6 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (June 12)

3. The King Demands Respect

Neville Cedric Alexander
WWE.com

Say what you will about WWE’s cruiserweight division reboot, but one thing that you can’t fault for any problems is the champ, Neville.

Since his return to WWE, Neville has been a force to be reckoned with, winning the Cruiserweight Championship in January and demolishing the competition for months. Monday, he took out the man he beat for the title, Rich Swann before the bell, then demanded to know who could stand up to him.

Neville name-dropped Akira Tozawa, who looks to be the next challenger, and that very well could be a really good rivalry. Along the way, it looks like Neville will continue to be the center of the cruiserweight universe.

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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.