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===WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament (2010)=== |
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The '''WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament''' was a tournament to crown a new Intercontinental Champion. On May 7, 2010, after failed attempts of getting Intercontinental Champion [[Drew McIntyre]] to stop attacking [[Matt Hardy]], Smackdown General Manager Theodore Long fired McIntyre and vacated the title. The following week, [[Kofi Kingston]] won a tournament to become the new champion, but Mr. McMahon reverted Long's decision. Due to the decision by Mr. McMahon, the vacancy of the title and Kingston's championship win are not recognized as WWE continued to recognize McIntyre as champion during that period.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=1650|title=WWE Intercontinental Title Tournament « Tournaments Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=}}</ref> |
The '''WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament''' was a tournament to crown a new Intercontinental Champion. On May 7, 2010, after failed attempts of getting Intercontinental Champion [[Drew McIntyre]] to stop attacking [[Matt Hardy]], Smackdown General Manager Theodore Long fired McIntyre and vacated the title. The following week, [[Kofi Kingston]] won a tournament to become the new champion, but Mr. McMahon reverted Long's decision. Due to the decision by Mr. McMahon, the vacancy of the title and Kingston's championship win are not recognized as WWE continued to recognize McIntyre as champion during that period.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=26&nr=1650|title=WWE Intercontinental Title Tournament « Tournaments Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=}}</ref> At [[Over the Limit (2010)|Over the Limit]], Kingston defeated McIntyre to win his second official Intercontinental Championship |
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Revision as of 03:14, 5 August 2016
WWE has held a variety of professional wrestling tournaments competed for by wrestlers that are a part of their roster.
Sporadic tournaments
Pin-Pinfall; Sub-Submission; KO-Knockout; CO-Countout; DCO-Double countout; DQ-Disqualification; DDQ-Double Disqualification; Pts-Points; Dec-Decision; Ref-Referee's decision; NC-No Contest
The Wrestling Classic
The Wrestling Classic, also known as Wrestlevision, was a World Wrestling Federation (WWF) pay-per-view event that took place on November 7, 1985, from the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois. It revolved around a 16-man single-elimination tournament and included a WWF World Heavyweight Championship match. Junkyard Dog won the tournament after defeating Randy "Macho Man" Savage.
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Adrian Adonis | 03:22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Corporal Kirchner | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Adrian Adonis | 06:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dynamite Kid | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dynamite Kid | 00:09 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nikolai Volkoff | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dynamite Kid | 05:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Randy Savage | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ivan Putski | 02:47 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Randy Savage | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Randy Savage | 04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ricky Steamboat | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Davey Boy Smith | 03:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ricky Steamboat | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||
| Randy Savage | 09:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Junkyard Dog | CO | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Iron Sheik | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Junkyard Dog | 03:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Junkyard Dog | 00:45 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Moondog Spot | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Funk | 00:17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Moondog Spot | CO | ||||||||||||||||||
| Junkyard Dog | |||||||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||||||
| Don Muraco | 04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tito Santana | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tito Santana | 08:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Orndorff | DCO | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Orndorff | 07:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Orton | DQ | ||||||||||||||||||
Sam Muchnick Memorial Tournament
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Harley Race | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brian Blair | |||||||||||||||||||
| Harley Race | |||||||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||||||
| Don Muraco | |||||||||||||||||||
| Greg Valentine | DDQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harley Race | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Junkyard Dog | |||||||||||||||||||
| King Tonga | |||||||||||||||||||
| Adrian Adonis | |||||||||||||||||||
| Adrian Adonis | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Junkyard Dog | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hercules Hernandez | |||||||||||||||||||
| Junkyard Dog | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harley Race | sub | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ricky Steamboat | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brutus Beefcake | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lanny Poffo | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brutus Beefcake | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pedro Morales | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dory Funk, Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pedro Morales | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brutus Beefcake | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rickey Steamboat | |||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Jack Haynes | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Jack Funk | |||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Jack Haynes | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ricky Steamboat | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Brunzell | pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ricky Steamboat | |||||||||||||||||||
Frank Tunney Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament
The Frank Tunney Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament was a tournament.[1][2]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| The Killer Bees (B. Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Kamala and Sika | 07:32 | |||||||||||||
| The Killer Bees | Pin | |||||||||||||
| King Kong Bundy and Paul Orndorff | 04:22 | |||||||||||||
| King Kong Bundy and Paul Orndorff | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Bob Orton and The Magnificent Muraco | 06:20 | |||||||||||||
| The Killer Bees | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Demolition | 06:16 | |||||||||||||
| The Can-Am Connection (Rick Martel and Tom Zenk) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Danny Spivey and Jerry Allen | 10:31 | |||||||||||||
| The Can-Am Connection | CO | |||||||||||||
| Demolition | 09:21 | |||||||||||||
| Demolition (Ax and Smash) | DQ | |||||||||||||
| The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and The Dynamite Kid) | 04:50 | |||||||||||||
WWF World Heavyweight Championship Tournament (1988)
The main event at WrestleMania IV was a 14-man tournament for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship where "Macho Man" Randy Savage defeated "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase to win the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship title.[3]
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| Hulk Hogan | |||||||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hulk Hogan | 05:23 | ||||||||||||||||||
| André the Giant | DDQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| André the Giant | |||||||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ted DiBiase | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Duggan | 05:02 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ted DiBiase | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ted DiBiase | 05:35 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Don Muraco | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Don Muraco | 04:54 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dino Bravo | DQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ted DiBiase | 09:27 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Randy Savage | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ricky Steamboat | 09:11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Greg Valentine | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Greg Valentine | 06:07 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Randy Savage | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Randy Savage | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Butch Reed | 04:09 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Randy Savage | 04:05 | ||||||||||||||||||
| One Man Gang | DQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bam Bam Bigelow | 02:55 | ||||||||||||||||||
| One Man Gang | CO | ||||||||||||||||||
| One Man Gang | |||||||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jake Roberts | 15:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rick Rude | Draw | ||||||||||||||||||
WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship Tournament (1990)
The WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide a new WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion after previous champion Ultimate Warrior was stripped of the title after he defeated Hulk Hogan for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania VI.[4][5]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Tito Santana | CO | |||||||||||||
| Akeem | ||||||||||||||
| Tito Santana | ||||||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||||||
| Brutus Beefcake | DCO | |||||||||||||
| Dino Bravo | ||||||||||||||
| Tito Santana | ||||||||||||||
| Mr. Perfect | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Mr. Perfect | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy Snuka | ||||||||||||||
| Mr. Perfect | ||||||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||||||
