{"id":2756,"date":"2015-11-09T15:25:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T21:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/?p=2756"},"modified":"2015-11-10T01:56:30","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T07:56:30","slug":"wwe-unveils-16-man-wwe-title-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/11\/09\/wwe-unveils-16-man-wwe-title-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE unveils 16-man WWE Title tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2727935195\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Monday night on Raw, WWE revealed a 16-person bracket for the WWE Title tournament set to begin on this week&#8217;s Raw and Smackdown episodes leading into the Survivor Series PPV.<\/p>\n<p>Notably absent from the tournament are top stars John Cena and Brock Lesnar, who are both away from TV, but their absences hover over the tournament from a storyline perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Roman Reigns, who was #1 contender heading into Survivor Series, is included in the tournament. 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