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

4. D-Bry Becomes A Homer

brian kendrick
WWE.com

Throughout this tournament, the commentary of Mauro Ranallo and Daniel Bryan has been a major positive and a reminder of what announcers can sound like without Vince McMahon in their ears week in and week out.

But give it up to Bryan, who admittedly abandoned his responsibility to even-handedly call the match between (The) Brian Kendrick and Raul Mendoza, openly cheerleading for his longtime friend Kendrick. He flat-out said that if he could choose who he wants to win the tournament, it would be the former WWE tag team champion, who he wrestled against in both of their first match back in 1999.

After hearing Bryan geek out about various moves and wrestlers, it was fun to just hear him root for his buddy – while still managing to comment on the match itself.

Advertisement
Contributor
Contributor

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.