| Roddy Piper | DDQ | |||||||||||||
| Rick Martel | ||||||||||||||
WWF Women's Championship Tournament (1993)
The WWF Women's Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide the new WWF Women's Champion after the title was reinstated after three years of inactivity.[6][7][8]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Heidi Lee Morgan | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Black Venus | ||||||||||||||
| Heidi Lee Morgan | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Rusty Thomas | ||||||||||||||
| Rusty Thomas | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Angie Marino | ||||||||||||||
| Heidi Lee Morgan | ||||||||||||||
| Alundra Blayze | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Alundra Blayze | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Allison Royal | ||||||||||||||
| Alundra Blayze | ||||||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||||||
WWF Tag Team Championship Tournament (1995)
The WWF Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide new WWF Tag Team Champions after former champions Diesel and Shawn Michaels vacated the titles due to the two not being able to function as a tag team,[9] which was won by The 1-2-3 Kid and Bob Holly.[9]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Bam Bam Bigelow & Tatanka | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Men on a Mission (Mabel & Mo) | ||||||||||||||
| Bam Bam Bigelow and Tatanka | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Headshrinkers | ||||||||||||||
| The Headshrinkers (Fatu and Sione) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Owen Hart and Jim Neidhart | ||||||||||||||
| Bam Bam Bigelow and Tatanka | ||||||||||||||
| The 1–2–3 Kid and Bob Holly | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Bushwhackers (Butch and Luke) | ||||||||||||||
| The Heavenly Bodies | ||||||||||||||
| The 1–2–3 Kid and Bob Holly | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The 1–2–3 Kid and Bob Holly | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Well Dunn (Timothy Well and Steven Dunn) | ||||||||||||||
WWF World Tag Team Championship Tournament (1996)
The WWF Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide new WWF Tag Team Champions after former champions The Smokin' Gunns had to vacate the titles due to Billy Gunn suffering a neck injury,[10] the tournament was won by The Bodydonnas (Skip and Zip).[10]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| The Bodydonnas | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Bushwhackers | ||||||||||||||
| The Bodydonnas | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Stone Cold Steve Austin and Savio Vega | ||||||||||||||
| Razor Ramon and Savio Vega | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The 1-2-3 Kid and Tatanka | ||||||||||||||
| The Bodydonnas | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Godwinns | ||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart and the British Bulldog | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Hakushi and Barry Horowitz | ||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart and the British Bulldog | ||||||||||||||
| The Godwinns | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Godwinns | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The New Rockers | ||||||||||||||
Kuwaiti Cup Tournament (1996)
The Kuwaiti Cup was a tournament.[11]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Bret Hart | |||||||||||||||
| Leif Cassidy | Sub | ||||||||||||||
| Bret Hart | |||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Yokozuna | |||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | |||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | |||||||||||||||
| Ahmed Johnson | |||||||||||||||
| Marty Jannetty | |||||||||||||||
| Stone Cold Steve Austin | Sub | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Austin | |||||||||||||||
| Ahmed Johnson | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Ahmed Johnson | |||||||||||||||
| Aldo Montoya | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Ahmed Johnson | |||||||||||||||
| Hunter Hearst Helmsley | |||||||||||||||
| The Undertaker | |||||||||||||||
| Isaac Yankem, D.D.S. | |||||||||||||||
| The Undertaker | |||||||||||||||
| British Bulldog | |||||||||||||||
| Duke Droese | |||||||||||||||
| The British Bulldog | |||||||||||||||
| The Undertaker | |||||||||||||||
| Hunter Hearst Helmsley | |||||||||||||||
| Savio Vega | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Backlund | |||||||||||||||
| Savio Vega | |||||||||||||||
| Hunter Hearst Helmsley | |||||||||||||||
| Butch | |||||||||||||||
| Hunter Hearst Helmsley | |||||||||||||||
WWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament (1996)
The WWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide a new WWF Intercontinental Champion after previous champion Ahmed Johnson forfeited the title after being attacked by the debuting Faarooq after winning an 11-man battle royal.[5][12]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | CO | |||||||||||||
| The British Bulldog | 8/19 | |||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | 9/16 | |||||||||||||
| Marc Mero | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Marc Mero | DQ | |||||||||||||
| Stone Cold Steve Austin | 8/19 | |||||||||||||
| Marc Mero | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Faarooq | 9/23 | |||||||||||||
| Sycho Sid | 8/19 | |||||||||||||
| Hunter Hearst Helmsley | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Sycho Sid | 9/16 | |||||||||||||
| Faarooq | DQ | |||||||||||||
| Faarooq | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Savio Vega | 8/19 | |||||||||||||
Middle East Cup Tournament
The Middle East Cup was a tournament.[11]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Bret Hart | PIN | |||||||||||||
| The British Bulldog | ||||||||||||||
| Bret Hart | ||||||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||||||
| Vader | DCO | |||||||||||||
| Farooq | DCO | |||||||||||||
| Bret Hart | PIN | |||||||||||||
| Stone Cold Steve Austin | ||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | ||||||||||||||
| Stone Cold Steve Austin | ||||||||||||||
| Stone Cold Steve Austin | DQ | |||||||||||||
| The Undertaker | ||||||||||||||
| The Undertaker | ||||||||||||||
| Mankind | ||||||||||||||
WWF European Championship Tournament (1997)
The WWF European Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown the first-ever WWF European Champion.[5]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| The British Bulldog | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Mankind | ||||||||||||||
| The British Bulldog | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Vader | ||||||||||||||
| Vader | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Rocky Maivia | ||||||||||||||
| The British Bulldog | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | ||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | ||||||||||||||
| Flash Funk | ||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | CO | |||||||||||||
| Bret Hart | ||||||||||||||
| Bret Hart | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Hunter Hearst Helmsley | ||||||||||||||
Kuwaiti Cup Tournament (1997)
The Kuwaiti Cup was a tournament.[11]
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Tiger Ali Singh | 10/4 | ||||||||||||||
| Leif Cassidy | |||||||||||||||
| Tiger Ali Singh | 11/4 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Gunn | |||||||||||||||
| Billy Gunn | 10/4 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Holly | |||||||||||||||
| Tiger Ali Singh | 12/4 | ||||||||||||||
| Mankind | |||||||||||||||
| Fake Diesel | 10/4 | ||||||||||||||
| The British Bulldog | |||||||||||||||
| Davey Boy Smith | 11/4 | ||||||||||||||
| Mankind | |||||||||||||||
| Phineas I. Godwinn | 10/4 | ||||||||||||||
| Mankind | |||||||||||||||
| Tiger Ali Singh | 13/4 | ||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | |||||||||||||||
| Vader | 10/4 | ||||||||||||||
| Bart Gunn | |||||||||||||||
| Vader | 11/4 | ||||||||||||||
| Freddie Joe Floyd | |||||||||||||||
| Sycho Sid | 10/4 | ||||||||||||||
| Freddie Joe Floyd | |||||||||||||||
| Vader | 12/4 | ||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | |||||||||||||||
| Stone Cold Steve Austin | 10/4 | ||||||||||||||
| Bret Hart | |||||||||||||||
| Stone Cold Steve Austin | 11/4 | ||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | |||||||||||||||
| Henry O. Godwinn | 10/4 | ||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | |||||||||||||||
WWF Tag Team Championship (1997)
The WWF Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide new WWF Tag Team Champions, which was won by Owen Hart and The British Bulldog, but would later face Stone Cold Steve Austin and a partner of his choosing.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Farooq and D'Lo Brown | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Vader and The Undertaker | ||||||||||||||
| Farooq and D'Lo Brown | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Legion of Doom | ||||||||||||||
| The Godwinns | ||||||||||||||
| The Legion of Doom | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Farooq and D'Lo Brown | ||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart and the British Bulldog | Pin | |||||||||||||
| New Blackjacks | ||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart and the British Bulldog | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Owen Hart and the British Bulldog | ||||||||||||||
| The Headbangers | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Jerry Lawler and Rob Van Dam | ||||||||||||||
| The Headbangers | Pin | |||||||||||||
WWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament (1997)
The tournament to determine the new WWF Intercontinental Champion was held between September 8 and October 5, 1997, with the finals occurring at Badd Blood: In Your House. The title was vacated due to a neck injury that champion Stone Cold Steve Austin suffered when he won the championship.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Brian Pillman | DQ | |||||||||||||
| Dude Love | ||||||||||||||
| Brian Pillman | ||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | DQ | |||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | DQ | |||||||||||||
| Goldust | ||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Faarooq | ||||||||||||||
| Faarooq1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Shamrock | ||||||||||||||
| Faarooq | DQ | |||||||||||||
| Ahmed Johnson | ||||||||||||||
| Ahmed Johnson | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Rocky Maivia | ||||||||||||||
Notes:
