Ranking The Futures Of WWE's 9 UK Tournament Entrants

9. First Round Eliminations

It's not unfair to claim that WWE drafted in many of the 16 men making up the initial brackets to act as filler. On the surface, this may seem like a slight against those wrestlers. Instead, it should be viewed as a compliment from management; they knew guys like Tyson T-Bone and Danny Burch would do an excellent job putting others over.

Of those eliminated during the first round, Tucker, James Drake, H.C Dyer, and Roy Johnson look the most likely to get another crack in WWE. Others, such as Dan Moloney and Saxon Huxley, were clearly just there to fill out the ranks.

Still, they wouldn't have been picked in the first place if WWE didn't believe they could do a good job. The same goes for T-Bone and Burch, both veterans of the UK scene. Burch is already accustomed to WWE's system, having worked as part of NXT programming on and off since 2011.

Although both older wrestlers possess a good look, it's difficult to see them making a genuine impact on WWE's main roster in 2017. Meanwhile, there's hope for the likes of Tucker and Drake.