Most of the negatives from this eight-man tournament are not harsh criticisms, but minor gripes that can be improved upon in future years. This is a perfect example. The moment that R-Truth won his quarter-final match on Raw, it was fairly obvious that the finals would pit Bad News Barrett against Neville. That might sound a little presumptuous, but consider that Barrett had already won, so he would face Truth in the semi-finals. You have to assume hes going to the finals, so hell need a face: Neville or Ambrose. Since Neville had just fought Barrett on the Extreme Rules kickoff show, a rematch seemed in order. Boom. Its going to happen where you cant fool fans into thinking there are multiple outcomes of a match or tournament. Hopefully in the future, WWE can add more participants with a legit shot at winning and add a degree of suspense to the event.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
