10 Greatest Tournaments In Pro Wrestling

10. WWE Gold Rush

There are very few things that WWE can say they consistently do well, but honestly, tournaments might just be the thing.

There’s a bunch of WWE tournaments that could have made this list – the NXT UK Championship tournaments were both good, the NXT Breakouts, and of course the Brawl For All, everyone’s favourite. Fucking HIT HIM. But often overlooked is the WWE Gold Rush tournament from 2005, to determine a number 1 contender for Batista’s World Heavyweight Championship.

The lineup’s insane; Benoit, Kane, Edge, Triple H, Jericho, Shawn Michaels and Shelton Benjamin, their famous match featuring THAT famous Superkick is from this tournament. The match quality was great, and featured a long-running story of Edge using his Money in the Bank briefcase to cheat his way through the tournament and into Lita’s heart. Top quality TV.

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