As most of you are likely already aware, (thanks to how hard WWE has been promoting the event) NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool is just days away. With that in mind, Hidden Gems is set to shine a spotlight on good old Blighty’s best grapplers tomorrow. 4 matches are set to upload. 3 of them come from 1981, covering AWA, Stampede Wrestling, and Championship Wrestling from Florida. British Bulldog, Les Thornton, and Billy Robinson are all featured. The final offering is less than 2 years old, seeing Pete Dunne defending his then-newly-won WWE United Kingdom Championship against Mark Andrews during a Brighton and Hove house show from an NXT tour of the UK in early June 2017. While very recent, this Championship defense is also extremely rare and has never aired on television. Here are all 4 official descriptions for the upcoming gems:

AWA 09/13/1981 – Colliding With The Crippler [Duration: 15:03]

Wigan, England’s most notorious submission specialist, Billy Robinson battles Ray ‘The Crippler’ Stevens in this bout from the AWA

Championship Wrestling from Florida 09/13/1981 – Britain Versus Brisco [Duration: 08:09]

British mat technician Les Thornton puts his World Junior Heavyweight Championship on the line against WWE Hall of Famer, Gerald Brisco.

Stampede Wrestling 10/09/1981 – North of the Border [Duration: 21:24]

It’s Eight-Man Tag Team warfare as Davey Boy Smith joins the Hart Brothers to face J.R. Foley’s Army from Stampede Wrestling.

NXT Live Event 06/08/2017 – For Pete’s Sake [Duration: 14:34]

The most prized possession in the UK is up for grabs as Pete Dunne defends his WWE United Kingdom Championship against Mark Andrews.

Here are a few extra notes on the above gems: The Brisco/Thornton contest lines up with a CWF house show on that same date. Having sourced some very wobbly footage of the match online, it obviously aired on TV at a later date. The AWA footage also lines up correctly with a house show. The only clip that I can find of this online is barely 3:30 and seems to be severely cut down. Obviously, we’re getting far more than that tomorrow. Finally, the Stampede match is quite the curiosity. The date given for the Stampede 8-man tag may actually be a single day off, as the nearest fit that I can find a record of is a 10/10/1981 elimination bout pitting Davey Boy Smith, Bruce Hart, Keith Hart, and Robbie Stewart against Duke Myers, Kerry Brown, Dynamite Kid, and The Great Gama. Of course, that would add another British wrestler to the list so that may not be correct.

Either way, all will become clear when these matches are added to the Hidden Gems category of the Vault section on WWE Network tomorrow between 9 and 10 AM EST.