The spoilers from today's tapings.
It was an eventful day for the wrestling fans in England as the news was broken to them by WWE C.O.O. Triple H that on January 12th of 2019 their country will host NXT U.K. TakeOver: Blackpool. The announcements did not stop there as there was an NXT U.K. Women's Championship made official for the show as well as a WWE United Kingdom Championship match and a NXT U.K. Tag Team Championship match. On top of those announcements, the actual NXT U.K. TV tapings took place in Liverpool and featured a number of new names from the U.K. scene as the brand is on the road to their first TakeOver live event special.
(Below are the spoilers from the tapings by way of Mirror Sport):
* Xia Brookside def. Nina Samuels
* NXT U.K. TakeOver: Blackpool on January 12th is announced
* Jordan Devlin def. Kenny Williams (w/ Amir Jordan)
* Eddie Dennis def. Dan Moloney via DQ (Post-match, Dave Mastiff attacked Dennis)
* T-Bone & Saxon Huxley def. Jack Starz & Tucker
* Joe Coffey def. El Ligero
* Marcel Barthel def. Mark Andrews
* Zack Gibson & James Drake def. Wild Boar & Jay Melrose
* Josh Morrell vs. Dave Mastiff - Eddie Dennis attacks Morrell before the match begins.
* NXT U.K. Women's Championship - Rhea Ripley (c) def. Deonna Purrazzo
* Travis Banks def. Jamie Ahmed
* Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner def. Amir Jordan & Kenny Williams
* Jinny def. Candyfloss
* Trent Seven & Tyler Bate def. Mark Coffey and Wolfgang (Seven and Bate are headed to TakeOver: Blackpool to challenge for the NXT U.K. Tag Team Championships)
* WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne will defend the title against Joe Coffey at TakeOver: Blackpool.
BREAKING: As announced at #NXTUKLiverpool, #NXTUK will return to #NXTUKBlackpool on January 12/13, 2019...and #NXTUK will go LIVE on the @WWENetwork for the FIRST EVER #NXTUKTakeOver: Blackpool on January 12th!
— NXT UK (@NXTUK) November 24, 2018
Tickets are available Monday at 10am GMT! #WeAreNXTUK @WWEUK pic.twitter.com/H4Ii2lXCo1
THANK YOU to #NXTUKLiverpool for a sold out crowd tonight! #NXTUK returns tomorrow for another night of action and limited tickets are still available! #WeAreNXT @WWEUK pic.twitter.com/yxallfuoNV
— NXT UK (@NXTUK) November 24, 2018
We are just MOMENTS AWAY from #NXTUKLiverpool! Are you ready... pic.twitter.com/J30f4xjz8x
— WWE UK (@WWEUK) November 24, 2018
Art thou ready? @NXTUK #NXTUK #NXTUKLiverpool pic.twitter.com/iuXNeWNxaz
— Billy Garratt-John (@GarrattJohn) November 24, 2018
Well hello #NXTUKLiverpool pic.twitter.com/3GnZLYFzeF
— Michael Halewood (@lepper666) November 24, 2018
To read more on the groundbreaking announcement about TakeOver: Blackpool, head over to Fightful's published article on the topic.
