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On various occasions in professional wrestling, a single-elimination tournament of varying match types are held, often to determine a champion for a vacant or newly-created championship, to determine the number-one contender for a championship, or is held with no championship or #1 championship contendorship attached to winning such as most editions of the King of the Ring tournament.
The inaugural Speed Championship tournament final, which was taped on April 26, 2024, and aired on tape delay on May 3, saw Ricochet defeating Johnny Gargano to become the inaugural champion. [3] [4] This tournament final also confirmed that the championship matches would have a duration of five minutes instead of Speed ' s regular three-minute ...
A No Disqualification match, also known as a No Holds Barred match, [93] or sometimes as an Anything Goes match, an Extreme Rules match (in WWE, since the establishment of the now-former ECW brand), Tribal Combat and Bloodline Rules (in WWE, for wrestlers in the AnoaŹ»i family) or a No Ropes Catch Wrestling match (in MLW), is a match in which ...
On November 11, 2023, the American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) announced a tournament called the Continental Classic (C2). AEW president Tony Khan and AEW wrestler Bryan Danielson announced that the tournament would begin on the November 22, 2023, episode of Dynamite, lasting six weeks and concluding at the Worlds End pay-per-view (PPV) event on December 30.
After winning the tournament, Bart Gunn, while still under contract with the WWF, was offered an All Japan Pro Wrestling contract from owner Giant Baba, who took interest in hiring Gunn due in part to his knockout of Steve Williams. In Japan, Williams was a longtime main-eventer and held a strong reputation for his toughness, and Giant Baba ...
A torneo cibernetico is a multi-man professional wrestling elimination match that was created and primarily used in Mexican lucha libre professional wrestling promotions, especially in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The match format sees two teams of varying sizes face off against each other.
The tournament was inspired by New Japan Pro-Wrestling's International Wrestling Grand Prix tournament in the 1980s. [ 2 ] From 1994 until 1998 the Gran Prix was a single elimination tournament that featured a mixture of Mexican and international wrestlers, some who worked for CMLL regularly and some that were invited specifically for the ...
The NAIA wrestling championship is the annual tournament to determine the national champions of NAIA men's collegiate wrestling in the United States and Canada. It has been held annually since 1958. The tournament consists of both a team national title and individual titles at various weight classes. [1]