By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
WWE revealed the brackets for the King of the Ring tournament and the following first-round matches.
Right Side of the Bracket
-Penta vs. Oba Femi vs. Solo Sikoa vs. Carmelo Hayes
-Dominik Mysterio vs. Bron Breakker vs. Trick Williams vs. Damian Priest
Left Side of the Bracket
-Seth Rollins vs. Je’Von Evans vs. Talla Tonga vs. Ricky Saints
-Jey Uso vs. LA Knight vs. Royce Keys vs. Finn Balor
WWE revealed the brackets for the Queen of the Ring tournament and the following first-round matches.
Right Side of the Bracket
-Liv Morgan vs. Becky Lynch vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Chelsea Green
-Sol Ruca vs. Lyra Valkyria vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Jade Cargill
Left Side of the Bracket
-Roxanne Perez vs. Iyo Sky vs. Giulia vs. Lash Legend
-Bayley vs. Raquel Rodriguez vs. Jacy Jayne vs. Kiana James
Powell’s POV: The brackets looked really fun when it appeared they were going with singles matches. The four-way approach strikes me as being gutless, overprotective booking, just like last year. The tournament will start on Monday’s Raw and will end at the Night of Champions event on June 27 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The tournament winners will earn world championship matches at SummerSlam on August 1-2 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Oba Femi for the men.
Chelsea Green for the women.
fatal 4 ways all up and down the bracket is lame. you could get so much more out of single matches and that spins off into feuds.
The four-way approach strikes me as being gutless, overprotective booking.
I happen to agree, but think the matches themselves could be interesting.
Seeing Liv Morgan in one of the matches does shock me considering she is one of the champions(she has since went on x and explained this) but you would think all secondary title holders would be involved, or at least would want to be involved, but that isn’t the case either ….I’m wondering why?
I hate the fatal 4 way approach. So much. That’s all I have to say on that.