TNA Title Tournament Brackets & Why Bully Ray Isn't Involved

- A tournament to crown a new TNA World Heavyweight Champion will kick off on next week's episode of Impact Wrestling with Chris Sabin vs. Jeff Hardy in a Full Metal Mayhem match. Stipulations for other tournament matches will be chosen by spinning the Wheel of Dixie. Here are the brackets for the tournament:

First Round:
1. Jeff Hardy vs. Chris Sabin
2. James Storm vs. Bobby Roode
3. Austin Aries vs. Kurt Angle
4. Magnus vs. Samoa Joe

Second Round:
5. Winner 1 vs. Winner 2
6. Winner 3 vs. Winner 4

Finals: 

Winner 5 vs Winner 6

Bully Ray isn't in the tournament as a way to distance the company from anything that the previous regime was involved in - Aces & Eights was all Bischoff. At this point Bully Ray is obviously being programmed with Ken Anderson with the idea being to build up Anderson.

As for AJ Styles, the current plan is that he doesn't return to TV for several months.