The first round of the inaugural Cruiserweight Classic concludes this week, headlined by Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano!
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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.
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.
In the midst of the return of the brand extension and this past week’s draft, its quite possible that you’ll be surprised by the news that WWE has a pay-per-view this coming Sunday.
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.
The trigger has been pulled. WWE have split their already thinning roster in two, and we once again have separate touring groups. But with SmackDown already been tagged as a B-show yet again, it’d be fair to be a little cynical about the blue brand’s future.
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?