{"id":1670,"date":"2016-07-27T20:40:24","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T02:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2016-07-27T20:40:24","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T02:40:24","slug":"wwe-cruiserweight-classic-recap-review-round-1-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wwe-cruiserweight-classic-recap-review-round-1-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Cruiserweight Classic Recap &#038; Review &#8211; Round 1, Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>July 27, 2016<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Round 1 &#8211; Part 3<\/strong><br \/>\n(taped June 23, 2016)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23CWC&amp;src=typd\" target=\"_blank\">#CWC<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>City: Winter Park, FL<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Venue: Full Sail University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Commentary: Mauro Ranallo, Daniel Bryan<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Narrator: Corey Graves<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ring Announcer: Mike Rome<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nClips of tonight&#8217;s competitors.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Intro Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;Take a Stand&#8221; by CFO$<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nIntroducing Tyson Dux and Zack Sabre Jr.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Zack Zabre Jr. vs Tyson Dux<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Shawn Bennett)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69e7523a33b84','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69e7523a33b84\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69e7523a33b84\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Zack Sabre Jr. wins via submission with an omoplata<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 8:27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nGreat match. Sabre is a lot of fun to watch. He&#8217;s highly technical and very smooth. It&#8217;s great just watching him transition from hold to hold. Tyson Dux was getting visibly frustrated, and I wonder if any of that frustration was real. Sabre&#8217;s been around a long time, but when a kid is as good as Sabre, it must be a little frustrating. Sabre would make a great heel, because he has a very confident and almost arrogant way about him. I actually started pulling for Dux because of Sabre&#8217;s demeanor (I wanted to see Sabre get beat up a little), but I really want to see more of Sabre, so I&#8217;m happy with the outcome.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nIntroducing Drew Gulak and Harv Sihra.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Drew Gulak vs Harv Sihra<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Dan Engler)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69e7523a33c93','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69e7523a33c93\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69e7523a33c93\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Drew Gulak wins via submission with a dragon sleeper with body scissors<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 5:17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nGood match. Sihra is pretty fun to watch, but at least in this match it was probably due more to his personality. He wasn&#8217;t bad, he had a few nice counters, but Gulak dominated with powerful strikes and holds. The finish was sudden and good. It called back to earlier in the match for Sihra, but Gulak&#8217;s power was too much for him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nIntroducing Tony Nese and Anthony Bennett.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 3<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Anthony Bennett vs Tony Nese<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Danilo Anfibio)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69e7523a33ccb','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69e7523a33ccb\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69e7523a33ccb\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Tony Nese wins via pinfall after a 450 splash<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 6:34<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nPretty good match. Tony Nese is impressive with his strength and speed, but he doesn&#8217;t seem to be the most exciting or engaging wrestler. At least not in this match. Bennett seemed pretty fun, but he didn&#8217;t have a lot of opportunity to shine in this one. It wasn&#8217;t a bad match, it just wasn&#8217;t as good as most of the matches in the first round so far.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nIntroducing Raul Mendoza and Brian Kendrick.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 4<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Brian Kendrick vs Raul Mendoza<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Charles Robinson)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69e7523a33cfc','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69e7523a33cfc\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69e7523a33cfc\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Brian Kendrick wins via submission with a bully choke<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 7:35<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nReally great match! This one was a great contest between two very different characters. Mendoza was the young, exciting kid with a lot of heart, and Kendrick was the cunning, wily veteran that wants to win by any means necessary. Kendrick used a number of dirty tricks to the point where I kind of felt sorry for Mendoza. I wanted Kendrick to win, but I also kind of wanted to pull for the kid. I kind of wish he had made it to round two over someone like Hoho Lun or Tony Nese. Mendoza had a few spectacular moments in the match which had the crowd split. I&#8217;d like to see this in a rematch at some point in the future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAnother really good show. Each show has had one match that really stood out, but all the matches have been good so far. Out of this show I see Zack Sabre Jr. and Brian Kendrick going far in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Brian Kendrick vs Raul Mendoza<\/strong><br \/>\nThis was the most competitive match by far tonight as well as the most exciting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brian Kendrick returns to a WWE ring in one of the best matches so far against a talented young luchador, Raul Mendoza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[868,297,622],"tags":[905,907,493,535,869,518,272,546,903,904,737,871,908,541,906,902,7,901],"class_list":["post-1670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cruiserweight-classic","category-show-results","category-wwe","tag-anthony-bennett","tag-brain-kendrick","tag-charles-robinson","tag-corey-graves","tag-cruiserweight-classic","tag-dan-engler","tag-daniel-bryan","tag-danilo-anfibio","tag-drew-gulak","tag-harv-sihra","tag-mauro-ranallo","tag-mike-rome","tag-raul-mendoza","tag-shawn-bennett","tag-tony-nese","tag-tyson-dux","tag-wwe","tag-zack-sabre-jr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1670"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1673,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670\/revisions\/1673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}