WWE King & Queen Of The Ring 5/25/24

[Majingir]

Uso vs Dragunov in 2nd round I'd love seeing.

Dragunov wins that and we see Dragunov vs Gunther Raw finals?

Between that and something like Tiffany vs Lyra would really be great way for HHH to book this and really show off the next wave of talent on the main roster (and Gunther who is already well established, but this would probably cement him in the main event scene for good)

[Majingir]

I think this tournament is cursed.

First Woods is out, then McIntyres out, then Asuka, now Lashley is out due to injury.

We're not even past the 1st round yet!

If Gunthers in the finals for Raw, Melo or Orton on SD would be cool.

[UFCMPunk]

Per SD GM Nick Aldis, Bobby Lashley is not medically cleared to compete and has been pulled from the tournament. Angelo Dawkins will take his place.


https://twitter.com/RealNickAldis/st...49755515462146

[Majingir]

Quote: Originally Posted by Majingir

I think this tournament is cursed. First Woods is out, then McIntyres out, then Asuka, now Lashley is out due to injury.

Add Zelina to that list now.


Lashley and Zelina were 2 of the 3 people on The Bump this week talking about the tournament among other things. In less than a 4 day span they've both been declared injured and out of the tournaments.

[Majingir]

https://x.com/WWE/status/1789807350796243066

Watching a close up video with the audio from the ring like that feels cool.

1 step closer to King Kofi.....He must never win for PR sake.

2nd round matchups:
Raw
Gunther vs Kofi
Dragunov vs Jey


Shayna vs Iyo
Lyra vs Zoey

SD
Orton vs Melo
Knight vs Tonga

Nia vs Jade
Bianca vs Tiffany

I want to see Gunther vs Dragunov, Melo vs Knight, Iyo vs Lyra, Jade vs Tiffany. But I see it being Gunther vs Jey, Orton vs Tonga, Iyo vs Lyra and Jade vs Bianca.

[SmashMan]

Raw - Iyo vs Lyra seems like the clear women's final on that half of the bracket. Gunther's an obvious win over Kofi. I'm going to say they'll want to establish Dragunov by him beating Jey and then losing to Gunther.

Smackdown side - none of the potential men's matchups interest me so I'll take the safe pick of them doing Orton vs Tonga in the next round. Women's I say they'll go with Tiffany vs Jade.

I'll guess the finals at the PPV are Gunther vs Orton and Iyo vs Jade.

[Majingir]

Looks like they're saving Dragunov vs Gunther for another time. Or do we see Dragunov join Gunther? They had a staredown backstage, but then it seemed like a different look when Gunther came out at the end of Raw and walked by him when he went to confront Jey.

Gunther vs Jey on Raw side. I feel like the winner might spoil the SD side a bit, same with the women's.

If Gunther wins, I see Orton or LA Knight winning on SDs side.

If Jey wins, it has to be vs Tonga.

I'd rather Gunther win this whole thing, but Jey vs Tonga in the finals has the obvious story interest in it, and Tonga should win if those two meet up.

As for the Women's side, if Iyo wins on Raw, it'd be Jade or Bianca, but if Lyra wins, it's Nia or Tiffany. Vince isn't booking things so I don't see Nia beating Jade AND Bianca. Even Tiffany I don't think we'll see her win vs both. Jade vs Bianca would be the more intriguing SD finals, Jade probably winning the whole thing.

[Majingir]

First big shock of the tournament.

Nia winning that match over Jade (by DQ). I really thought Jade would win, especially once Bianca won.

Nia vs Bianca
Iyo vs Lyra

It's anyone's guess at this point who wins.

Orton vs Tonga
Jey vs Gunther

We're getting Jey vs Tonga aren't we?