10 Possible Winners Of WWE's Cruiserweight Classic

10. Ariya Daivari

When the list of competitors in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic was officially announced, three names that caught the eye were Tajiri, Brian Kendrick and Ariya Daivari.

'Hooray!' many proclaimed, it is good to see WWE bringing in former talent for the tournament. Tajiri is much loved, The Brian Kendrick is a former WWE Champion (technically) and Daivari never really got a good shot as a wrestler. Good on them!

Well, whilst these commentators may have been correct on Tajiri and Kendrick, it turns out this isn't the Daivari we all know and love (?). No, Ariya Daivari is actually the younger brother of the former manager of Muhammad Hassan, Kurt Angle and The Great Khali.

By all accounts he is a heck of a talent too, and has been on WWE's radar for quite a while. His finishing move is called the Magic Carpet Ride, and I'm not sure whether that gains him points or sees them deducted.

Either way, he could go on to win the whole thing.

Authored by John Bills

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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.

Posted On: 15th Jun 2016

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