WWE UK Championship: 10 Things We Want To See

If WWE Creative's handling of the cruiserweight division after the Cruiserweight Classic is anything to go by, WWE should probably limit their involvement in British wrestling story lines unless they are prepared to really, really dedicate themselves to it.

Perhaps more importantly, if WWE are going to get involved creatively, they need to be willing to take cues from UK wrestling figures and preserve the unique character of British and Irish wrestling, as opposed to imposing their own style over it. It needs to remain distinct.

This is not to say that the WWE shouldn't have some input and offer suggestions. Clearly those wrestlers working very closely with the company will have to accept some creative direction, more so if they end up being regularly featured on WWE programming. Plus, as already mentioned, the WWE will most likely want to retain creative control over the UK Championship, deciding who holds it and perhaps when and where it is defended. All of this is reasonable enough.

However, if WWE stick to their claims and the wrestlers are for the most part going to be left to their own devices in the UK wrestling scene, the WWE will in effect just be one of many promotions a wrestler could work for. They therefore shouldn't be completely in control of character and story development and risk saddling a promising wrestler with a lousy gimmick. At the most, they should set a general direction for their championship and let the wrestlers and promoters run with it, within reason of course.