Ariya Daivari vs Lince Dorado
Not been too impressed with either guy since 205 Live has
started, but Daivari was clearly superior here. He had some nasty looking
impact to his strikes, and I dug both the rainmaker neckbreaker and his whip
into a big clothesline. After threatening last week to show me something I’ve
never seen before, Dorado has been really unimpressive: springboard stunner
looks shitty, tope saw him go vertical and basically headbutt Daivari’s thigh
and he nearly slipped springboarding into the ring for a rana. Daivari polished
him off with a frog splash. Daivari feels like a good worker, just not
interesting enough for this division, might fit in better with the
heavyweights.
Cedric Alexander vs Drew Gulak
Some of this was really good, but it fell victim to the
ongoing Cedric/Fox/Dar storyline. Gulak showed nice early aggression, nailing
some big forearms and taking advantage when Alexander takes his eyes off the
prize (to talk to the ref) by hurling him into the ropes. Both guys take a big
bump to the floor as a suplex reversal takes both over the top, but we get the
booking coming in with Fox hurting her ankle, and Noam Dar coming out to carry
her to the back. Even with this distraction, Gulak can’t beat Cedric, and the
Lumbar Check puts him away. Gulak has lost 3 on the bounce now on this show,
guy is far too talented to be enhancement talent when there’s guys like Dorado
and the Bollywood Boyz kicking about.
Neville & Brian Kendrick vs TJ Perkins & Rich Swann
Man, heel Neville is already one of the most interesting
wrestlers on this show, loved how he was portrayed here. Neville is a mass of
muscle compared to most guys in the division, and the power advantage was put
over really well here. He battered Swann from the get go, with a seated
dropkick to the back of Swann’s head looking like it took Swann out. Neville
never looks in any danger, and Perkins can only get in by blind tagging Swann,
who looks overwhelmed. Kendrick likewise has to blind tag in, with Neville
unwilling to share his spotlight. I liked the dynamic of the face team
realising their best chance of winning is to isolate Kendrick, as it really
puts over how much of an impact Neville is having on them. Swann tags himself
back in, but I love that he’s still so hurt from Neville’s beating that he
takes a little too long getting in, giving Kendrick an opening to strike. Swann
takes a flatliner bump right on the top of his head, which looks killer.
Neville gets back in and nails a great looking deadlift German for 2. Neville
has been less flashy than usual, all clotheslines and heavy strikes, and I like
that the one time he does get flashy, landing on his feet from a top rope
moonsault, he gets caught with a Swann superkick for a close 2 count. With
Swann so weak, it leaves Perkins having to carry a lot for his team, and when
he springboards into the ring straight into a enzuigiri, it spells doom. The
Red Arrow gets three for Neville, and this new attitude really works for him.
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