We’re already well on our way to knowing the field for the upcoming WWE Mae Young Classic women’s tournament. Nearly half of the participants have been announced, and it seems likely we’ll find out the rest of the names this week … since they begin taping the tournament this week. Yeah, already! It sort of snuck up on us, huh? After all those months of anticipation, I mean.
Anyway, there are a BUNCH of names rumored and reported to be in the mix for the tournament. The always-on-point Squared Circle Sirens is reporting that nearly a dozen wrestlers are currently in Florida for medical testing in hopes of being considered for the Mae Young Classic. And there are some seriously heavy hitters among the names.
The list looks something like this: former TNA Knockouts Lei’D Tapa and Marti Belle, Booker T student Miranda, Shine alums Renee Michelle and Barbi Hayden, indie wrestlers Jessica James, Santana Garrett, and Ayesha Ray, top indie standouts Nicole Savoy and Shayna Baszler, and current SHIMMER Champion Mercedes Martinez.
That’s a wide-ranging and, frankly, very exciting list of names. Particularly thrilling is the inclusion of Savoy and Baszler, who have been absolutely tearing it up on the indies for the past year or so. Baszler is a Matt Riddle-like natural in the ring, way ahead of where she should realistically be at this point in her career.
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And if Martinez actually makes it into the Classic, that would be yet another current champion of another promotion participating. You would have the reigning champs of CMLL, PROGRESS, and SHIMMER in a WWE tournament, and that is totally bonkers.
