Here’s Everything You Need to Know About UK Tournament Competitors

Joseph Conners

Height: 6’1”
Weight: 193 lbs.
From: Nottingham, England
Finishing Move: Hammerlock DDT

If winning the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament means putting his body on the line, Joseph Conners is willing to risk it all. Anyone who faces Conners on the path to the WWE United Kingdom Title must be willing to risk likewise against the hard-hitting British competitor.

Crediting professional wrestling with making him a “changed man” both psychologically and physically, Conners understands the demands of competing at the highest level. He earned a new outlook and respect for his chosen profession after losing the top part of his left ear. Will the tournament’s other participants have the same passion and intensity to match Conners? He’ll be glad to put all of them to the test.

Dan Moloney

Height: 5’10”
Weight: 216 lbs.
From: Birmingham, England
Signature Move: The Worldstar

Even in his short 19 years of life, Dan Moloney has seen a lot, growing up in a very difficult part of Birmingham, England. Perhaps that explains why he has such a brash in-ring style.

Moloney doesn’t do things he can’t do well, so you probably won’t see him dressing up his aforementioned stylishness all that much. What he does do well is hurt people, and he absolutely has no regard for anyone’s safety.

Training in the ring since he was 12 years old, Moloney has worked in promotions like Chikara, ICW, Fight Club Pro and Southside Wrestling, and he possesses an aggressive technical skillset. For Moloney, the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament is about proving something to himself and getting his family into a better place in life.

Roy Johnson

Height: 6’0”
Weight: 204 lbs.
From: South London, England
Signature Move: Last Set

Brace yourself for the “most wavy guy in sports-entertainment.” With only two years’ experience, Roy Johnson’s greatest advantage may be that he is the unknown in the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament, and his opposition will be unable to properly prepare for him. However, that won’t be his only advantage.

Entering the mat game with a powerlifting background – in which he captured both a European Title and a British Open Championship – it’s no wonder Johnson believes that technical wrestling isn’t necessary for his success. “Why tie someone up,” he explains, “when you can pick them up and slam them to the ground?”

He has a point. Once Johnson gets a hold of you, there’s simply no escape. So, fair warning to the rest of the tournament field: Roy Johnson is out to hurt people, not make things look pretty.

Height: 6’3”
Weight: 220 lbs.
From: Hartlepool, England
Signature Move: Shattered Illusions

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Nicknamed the “Muscle Cat,” Saxon Huxley trained under Lance Storm, The Brian Kendrick and British wrestling legend Marty Jones. The tallest competitor in the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament, Huxley believes it’s on a man to choose his own outcome.

The 29-year-old boasts seven years of in-ring experience and believes greatly in “high frequency” thinking — the idea that positive and inquisitive thoughts breed success. The Hartlepool, England native meditates twice each day to stay focused.

That mental preparation helps him submit his opponents with a combination of a Canadian Back Cracker into a Boston Crab, called Shattered Illusions. It’s a fitting name, considering it’s exactly what’s in store for any competitor forced to line up across from Huxley.

In case you need a bit more, make sure to check out the tournament preview tonight on the WWE Network after “Monday Night Raw”!