{"id":55358,"date":"2019-10-03T08:01:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T12:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=55358"},"modified":"2019-10-03T08:01:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T12:01:30","slug":"rebranded-nxt-cruiserweight-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/10\/03\/rebranded-nxt-cruiserweight-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruiserweight Championship Rebranded To NXT Cruiserweight Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Drew Gulak <\/strong>is scheduled to defend his championship next week on NXT TV against\u00a0<strong>Lio Rush<\/strong>.\u00a0 What some eagle-eyed viewers noted was the new name for his championship.\u00a0 The NXT Cruiserweight Championship is now the official name for the marquee championship of the 205 Live brand.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wait wait&#8230; &quot;The NXT Cruiserweight Championship?&quot; \ud83d\udc40 205 Live inside NXT? i said YES!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Francisco S\u00e1nchez (@fransancheez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fransancheez\/status\/1179555385222389760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With NXT UK stars like\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/04\/23\/from-struggle-to-absolute-power-new-faction-debuts-at-nxt-uk-tapings\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Imperium<\/a> <\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Pete Dunne\u00a0<\/strong>having an increasing presence on NXT TV it appeared as if all the brands under the Triple H umbrella were merging to help NXT fill two hours of live television a week.<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/09\/11\/205-live-to-begin-working-under-nxt-banner\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Triple H himself did confirm<\/a> that 205 Live would operate under the NXT Umbrella, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/09\/30\/wwe-confirms-205-live-move-to-friday-nights\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">now on Fridays<\/a>, many fans were unsure of the future of the Cruiserweight championship.\u00a0 Now these questions have been answered with the official rebranding of the championship to the NXT Cruiserweight championship.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the<a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 And subscribe to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/wwenetwork\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a> to see all the action from every show under the Triple H\/NXT umbrella.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drew Gulak is scheduled to defend his championship next week on NXT TV against\u00a0Lio Rush.\u00a0 What some eagle-eyed viewers noted was the new name for his championship.\u00a0 The NXT Cruiserweight Championship is now the official name for the marquee championship of the 205 Live brand. 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