{"id":23679,"date":"2016-06-22T10:25:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T15:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=23679"},"modified":"2016-06-22T10:25:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T15:25:08","slug":"daniel-bryan-returning-wwe-tv-cruiserweight-hosts-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/22\/daniel-bryan-returning-wwe-tv-cruiserweight-hosts-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Bryan returning to WWE TV &#8211; Cruiserweight hosts announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3613639586\" 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>Daniel Bryan is returning to WWE TV in the form of co-host of the Cruiserweight tournament, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/cruiserweightclassic\/article\/cruiserweight-classic-hosts-revealed?sf29401710=1\" target=\"_blank\">WWE announced Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan will be joined by lead announcer Mauro Ranallo for the 32-man tournament, which begins taping Thursday at Full Sail University in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Triple H noted in his most-recent media conference call that the idea was to create a sports-like tournament, look, and feel. 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