WWE 205 LIVE Coverage - 19th Feb, 2019
WWE 205 Live Coverage - 19th Feb, 2019
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Announcers: Aiden English, Nigel McGuinness, and Vic Joseph..
Drake Maverick welcomes everyone and mentions the title match from the Elimination Chamber. It is time to see who will compete on the grandest stage. Whoever wants the opportunity, they will have to earn it. There will be an eight man tournament to determine who faces Buddy at Wrestlemania. The competitors can make one more case to be in the tournament. Humberto Carrillo will face TJP. We will see Mike Kanellis face Cedric Alexander in the main event.
Humberto Carrillo vs TJP
TJP with a snap mare and a near fall. They lock up and TJP with a side head lock and waist lock. Carrillo with a springboard arm drag that sends TJP to the floor. Carrillo sets for a dive to the floor but he stops when Drew Gulak and Jack Gallagher come down the ramp. TJP returns to the ring as Drew and Jack stay at ringside. They go to a Greco Roman Knuckle Lock and TJP with a wrist lock. Carrillo tries for a reversal using the ropes but TJP holds on. Carrillo with a take down and a knee bar. TJP with a head scissors take down. Carrillo gets to his feet and Carrillo with a cartwheel to avoids the head scissors take down. Carrillo goes for a monkey flip but TJP blocks it and gets a near fall.
Carrillo is sent to the apron and he goes up top and hits a cross body for a near fall. Carrillo with a chop and he goes for a springboard arm drag again but TJP sends Carrillo into the mat. TJP hyperextends the arm. TJP with a back elbow. TJP with a slam and he goes to the apron for a slingshot senton. TJP gets a near fall. TJP wtih a drop kick to the injured arm. TJP with a hammer lock using his leg while applying a rear chin lock. Carrillo with an elbow. TJP misses a splash into the corner but TJP floats over and Carrillo goes into the ring post. TJP puts Carrillo in the tree of woe.
TJP high fives the referee during his count and then TJP with a hesitation drop kick for a near fall. TJP with a snap mare and he works on the arms. Carrillo gets TJP on his shoulders but TJP gets to his feet. Carrillo with an elbow and boot. Carrillo goes to the turnbuckles and gets a sunset flip but TJP rolls through and misses a kick. Carrillo with a kick and then Carrillo with a Fosbury Flop onto TJP.
Carrillo gets a near fall. Carrillo goes to the turnbuckles and leaps over TJP when TJP moves. Carrillo with a sunset flip for a near fall. Carrillo with a series of kicks and Carrillo with a back roll into a moonsault for a near fall. Carrillo goes for a headstand move from the turnbuckles but TJP with a kick. TJP wtih a Regal Stretch to Carrillo and Humberto gets to the ropes. TJP goes to the apron and he kicks Carrillo in the head. TJP kicks Carrillo and Carrillo with a forearm. Carrillo avoids TJP and he connects with a punch. Carrillo with a springboard drop kick to the back of the head on the apron. Carrillo with a headstand Arabian Press for the three count.
Winner: Humberto Carrillo
After the match:
Drew and Jack applaud Humberto's victory and put him on their shoulders.
Drew points to the Wrestlemania sign for Humberto and then to the 205 Live graphic on the TitanTron and then points to the crowd.
We go to comments from Tony Nese. He says he finally proved to Noam Dar that he is the better man. It occurred to him that 205 Live is his for the taking. He can be better than anyone and it is up to him to believe that he can do it. Tony promises that he will become Cruiserweight Champion at Wrestlemania.
Backstage:
Mike Kanellis and Maria Kanellis are in the back and Mike is asked about facing Cedric Alexander after all of his losses. Maria says she will take it and she mentions that her husband has been in the business for sixteen years all over the world. He has not been successful by taking the easy way out and the easy matches? Is that the way to get to Wrestlemania? Mari says since they are on the same page, Mike will take out the pride of 205 Live, the Soul of 205 Live and show why he is the most dangerous man here.
We go to commercial.
We are back with discussion of DX's induction into the WWE Hall of Fame.
Ariya Daivari says that you are here to witness the beginning of the Daivari Dinero Destruction of the Cruiserweight Division. He will beat his opponent so bad that you cannot sue the referee for the wrong call. Daivari says that unlike the Saints, he is going to his company's Super Bowl.
Ariya Daviari s Johnny Lyons
They lock up and Lyons with a side head lock. Daviari with punches in the corner. Lyons floats over and hits a drop kick. Lyons misses a splash into the corner and Daviari with a kick. Daivari with kicks to the ribs Daivari with a hammer lock clothesline followed by a Cobra Clutch to force Lyons to tap out.
