The United Kingdom Championship Special was a

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produced by the American promotion

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. The event was filmed on 7 May 2017 and

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on 19 May exclusively on the

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. The event was held at Epic Studios in

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and featured the participation of competitors from WWE's

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and the ''205 Live'' programme.

Background

On 15 December 2016, at

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Triple H Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969), better known by the ring name Triple H, is an American business executive, actor, and retired professional wrestler currently serving as the chief content officer for WWE. He is widely regarded as on ...

announced that the following month,

would crown its inaugural

WWE United Kingdom Champion The NXT United Kingdom Championship was a men's professional wrestling championship that was created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It was primarily defended as the top championship of the NXT UK brand division, a sister brand of WW ...

. A tournament to crown the inaugural champion occurred as the United Kingdom Championship Tournament event, which took place over two days on 14 and 15 January 2017. The tournament and championship were won by

Tyler Bate Tyler Bate (born 7 March 1997) is an English professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he performs on the NXT brand. In 2017, he became the inaugural WWE United Kingdom Champion (later renamed NXT United Kingdom Championship), ...

, who at the time became the youngest wrestler to hold a WWE singles championship at 19 years old. On 15 May 2017, a follow-up to the UK Championship tournament was announced by WWE, titled the "United Kingdom Championship Special."

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and

Nigel McGuinness Steven Haworth (born 23 January 1976), better known by his ring name Nigel McGuinness, is an English actor, professional wrestling commentator and retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with WWE where he worked as a color ...

were announced as the commentators for the event. The event was filmed on 7 May and aired on tape delay on 19 May exclusively on the

. It was held at Epic Studios in

and featured the participation of the competitors from WWE's

and the ''205 Live'' programme.

Results

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* {{WWEPPV 2017 WWE Network events May 2017 events in the United Kingdom

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