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Following his successful in-ring debut last week against Mike Kanellis, Drake Maverick opened the show by saying his focus is on his managerial duties with 205 Live, and not in competing. He even said that there were no hard feelings between himself and Kanellis, and said that he'll continue to judge him and every competitor on 205 Live fairly.
As far as Drew Gulak's opponent for SummerSlam, that will be decided tonight with a Six-Pack Challenge. Jack Gallagher, Ariya Daivari, Oney Lorcan, Kalisto, Tony Nese, and Akira Tozawa.
We kicked off tonight with a match between two of the best luchadors in the WWE. Last week, Lince Dorado claimed that Humberto Carrillo was a "real" luchador, and only used his past as a way to hype himself up. Tonight, Carrillo looked to prove him wrong.
Humberto Carrillo vs Lince Dorado
Dorado and Carrillo traded control with wrist locks, managing to flip out of each other's holds. The LHP member made first blood with a running hurricanrana. Carrillo countered with a springboard armdrag, leading to a stalemate of missed strikes between the two and a handshake in the middle of the ring.
Carrillo connected with a springboard headbutt, sending the Golden Lynx outside. However, as he went for a suicide dive, Dorado caught him in the ropes with an enziguri. Dorado sent him out to the other side of the ring and struck Carrillo's jaw with a wrecking ball dropkick through the ropes. A springboard crossbody took Carrillo down to the ground.
Back inside, a springboard body splash led to a pinfall where Carrillo kicked out at two. Another body splash saw him kick out a bit faster. Dorado latched him inside a chin lock, driving his knee into his opponent's back at the same time. Dorado then moved towards his arms, bringing him back for a kneeling surfboard stretch.
Carrillo tried to get to his feet, but went back to his knees as Dorado connected with a few stomps to his spine. Carrillo finally managed to escape, countering a hurricanrana from Dorado with a roll-up. Dorado kicked out and dropped the young Superstar with a standing dropkick.
Dorado ran in for a dropkick in the corner only to bounce off the turnbuckle when Carrillo escaped. A second springboard armdrag was countered when Dorado dropped him face first. Carrillo got back to his feet, leading to a point where they took each other down with back to back dropkicks.
Carrillo pulled himself up in the corner and lured Dorado in. A snapmare to the middle of the ring allowed him to connect to the head with a running dropkick. Dorado kicked out at two. Frustration from Carrillo allowed Dorado to recover, hitting a spinning back kick on Carrillo and moving towards the top rope. Carrillo chased him only to be sent back down, though he landed on his feet.
A high angle crossbody from the top rope nearly ended the bout. Carrillo did manage to kick out again, and caught Dorado as he attempted the Golden Rewind. Dorado countered,with a victory roll and stood oup, carrying Carrillo to his feet for an over the shoulder facebuster. Carrillo rolled into the ropes where he was hung up with a leg drop from the top rope.
Dorado attempted to finish the match, but Carrillo rolled out of harm's way, sending Dorado crashing into the mat from a body splash attempt from up high. Carrillo caught him with a springboard kick to the jaw. Dorado was dragged to the corner as Carrillo set up for the Aztec Splash.
Dorado prevented Carrillo from taking flight, and chased him to the top rope. Carrillo fought him off, and as Dorado found himself standing on the ropes, a missile dropkick forced him to crash onto the apron and floor. Carrillo didn't give him any time to recover, diving over the ropes with an over the top rope moonsault plancha.
Neither man could beat the ten-count as Dorado tripped Carrillo up on the apron before he could get inside.
Results: Double Count Out.
As Dorado and Gran Metalik talked over what happened outside, Carrillo dove onto them both with another plancha, leaving them wiped out on the ground as he rolled back inside to celebrate.
Tony Nese cut a promo on his opportunity tonight. The Premier Athlete said he needed to be more than that to lead the division, and tonight he planned on showing a more dangerous side of himself. At SummerSlam, he's walking out as Cruiserweight Champion.
