WWE 205 Live IS LIVE!

It was fun remembering the past, but now it’s time to head for the future! The Cruiserweights of WWE 205 Live finally return to the ring!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Tyler Breeze VS Tehuti Miles; Breeze wins.
• Jack Gallagher VS Tony Nese; Gallagher wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

Tyler Breeze VS Tehuti Miles!

Prince Pretty is ready to get back between the ropes and take some crucial steps towards the Cruiserweight Championship! The Interim Cruiserweight Championship Tournament is still wrapping up on NXT, will Breeze be waiting on the other side?

The bell rings and Breeze waits for Miles to put his stuff away, but Miles throws his shirt at Breeze! Miles throws hands and puts Breeze in a corner even as the referee reprimands him. The ref counts, Miles stomps Breeze but the ref pulls him away. Miles gets around the ref but Breeze boots back! Breeze throws hands, whips Miles and hits a SPINE BUSTER! Miles flounders but Breeze is after him at the ropes. The ref calls for the break and Breeze lets go, but goes after Miles again. The ref pulls Breeze away and Miles gets a sucker punch in! And a dropkick! Breeze flounders out of the ring and Miles grins. Miles taunts Breeze by copying the lounging! Breeze gets up as the ref counts, and he gets in the ring at 5. Miles is on Breeze with stomps but the ref pulls him back. Miles argues with the ref and goes after Breeze with body shots and jabs. Breeze flounders but Miles drags him up to turn him. Miles brushes a hand through his hair before giving Breeze a neckbreaker! Cover, TWO!

Miles argues with the ref again but the ref tells him to focus on Breeze. Miles stomps Breeze to a corner but the ref reprimands him again. Miles hits another hair brushing neckbreaker and covers, TWO! The arguing gets further tense, but Miles is back on Breeze. Miles JABS Breeze down then taunts him as he gets up. Miles CLUBS Breeze down and looms over him. Breeze slowly gets up but Miles grabs him by the chin. Miles says he’s the prettiest, and he slaps Breeze around. He kicks Breeze down then drags him up to a chinlock. Miles thrashes Breeze around but Breeze endures. Breeze fights his way up but Miles throws him down by his hair! Miles drags Breeze up by his ears but Breeze breaks free to SUPER MODEL KICK! Cover, TWO!! Miles survives but Breeze steadies himself. Breeze is after Miles in the corner and hoists him up top. Miles throws big haymakers and a boot to send Breeze staggering. Miles walks into an ENZIGURI!

Breeze and Miles both stand, Breeze hops up but his huricanrana is denied! Miles gut wrenches to a Canadian rack, POWERSLAM! Cover, TWO!! Miles is furious with the ref but the ref says two is two. Miles goes back to Breeze and drags him up. Another turn, another brush of the hair, but no neckbreaker as Breeze turns it into the UNPRETTIER!! Cover, Breeze wins!!

Winner: Tyler Breeze, by pinfall

Don’t call it a comeback! Breeze has been here for years, and he might finally get on track towards the title! What more will it take for Prince Pretty to finally have his throne?

Jack Gallagher VS Tony Nese!

The two men mathematically eliminated from the Interim Cruiserweight Championship Tournament do battle tonight to settle some scores of their own! Will the gentleman turned jackal prove the Premier Athlete should consider moving on? Or will Nese show us what would happen if they were in the same round robin block?

The bell rings and Nese circles with Gallagher. They tie up, go around, and Nese puts Gallagher in the corner. The ref counts and Nese backs off with a push. Gallagher and Nese circle again, tie up, and Gallagher wrenches the arm to a wristlock. Nese drops, rolls and trips Gallagher to a spinning toehold. Gallagher sits up as Nese has the foot and powers to his feet. Gallagher hammers Nese over and over on the head and shoulders until the toehold breaks. Nese gets to ropes but Gallagher is on him. Nese hits back, and now we have a brawl. Gallagher rocks Nese then kicks him while he’s down! Nese flops out of the ring and Gallagher paces while he waits. Gallagher tells commentary to talk him up, and Corey Graves says he’s been praising Gallagher’s transformation this whole time. Graves also says Byron Saxton needs to get with it. Nese returns to the ring but Gallagher is on him with a low headbutt. Gallagher whips corner to corner but Nese stops himself to elbow Gallagher away.

