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At WWE TLC, Buddy Murphy managed to hold onto his Cruiserweight Championship, defeating Cedric Alexander in another epic contest between the two. On tonight's episode of 205 Live, we moved forward and looked to find Murphy's next challenger. With the Soul of 205 Live crushed by the Juggernaut, who is next to step up?
Lio Rush made his return to 205 Live tonight as well, a month after suffering his first loss at the hands of Cedric Alexander. Rush faced his next challenge tonight and looked to get back to his winning ways.
The main event of 205 Live featured a street fight between Akira Tozawa & The Brian Kendrick and Drew Gulak & Jack Gallagher. Kendrick has stated that he's a changed man, and is working to prove that to his new partner Tozawa. Could he finally do that tonight?
Hideo Itami and Ariya Daivari made their way to the ring to open the show. These two have recently created a new bond out of mutual respect for each other.
Daivari told the WWE Universe to show Itami the respect he deserves, which the crowd responded to with boos. Daivari called Itami a legend, and couldn't stand by anymore watching him being mistreated. Daivari attempted to cancel this episode of 205 Live until General Manager Drake Maverick came out.
Maverick was going to suspend Itami and Daivari, but Noam Dar came out to challenge Itami. Maverick said the next time Itami and Daivari attempted to take over the show, it would cost them their jobs.
Hideo Itami w/Ariya Daivari vs Noam Dar
Dar avoided a boot from Itami, forcing him into the corner with a flurry of fists. Dar then took Itami on a tour around the ring, driving his head into multiple turnbuckles. Dar then sent Itami out with a running dropkick.
Itami was spun repeatedly by Dar before the Scottish Supernova attempted a pinfall. Itami kicked out at two.
Itami finally caught Dar with some strikes, hitting him with two stiff jabs and setting him up on the top rope for a pair of kicks. Itami then connected with a leg drop from the top rope to the draped Dar. Dar kicked out.
Itami chased Dar across the ring, focusing on his abdominal region with strikes to the gut and a high knee that doubled him over. Itami then slowed down the pace with a headlock in the middle of the ring. Dar fought out and was slammed back down to the mat for his trouble.
Itami repeatedly dropped his knee onto Dar's face, then wiped his boot on Dar's face, which woke him up.
Dar came back and fired off on Itami with a few punches. However, as he ran into the ropes, Itami caught him with another knee to the gut, bringing him back down to the mat.
Dar fought out of another headlock and dodged a running dropkick from Itami. Itami set himself up in the corner, heading towards the top rope, but Dar kicked the rope, sending Itami to the middle of the ring.
Dar connected with his headbutt/uppercut combination, then a running forearm into the corner followed up by a northern lights suplex. Itami kicked out at two. Itami went for a back elbow but was rolled up by Dar. Again, he kicked out.
Dar avoided another strike from Itami, dodging a kick. However, a distraction from Daivari would allow Itami to take back over, sending Dar into the corner and connecting with the hesitation dropkick before finishing him off with the GTS '18.
Results: Hideo Itami w/Ariya Daivari defeated Noam Dar via pinfall.
Itami found some solid competition in Dar tonight, but sadly the Scottish Supernova couldn't overcome the numbers game.
Backstage, Murphy met with Drake Maverick. Murphy went over how he defeated the two men fans thought he'd lose the Cruiserweight Championship too. Murphy told Maverick that he needs a real challenge so that when he wins, no one will be able to deny his greatness.
Maverick said that he'll make the announcement next week.
Lio Rush vs Local Competitor
The man of the Hour made his long-awaited return to 205 Live tonight. Rush has been busy working with his partner Bobby Lashley on Monday nights but returned tonight to show why he joined 205 Live in the first place.
Prior to the match, Rush said he usually likes to talk trash, but decided to get right to the action, then cut his opponent down with a cheap punch.
Rush avoided a clothesline, then dragged his opponent to the outside, connecting with an apron-assisted spinning bulldog. Rush hit the Final Hour but didn't go for the pin.
Rush beat down his opponent some more, then hit another Final Hour to put him away.
Results: Lio Rush won via pinfall.
After the match, Cedric Alexander cut a phone-promo. Alexander said that 205 Live is still his show and his division, and soon enough he'll be coming back for his title.
Next week, the cruiserweights take the night off as we get a recap of the highlights of the year with the Best of 205 Live.
The Submission Commission (Drew Gulak & Jack Gallagher) vs Akira Tozawa & The Brian Kendrick
The Brian Kendrick came out with Akira Tozawa sporting a new look. Kendrick, with a new haircut and freshly shaven face, looked nearly a decade younger.
