WWE 205 LIVE Coverage & Discussion - July 24th, 2018

WWE 205 Live Coverage - 24th Jul, 2018
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Announcers: Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness, and Percy Watson.

Drake Maverick reminds us about tonight's main event and the winner will get a match against Cedric Alexander. It will be Mustafa Ali, Drew Gulak, TJP, and Hideo Itami.


Vic asks for Percy and Nigel's picks. Nigel say the longer the match goes, the more it benefits Drew Gulak. Mustafa needs to win it fast. Percy says that Mustafa Ali is his pick.

Drake Maverick is with the announcers and he is excited for tonight's main event.

Jack Gallagher says that Drew Gulak is not the only one who has Cruiserweight Championship aspirations. He is part of one of the best tag teams. He is an elite singles wrestler so he will defeat Akira Tozawa tonight.


Akira Tozawa vs Jack Gallagher

Gallager with a knee to the midsection and Gallagher with a wrist lock. Gallagher with a full nelson but Tozawa escapes. Tozawa with a shoulder tackle. Gallagher with a sunset flip but Tozawa rolls through and kicks Gallagher and hits a back senton. Tozawa with kicks in the corner but Galagher blocks a kick and sends Tozawa to the mat and punches him. Tozawa with chops and Gallagher flinches so Tozawa with a jab to send Gallagher to the apron. Tozawa with a runing forearm to send Gallagher to the floor. Tozawa goes for a baseball slide but Gallagher pulls out the ring skirt and Gallagher with forearms to Tozawa.

Tozawa is sent back into the ring and Gallagher gets a near fall. Gallagher with another near fall. Gallagher with a nerve hold and he works on the neck. Gallagher with a punch and kicks to the head. Gallagher with a slam and he gets a near fall. Gallagher with an arm bar and chin lock. Gallagher sends Tozawa to the mat and works on the wrist. Tozawa gets to the ropes to force Gallagher to release the hold. Gallagher with a wrist lock and he adds pressure to the forearm usiing his knee. Gallagher kicks Tozawa in the elbow.

Gallagher kicks Tozawa in the arm but Tozawa with a back heel kick. Tozawa misses a round kick but he does not miss with an enzuigiri. Tozawa goes up top and Gallagher goes to the floor so Tozawa returns to the mat and hits a suicide dive. Tozawa goes up top and hits a missile drop kick for a near fall. Gallagher with a side head lock and he returns to the arm. Tozawa with a rana and octopus. Gallagher with a satellite side slam to escape. Gallagher with a gutwrench into a Doctor Bomb for a near fall.

Gallagher goes for a drop kick into the corner but Tozawa moves. Gallagher lands on his feet. Tozawa with a knee to escape a suplex attempt. Tozawa with a Shining Wizard and he goes up top but Gallagher with a forearm. Gallagher with an elbow to the head and then he goes back to the left arm. Tozawa with forearms and sends Gallagher to the mat. Tozawa goes up top and hits the back senton for the three count.

Winner: Akira Tozawa

After the match
Tozawa goes to Drake Maverick at the announce table and he says he wants a match against Lio Rush.

TJP says Drake Maverick finally got it right. The main event always belonged to him. The best technical wrestler in the game will outclass the other loserweights. Then the Cruisweight Title is coming home.

Hideo Itami speaks in Japanese. Cedric survived their first match, but next time he won't.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Kalisto wants to know where Tony is because they are here. Dorado says that Tony and Buddy cannot beat the speed of the Lucha House Party.


Lince Dorado and Kalisto vs Ryan Depolo and Chris Robinson

Dorado and Depolo start things off and Dorado avoids a clothesline. Dorado with a float over and a drop kick. Dorado with a bronco buster and then he tags in Kalisto. Kalisto with a splash off Dorado's shoulders and Dorado with a splash. Kalisto with a kick and Dorado tags in as we watch Buddy Murphy watching the match from the back. Kalisto kicks Robinson and then Dorado with a handspring double cutter. Kalisto tags as Dorado hits a plancha. Kalisto with Salida Del Sol for the three count.

Winners; Kalisto and Lince Dorado


Drew Gulak says tonight's Fatal Four Way will be chaotic, everything wrong with 205 Live. It can be unpredictable. The only sure thing is that when one of his opponents faces him, they will tap out.

