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Damien Rey has been spot-on in here, and XL most recently, too. My problem with the CW Division was always this -- being Cruiserweight Champion should mean you are the best cruiserweight in the world, yes? Yet, at one point, you had Rey Mysterio as World Heavyweight Champion and Gregory Helms as Cruiserweight Champion. Who is top dog then? Instead of letting these guys feud over it, they just had Rey beat Helms in a random non-title match, and that was it.
The WWE are always going to have some smaller workers who are beyond being seen as "cruiserweights." Depending on where you set the weight limit, Chris Jericho, Christian, Kofi Kingston, CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Justin Gabriel, John Morrison and Dolph Ziggler could all be considered "cruiserweights." Do they get snapped up into the division? Why? Why not?
A perfectly booked Cruiserweight Championship in the WWE could be fun, at best. It's much more likely it will keep certain stars down, rather than help them up, though. If there is no connection between a guy like CM Punk and the Cruiserweight Title -- what good does it do a guy 222lbs to hold the belt? I wouldn't mind some sort of "Cruiserweight Cup" being held every year, in which every guy 230lbs or under gets to compete in a tournament, of sorts, and the winner receives a trophy.
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