NXT United Kingdom Championship
From Iwe
| IWE United Kingdom Championship | |
| The United Kingdom Championship belt with default side plates | |
| Details | |
| Promotion | IWE |
| Brand | NXT UK |
| Date established | December 15, 2016 |
| Date retired | 4 September 2022 |
| Other name(s) | |
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| Statistics | |
| First champion | Tyler Bate |
| Final champion | Tyler Bate |
The NXT United Kingdom Championship was a men's professional wrestling championship that was created and promoted by the American promotion IWE. It was primarily defended as the top championship of the NXT UK brand division, a sister brand of IWE's developmental territory NXT based in the United Kingdom. It was also occasionally defended at NXT events and had also been defended on independent wrestling shows in the United Kingdom before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Established on 15 December 2016 as the IWE United Kingdom Championship, the title was first awarded to Tyler Bate, who won the inaugural IWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament on 15 January 2017. The brand's show of the same name had its first tapings in August 2018, which began airing in October. From its inception up until the debut of NXT UK, the title was primarily defended on the NXT brand and shows produced by UK-based independent wrestling promotions. In January 2020, the title was renamed to reflect its status as the top title of NXT UK. On 4 September 2022 at Worlds Collide, the title was unified into the NXT Championship, officially retiring the title in the process, with Bate, the title's only two-time holder, recognized as the final champion.
Contents |
[edit] History
[edit] Inaugural tournament
[edit] Championship belt design
[edit] Reigns
As of October 6, 2024.
| NName | NYears |
|---|---|
| IWE United Kingdom Championship | 15 December 2016 – 17 January 2020 |
| NXT United Kingdom Championship | 17 January 2020 – 4 September 2022 |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | ||||
| IWE: NXT | |||||||||
| 1 | Tyler Bate | January 15, 2017 | United Kingdom Championship Tournament | Blackpool, England | 1 | 125 | 126 | Defeated Pete Dunne in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | |
| 2 | Pete Dunne | May 20, 2017 | NXT TakeOver: Chicago | Rosemont, Illinois, U.S. | 1 | 685 | 685 | The title became the top championship of NXT UK when the brand was established in June 2018, but continued to occasionally be defended on NXT and at independent shows. | |
| IWE: NXT UK | |||||||||
| 3 | Walter | April 5, 2019 | NXT TakeOver: New York | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | 1 | 870 | 870 | The title was renamed NXT United Kingdom Championship in January 2020. | |
| 4 | Ilja Dragunov | 22 August 2021 | TakeOver 36 | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | 1 | 319 | 346 | ||
| — | Vacated | 7 July 2022 | NXT UK | London, England | — | — | — | Ilja Dragunov relinquished the title after suffering an injury. Will air on tape delay on an unknown date. | |
| 5 | Tyler Bate | 7 July 2022 | NXT UK | London, England | 2 | 59 | 3 | Defeated Trent Seven in the final of a tournament to win the vacant championship. Will air on tape delay on an unknown date. | |
| — | Unified | 4 September 2022 | Worlds Collide | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | — | — | — | Bron Breakker defeated Tyler Bate to unify the NXT United Kingdom Championship into the NXT Championship. The NXT United Kingdom Championship was retired with Bate recognized as the final Champion. Breakker went forward as the unified NXT Champion. | |
[edit] Combined reigns
As of October 6, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined days recognized by IWE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter | 1 | 870 | |
| 2 | Pete Dunne | 1 | 685 | |
| 3 | Ilja Dragunov | 1 | 319 | 346 |
| 4 | Tyler Bate † | 2 | 184 | 128 |
