WrestleMania is only a few short weeks away, and the WWE Cruiserweight Championship will be on the line at the big event in Orlando, FL on April 2nd. Neville is the current Cruiserweight Champion and this week on 205 Live we will find out who will be challenging him at the show of shows.
This week on WWE Raw it was announced that Austin Aries, Akira Tozawa, TJ Perkins, Tony Nese and Brian Kendrick will face off in a Fatal 5-Way elimination match to determine the new number 1 contender.
Austin Aries recently made his return to the ring last week on 205 Live, and he seems to be quite over with the crowd. Aries made his Raw debut this week and at this point he seems like the favorite to win the match.
WWE posted the following:
TOMORROW NIGHT on #205Live: A Fatal 5-Way Elimination Match will determine who will face @WWENeville at #WrestleMania! #RAW pic.twitter.com/hBuA2kwnQe
— WWE (@WWE) March 14, 2017
NXT Women’s Champion Asuka has been on a roll as of late, and she’s coming to close to breaking Goldberg’s historic 173 win streak from WCW.
The Empress of Tomorrow made her Madison Square Garden debut on Sunday night when she teamed with Becky Lynch, Tamina Snuka, and Nikki Bella to defeat Alexa Bliss, Mickie James, Natalya and Carmella.
WWE has uploaded some footage from the match on their YouTube channel and it can be viewed below.