Kendrick and Tozawa took the fight to Gallagher and Gulak quickly but were cut off by the villains after they attempted to get a table. Gallagher and Gulak put the table back under the ring, telling the crowd they wouldn't be getting any tables.
Kendrick and Tozawa improvised, picking up the announce table guard instead and running it into their opponents. With Gallagher out for a moment, Kendrick and Tozawa brought Gulak inside the ring where they beat him down in a 2-on-1 assault. Kendrick brought Gulak down with a flatliner driven down by a kick from Tozawa.
Gallagher broke up the pinfall, but that only forced Kendrick and Tozawa to turn their sights on him, taking him down with some more unique offense. However, Gallagher and Gulak got back into the match when their opponents played to the crowd a little too much and beat them down with a trash can and a broom.
Inside the ring, Gulak set up Tozawa inside the trash can and said "I didn't forget" bringing their rivalry all the way back to 2017 when Tozawa took him on in a street fight.
Gulak pelted the canned Tozawa with the broom handle, then went outside to take on Kendrick while Gallagher handled Tozawa. A shot to Kendrick's throat with a mop left him stunned on the floor. Gulak played to the crowd, then pelted Kendrick with the mop. Kendrick eventually fought back, beating him down with an array of strikes.
Gulak quickly regained the upper hand, pelting Kendrick with fists covered in cords left around the ring area. Gulak dragged Kendrick away with a hook in his mouth, which was attached to the cord, then tried to hang him from the ropes. Tozawa fought off Gallagher and saved Kendrick, but a headbutt from Gallagher would flatten him.
Gulak and Gallagher dumped Tozawa over the barricade into the timekeeper's area, then focused their sights on Kendrick. Inside the ring, they went for multiple pinfalls, trying to wear down their former partner in crime. Gallagher dropped Kendrick on the top rope neck first, and Gulak connected with a running clothesline. Kendrick still kicked out.
Gallagher and Gulak set up the mop bucket, attempting to suplex Kendrick, but the 20-year vet countered into a double DDT. Outside the ring, Tozawa came too and forced Gulak into the timekeeper's area. A few shots from Gulak and the ring mic seemed to stun him, but Tozawa blocked the third shot with a chair, then knocked out Gulak with a right to the jaw.
Back inside the ring, Tozawa fired up and sent Gallagher outside after a brilliant striking combination. Gulak eventually got up and tried to go after Tozawa, but the former champion threw a chair into his face.
Tozawa and Kendrick tied Gulak to the outside of the ring post with the same cord Gulak tried to hang Kendrick with before. Tozawa and Kendrick then repeatedly chopped Gulak's chest, leaving him blood red. Thankfully for Gulak, Gallagher ran Tozawa down with the trash can.
Gallagher took out Kendrick as well, and the Submission Commision set their eyes on Tozawa. Gulak pushed Tozawa, who was placed in a rolling chair, into Gallagher's deadly running dropkick. Gulak brought Kendrick over and forced him to watch as Gallagher beat down Tozawa.
They attempted to finish Kendrick off with the same maneuver, but Kendrick sent Gulak into the chair, then sent Gallagher into Gulak with an exploder suplex. Back inside the ring, Kendrick went for the dragon suplex into a new trash can. Gallagher countered and locked Kendrick down with an Indian Deathlock.
Tozawa locked him into the black widow, but, Gulak came in and broke it up with the Gu-Lock. Kendrick slammed Gallagher on top of Gulak, breaking up the submission. Kendrick sat atop Gulak and beat his face in, but a running knee from Jack Gallagher took him out.
Gallagher forced him into the Indian Deathlock, and it looked like Kendrick was going to tap. However, Tozawa dropped down on him with the Senton Splash from the top rope. A near fall almost put him away, but Gulak broke it up.
Kendrick attempted the Sliced Bread No. 2 only for Gulak to block it. Tozawa connected with his kicking combination and sent him outside, but was met with a trash can when he went for the suicide dive.
Back inside, Gallagher tried to finish off Kendrick. Kendrick, who was left at the top of the turnbuckle, dropped Gallagher with a top rope Sliced Bread No. 2.
Results: The Brian Kendrick and Akira Tozawa defeated the Submission Commision via pinfall.
The Brian Kendrick fulfilled his promise tonight, shedding his old self and working with his new friend Akira Tozawa in order to rid them of Drew Gulak and Jack Gallagher. With a hard-fought victory over one of the toughest teams on 205 Live, we could possibly see one of these two next in line for a shot at Buddy Murphy's Cruiserweight Championship.
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