WWE previously registered a new trademark and that made fans eagerly await for a new tournament for NXT UK. With NXT UK making a return on September 17th, fans can now look forward to that tournament.
The company made the announcement that the NXT UK Heritage Cup Tournament will begin soon. Seven of the eight participants have already been announced. Flash Morgan Webster, Noam Dar, Alexander Wolfe, A-Kid, Dave Mastiff, Joseph Conners, and Trent Seven will be partaking in the tournament.
Here are the rules for the tournament below:
- There will be six rounds for tournament matches. Each round will be three minutes.
- There will be 20-second breaks between each round.
- All matches are two-out-of-three falls.
- Falls can be won by pinfall, submission, or countout.
- Once a fall occurs, the round ends.
- Once someone has won two falls, they are declared the winner and they advance in the tournament.
- If there’s a disqualification or knockout, the match ends.
- If a match goes the full six rounds, whoever is ahead on falls wins.
NXT General Manager William Regal spoke in detail regarding the tournament. He revealed that the new Heritage Cup will be defended under British Rounds Rules.
“As we approach the in-ring return of NXT UK, a brand that showcases the absolute best talent that the UK and Europe has to offer, and as someone who many years ago competed in both the British and European traditional styles of professional wrestling, it is my honor that we bring the two together with the NXT Heritage Cup Tournament. Where we take the best of the old British and European rules, and bring it to the new modern-day sports entertainment era.”
The episode next week will be taking place in BT Sport’s new London studio. The brand has been unable to film new content since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the coming weeks, eight Superstars will compete in a tournament contested under British Rounds rules to be crowned the first-ever holder of the #NXTUK Heritage Cup! https://t.co/Iyxv7YLVAK
— NXT UK (@NXTUK) September 10, 2020
