Tournament:Watch The Throne

Watch The Throne was a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate invitational tournament held at Guildhouse in San Jose, California from December 8th-10th, 2023. It was announced at the end of the first day of and was similar in style to the discontinued Smash Summit series. The event was brought together by Smash podcast hosts and  of Tweek Talks,  of Lights Out, and  and Charles of Smash University. The top 3 at the event received free entry to, with the winner receiving an additional free flight and hotel. Side events included an Ultimate crew battle, the ' beta, ', and the Combo Devils beta.

Players invited/qualified
The following players were invited:

The top 2 non-qualified players at qualified:
 * (who finished 2nd)
 * (who finished 3rd)

The highest-placing non-qualified player at qualified:
 * (who finished 2nd)

The highest-placing non-qualified player at qualified:
 * (who finished 4th)

The highest-placing non-qualified player at qualified:
 * (who finished 1st)

Players voted in

 * (October 2nd)
 * (October 5th)
 * (October 8th)
 * (invited as 's replacement as the runner-up in the final day of voting.)

Declined players
was originally invited but had to drop out.

Players eliminated
These players were eliminated in the voting phase:


 * ,, , (October 2nd)
 * ,, , (October 5th)
 * ,, , (October 8th)

These players were eliminated in the nomination phase: * Although ShinyMark qualified for the next phase, he dropped out prior to its start and was replaced with MFA.

Eligible players
Players were eligible if they met any of the following requirements:
 * Ranked in the top 100 on the LumiRank Mid-Year 2023.
 * Placed top 64 at a major or supermajor in 2023 (LumiRank A-tier or above) up to.

There were a total of 699 players eligible (including those already qualified). The 15 players with the most likes and retweets on their Twitter nomination posts progressed to the voting phase.

Tournament summary
The Round Robin stage mostly ran without any notable upsets, although there were a few close sets. Two of the most notable were against, with acola narrowly denying a reverse 3-0 by gimping WebbJP with blocks offstage, and  against , with ApolloKage's forward smash read nearly KOing Sparg0 in a game 5 last stock situation.

The Round Robin stage also had a notable rematch between and, who last fought at  over four years prior and ended with KEN double-eliminating MkLeo. MkLeo ultimately defeated KEN in the rematch, the first time he defeated KEN at any Smash tournament since the Smash 4 event back in 2017.

The Loser's side of the final bracket saw a Loser's run from KEN, who notably defeated both and MkLeo in the runback to place 5th despite starting in the Loser's bracket; the former win marked KEN's first-ever win over Light, a player who had historically dominated in the  matchup. In addition, the Loser's side saw an infamous match between and acola, where after going down 0-2 Tweek tried and failed to camp out acola with. The dire situation was caught on stream, which briefly panned out to both players when there was around 38 seconds left on the timer; the players' subsequent reaction to the stream, mainly Tweek's reaction, was widely noted and discussed online.

The Winner's side of the final bracket saw Sparg0 and acola face off against each other for the first time since almost six months ago. Although acola put up a noticeably stronger fight against Sparg0, with each game going to last stocks, Sparg0 defeated acola 3-1, extending Sparg0's overall record against acola to 1-6. The following round saw Sparg0 face off against for the first time since ; Miya had defeated  3-1 using, marking Miya's first-ever victory over Dabuz after losing to him at  and twice at. Although Miya also put up a stronger fight, Sparg0 also defeated him 3-1. Finally, Sparg0 faced off against his rival  and dispatched him in an easy 3-0, notably using  for all three games instead of, his normal choice in the matchup. After being knocked into Loser's, Sonix defeated acola and Miya in rematches from, both in a 3-1 fashion. However, Sonix once again fell to Sparg0's Cloud in Grand Finals 3-1, with his only game win being over Sparg0's Aegis. Sparg0's victory at the event, which came after several underwhelming performances, led many players to believe that he was still the #2 player in the world.

The event notably had the year's top 4 players place in the top 4. Due to their dominance in the event over the other top players as well as them winning all but one major with at least one of them in attendance since the end of the mid-year season, many players dubbed them the "Four Horsemen", analogous to Melee's Five Gods.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate singles
(16 entrants) Final Bracket