After months of dribs and drabs of news related to the WWE Mae Young Classic, tiny updates on official participants, and a whole lot of anticipation, a Facebook “Parade of Champions” introduced all of the competitors who will face off in the 32-woman wrestling tournament that begins taping this week.
Jim Ross and Lita, who will be the commentators for the entire tournament, presented the Parade of Champions.
The complete list, leading with the names under which these wrestlers were introduced on the special, and the name you may know them as from the indies or elsewhere in parentheses:
- Dakota Kai (Evie)
- Serena Deeb
- Vanessa Borne (Danielle Kamela)
- Xia Li
- Rachel Evers (Rachael Ellering)
- Sage Beckett (Andrea)
- Kay Lee Ray
- Tessa Blanchard
- Toni Storm
- Marti Belle
- Lacey Evans (Macey Estrella)
- Santana Garrett
- Nicole Savoy
- Ayesha Raymond (Ayesha Ray)
- Reina Gonzalez
- Shayna Baszler
- Piper Niven (Viper)
- Zeda
- Rhea Ripley (Demi Bennett)
- Kavita Devi
- Sarah Logan (Crazy Mary Dobson)
- Bianca Belair
- Abbey Laith (Kimber Lee)
- Candice LeRae
- Mia Yim
- Miranda Salinas
- Renee Michelle
- Princesa Sugehit
- Mercedes Martinez
- Jazzy Gabert
- Taynara Conti
- Kairi Sane (Kairi Hojo)
The first batch of episodes of the Mae Young Classic (expected to be the entire first round) will drop during the final week of August, with a bracketology special kicking things off on August 20, immediately after SummerSlam. That’s a whole lot of content and a whole lot of wrestling to look forward to, and we can already begin fantasy booking our dream matches and placing bets on who’s going to win the whole thing.
(Please do not place bets on professional wrestling. It will only end in tears. For you.)
