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The backstage brawl between Tony Nese and Noam Dar from last week was revisited, again reiterating that the Premier Athlete was suspended indefinitely. Drake Maverick was shown backstage arguing with Drew Gulak and Jack Gallagher, who wanted to accompany Carrillo down to the ring tonight.
Noam Dar came in to talk to Maverick. He said he wanted a match with Nese next week, and if he didn't get it, he would take him out on his own time, just like Nese said weeks ago. Maverick decided to make a No Disqualification match between the two for next week's main event.
Fatal-4-Way Elimination Match: Lio Rush vs Akira Tozawa vs Humberto Carrillo vs Cedric Alexander
All four men began trash talking before ganging up on Rush, who avoided all three men with his incredible speed. Eventually, he was stopped in his tracks by Cedric Alexander, allowing Tozawa to hit him with a suicide dive.
Back on the inside, Alexander and Carrillo went back and forth, but after they got caught up in the ropes, Tozawa rolled over them with a sunset flip, launching Carrillo with a German suplex.
Tozawa went for a dive, but Rush pulled him out, then connected with two suicide dives on Alexander and Tozawa. Carrillo made it to the apron before Rush took him down with a handspring kick. Rush dropped Carrillo with a tilt-a-whirl DDT, nearly eliminating the newest member to the 205 Live roster.
Carrillo, back to his feet, traded strikes with Rush. Rush avoided a lot of Carrillo's attacks but was dropped by a spinning heel kick. Tozawa sent him outside with a missile dropkick, looking to pick off Rush himself.
Rush managed to fight back, rolling Tozawa over with a schoolboy and pelting him with a spinning roundhouse kick. Rush went up top for the Final Hour but was distracted by Alexander, allowing Tozawa to get out of the way. Tozawa fought off Rush, sending him into Alexander who eliminated him with the Lumbar Check.
First Elimination: Cedric Alexander defeated Lio Rush via pinfall.
Carrillo made it back inside, catching Alexander with multiple kicks. Carrillo took out Tozawa with a springboard arm drag, then caught Alexander on the jaw with a missile dropkick, followed by a rolling moonsault.
Carrillo went for a powerbomb to Alexander, but Tozawa went for a roll. Carrillo countered and went for the powerbomb again. Tozawa tossed him away with a hurricanrana and dropped Alexander with a kick.
A springboard clothesline didn't exactly go the way of Alexander, as he looked to hurt his knee on the landing. All three men eventually made their way to the top of the turnbuckle, but Carrillo knocked Alexander off, forcing the former champion to take a nasty bump.
Carrillo went for a sky-high arm drag, only to be knocked off the ropes by Tozawa. Tozawa dropped down on the 205 Live rookie with the Senton Splash, eliminating him.
Second Elimination: Akira Tozawa defeated Humberto Carrillo.
Alexander limped into the middle of the ring, and both men traded elbow strikes. Tozawa went for the Iron Octopus stretch and managed to relock it when Alexander tried to fight it off. Alexander finally escaped but was rolled up. He escaped, and both men laid each other out with running boots.
Back to their feet, they traded kicks, but a stinging right jab stunned Alexander. Alexander avoided another attack and went for the Neuralizer, but Tozawa caught him for a snap German suplex, following up with another German suplex. Alexander kicked out.
Tozawa went up top for the Senton Splash, but Alexander rolled to the apron. A stiff boot stunned Alexander again, and Tozawa went for a suplex on the apron. Alexander fought him off and drove him spine first on the apron with an STO.
He rolled Tozawa inside and planted him with a powerful Michinoku Driver, but Tozawa broke out of the pin.
Alexander, frustrated, stomped out Tozawa. He went for the Lumbar Check, but Tozawa escaped multiple times, finally spiking Alexander head first with the reverse hurricanrana. He went up top one more time for the Senton Splash and connected.
Results: Akira Tozawa defeated Cedric Alexander via pinfall.
Akira Tozawa managed to eliminate two of his three opponents tonight, picking up another massive win in the cruiserweight division. A hard fought win earned him the opportunity to face off against Buddy Murphy for the Cruiserweight Championship at WWE Elimination Chamber on February 17th.
Buddy Murphy cut a promo on the titantron, congratulating Tozawa. He said he won't be looking past him, but directly through him, as he looks to cement himself as the greatest Cruiserweight Champion at WrestleMania.
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