WWE tournaments
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; CO-Countout; DCO-Double countout; DQ-Disqualification; Ref-Referee's decision
WWF 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.
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 "Macho Man" Savage | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ivan Putski | 02:47 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Randy "Macho Man" Savage | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Randy "Macho Man" Savage | 04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ricky Steamboat | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Davey Boy Smith | 03:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ricky Steamboat | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||
| Randy "Macho Man" Savage | 09:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Junkyard Dog | CO | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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
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, Jr. 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 Championship tournament (1990)
The WWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide new WWF Intercontinental Champion The title was vacated when Warrior defeated Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship.[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[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 World Tag Team Championship (1995)
The World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide new WWF World 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 & Tatanka | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Headshrinkers | ||||||||||||||
| The Headshrinkers (Fatu & Sione) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Owen Hart & Jim Neidhart | ||||||||||||||
| Bam Bam Bigelow & Tatanka | ||||||||||||||
| The 1–2–3 Kid & Bob Holly | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Ray) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Bushwhackers (Butch and Luke) | ||||||||||||||
| The Heavenly Bodies | ||||||||||||||
| The 1–2–3 Kid & Bob Holly | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The 1–2–3 Kid & Bob Holly | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Well Dunn (Timothy Well & Steven Dunn) | ||||||||||||||
WWF World Tag Team Championship (1996)
The WWF World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide new WWF World 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Bret Hart | |||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | |||||||||||||||
| Yokozuna | |||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | |||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | |||||||||||||||
| Ahmed Johnson | |||||||||||||||
| Marty Jannetty | |||||||||||||||
| Steve Austin | |||||||||||||||
| Steve Austin | |||||||||||||||
| Ahmed Johnson | |||||||||||||||
| Ahmed Johnson | |||||||||||||||
| Aldo Montoya | |||||||||||||||
| Ahmed Johnson | |||||||||||||||
| Hunter Hearst Helmsley | |||||||||||||||
| The Undertaker | |||||||||||||||
| Isaac Yankem | |||||||||||||||
| The Undertaker | |||||||||||||||
| British Bulldog | |||||||||||||||
| Duke Droese | |||||||||||||||
| 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 new WWF Intercontinental Champion 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 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Austin | ||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Austin | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Austin | DQ | |||||||||||||
| The Undertaker | ||||||||||||||
| The Undertaker | ||||||||||||||
| Mankind | ||||||||||||||
WWF European Championship tournament (1997)
The WWF European Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide new WWF European Champion[5]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| British Bulldog | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Mankind | ||||||||||||||
| British Bulldog | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Vader | ||||||||||||||
| Vader | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Rocky Maivia | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Davey Boy Smith | |||||||||||||||
| Davey Boy Smith | 11/4 | ||||||||||||||
| Mankind | |||||||||||||||
| Phineas 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Steve Austin | 10/4 | ||||||||||||||
| Bret Hart | |||||||||||||||
| Steve Austin | 11/4 | ||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | |||||||||||||||
| Henry Godwinn | 10/4 | ||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart | |||||||||||||||
WWF World Tag Team Championship (1997)
The World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide new WWF World 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.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Farooq & D-Lo Brown | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Vader & The Undertaker | ||||||||||||||
| Farooq & D-Lo Brown | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Legion of Doom | ||||||||||||||
| The Godwinns | ||||||||||||||
| The Legion of Doom | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Farooq & D-Lo Brown | ||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart & The British Bulldog | Pin | |||||||||||||
| New Blackjacks | ||||||||||||||
| Owen Hart and The British Bulldog | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Owen Hart & The British Bulldog | ||||||||||||||
| The Headbangers | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Jerry Lawler & 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 on October 5 at the pay-per-view. The tournament brackets were Vacated due to a neck injury Austin suffered in winning the title.:
| 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.
| 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.
WWF 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 | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 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 new WWF Intercontinental Champion[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 | ||||||||||||||
WWF Championship tournamant (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
WWF Undisputed World Heavyweight Title #1 Contendership Tournament (2002)
The WWF Undisputed World Heavyweight Title #1 Contendership Tournament was a tournament to face Chris Jericho for the Undisputed WWF Championship at No Way Out.[15]
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Steve Austin | Pin | |||||||
| 4 | Booker T | 9:16 | |||||||
| Steve Austin | Pin | ||||||||
| Kurt Angle | 10:27 | ||||||||
| 3 | Kurt Angle | Pin | |||||||
| 2 | The Rock | 9:24 | |||||||
Tag Team Championship tournament
The WWE Team 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 | ||||||||||||
| Stevie Richards | 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 new WWE United States Championship[18]
The tournament for the vacant WWE United States Championship 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. 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.[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 | ||||||||||||||
World Heavyweight Championship #1 contenders 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.[20]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | 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.[20]
| 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 decide new WWE Women's Champion after Trish Stratus retired her wrestling career.<ref name="ReferenceA"/[21] The first round started on September 25, 2006.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Lita | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Candice | ||||||||||||||
| Lita | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Maria | ||||||||||||||
| Maria | Strip | |||||||||||||
| Candice Torrie Wilson Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Lita | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Mickie James | Cyber Sunday (2006) | |||||||||||||
| Mickie James | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Mickie James | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Melina | ||||||||||||||
| Melina | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Torrie Wilson | ||||||||||||||
Maria defeated Candice, Victoria and Wilson in Bra and Panties Match.