Following the match, Lince Dorado was met by Ariya Daivari backstage. The Persian Lion said that everyone's talking about Carrillo when they clearly should be focusing on the Golden Lynx. He said that he could be just like Seth Rollins. All he had to do was drop the dead weight.
Dorado said that in the LHP, it's all for one and one for all. Daivari said that's kind of tough to believe considering Kalisto keeps getting opportunities at the title. He then said that if he won tonight and defeated Gulak at SummerSlam, the "New" Lince Dorado would be the first one to get a shot at the belt. Before Dorado could respond, Gran Metalik interrupted, sending Daivari backing out of the screen.
Six-Pack Challenge: Kalisto vs Tony Nese vs Jack Gallagher vs Ariya Daivari vs Oney Lorcan vs Akira Tozawa
Daivari decided to leave the ring immediately, but wasn't fast enough, as he was met by a suicide dive from Akira Tozawa. He was tossed back inside where the rest of the competitors teed off on him with chops and punches.
Daivari fought out of the corner, but as we went for a diving body splash from the top, his five opponents walked away, leading to him faceplanting. Gallagher kicked him out, leading to the action finally heating up. Lorcan, Daivari, and Gallagher squared off outside while Nese, Kalisto, and Tozawa faced off inside the ring. Nese and Tozawa traded kicks, but the Premier Athlete came out on top.
Kalisto tried to bring him down with a tilt-a-whirl DDT, but Nese countered, tossing him into Tozawa and sending them both outside. Lorcan ran in and lit up Nese with an uppercut before leaping over the ropes for a dive onto Tozawa, Gallagher, and Daivari. Gallagher grabbed his umbrella and leapt onto the pile. Kalisto found himself inside the ring, and attempted to take out all five men with a rolling senton.
They worked together, oddly enough, catching Kalisto and launching him upward, sending him crashing onto the announcer's desk. Daivari took the opportunity to send all four other men into the ring posts and barricade. Inside the ring, Daivari reignited his war with Oney Lorcan. Lorcan hit a pair of running elbows in the corner and caught Daivari diving with an uppercut. A running blockbuster set up for the pinfall, but Gallagher broke it up.
Gallagher locked Lorcan in the Indian Death Lock while Tozawa trapped the Gentleman in the Iron Octopus. Kalisto slid in, trapping Lorcan in the bridging arm triangle choke. Daivari broke up the submission-fest, but a revived Kalisto laid into him with a NO HANDS springboard enziguri before driving him into the mat with a basement rana. Nese and Lorcan cleared the ring, and the Premier Athlete rocked the Boston Brawler with a superkick. The Sunset Driver would've put him away, but Tozawa broke up the pin.
Nese powerbombed Tozawa onto Lorcan, going for a pin again. Gallagher broke it up this time, taking a rolling elbow for his trouble. Gallagher responded, coming off the ropes with a Glasgow Kiss. Nese broke out and was placed up top for a back suplex. Nese fought him off, only for Lorcan to target him next. A super Half-and-Half Suplex was avoided as Nese sent Lorcan down to the floor.
Kalisto was next to try to take the former champion down. Nese was set up in the tree of woe as Gallagher climbed up for Kalisto. Nese brought both men down when he grabbed onto Gallagher for a spider German suplex. Tozawa leaped onto Nese with a senton in the corner, but as he rolled away was hit by Daivari's diving body splash.
Lorcan crawled back inside as Daivari made it to his feet. They traded chops for a moment, and Daivari was able to connect with the Hammerlock Lariat. Kalisto caught him with the Salida Del Sol, leading to a Senton Splash to the former champion from Tozawa. Another headbutt from Gallagher knocked out Tozawa, and as he shook the stars away, he was sent into the corner with a German suplex from Nese.
Nese drove his knees into Gallagher's face with the Running Kneese. However, before he could cover him, the Star Destroyer caught him, sending him overhead with the Half-and-Half suplex for the win.
Results: Oney Lorcan defeated Tony Nese via pinfall.
Drew Gulak marched to the ring, Cruiserweight Championship around his waist, stopping before getting off the ramp. Lorcan held his finger to the sky while Gulak raised his title above his head.
