NXT United Kingdom Championship

NXT United Kingdom Championship
The final NXT United Kingdom Championship belt design with default side plates (2020–2022)
Details
Promotion	WWE
Date established	15 December 2016
Date retired	4 September 2022 (unified with the NXT Championship)
Other name(s)
WWE United Kingdom Championship (2016–2020) NXT United Kingdom Championship (2020–2022)
Statistics First champion(s) Tyler Bate Final champion(s) Tyler Bate Most reigns Tyler Bate (2 reigns) Longest reign Walter (870 days) Shortest reign Tyler Bate (2nd reign, 59 days)[a] Oldest champion Walter (31 years, 228 days) Youngest champion Tyler Bate (19 years, 314 days) Heaviest champion Walter (297 lb (135 kg)) Lightest champion Tyler Bate (175 lb (79 kg))

The NXT United Kingdom Championship was a men's professional wrestling championship that was created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It was primarily defended as the top championship of the NXT UK brand division, a sister brand of WWE's developmental territory NXT based in the United Kingdom. It was also occasionally defended at NXT events and had also been defended on independent wrestling shows in the United Kingdom before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Established on 15 December 2016 as the WWE United Kingdom Championship, the title was first awarded to Tyler Bate, who won the inaugural WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament on 15 January 2017. The brand's show of the same name had its first tapings in August 2018, which began airing in October. From its inception up until the debut of NXT UK, the title was primarily defended on the NXT brand and shows produced by UK-based independent wrestling promotions. In January 2020, the title was renamed to reflect its status as the top title of NXT UK. On 4 September 2022 at Worlds Collide, the title was unified into the NXT Championship, officially retiring the title in the process, with Bate, the title's only multi-time holder, recognized as the final champion.
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