WWE Cruiserweight Classic: 7 Observations from the first episode

#2 Excellent commentary

Daniel Bryan and Mauro Ranallo are a dynamic pair on commentary. (Courtesy WWE.com)

I don’t know about you, but I’m sick and tired of the commentary on Raw. Michael Cole, JBL and Byron Saxton rarely call moves or sound excited and they spew wrestling clichés constantly.

SmackDown and NXT have much better commentary teams.

The commentary at the Cruiserweight Classic was provided by Mauro Ranallo, who has done excellent work in SmackDown since joining earlier this year and WWE legend Daniel Bryan. Ranallo and Bryan did an excellent job in commentary and their love for pro wrestling was clear to everyone who was listening.

Ranallo gave us an in-depth look at the wrestlers and called every move while Bryan gave us a look at the matches from the competitors point of view and also had the experience of facing quite a few of the CWC participants in the indies.

I especially loved the part when Bryan compared Kota Ibushi’s dropkick to current the IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada’s signature dropkick. A current NJPW wrestler being namedropped on WWE programming is new.

Their commentary was a shining light in what was an excellent first episode of the CWC, and here’s to hoping that Bryan and Ranallo are a future main roster commentary pairing.