Winner: Ariya Daviari
Buddy Murphy says it must be hard for Drake Maverick to run a brand with a champion as strong and tough as him. First, he got Mustafa Ali, but at the end of the match, Ali was heartbroken. Then there was Cedric Alexander, who wanted redemption. That night, the Age of Alexander came crashing down. At the Royal Rumble, he beat three of the best. He asked for the challenge and he beat that challenge. Last Sunday, Akira Tozawa had one more shot to stop the unstoppable. That night ended like every other night with his hand raised high.
Drake had the idea for an eight man tournament. Eight of the best to fight to face the very best. Buddy says he is the greatest cruiserweight of all time. Who wants to face him on the grandest stage of them all.
We go to commercial.
Mike Kanellis (w/ Maria Kanellis) vs Cedric Alexander
They lock up and Alexander with a waist lock into a single leg take down. Kanellis with a front face lock and Kanellis pushes Alexander on the break. Kanellis goes into the ropes to avoid Alexander and Alexander with a light kick to the leg. Kanellis with a side head lock and he holds on when Cedric tries to send him off the ropes. Kanellis with a shoulder tackle. Alexander with an arm drag into an arm bar. Kanellis with a kick and chops. Kanellis with an elbow to the back of the head. Alexander with a handstand head scissors and drop kick. Alexander with a chop and then he sends Kanellis into the turnbuckles and follows with another chop.
Alexander avoids a chop and connects with a chop of his own. Alexander with a snap mare and drop kick to the back of the head for a near fall. Alexander wtih an Irish whip and Alexander is sent to the apron. Alexander with a forearm and he goes for a springboard move but Kanellis with a punch to stop Cedric. Kanellis with punches to Cedric. Kanellis with a snap mare and elbows to the collarbone and upper chest. Kanellis with a snap mare and more elbows to the chest. Kanellis with a boot to the head. Kanellis chokes Alexander in the ropes. Alexander with chops and a European uppercut. Alexander with a victory roll for a near fall. Kanellis with a forearm and he sends Cedric into the turnbuckles. Kanellis gets a near fall. Kanellis with a rear chin lock.
Alexander with punches and he avoids Kanellis. Alexander with a chop and palm strike. Alexander with a drop kick to the knee and another drop kick. Alexander with a clothesline and he blocks a kick and hits a back elbow. Alexander with a Neuralizer that sends Kanellis into the corner. Alexander goes tot he apron and he misses a springboard clotheslines and lands awkwardly on his knee. Kanellis kicks Alexander in the injured knee. Alexander with an inside cradle for a near fall. Alexander with a super kick and both men are down. Alexander goes for a Lumbar Check but Kanellis blocks it.
Kanellis gets Alexander on his shoulders but Alexander escapes. Kanellis with a drop kick to the knee when Alexander goes for a Neuralizer. Kanellis with a MIchinoku Driver for a near fall. Kanellis sends Alexander into the corner and Alexander with a kick. Kanellis with a backpack stunner for a near fall. Alexander pushes Kanellis away and Alexander with a rollup for a near fall. Alexander with an inside cradle for a near fall. Alexander with a back slide for a near fall. Alexander with a Michinoku Driver for a near fall.
Kanellis goes to the apron and he kicks Alexander away. Kanellis and Alexander with punches and Kanellis drops Alexander on the top rope. Kanellis brings Alexander to the apron and they exchange punches and then both men with boots and Kanellis goes to the floor while Alexander lands on the apron. Kanellis goes up the ramp and Alexander follows. Kanellis with a spinebuster on the ramp. Kanellis gets back into the ring as the referee continues his count. Alexander is able to beat the count due to a power up.
Alexander holds the ropes on a Boston Crab set up and Kanellis with kicks. Kanellis applies the Boston Crab. Alexander tries to get to the ropes and he does before he has to tap out. Alexander sends Kanellis to the floor on a back body drop and Alexander with a flip dive onto Kanellis on the floor. Alexander sends Kanellis into the ring and Maria blocks Cedric. Cedric gets into the ring and Kanellis with a super kick and a swinging neck breaker for a near fall.
Maria gets in the ring and argues with the referee over the count. Kanellis charges into the corner and Alexander with a rollup but Kanellis blocks it and gets a near fall. Alexander with a Lumbar Check for the three count.
Winner: Cedric Alexander
We go to Drake Maverick and he says that the first two matches in the tournament are: Kalisto versus Tony Nese. Brian Kendrick versus Drew Gulak.
We go to credits.
