The Official Mae Young Classic Tournament Thread

[Superkick Party]

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting the planned women’s tournament in WWE will either tape in January or March.

It’s being said that some non-contracted talents have been told about a January start date, while others have been told March. Despite this, some women have been contacted and have been told they are going to be in the tournament, and they should leave certain dates to be available.

Details about the unconfirmed tournament are lacking right now, so it’s unclear if the tapings would take place over several months like the Cruiserweight Classic, or how it would be set up, but talents with oversea tour dates during the proposed tapings would have to get those rearranged to participate in the tapings.​

 

[Superkick Party]

HHH confirms WWE women's tournament, not a fan of intergender matches

 

[Breh Obama]

How long til we have the first Transgender wrestler

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

In an interview with the Fox Sports' Wrestling Compadres podcast, WWE COO Paul "HHH" Levesque confirmed that a WWE women's tournament is happening this year, likely this summer.

The podcast aired a clip from the interview Wednesday with the full interview set to be released this Friday. You can listen below, starting at the 21:30 mark.

Subscribers to this site have known of these plans for quite some time, both from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter and Wrestling Observer Radio. Dave Meltzer originally reported the long-discussed tourney was tentatively earmarked for May on the WWE Network.

Levesque said that the difficult thing has been trying to find the right time for the tournament, given their current schedule and the ever-changing landscape of WWE. He mentioned the UK tournament fit perfectly prior to the Royal Rumble and that he is hoping the women's tourney can happen this summer.

The plan is to recruit very similarly to the WWE Cruiserweight Classic where they "scour the globe" and find some talents that may be flying under the radar, increasing the talent pool for WWE as a whole.

Levesque was also asked about intergender matches and while he understands that they may work for some smaller groups as shock entertainment value, he didn't think the WWE fanbase would be ready for a male to be seen beating up a woman in the ring. He prefers the women being able to stand out on their own athletic merits.

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

In an interview with the Fox Sports' Wrestling Compadres podcast, WWE COO Paul "HHH" Levesque confirmed that a WWE women's tournament is happening this year, likely this summer.

The podcast aired a clip from the interview Wednesday with the full interview set to be released this Friday. You can listen below, starting at the 21:30 mark.

Subscribers to this site have known of these plans for quite some time, both from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter and Wrestling Observer Radio. Dave Meltzer originally reported the long-discussed tourney was tentatively earmarked for May on the WWE Network.

Levesque said that the difficult thing has been trying to find the right time for the tournament, given their current schedule and the ever-changing landscape of WWE. He mentioned the UK tournament fit perfectly prior to the Royal Rumble and that he is hoping the women's tourney can happen this summer.

The plan is to recruit very similarly to the WWE Cruiserweight Classic where they "scour the globe" and find some talents that may be flying under the radar, increasing the talent pool for WWE as a whole.

Levesque was also asked about intergender matches and while he understands that they may work for some smaller groups as shock entertainment value, he didn't think the WWE fanbase would be ready for a male to be seen beating up a woman in the ring. He prefers the women being able to stand out on their own athletic merits.

were really supposed to forget they did this already, huh?

 

[Sypress]

I'm interested in this tournament but I wonder what they plan on doing afterwards

Give the winner a title shot?

Start a show with only women?

Sign a good amount of them?

 

[Champagne Kudo]

I'm interested in this tournament but I wonder what they plan on doing afterwards

Give the winner a title shot?

Start a show with only women?

Sign a good amount of them?

They should sign some and call them up. both shows womens divisions need more bodies. Capable ones especially.

 

[Champagne Kudo]

HHH need to hurry up

 

[mrken12]

They should sign some and call them up. both shows womens divisions need more bodies. Capable ones especially.

Does Raw really need that many extra women? They'll only use them 3 at a time.

 

[Mr. Brown]

Does Raw really need that many extra women? They'll only use them 3 at a time.

Honestly, I can't really see anyone other than Charlotte, Sasha or Bayley being champ on Raw as long as all 3 of them are there at the same time.

 

[BlackAchilles]

You're welcome. :chiefbytchofficer:

Wrestling career aside as booker/promoter Triple H is a godsend and I'll be damned if the neckbeards say otherwise

 

[TheGodling]

In an interview with the Fox Sports' Wrestling Compadres podcast, WWE COO Paul "HHH" Levesque confirmed that a WWE women's tournament is happening this year, likely this summer.

The podcast aired a clip from the interview Wednesday with the full interview set to be released this Friday. You can listen below, starting at the 21:30 mark.

Subscribers to this site have known of these plans for quite some time, both from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter and Wrestling Observer Radio. Dave Meltzer originally reported the long-discussed tourney was tentatively earmarked for May on the WWE Network.

Levesque said that the difficult thing has been trying to find the right time for the tournament, given their current schedule and the ever-changing landscape of WWE. He mentioned the UK tournament fit perfectly prior to the Royal Rumble and that he is hoping the women's tourney can happen this summer.

The plan is to recruit very similarly to the WWE Cruiserweight Classic where they "scour the globe" and find some talents that may be flying under the radar, increasing the talent pool for WWE as a whole.

Levesque was also asked about intergender matches and while he understands that they may work for some smaller groups as shock entertainment value, he didn't think the WWE fanbase would be ready for a male to be seen beating up a woman in the ring. He prefers the women being able to stand out on their own athletic merits.

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

yeah act like times wasn't different back then and with the sponsors they have now they won't lose money

 

[R=G]

were really supposed to forget they did this already, huh?

 

[Green Ranger]

Classic G.O.A.T
H.O.H moment
Cot Damm I miss moment like that
JR going off like mother
The crowd in just shock & disgusted with Hunter & Austin
Austin actually getting legit boos for being a heel
Nowadays it's hard for heel to actually get any type of legit heel heat anymore