Originally published on ProWrestlingSheet.

The first round of WWE's upcoming U.K. Championship Tournament has been announced and it features some interesting matches to kick off the competition.

Cathy Kelley announced the following matchups, which will be taking place next month at Download Festival in England:

Ashton Smith vs Joseph Conners

Flash Morgan Webster vs James Drake

Kenny Williams vs Dave Mastiff

Ligero vs Travis Banks

Zack Gibson vs Amir Jordan

Tucker vs Joe Coffey

Jordan Devlin vs Tyson T Bone

Plus, Drew Gulak vs. Jack Gallagher will be happening as well -- seemingly on 205 Live.

As we previously reported, the rest of the tournament will take place at Royal Albert Hall on June 18th -- with the winner facing Pete Dunne the following night for the U.K. Championship.

Watch the video below.