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At Extreme Rules, Drew Gulak defeated Tony Nese, retaining his Cruiserweight Championship and finally proving that he was deserving of the title. With the Premier Athlete in his rearview, the Submission Specialist awaits his next challenger. Who will step up to Drew Gulak?
Mike Kanellis' rage was felt last week when he interrupted a match featuring Jack Gallagher. Later on in the night, Kanellis claimed that there was more to come, as he blamed Drake Maverick for all of his issues, both personal and professional. Tonight, he had a chance to prove himself, while getting under the skin of Maverick at the same time.
We were also treated to a fantastic rematch between Chad Gable and Jack Gallagher. Back in June, the two men squared off in Gable's 205 Live debut. Tonight, both men were looking for a more definitive finish.
We kicked off 205 Live with a former Cruiserweight Champion in his own right, Akira Tozawa. Last week, the Singh Brothers laid out a harsh beatdown on The Brian Kendrick, leading to the return of Tozawa. Tonight, the Stamina Monster goes one-on-one with Samir Singh.
Akira Tozawa w/The Brian Kendrick vs Samir Singh w/Sunil Singh
Samir Singh started off strong, taking Akira Tozawa down with some kicks. However, his dancing allowed Tozawa to get back in the match, taking him to a corner and stomping a mudhole in him.
Singh pulled Tozawa face first into the turnbuckle, leaving the former champion stunned. Tozawa took some more punishment, but managed to turn some of Singh's offense into a fireman's carry facebuster. Singh rolled to the outside and walked over to the corner to avoid a suicide dive. However, Tozawa went out on the apron, and leaped onto him with a senton instead, squashing him into the barricade.
Tozawa tossed Singh back inside the ring and went up for the Senton Splash. Sunil stepped up to distract him, but was stopped by Kendrick. Tozawa leaped down and avoided a running attack from Sunil Singh, rolling him up for the win.
Results: Akira Tozawa w/The Brian Kendrick defeated Samir Singh w/Sunil Singh via pinfall.
Following the match, the Singh Brothers attempted to jump Tozawa and Kendrick. They managed to fend them off, though, leading to Tozawa and Kendrick holding their hands high in the ring as the Bollywood Stars backed up the entrance ramp.
A vignette played for Humberto Carrillo, one of 205 Live's most impressive superstars. The Luchador prides himself on keeping the lucha libre style alive in the WWE, and hopes to soon set his sights on the Cruiserweight Championship, even if that means facing his former mentor Drew Gulak.
Mike Kanellis vs Jackson James
A huge boot to the face left James stumbling for the ropes. In the corner, Kanellis tore his chest apart with a series of chops. A Double-A spinebuster James in the middle of the mat as Kanellis continued to take out his frustrations on the young man.
A roaring clothesline nearly decapitated James. Kanellis hit another one, leaving him almost unconscious. Finally, the Broken Hearted Brawler put away James with the Rolling Cutter.
Results: Mike Kanellis defeated Jackson James via pinfall.
Following the match, Kanellis grabbed a mic and demanded Drake Maverick fine him again. Maverick came out with a mic and said it's time for him to let this all out. When Maverick got into the ring, Maverick talked about how his contract with the company expired two months ago, but he re-signed to do two things. First things first, he wanted to prove his worth to his wife, Maria Kanellis.
Second, he wanted to beat down Drake Maverick himself. Maverick said that all of his problems are of his own doing. Kanellis continued to poke Maverick, attempting to get a fight out of him, even going after his size and his own issues with his wife.
Kanellis insulted the GM's wife, finally forcing Maverick's hand. Maverick leapt onto Kanellis, and sent him outside with a dropkick. Kanellis backed up the ramp, smiling, getting exactly what he wanted.
Jack Gallagher vs Chad Gable
Gable picked Gallagher's leg, taking him down and crossing over for a headlock. Gallagher escaped, getting back to his feet and bringing Gable to one knee with a wristlock. Gable responded with a snapmare into a side headlock. The Gentleman backed out of the hold by walking on his hands, leading to a smirk from Gable.
Both men traded takedowns and snapmares here, leading to a stalemate. Gable suckered Gallagher in with a handshake, going behind his waist for a slam. Gallagher made it back to his feet, dropping him on the top rope and rolling him up for a pinfall. Gable kicked out.
Gable was shot off into the ropes, managing to bring Gallagher down with an arm drag and a wristlock. Gallagher got away but was taken down by a picture-perfect arm drag once again. Gallagher countered a submission into one of his own, which Gable turned into a pinfall. Gallagher kicked out but was picked up deadlift style, being dropped from on high with a one-armed back suplex.
Gallagher was launched repeatedly into the corners, and though he made it out, a running clothesline was turned into an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Gable worked over Gallagher's leg with several leg breakers and a dragon screw leg whip. The spinning toe hold was broken up when Gallagher kicked Gable in the face. He broke away from a single leg Boston crab in the same manner. Gable was caught off guard with a standing dropkick, as Gallagher got back in the match.
A stiff right hand left Gable shook, allowing Gallagher to hoist him up for an extended stalling suplex. Gable countered another hold from Gallagher into a pinfall, forcing the Gentleman to break it up. However, Gable was taken down to the floor following an elbow that caught him on the apron. Like previous match, he tried to duck a suicide dive. Gallagher saw it coming, coming in with a baseball slide to send him into the barricade.
The dive was countered, still, when Gallagher went for it. Another release German suplex, just like back in June, left Gallagher nearly out cold. However, unlike last time, Gable didn't want to win by count-out and brought Gallagher inside. Gallagher rolled him up as he came inside. Gable kicked out and slammed him down via bomb, trapping him in the Ankle Lock when he broke out. With the Grapevine, it seemed that Gallagher was going to be forced to tap out.
Gallagher's resiliency allowed him to roll over, pelting Gable with several right hands, finally breaking the hold. Back on their feet, a rolling kick caught Gallagher on the top of the head. He fell into the ropes, bouncing back with a Glasgow Kiss, which is normally enough to put away most opponents. Tonight, though, it wouldn't end Gable's night.
They fought back to their feet, trading elbows and punches, with Gallagher getting the better of the former tag team champion. Gallagher went for the single leg dropkick in the corner only to be caught by Gable. A running Dominator from Gable still couldn't put away Gallagher.
Gallagher put his feet up when Gable attempted the moonsault, and followed him into the other corner with the running dropkick. Gable managed to put his foot on the ropes, breaking up the pin. Gallagher brought Gable to the top rope, where he was knocked off with a back elbow to the nose.
He made it back up, but Gable countered the sky high belly-to-back suplex with a crossbody. The rolling German suplex finally kept Gallagher down for the count.
Results: Chad Gable defeated Jack Gallagher via pinfall.
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