In a recent audio update via PWInsider Elite, Mike Johnson revealed that WWE has recently made changes to the schedules that their Cruiserweights work.
According to the report, prior to Triple H taking over the 205 Live brand, Cruiserweight talents would work every Monday & Tuesday night. However, that is no longer the case. Cruiserweight talents are now being cycled in and out on a weekly basis, meaning not all of the cruiserweight roster is at all of the events.
Regarding changes to the Cruiserweight schedule, Johnson said:
“Once Triple H took over as the showrunner for 205 Live, there was a difference in how the cruiserweights were used vs. when Vince McMahon had them. If you’re looking at live events, what they do now is usually the Cruiserweight Champion goes on the road and then they kinda cycle guys. One week Mustafa Ali will work the live events and then the next week it might be Tony Nese, it might be Brian Kendrick. They cycle the guys so that some are doing the live events and others are not. Most of them go to TV on Tuesday. The ones that are needed for WWE Main Event will be there on Monday as well. It used to be that the cruiserweights went Monday and then Tuesday, now not all of them do that.”
He also went on to discuss the decision made by WWE not to have Cruiserweight matches featured on RAW anymore, in fear of overexposure and how it had not helped them yet in any way.
“There was the decision to pull them off RAW, to not over expose them in short segments where it didn’t help them. What I mean is if there is a 3 minute match with Tony Nese and Mustafa Ali on RAW and the entire time the announcers are talking about what Roman Reigns just did in the parking lot — it doesn’t really present the cruiserweights as being important. Therefore it’s kind of a wasted loaded segment. It’s meaningless. Rather than do that they have pulled back on them so that when they are on 205 Live, there is more of a focus on them.”
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