New tournament raid.

Hey guys! That God of death was something else! Crazy huh? How that Old one was living under Northrend poisoning everything. Well I guss it's time to fight Arthas....

Nope

Why not?

We have a tournament first.

Why?

Only the strongest can fight Arthas.

????? Dont we want all the help we can get.

No WE ARE BUILDING A GIANT COLISEUM ON ARTHAS' DOORSTEP AND YOU WILL LIKE IT!

*Sigh. Wake me when its 3.3

I guess the lore idea is that they are attracting the most powerful heroes from across the world by hosting this tournament! Everyone isn't assumed to be vs Arthas yet. And they made all this uber powerful gear, they only have so much and they want to give it to the cream of the crop!