The WWE United Kingdom Championship Special was amazing. If you haven’t seen it we have 5 reasons why you should check it out. But except for a championship match at the last NXT TakeOver special, the United Kingdom division really hasn’t been utilized since.
Pete Dunne was set to defend his WWE United Kingdom Championship Title against Gentleman Jack Gallagher at the Progress show, but a sick injury nixed those plans. The fact remains the WWE United Kingdom roster isn’t booked for SummerSlam (even though some of them are reportedly supposed to be there).
Bryan Alvarez recently discussed the usage of the amazing roster of WWE United Kingdom talent on a recent episode of Wrestling Observer Live.
“A month ago on NXT, I believe it was NXT they announced that the [United Kingdom] television show kicks off like next week. There was another one that said ‘coming soon’ — well guess what? Nobody came,” Alvarez said.
“So maybe someday they’re gonna do this UK television product but I don’t think they’re going to. I mean this all stems from ITV and WWE not wanting to be left out and signing a bunch of guys to keep them away from ITV and whatever else. They were all gung-ho about it and now there’s not gonna be an ITV show and so they’re just sitting on everybody.”
“The [UK] guys aren’t being paid a lot. They’re low-level contracts. They’re allowed to take indie dates elsewhere like every now and then Pete Dunne goes and defends a title on this or that show and it’s just like this is the way it’s gonna be. They’re very, very low priority.”
“Now why they’re not in NXT blows my mind I have no Earthly idea,” Alvarez concluded. “I mean right now on the priority list of WWE — they’re at the bottom, the very bottom.”
If you use any portion of the quotes in this article please credit Wrestling Observer Live with a H/T to Still Real To Us for the transcription
