5 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Survivor Series 2016

2. Way To Show Importance Of Division

WWE Survivor Series 2016 Brian Kendrick Kalisto
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Just when it looked like WWE was going to raise the profile of the cruiserweight division by putting it up for grabs in a PPV match, the company went and pulled the rug out from under us.

The WWE Cruiserweight Championship match between Brian Kendrick and Kalisto has more than the title on the line. If SmackDown’s Kalisto won, the entire division would migrate to the blue brand. The two had a solid bout that picked up steam as it went and started pulling the fans into it… only for Baron Corbin to interfere and cause a DQ en route to demolishing Kalisto.

And that was that. The cruiserweight division’s big PPV moment was turned into an angle for a Corbin/Kalisto feud. That just about sums up WWE’s priorities right there.

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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 fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.