Wrestling
Wrestling
Just finished watching Night 1 of WWE's UK Championship Tournament which is now available on the WWE Network as well as other 'places'.
The commentary team is former ROH and TNA wrestler, Nigel McGuinness and Michael Cole; I think they worked well together.
The crowd was of the type one usually finds in places like PROGRESS and RevPro - very lively with lots of singing and chants unique to what you would generally find on WWE programming. It certainly gave the show a different feel and they made everyone look like someone special.
The in-ring action seemed a lot stiffer than what you would see on RAW with a lot of reference made to the 'British Strong Style'. Stand-out stars, in my opinion, were Trent Seven, Jordan Devlin, Pete Dunne, Mark Andrews and Tyler Bate - though that's not to take away from anyone else on the show. Pete Dunne was involved in angle at the end of the night which is available on WWE's YouTube Channel - it would appear WWE are quite high on him. The other competitors were H.C Dyer, Danny Burch, Saxton Hurley (of local note - from Hartlepool), Sam Gradwell, Roy Johnson, Wolfgang, Tyson T-Bone, Joseph Connors, James Drake, Dan Maloney and Tucker.
Overall, I enjoyed the show and will watch the Night 2 (airing tonight) sometime during the week.
In other news, Jimmy Snuka has passed away aged 72.
