This is just an idea I have had floating around for some time, and I thought it best now to share it. I think that the wwe needs to have a major tournament. Besides the KotR, which has not been around for a long time(expect if you count that event a few years ago), the wwe has not had a real good tournament since survivor series 98 to crown a new champion. And while some of you may think that this was a terrible tourney, I don't think it was at all. A good 16 wrestler tourney on one show, where really unless you were psychic you had no idea that the Rock was going to win the tourney and as a result create alongside McMahon the Corporation. This was a compelling tournament that had many good matches on the card.
Anyways my idea for a tournament is a little bit different. You realistically cannot have a major tournament on one show like this in the wwe at this time, and this in large part due to injuries(which will definitely happen). So my idea is to have a 32 man tournament which will encompass all 3 brands, and it will pit all the top superstars against one another to find out who is the best in the wwe. The winner of this tournament as well will get a guaranteed title match against the champion of their choosing, and if it is a champion who wins the tournament, then they still get a shot at another title, add some old school wrestling where champions could hold more than one major title at a time(brands are almost like different promotions, so that would work). This is the perfect time for a tourney such as this because for the most part, every major wwe superstar is not on the injured list(well except for Mysterio). You have returns from Big Show, Jericho, JBL, to go along with superstars such as Taker, Batista, HBK, Cena, HHH, Jeff Hardy, MVP and so on. Never again I think will you have an opportunity such as this. Anyway my idea is that this tournament begins in June(when generally the ratings are lower, so its a chance to raise the ratings). The announcement for the tournament could be made after the June ppv(vengeance I believe). Anyway the tournament will begin after the June ppv and continue on until Summerslam, where the semi-finals and the finals will be held. So between these 2 ppv's, you would have the round of 32, 16, and the quarters, held on all 3 television shows(about 1-2 matches per show). I think this would be excellent because it would get the fans interested a lot(tournaments tend to do this) will create unpredictability(when you have the best fight against the best, going to be hard to see who will win. Ie. Cena vs HHH, HBK vs Taker ect.) It would be a chance for an up and coming superstar to add a lot of credibility(ie Hardy making it to at least the semi's would cement his status as a main eventer). It would also be a good chance to start up new feuds, maybe even create some sort of stable ala 98. Of course there would be some disputed finishes, but this only helps to create some feuds, in that their are screwjobs followed by worse screwjobs. At the summerslam ppv, you begin the show with the 2 semi final matches, and then the main event being the finals. And then of course the winner is crowned the best wrestler in the wwe and gets a title shot against whomever they want.
So what are your thoughts on this, would this work, would this not. Is it a completely insane idea that should be buried. Is there ways to tweak this idea to make it that much better, and so on.
Anyways my idea for a tournament is a little bit different. You realistically cannot have a major tournament on one show like this in the wwe at this time, and this in large part due to injuries(which will definitely happen). So my idea is to have a 32 man tournament which will encompass all 3 brands, and it will pit all the top superstars against one another to find out who is the best in the wwe. The winner of this tournament as well will get a guaranteed title match against the champion of their choosing, and if it is a champion who wins the tournament, then they still get a shot at another title, add some old school wrestling where champions could hold more than one major title at a time(brands are almost like different promotions, so that would work). This is the perfect time for a tourney such as this because for the most part, every major wwe superstar is not on the injured list(well except for Mysterio). You have returns from Big Show, Jericho, JBL, to go along with superstars such as Taker, Batista, HBK, Cena, HHH, Jeff Hardy, MVP and so on. Never again I think will you have an opportunity such as this. Anyway my idea is that this tournament begins in June(when generally the ratings are lower, so its a chance to raise the ratings). The announcement for the tournament could be made after the June ppv(vengeance I believe). Anyway the tournament will begin after the June ppv and continue on until Summerslam, where the semi-finals and the finals will be held. So between these 2 ppv's, you would have the round of 32, 16, and the quarters, held on all 3 television shows(about 1-2 matches per show). I think this would be excellent because it would get the fans interested a lot(tournaments tend to do this) will create unpredictability(when you have the best fight against the best, going to be hard to see who will win. Ie. Cena vs HHH, HBK vs Taker ect.) It would be a chance for an up and coming superstar to add a lot of credibility(ie Hardy making it to at least the semi's would cement his status as a main eventer). It would also be a good chance to start up new feuds, maybe even create some sort of stable ala 98. Of course there would be some disputed finishes, but this only helps to create some feuds, in that their are screwjobs followed by worse screwjobs. At the summerslam ppv, you begin the show with the 2 semi final matches, and then the main event being the finals. And then of course the winner is crowned the best wrestler in the wwe and gets a title shot against whomever they want.
So what are your thoughts on this, would this work, would this not. Is it a completely insane idea that should be buried. Is there ways to tweak this idea to make it that much better, and so on.
