News on WWE Cruiserweight Division
After Stephanie McMahon announced the Cruiserweight Division will be returning exclusively to Raw, WWE.com has posted the following hyping the division:
In an extremely bold move, Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon opened a whole new wing of the New Era by announcing that – following the success of theWWE Network exclusive Cruiserweight Classic – Monday Night Raw will be the exclusive host to a trailblazing WWE Cruiserweight division!
Although little is known about which competitors might be a part this exciting initiative, it is clear that newly-empowered Raw General Manager Mick Foley plans to utilize the fast-moving, high-flying athletes to help bring Raw to new heights. How high will the longest running episodic television show in history soar? Find out each and every week at 8/7 C on USA Network.
In related news, according to PWInsider.com, the live WWE Cruiserweight Classic finale, airing on September 4th, will likely be to crown the new WWE Cruiserweight Champion. The report added no talents have officially been signed for the division as of yet, but as we noted over the weekend, CWC talents Kota Ibushi and Gran Metalik have signed WWE deals.
WWE will likely be looking to sign additional CWC talents such as Zack Sabre, Jr., Lince Dorado, Jack Gallagher, Akira Tozawa and Cedric Alexander for the returning Cruiserweight division, and they might also use veteran Cruiserweight talents such as Brian Kendrick and Tajiri so there are some familiar faces on Raw in the division.
Post-Raw WWE Video
WWE has posted the following video, featuring footage of what happened after Raw went off the air tonight. As noted, additional Raw footage aired on the WWE Network featuring the referee explaining the official decision of the controversial WWE Championship main event match.
The referee officially decided both Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose’s shoulders were pinned to the mat, resulting in a draw, and Ambrose retaining the WWE Title:
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