1 Ken Shamrock initially won the match. But he was injured so Faarooq advanced.
WWF Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament
The WWF Light Heavyweight Championship was first introduced in Mexico for the Universal Wrestling Association. It eventually migrated to Japan as well, although it wasn't considered as an official WWF title until after 1997, when a tournament was held in the United States to crown a champion. Before the tournament, the title was a part of the J-Crown. The tournament ended on December 8, 1997 at D-Generation X: In Your House where Taka Michinoku defeated Brian Christopher to become the first Light Heavyweight Champion recognized by the WWF.
| Quarterfinals (Raw is War) | Semifinals (Raw is War) | Finals (In Your House: D-Generation X) | ||||||||||||
| November 3 | Águila | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Hershey | Super Loco | 05:12 | ||||||||||||
| November 252 | Águila | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Roanoke | Taka Michinoku | 06:19 | ||||||||||||
| November 10 | Taka Michinoku | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Ottawa | Devon Storm | 05:00 | ||||||||||||
| December 7 | Taka Michinoku | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Springfield | Brian Christopher | 12:00 | ||||||||||||
| November 111 | Eric Shelley | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Cornwall | Scott Taylor | 05:27 | ||||||||||||
| November 252 | Scott Taylor | Forf3 | ||||||||||||
| Roanoke | Brian Christopher | |||||||||||||
| November 24 | Brian Christopher | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Fayetteville | Flash Flanagan | 03:30 | ||||||||||||
Notes:
1 This match aired on November 17.
2 These matches aired on December 1.
3 Christopher won by forfeit after Kane chokeslammed Taylor before Christopher made his way to the ring, leaving Taylor unable to compete.
Brawl for All
The WWF Brawl for All was a shoot fighting tournament held in the World Wrestling Federation that lasted from June 29, 1998 to August 24, 1998.
| First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| RAW | Steve Blackman | Dec | |||||||||||||||||
| 6/29 | Marc Mero | ||||||||||||||||||
| RAW | Marc Mero | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8/10 | Bradshaw | Pts | |||||||||||||||||
| RAW | Mark Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6/29 | Bradshaw | Pts | |||||||||||||||||
| RAW | Bradshaw | Pts | |||||||||||||||||
| 8/17 | Droz | ||||||||||||||||||
| RAW | Brakkus | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7/6 | Savio Vega | Pts | |||||||||||||||||
| RAW | Savio Vega | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8/10 | Droz | Pts | |||||||||||||||||
| RAW | Droz | Draw | |||||||||||||||||
| 7/6 | Hawk | Draw | |||||||||||||||||
| RAW | Bradshaw | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8/24 | Bart Gunn | KO | |||||||||||||||||
| RAW | Bart Gunn | Dec | |||||||||||||||||
| 7/13 | Bob Holly | ||||||||||||||||||
| RAW | Bart Gunn | KO | |||||||||||||||||
| 7/27 | Steve Williams | ||||||||||||||||||
| RAW | Pierre | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7/20 | "Dr. Death" Steve Williams | TKO | |||||||||||||||||
| RAW | Bart Gunn | KO | |||||||||||||||||
| 8/17 | The Godfather | ||||||||||||||||||
| RAW | The Godfather | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7/13 | Dan Severn | Pts | |||||||||||||||||
| RAW | The Godfather | Pts | |||||||||||||||||
| 8/3 | Scorpio | ||||||||||||||||||
| RAW | 8-Ball | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7/20 | Scorpio | Pts | |||||||||||||||||
NOTE: Steve Blackman defeated Marc Mero but was unable to compete in the next round, permitting re-entry into the tournament for Mero.
NOTE: Dan Severn defeated The Godfather but withdrew from the tournament, citing he had nothing to prove and permitting re-entry for The Godfather.
NOTE: Quote from Dan Severn off of Sherdog radio says he and Ken Shamrock were not allowed to participate, but then Dan Severn was asked to participate. After defeating The Godfather he was told he was no longer allowed to continue.
WWF Intercontinental Championship tournament (1998)
The WWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide a new WWF Intercontinental Champion after previous champion Triple H vacated the title due to injury.[5][13]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Ken Shamrock | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Steve Blackman | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Shamrock | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Val Venis | ||||||||||||||
| Val Venis | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Marc Mero | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Shamrock | Sub | |||||||||||||
| X-Pac | ||||||||||||||
| X-Pac | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Jeff Jarrett | ||||||||||||||
| X-Pac | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Mankind | ||||||||||||||
| Mankind | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Mark Henry | ||||||||||||||
Deadly Games WWF Championship Tournament (1998)
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| The Undertaker | |||||||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||||||
| The Undertaker | 7:16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kane | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kane | |||||||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||||||
| The Undertaker | DQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Rock | 8:20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goldust | Sub | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ken Shamrock | 5:56 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ken Shamrock | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Rock | 8:20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Big Boss Man† | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Rock | 0:03[14] | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Rock | Sub | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mankind | 17:10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stone Cold Steve Austin | DQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Big Boss Man | 3:20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stone Cold Steve Austin | |||||||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||||||
| Steven Regal | DCO | ||||||||||||||||||
| X-Pac | DCO | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Stone Cold" Steve Austin | 10:27 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mankind | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jeff Jarrett | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al Snow | 3:31 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al Snow | 3:55 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mankind | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duane Gill | 0:30 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mankind | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
†Triple H was originally in the bracket set to face The Rock in the first round. But his injury prevented him to compete, and thus was replaced by Big Boss Man
- Mankind's opponent in the first round was billed as a "mystery opponent" it was not announced until match time that Duane Gill was the opponent.
