New Tournament Begins Next Week With Special Rules

They need someone new. Tournaments are an easy concept in wrestling as anyone can get what you are going for with them. You have a bunch of people in a bracket of some kind and whoever is the most successful or the last wrestler standing gets a prize. That could be just about anything, and now we know what WWE is going to put on the line in its next tournament.

This week on NXT UK, a new tournament was announced to crown a #1 contender for the Heritage Cup Title, currently held by Tyler Bate. The eight man tournament will begin next week with the initial first round match, though there is no word on when the finals will be held. The Heritage Cup uses a rounds based system with multiple falls or a knockout being needed to win a match. Here are the brackets:

Mark Andrews
Noam Dar

Kenny Williams
Oliver Carter

Wolfgang
Sam Gradwell

Teoman
Nathan Frazier

The Heritage Cup is rather cool. Check out what they’re fighting:

Heritage Cup Tournament First Round recap: NXT UK, Oct. 29, 2020

A-Kid and Tyler Bate clash for Heritage Cup and more: NXT UK highlights, May 20, 2021

Seven battles A-Kid for the Heritage Cup and more: NXT UK highlights, Nov. 25, 2020

Opinion: I could go for this, as having a bunch of these matches over the course of a few weeks should work out well. The Heritage Cup has grown on me a lot since it debuted and a series of matches not involving the champion could work out very well. NXT UK has the talent roster to make this work and some of the matches already have me intrigued. Now just execute it well.

What do you think of the tournament? Who do you have winning? Let us know in the comments below.

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