A number of world champs at each weight and a lot of those world champs have seeds.
When you have to be "drawn-in" you kind of lose your argument about getting a solid opponent.
Earn some ranking series points and get a spot.
Again, do you think it changed the results for Coon or Elor, drawing the 1.
We simply aren't seeded so we have to wrestle a seed right off the bat, 1-8