Thread: WWE RAW - The Cruiserweights are kicking off the show - 9.19.16 *OFFICIAL THREAD OF OFFICIALNESS*
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Old 09-23-2016, 02:37 AM   #366
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Originally Posted by XL View Post
This was one of the questions I asked myself; I prefer storyline-driven wrestling where you're given a reason to care about one guy over the other, but, having watched the CWC final with my wife (a casual fan, I suppose) she was impressed, so maybe there is merit in just sending them out to wow the crowd.

The pitfall of that is that the style of the guys at the top of the card is very cruiserweight-ish so what sets the CW Division apart?

Maybe a more sports-like presentation, with rankings or a league based on round robin style match ups (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 for losing) where you can do short promos during intros to allow the guys to talk about what motivates them going into the match (whether they've been on a losing streak, or are desperate to gain "points" or move up the rankings, you can have the guys talk about how the previous match with the guy their facing - presuming you're having everybody face off twice). Maybe a small tweak to the presentation by calling it the Cruiserweight League? You could have the guy(s) finishing bottom of the League get "demoted" (to NXT or snapped up by SDL?) and some new guys bought in every 6 months or so?
Cruiserweights being all over the roster is a weird thing to separate from this division.

The thing about the CWC is that it kind of was a story in and of itself. The tournament itself introduced us to all these personalities, and we, and they, all knew they would be cut down until there was only one left. By the time you get to the end of it, you have the grandeur of these men having at least won a series of matches to get to where they are. Build is an important part of wrestling, and you don't always need to be along for the entire ride to sense when something is special.

The crowd, the commentators, the guys themselves -- they were all part of this build; all part of this story. The goal of the final four men was all the same, but their motivations were very different -- and that is where the drama came from. Gran Metalik was representing lucha libra; ZSJ wanted to prove that he is the technical prodigy everybody says he is; Kota Ibushi was the somewhat arrogant sure-thing; TJ Perkins was the upset kid that had been homeless before and didn't want to go back.
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