Participants revealed for WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament

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12 names set for the tournament.

The newly introduced WWE World Heavyweight Championship is going to be exclusive to Monday Night Raw. The first champion will be crowned come May 27th at Night of Champions in Saudi Arabia. 

The talents who’ll be competing in the tournament to crown a champion have been unveiled. It’ll be the following names in the tourney: 

  • Seth Rollins
  • Austin Theory
  • A.J. Styles
  • Bobby Lashley
  • Finn Bálor
  • Rey Mysterio
  • Edge
  • Damian Priest
  • The Miz 
  • Sheamus
  • Shinsuke Nakamura
  • Cody Rhodes

The tournament is scheduled to kick off on the May 8th Monday Night Raw and it’ll continue on Friday Night SmackDown.

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