#1 Is the Cruiserwright Classic a cornerstone for WWE?
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Who would have thought that WWE would have a tournament full of international independent wrestlers in 2016?
Even though WWE has come a long way in recent years in the way they treat the independent circuit, no one saw this coming. International wrestlers now know that they have a path to making it to the WWE, no matter which part of the world they’re from.
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WWE has also long been known as the land of the giants, but that is no longer as true as it used to be 15 years ago. Wrestlers like Jericho, Benoit and recently CM Punk and Daniel Bryan changed all that and now it looks like WWE will move further away from that in the future.
Triple H mentioned this in the intro video package mentioning that size will no longer determine a wrestlers’ ability. Although this won’t change overnight, it will happen slowly but surely.
Has the WWE reached a cornerstone with the Cruiserweight Classic?
Will we see similar tournaments and programming on the network in the future? Is this a final sign that WWE has accepted that the independent scene is a hotbed of talent that they can sign and harness?
The final question is, how many of these wrestlers will impress enough to get full-time contracts? With the brand split coming, WWE could use some new and talented faces to bolster NXT after the eventual call-ups during the WWE Draft.
