I remember liking Lince Dorado 5-7 years ago. I watched a few clips of him wrestling within the last 2 years and I don't see anything sticking out like a sore thumb. What is so bad about him right now?

I haven't seen him in ages either because I choose not to. What do I not like about him? He's excessively movezy, his matches lack any sort of structure or focus, and he regularly blows spots. Basically everything wrong with indies.

I don't watch Chikara so I didn't see Lince there but I've seen him a handful of times on indie shows the past 2 years here in Orlando. He's a movez guy for sure but I don't think he's that bad. Usually does comedy matches. He looked generally excited on Friday night when he announced he was going to be in the GCS.

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I will admit I have not seen Lince see he left Chikara several years back. However, during his time there he was constantly blowing spots and would continue to try those same spots match after match, blowing them every time. I can understand trying a new move and fucking it up, but when you constantly blow your signature moves, its a problem. I also felt his push didn't match his skill level, but that is no fault of his own, it just adds to my dislike.

I would think that a 32 man tourney like this would need some cannon fodder type guys so you don't have top level guys losing in the first round. Lince is like the sixteen seed in the NCAA tourney, they probably don't really deserve to be there but they aren't winning and are just happy to be there.

So WWE announced a full list of everyone in the tournament today:

 

1.Kota Ibushi
2.Gran Metalik
3.Tajiri
4.Zack Sabre Jr.
5.Noam Dar
6.Da Mack
7.Zumbi
8.Clement Petoit
9.Fabian Aichner
10.Harv Sihra
11.Gurv Sihra
12.Rich Swann
13.Brian Kendrick
14.Cedric Alexander
15.Akira Tozawa
16.Jack Gallagher
17.Johnny Gargano
18.Tony Nese
19.Tomasso Ciampa
20.Ho Ho Lun
21.TJ Perkins
22.Anthony Bennett
23.Drew Gulak
24.Tyson Dux
25.Lince Dorado
26.Sean Maluta
27.Raul Mendoza
28.Kenneth Johnson
29.Alejandro Saez
30.Damien Slater
31.Jason Lee
32.Ariya Daivari

Harv and Gurv are the Bollywood Boys here in Vancouver, and they are a great act

So WWE announced a full list of everyone in the tournament today:

 

1.Kota Ibushi

2.Gran Metalik

3.Tajiri

4.Zack Sabre Jr.

5.Noam Dar

6.Da Mack

7.Zumbi

8.Clement Petoit

9.Fabian Aichner

10.Harv Sihra

11.Gurv Sihra

12.Rich Swann

13.Brian Kendrick

14.Cedric Alexander

15.Akira Tozawa

16.Jack Gallagher

17.Johnny Gargano

18.Tony Nese

19.Tomasso Ciampa

20.Ho Ho Lun

21.TJ Perkins

22.Anthony Bennett

23.Drew Gulak

24.Tyson Dux

25.Lince Dorado

26.Sean Maluta

27.Raul Mendoza

28.Kenneth Johnson

29.Alejandro Saez

30.Damien Slater

31.Jason Lee

32.Ariya Daivari

Gran Metalik is Mascara Dorada

No Sombra is a surprise; thought the whole idea of this was to put him over.

Guess since he already debuted in NXT they decided to go a different route. Tajiri is a welcome surprise. I'm only familiar with half the names on the list, but looking forward to digging up stuff on the rest of them.

TYSON DUX!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally!

After looking at where all these guys are from I'm wondering why WWE changed the name from Global Cruiserweight Series to Cruiserweight Classic as it truly is a Global tournament. I also am surprised Andrade wasn't in this as well as Kalisto and/or Sin Cara since neither are doing anything on the main roster.

I am so excited to see Da Mack in this.

After looking at where all these guys are from I'm wondering why WWE changed the name from Global Cruiserweight Series to Cruiserweight Classic as it truly is a Global tournament. I also am surprised Andrade wasn't in this as well as Kalisto and/or Sin Cara since neither are doing anything on the main roster.

 

I think part of it had to do with the logo they came up with,

 

 

and to make sure no one was confused thinking this had anything to do with Global Force Wrestling.

So WWE announced a full list of everyone in the tournament today:

 

1.Kota Ibushi

2.Gran Metalik

3.Tajiri

4.Zack Sabre Jr.

5.Noam Dar

6.Da Mack

7.Zumbi

8.Clement Petoit

9.Fabian Aichner

10.Harv Sihra

11.Gurv Sihra

12.Rich Swann

13.Brian Kendrick

14.Cedric Alexander

15.Akira Tozawa

16.Jack Gallagher

17.Johnny Gargano

18.Tony Nese

19.Tomasso Ciampa

20.Ho Ho Lun

21.TJ Perkins

22.Anthony Bennett

23.Drew Gulak

24.Tyson Dux

25.Lince Dorado

26.Sean Maluta

27.Raul Mendoza

28.Kenneth Johnson

29.Alejandro Saez

30.Damien Slater

31.Jason Lee

32.Ariya Daivari

 

Holy shit, XL (Alejandro Saez) is gonna be a part of this???? Haven't seen him wrestle in years so I have no clue if he has improved, but he was considered one of the best wrestlers from Chile. I'm really happy he's getting an opportunity, hopefully he makes the most out of it.

This fascinates me because it doesn't appear there's a single contracted WWE guy in this thing. Which makes me wonder what they're hoping to accomplish with it. Is it to see if cruiserweight action can support its own show (in which case this serves as a scouting mission as well) or are they trying to see if non-traditional WWE product will fly on The Network. NXT has been a success, but it's still clearly part of the "WWE Universe". I wonder if they're looking to bring in completely outside stuff as a way to augment their stuff. Yeah, they have the archives they own, but that's all past stuff. The one thing they haven't tried yet is non-WWE current product. Almost feels like this is a test for that. "Will people watch something new that's not part of our normal style/booking structure?".

Well, technically, Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa are signed, just to non-exclusive deals. But I'm definitely convinced that they're gonna look at this tournament to find new guys to replenish the NXT roster with the upcoming draft that will raid that roster.

 

Personally, I'm psyched that Cedric Alexander is in this tournament and I hope he goes far in it. I'm also hoping to see good showings from Tajiri & Brian Kendrick, even though I'm expecting them to be used to put over some of those guys. I'm wondering if they'll be tempted to book Tajiri vs Ibushi or Tozawa early in the tournament.

 

But for me, Zack Sabre Jr is the favorite to win it, no doubt in my mind.

Rich Swann is under contract as well.

Looking at the list, my best guess is that Ibushi is signed and will take the tournament.

I assume quite a few will be signed, but this also seems to be part of the new WWE PR wing (and to an extent the evolution of the product as a whole) that is reaching out to the indy-wrestling world and the internet fan. With unlimited (more or less) space to produce and screen new wrestling on the network, even if they didn't sign a single wrestler, putting something like this on the network and under the WWE banner is still beneficial. Plus, worst case scenario it is a bit, well publicized tryout and anyone who gets over and performs well could wind up with a contract eventually.

Harv and Gurv are the Bollywood Boys here in Vancouver, and they are a great act

 

Please tell me more. The first world's (ironic?) love for Bollywood always makes me happy.

And YAY TAJIRI!!! He has always been one of my absolute favourites.

So there are like 5 guys out of those 32 I enjoy.

There are 5 guys I enjoy in this, but also 16 guys I'm entirely unfamiliar with. So I'm still really excited.