WWE United Kingdom Championship: 5 Breakout Performers in Part One

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The WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament was an opportunity that was seized by five men.

A revolution started in Blackpool, England on Saturday. The WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament is aopening a door to a region that needs it, as they are overflowing with great talents.

There has been a lot of buzz about the UK wrestling scene for the past few years. In the past, guys would have to leave their homes to truly establish themselves. Guys like Sheamus, Wade Barrett, and Drew Galloway did it by going to America, and Finn Balor did it by going to Japan. There are many examples of that, while guys in the US and Japan could stay at home and build their global brand to get themselves noticed.

However, it appears that all that has changed.

The UK Championship Tournament was a showcase of talent that have built a camaraderie together, as they have worked to, not only make names for themselves, but also break the entire UK wrestling scene through the glass ceiling.

The two-hours of wrestling on WWE Network on Saturday was the culmination of years of work. Some of the guys in this tournament have been at it for over 10 years, only achieving measured levels of success. Some of them are very young, like 19-year-old Tyler Bate. Together though, they make British wrestling what it is, and they are the representatives for it on a global stage.

I knew very little about any of the men involved when I sat down to watch Part One, andhile all 16 guys represented their countries well, five of them stood out above the rest. They made their case that the UK region belongs in the same conversation as countries like the United States, Japan, and Mexico at the top of the wrestling world.