Mustafa Ali says all he has to do to get his rematch from Wrestlemania is take a few kicks from Hideo Itami, walk on one leg after TJP works on his knee, and then deal with whatever Drew Gulak does to him. He just has to go up top and hit the 054 and he will face Cedric again.

We go to commercial.

Lio Rush walks in the back and he is asked about Tozawa requesting a rematch. Lio says he does not have a reaction. He says that she can ask him what does he think. Lio says he thinks he already beat Tozawa. With all respect to the former champion, the Man of the Hour is in a league of his own so he says that Tozawa should keep his name out of his mouth.


Number One Contender Match
Hideo Itami vs Mustafa Ali vs Drew Gulak vs TJP

Gulak with a kick to Ali and Itami joins in while TJP watches on the other side of the ring. Gulak and Itami let TJP charge at Ali but Ali floats over and kicks TJP. Ali kicks Gulak. Ali sends TJP to the apron and Gulak and TJP collide and Ali gets a near fall. Itami kicks Ali. Itami with more kicks and an Irish whip but Ali gets a boot up. Ali knocks Gulak off the apron and then he goes for a moonsault but Itami with a kick.

We see Cedric Alexander watching from the back.

Itami with a back heel kick to Ali and TJP breaks up the cover. TJP goes to the floor and Ali with a rollup for a near fall. Ali with a head scissors to TJP. Ali with a spinning heel kick to Itami but Gulak with a clothesline. Gulak works on Ali's neck. Gulak sends Ali to the mat and then he hits a gourdbuster for a near fall. Gulak and Itami go after TJP. Gulak tells Itami and TJP that they need to beat up Ali. Ali is given a triple back body drop. TJP says they need to do it again. Itami with a clothesline into the corner and then Drew and TJP set for a double suplex but TJP with a rollup on Gulak for a near fall.

Gulak and TJP push each other and Ali with a cross body onto all three men. Ali chops TJP. TJP with an octopus and he avoids a clothesline from Itamin and he applies a double abdominal stretch. Drew with a Gory Special into a bridge for a near fall. TJP with a near fall. Drew and TJP go back and forth with near falls. Drew and TJP with covers. Itami hits TJP from behind and TJP bumps into Gulak.

TJP tries to tell Itami that someone is coming from behind and Itami sees Ali on the other side of the ring and Itami with kicks. Itami gets Ali on his shoulders and Ali sends Itami into the turnbuckles and TJP is crotched. Ali with a Frankensteiner to TJP and he is sent into Gulak. Ali clotheslines Itami and hits a drop kick. Ali slides into the corner and he kicks TJP. ALi with a rolling X Factor. Ali with a satellite DDT for a near fall on Gulak.

Gulak sends Ali face first into the mat but TJP takes care of Gulak. Itami with a super kick to TJP and Ali with a super kick to Itami. All four men are down. TJP gets Ali on his shoulders for a moment but Ali escapes. Ali and TJP collide and Ali rolls to the floor. Gulak says he respects Itami. He wants Itami to shake his hand but Gulak pulls it back and he slaps Itami. Itami slaps back. Gulak and Itami exchange forearms and kicks. Gulak with a brainbuster for a near fall.

Gulak goes for a suplex but Itami with a knee and then Itami with a Falcon Arrow for a near fall. Itami with a forearm to Gulak and Gulak fires back. They go back and forth. Itami and Gulak fight to the floor. Itami and Gulak with forearms and punches. Gulak with a chop but Itami with a forearm. Itami with a kick to the chest. TJP drop kicks Ali in the knee and Ali hits the ropes. TJP with a slingshot drop kick. TJP is pulled off the apron by Gulak and Itami and then sent into the ringside barrier. Ali goes up top and hits a senton onto Gulak and Itami.

Ali with a tornado DDT on TJP and then Ali goes up top and hits the inward 450 splash but Itami pulls Ali off TJP and slams Ali's head into the ring steps. Itami with a hesitation drop kick to the head against the ring steps. Itami sends Ali into the ring post. Itami sends Ali into the ring and Gulak sends Itami into the ring post. Gulak applies the GuLock and Ali is out.

Winner: Drew Gulak

Gulak celebrates with Brian Kendrick and Jack Gallagher after his victory.

We go to credits.