10 Best Wrestling Matches Involving WWE's Cruiserweight Classic Participants

7. Tommaso Ciampa Vs. Michael Elgin (ROH Best In The World 2013)

Tommaso Ciampa and his partner Johnny Gargano look all-set for a run at The Revival’s NXT Tag Team Championships, but “The Sicilian Psychopath” was (and still is) an accomplished singles worker prior to joining WWE developmental.

Ciampa is known for his edgy intensity and hard-hitting offence, and he brought everything to the table here. This was an absolute war - the type of match in which both competitors look like they’re genuinely out to kill each other - with both men taking unbelieveable amounts of punishment for the match’s full 20 minutes.

Nobody in this tournament can match Ciampa for sheer ferocity: look for the violence levels to pick-up every time he’s on your screen.

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