10 Reasons You Should Be Watching WWE Mixed Match Challenge

10. Tournaments Are Always Fun

WWE often struggles to create stakes in its television product. There are throwaway matches on TV every week that mean nothing for either of the superstars involved, whether they win or lose. One of the quickest ways to change that is with a tournament format. The jeopardy of a single elimination tournament means every bout is sudden death.

A tournament also works because it's easy to dip in and dip out without missing any ongoing storylines or crucial developments. A glance at the bracket is all it takes to be completely up to speed with the events, which is ideal for a show that is confined to a fairly little-used corner of social media.

The company has fallen in love with this format in recent years, whether it's with the semi-regular Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic on NXT or the highly successful WWE Network tournaments for women and cruiserweights of the last few summers. WWE has found a huge number of ways to use tournaments in order to seduce fans into spending more time with the Network. The inherent excitement of the elimination stipulation gives every match stakes and makes every bout worth watching.