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Tournament announced for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship at 205 Live
The final match will take place on April 8, 2018 at WrestleMania
In the new edition of the 205 Live program, WWE announced the future of its cruiserweight division. Along with the presentation of Drake Maverick, general manager of 205 Live, it was announced the celebration of a tournament to crown the new cruiserweight champion of the company.
According to the new general manager, the tournament will have 16 fighters of the division, which will be struggling with the course of the weeks in the exclusive program of its weight. In addition to this, it was also confirmed that the end of it will take place in the WrestleMania event this April 8, 2018.
This week the tournament kicked off with two first-round fights, where Cedric Alexander was seen defeating Grand Metalik and TJP defeating Tyler Bate. It was also announced for the next week the fights of Hideo Itami vs. Roderick Strong and Kalisto vs. Golden Lynx.
The participation of Bate and Strong, recurring fighters in the territory of NXT stand out. Earlier, Bate’s presence in the show was announced, but with his defeat and the future participation of Strong, everything seems to indicate that these will only be on the occasion of the tournament and will not be full-time additions.
NEXT WEEK: @KalistoWWE will battle @LuchadorLD as the first round of the @WWE #Cruiserweight Championship tournament continues on #205Live… pic.twitter.com/gxz7SHZjJW
— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2018
PLUS: Another first round match will take place NEXT WEEK on #205Live as @HideoItami goes one-on-one with @WWENXT Superstar @roderickstrong! pic.twitter.com/7sm6xU69Ee
— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2018
