It seems like WWE have had a change of heart with the UK Championship Special. Since Friday Night through to yesterday night, the special was set to air at 8 PM EST on Thursday (as confirmed by our New Next Week post) with a replay set for 3 PM EST on Friday. Things got muddled when WWE issued a press release early yesterday:
WWE (NYSE: WWE) announced today that WWE Network will stream the WWE United Kingdom Championship Special this Friday, May 19 at 3 p.m. ET, with a re-air in primetime at 8 p.m. ET. The action will be called by WWE Hall-of-Fame announcer Jim Ross, who will be joined by color analyst Nigel McGuinness. Emanating from Norwich, UK, WWE United Kingdom Champion Tyler Bate defends his title against the high-flying Mark Andrews; Pete Dunne and Trent Seven battle to become the number one contender to face the UK Champion at NXT TakeOver: Chicago this Saturday; Wolfgang faces Joseph Conners; and Rich Swann and Dan Moloney take on TJP and The Brian Kendrick in a tag team match.
At the point of this statement, the original times were still on the schedule, causing confusion. Finally, the schedule has settled and the confirmed times do indeed now seem to be Friday, May 19th at 3 PM EST (8 PM UK time) with a replay at 8 PM EST (1 AM on Saturday in UK time). While this is obviously an attempt to cater to the UK audience, it seems somewhat moot when you consider the ability to watch everything on-demand.
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