WWE announced the eight wrestlers who will compete in the upcoming tournament to crown a new NXT Cruiserweight Champion.
It’ll be a round-robin style tournament where wrestlers are split into two groups of four. The four wrestlers in each group will face each other once and the person with the best record in the group will advance to the championship match. Ties will be broken by who won the head to head match.
The tournament will begin this Wednesday on NXT.
The competitors are:
Group A
Kushida
Drake Maverick
Tony Nese
Jake Atlas
Group B
Isaiah “Swerve” Scott
El Hijo del Fantasma
Akira Tozawa
Gentleman Jack Gallagher
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