WWE Roadblock 2016 Review: What we learned, takeaways, future projections

Triple Threat Match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship

Brian Kendrick vs. T.J. Perkins vs. Rich Swann (c)

What we learned: I think we learned that Neville as a heel is going to be awesome. And maybe we learned that we’re always going to get a lot of commercials before the cruiserweights battle so some roadie can get those purple ropes up.

This won’t go down as one of the best cruiserweight matches we’ve seen since the return of the division, but this match wasn’t horrible. I wish they had been given a little more time but there were still some cool spots within the match. They did a good job at the start by keeping all three men involved, which is very tricky in a triple threat. I dug the double hurrincanrana from Swann and Austin Aries on commentary was pretty good, especially his “I’d be the favorite if I was in there” line.

I do get a little confused when T.J. Perkins, whom I really like, breaks his own submission hold but that’s not the first time that’s happened. The ending was a little sudden but the double superkick to Kendrick right before it was great. All in all, it was an average match but business (and the division as a whole) certainly picked up with the unexpected return and heel turn from Neville on Swann. Great post-match stuff going on here.

What’s next: I’m honestly excited (maybe not as excited as Corey Graves was) to see what Neville can do with this. The division is still growing and some of these superstars are still trying to make a name for themselves and a somewhat established star can only help with that. I will say that the fact that he was Rich Swann’s trainer sounds a little too much like the Perkins-Kendrick storyline so we’ll see how that plays out. We’ll likely see a tag match between the four men that were involved in last night’s action before Neville eventually gets his title match with Swann, which is a match that has the chance to steal any show.