- Makind never actually submitted but Vince McMahon and the referee called for the bell moments after the Rock put him in the sharpshooter (a reference to the Montreal Screwjob that occurred one year prior.)
Undisputed WWF Championship #1 Contendership Tournament (2002)
The Undisputed WWF Championship #1 Contendership Tournament was a tournament to face Chris Jericho for the Undisputed WWF Championship at No Way Out.[15]
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | Pin | |||||||
| 4 | Kurt Angle | 14:58 | |||||||
| Steve Austin | 12:35 | ||||||||
| Chris Jericho | Pin | ||||||||
| 3 | Chris Jericho | Pin | |||||||
| 2 | The Rock | 19:03 | |||||||
WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament
The WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament held at WWE No Mercy 2002 to crown inaugural WWE Tag Team Champions, which were Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle.[16]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Los Guerreros | Sub | |||||||||
| Mark Henry and Rikishi | ||||||||||
| Los Guerreros | ||||||||||
| Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle | Pin | |||||||||
| Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle | Sub | |||||||||
| Billy Kidman and John Cena | ||||||||||
| Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle | Sub | |||||||||
| Edge and Rey Mysterio | ||||||||||
| Reverend D-Von and Ron Simmons | Pin | |||||||||
| Billy and Chuck | ||||||||||
| Reverend D-Von and Ron Simmons | ||||||||||
| Edge and Rey Mysterio | Pin | |||||||||
| Edge and Rey Mysterio | Pin | |||||||||
| Brock Lesnar and Tajiri | ||||||||||
WWE Championship #1 contenders Tournament (2003)
This was a tournament. The winner would face Brock Lesnar for his WWE Championship at Backlash.[17]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Chris Benoit | Sub | |||||||||||||
| A-Train | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Benoit | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Rhyno | ||||||||||||||
| Big Show | ||||||||||||||
| Rhyno | DQ | |||||||||||||
| Chris Benoit | ||||||||||||||
| John Cena | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Undertaker | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Rey Mysterio | ||||||||||||||
| The Undertaker | ||||||||||||||
| John Cena | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Guerrero | ||||||||||||||
| John Cena | Pin | |||||||||||||
WWE United States Championship Tournament
The WWE United States Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide the inaugural WWE United States Champion as then-Smackdown General Manager Stephanie McMahon revived the title after two years of inactivity.[18]
The tournament was held between June 19 and July 27, 2003. The tournament brackets were:
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Chris Benoit | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Rhyno | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Benoit | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Matt Hardy | ||||||||||||||
| Matt Hardy | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Rikishi | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Benoit | 22:13 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Guerrero | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Billy Gunn | Pin | |||||||||||||
| John Cena | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Gunn | ||||||||||||||
| Eddie Guerrero | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Guerrero | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Último Dragón | ||||||||||||||
WWE Championship #1 contenders Tournament (2005)
The tournament to determine the number one contender for the WWE Championship match at WrestleMania 21 was held between February 1 and February 20, 2005. At WrestleMania 21, John Cena defeated John "Bradshaw" Layfield to become new champion. The tournament brackets were:[17]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| John Cena | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Orlando Jordan | ||||||||||||||
| John Cena | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Booker T | ||||||||||||||
| Eddie Guerrero | ||||||||||||||
| Booker T | Pin | |||||||||||||
| John Cena | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Kurt Angle | 19:21 | |||||||||||||
| The Undertaker | DCO | |||||||||||||
| René Duprée | DCO | |||||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||||||
| Kurt Angle | Forfeit | |||||||||||||
| Rey Mysterio | ||||||||||||||
| Kurt Angle | Sub | |||||||||||||
WWE Championship #1 contenders Tournament (2005)
The WWE Championship #1 contenders Tournament was a tournament. The winner to face John Cena at Judgment Day[19]
| Semifinals | Finalists | Final | ||||||||||||
| John "Bradshaw" Layfield | DQ | |||||||||||||
| Rey Mysterio | 15:20 | |||||||||||||
| John "Bradshaw" Layfield | ||||||||||||||
| Kurt Angle | ||||||||||||||
| Kurt Angle | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Guerrero | 25:40 | |||||||||||||
| John "Bradshaw" Layfield | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Kurt Angle, Booker T and Big Show | ||||||||||||||
| Booker T | NC | |||||||||||||
| Big Show | 05:20 | |||||||||||||
| Booker T and Big Show | ||||||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||||||
Gold Rush Tournament (2005)
The Gold Rush Tournament was tournament to determine the new number one contender for World Heavyweight Champion Batista, which was won by Edge.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Kane | 5/2 | |||||||||||||
| Christian | Pin 4:22 | |||||||||||||
| Kane | 5/2 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Benoit | Pin 9:18 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Benoit | 5/2 | |||||||||||||
| Triple H | Sub 13:34 | |||||||||||||
| Kane | 5/16 | |||||||||||||
| Edge | Pin 12:23 | |||||||||||||
| Edge | 5/2 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Jericho | Pin 8:10 | |||||||||||||
| Edge | 5/2 | |||||||||||||
| Shawn Michaels | Pin 9:52 | |||||||||||||
| Shawn Michaels | 5/2 | |||||||||||||
| Shelton Benjamin | Pin 14:50 | |||||||||||||
WWE Championship #1 contenders Road to WrestleMania Tournament (2006)
The Road to WrestleMania Tournament was a tournament to crown a #1 contender for John Cena's WWE Championship at WrestleMania 22.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Triple H | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Ric Flair | 2/6 | |||||||||||||
| Triple H | DCO | |||||||||||||
| Big Show | 2/13 | |||||||||||||
| Big Show | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Shelton Benjamin | 2/6 | |||||||||||||
| Triple H Big Show | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Rob Van Dam | 2/20 | |||||||||||||
| Rob Van Dam | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Carlito | 2/6 | |||||||||||||
| Rob Van Dam | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Chris Masters | 2/13 | |||||||||||||
| Kane | 2/6 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Masters | ||||||||||||||
WWE Women's Championship Tournament (2006)
The WWE Women's Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown a new WWE Women's Champion after champion Trish Stratus retired from her wrestling career.[7] The first round started on September 25, 2006 and ended at Cyber Sunday when Lita, who Stratus defeated in her retirement match, defeated Mickie James.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Lita | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Candice | 9/25 | |||||||||||||
| Lita | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Maria | 10/30 | |||||||||||||
| Maria | Strip | |||||||||||||
| Candice Torrie Wilson Victoria | 10/16 | |||||||||||||
| Lita | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Mickie James | Cyber Sunday (2006) | |||||||||||||
| Mickie James | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Victoria | 10/2 | |||||||||||||
| Mickie James | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Melina | 10/23 | |||||||||||||
| Melina | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Torrie Wilson | 10/9 | |||||||||||||
- Melina defeated Wilson in a Lumberjill match.
