WWE Mixed Match Challenge - Season 1 was a professional wrestling Internet television series and tournament produced by WWE, where all matches are mixed tag team matches. The teams, which are made up of both male and female wrestlers, compete for the chance to give $100,000 to a charity of their choice.
The tournament comprises various matches, that result from scripted storylines and have predetermined results. The 12 episode series premiered on January 16, 2018 on Facebook Watch. Each episode is 25 minutes, and features one match. The show fills WWE's 10:00pm Eastern time slot previously held by 205 Live. Following the show's premiere, 205 Live began to air at 10:20pm ET.
During the second episode, Kurt Angle and Daniel Bryan announced that the first week of Mixed Match Challenge received 35 million total engagements.
Teams[]
The show consists of teams from both the Raw and SmackDown brands, as picked by their respective general managers, Kurt Angle and Daniel Bryan. Enzo Amore was originally supposed to take part, but was replaced with Apollo after catching the flu. Samoa Joe was originally Bayley's tag team partner, after winning a fan vote, but was injured and replaced by Elias, who finished second in the fan vote. On January 28, 2018, it was announced that Alicia Fox suffered a broken tailbone and was not expected to be cleared for at least a few months. She was replaced by Mandy Rose.
| Raw Teams | Charities |
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| Team Little Big | Connor's Cure |
| The Boss Club | Special Olympics |
| Apollo & Nia Jax | Susan G. Komen |
| Awe-Ska | Rescue Dogs Rock |
| Rose Gold | Hire Heroes USA |
| Elias & Bayley | Americares |
| SmackDown Teams | Charities |
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| Robe Warriors | Girl Up |
| Rusev & Lana | Global Citizen |
| Glowing since DAY ONE ISH | Boys & Girls Clubs of America |
| Shinsuke Nakamura & Natalya | Make-A-Wish |
| The Ginger Snaps | UNICEF |
| Big E & Carmella | KaBOOM! |
Bracket[]
The full tournament bracket was revealed on January 11, 2018 on WWE.com. In the semi-finals, fans will be able to vote for an eliminated team to give them a second chance to re-enter the tournament.
| First Round (Weeks 1-6) |
Quarter-finals (Weeks 7-9) |
Semi-finals (Weeks 10 and 11) |
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| Raw | Finn Bálor and Sasha Banks | Sub |
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| SmackDown | Shinsuke Nakamura and Natalya | 12:48 |
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| Raw | Finn Bálor and Sasha Banks | 12:45 |
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| Raw | The Miz and Asuka | Pin |
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| Raw | The Miz and Asuka | Sub
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| SmackDown | Big E and Carmella | 9:49 |
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| The Miz and Asuka | 11:20 |
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| Raw | Braun Strowman and Alexa Bliss | Sub |
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| Raw | Braun Strowman and Alexa Bliss | Pin |
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| SmackDown | Sami Zayn and Becky Lynch | 11:15 |
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| Raw | Braun Strowman and Alexa Bliss | 10:35 | Raw | The Miz and Asuka | 13:00
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| SmackDown | Jimmy Uso and Naomi | Pin | SmackDown | Bobby Roode and Charlotte Flair | Pin |
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| Raw | Goldust and Mandy Rose* | 10:14
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| SmackDown | Jimmy Uso and Naomi* | Pin |
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| SmackDown | Bobby Roode and Becky Lynch** | 11:35 |
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| Raw (Fan Vote) |
Finn Bálor and Sasha Banks | Pin |
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| Raw | Elias and Bayley | 9:38 |
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| SmackDown | Rusev and Lana | Pin | ||||||||||||||||
| SmackDown | Rusev and Lana | 11:02 | ||||||||||||||||
| SmackDown | Bobby Roode and Charlotte Flair | Pin | ||||||||||||||||
| Raw | Apollo and Nia Jax | 10:39 | ||||||||||||||||
| SmackDown | Bobby Roode and Charlotte Flair | Pin | ||||||||||||||||
(*) - The match had Daniel Bryan serving as guest referee from winning a poll.
(**) - Becky Lynch replaced Charlotte Flair for this match after Flair had dental surgery.
Broadcast team[]
| Ring name | Notes |
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| Renee Young | Co-host |
| Byron Saxton | Co-host |
| Greg Hamilton | Ring announcer |
| Michael Cole | Lead commentator |
| Corey Graves | Color commentator |
| Beth Phoenix | Color commentator Hall of Famer |
Team images[]
| WWE Mixed Match Challenge results |
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| Season 1 (2018) |
| 1/16 • 1/23 • 1/30 • 2/6 • 2/13 • 2/20 • 2/27 • 3/6 • 3/13 • 3/20 • 3/27 • 4/3 |
| Season 2 (2018) |
| 9/18 • 9/25 • 10/2 • 10/9 • 10/16 • 10/23 • 10/30 • 11/6 • 11/13 • 11/20 • 11/27 • 12/4 • 12/11 |