10 Big Talking Points From WWE Raw (Aug 29)

5. More Cruiserweights Coming!

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Once again, Raw played host to vignettes for the upcoming Cruiserweight division, which will begin on the show in just three weeks. This time, there were three names mentioned: Tommaso Ciampa, Cedric Alexander, and Johnny Gargano.

Ciampa and Gargano come as little surprise, given that both are under WWE contract - it does, however, raise the question of whether or not Team DIY will continue to compete on NXT (after all, there aren't that many teams on the brand).

Alexander is a new signing, though his joining WWE full-time has been rumored since he left Ring of Honor in May. The star has been working for EVOLVE since then, and his second-round match against Kota Ibushi in the Cruiserweight Classic has been the most-praised bout of the entire tournament.

The seven stars announced for the division thus far have made for a very strong backbone for the weight class. In the weeks to come, we'll undoubtedly learn more names for the division - and maybe we'll even find out how a champion will be crowned.

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Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried. *Best Crowd of the Year, 2013