RIPPA Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 WWE announced the 12 people in the Tournament for the new title (no brackets) Let's see if I can remember them without having to watch the video Seth Rollins Austin Theory AJ Styles Shinsuke Nakamura Bobby Lashley The Miz Sheamus Edge Rey Mysterio Damien Priest Finn Balor Cody Rhodes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Is it a bunch of three ways, which seems a stupid way to do a tournament? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Who knew HHH was a CZW fan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 1 hour ago, odessasteps said: Is it a bunch of three ways, which seems a stupid way to do a tournament? Maybe 4 guys get a bye to the 2nd round? Like Hulk and Andre at WM4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 7, 2023 Author Share Posted May 7, 2023 WON says it’s two triple threats per show and then the winners face each other later on the show Finals are on Saudi show and will be RAW vs SDL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 7, 2023 Author Share Posted May 7, 2023 At least with McIntyre - they can say he is still injured (whether that is true or not is a different issue) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VSG Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 I don't know that anything could make this title feel special, but instead of a tournament - like they usually do - they should have tried something different like having it be one match with all 12 people. Let them eliminate each other through pin/submission. Winning the title in a long match where they get multiple pinfalls/eliminations might be enough to add some credibility to get champion and the title off to a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Moneghetti Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Are title histories really that important in a fake sport? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorman Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 7 minutes ago, Tarheel Moneghetti said: Are title histories really that important in a fake sport? Yes. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 The thousand days plus days is counting the Universal title of the Undisputed Title bundle with the WWE title extra days. But for the Universal Title alone.. during the upcoming PLE NOC marks 1000 days for Roman holding the Universal title. https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/universal-championship https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/wwe-championship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Adam Bay Bay Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 2 hours ago, Tarheel Moneghetti said: Are title histories really that important in a fake sport? Not to me, because it’s just an arbitrary mark whoever is booking gives the talent. Look at when they got all mad at Punk. That’s at least part of why Romans reign has been endless so he’s the longest in the modern era. Same with New Day breaking Demolitions record, and Nikki Bella breaking AJ Lee’s record before. To me I get more interested in what talents do (and don’t) get a run at all with the belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 If Roman's on Smackdown with his titles, doesn't that guarantee that the finalist from Raw will win this title? (Haven't been watching much, so maybe this is a dumb question) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Moneghetti Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 19 minutes ago, S.K.o.S. said: If Roman's on Smackdown with his titles, doesn't that guarantee that the finalist from Raw will win this title? (Haven't been watching much, so maybe this is a dumb question) You’d think, so I’m expecting a Smackdown wrestler to win and be moved over to Raw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 20 hours ago, EVA said: Who knew HHH was a CZW fan. I was pretty surprised to look back and see that Seth never participated in a Best of the Best tourney in his Tyler Black days. I was for sure he had. As it stands, only AJ Styles has experience with this tournament format. Huge advantage, you have to think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 8, 2023 Author Share Posted May 8, 2023 Seth Rollins vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Damian Priest and Cody Rhodes vs. Finn Balor vs. The Miz are tonight's triple threat matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Thought I posted this earlier. But 3/4 of the participants have already won “a” world title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Newly reincarnated Broken Matt to Veer: Spoiler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Tonight was a pretty boring show. I mean the matches were fine. Its just everything was predictable. I was pulling for Shinske Nakamura to win. Rollins is the safe predictable choice. Did get a good laugh from Otis tonight when he couldn't decide between who to listen to. Chad or the pretty lady.... Oooh yeah. Nice to see Becky back. But yeah with Rollins winning I can't figure who smackdown would have win on their side. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 I can see why they changed plans and got Brock on Raw tonight: Spoiler 1 minute ago, Phantom Lord said: But yeah with Rollins winning I can't figure who smackdown would have win on their side. Seth Rollins vs Edge would be a multi-time rematch Seth worked Lashley a bunch last year We haven't seen Seth vs Sheamus in a non-Rumble or Elimination match since 2018, which is the stone age by WWE standards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 So I can't figure out the politest way to say this, but Becky came back so skinny that I'm actually mildly concerned that something might be up (or was up with her absence). Hopefully I'm just worrying over nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goitre Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 12 hours ago, LF2 said: it’s just an arbitrary mark whoever is booking gives the talent...I get more interested in what talents do (and don’t) get a run at all with the belt. Aren't they one and the same? And you're not interested in title histories, but who held the belts does interest you? I'm (easily) confused. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Both triple threats were perfectly solid from what I caught. Pissed off Brock murdering Cody during the second match and after was fun. Its kind of funny seeing Brock pissed off about a flash pin victor seeing how he beat Lahley that same way. Otis/Ali was short and kifn od forgettable as a result aside from Gable and Maxine's bickering playing into the finish. Rhea/Dana was an ok squash. Sami/KO vs. Imperium was good. Curious if it leads to Gunther vs. Sami or KO. Either would have th epotnetial to be great. Stark/Nikki was an ok showcase for Stark. The Trish leading to Becky's return was a decent little segment. Curious to see how they explain Becky's absence later on. Kind of enjoyed the Sonya and Chelsea getting signatures to demand another title match. Was nice to see Way reformed officially as well. Dom/Woods was solid. Really enjoyed Rhea on the outside giving her support. Finish was pretty decent as well. The earlier segment with Tozawa slowly backing off when Rhea got involved was fun as well. Finn/Seth was good. Dug Finn having so much fo the control and even getting some vengeance for their Universal Title match from years back. Seth is at his best when getting his ass beat and having to sell instead of running through all of his offense. Thought this was a solid episode and reset though not necessarily the most interesting. Can't blame them for giving Seth the god ahead for the Raw finalist and likely eventual winner, but he is pretty boring as the choice despite enjoying his actually matches right now. Finn or Nakamura would have been a lot more interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 as long as Theory holds a title, Seth can't be the most boring secondary singles champion. But until the Smackdown/Roman title becomes less interesting, the Raw title is essentially a B title. Which is what it was before the unification last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 she looks older than Trish in that pic, and not just because redheads can age badly compared to blondes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 isn’t this new title exclusive to RAW? why are Smackdown people in the tournament when Smackdown already has a World title? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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