WWE UK Champion Pulled From Indie Event During Royal Rumble Weekend

We’re only one week away from the annual WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view, and everyone’s talking about the historic event which is set to feature the first ever women’s Royal Rumble match.

Of course fans are also expecting to see a few surprises during Royal Rumble weekend, and it looks like we could be seeing an appearance from WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne. Brittania Wrestling Promotions recently confirmed that Pete Dunne has been pulled from their Royally Rumbled event on January 27, and the company posted the following announcement:

“It is with regret that we inform the BWP Faithful that Pete Dunne will no longer be attending BWP Royally Rumbled next weekend due to last minute contractual obligations to WWE. WWE have called Pete back to America ahead of their Royal Rumble event next Sunday.

However …. a suitable replacement has been booked to take Pete’s place in the Triple Threat Match next weekend, his replacement being fellow WWE Superstar ‘Moustache Mountain’ Trent Seven!!!

Trent will also be doing the Meet & Greet from 5.30pm as well as taking part in the show later next Saturday evening.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused to our fans but as we are sure you can appreciate, this is completely beyond our, and Petes, control. Pete Dunne has assured us that he WILL be coming to Britannia Wrestling Promotions very shortly.”

There are still plenty of open spots in this year’s Royal Rumble match, and of course there’s also a NXT Takeover event that’s set to air live on the WWE Network the night before the Royal Rumble.

With Brittania Wrestling Promotions confirming that Dunne has been called to America by WWE, we’ll have to wait and see where he shows up.