5 Ups And 2 Downs From WWE Cruiserweight Classic (July 27)

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5. Sign Mendoza Up

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Even though he lost his first-round match, you’ve got to be impressed with Raul Mendoza, who dazzled fans with an array of high-flying moves against (The) Brian Kendrick.

Mendoza unloaded some springboard moves, a corkscrew plancha, and an unreal coast-to-coast dropkick on Kendrick while he was tied up in a tree of woe. All of this came after some showboating early on, letting fans know he can get serious. And for most of the match, he fought while bleeding from the mouth due to having the rope kicked into his open mouth.

Mendoza provided a nice foil for Kendrick, and he might have a future in WWE if the company decides it wants him for the relaunched Cruiserweight Division.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.