Cronant
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Post by Cronant on Jul 18, 2012 17:00:38 GMT -5
Whens the last time we had one of these. Not just King of the Ring, but random number one contender Tourneys or something like that?
Notable Tournaments include
Gold Rush Tournament - 2005 - Winner gets a title shot at Batista's WHC. Notable moments are HBK's superkick to Shelton and the final match, Kane/Edge, where Lita helped Edge win to turn heel. JR was PISSED, seriously, look for that match at the end.
Smackdown Tourney - 2005 - Winner gets the WM title shot for the WWE title against JBL. The final was at No Way Out, where Cena beat Angle.
Road to Wrestlemania Tourney - 2006 - Winner gets the WM title shot for the WWE title against John Cena. The final is HHH beating Big Show and RVD in a triple threat match.
Anyone else like these, I know a few midcard belts have had Tournaments too.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2012 17:02:59 GMT -5
The tournament to determine the new WWE Champion last summer was the last one that happened, I think.
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Cronant
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Post by Cronant on Jul 18, 2012 17:04:26 GMT -5
Wow I forgot all about that.
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Post by 543Y2J on Jul 18, 2012 17:04:55 GMT -5
Not the most recent one but I enjoyed the IC Championship one with Punk vs Rey in the finale. It wasn't even for the title thinking of it, just to be the number 1 contender. Man how times have changed with midcard titles and that was only 3 or 4 years ago
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Post by CH Punk on Jul 18, 2012 17:05:48 GMT -5
The last tournament I can remember is the WWE Championship one the night after Money in the Bank 2011. Not only did they make the brackets give away the winners of the matches, but the end result (Mysterio winning) was basically made meaningless when Cena beat him for the title later in the night and Punk came back immediately after.
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Post by BigWill on Jul 18, 2012 17:12:29 GMT -5
The last tournament I can remember is the WWE Championship one the night after Money in the Bank 2011. Not only did they make the brackets give away the winners of the matches, but the end result (Mysterio winning) was basically made meaningless when Cena beat him for the title later in the night and Punk came back immediately after. And the one before that was King of the Ring 2010, which was only used to give the winner a losing streak to play on some KotR curse that they just made up. I can't believe I'm saying this, but the WWE could learn a few things on how to do tournaments right by watching TNA. |
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Post by Todd Pettengill on Jul 18, 2012 17:13:01 GMT -5
The WWE doesn't do enough tournaments, and when they do, they seldom do them right.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Jul 18, 2012 17:22:31 GMT -5
I want a one night tourney for the WWE Title with like 16 guys. It's been almost 14 years since we had one of those. Throw out one of the gimmick ppvs this year and give us that!
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Post by Loki-A-Go-Go! on Jul 18, 2012 19:20:26 GMT -5
Always liked the Deadly Game tournament at Survivor Series 1998.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jul 18, 2012 19:21:54 GMT -5
They should have a tournament. It would actually be the perfect way to build up a guy.
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Post by Some Guy on Jul 18, 2012 19:25:46 GMT -5
Always liked the Deadly Game tournament at Survivor Series 1998. It was a mess match wise, but goddamn that theme was awesome. |
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Post by Mayonnaise on Jul 18, 2012 19:30:26 GMT -5
They are doing one over the course of the next 3 or 4 NXT shows.
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Post by deancubed on Jul 18, 2012 21:51:57 GMT -5
They aren't traditional ladder tournaments but technically all the Beat The Clock Challenges are tournaments, and most of them have important consequences.
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Post by Manute Bol on Jul 18, 2012 22:00:48 GMT -5
I miss the old 16 man King of the Ring tournaments, especially when they had the last three rounds on the actual pay-per-view. Man, I'm a sucker for a good tournament.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2012 22:01:19 GMT -5
Not the most recent one but I enjoyed the IC Championship one with Punk vs Rey in the finale. It wasn't even for the title thinking of it, just to be the number 1 contender. Man how times have changed with midcard titles and that was only 3 or 4 years ago I don't think they really changed though. There was a bunch of nothing, then they had that tourney like they were trying to make the belt important, then it went back to nothing. |
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