7 Things WWE Could Learn From NJPW Dominion 6.9
4. How To Differentiate Between Divisions
Despite Triple H's best efforts, 205 Live may still end up confined to WWE's bad ideas bin, and it won't be the first time the company's Cruiserweight aspirations have hit the wall.
The original Light Heavyweight division in 1997 was ultimately lost to the bluster of the Attitude Era but a latter-day conversion to the Cruiserweight nomenclature fared little better despite WWE gobbling up some of the decent hands from WCW's own lightweight league.
Much of the problem can be attributed to style. The smaller wrestlers in WWE are just that - small wrestlers in WWE. Very few of their flips can't be replicated by main roster contemporaries, and the skills that got them hired in the first place are reduced as part of a frustrating wing-clipping to get everybody TV-ready.
The Junior Heavyweights in New Japan may have similar restrictions placed upon them, but few seem apparent when watching the performers chase inconceivable highs and take incredible risks for the good of the audience and bad of their own wellbeing.
The legendary Best Of The Super Juniors tournament is inarguably the most prestigious lightweight tournament in the world, with this year's main event between Hirmou Takahashi and Taiji Ishimori bursting with heart-in-mouth moments wrapped in the packaging of a glorious grand finale. WWE skirted around this tension in 2016's celebrated Cruiserweight Classic, but little of that spark has since been replicated.