New WWE Network show debuts in July
The WWE has confirmed today the WWE Network exclusive cruiserweight show that we had been reporting about the past few weeks in the Observer.
The show, entitled the Global Cruiserweight Series, will air on Wednesday nights at 9 p.m., following NXT.
It will be a 32 man tournament of wrestlers who all have to be under 205 pounds, and will be taped at the NXT tapings.
The first episode of the show will be on 7/13, and the championship match will air on 9/14.
The winner of the tournament, which is expected to include a number of wrestlers who are not signed with the promotion, will obviously end up with the promotion and be billed as the best cruiserweight in wrestling.
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