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.
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The first half of 2016 has been a fairly surreal time to be a fan of WWE. With the company reeling from an ever-increasing injury list, and watching their plans for WrestleMania fall apart time and time again, WWE changed course.
We’re halfway through the year, and my word, what a six months it’s been. January started off with a bang in more ways than one, and in spite of a flat WrestleMania, the first half of 2016 has produced plenty of memorable moments and matches.
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!
Last week’s Raw saw WWE enter scarily unfamiliar territory – pulling their lowest rating in almost twenty years. The 2.03 rating was narrowly higher than the 1.9 that WWE drew in February 1997, for a taped episode of Raw from Berlin, Germany – and whilst the excuse of “it was against the NBA finals” holds some water, at some point you have to look at the bigger picture – one that’s showing a longer-term decline.
Monday saw WWE pull the trigger on the brand split, with the announcement of a draft between Raw and SmackDown that’ll take place on the first live episode of SmackDown in four weeks’ time.
It’s that time of year again. We’ve had the random promos of people atop ladders, and now it’s time for six of the best to re-learn how to climb up a ladder and grab a briefcase. This Sunday is Money In The Bank time!
Last week, WWE unveiled the names of those taking part in the inaugural Cruiserweight Classic – featuring guys who qualified courtesy of matches in EVOLVE, PROGRESS and Rev Pro Wrestling… and a few familiar faces to boot.