World Heavyweight title tournament matches announced for WWE Raw
WWE has confirmed the World Heavyweight Championship tournament matches that are taking place on Raw tonight.
The tournament kicks off with two triple threat matches on tonight’s show. The winners of those matches will then go on to face each other in tonight’s main event. The winner of that match advances to Night of Champions, where the inaugural World Heavyweight Champion will be crowned.
Seth Rollins vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Damian Priest and Cody Rhodes vs. Finn Balor vs. The Miz are tonight’s triple threat matches.
The tournament continues on SmackDown this Friday. Austin Theory, AJ Styles, Bobby Lashley, Rey Mysterio, Edge, and Sheamus will be vying for a place in the tournament finals at Night of Champions.
Night of Champions is being held in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, May 27.
The updated lineup for tonight’s Raw is listed below:
- World Heavyweight title tournament match: Seth Rollins vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Damian Priest
- World Heavyweight title tournament match: Cody Rhodes vs. Finn Balor vs. The Miz
- Trish Stratus appears
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