{"id":23654,"date":"2016-06-23T01:15:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T06:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=23654"},"modified":"2016-06-22T15:27:45","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T20:27:45","slug":"wwe-begins-cruiserweight-tournament-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/23\/wwe-begins-cruiserweight-tournament-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE begins Cruiserweight tournament tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-854215291\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>After months of changes, speculation, and qualifiers, WWE begins their Cruiserweight tournament Thursday\u00a0night at Full Sail University.<\/p>\n<p>All 32 wrestlers have been announced for the tournament that begins taping Thursday night. Plus, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/22\/daniel-bryan-returning-wwe-tv-cruiserweight-hosts-announced\/\">Mauro Ranallo and Daniel Bryan<\/a> will be on the call.<\/p>\n<p>After Thursday, the\u00a0next tapings are July 14 and August 26 leading to a live finale on Wednesday, September 14.<\/p>\n<p>The 10-episode series begins airing on WWE Network on July 13.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/07\/hunterconferencejune7\/\">Triple H said in his most-recent media conference call<\/a> that the tournament will look &amp; feel different than a typical WWE show, with emphasis on sports elements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>32-man Cruiserweight Tournament Field<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kota Ibushi<\/li>\n<li>Tajiri<\/li>\n<li>Akira Tozawa<\/li>\n<li>Brian Kendrick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cedric Alexander<\/li>\n<li>Johnny Gargano<\/li>\n<li>Tommaso Ciampa<\/li>\n<li>Rich Swann<\/li>\n<li>T.J. 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