List of IWE tournaments
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IWE 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
IWF The Wrestling Classic
The Wrestling Classic, also known as Wrestlevision, was a World Wrestling Federation (IWF) 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 IWF World Heavyweight Championship match.
Sam Muchnick Memorial Tournament
- Main article: Sam Muchnick Memorial Tournament
Frank Tunney Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament
The Frank Tunney Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament was a tournament.
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IWF World Heavyweight Championship tournament (1988)
- Main article: WrestleMania IV § Tournament bracket
The main event at WrestleMania IV was a 14-man tournament for the IWF World Heavyweight Championship where "Macho Man" Brady Savage defeated "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase to win the vacant IWF World Heavyweight Championship title.
IWF Intercontinental Championship tournament (1990)
The IWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide new IWF Intercontinental Champion
IWF Women's Championship tournament (1993)
The IWF Women's Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide new IWF Women's Champion
IWF World Tag Team Championship (1995)
- Main article: Royal Rumble (1995) § Tournament bracket
The World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide new IWF 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, which was won by The 1-2-3 Kid and Steve Holly.
IWF World Tag Team Championship (1996)
- Main article: WrestleMania XII § Tournament bracket
The IWF World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide new IWF World Tag Team Champions after former champions The Smokin' Gunns had to vacate the titles due to Billy Gunn suffering a neck injury, the tournament was won by The Bodydonnas.
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Kuwaiti Cup tournament (1996)
The Kuwaiti Cup was a tournament.
IWF Intercontinental Championship tournament (1996)
The IWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide new IWF Intercontinental Champion
Middle East Cup tournament
The Middle East Cup was a tournament.
IWF European Championship tournament (1997)
The IWF European Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide new IWF European Champion
Kuwaiti Cup tournament (1997)
The Kuwaiti Cup was a tournament.
IWF World Tag Team Championship (1997)
The World Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide new IWF 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.
IWF Intercontinental Championship tournament (1997)
The tournament to determine the new IWF 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:
IWF Light Heavyweight Championship tournament
The IWF 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 IWF 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.
IWF Brawl for All
- Main article: IWF Brawl for All
The IWF Brawl for All was a shoot fighting tournament held in the International Wrestling Federation that lasted from June 29, 1998 to August 24, 1998.
IWF Intercontinental Championship tournament (1998)
The IWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide new IWF Intercontinental Champion
IWF Championship tournamant (1998)
- Main article: [[IWF Survivor Series (1998)##"Deadly Games" Tournament brackets]|Survivor Series (1998) § "Deadly Games" Tournament brackets]
IWF Undisputed World Heavyweight Title #1 Contendership Tournament (2002)
The IWF Undisputed World Heavyweight Title #1 Contendership Tournament was a tournament.
Tag Team Championship tournament
- Main article: No Mercy (2002) § Tournament bracket
The IWE Team Team Championship tournament was a tournament held at IWE No Mercy 2002 to crown inaugural IWE tag team champions, which were Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle.
IWE Championship #1 contenders tournament (2003)
This was a tournament. The winner would face Rob Lesnar for his IWE Championship at Backlash.
IWE United States Championship tournament
The WWE United States Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide new IWE United States Championship
The tournament for the vacant IWE United States Championship was held between June 19 and July 27, 2003. The tournament brackets were:
IWE Championship #1 contenders tournament (2005)
The tournament to determined the number one contender for the IWE Championship match at WrestleMania 21 was held between February 1 and February 20, 2005. The tournament brackets were:
IWE Championship #1 contenders tournament (2005)
The IWE Championship #1 contenders tournament was a tournament.
IWE 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.
IWE Championship #1 contenders Road to WrestleMania tournament (2006)
The Road to WrestleMania Tournament was a tournament.
IWE Women's Championship tournament (2006)
The IWE Women's Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide new IWE Women's Champion after Trish Stratus retired her wrestling career.
XCW World Heavyweight Championship Tournament
The XCW World Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a tournament.
Championship Competition Tournament
The Championship Competition Tournament was a tournament for the #1 Contendership of the World Heavyweight Championship.
Championship Chase Tournament
The Championship Chase Tournament was a tournament.
Intercontinental Championship #1 contenders tournament (2008)
A tournament was announced to crown a new #1 Contender to go against IWE Intercontinental Champion William Kapphan, which was won by CM Punk.
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 Championship.
XCW Homecoming Tournament
The XCW Homecoming Tournament was a tournament.
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.
IWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament (2010)
The IWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament was a tournament.
IWE Championship tournament
On the July 18, 2011, edition of IWE Raw, the IWE Championship was vacated, after champion CM Punk left IWE. The title was put up in a tournament featuring the top Eight wrestlers. The finals of the tournament would take place at IWE RAW on July 25, which was won by Rey Mysterio.
IWE NXT Championship tournament
- Main article: NXT Championship § tournament
On the August 1, 2012 edition of NXT when NXT Commissioner Dusty Semmler announced a "Gold Rush" tournament, featuring 4 developmental roster NXT Superstars and 4 main roster IWE 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.
IWE Tag Team Championship tournament
- Main article: Hell in a Cell (2012) § Background
The IWE Tag Team Championship tournament was a tournament held at Hell in a Cell (2012).
IWE NXT Tag Team Championship tournament
- Main article: NXT Tag Team Championship § Inaugural 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.
Royal Rumble Entry NXT Tournament (2013)
The Royal Rumble Entry NXT Tournament was a tournament.
IWE 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 IWE NXT, by Kaila Matteson 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.
Intercontinental Championship #1 contenders tournament (2014)
- Main article: Extreme Rules (2014) § tournament bracket
In April 2014, the IWE held the Intercontinental Championship tournament to determine the #1 contenders to face Big E for the IWE Intercontinental Championship at Extreme Rules 2014. Bad News Barrett defeated Rob Van Dam in the final.
IWE 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 IWE 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.
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 (Sin Cara and Kalisto) won the tournament and defeated The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) at NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way on September 11, 2014 to win the titles.
IWE 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.
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.
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
- Main article: NXT TakeOver: Respect § bracket
IWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament (2015)
On November 5, 2015, the IWE World Heavyweight Championship was vacated, after champion Seth Rollins suffered a knee injury.
IWE Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's tournament (2016)
The Winners of the tournament will face The New Day for the IWE Tag Team Championship.
| First Round Raw (4/11) SmackDown (4/14) | Semifinals Raw (4/18) | Finals Payback | |||||||||||
Global Cruiserweight Series
- Main arcitle: Global Cruiserweight Series
The Global Cruiserweight Series will be a tournament.
King of the Ring
- Main article: King of the Ring
See also
- List of All Pro Wrestling Tournaments
- Pro Wrestling Guerrilla tournaments
- Lucha Underground tournaments
- Ohio Valley Wrestling tournaments
- Ring of Honor tournaments
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling tournaments
