We’re into the second half of the first round here, as the Cruiserweight Classic continued with action from grapplers from Canada, England, India, Mexico and the United States.
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It’s easy to say that Battleground was a forgotten PPV. Lost in the shuffle with the WWE draft and imminent reboot, Battleground was a badly timed annoyance, which was evident with a “holding pattern” style of booking.
They made it to a second week… Yes, I’m still surprised that WWE actually went ahead with their cruiserweight-themed show, and this week, we’ve got four more matches, including former WWE and ECW star Tajiri.
Our latest #BACKFILL review looks at a show from over thirteen years ago, as we recap Insurrextion 2003. Held in June, this was one of the two annual UK-only pay-per-views that WWE used to run, back before they replaced it with bi-annual Raw and SmackDown tapings.
Can you believe it? They finally did it… the WWE’s long-rumoured wrestling show dedicated to cruiserweight wrestling (a term that, granted, is dated now, but let’s go with it) debuted this week. It’s no longer vaporware! So… what did we think of it?
Ahead of the start of the inaugural Cruiserweight Classic next week, WWE presented a one-hour show on the Network earlier this week previewing the event. Here’s our quick run-down of their Bracketology show.
The first WWE show from Las Vegas’ new T-Mobile Arena, Money in the Bank certainly left a lasting impression… if you just watched the final hour-or-so of the show!
NXT came back with another Takeover special – their first since WrestleMania – with the hastily re-titled “The End Of The Beginning” on Wednesday night.