The Overwatch League 2023 season Pro-Am is now long over, with the pre-season tournament featuring rosters rebuilt from the ground up as well as surprising performances from both tier one and tier two teams. Not only did Contenders teams join the fray after their own qualification tournaments, but we also got the first true test of the latest Overwatch League rosters.
Out of all seven of the Contenders teams that played, none qualified for the playoffs, but the best of them outplayed some Overwatch League teams in the standings when the event came to an end. As fans expected, only OWL teams made it to the playoffs, but that was where the surprises truly began for this tournament. With this being the first true test of the meta for the 2023 season, we have a more solid understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of all the Western OWL teams heading into the rapidly approaching Spring Stage.