Earlier this year WWE held a tournament to crown the first ever United Kingdom Champion, and the tournament was well received. It seemed that WWE officials were getting ready to launch a brand based in the United Kingdom, but since then news has been quiet on that front.
Pete Dunne is the man who’s currently holding the UK Championship, and he was recently asked about a possible UK TV show for WWE during an interview with The Mirror.
Dunne went on to say that he often gets asked if he wants to work in NXT, or go to the main roster, but he said that his main goal is to build up a UK brand show for WWE.
“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.”
