WWE Announces New Championship And Tournament To Crown First Champion

WWE has been introducing some interesting ideas over the last few months, and today the company officially announced a new championship.

According to WWE 8 stars from NXT UK will be competing for the NXT UK Heritage Cup. The first champion will be crowned in a tournament, and it’s also been confirmed that the NXT UK Heritage Cup will be defended as a championship after the tournament.

Talents competing in the tournament are as follows:

• Dave Mastiff
• Trent Seven
• Joseph Conners
• A-Kid
• Alexander Wolfe
• Noam Dar
• Flash Morgan Webster
• Wildcard entry

The tournament will be contested under British Rounds rules, and the guidelines for the rules are as follows:

• All matches consist of six three-minute rounds.
• All matches are 2-out-of-3 Falls.
• Falls can won be won by pinfall, submission or count-out.
• Once a fall occurs, the round ends.
• The match ends once a wrestler has won two falls.
• In the event of a disqualification or knockout, the match instantly ends without the need for two falls.
• If all six rounds are completed, whomever is ahead on falls wins the match.
  There will be a 20-second break between each round.

NXT UK returns next Thursday, Sept. 17, at 3 ET/8 BST on WWE Network.