By the end of this month, the 2022 WWE UK tour will begin. The WWE roster will head toward the United Kingdom to continue with their post-Wrestlemania tradition. As announced earlier, the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns has been added to the tour as the headliner name.
More superstars from both Raw and Smackdown will be on the tour to entertain the huge fanbase of the UK. One more attractive match lineup has recently been confirmed by the WWE that serves as a huge Raw vs. Smackdown babyface vs. babyface encounter.
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The 2022 WWE UK tour kicks off with a show in Newcastle, England while it will conclude with a show in Leipzig, Germany. On both the nights, the number-one babyface from Raw, Bobby Lashley will compete against the number-one babyface from Smackdown Drew McIntyre.
WWE has listed the following matches for the two shows from the 2022 WWE UK tour,
– Drew McIntyre vs. Bobby Lashley
– SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks
– RAW Tag Team Champions RK-BRO vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos
– Gunther vs. Sami Zayn
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2022 WWE UK tour – London and Paris show lineups
The 2022 WWE UK tour included two more stops in London and Paris and the lineups announced for those events are,
* Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns vs. Drew McIntyre
* SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair vs. Ronda Rousey
* RAW Tag Team Champions RK-Bro vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos
WWE Intercontinental Champion Ricochet, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Sasha Banks, and Naomi are also being listed for the shows, among others.
As noted above, the 2022 WWE UK tour starts with a show in Newcastle, England at the Utility Arena on Thursday, April 28 followed by The O2 Arena in London, England on Friday, April 29; Paris, France at the Accor Arena on Saturday, April 30; and the QUARTERBACK Immobilien Arena on Sunday, May 1 in Leipzig, Germany.
It was previously speculated that a live edition of Smackdown may be hosted on Friday, April 29 from London, England. However, WWE hasn’t confirmed it, as of this writing. The current belief is that the April 22 SmackDown taping from the MVP Arena in Albany, New York will have dual TV tapings as a special start time of 6:30 pm ET has been announced.