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Jim Ross to call UK title match at NXT TakeOver: Chicago

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Jim Ross will be joining Nigel McGuinness to call the United Kingdom Championship match at NXT TakeOver: Chicago on Saturday.

Ross announced the news on Twitter today. The match will feature Tyler Bate defending his title against Pete Dunne, which was set up at WWE’s tapings in Norwich, England earlier this month.

Those tapings will begin airing on Friday as WWE debuts its first United Kingdom special. Ross and McGuinness were previously announced as the commentary team for that show. In matches that will air on the special, Bate successfully defended his title against Mark Andrews and Dunne defeated Trent Seven in a number one contender’s match heading into TakeOver.

Ross returned to the WWE broadcast booth to call the Roman Reigns vs. Undertaker main event at WrestleMania 33 in April. He then revealed that he had signed a two-year deal to return to the company with a specific number of dates that he’s obligated to work.

Jim Ross and Nigel McGuinness to call WWE UK TV show

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

Jim Ross announced today on his blog that he will be the play-by-play announcer for the WWE U.K. television show, teaming with Nigel McGuinness.

The first shows were taped on Saturday and Sunday in Norwich, England, with results on the front page of the site.

As of what we’ve heard, the shows will be broken up into weekly one-hour shows, similar to NXT, airing on the WWE Network. At the tapings yesterday, it was announced that the first episode would be debuting before the end of the month.

Triple H also tweeted the same thing.

Ross will continue to also do weekly television for AXS and New Japan Pro Wrestling due to the unique contract situation he has, so he will be announcing for the two largest pro wrestling companies in the world at the same time.

On his blog, he also noted that AXS would be making the announcement on May 18th of its broadcast plans for the New Japan shows on July 1st and July 2nd in Long Beach. The deal to air those events on AXS has been in talks for months. The events will also air live with Kevin Kelly and Don Callis on New Japan World.