WWE Extreme Rules 2019: 5 Finishes for Drew Gulak vs Tony Nese for the Cruiserweight Championship

#4 Tony Nese beats himself

Had Tony Nese missed, this match may have ended with him on his back and down a leg

Those who don't regularly watch 205 Live may not know about Tony Nese's darker side. The former champion has a pretty nasty mean streak that has come out on rare occasions. We've seen it only a few times, most recently in his feuds with Buddy Murphy and Noam Dar.

His rivalry with Dar, specifically, is where we saw how far Nese is willing to go to put away an opponent. After weeks of months attacks and cheap shots, including an incident which saw Nese suspended for several weeks, the two men finally battled each other in what's considered one of the best No DQ matches in the past few years from the WWE.

We saw Nese tear apart Dar here, even at the expense of his own leg, which Dar had damaged earlier in the match. Nese even capped Dar's knee with a chair, severely injuring him before destroying him with a Running Nese through the barricade.

Nese's actions here were mortifying, and we've seen worse from him in the past. If Gulak is able to stay ahead of him by a few steps, forcing him to change up his game plan, he may have to turn to more drastic measures. However, unlike Gulak, Nese has a harder time controlling himself, and with his high-risk offense, tends to look for spots where the cons heavily outweigh the pros.

Gulak is a master manipulator after all, and also prides himself on anticipating mistakes from high-flyers. One missed Fosbury Flop or Running Nese could take him out of the game completely, leading to an easy win for Gulak.