Akira Tozawa defeated Neville to become the new WWE Cruiserweight Champion on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw. They wrestled in front of a hot crowd and the announcers tried to get over that Tozawa was overcoming tremendous odds.
When he won the match, they compared it to James Buster Douglas’ defeating Mike Tyson in 1990. His match with Neville is still listed on the SummerSlam page on WWE.com so I guess this means that the match is still on and Neville will defend the title on Sunday.
HE DID IT! #TitusWorldwide's @TozawaAkira is your NEW #Cruiserweight Champion!!! #AndNew #RAW #205Live @WWENeville @TitusONeilWWE pic.twitter.com/mwd5fF8ve7
— WWE (@WWE) August 15, 2017
Here are the matches that have been announced for SummerSlam:
Universal Champion Brock Lesnar defends against Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, and Samoa Joe in a Fatal 4-Way Match. Lesnar and Paul Heyman promise to leave WWE if Lesnar does not leave as champion
WWE Champion Jinder Mahal defends against Shinsuke Nakamura
John Cena vs. Baron Corbin
Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss defends against Sasha Banks
Raw Tag Team Champions Sheamus and Cesaro defend against Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose
Smackdown Women’s Champion Naomi defends against Natalya
United States Champion AJ Styles defends against Kevin Owens – Shane McMahon will be the special referee
Smackdown Tag Team Champions defend against The Usos
Randy Orton vs. Rusev
Big Show vs. Big Cass – Enzo Amore will be suspended above the ring in a shark cage
Finn Balor vs. Bray Wyatt
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Akira Tozawa vs. Neville
There’s been a ton of news in the last 48 hours. Click on the links below if you’d like to catch up on some of the top stories:
- The latest updates on Ric Flair
- GFW strips Alberto El Patron of World Championship
- Bayley’s injury may force WWE to delay plans for a major angle
- WWE star might be getting repackaged soon
- Enzo Amore’s deleted post may have gotten him more heat in WWE
- More incidents involving Alberto El Patron that have not been reported, Alberto’s lawyer sends letter to GFW
