The WWE SmackDown World Cup Tournament was a professional wrestling tournament held by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). On the November 4, 2022 edition of SmackDown WWE announced that with the 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament beginning soon the WWE would host a World Cup tournament of it's own on SmackDown. The winner of the tournament received a WWE Intercontinental Championship Match against then champion Gunther.
Participants[]
Bracket[]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||
Santos Escobar | 8:20 | ||||||||||||||
Shinsuke Nakamura | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Santos Escobar | 6:41 | ||||||||||||||
Butch | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Butch | 7:30 | ||||||||||||||
Sami Zayn | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Santos Escobar | 20:45 | ||||||||||||||
Ricochet | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Braun Strowman | 1:50 | ||||||||||||||
Jinder Mahal | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Braun Strowman | 3:45 | ||||||||||||||
Ricochet | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Mustafa Ali | 10:45 | ||||||||||||||
Ricochet | Pin |