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At SummerSlam, Drew Gulak narrowly escaped with the Cruiserweight Championship around his waist.
Thanks to a throat punch, he was able to take out Oney Lorcan with the Cyclone Crash. However, Drake Maverick felt that Lorcan was cheated, and gave him another chance for glory tonight.
Tonight we started off with a match between two rivals, Jack Gallagher and Akira Tozawa. A year back, Gallagher, Brian Kendrick, and Drew Gulak were making Akira Tozawa's life miserable.
Gallagher and Gulak wound up beating down Kendrick and leaving him battered and broken, setting up the friendship between him and Tozawa. Gallagher eventually broke off from Gulak, but there was still some serious tension between himself and Tozawa & Kendrick.
Jack Gallagher vs Akira Tozawa
Gallagher brought Tozawa down with a snapmare into a side headlock. Tozawa turned it around with a headscissors. Gallagher struggled to break away from the hold, and after a minute finally escaped. Tozawa was taken out with an ankle pick.
Gallagher worked over Tozawa's ankle for some time before working towards his left arm for some joint manipulation. Tozawa got back to his feet and locked the Gentleman in the Iron Octopus. Gallagher quickly escaped, but Tozawa connected with a pair of chops and a delayed right jab, sending him spaghetti legged into the corner.
Tozawa attempted a springboard in the corner only for Gallagher to shoot his feet up at the same time, launching him face first onto the ring post before he crashed down to the ground below. Kendrick quickly rushed to his friend's aid, encouraging him to get up. He beat the count just before ten, but a busted open head forced the referee to put a pause on the match in order to clean up the wound.
When the match resumed, Gallagher tried to keep Tozawa down on the mat, but the Stamina Monster escaped another submission maneuver, laying out Gallagher with a shining wizard. The Senton Splash was Tozawa's next step, but he rolled through as Gallagher moved away.
Gallagher tried to trap Tozawa again, but was sent out with a yakuza kick followed up by a suicide dive to the outside. Inside the ring, Tozawa took his longtime rival down with a missile dropkick. Gallagher was planted on his face with a fireman's carry facebuster, and a single leg basement dropkick caught him on the jaw just as he got back up to one knee. An apron suplex was countered, and Gallagher stopped Tozawa's kicking combination with a dropkick.
Gallagher picked up Tozawa in a vertebreaker style position and drove him sternum first into the corner. He looked to bring him down with a superplex, but Tozawa sent him crashing to the mat below. The Senton Splash put away the Gentleman, who's leg hit the bottom rope. Sadly, the ref didn't see it.
Results: Akira Tozawa defeated Jack Gallagher via pinfall.
Following the video replay, it looked like Kendrick may have incidentally knocked his leg off the rope when pounding the apron, excited for Tozawa's victory. Gallagher backed up the ramp questioning what had just gone down.
Oney Lorcan cut a more serious promo than normal. The Star Destroyer said that Gulak took the easy road at SummerSlam. Tonight, though, he won't get that chance again. And tonight, he's walking out as the new Cruiserweight Champion.
Before tonight's show, Gran Metalik was blindsided and found in the hallway struggling to move. Humberto Carrillo was the first man to find him, the next being 205 Live GM Drake Maverick. The rest of the Lucha House Party quickly arrived on the scene, with Lince Dorado pointing blame at Carrillo.
Originally, Metalik was supposed to join Kalisto and Dorado in a six-man match against Ariya Daivari & the Singh Brothers. However, due to the circumstances, Carrillo would take Metaliks' place.
Humberto Carrillo & Lucha House Party (Kalisto & Lince Dorado) vs Ariya Daivari & The Singh Brothers
Daivari kickstarted the match with Carrillo, literally, kicking the young man in the gut and sending him into the corner. Tossed across the ring, Carrillo avoided Daivari's wrath, taking him out with a leaping roundhouse kick and a springboard arm drag. Carrillo's showboating gave Daivari a chance to escape, tagging in Sunil Singh.
Sunil was brought into the LHP corner where Kalisto dropped onto him with a double axe handle to the arm. Lince Dorado tagged in and did the same, then took out the Bollywood Boy with a springboard crossbody. In the corner, Dorado stared at Carrillo but tagged in Kalisto.
Carrillo seemingly tagged himself in while Kalisto and Dorado hit a series of body splashes on Sunil, but the referee didn't see it, forcing him back to the apron. Kalisto took Sunil to the corner for a rope walking arm drag. Samir rushed him, allowing to Sunil taking the former Cruiserweight champion off the ropes, sending him crashing hard onto the mat. Daivari tagged in, targeting the Kalisto's spine with a backbreaker.
