All 32 Cruiserweight Classic Participants revealed

Cruiserweight Classic participants
The Cruiserweight Classic promises much

WWE has announced the names of all 32 participants of the upcoming Cruiserweight Classic wrestling tournament, which means it's time to get excited to see some good high flying action inside the WWE Ring.For those who don't know, Cruiserweight Classic (previously known as Global Cruiserweight Series ) is a wrestling tournament which will be held by WWE. It will feature independent wrestlers from around the globe that fall into the category of being a Cruiserweight.(i.e. weighing 205 lbs or less )Here are the names of all 32 competitors chosen by WWE from different qualifying matches on small wrestling promotions worldwide-* Kota Ibushi* Tajiri* Gran Metalik* Zack Sabre Jr.* Noam Dar* Da Mack* Zumbi* Clement Petiot* Harv Sihra* Gurv Sihra* Fabian Aichner* Brian Kendrick* Rich Swann* Cedric Alexander* Akira Tozawa* Jack Gallagher* Tony Nese* Johnny Gargano* Tommaso Ciampa* Ho Ho Lun* TJ Perkins* Drew Gulak* Anthony Bennett* Tyson Dux* Lince Dorado* Sean Malura* Raul Mendoza* Kenneth Johnson* Alejandro Saez* Damien Slater* Ariya Daivari* Jason LeeThis tournament is seen as a beginning of a new era for smaller wrestlers in the biggest wrestling company in the world. However, for now, this tournament will be a WWE Network exclusive, so many are labeling it as a tactic to attract more subscribers.The tournament will be held at Full Sail University, the home of NXT. The tournament will take place on 4 different dates: June 23, July 14, August 26 and September 14. However it won't air live like other network exclusives.

Instead, it will be recorded and aired on WWE network from July 13 at 9 p.m. EST.

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