10 Reasons WWE's Cruiserweight Division Isn't Working
10. The Worst Possible Introduction
With the Cruiserweight Classic in the books, we all began to speculate as to what form the division would take on RAW. Would it slide back into that barely appreciated but definitely vital WCW slot of opening shows hot? Would the first champion, TJ Perkins, come out to celebrate and get waylaid by a dastardly heel? How would the audience get to know these new characters?
Instead of all the possibilities, what we got was Papa Mick Foley reading names off of a piece of paper as four competitors came out one-by-one to little or no reaction. It gave the impression that Foley didn't have any idea who they were, which immediately set the division on the back foot. Foley is a wrestling fan and an avid viewer of WWE content by the looks of things, so there's no way he would have been ignorant to the names.
The Cruiserweight Division got the Diva's Revolution treatment of 'here's this thing you want but we need to make it look like our authority figures have instigated it all'. It gave the four men far more work to do than was necessary.