On the July 18, 2011, edition of WWE Raw, the WWE Championship was vacated, after champion CM Punk left WWE. The title was put up in a tournament featuring the top Eight wrestlers. The finals of the tournament would take place at WWE RAW on July 25, which was won by Rey Mysterio.
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| Quarterfinals (TV - July 18, 2011 Raw) |
Semifinals (TV - July 18, 2011) |
Final (TV - July 25, 2011) | |||||||||||||
| The Miz | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Alex Riley | 5:00 | ||||||||||||||
| The Miz | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Kofi Kingston | 3:52 | ||||||||||||||
| Kofi Kingston | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Alberto Del Rio | 5:08 | ||||||||||||||
| The Miz | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Rey Mysterio | 13:17 | ||||||||||||||
| R-Truth | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Swagger | 4:20 | ||||||||||||||
| Rey Mysterio | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| R-Truth | 12:48 | ||||||||||||||
| Rey Mysterio | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Dolph Ziggler | 4:57 | ||||||||||||||