Tag: UK Tour

WWE postpones UK SmackDown tour, cancels NXT UK tapings

Posted on by Josh Nason

The coronavirus pandemic continues to affect WWE’s upcoming schedule as the company locally announced a postponement to its upcoming SmackDown UK tour as well as a set of NXT UK tapings.

The May tour has primarily been pushed back to October with one date moved to April 2021:

  • Glasgow, Scotland: May 3rd moved to October 7th
  • Birmingham, England: May 5th moved to October 4th
  • Cardiff, Wales: May 6th moved to October 5th
  • Sheffield, England: May 7th moved to October 6th
  • London, England, Friday Night SmackDown: May 8th moved to October 9th
  • Newcastle, England: May 4th moved to April 30th, 2021

Additionally, they canceled their two-day NXT UK tapings in Bournemouth, England, for May 1st and 2nd with no return date booked. The tapings were the follow-up to the also canceled NXT UK TakeOver Dublin event. 

The brand’s annual appearance and tapings at the UK Download Festival in mid-June have also been canceled. That would make their next set of tapings on Friday, July 24th and Saturday, July 25th in Glasgow, Scotland.

Their last set of tapings were held on the first weekend of March.

Undertaker, Daniel Bryan join WWE’s post-Wrestlemania European tours

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

In an effort to increase the star power of the April post-WrestleMania tours of Europe, WWE announced that the recently-retired Daniel Bryan and The Undertaker would be heading to each be part of one leg.

It had already been announced that there would be a Daniel Bryan Appreciation Night in London, one of many such events happening in the months ahead, one of which is happening at NYC’s Madison Square Garden on March 25th.

While that will be a big draw on one tour, Shane McMahon’s opponent for Wrestlemania has been added for the other tour, actually wrestling on the shows. No opponent has been announced yet.

Previously, the two tours were announced as being headlined by Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus on one tour and I-C champion Kevin Owens vs. Dean Ambrose on the other tour. Reader Tom Griffiths said that for the first show, the lineup is listed as Bray Wyatt vs. Roman Reigns, New Day vs. Rusev & Sheamus, and Kane, Strowman, Becky, Sasha, Charlotte (w/ Flair), Usos, Dudleys, Jack Swagger, Rowan, Neville, Stardust, Sin Cara & Tyler Breeze.

The tour dates for the Wrestlemania Revenge tour is as follows:

  • Saturday, 16 April, 7:30 p.m.: Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, England
  • Sunday, 17 April, 5 p.m.: Nottingham Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, England
  • Monday, 18 April, 7 p.m.: Monday Night Raw at O2 Arena, London, England  SOLD OUT
  • Tuesday, 19 April, 7 p.m.: SmackDown taping at O2 Arena, London, England
  • Tuesday, 19 April, 7:30 p.m.: Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
  • Wednesday, 20 April, 7:30 p.m.: Newcastle Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England
  • Wednesday, 20 April, 7:30 p.m.: The SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Thursday, 21 April, 7:30 p.m.: 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
  • Friday, 22 April, 7:30 p.m.: Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England
  • Saturday, 23 April, 7:30 p.m.: The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland