If you read my previous article you would have seen what I thought would have been the optimal 12 men for this inaugural tournament to maximize prestige and honestly give AEW a vehicle for awesome matches and some positive buzz just before WrestleMania season starts.
As you know, my 12 picks were not perfect, in fact I only picked 5 of 12 participants. Again that was if I was booking it. So now we have to look at it for what it is, a normal hierarchy tournament of booked and not booked not. So we have a good Idea of where we will end up. Let’s readjust and look at the favorites the way the field lays.