This final tournament 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.[22]
| 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 | |||||||
- - Chris Benoit was a no-show.
Championship Competition Tournament
The Championship Competition Tournament was a tournament for the #1 Contendership of the World Heavyweight Championship.[23]
| 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.[24]
| Semifinals | Qualifers | Finalists | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Big Show | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Tommy Dreamer | 01:35 | ||||||||||||||
| Big Show | |||||||||||||||
| Finlay & Montel Vontavious Porter | |||||||||||||||
| Finlay | Double-Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Montel Vontavious Porter | 14:46 | ||||||||||||||
| Big Show, Finlay & Montel Vontavious Porter | |||||||||||||||
| Matt Hardy & 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.[25]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | 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 2008 to determine a #1 contender for the World Heavyweight.[26]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Shawn Michaels | 12/22 | |||||||||||||
| Kane | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Shawn Michaels | ||||||||||||||
| Randy Orton | ||||||||||||||
| Bret Hart | 12/22 | |||||||||||||
| Batista | Nichtantritt | |||||||||||||
| 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.[27]
| 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.[28]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | 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 | |||||||||||||
WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament (2010)
The WWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament was a tournament On May 7, 2010 Theodore Long suspended McIntyre and vacated the title. Next week, Kofi Kingston won a tournament to declare a new champion, but Mr. McMahon reverted Long's decision. The vacancy of the title and Kofi Kingston's championship win are not recognized by WWE, and WWE continued to recognize McIntyre as champion during that period.[29]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||
| 1 | Kofi Kingston | Pin | |||||||
| 4 | Dolph Ziggler | ||||||||
| Kofi Kingston | Pin | ||||||||
| Christian | |||||||||
| 3 | Christian | Pin | |||||||
| 2 | Cody Rhodes | ||||||||
WWE Championship tournament
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.[30]
| 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 | |||||||||||||
WWE NXT Championship tournament
On the August 1, 2012 edition of NXT when NXT Commissioner Dusty Rhodes announced a "Gold Rush" tournament, featuring 4 developmental roster NXT Superstars and 4 main roster WWE Superstars competing to be crowned as 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.[31]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | 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 tournament held at Hell in a Cell (2012).
| 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 & Santino Marella) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Raw | Team Rhodes Scholars | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 10/22* | Rey Mysterio & 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 & Sin Cara | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Raw | Rey Mysterio & 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.
WWE 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.[32]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) | Pin[33] | |||||||||||||
| Percy Watson and Yoshi Tatsu | ||||||||||||||
| The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) | Pin[33] | |||||||||||||
| Bo Dallas and Michael McGillicutty | ||||||||||||||
| Bo Dallas and Michael McGillicutty | Pin[33] | |||||||||||||
| 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[33] | |||||||||||||
| 3MB (Drew McIntyre and Heath Slater) | ||||||||||||||
| British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey) | Pin[33] | |||||||||||||
| Kassius Ohno and Leo Kruger | ||||||||||||||
| Kassius Ohno and Leo Kruger | Pin[33] | |||||||||||||
| Alex Riley and Derrick Bateman | ||||||||||||||
Royal Rumble Entry NXT Tournament (2013)
The Royal Rumble Entry NXT Tournament was a tournament.[34]
| 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 | |||||||||||||
WWE NXT Women's Championship (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, 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 Piage defeating Emma in the tournament finals.[35]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | 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.[36]
| 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 | |||||||||||||
WWE NXT Women's Championship (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.[37]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | 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 | |||||||||||||
WWE 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.[38]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) | 8/14 | |||||||||||||
| Blake & Murphy | Pin 2:45 | |||||||||||||
| Lucha Dragons | 8/21 | |||||||||||||
| Sami Zayn & Adam Rose | Pin 8:00 | |||||||||||||
| Sami Zayn & Adam Rose | 8/7 | |||||||||||||
| Tyson Kidd & Justin Gabriel | Pin 9:15 | |||||||||||||
| Lucha Dragons | 9/4 | |||||||||||||
| Vaudevillains | Pin 5:20 | |||||||||||||
| The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) | 8/14 | |||||||||||||
| Bull Dempsey & 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 & Jason Jordan | Pin 5:15 | |||||||||||||
WWE 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.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | 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 (2015)
The Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal Qualifying Tournament was a tournament at WrestleMania Axxess for the André the Giant Battle Royal.[39]
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
WWE Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's tournament (2016)
The Winners of the tournament will face The New Day for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | 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 Amore and Colin Cassady | NC | |||||||||||||
| Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady | 4/14 | |||||||||||||
| The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady | 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 | |||||||||||||
Global Cruiserweight Series
The inaugural Global Cruiserweight Series[40] will see thirty-two of the world's best cruiserweights battle it out to be crowned WWE's first Global Cruiserweight Series winner. The tournament is expected to be filmed at Full Sail University, Florida from 20–24 June, and will be broadcast on the WWE Network from 13 July. It is currently expected to run for ten episodes, with the finale due to be broadcast on 14 September.
- Qualified so far (as of May 6, 2016)
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
- All Pro Wrestling tournaments
- Pro Wrestling Guerrilla tournaments
- Lucha Underground tournaments
- Ohio Valley Wrestling tournaments
- Ring of Honor tournaments
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling tournaments
References
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- ↑ "WWE Network adds Global Cruiserweight Series to robust 2016 programming slate". WWE. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
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