- Maria defeated Candice, Victoria and Wilson in Bra and Panties Match.
- The final match between Lita and James was a Lumberjill match.
ECW World Heavyweight Championship Tournament
The ECW World Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a tournament created due to Bobby Lashley vacating his championship.[20]
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 | CM Punk | Pin | |||||||
| 4 | Marcus Cor Von | 06:45 | |||||||
| CM Punk | Pin | ||||||||
| Johnny Nitro* | 08:15 | ||||||||
| 3 | Chris Benoit | Sub | |||||||
| 2 | Elijah Burke | 06:38 | |||||||
Championship Competition Tournament
The Championship Competition Tournament was a tournament for the #1 Contendership of the World Heavyweight Championship.[21]
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Rey Mysterio | DQ | |||||||
| 4 | Batista | 05:57 | |||||||
| Rey Mysterio | Pin | ||||||||
| Finlay | 08:33 | ||||||||
| 3 | Finlay | Pin | |||||||
| 2 | Kane | 07:21 | |||||||
Championship Chase Tournament
The Championship Chase Tournament was a tournament.[22]
| Semifinals | Qualifers | Finalists | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Big Show | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Tommy Dreamer | 01:35 | ||||||||||||||
| Big Show | |||||||||||||||
| Finlay and Montel Vontavious Porter | |||||||||||||||
| Finlay | Double-Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Montel Vontavious Porter | 14:46 | ||||||||||||||
| Big Show, Finlay and Montel Vontavious Porter | |||||||||||||||
| Matt Hardy and Kane | |||||||||||||||
| Matt Hardy | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| CM Punk | 04:46 | ||||||||||||||
| Matt Hardy | |||||||||||||||
| Kane | |||||||||||||||
| Kane | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Chavo Guerrero | 05:56 | ||||||||||||||
| Edge | Win | ||||||||||||||
| Big Show, Finlay, Montel Vontavious Porter, Matt Hardy, Kane & Batista | 15:59 | ||||||||||||||
| Batista | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| John Morrison | 06:34 | ||||||||||||||
| Batista | |||||||||||||||
| Edge | |||||||||||||||
| Edge | |||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||
| Edge & Batista | |||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||
Intercontinental Championship #1 contenders Tournament (2008)
A tournament was announced to crown a new #1 Contender to go against WWE Intercontinental Champion William Regal, which was won by CM Punk.[23]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Kofi Kingston | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Kane | 2:39 | |||||||||||||
| Kofi Kingston | 3:12 | |||||||||||||
| Rey Mysterio | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Rey Mysterio | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Miz | 4:25 | |||||||||||||
| Rey Mysterio | 12:15 | |||||||||||||
| CM Punk | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Finlay | 4:10 | |||||||||||||
| John Morrison | Pin | |||||||||||||
| John Morrison | 1:55 | |||||||||||||
| CM Punk | Pin | |||||||||||||
| CM Punk | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Snitsky | 5:14 | |||||||||||||
Race To The Rumble Tournament
The Race To The Rumble Tournament was a tournament held in 2009 to determine a #1 contender for John Cena's World Heavyweight Championship.[24]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Shawn Michaels | 12/22 | |||||||||||||
| Kane | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Shawn Michaels | ||||||||||||||
| Randy Orton | ||||||||||||||
| Randy Orton | 12/22 | |||||||||||||
| Batista | Forfeit | |||||||||||||
| John "Bradshaw" Layfield | 12/29 | |||||||||||||
| Shawn Michaels, Randy Orton, and Chris Jericho | Pin | |||||||||||||
| John "Bradshaw" Layfield | 12/22 | |||||||||||||
| Rey Mysterio | DQ | |||||||||||||
| John "Bradshaw" Layfield | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Jericho | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Jericho | 12/22 | |||||||||||||
| CM Punk | Pin | |||||||||||||
ECW Homecoming Tournament
The ECW Homecoming Tournament was a tournament to crown a #1 contender for the ECW Championship.[25]
| Semifinals | Qualified | Finalists | Final | ||||||||||||
| Kane | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Zack Ryder | 3:47 | ||||||||||||||
| Kane | |||||||||||||||
| Ezekiel Jackson | |||||||||||||||
| Ezekiel Jackson | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Vladimir Kozlov | 1:35 | ||||||||||||||
| Kane and Ezekiel Jackson | |||||||||||||||
| Yoshi Tatsu and Vance Archer | |||||||||||||||
| Yoshi Tatsu | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Swagger | |||||||||||||||
| Yoshi Tatsu | |||||||||||||||
| Vance Archer | |||||||||||||||
| Vance Archer | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Goldust | |||||||||||||||
| Ezekiel Jackson | Win | ||||||||||||||
| Kane, Yoshi Tatsu, Vance Archer, Matt Hardy, Evan Bourne, Shelton Benjamin and CM Punk | 13:53 | ||||||||||||||
| Matt Hardy | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Finlay | 5:14 | ||||||||||||||
| Matt Hardy | |||||||||||||||
| Evan Bourne | |||||||||||||||
| Evan Bourne | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Knox | 3:43 | ||||||||||||||
| Matt Hardy and Evan Bourne | |||||||||||||||
| Shelton Benjamin and CM Punk | |||||||||||||||
| Shelton Benjamin | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Chavo Guerrero | 4:46 | ||||||||||||||
| Shelton Benjamin | |||||||||||||||
| CM Punk | |||||||||||||||
| CM Punk | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Henry | 10:37 | ||||||||||||||
Divas Championship Tournament
A tournament was announced to crown a new Divas champion after former champion Melina was stripped of the title due to injury. The first round started on January 4, 2010.[26]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Maryse | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Brie Bella | 2:18 | |||||||||||||
| Maryse | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Eve Torres | 2:05 | |||||||||||||
| Eve Torres | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Katie Lee Burchill | 1:53 | |||||||||||||
| Maryse | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Gail Kim | ||||||||||||||
| Kelly Kelly | 2:01 | |||||||||||||
| Alicia Fox | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Alicia Fox | 1:55 | |||||||||||||
| Gail Kim | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Gail Kim | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Jillian | 3:10 | |||||||||||||
- The final tournament was originally scheduled at Elimination Chamber, but when official consultant to the SmackDown General Manager, Vickie Guerrero interrupted, she was changing the match to an interbrand Divas tag team match, facing LayCool (Michelle McCool and Layla) from SmackDown. The final was held at the following night of Raw.
WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament (2010)
The WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament was a tournament to crown a new Intercontinental Champion. On May 7, 2010, after failed attempts of getting Intercontinental Champion Drew McIntyre to stop attacking Matt Hardy, Smackdown General Manager Theodore Long fired McIntyre and vacated the title. The following week, Kofi Kingston won a tournament to become the new champion, but Mr. McMahon reverted Long's decision. Due to the decision by Mr. McMahon, the vacancy of the title and Kingston's championship win are not recognized as WWE continued to recognize McIntyre as champion during that period.[27] At Over the Limit, Kingston defeated McIntyre to win his second official Intercontinental Championship
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||
| 1 | Kofi Kingston | Pin | |||||||
| 4 | Dolph Ziggler | ||||||||
| Kofi Kingston | Pin | ||||||||
| Christian | |||||||||
| 3 | Christian | Pin | |||||||
| 2 | Cody Rhodes | Final | |||||||
WWE Championship Tournament (2011)
On the July 18, 2011, edition of WWE Raw, the WWE Championship was vacated, after champion CM Punk left WWE. The title was put up in a tournament featuring the top Eight wrestlers. The finals of the tournament would take place at WWE RAW on July 25, which was won by Rey Mysterio.[28]
| Quarterfinals (TV – July 18, 2011 Raw) | Semifinals (TV – July 18, 2011) | Final (TV – July 25, 2011) | ||||||||||||
| The Miz | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Alex Riley | 5:00 | |||||||||||||
| The Miz | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Kofi Kingston | 3:52 | |||||||||||||
| Kofi Kingston | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Alberto Del Rio | 5:08 | |||||||||||||
| The Miz | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Rey Mysterio | 13:17 | |||||||||||||
| R-Truth | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Jack Swagger | 4:20 | |||||||||||||
| Rey Mysterio | Pin | |||||||||||||
| R-Truth | 12:48 | |||||||||||||
| Rey Mysterio | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Dolph Ziggler | 4:57 | |||||||||||||
- However, Mysterio lost the title to John Cena the same night.
Gold Rush Tournament (2012)
On the August 1, 2012 edition of NXT, NXT Commissioner Dusty Rhodes announced a "Gold Rush" tournament, featuring 4 developmental roster NXT Superstars and 4 main roster WWE Superstars to determine the inaugural NXT Champion in a knockout system format. The first NXT Champion was crowned on July 26, 2012, with Seth Rollins defeating Jinder Mahal in the tournament finals.[29]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Richie Steamboat | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Leo Kruger | ||||||||||||||
| Richie Steamboat | ||||||||||||||
| Jinder Mahal | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Jinder Mahal | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Bo Dallas | ||||||||||||||
| Jinder Mahal | ||||||||||||||
| Seth Rollins | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Seth Rollins | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Drew McIntyre | ||||||||||||||
| Seth Rollins | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Michael McGillicutty | ||||||||||||||
| Michael McGillicutty | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Justin Gabriel | ||||||||||||||
WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament
The WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament was a #1 contender's tag team tournament, where the winning team faced Team Hell No (Kane and Daniel Bryan) for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| SmackDown | Team Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 9/28 | The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) | 2:54 | ||||||||||||
| Raw | Team Rhodes Scholars | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 10/8 | Team CoBro | 3:07 | ||||||||||||
| Main Event | Tyson Kidd & Justin Gabriel | 5:59 | ||||||||||||
| 10/3 | Team CoBro (Zack Ryder and Santino Marella) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Raw | Team Rhodes Scholars | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 10/22* | Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara | 13:02 | ||||||||||||
| SmackDown | R-Truth and Kofi Kingston | 4:29 | ||||||||||||
| 10/5 | The Prime Time Players (Titus O'Neil and Darren Young) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Raw | Prime Time Players | 3:32 | ||||||||||||
| 10/8 | Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Raw | Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 10/1 | Primo & Epico | 9:38 | ||||||||||||
(*)-The final was originally scheduled for October 15 but was postponed due to Mysterio's illness.
NXT Tag Team Championship Tournament
The NXT Tag Team Championship was introduced on the January 23, 2013 edition of NXT where it was announced by special guest Shawn Michaels that there would be a tournament to crown the first new champions.[30]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) | Pin[31] | |||||||||||||
| Percy Watson and Yoshi Tatsu | ||||||||||||||
| The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) | Pin[31] | |||||||||||||
| Bo Dallas and Michael McGillicutty | ||||||||||||||
| Bo Dallas and Michael McGillicutty | Pin[31] | |||||||||||||
| Primo & Epico | ||||||||||||||
| The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) | ||||||||||||||
| British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey) | Pin[31] | |||||||||||||
| 3MB (Drew McIntyre and Heath Slater) | ||||||||||||||
| British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey) | Pin[31] | |||||||||||||
| Kassius Ohno and Leo Kruger | ||||||||||||||
| Kassius Ohno and Leo Kruger | Pin[31] | |||||||||||||
| Alex Riley and Derrick Bateman | ||||||||||||||
Royal Rumble Entry Tournament
The Royal Rumble Entry Tournament was a tournament where the winner entered the 2013 Royal Rumble Match.[32]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Leo Kruger | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Xavier Woods | ||||||||||||||
| Leo Kruger | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Adrian Neville | ||||||||||||||
| Adrian Neville | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Corey Graves | ||||||||||||||
| Leo Kruger | ||||||||||||||
| Bo Dallas | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Oliver Grey | ||||||||||||||
| Conor O'Brian | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Conor O'Brian | ||||||||||||||
| Bo Dallas | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Luke Harper | ||||||||||||||
| Bo Dallas | Pin | |||||||||||||
NXT Women's Championship Tournament (2013)
The championship was first introduced on April 5, 2013 at WrestleMania Axxess. It was announced at the May 30, 2013 tapings (broadcast on the June 5 episode) of WWE NXT (TV series), by Stephanie McMahon that there would be a tournament, featuring four developmental female talents and four female talents from the main roster competing to be crowned as the inaugural NXT Women's Champion in a knockout system format. The first NXT Women's Champion was crowned on June 20, 2013, with Paige (wrestler) defeating Emma in the tournament finals.[33]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Tamina Snuka | ||||||||||||||
| Paige | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Paige | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Alicia Fox | ||||||||||||||
| Bayley | ||||||||||||||
