Eight Wrestlers Announced For WWE United Kingdom Tournament

WWE will be using some of the United Kingdom's best wrestlers in the upcoming tournament. 

This June, WWE will be holding a United Kingdom tournament to determine the challenger for Pete Dunne's WWE United Kingdom Championship. In a video, WWE announced half of the field for the tournament. Some of the names should be familar to fans of last year's tournament. 

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The wrestlers include: 

Zack Gibson 

Joe Coffey

Jack Gallagher

Dave Mastiff

Kenny Williams

El Ligero

Joseph Conners

Amir Jordan

Most of the names announced have appeared in a WWE ring at some point and some of them took part in the tournament last year which crowned Tyler Bate as the inaugural Champion. It should be noted Coffey, Mastiff, and El Ligero were among the wrestlers reported to have been offered WWE contracts. Conners appeared in a six man tag team match on the most recent episode of 205 Live which was filmed in London. 

The announcement can be seen in the video at the top of this page. 

Fightful Wrestling will have coverage and results from the tournament. 

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