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205 Live has been flat out dominated by Curt Stallion in recent months. The new No.1 Contender to NXT Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar has racked up an incredible amount of wins lately, and could likely be the one to dethrone the leader of Legado Del Fantasma.
We were supposed to see him face Escobar this past Wednesday, but an attack in the dreaded NXT parking lot prevented it. Tonight in the 205 Live main event, Curt Stallion hoped to keep building momentum despite an injured neck. Before that, the opener featured a tag team match with Ever-Rise and The Bollywood Boyz.
On NXT, Ever-Rise blindsided the Grizzled Young Veterans and Imperium after the latter took them out of their opportunity on Wednesday. After knocking out two of the best NXT UK teams, Ever-Rise came to 205 Live to continue that roll of momentum.
The Bollywood Boyz vs Ever-Rise on 205 Live
Chase Parker and Matt Martel battered the Bollywood Boyz early, with the duo clearly having something to prove tonight. However, a trip from Samir allowed the Bollywood Boyz to trap Parker in their corner for a series of stomps in the bottom turnbuckle.
A double suplex planted Parker in the middle of the ring for a two-count. Sunil and Samir took turns wearing down Parker. Eventually, Parker was able to break a sleeper hold after dodging a diving heel kick to tag in Matt Martel.
Ever-Rise hit the drop toe hold/step-up elbow drop on Samir. After that, the self-proclaimed top tag team on 205 Live dropped Samir with a double flapjack onto the top turnbuckle for the win.
Results: Ever-Rise defeated The Bollywood Boyz via pinfall on 205 Live
Grade: C-
Another win for the conspiracy theorists Matt and Chase.
Prior to NXT, Curt Stallion was attacked by Legado Del Fantasma, taking him out of a tag match. The latest 205 Live hotshot will, at some point, face the Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar. So tonight, he needed to continue his run on 205 Live with a win against Ariya Daivari.
Ariya Daivari vs Curt Stallion on 205 Live
Daivari Dinero took Curt Stallion to school early, dominating the young star. However, it didn't take long for Stallion to turn things around, taking the 205 Live OG to the floor for a headbutt.
Daivari was bounced off the table and barricade before getting tossed inside for a standing double stomp to the chest. Stallion moved up for a dive, but Daivari quickly rolled away to the floor. Stallion tried to follow with a suicide dive, but Daivari caught his arm, guiding him right into the barricade.
Ariya Daivari looked for the count-out win, but Stallion beat it by nine. Noticing that Stallion wasn't anywhere near 100% anymore, he put him in the ropes for an elevated neckbreaker. The 205 Live veteran bounced Stallion's chest first off the top turnbuckle, following that with the reverse DDT for a near fall.
Another neckbreaker further irritated Stallion's injury from Wednesday. The Camel Clutch tortured him, but "Lonestar" Stallion was able to break it before winning trade with 205 Live's resident brawler.
A double high-impact crossbody left both men down on the mat struggling to get their breath. Stallion was the first back up and sent Daivari into the corner for the running knee/dropkick combo before hitting the double foot trapped DDT for a two-count.
Daivari got a chance to steal one with a uranage side slam, but couldn't get the job done. A superkick left Stallion in a daze, but before he could hit a piledriver, Stallion countered with an over the shoulder kneeling neckbreaker. Stallion moved up top for a big body splash. 1-2-no, Daivari kicked out.
Curt Stallion avoided a splash from Daivari and knocked out the longtime 205 Live star with a leaping corkscrew headbutt.
Results: Curt Stallion defeated Ariya Daivari via pinfall on 205 Live.
Grade: B
Curt Stallion, again, picked up an impressive win. With Santos Escobar barely appearing on the Purple Brand, 205 Live seems to be Curt Stallion's show. Will he become the next NXT Cruiserweight Champion?
