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.

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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 Kuwait Cup was a tournament.

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 Yokozuna  
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 Marty Jannetty    
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 Isaac Yankem, D.D.S.  
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 Duke Droese
 The British Bulldog  
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 Savio Vega  
 Bob Backlund  
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 Butch Miller
 Kunter Kearst Kelmsley  

IWF Intercontinental Championship tournament (1996)

The WWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament was a tournament to decide a new IWF Intercontinental Champion after previous champion Ahmed Johnson forfeited the title after being attacked by the debuting Faarooq after winning an 11-man battle royal.

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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 crown the first-ever IWF European Champion.

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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)

Main article: Badd Blood: In Your House § IWF Intercontinental Championship tournament

The tournament to determine the new IWF Intercontinental Champion was held between September 8 and October 5, 1997, with the finals occurring at Badd Blood: In Your House. The title was vacated due to a neck injury that champion Stone Cold Steve Austin suffered when he won the championship.

IWF Light Heavyweight Championship tournament

Main article: D-Generation X: In Your House § 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.

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 a new IWF Intercontinental Champion after previous champion Triple K vacated the title due to injury

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IWF Championship tournamant (1998)

Main article: 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)

Main article: NXT Women's Championship § Inaugural championship tournament

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.

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.

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.

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)

Main article: Payback (2016) § Tag Team Tournament bracket

This tournament was to determine the new #1 Contenders to The New Day's IWE Tag Team Championships.

IWE Cruiserweight Classic

Main arcitle: IWE Cruiserweight Classic (2016)

The Global Cruiserweight Series will be a tournament.

IWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship Tournament (2016)

Main article: Backlash (2016) § SmackDown Tag Team Championship tournament bracket

IWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament (2017)

Main article: United Kingdom Championship Tournament (2017)

The United Kingdom Championship Tournament was a professional wrestling tournament produced by IWE, that aired exclusively on the IWE Network. The first round took place on January 14, 2017, while the finals occurred on January 15, 2017. The tournament was held at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, Lancashire, England and crowned the inaugural IWE United Kingdom Champion.

IWE United States Championship Tournament (2017–18)

IWE Cruiserweight Championship Tournament

Main article: WrestleMania 34 § IWE Cruiserweight Championship Tournament

IWE United Kingdom Championship Invitational

NXT North American Championship Invitational

NXT Tag Team Championship Invitational

As part of WrestleMania Axxess, the winner of the NXT Tag Team Championship Invitational received an NXT Tag Team Championship match on the morning of April 8, 2018. The defending champions, The Undisputed Era, were determined the night before at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans.

NXT Women's Championship Invitational

As part of WrestleMania Axxess, the winner of the NXT Women's Championship Invitational received an NXT Women's Championship match on the morning of April 8, 2018. The defending champion, Shayna Baszler, was determined the night before at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans.

Tag Team Eliminator

Main article: IWE Greatest Royal Rumble § Tag Team Eliminator bracket

IWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament (2018)

Main article: IWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament (2018)|United Kingdom Championship Tournament (2018)]]

IWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship Tournament (2018)

Main article: SummerSlam (2018) § SmackDown Tag Team Championship tournament

NXT UK Women's Championship Tournament

Main article: NXT UK Women's Championship § Inaugural tournament

IWE World Cup

Main article: Crown Jewel (2018) § IWE World Cup

The IWE World Cup was a tournament that took place on November 2, 2018 at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia. Four participants came from Raw and four participants came from SmackDown. In the tournament finals, Shane Matteson defeated Dolph Ziggler to be crowned "Best In The World".

NXT UK Tag Team Championship Tournament

Main article: NXT UK Tag Team Championship § Inaugural tournament

IWE Worlds Collide Tournament

Main article: Worlds Collide (2019)

IWE Cruiserweight Championship #1 Contender Tournament

Main article: WrestleMania 35 § IWE Cruiserweight Championship #1 Contender Tournament

NXT Breakout Tournament

Interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship Tournament

IWE Intercontinental Championship Tournament (2020)

King of the Ring

Main article: King of the Ring

King of the Ring is a professional wrestling single-elimination tournament held by IWE. The tournament was held annually from 1985 to 2002, with the exception of 1990 and 1992, and from 1993 to 2002 the tournament was produced as a pay-per-view event.

Dates and venues of finals

Event Date City Venue Winner
King of the Ring (1985) July 8, 1985 Foxborough, Massachusetts Sullivan Stadium Donald
King of the Ring (1986) July 14, 1986 Harley Race
King of the Ring (1987) September 4, 1987 Providence, Rhode Island Providence Civic Center Brady Savage
King of the Ring (1988) October 16, 1988 Ted Dibiase
King of the Ring (1989) October 14, 1989 Tito Santana
King of the Ring (1991) September 7, 1991 Bret Heart
King of the Ring (1993) June 13, 1993 Dayton, Ohio Nutter Center
King of the Ring (1994) June 19, 1994 Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore Arena Owen Heart
King of the Ring (1995) June 25, 1995 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Spectrum Mable
King of the Ring (1996) June 23, 1996 Milwaukee, Wisconsin MECCA Arena Stone Cold Steve Austin
King of the Ring (1997) June 8, 1997 Providence, Rhode Island Providence Civic Center Kunter Kearst Kelmsley
King of the Ring (1998) June 28, 1998 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Civic Arena Ken Shamrock
King of the Ring (1999) June 27, 1999 Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum Billy Gunn
King of the Ring (2000) June 25, 2000 Boston, Massachusetts Fleet Center Kurt Angle
King of the Ring (2001) June 24, 2001 East Rutherford, New Jersey Continental Airlines Arena Edge
King of the Ring (2002) June 23, 2002 Columbus, Ohio Nationwide Arena Rob Lesnar
King of the Ring (2006) May 21, 2006 Phoenix, Arizona America West Arena Booker T
King of the Ring (2008) April 21, 2008 Greenville, South Carolina BI-LO Center William Kapphan
King of the Ring (2010) November 29, 2010 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wells Fargo Center Sheamus
King of the Ring (2015) April 27-28, 2015 Green Bay, Wisconsin Resch Center Bad News Barrett

Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic

Main article: Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic

The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic is an annual tag team tournament featured on the NXT brand and is named after IWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes, who died in 2015.

Dates and venues of finals

Year Event Date City Venue Winner

Mae Young Classic

Main article: Mae Young Classic

The Mae Young Classic is an all-women’s tournament produced by IWE. The event is named for IWE Hall of Famer Mae Young.

Dates and venues

Event Date City Venue Tournament finale

Mixed Match Challenge

Main article: IWE Mixed Match Challenge
Season Date won Winner Runner up
Season 1 April 3, 2018 The Miz and Asuka Bobby Roode and Charlotte Flair
Season 2 December 16, 2018 B-Truth and Carmella Jinder Mahal and Alicia Fox

See also

References

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