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.