Nese goes up and over and goes Matrix to then mule kick and knee lift! Nese kicks and sweeps to cover, TWO! Nese clamps right on Gallagher with a chinlock and grinds him down. Gallagher fights his way up and throws body shots, but Nese hits a headlock takeover. Gallagher reaches but can’t get the headscissor. Nese makes it a cover, TWO, and Gallagher fights his way back up again. Gallagher throws body shots and whips free, but Nese reverses. Gallagher gets around to a crucifix cover, TWO! Nese scoops Gallagher and avoids a headscissors to get a cover, TWO! Gallagher grits his teeth but Nese whips him hard to a corner! Gallagher bounces off buckles and flops out of the ring! Nese catches his breath while Gallagher is at the mercy of the ring count. Gallagher is up at 3 and in at 4, but Nese is on him with a scoop slam! Cover, TWO! Nese wraps on the body scissors for the squeeze! Gallagher pushes Nese back and hammers away with haymakers!

Nese pushes Gallagher away and trips him up to a Boston Crab! Gallagher endures as Nese sits on the hold! Gallagher works his way under and turns to body scissor throw Nese away! Nese flounders up into hands from Gallagher! Nese pushes and table tops Gallagher to the apron! Nese drags Gallagher out but Gallagher throws him hard into barriers! Gallagher snarls as the ring count starts again. Gallagher drags Nese up and into the ring at 6, and gets in at 7. Cover, ONE! Gallagher keeps close and has the wrist. He sits Nese up for some kicks, but Nese throws big forearms! Both men brawl with big shots, and Nese ducks the kick to pump handle and scoop! Gallagher slips out, headbutts low again, but walks into a throat chop! Nese grabs Gallagher for the bulldog hotshot! PREMIER TRIANGLE! Cover, TWO!! Gallagher survives and Nese grows frustrated.

Nese stalks Gallagher to ropes to drag him up and into a waistlock. Gallagher backs Nese into buckles, and again until he is free. Galalgher runs corner to corner and spins around Nese, but the sunset flip is turned into a DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Gallagher survives again and Nese is losing his cool! But Gallagher is in the corner, where Nese likes it. Nese pulls the knee pad down and runs, into a HEADBUTT!! Both men flop back but Gallagher grits his teeth again. Gallagher flounders to another corner and runs in, but the dropkick misses! Nese rolls up, dead lifts, but Gallagher sunset flips! Cover, TWO! Gallagher kicks but Nese blocks to a lift, but Gallagher sleepers. Nese slips Gallagher off but Gallagher elbows him away. ROARING ELBOW!! Cover, Gallagher wins!

Winner: Jack Gallagher, by pinfall

The score from the Cruiserweight Civil War has finally been settled! Gallagher’s new look and new attitude are bringing him wins at the right time. But he promises Nese, “We’re not done.” Will the Jackal be gnawing on the bones of the Premier Athlete in the shadow of the Interim Cruiserweight Championship tournament?

My Thoughts:

What a surprise! I thought we were going to get another Matches That Made Me episode, but instead we get new material. At the same time, because of what I’ve been saying for months in how the WWE Draft gutted this show, there probably weren’t many other superstars to ask about matches that made them. Sure it could be like NXT UK with them sharing classic matches from the past and only that, but the point of the MTMM episodes were to also have matches that defined the WWE career of the superstar(s) in question. Either way, it was great to see Breeze back in action with another win. Tehuti Miles improved his character work here with how he was arguing the counts and taunting Breeze. Miles can definitely be part of a third wave (or is it fourth?) for 205 Live. And we finally get Gallagher VS Nese to settle things from months ago, and it just makes sense Gallagher wins. He’s becoming stronger and stronger as this new Jackal Jack Gallagher, and should be allowed to finally move up into the main event tier of the Cruiserweight Division.

My Score: 8/10