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WWE News: John Cena Announced For World Cup At Crown Jewel, Kurt Angle Wins Spot
After D-Generation X opened up tonight’s edition of RAW by challenging The Undertaker and Kane at Crown Jewel (check that out here), we got more insight into the World Cup tournament which will also take place on Friday, November 2nd in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
We already knew that tomorrow night’s SmackDown Live would see two World Cup Qualifiers as Big Show returns to the ring for the first time in over a year to face ‘The Viper’ Randy Orton. Meanwhile, Jeff Hardy is back in action onthe blue brand for the first time since Hell In A Cell and will go one-on-one with Samoa Joe, who’s fresh off a loss to WWE Champion AJ Styles at Super Show-Down. Tonight on RAW, it was revealed that John Cena will also be participating in the World Cup and has received a bye, therefore he is the only Superstar who does not have to qualify:
There's only one @WWE Superstar who does NOT have to qualify for the #WWEWorldCup to determine the best in the world…and his name is @JohnCena! #RAW pic.twitter.com/TLSBjtTRAR
— WWE (@WWE) October 9, 2018
Additionally, Acting RAW General Manager Baron Corbin presented a Global Battle Royal where the winner would move onto the World Cup at Crown Jewel. Corbin would make his way to the ring, which was filled with random “foreign” talents, including a Conquistador. The fix was in as Baron looked to easily cement his spot in the World Cup, but shocking The Conquistador would be the last man standing after surprising the Acting General Manager with German suplexes. Of course, this wasn’t any regular Conquistador as he revealed himself to be Kurt Angle:
"Have you ever seen so much talent in one place?"@BaronCorbinWWE has put together a field of INCREDIBLE Superstars for this #GlobalBattleRoyal! #RAW pic.twitter.com/ySkkFY6keM
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) October 9, 2018
WAIT A MINUTE…#RAW #WWEWorldCup pic.twitter.com/zktJp0z1YN
— WWE (@WWE) October 9, 2018
Your next competitor in the #WWEWorldCup at #WWECrownJewel is none other than @RealKurtAngle!
OH, IT'S TRUE! IT'S DAMN TRUE! #RAW pic.twitter.com/PQTvpmrngV
— WWE (@WWE) October 9, 2018
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Did your picks win points?
The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!
Here are your Gold League standings!
- Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
- Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
- Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
- Rush: 0-1, 0 points
- Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
- Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points
Here are your Blue League standings!
- Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
- Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
- Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
- Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
- Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
- Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete
My Thoughts:
Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.
Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.
In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.
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Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”
Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:
Blue League
- Bryan Danielson
- Andrade El Idolo
- Brody King
- Claudio Castagnoli
- Daniel Garcia
- Eddie Kingston
Gold League
- Jon Moxley
- Swerve Strickland
- Rush
- Mark Briscoe
- Jay Lethal
- Jay White
Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:
- Every match has a 20 minute time limit
- The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
- EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action
Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!
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