Two teams advance in WWE WrestleMania qualifying tournament
New Catch Republic and Legado del Fantasma have advanced in SmackDown’s tournament to help decide Judgment Day’s WrestleMania 40 challengers.
Damian Priest & Finn Balor will be defending their Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles in a six-pack ladder match at WrestleMania. On Friday night, a tournament began to determine which SmackDown teams will be in the ladder match. Two matches in Bracket One took place on SmackDown. New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate) defeated Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson). Legado del Fantasma (Angel & Humberto) defeated The LWO (Joaquin Wilde & Cruz Del Toro).
Dunne & Bate vs. Angel & Humberto will be the finals of Bracket One. The winning team advances to the six-pack ladder match at WrestleMania.
WWE hasn’t announced when Dunne & Bate vs. Angel & Humberto will be happening.
The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) vs. AOP (Akam & Rezar) and The OC (Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson) vs. Grayson Waller & Austin Theory are the matches for Bracket Two. Both will take place on SmackDown next Friday.
On Raw this coming Monday, there will be three qualifying matches to determine Judgment Day’s other challengers for the six-pack ladder match. Raw’s qualifying matches are:
- The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) vs. Alpha Academy (Otis & Akira Tozawa)
- DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) vs. The Creed Brothers (Julius & Brutus Creed)
- R-Truth & The Miz vs. Indus Sher (Veer & Sanga).
Priest & Balor have held the Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles since October 2023.
Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia is hosting WrestleMania 40 on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7.
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