11 Things WWE Got Wrong At SummerSlam 2017

8. A Completely Meaningless Title Change

Neville Cruiserweight Champion
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It has been a strange week for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. Neville’s title reign has done wonders for the purple strap, but that reign came to an end on Monday night. Akira Tozawa defeated the King of the Cruiserweights clean on RAW, in a match that got a better reaction than any other cruiserweight match of the 2017.

Tozawa’s reign lasted less than a week. Neville pinned the (former) champion clean in the second kickoff match, making resetting the division in front of a handful of people. What was the point of moving the title on RAW if Neville was going to be picking up the win here?

Who is there to challenge Neville now? Tozawa winning the title opened up a number of possibilities for the division, but now we’re back to square one. Who is next in line? Cedric Alexander? Gran Metallik? Mustafa Ali?

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