Mae Young Classic 2017

The Mae Young Classic was a special event, promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion, WWE. It will be constituted by a 32 competitor tournament exclusively for women from both NXT and the independent circuit. The tournament took place on July 13, and 14, 2017 and the final match will take place on September 12, 2017.
== Background ==
WWE announced that a women's tournament would be taking place in the summer of 2017 at a press conference during WrestleMania 33 weekend. There will be a total of 32 wrestlers competing. The name of the event is in honor of the late WWE Hall of Famer Mae Young. It was announced on their official website that the first four wrestlers to be competing would be Sarah Logan, Lacey Evans, Princesa Sugehit, and Toni Storm. The second set of names announced were Tessa Blanchard, Abbey Laith, Taynara Conti, Jazzy Gabert, and Kavita Devi. On June 26, 2017, Lita and Jim Ross were announced as the commentators for the tournament. The third set of names announced were Kairi Sane, Dakota Kai, Piper Niven, and Bianca Belair. The fourth set of names announced were Rhea Ripley and Sage Beckett. The fifth set of names announced were Kay Lee Ray and Ayesha Raymond. Later in the day, Vanessa Borne qualified to the classic. On July 13, 2017, WWE held the Mae Young Classic: Parade of Champions, a pre-tournament event streamed live on YouTube and Facebook and revealed the remaining tournament participants.
== Qualifying matches ==
; WWE NXT Tapings - June 23 (Full Sail University - Winter Park, Florida)
*Bianca Belair defeated Aliyah
*Vanessa Borne defeated Jayme Hachey
==Participants==
===Replaced===
This participant was taken out of the tournament for a specific reason and therefore were replaced by another competitor.
Wrestler 	Country representing	Progression in the tournament 	Reason 	Replacing wrestler
Nixon Newell	Wales 	Replaced before the official start of the tournament	ACL injury	Miranda Salinas
===Alternates===
If an official participant suffered an injury, they would be replaced by one of the following participants:
Wrestler 	Country representing
Barbi Hayden 	United States
Deonna Purrazzo	Italy
Jessica James 	United States
Lei'D Tapa 	Tonga
Nicole Matthews	Canada
== Broadcast team ==
Ring name 	Real name 	Notes
Alundra Blayze	Debrah Miceli	Backstage interviewer, Hall of Famer
Dasha Fuentes 	Dasha Kuret 	Ring announcer
Jim Ross 	James Ross 	Lead commentator, Hall of Famer
Lita 	Amy Dumas 	Color commentator, Hall of Famer
==Results==
=== Tournament bracket ===
==Logos==
Mae Young Classic.jpg|Original logo.
==See also==
*List of WWE pay-per-view events
==External links==
* Profile
* Mae Young Classic 2017 on WWE Network
Category:Professional wrestling tournaments
Category:World Wrestling Entertainment tournaments