The tournament for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship will begin on the May 8 episode of WWE Raw.
Triple H previously announced that a new WWE World Heavyweight Champion would be crowned at WWE Night of Champions. During the 2023 WWE Draft, he confirmed that the title would be exclusive to WWE Raw, as Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns was selected by WWE SmackDown.
During the WWE Backlash Press Conference, WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H stated that the tournament will begin on the May 8 episode of WWE Raw, and it will continue on the May 12 episode of WWE SmackDown. The winners from each night will advance to the title match at WWE Night of Champions on May 27.
"A few weeks ago, I introduced the world to the new World Heavyweight Championship. Since then, with Roman Reigns and the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship being drafted to SmackDown, this world championship will now be the property of Monday Night Raw. But starting after Backlash, this Monday night on Raw, we will begin a world heavyweight championship tournament. It will be across both brands. On Monday Night Raw, there will be two triple threat matches, with the winners facing each other later that night to determine a winner for Monday Night Raw. That Friday on SmackDown, the same thing will happen. Two Triple Threat matches will take place. Those winners will face each other at the end of SmackDown to determine a winner there. Those two winners from Raw and SmackDown will then go on to Night of Champions, where one of them will be crowned the new World Heavyweight Champion," Triple H said.
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Cody Rhodes recently commented on the introduction of the new WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Click here to see what he had to say.
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