WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament Night One Coverage: Dunne, Mandrews and Conners Shine

While not nearly as enjoyable as the WWE Cruiserweight Classic, the first night of the United Kingdom Championship Tournament was an enjoyable night of wrestling with a raucous crowd. With the quarterfinal matches set, the rest of the tournament is sure to pick up the pace.

Matches:

Trent Seven vs. HC Dyer: Seven got the win with the Seven-Star Lariat, but Dyer impressed with strong strikes and a nice Spinning Blue Thunder.

Danny Burch vs. Jordan Devlin: Plenty of back and forth as Burch nearly won with a Spinning Lariat and a Crossface, but Devlin got the win with the Trouble in Paradise which split open the back of Burch’s head and forced the ref to stop the match after Burch was bloodied. After the match, Devlin hit Burch with a Super Kick

Saxon Huxley vs. Sam Gradwell: A by the number match that the crowd had more fun with than the competitors. Gradwell got the win with the Lariat and a Diving Headbutt.

Pete Dunne vs. Roy Johnson: Dunne was feisty throughout, but Johnson hit power moves to stick around and nearly won with The Big Ending. However, thanks to strike son his own and an X-Plex, followed by a Pumphandle Flatliner, Dunne got the win.

Wolfgang vs. Tyson T-Bone: This was a quick one but a fun one as T-Bone’s striking and Wolfgang’s high-flying made for an entertaining bout. Wolfgang got the win with the Senton Bomb.

Joseph Conners vs. James Drake: Connors worked on Drake’s ear throughout the match, but Conners was aggressive when it counted and hit the Don’t Look Down Urinage Flatliner for the win.

Mark Andrews vs. Dan Maloney: Mandrews got the win with a beautiful Shooting Star Press on the tough Maloney, who nearly won on a few occasions with strikes and Suplex variations.

Tucker vs. Tyler Bate: Tucker hit the Super Duper Kick, but Tucker got the win with the Tiger Bomb.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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