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What’s the story?
As reported by Scott Fishman, reigning WWE RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss was spotted at the Mae Young Classic (MYC) tournament tapings.
Additionally, current number-1 contender for the WWE Championship, Samoa Joe, was also spotted at the aforementioned Mae Young Classic tapings.
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In case you didn’t know…
The inaugural WWE Mae Young Classic tournament took place last year—with Kairi Sane winning the said tournament.
The tournament received widespread praise from both professional wrestling fans as well as experts the world over—with many lauding not only the athleticism and wrestling skills, but also the character work and personality displayed by the 32 female competitors.
The heart of the matter
This year’s edition of the Mae Young Classic tournament features several big-name female talents such as—Aerial Monroe, Allysin Kay, Ashley Rayne, Deonna Purrazzo, Hiroyo Matsumoto, Io Shirai, Isla Dawn, Jessie Elaban, Jinny, Kacy Katanzaro, Kaitlyn, Karen Q, Killer Kelly, Kavita Devi, Lacey Lane, MJ Jenkins, Meiko Satomura, Mercedes Martinez, Mia Yim, Nicole Matthews, Priscilla Kelly, Rachel Evers, Reina Gonzalez, Rhea Ripley, Taynara Conti, Tegan Nox, Toni Storm, Vanessa Kraven, Xia Brookside, Xia Li, Zatara, and Zeuxis.
The Mae Young Classic tournament tapings had been scheduled to transpire over the course of two days—the 8th and 9th of August.
The tapings are currently underway at the Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida.
The first round of the Mae Young Classic tapings is said to have been a huge success—with a few notable RAW and SmackDown Superstars also having attended the event.
The reigning RAW Women’s titlist Alexa Bliss aka “The Goddess of WWE” was ringside for the tapings—cheering on the amazing competitors.
Furthermore, current SmackDown Live Superstar Samoa Joe was also in attendance for the tapings.
Fans can check out photographs showing Bliss and Joe, in the tweets below (*courtesy—Scott Fishman)—
What’s next?
The final match of the Mae Young Classic is set to take place at WWE’s first-ever all-women’s pay-per-view event Evolution.
WWE’s Evolution PPV is scheduled to transpire at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York on October 28th.
What are your thoughts on Alexa Bliss and Samoa Joe attending the MYC tapings? Sound off in the comments!
