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29-561: Unveiled on September 10, 2020, as the NXT UK Heritage Cup , it was originally established as a secondary championship for NXT UK , which was a sister brand of NXT based in the United Kingdom. The inaugural champion was A-Kid . At Worlds Collide on September 4, 2022, all other NXT UK championships were unified into their respective NXT championship counterparts due to the closure of NXT UK. The Heritage Cup, however,

58-594: A "brief hiatus" and be rebranded as NXT Europe upon its return in 2023, expanding into a pan-European brand to include wrestlers from all European countries. The final NXT UK event was Worlds Collide on 4 September 2022. Shawn Michaels , who oversees talent development, said the company would work with the staff and talent to launch NXT Europe "bigger and better". The relaunch as NXT Europe would be delayed due to WWE's acquisition by Endeavor , which also owns Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), with WWE and UFC merging to become divisions of TKO Group Holdings . The merger

87-523: A two-time Heritage Cup Champion. Following this, the title saw months of inactivity until the April 4, 2023, episode of NXT when Dar, with the Heritage Cup, made his NXT debut and stated he would defend the title whenever he wanted. The title was subsequently renamed to NXT Heritage Cup, with the first NXT defense of the championship coming at NXT Battleground on May 28, which was also the first time

116-411: A wooden base that is circled in gold name plaques which notate the current and previous champions. As of November 26, 2024, there have been ten reigns between seven different champions. A-Kid was the inaugural champion. Noam Dar has the most reigns at three and his second reign is the longest at 341 days; however, due to tape delay, WWE officially recognizes his second reign as lasting 292 days, but still

145-558: Is a physical representation of what was formerly the NXT UK logo, which is modeled after the United Kingdom's royal coat of arms , featuring a lion and a horse (instead of the traditional unicorn) on either side of the arms in gold, with a red shield at the center which has a gold vertical NXT logo. A small WWE logo is affixed at the center of the X in both NXT logos. A gold banner below this also says "Heritage Cup". This all sits atop

174-542: The Royal Albert Hall . On 7 June, Johnny Saint was appointed General Manager of WWE's United Kingdom brand. On 18 June 2018, it was announced that WWE's United Kingdom brand would begin filming a new show titled NXT UK in July 2018, and that championships for the brand's women's and tag team divisions would be introduced. The brand was in turn officially established as NXT UK. On 17 October 2018,

203-629: The Worlds Collide event on 4 September 2022. It will be relaunched as NXT Europe , expanding into a pan-European brand to include wrestlers from all European countries. The relaunch was originally to occur in 2023 but was delayed indefinitely due to the WWE–UFC merger as divisions of TKO Group Holdings , which was finalized in September 2023. In a press conference at The O2 Arena on 15 December 2016, Paul "Triple H" Levesque , an executive of

232-488: The Worlds Collide event on September 4, and the brand would relaunch as NXT Europe at a later time. At Worlds Collide, all NXT UK championships were retired after they were unified into their respective American-based NXT championship counterparts. The Heritage Cup was the only title from either brand to not be contested at the event. The last match for the title occurred during the July 7, 2022, taping of NXT UK , which aired on tape delay on August 25, where Noam Dar became

261-522: The American professional wrestling promotion WWE , revealed that there would be a 16-man tournament to crown the inaugural WWE United Kingdom Champion . The tournament was held over a two-day period, 14 and 15 January 2017, and aired exclusively on the company's online streaming service, the WWE Network . The championship was intended as the top championship of a new WWE Network show, produced in

290-603: The August 13, 2024, episode of NXT in Orlando, Florida . As of November 26, 2024. NXT UK (WWE brand) NXT UK was a brand of the American professional wrestling promotion WWE that was introduced in December 2016. Brands are divisions of WWE's roster where wrestlers are assigned to perform on a weekly basis. Wrestlers assigned to NXT UK primarily appeared on the brand's weekly television program, NXT UK , and

319-644: The Heritage Cup was not contested at the event. Its status remained unknown until April 2023 when the title was transferred to NXT and renamed the NXT Heritage Cup. In addition to the above four championships, there were two other championships that were also available to NXT UK wrestlers but not exclusive to the brand. These were the NXT Cruiserweight Championship and the WWE 24/7 Championship . The NXT Cruiserweight Championship

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348-650: The NXT United Kingdom Championship. Established as the WWE United Kingdom Championship in December 2016, the inaugural champion was Tyler Bate, who won the original United Kingdom Championship tournament. In January 2020, the title was renamed to reflect its status as the top title of NXT UK. The title was retired on 4 September 2022 at Worlds Collide when it was unified into the NXT Championship . Bate,

377-506: The United Kingdom (at the time, the show and its premiere date had yet to be revealed). Tyler Bate won the inaugural tournament to become the first WWE United Kingdom Champion. On 19 May 2017, WWE held a follow-up to the United Kingdom Championship tournament, titled United Kingdom Championship Special . On 7 April 2018, a second United Kingdom Championship Tournament event was scheduled for 18 and 19 June at

406-403: The brand's periodic livestreaming events. The brand served as a sub-brand of WWE's developmental territory , NXT , with NXT UK wrestlers also occasionally appearing on its show, NXT , as well as NXT's major events. Unlike WWE's other brands, NXT UK was produced exclusively in the United Kingdom and was specifically centered on wrestlers from the country. The brand went on hiatus following

