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That would rule almost as much as a reverse lumberjack match.
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I too miss tournaments, especially King of the Ring. They definitely have enough talented guys on the roster who are floundering and have nothing better to do that could be in the tourney and put on some good matches.
Am I crazy or did KOTR winners for a few years or a few times in the 90's, also earn a title shot at Summerslam or the next PPV? |
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#43 |
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Lesnar did. I feel like that may have been the only time though.
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At least as a prize. Other guys have won the KOTR and then gone on to challenge for the title at SummerSlam but I think it was coincidental.
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Ah, I remembered it happening but wasn't sure if it was something they actually pushed as another award at one point or not. I feel like it would be a cool way to help build up title feuds/matches for Summerslam like the Rumble does (or used to) for Mania. Although with MITB it may be overkill at this point. Even if it did work, they'd probably find some way to screw it up.
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Feel like there should have been a tournament to determine Del Rio's opponent for summerslam would have meant more instead of a random triple threat
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Nothing to do with tournaments, but when was the last time there was a number 1 contenders match on a PPV?
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Same with Survivor Series, giving the winning teams a reward, surviving members get a spot in the Rumble or something, maybe even do a gold rush tournament on tv with the winning team to determine the #1 contender for TLC. |
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I don't think any of those guys challenged for the IC title at the pre-SummerSlam PPV or SummerSlam.
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TNA has a good thing with the Bound For Glory Series - though not a traditional tourney. It means for 2 months they can fill TV with random matches that actually mean something.
When is WWE's traditional "down period"? They could run a massive tournament during that time that might get some interest. Or build it towards/at Survivor Series as it ties-in with the survivor theme. Either book towards it with the winner getting a WWE Title shot at the PPV or have the semi-finals on the show, the eventual winner would have competed twice before their match which would put them in an interesting underdog situation. Then you have a number of angles spin-off from the tournament matches giving you something to work with towards Christmas/before Rumble Season kicks in. |
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#54 |
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From Summerslam to the Rumble its pretty much dead so something like that would make perfect sense, you've still got 3 PPVs until the Rumble build up starts and that's an ideal focal point to use on TV to give the casual audience something to relate it too and give the Rumble match itself some stories that make sense.
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#56 |
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What I meant to say is the current year's KOTR winner would typically win the IC title the following SummerSlam:
Austin won IC at SS '97. HHH won IC at SS '98. Mr. Ass was derailed by a feud over the rights to the DX name (lost to Road Dogg and X-Pac) and then didn't challenge for the IC title until 2001, never challenging for the WWE title. Angle won KOTR '00 and challenged unsuccessfully for the WWE title at SS '00 against champ Rock and co-challenger HHH in a triangle match. Last edited by Curd; 09-19-2013 at 01:18 AM. |
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First Round: * The former King of the Ring, Sheamus, "defends" his crown against Kane. It doesn't really matter who wins this match, but I'd go with Kane, just because he seems to have more going on at SummerSlam, and putting him over Sheamus would give him a bit of a credibility boost heading into that show. Sheamus can use the leg as an excuse to go out in the first round and take some time off. * Randy Orton defeats Damien Sandow in a Money in the Bank Winner vs. Money in the Bank Winner round with the RKO. * Rob Van Dam defeats Antonio Cesaro with the Five Star Frog Splash after getting stretched out and uppercutted a lot. * Christian defeats former World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger with The Killswitch, using his experience and skill to outsmart the head-strong young hoss. (Two of these matches happened on SmackDown over the past few weeks anyway.) Semi-Finals: * Randy Orton defeats Kane when he counters a Chokeslam into an RKO. The Wyatt Family then attack Kane and tell him to follow the buzzards. * Christian defeats RVD when he uses his own Frog Splash on RVD. Respect is shown between Christian and RVD after the match. Finals: * Christian defeats Orton with The Killswitch when he counters an RKO attempt to become the 2013 King of the Ring. They then have something to hype Christian as when he goes to battle Del Rio at SummerSlam. They can talk about how the career launched Bret Hart, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Triple H, Edge, Brock Lesnar, Booker T and Sheamus to higher stratospheres. If you have Christian win the World Title at SummerSlam, all of a sudden it makes the tournament mean something again, and they can use it in an entirely different context next year. |
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#58 |
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Time for a WWE title tournament?!
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#59 |
Are you kidding me?!
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I found a few of non-WWE tournaments that were pretty cool. Like the King of Europe Cup that took place in Britian that featured Rhyno and Davey Richards. In Japan the 1995 WAR J-Cup that had an early Jericho vs. Benoit match. The Super J Cup in 1994 which Beniot won and had Eddie Guerrero wrestling as Black Tiger.
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Hey Mister!
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Part of the reason I love Japanese wrestling is cause they have a ton of different tournaments.
G-1 Climax almost always delivers. |
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#61 |
FIT Challenge Slag People
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#62 |
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Big Show and Orton make it to the finals with the understanding that Orton will do the "Fingerpoke of Doom" on Show for the title, but Show refuses once the bell has rung and pins Orton after a five-minute match to become WWE Champion.
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#63 |
RIP SABU
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Would love a WWE Championship tournament. 16 participants, 8 matches, 3 hours, 2 finalists, 1 WWE Champion. Do this for RAW.
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You might want to check your working out for those numbers there.
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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What, 4 fatal fourways, then two semifinals, a final, then another final. Eight matches.
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Owen fought Bret in the cage at Summerslam '94 after winning KotR as well. Dont think that was directly because of the KotR win tho... Survivor Series NEEDS to come back. The biggest benefit from bringing traditional surivor series matches and KotR back is just what everyone said, give the guys doing jack shit at least a CHANCE to be involved in something...anything! Hows this? 20 years after the Foreign Fanatics took on the All Americans at Survivor Series '93 from Boston they decide to do it again, with Survivor Series once again in Boston. Only this time the All Americans are the heels (Real Americans captains) and the Foreign Fanatics are the faces captained by Santino! The thought of Santino recruiting kayfabe foreigners without taking no for an answer is hillarious to me. Think about Santino getting Tons of Funk, from "Planet Funk" and "Japan" and Kofi from "Jamaica" to team with him to take on the All Real Americans with Swagger, Cesaro, Big E. and Damien Sandow. Great story that would give Santino something funny and actually important to do that would be comedic gold for someone with his skills. The Real Americans doing a sit down interigation style interview process to find the perfect fit for their team would be pretty great to watch too. Colter screaming at Sandow and intimidating him into saying yes also makes me happy to think about. Last edited by Tony Revolution; 09-23-2013 at 06:26 AM. |
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Are you kidding me?!
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That tournament they did for the WWE title when CM Punk "left the company" was pretty sweet. Some great matches there. OK, cya later.
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Feeling Oof-y
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