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WWE Cruiserweight Tournament Central
Match Bracket & Results
WWE aired the tenth and final week of the Cruiserweight tournament Wednesday night, September 14 on WWE Network. The final results included…
- Final Four: Gran Metalik beat Zack Sabre, Jr.
- Final Four: T.J. Perkins beat Kota Ibushi
- Finals: TJP beat Gran Metalik to win the tournament
Perkins also won a newly-introduced Cruiserweight Title that Perkins will bring to Monday’s Raw when the Cruiserweight division returns to WWE TV.
THE CHAMPION!! @MaskaraManik!!! #CWC pic.twitter.com/3FHW4WMLbt
— WWE CWC (@WWE_CWC) September 15, 2016
.@MaskaraManik is the KING of the Cruiserweights — The CHAMPION of the @WWE_CWC!! Congratulations #TJP! pic.twitter.com/RZBu2W1aRq
— WWE CWC (@WWE_CWC) September 15, 2016
Final Tournament Bracket
Left Side Top Bracket
- Akira Tozawa beat Kenneth Johnson (7/20)
- Jack Gallagher beat Fabian Aichner (8/3)
- Tajiri beat Damian Slater (7/20)
- Gran Metalik beat Alejandro Saez (7/13)
- Round 2: Akira Tozawa beat Jack Gallagher (8/17)
- Round 2: Gran Metalik beat Tajiri (8/10)
- Elite 8: Metalik beat Tozawa (8/31)
- Metalik advances to the Final Four
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Left Side Bottom Bracket
- Drew Gulak beat Harv Sihra (7/27)
- Zack Sabre, Jr. beat Tyson Dux (7/27)
- Noam Dar beat Gurv Sihra (8/3)
- HoHo Lun beat Ariya Daivari (7/13)
- Round 2: Zack Sabre, Jr. beat Drew Gulak (8/24)
- Round 2: Noam Dar beat Ho Ho Lun (8/17)
- Elite 8: Sabre beat Dar (9/7)
- Zack Sabre, Jr. advances to the Final Four
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Right Side Top Bracket
- Brian Kendrick beat Raul Mendoza (7/27)
- Tony Nese beat Anthony Bennett (7/27)
- Kota Ibushi beat Sean Maluta (7/13)
- Cedric Alexander beat Clement Petoit (7/13)
- Round 2: Brian Kendrick beat Tony Nese (8/17)
- Round 2: Kota Ibushi beat Cedric Alexander (8/10)
- Elite 8: Ibushi beat Kendrick (8/31)
- K0ta Ibushi advances to the Final Four
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Right Side Bottom Bracket
- T.J. Perkins beat Da Mack (7/20)
- Johnny Gargano beat Tommaso Ciampa (8/3)
- Lince Dorado beat Mustafa Ali (7/20)
- Rich Swann beat Jason Lee (8/3)
- Round 2: T.J. Perkins beat Johnny Gargano (8/24)
- Round 2: Rich Swann beat Lince Dorado (8/24)
- Elite 8: TJP beat Rich Swann (9/7)
- T.J. Perkins advances to the Final Four
- TJP Won the Tournament