435-574: The championship's only two-time holder, is recognized as the final champion. The top championship for female wrestlers was the NXT UK Women's Championship . Unveiled in June 2018, Rhea Ripley won a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. The title was retired on 4 September 2022 at Worlds Collide when it was unified into the NXT Women's Championship . Meiko Satomura is recognized as

464-644: The championship. The title was then retired in January 2022 when it was unified into the NXT North American Championship , with Carmelo Hayes recognized as the final champion. Introduced in May 2019, the WWE 24/7 Championship was a specialized championship in which it could be defended anytime, anywhere, as long as a WWE referee was present, allowing it to be defended on any brand. Despite this,

493-483: The final champion. The NXT UK Tag Team Championship was the tag team championship for men. Unveiled in June 2018, the team of James Drake and Zack Gibson won a tournament final to become the inaugural champions. The title was retired on 4 September 2022 at Worlds Collide when it was unified into the NXT Tag Team Championship . The team of Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs are recognized as

522-403: The final champions. In September 2020, the NXT UK Heritage Cup was unveiled as a secondary championship for men and with a special stipulation in which matches are only contested under British Rounds Rules . The first champion was A-Kid , who won a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. Unlike NXT UK's other championships, which were retired at Worlds Collide on 4 September 2022,

551-665: The inaugural episode of NXT UK aired on the WWE Network at 8 p.m. UK time/3 p.m. Eastern Time. On 31 December 2019, WWE announced that NXT UK would begin airing on BT Sport in the United Kingdom. On 21 January 2020, it was announced that NXT UK would also air on Paramount Network UK on a six-day delay after its WWE Network and BT Sport broadcasts. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that began in March 2020, production of NXT UK events were paused. On 10 September 2020, WWE announced

580-428: The longest. Dar also has the longest combined reign at 790 days (739 days as recognized by WWE due to tape delay). Mark Coffey has the shortest reign at 14 days (42 days as recognized by WWE due to tape delay, but still the shortest). Coffey is also the oldest champion at 32 years old, while A-Kid is the youngest at 23. Charlie Dempsey is the current champion, in his second reign. He defeated Tony D'Angelo by 2–1 on

609-427: The relaunch of NXT UK following its hiatus due to the pandemic. A secondary men's championship was also unveiled. On 19 August 2021, it was announced that WWE would be a sponsor of Enfield Town F.C. —a seventh-tier football club in the same borough as its UK-based WWE Performance Center facility—in the 2021–22 season, with their kits carrying the NXT UK logo. On 18 August 2022, WWE announced that NXT UK would take

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638-609: The relaunch, the promotion announced the NXT UK Heritage Cup tournament to crown the inaugural NXT UK Heritage Cup Champion. The announcement also revealed that the Heritage Cup would be defended just like any other championship, but all matches would be contested under British Rounds Rules. Only seven of the eight competitors for the tournament were revealed during the initial announcement: "Flash" Morgan Webster , Noam Dar , Alexander Wolfe , A-Kid , Dave Mastiff , Trent Seven , and Joseph Conners . The eighth competitor

667-681: The title was defended in the United States. After Charlie Dempsey won the Heritage Cup in February 2024, his stable, No Quarter Catch Crew , announced the " Catch Clause ", where the stable as a whole called themselves the Heritage Cup Champions and that any member of the stable (Dempsey, Drew Gulak , Damon Kemp and Myles Borne ) could defend the Cup, but WWE only recognized Dempsey as the official champion. The Catch Clause

696-547: The title was never won by an NXT UK wrestler or appeared on any NXT UK event. The championship remained active until November 2022. After Nikki Cross won the title on the November 7 episode of Raw , she discarded the belt in a trash can backstage and two days later, it was listed as inactive on WWE.com. The WWE Network broadcast NXT UK's eponymous television programme in the United Kingdom and internationally. The inaugural tapings of NXT UK occurred on 28 and 29 July 2018, at

725-533: Was determined on the October 1 episode of NXT UK in a triple threat match in which Kenny Williams defeated Ashton Smith and Amir Jordan to win the final spot. The tournament itself also began on October 1 and took place across episodes of NXT UK . The final aired on tape delay on November 26 where A-Kid defeated Seven to become the inaugural champion (the date the episode was taped is unknown). In August 2022, WWE announced that NXT UK would go on hiatus after

754-482: Was finalized in September 2023. According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter , WWE planned to launch NXT Europe sometime in 2024, though this did not happen. NXT UK had four championships exclusive to the brand. There were three for men and one for women. There were also two other championships that were shared with the brand. The top men's championship of NXT UK was

783-406: Was first invoked on the March 19 episode of NXT , with Gulak defeating Chase University 's Riley Osborne by 2–1. Unlike other professional wrestling championships, the Heritage Cup is represented by a trophy instead of a title belt. The trophy itself is a silver cup, the front of which has a gold shield-shaped plaque that has a vertical NXT logo and below it the text "Heritage Cup". Below the cup

812-581: Was for wrestlers billed as 205 lbs and under, regarded as cruiserweights . It was originally established for Raw in September 2016 as the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. After 205 Live became its own brand in 2018, the title became exclusive to 205 Live and it then came under the NXT brand with a rename in 2019 when 205 Live merged under NXT. The title's contendership was extended to NXT UK in January 2020 when NXT UK's Jordan Devlin won

841-487: Was the only championship from either brand that was not contested at the event. The title then saw months of inactivity until April 4, 2023, when it was transferred to NXT. On September 10, 2020, the American professional wrestling promotion WWE announced the relaunch of the United Kingdom-based NXT UK brand , following a production hiatus since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Along with

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