| Alicia Fox | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Paige | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Emma | ||||||||||||||
| Sasha Banks | ||||||||||||||
| Summer Rae | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Summer Rae | ||||||||||||||
| Emma | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Emma | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Aksana | ||||||||||||||
Intercontinental Championship #1 contenders Tournament (2014)
In April 2014, the WWE held the Intercontinental Championship Tournament to determine the #1 contenders to face Big E for the WWE Intercontinental Championship at Extreme Rules 2014. Bad News Barrett defeated Rob Van Dam in the final and defeated Big E to win the title.[34]
| Quarterfinals (Raw April 14th) | Semifinals (Raw April 21st) | Finals (Raw April 28th) | ||||||||||||
| Mark Henry | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Cesaro | 3:18 | |||||||||||||
| Cesaro | Count Out | |||||||||||||
| Rob Van Dam | 13:13 | |||||||||||||
| Rob Van Dam | 10:35 | |||||||||||||
| Alberto Del Rio | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Rob Van Dam | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Bad News Barrett | 11:24 | |||||||||||||
| Sheamus | 6:55 | |||||||||||||
| Jack Swagger | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Sheamus | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Bad News Barrett | 10:33 | |||||||||||||
| Dolph Ziggler | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Bad News Barrett | 12:12 | |||||||||||||
NXT Women's Championship Tournament (2014)
On April 24, 2014, Paige was stripped of the NXT Women's Championship, by NXT's commissioner John Bradshaw Layfield, because she couldn't defend both the NXT Women's and WWE Divas Championship, ending her reign at 308 days. Right after, during the tapings for the May shows, a tournament was announced to take place to determine the next champion. Charlotte defeated Natalya at NXT Takeover on May 29, 2014 to become the new champion.[35]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Sasha Banks | 4/30 | |||||||||||||
| Bayley | 3:58 | |||||||||||||
| Sasha Banks | 4:06 | |||||||||||||
| Natalya | 5/21 | |||||||||||||
| Layla | 3:30 | |||||||||||||
| Natalya | 4/30 | |||||||||||||
| Natalya | 16:49 | |||||||||||||
| Charlotte | NXT TakeOver | |||||||||||||
| Emma | 3:50 | |||||||||||||
| Charlotte | 5/7 | |||||||||||||
| Charlotte | 5/14 | |||||||||||||
| Alexa Bliss | 5:01 | |||||||||||||
| Alexa Bliss | 5/7 | |||||||||||||
| Alicia Fox | 3:08 | |||||||||||||
NXT Tag Team Championship #1 contender's tournament
The championship tournament started on August 7, 2014 and there would be a new #1 Contender's for the titles. The tournament final was held on September 4, 2014. Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) won the tournament and defeated The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) at NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way on September 11, 2014 to win the titles.[36]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) | 8/14 | |||||||||||||
| Blake and Murphy | Pin 2:45 | |||||||||||||
| The Lucha Dragons | 8/21 | |||||||||||||
| Sami Zayn and Adam Rose | Pin 8:00 | |||||||||||||
| Sami Zayn and Adam Rose | 8/7 | |||||||||||||
| Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel | Pin 9:15 | |||||||||||||
| The Lucha Dragons | 9/4 | |||||||||||||
| Vaudevillains | Pin 5:20 | |||||||||||||
| The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) | 8/14 | |||||||||||||
| Bull Dempsey and Mojo Rawley | Pin 3:05 | |||||||||||||
| Vaudevillains | 8/21 | |||||||||||||
| Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady | Pin 1:45 | |||||||||||||
| Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady | 8/7 | |||||||||||||
| Tye Dillinger and Jason Jordan | Pin 5:15 | |||||||||||||
NXT Championship #1 Contender's Tournament (2015)
The NXT Championship Tournament started on January 21, 2015 and there would be a new #1 Contender's for the title. The tournament final was held on February 11, 2015 at NXT TakeOver: Rival. Finn Bálor went on to win the tournament defeated Adrian Neville in the final.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Finn Bálor | 1/21 | |||||||||||||
| Curtis Axel | Pin 4:55 | |||||||||||||
| Finn Bálor | 2/4 | |||||||||||||
| Hideo Itami | Pin 12:03 | |||||||||||||
| Hideo Itami | 1/21 | |||||||||||||
| Tyler Breeze | Pin 12:55 | |||||||||||||
| Finn Bálor | NXT TakeOver: Rival | |||||||||||||
| Adrian Neville | Pin 13:25 | |||||||||||||
| Adrian Neville | 1/28 | |||||||||||||
| Tyson Kidd | Pin 12:43 | |||||||||||||
| Adrian Neville | 2/4 | |||||||||||||
| Baron Corbin | Pin 5:28 | |||||||||||||
| Baron Corbin | 1/28 | |||||||||||||
| Bull Dempsey | Pin 1:32 | |||||||||||||
Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal Qualifying Tournament
The Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal Qualifying Tournament was a tournament at WrestleMania Axxess for the André the Giant Battle Royal.[37]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Tyler Breeze | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Bull Dempsey | ||||||||||||||
| Tyler Breeze | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Finn Bálor | ||||||||||||||
| Finn Bálor | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Baron Corbin | ||||||||||||||
| Finn Bálor | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Hideo Itami | ||||||||||||||
| Hideo Itami | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Jason Jordan | ||||||||||||||
| Hideo Itami | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Adrian Neville | ||||||||||||||
| Adrian Neville | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Kalisto | ||||||||||||||
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Angelo Dawkins and Sawyer Fulton | 9/9 | ||||||||||||||
| Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady | |||||||||||||||
| Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe | |||||||||||||||
| Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) | 9/9 | ||||||||||||||
| Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe | |||||||||||||||
| Dash and Dawson | |||||||||||||||
| Blake and Murphy | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| The Vaudevillains | 9/9 | ||||||||||||||
| The Vaudevillians | |||||||||||||||
| Dash and Dawson | |||||||||||||||
| Tucker Knight and Elias Samson | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Dash and Dawson | 9/9 | ||||||||||||||
| Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe | |||||||||||||||
| Rhyno and Baron Corbin | |||||||||||||||
| The Hype Bros | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Noah Kekoa and Alexander Wolfe | 9/9 | ||||||||||||||
| The Hype Bros | |||||||||||||||
| Jason Jordan and Chad Gable | |||||||||||||||
| Jason Jordan and Chad Gable | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Neville and Solomon Crowe | 9/2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jason Jordan and Chad Gable | |||||||||||||||
| Rhyno and Baron Corbin | |||||||||||||||
| Rhyno and Baron Corbin | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) | 9/2 | ||||||||||||||
| Rhyno and Baron Corbin | |||||||||||||||
| Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa | |||||||||||||||
| Tyler Breeze and Bull Dempsey | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa | 9/9 | ||||||||||||||
WWE World Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2015)
On November 5, 2015, the WWE World Heavyweight Championship was vacated, after champion Seth Rollins suffered a knee injury.
