held at Epic Studios in Norwich, Norfolk, England and featured the participation of the competitors from WWE's United Kingdom division and the 205 Live program.
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Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom
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