WWE is kicking off their annual tour to the United Kingdom from next week onwards. Every year the main roster visits the European countries for twice, at least in a calendar year. The norm remains the same as the visit will continue in 2019 stating with some house shows followed by televised episodes of Monday Night Raw and Smackdown Live shows.
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The United Kingdom tour of WWE in 2019 starts on May 8th in Belfast, Northern Ireland and finishes on May 18th in Erfurt, Germany. A Smackdown house show will take place in the hometown of former WWE Champion, Sheamus i.e. in Dublin, Ireland on 9th of May. Apparently, this show may witness four championship matches on one night which would be no less than pay-per-view caliber contests.
For now, the Smackdown house show in Dublin is advertising four championship matches on the card. It will feature six overall matches as per reports from PWInsider.com that will entertain the fans and give their money back for sure. The source revealed the lineups for the live event that features the top names from both the red and blue brands.
Here are the six promoted matchups including the four title matches,
– WWE Championship: Kofi Kingston (w/ Xavier Woods) vs Kevin Owens vs Daniel Bryan (w/ Rowan)
– United States Championship: AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe
– SmackDown Women’s Championship: Becky Lynch vs Charlotte Flair vs Naomi
– Women’s Tag Team Championship: Asuka & Kairi Sane vs The IIconics
– The Usos vs Shinsuke Nakamura & Rusev (w/ Lana)
– Matt Hardy vs Lars Sullivan
We should note that this house show is exclusive to the Smackdown brand only which should feature superstars from the blue brand only. There’s still no update whether WWE will host them in a co-branded manner, for now. Hence, there could be some major changes in the lineups now that Superstar Shakeup is over. The drafted superstars over on the flagship show may not participate in the advertised matches.
So the United States Championship match lineup should see an alteration since both AJ Styles and Samoa Joe has moved to the Monday Night Raw brand. Even the Usos have moved from the blue brand to Monday Nights. So Nakamura and Rusev should receive some other opponents from the Smackdown roster. Overall, WWE will look forward to making this United Kingdom tour a success by catering the best product to the overseas fans.
