By Dan Pointer

The Cruiserweight Classic was a highly successful event when it aired on the WWE Network. It was a showcase of some of the world’s greatest wrestlers and most WWE fans had never seen anything like it before. It all culminated when TJ Perkins won the brand-new Cruiserweight Championship after months of high energy matches. But since then things have gone a little downhill. Perkins was booked absolutely horribly after the debut of several of the cruiserweights on Raw and surprise surprise, the creative team didn’t know how to handle so many call ups at once, so they just began throwing very talented wrestlers into utterly meaningless tag matches. The creation of 205 Live seems to show that WWE really want to make this a success, so here are three things that WWE could do to revive the cruiserweight division.

1. Put some established stars on the roster

One of the biggest complaints that fans have with the Cruiserweight division is the lack of well-known superstars competing in it. The Brian Kendrick is one of the few names that fans would quickly recognise and despite the amount of talent on show it’s hard for fans to get behind superstars they don’t know, adding somebody like Sin Cara is a start. However taking a quick glance at the Raw roster it’s easy to see wrestlers that aren’t being utilised properly. Why not put Sami Zayn or Neville on the roster and let them have some meaningful storylines for once? It would definitely get the crowd more into the action and help establish some more competition for the division’s top stars.

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2. Move the entire division to Smackdown

205 Live is a great idea, it gives the Cruiserweights their own show and actually gives them time to put on some good matches. However, it doesn’t really make sense to air the show right after Smackdown, when the division is featured on Raw the night before. It would make much more sense to move the division to Smackdown, so that 205 actually has some consistency in its storylines and when it airs right after the Tuesday night show, fans can stay invested in the action instead of having to wait an extra day.

3. Actually let some of the Cruiserweights have a personality

Beyond The Brain Kendrick being a bitter veteran and TJ Perkins truly awful ‘I like video games so I must reference them at every opportunity’ gimmick very few of the wrestlers have been given a chance to showcase their personality’s much, since they debuted on Monday Night Raw. Noam Dar hasn’t been able to show that he’s more than just some random Scottish guy so far however, hopefully with the introduction of Jack Gallagher this is all about to change. High ranking WWE officials are reportedly very positive about the British grapplers style and he could be the catalyst to finally help the Cruiserweight division take off.

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