{"id":31677,"date":"2016-09-14T22:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T03:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=31677"},"modified":"2016-09-14T23:17:36","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T04:17:36","slug":"914-wwe-cruiserweight-news-notes-final-matches-new-champ-triple-h-william-regal-wrestlers-crowd-pre-taping-dark-match-result","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/09\/14\/914-wwe-cruiserweight-news-notes-final-matches-new-champ-triple-h-william-regal-wrestlers-crowd-pre-taping-dark-match-result\/","title":{"rendered":"9\/14 WWE Cruiserweight News &#038; Notes &#8211; Final Matches, new champ, Triple H &#038; William Regal, wrestlers in the crowd, pre-taping Dark Match result"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1387946171\" 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><strong>WWE Cruiserweight Tournament News &amp; Notes 9\/14<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; T.J. Perkins beat Gran Metalik in the Finals to win the first Cruiserweight Tournament. Perkins also won a newly-introduced Cruiserweight Title that he will bring to Monday&#8217;s Raw when the Cruiserweight division is re-introduced.<\/p>\n<p>In the semi-final round, Gran Metalik beat Zack Sabre, Jr. and TJP beat Kota\u00a0Ibushi. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wwecruiserweights2016\/\">Full Bracket &amp; Table Match Results<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Triple H and William Regal made their first TV appearances of the tournament. Right before the final match, Hunter made a surprise appearance introducing the new CW Title belt that would be awarded to the winner along with the CWC trophy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Wrestlers shown watching the show in the crowd included Sasha Banks, Bayley, Jack Gallagher, Rich Swann, and Kalisto.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; In-between the semi-finals and finals, Johnny Gargano &amp; Tommaso Ciampa beat Cedric Alexander &amp; Noam Dar in tag action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; In the pre-taping dark match at Full Sail University, the Bollywood Boys beat Sean Maluta &amp; Martin Stone in a tag match. 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