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Welcome to PWInsider.com's ongoing coverage of the very first WWE Cruiserweight Classic taping from Full Sail Live in Winter Park, Florida. OBVIOUSLY, spoiler warning for those of you who wish to watch the debut shows without being spoiled. Here we go.
The taping is starting late as there was a bad traffic accident on I-4 and it's obvious there's a good portion of the crowd not here yet WWE was rushing around to reconfigure seating to fill in ringside spaces and fans are still coming in.
Daniel Bryan came out and cut a promo saying the CWC made him want to return to WWE.
WWE introduced the 32 competitors for a Facebook Live broadcast. The only change, as reported earlier today on PWInsider, was Mustafa Ali replacing Zumbi. Zumbi legitimately did not make the weight limit of 205 lbs.
Each competitor came down to the ring and was introduced by name and where he was from.
EPISODE ONE - CWC ROUND ONE:
*Gran Metallik pinned Alejander Saez with a Michinoku Driver. The match was announced with a 20 minute time limit. Charles Robinson was the referee. Good match. Metallik aka CMLL star Mascara Dorado looked good.
*Ho Ho Lun defeated Ariya Daivari with a German suplex. Daivari looked good. Lun looked OK.
*Cedric Alexander defeated Clement Petiot with Lumbar Check. Petiot got in a lot more offense than I expected. They are doing official decisions similar to UFC and boxing with both men in the center of the ring with the referee.
*Brian Kendrick defeated Raul Mendoza by submission. Mendoza looked really good. At one point, he nailed a Coast to Coast but Kendrick got foot on rope to save match.
They announced the entire first round will be taped tonight.
Coverage continues on Page 2!
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