5 Reasons the Cruiserweights should stay on RAW

#1 Opportunities for Growth

Today, Cruiserweight Champion. Tomorrow, Universal Champion?

The biggest thing that RAW can do for the Cruiserweights would be giving them the entire first hour of the show, similar to what WCW did when they initially brought in the Luchadores in the mid-1990s is a luxury that SmackDown doesn’t have, due to lack of time.

The great thing about this, is that it gives the wrestlers a structured opportunity to move up the roster. The CW division is kept solely from 8pm to 9pm, so when one of the members of that division appears somewhere else on the show, it’s a big deal.

Whether it is a match for the Cruiserweight Title or one of the Cruiserweights getting an opportunity at a different singles title, it’s great because it adds a whole new dynamic to Monday Night RAW.

You also get to give the guys time separate from the rest of the roster, for the crowd to latch onto some of them. It’s something that worked for a guy like Rey Mysterio, who did all of his talking with his wrestling. The crowd loved him and he eventually moved up the ladder and became a star outside of the Cruiserweights.

That could happen to any of these guys. They just need the chance, and SmackDown cannot provide that right now.

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