A spinebuster put Kalisto down for a two-count, but he managed to just kick out before three. Daivari dragged him to the corner where Samir tagged himself in. He worked over Kalisto's back and ribs with a waist lock. Sunil tagged in, but Kalisto fought off both the Singh brothers, making his way to his corner. Dorado was pulled off by Samir, forcing him to tag in Carrillo.
Carrillo knocked Samir and Daivari off the apron before targeting Sunil. Daivari broke up the pinfall, leading to a Salida del Sol from Kalisto. The Singh Brothers took out the LHP leader with a pair of superkicks. Dorado and Carrillo made it back to their feet and finally decided to work together, diving onto the Bollywood Boys on the outside.
At this point, Daivari left the Singhs on their own, opting to fight another day. Carrillo came back inside, dropping Sunil with a missile dropkick. After that, the Rounding Moonsault connected, but Dorado tagged before Carrillo left the top rope, allowing himself to take the glory with a Shooting Star Press.
Results: Lince Dorado defeated Sunil Singh via pinfall.
Drew Gulak's promo focused on having to battle his past. Tony Nese, Isaiah "Swerve" Scott, and Oney Lorcan were all former allies for the Cruiserweight Champion, and he's had to put them all down to achieve his ultimate goal. Tonight will be no different, and he'll once again end Lorcan's dreams of being a champion.
A handheld camera promo from Tony Nese was shown, with the Premier Athlete said that he needed to take a step back and rebuild. He still has his sights set on reclaiming his title, and he'll do whatever he has to in order to make that happen.
Cruiserweight Championship Match: Oney Lorcan vs Drew Gulak (c)
Lorcan rushed Gulak as the bell rang, taking the fight to him with chops and uppercuts. Gulak rolled out, avoiding the rabid challenger.
Gulak finally got back inside, with Lorcan squaring him up. Gulak attempted to rush him, but Lorcan countered with his Half-and-Half suplex. Gulak rolled outside again, stumbling to the announcer's desk where he fell to his knees. Lorcan leaped onto him from the top with a rolling senton.
Back inside, Lorcan took Gulak up top for a super Half-and-Half. Gulak held on with one arm and fought off his challenger with the other, sending him bouncing off the ropes onto the apron. Lorcan crawled around ringside trying to get his bearings. Gulak picked him up and slung him throat first into the announcer's desk. Lorcan held onto his neck gasping for air as the referee checked on him.
Gulak dropped Lorcan onto the apron, continuing to damage the throat. As Gulak rolled back inside, the ref began the count. Lorcan struggled to breath but beat the count at nine. Gulak continued his assault with two leaping stomps and a running clothesline in the corner. A float-over suplex earned him a two-count.
Lorcan was tied up in the ropes where Gulak continued to punish him with chops and strikes to Lorcan's upper body. A rope hung neckbreaker saw Lorcan desperately grasp at his throat. The referee tried to hold Gulak off Lorcan, but the champion exclaimed "I know the rules" before rolling out and dropping Lorcan throat first on the apron again.
Inside, a second rope jumping clothesline took the challenger down again. A rear chin lock was fought out of by Lorcan, and he ducked two clotheslines in order to build up steam for a reckless running uppercut. The running blockbuster and powerful running clothesline took Gulak down for a two count.
Gulak picked himself up in the corner, setting up for two running uppercuts from Lorcan. A third one was avoided, though, and Gulak dropped him head first on the bottom turnbuckle. The Cyclone Crash was avoided, but as Lorcan bounced off the ropes for another stiff strike, Gulak countered with a lariat that nearly flipped the Star Destroyer twice.
The Champion brought Lorcan up top, only for Lorcan to slip through his legs and crotch him on the top turnbuckle. The Half-and-Half from the top saw Gulak crash on his face. Rolling over near a rope, Gulak was just close enough to put his foot on it before the three count.
Lorcan was furious as Gulak tried to catch his breath on the outside, sending him bouncing off the barricade, table, and steel steps. As he followed Gulak inside, he was caught with a small package. Lorcan broke out and painted the champ's face with several chops.
Gulak avoided the Half-and-Half, and caught Lorcan with the Gu-Lock. Finally, the Torture Machine was able to put away his challenger, as Lorcan was put to sleep.
Results: Drew Gulak defeated Oney Lorcan via submission.
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