WWE announces first TakeOver special for NXT UK

NXT’s United Kingdom brand will be having its first TakeOver special at the beginning of 2019.

WWE announced today that NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool will take place at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, England on Saturday, January 12, 2019. The Empress Ballroom was also home to WWE’s first United Kingdom Championship tournament in 2017, where Tyler Bate became the inaugural WWE UK Champion before dropping the title to Pete Dunne in May 2017.

NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool will air live on the WWE Network.

NXT UK will also be holding a set of television tapings at the Empress Ballroom on Sunday, January 13, 2019. Liverpool is hosting NXT UK TV tapings today and tomorrow.

Tickets to NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool and the TV tapings at the Empress Ballroom will go on sale via bookingsdirect.com on Monday (November 26) at 10 a.m. local time.

The weekly NXT UK series began airing on the WWE Network last month. WWE has recently been airing two episodes per week to catch up on the tapings, with two more episodes scheduled for Wednesday. They’ll feature Dunne defending his title against Jordan Devlin and Toni Storm vs. Rhea Ripley in the finals of the NXT UK Women’s Championship tournament.