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Your favorite match from the Cruiserweight Classic events?

  • Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano - 1st Round

    Votes: 4 57.1%
  • Kota Ibushi vs. Cedric Alexander - 2nd Round

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Drew Gulak vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. - 2nd Round

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • TJ Perkins vs. Johnny Gargano - 2nd Round

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  • Gran Metallik vs. Akira Tozawa - Quaterfinal

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  • Brian Kendrick vs. Kota Ibushi - Quarterfinal

    Votes: 3 42.9%
  • Gran Metallik vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. - Semifinal

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  • TJ Perkins vs. Kota Ibushi - Semifinal

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • TJ Perkins vs. Gran Metallik - Semifinal

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Different match - which one?

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Your Favorite Match in Orlando: WWE Cruiserweight Classic

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#1 ·
WIth the biggest weekend of the year's return to the Theme Park Capital of the World just days away, it's time to reflect back on the city's prior wrestling history. There are certainly to be some classic matches and moments added over the next week.

While there wasn't enough time to fully chronicle WCW and TNA (others are welcome to do that, which would be awesome), there will be looks at both WWE and ROH. There will be deep looks at both NXT and WWE's main roster. But for now, we focus on arguably the greatest tournament in the entire history of pro wrestling, with one classic after another like there was no tomorrow.

It was the Cruiserweight Classic, a perfect 10-week showcase for purists and hardcore fans that wanted something truly different from WWE's typical vision on pro wrestling. It cemented the long-awaited debuts of such special talents as Kota Ibushi, Akira Tozawa, Gran Metallik, and Zack Sabre, Jr. It also marked the returns of long-gone talents such as Tajiri and Brian Kendrick, who proved the doubters wrong with their performances.

We may never get this type of production from WWE again. So take the time to reflect on this special piece of Orlando's wrestling history, and we'll find out if there's anything spanning from Saturday to Tuesday that'll be able to measure up to this absurd plethora of excellence.

Other Cruiserweight Classic matches to consider:
• Tyson Dux vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. – 1st Round
• Tajiri vs. Gran Metallik – 2nd Round
• Jack Gallagher vs. Akira Tozawa – 2nd Round
• Tony Nese vs. Brian Kendrick – 2nd Round
• Rich Swann vs. Lince Dorado – 2nd Round
• Oney Lorcan vs. Cedric Alexander – Non-Tournament
• Noam Dar vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. – Quarterfinal
• Rich Swann vs. TJ Perkins – Quarterfinal
• DIY vs. Noam Dar & Cedric Alexander – Non-Tournament
 
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#2 ·
The Brian Kendrick Vs Kota Ibushi was my personal favorite. The way Kendrick worked on Kota's neck, and him fighting with all he's got, even using a burning hammer, along with the emotional aftermath I truly loved that match.


I'm also a huge Kendrick fan by itself, so seeing him get that moment was pretty special to me. Great match, great emotion loved it.
 
#4 ·
Kendrick vs Ibushi for me as well - even understanding there was a HUGE botch that needed to be cleaned up in editing. After the ringpost neckbreaker spot Kota remained outside selling the injury thinking he had 20 seconds instead of the wwe's 10 seconds before count out. So the referee counted him out. Regal had to come out and restart the match saying Kendrick's ringpost neckbreaker was illegal and thus Kota had more time to recover and then resume the match if he could. I actually think that could have been shown in the match to be honest, but probably wasn't because of the likely legit "oh shit" confusion on ref, Spanky, Kota and Regal.

But the match as shown was outstanding - the palpable desperation of Kendrick, the workrate of the match, the post match with Daniel Bryan - it was great stuff.
 
#6 ·
Ciampa vs Gargano was my favorite, closely followed by Kendrick vs Ibushi. Nice to see it getting the love it deserves here as at the time most of the praise was leaning towards Perkins/Ibushi or Alexander/Ibushi.
 
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