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Roman Reigns | 11/9 | ||||||||||||||
| Big Show | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Roman Reigns | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Cesaro | 11/16 | ||||||||||||||
| Cesaro | 11/9 | ||||||||||||||
| Sheamus | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Roman Reigns | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Alberto Del Rio | 11/22 | ||||||||||||||
| Alberto Del Rio | 11/12 | ||||||||||||||
| Stardust | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Alberto Del Rio | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Kalisto | 11/16 | ||||||||||||||
| Kalisto | 11/12 | ||||||||||||||
| Ryback | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Roman Reigns | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Dean Ambrose | 11/22 | ||||||||||||||
| Titus O'Neil | 11/9 | ||||||||||||||
| Kevin Owens | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Kevin Owens | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Neville | 11/16 | ||||||||||||||
| Neville | 11/12 | ||||||||||||||
| King Barrett | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Kevin Owens | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Dean Ambrose | 11/22 | ||||||||||||||
| Dolph Ziggler | 11/9 | ||||||||||||||
| The Miz | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Dolph Ziggler | 11/16 | ||||||||||||||
| Dean Ambrose | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Dean Ambrose | 11/9 | ||||||||||||||
| Tyler Breeze | Pin | ||||||||||||||
- Immediately after the final match, Sheamus cashed in his Money in the bank contract and pinned Reigns. therefore, Reigns reign as champion lasted only approximately 5 minutes.
WWE Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Tournament (2016)
This tournament was to determine the new #1 Contenders to The New Day's WWE Tag Team Championships.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) | 4/11 | |||||||||||||
| The Social Outcasts (Curtis Axel and Heath Slater) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Usos | 4/18 | |||||||||||||
| The Vaudevillains | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Goldango (Goldust and Fandango) | 4/14 | |||||||||||||
| The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Vaudevillains | 5/1 | |||||||||||||
| Enzo & Cass | NC | |||||||||||||
| Enzo & Cass | 4/14 | |||||||||||||
| The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Enzo & Cass | 4/18 | |||||||||||||
| The Dudley Boyz | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) | 4/11 | |||||||||||||
| The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) | Pin | |||||||||||||
- The final match ended in a no contest after Enzo Amore suffered a legitimate concussion. Not far into the match, Amore was thrown into the ropes by Simon Gotch. Amore attempted to slide under the ropes, but instead hit his head on the middle rope and the mat, before falling on the floor, appearing to be unconscious. With the ending of the match, the Vaudevillains were given a WWE Tag Team Championship match, but they were defeated by The New Day.
WWE Cruiserweight Classic
The inaugural WWE Cruiserweight Classic[38] will see thirty-two of the world's best cruiserweights battle it out to be crowned WWE's first WWE Cruiserweight Classic winner. The tournament is expected to be filmed at Full Sail University, Florida from June 20–24, and will be broadcast on the WWE Network from July 13. It is currently expected to run for ten episodes, with the finale due to be broadcast on September 14.
| Round of 32 (June 23) | Round of 16 (July 14) | Quarter-finals (August 26) | Semi-finals (September 14) | Final (September 14) | ||||||||||||||
| July 20 – | ||||||||||||||||||
 Kenneth Johnson | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
 Akira Tozawa | 09:46[39] | |||||||||||||||||
| Akira Tozawa | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| August 3 – | ||||||||||||||||||
 Jack Gallagher | [40] | |||||||||||||||||
| Jack Gallagher | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
 Fabian Aichner | [39] | |||||||||||||||||
| Akira Tozawa | ||||||||||||||||||
| July 20 – | ||||||||||||||||||
 Gran Metalik | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tajiri | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
 Damien Slater | 05:28 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tajiri | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| July 13 – | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gran Metalik | [40] | |||||||||||||||||
 Alejandro Saez | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| July | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gran Metalik | 04:04 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | ||||||||||||||||||
| July 27 – | ||||||||||||||||||
| - | ||||||||||||||||||
 Harv Sihra | Sub | |||||||||||||||||
| TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
| Drew Gulak | [39] | |||||||||||||||||
| Drew Gulak | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| July 27 – | ||||||||||||||||||
| Zack Sabre, Jr. | [40] | |||||||||||||||||
| Zack Sabre Jr. | Sub | |||||||||||||||||
| TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
 Tyson Dux | [39] | |||||||||||||||||
| Zack Sabre Jr | ||||||||||||||||||
| August 3 – | ||||||||||||||||||
  Noam Dar | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noam Dar | Sub | |||||||||||||||||
| TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gurv Sihra | [39] | |||||||||||||||||
| Noam Dar | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| July 13 – | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ho Ho Lun | [40] | |||||||||||||||||
 Ariya Daivari | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| July | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ho Ho Lun | 05:03 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | ||||||||||||||||||
| July 27 – | ||||||||||||||||||
| - | ||||||||||||||||||
| Raul Mendoza | Sub | |||||||||||||||||
| TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brian Kendrick | [39] | |||||||||||||||||
| Brian Kendrick | Sub | |||||||||||||||||
| July 27 – | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Nese | [40] | |||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Bennett | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Nese | [39] | |||||||||||||||||
| Brian Kendrick | ||||||||||||||||||
| July 13 – | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kota Ibushi | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kota Ibushi | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
 Sean Maluta | 09:40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kota Ibushi | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| July 13 – | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cedric Alexander | [40] | |||||||||||||||||
| Cedric Alexander | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| July | ||||||||||||||||||
 Clement Petiot | 05:58 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | ||||||||||||||||||
| July 20 – | ||||||||||||||||||
| - | ||||||||||||||||||
 T.J. Perkins | Sub | |||||||||||||||||
| TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
 Da Mack | 06:32 | |||||||||||||||||
| T.J. Perkins | Sub | |||||||||||||||||
| August 3 – | ||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Gargano | [40] | |||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Gargano | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tommaso Ciampa | [39] | |||||||||||||||||
| T.J. Perkins | ||||||||||||||||||
| July 20 – | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rich Swann | ||||||||||||||||||
 Mustafa Ali | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
 Lince Dorado | 05:55 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lince Dorado | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| August 3 – | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rich Swann | [40] | |||||||||||||||||
| Rich Swann | Pin | |||||||||||||||||
| Jason Lee | [39] | |||||||||||||||||
King of the Ring
King of the Ring is a professional wrestling single-elimination tournament held by WWE. The tournament was held annually from 1985 to 2002, with the exception of 1990 and 1992, and from 1993 to 2002 the tournament was produced as a pay-per-view event.
Dates and venues of finals
See also
- Professional wrestling tournament
- All Pro Wrestling tournaments
- New Japan Pro Wrestling tournaments
- Pro Wrestling Guerrilla tournaments
- Lucha Underground tournaments
- Ohio Valley Wrestling tournaments
- Ring of Honor tournaments
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling tournaments
- WCW tournaments
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