It was earlier reported that WWE will certainly conduct a women’s tournament during this year’s summer.
Although Triple H and Stephanie McMahon announced in a press conference prior to Wrestlemania about the tournament, there was no further confirmation about it, until now.
As published on WWE.com, the series has been confirmed to take place on July 13th and 14th. The host of the event will be the home of the NXT, Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida. In order to honour the accolades of the great lady competitor, Mae Young, WWE has named this event as the Mae Young Classic Women’s Tournament.
32 competitors across the world will be participating in the tournament which will be an exclusive program for the WWE Network. The finale for the same might take place in the month of August. Check out the details published on WWE.com,
“WWE has announced that the first-ever Mae Young Classic women’s tournament will take place Thursday, July 13, and Friday, July 14, from Full Sail, Live in Orlando, Fla.
The tournament, named after WWE Hall of Famer and one of the greatest WWE Superstars in history, Mae Young, will feature 32 of the top female competitors from around the world participating in a single-elimination tournament. The unprecedented event will stream later this summer exclusively on WWE Network.”
A tournament with top female talent from around the world is the next stage of the Womens Evolution in @WWE…July 13/14th from @FullSail. pic.twitter.com/qidXuWBGXA
— Triple H (@TripleH) May 23, 2017
Tickets for the #MaeYoungClassic go on sale 10am ET Friday at https://t.co/pcQU3cSnfR.
Honor the past. Look to the future.
— Triple H (@TripleH) May 23, 2017
Triple H, WWE Executive Vice President, Talent, Live Events and Creative further provided us with some updates on his Twitter account about the ticket selling with the following quotes:
“The Mae Young Classic will mark a significant moment in the evolution of WWE. We are proud to provide this unique opportunity for the best female talent from around the world.”
This was not the only announcement that WWE has for yesterday. The company also confirmed that WWE’s annual tradition of bringing out the updated version of WWE 2K series will continue, even this year too.
The latest edition, WWE 2K18 will be available in this year’ fall as announced on 2K’s Twitter handle.
.@2K announced as part of its earnings reports that #WWE2K18 is officially confirmed to release this fall. https://t.co/Tp9VGe1LWY pic.twitter.com/Xn0dHq9RS6
— WWE 2K18 (@WWEgames) May 23, 2017
WWE has made a tradition of making someone interesting to feature on the cover of the 2K series, every year.
We have seen the returns of Sting, Ultimate Warrior, and Goldberg through it in previous years. So, we will be anxious to know if someone else is going to make it to the list or not.