WWE officially announced the qualifiers from the Progress Wrestling Chapter 29 show in London:
LONDON – Zack Sabre Jr. and Jack Gallagher, two of the United Kingdom’s brightest stars, earned their way into the WWE Global Cruiserweight Series by winning qualifying matches at a PROGRESS Wrestling event, WWE.com has confirmed.
Sabre, often described as one of the best unsigned wrestlers in the world, defeated up-and-comer Flash Morgan Webster to cement his place in this summer’s highly anticipated tournament.
Gallagher, a technician with experience in mixed martial arts, bested hard-hitting “Bruiserweight” Pete Dunne in the second qualifying match to earn a coveted spot in the GCS.
The Global Cruiserweight Series, featuring 32 of the world’s best competitors under 205 pounds battling for supremacy, begins Wednesday, July 13, at 9/8 C, only on WWE Network
They join the announced names of:
Rich Swann
Tomasso Ciampa
Johnny Gargano
Ho Ho Lun
Akira Tozawa
Lince Dorado
Next Sunday, May 1 Revolution Pro will have a qualifying match in London:
Noam Dar vs. Josh Bodom
Evolve will hold two qualifying matches on their May 7 Evolve 61 event in Brooklyn:
Drew Gulak vs. Tracy Williams
Fred Yehi vs. TJ. Perkins
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