7 Ups And 8 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Nov 14)

5. Tipping Your Hand?

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Let’s see if we can follow this: WWE Cruiserweight Champion Brian Kendrick will face SmackDown’s Kalisto at Survivor Series for the title. If Kalisto wins, the title and the entire cruiserweight division will migrate to SmackDown.

Coincidentally, a cruiserweight-only wrestling show, 205 Live, will debut on the WWE Network on Tuesday, November 29th at 10pm. Is there really any doubt as to the outcome of this title match on Sunday? The cruiserweights have to move to SmackDown so they can go live on the Network at 10pm, after SmackDown airs.

This isn’t necessarily a criticism, but unless WWE is going to pull some weird fast one, it’s pretty obvious that the division is moving over to Tuesday nights, which would indicate a Kalisto victory. Way to build suspense, guys.

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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.