Big E & Carmella round out WWE Mixed Match Challenge lineup
The list of teams for WWE’s Mixed Match Challenge is officially set.
Big E won a fan vote over his New Day stablemates and will be teaming with Carmella in the tournament. WWE noted that Big E received 47 percent of the vote over Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods.
There was a dark match before SmackDown last night where Jimmy Uso & Naomi faced Baron Corbin & Tamina (who aren’t in Mixed Match Challenge). The match wasn’t part of the tournament and was a run-through ahead of the series’ debut. Beth Phoenix, who will be calling the show alongside Michael Cole and Corey Graves, was at SmackDown last night.
Mixed Match Challenge premieres on Facebook Watch at 10 p.m. Eastern time next Tuesday. It will be a 12-week series with 20-minute episodes and will feature a single-elimination mixed tag team tournament. Here’s the finalized list of teams:
Raw —
- Braun Strowman & Alexa Bliss
- Finn Balor & Sasha Banks
- Apollo Crews & Nia Jax
- The Miz & Asuka
- Goldust & Alicia Fox
- Elias & Bayley
SmackDown —
- Bobby Roode & Charlotte Flair
- Rusev & Lana
- Jimmy Uso & Naomi
- Shinsuke Nakamura & Natalya
- Sami Zayn & Becky Lynch
- Big E & Carmella
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