WWE recently revealed that a tournament will take place to crown the new World Heavyweight Champion at WWE Night of Champions on Saturday, May 27, 2023. 12 participants will battle each other to win the title. There will be six participants each from both RAW and SmackDown.
From the RAW brand Cody Rhodes, Damian Priest, Finn Bálor, Seth Rollins, Shinsuke Nakamura, and The Miz will take part in the tournament. AJ Styles, Austin Theory, Bobby Lashley, Edge, Rey Mysterio, and Sheamus will represent SmackDown.
Many top names like Gunther, Drew McIntyre, and Roman Reigns are absent from the participant list. This latest piece of news has prompted fans to react on social media. Fans believe Brock Lesnar will take his WWE Backlash revenge on The American Nightmare.
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The WWE Universe thinks Brock Lesnar will cost Cody Rhodes the title opportunity
WWE asked its fans to share their picks to win the tournament. Every fan picked out their own personal favorite wrestler. So it’s kind of hard to pick one name that is the most popular among the fans to win the championship. However, one name that popped up the most in the comment section is Rhodes.
Recently, The Beast lost to him very unexpectedly at WWE Backlash on Saturday. Therefore, some fans believe Lesnar will use this golden opportunity and take out his frustration on the 6’2 star. They think it will cost him the title opportunity. Here are some comments from the fans.
“hopefully brock costs cody and it leads to cody winning mitb and taking roman’s titles, that’s actually finishing the story.”
“I think Cody and Brock Lesnar story isn’t finish yet and we will cost Cody to qualify for the title tournament and they will face each other on night of champions so Seth Rollins will be perfect for this and he will make this prestigious”
“hopefully brock costs cody and it leads to cody winning mitb and taking roman’s titles, that’s actually finishing the story.”
“Someway Somehow Cody got distracted by Roman Reigns Bloodline or Brock Lesnar during Cody’s Match in that Cody will be out of Tournament.So that the Story between Cody and Roman will continue.”
Surprisingly, the WWE Universe doesn’t think Lesnar messing with Rhodes’ title opportunity will be a bad idea for a storyline twist.
Fans want Rhodes and Reigns to finish their story
The WWE Universe doesn’t want The American Nightmare to win the new title, anyway. And it is because they want him to finish his unfinished story with The Tribal Chief. Both the stars have left their story on a cliffhanger after Rhodes lost to Reigns at WrestleMania 39.
“i think we can all agree that cody should NOT WIN THIS! He needs to beat roman!!!”
“I’m the biggest Cody mark, but it should be Seth. Cody has to finish the story with Roman or I’ll be pissed”
“Cody’s belts are the ones on Roman. Period. Make Seth the World Heavyweight Champion.”
“Broo let cody finish his story with Roman Seth needs this one”
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In addition, fans were also quick to point out that Drew McIntyre and LA Knight were not on the participants’ list for the tournament. This irked some fans, as you can see very well in the comments below.
“Where is Drew McIntyre 😢”
“Where is LA KNIGHT AND DREW MCINTYRE? This just sucks”
“I’m really sad @dmcintyrewwe is not in this tournament 🫤”
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“WHERE IS LA KNIGHT”
“Ughhhh no Drew McIntyre??? 👀??”
No LA Knight in this? C’mon man…
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Each of the 12 superstars equally deserves the new title. So who will win the new title is a question only time will tell. Also, tell us, do you think Lesnar will cost Rhodes the new title in the upcoming tournament? Share your comments below.
