10 Forgotten WWE Matches That Came Right Before Iconic Moments
4. Akira Tozawa Vs Ariya Daivari - The Festival Of Friendship (Raw, February 13 2017)
In the interest of not knocking Akira Tozawa and Ariya Daivari specifically for their three minute nothing match during Raw's hosting of an unfinished Cruiserweight Division, were any of these matches destined to linger long in the memory?
Ahead of Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens' magnificent Festival Of Friendship segment, Raw rolled on as it did then just as it does now with a moribund contest buried deep in the experimental stages of a Cruiserweight rebooting that can now be formally classified as a failure.
The ropes were rapidly taped purple by crack production staff in the break, but when you resort to commenting on that you're Seth Rollins trying to explain the actual difference between the shows in the middle of a Superstar Shake-up. Daivari and Tozawa produced everything 2016's luxurious Cruiserweight Classic wasn't in keeping with how the 205 lot were typically presented on Raw at the time. Worst still, Vince McMahon wasn't even there to see it - Chris Jericho famously had to get clearance for festival specifics over the phone after some push-and-pull with gaffer Triple H.