Cruiserweight Classic – July 13, 2016: Wrestling Matters
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Classic
Date: July 13, 2016
Location: Full Sail University, Winter Park, Florida
Commentators: Mauro Ranallo, Daniel Bryan
Opening sequence.
First Round: Alejandro Saez vs. Gran Metalik
A quick argument with the referee allows Metalik to knock him outside for an ACH middle rope springboard flip dive. Back in and a top rope (as in from the middle of the rope instead of the corner) gets two on Saez but Gran gets kicked out to the floor. Saez hits a shooting star off the apron, only to get caught in a Samoan Driver to give Metalik the pin at 4:05.
Metalik is announced as the official winner ala a UFC fight.
Hoho Lun is here to show that this is his job.
First Round: Ariya Daivar vs. Hoho Lun
Clement Petiot is a Lance Storm student from France and seems to be one of the bigger guys in the field.
Cedric Alexander is from Charlotte and used to be in Ring of Honor.
First Round: Clement Petiot vs. Cedric Alexander
We hit the chinlock before a running knee to the face gets two in the corner. Cedric comes right back with a perfect springboard clothesline but Clement flips him inside out with a discus clothesline. Not that it matters as Cedric comes right back with the Lumbar Check (belly to back suplex into a Backstabber) for the pin at 6:01.
Kota Ibushi is ready to prove himself.
First Round: Sean Maluta vs. Kota Ibushi
Ibushi is a big crowd favorite. Feeling out process to start with Maluta taking him down to the mat, only to have Ibushi come back with a kick to the chest. A t-bone suplex sends Maluta flying but Sean gets in a middle rope Codebreaker to knock Ibushi silly. Maluta sends him to the floor and tries a running flip dive, which may or may not have been botched as he landed on the apron but it might have been intentional as he immediately flipped over again to take Ibushi down.
Back in and Kota hits a very high dropkick before some very fast strikes have Sean in trouble. A standing moonsault gets two on Sean but he blocks a superplex, only to get kicked hard out to the floor. Ibushi keeps things fast with a running springboard moonsault to take Sean down. Back in and a superkick knocks Kota silly for two but he pops up and hits a sitout Last Ride for the pin at 9:40.
Results
Gran Metalik b. Alejandro Saez – Samoan Driver
Hoho Lun b. Ariya Daivari – German Suplex
Cedric Alexander b. Clement Petiot – Lumbar Check
Kota Ibushi b. Sean Maluta – Sitout Powerbomb
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