{"id":23681,"date":"2016-06-22T10:36:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T15:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=23681"},"modified":"2016-06-22T10:36:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T15:36:08","slug":"official-wwe-cruiserweight-tournament-press-release-stars-favorites-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/22\/official-wwe-cruiserweight-tournament-press-release-stars-favorites-tourney\/","title":{"rendered":"Official WWE Cruiserweight tournament press release &#8211; which stars are the &#8220;favorites&#8221; in the tourney?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1953857500\" 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>WWE <a href=\"http:\/\/corporate.wwe.com\/investors\/news\/press-releases\/2016\/06-22-2016-140431923\" target=\"_blank\">issued a press release Wednesday morning<\/a> officially announcing details on the 32-man Cruiserweight tournament.<\/p>\n<p>WWE noted there will be a two-hour live finale on Wednesday, September 14 to conclude the 10-week tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament begins with &#8220;Bracketology&#8221; on Wednesday, July 6 leading into the first episode on July 13 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/06\/22\/daniel-bryan-returning-wwe-tv-cruiserweight-hosts-announced\/\">hosted by Mauro Ranallo and Daniel Bryan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WWE also highlighted 14\u00a0of the 32\u00a0stars in the tournament, i.e. the favorites to advance deep into the tournament, which also sets up some &#8220;upsets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>United States<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rich Swann<\/li>\n<li>Johnny Gargano<\/li>\n<li>Cedric Alexander<\/li>\n<li>Tommaso Ciampa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>North America<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gran Metalik (M\u00e1scara Dorada) (Mexico)<\/li>\n<li>Tyson Dux (Canada)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Asia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kota Ibushi (Japan)<\/li>\n<li>Akira Tozawa (Japan)<\/li>\n<li>Ho Ho Lun (Hong Kong)<\/li>\n<li>Jason Lee (Hong Kong)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Europe<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1965766851\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Zack Sabre, Jr. (U.K.)<\/li>\n<li>Noam Dar (Scotland)<\/li>\n<li>Da Mack (Germany)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Damian Slater<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1024049960\"><div id=\"pwtor-4214923941\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE issued a press release Wednesday morning officially announcing details on the 32-man Cruiserweight tournament. 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