{"id":34421,"date":"2016-11-02T11:58:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T16:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=34421"},"modified":"2016-11-02T12:49:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T17:49:16","slug":"wwe-announces-new-205-live-cruiserweight-weekly-show-air-smackdown-wwe-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/11\/02\/wwe-announces-new-205-live-cruiserweight-weekly-show-air-smackdown-wwe-network\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE announces new &#8220;205 Live&#8221; Cruiserweight weekly show to air after Smackdown on WWE Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2288970558\" 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>This morning WWE announced the launch of a new &#8220;205 Live&#8221; Cruiserweight weekly show on Nov. 29 to air after Smackdown on WWE Network. This apparently will replace Talking Smack. The following is WWE&#8217;s press release sent to PWTorch this morning.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>\u201c205 LIVE\u2122\u201d<i> <\/i>PREMIERES TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 ON WWE NETWORK<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>STAMFORD, Conn., November 2, 2016 <\/b>\u2013 A one-hour, in-ring program, <i>205 Live<\/i>, showcasing WWE\u2019s new Cruiserweight Division, will premiere Tuesday, November 29 at 10pm ET exclusively on WWE Network. The live weekly show will be called by Mauro Ranallo, the voice of <i>SmackDown Live<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><i><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>,<\/i> and Corey Graves, color commentator for <i>Monday Night Raw<\/i><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><i><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><i>. <\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Coming off the success of WWE Network\u2019s recent Cruiserweight Classic tournament and the formation of the new Cruiserweight Division, which airs exclusively on <i>Monday Night Raw, 205 Live <\/i>will feature Superstars that are 205 lbs. and under, including new Cruiserweight Champion Brian Kendrick\u2122, as well as TJ Perkins\u2122, Rich Swann\u2122, Noam Dar\u2122, HoHo Lun\u2122, Cedric Alexander\u2122, Lince Dorado\u2122, Gran Metallik\u2122, Tozawa\u2122, Jack Gallagher\u2122, Gurv Sihra\u2122 and Harv Sihra\u2122.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201c<i>205 Live <\/i>is a natural progression to showcase the depth of our roster,\u201d said Paul \u201cTriple H<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><i><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/i><\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u201d Levesque, WWE Executive Vice President, Talent, Live Events &amp; Creative.\u00a0 \u201cWith world-class talent such as Brian Kendrick, TJ Perkins, and Rich Swann, <i>205 Live <\/i>will be a must-see program on WWE Network.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWith the addition of <i>205 Live <\/i>to an already robust programming schedule, WWE continues to enhance the value of WWE Network for our subscribers,\u201d said Michelle Wilson, WWE Chief Revenue &amp; Marketing Officer.\u00a0 \u201cWe take pride in listening to our fans and delivering even more live, premium content that they are asking for.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-537193317\"><div id=\"pwtor-4292011993\"><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>This morning WWE announced the launch of a new &#8220;205 Live&#8221; Cruiserweight weekly show on Nov. 29 to air after Smackdown on WWE Network. 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The following is WWE&#8217;s press <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/11\/02\/wwe-announces-new-205-live-cruiserweight-weekly-show-air-smackdown-wwe-network\/\" title=\"WWE announces new &#8220;205 Live&#8221; Cruiserweight weekly show to air after Smackdown on WWE Network\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spotlightarticles","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/06\/WWECWC.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34421"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34422,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34421\/revisions\/34422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}