10 Things We Learned From WWE Raw (May 29)
3. Dethroned?
Embarking on their third consecutive pay-per-view match for the Cruiserweight Title, Neville and Austin Aries will have to go some way to topping their sensational clashes at WrestleMania and Payback, but the Submission stipulation added to their Extreme Rules clash has been stunningly emphasised with the limited time they've been afforded.
'The Greatest Man that Ever Lived' has unleashed his Last Chancery hold strike fear into the self-proclaimed 'King of the Cruiserweights', and the champion's increasing panic was justified this week after tapping out to the manoeuvre at the conclusion of the tag team match also featuring Gentleman Jack Gallagher and TJP.
With audiences previously slipping into a catatonic state when the shiny purple tape covered the Raw ropes, the angle that has generated genuine interest and given the respective partners their own sense of purpose during the period too.
At what must surely be the conclusion of the programme this Sunday, it will be interesting to see how the division can function without Neville and Aries as the two headliners, regardless of who takes the title.
It was a division on life support before them, and the company must look to avoid a relapse following the climax to their terrific tale.