Tonight’s episode of 205 Live opens up with General Manager Drake Maverick recapping Kalisto’s win over Tony Nese from last week and revealing the opening contest for tonight’s episode as Kalisto & Lince Dorado will take on Tony Nese & Buddy Murphy. Maverick also recaps Itami’s repeated attacks on Ali in multi-man encounters, saying that Mustafa has returned from a “medical scare” to face Hideo in the main event.
Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness and Percy Watson welcomes us to tonight’s show as they prep us for a pair of first time encounters. They also inform us that we will check in with Cedric Alexander after he was jumped by Gulak and crew last Tuesday.
Lucha House Party (Kalisto & Lince Dorado with Gran Metalik) vs. Tony Nese & Buddy Murphy: Dorado with a chop that just seems to annoy Murphy and Murphy smacks him back. Dorado gets tossed into the corner and in comes Nese. Dorado with a boot to the face followed by a hurricanrana. Dorado nails Nese with a dropkick and Nese tags Murphy back in. Kalisto is in there now. He goes for a DDT, but Murphy holds on. Kalisto is able to use his speed to hit a basement-rana, then goes for a cover, but only gets a two count. Nese gets the blind tag, yanks Kalisto off the apron and goes to work with clubbing blows to the side of Kalisto’s head. Murphy is back in there. He stomps Kalisto on his back. Kalisto tries to fight back to his corner, but Murphy catches him and tosses him back and Nese hits a moonsault off the second rope. Quick back and forth tags between Nese & Murphy and they continue to keep Kalisto grounded and away from his partner. Kalisto is able to dodge Nese, who goes out to the floor. Just as Kalisto goes for a tag, Nese pulls Dorado off the apron. Murphy with a german suplex with the bridge, then goes for a cover, but only gets a two count. Nese tags in. Kalisto almost gets away. Nese has his foot on the ropes, but Kalisto kicks Nese back into Murphy. Dorado is tagged in and goes to work on both opponents with a bunch of kicks. Dorado hits a dropkick/moonsault combo onto Nese, then goes for a pin, but only gets a two count. Dorado with a superkick followed by a bronco buster, then goes for a cover, but Murphy is able to break it up. He pops Kalisto right in the mug. Dorado is able to hit a double handspring stunner that sends both Superstars out to the floor. Kalisto and Dorado with stereo flips out to the floor. Kalisto looks for salida del sol, but doesn’t connect. Murphy trips up Kalisto out on the outside. Kalisto is distracted from that and ends up getting rolled up for the 1-2-3. Winners: Tony Nese & Buddy Murphy
We head to the locker room area where Mustafa Ali is shown getting ready for his match. 205 Live General Manager Drake Maverick walks in and shows some concern that Ali might be over doing it and tells him that he doesn’t have to prove anything to anyone. Ali says that he’s got this and not to worry.
We head backstage where Hideo Itami cuts a promo in Japanese and then tells Ali that he should have given him respect.
We get a video vignette on Noam Dar who talks about his injury 10 months ago. He says that he initially felt invincible, but realized how things can be taken away from him in an instant. So he trained harder than ever to get back to the ring. Dar then talks about losing his last match against TJP and how TJP may have gotten in his head, but he’s the Supernova and he will be ready next time.
Noam Dar vs. Sean Maluta: A bit of a stalemate to get things started until Maluta hits a spinning kick and then drops an elbow on Dar’s knee. Maluta with a low dropkick to the knee of Dar, followed by another low kick to Dar’s surgically repaired knee. Maluta goes for a crossbody, but nobody home. Dar hits a running shoulder block and an overhead release suplex. TJP is watching from the back, but is barely paying attention to the match. Dar lines up his opponent and hits a kick to the head for the 1-2-3. Winner: Noam Dar
We see a pre-taped promo from Cedric Alexander telling Drew Gulak that as long as the match is one-on-one, Gulak simply can’t beat him. Until then, he says that if Gentleman Jack Gallagher is up for a match, then he’s down for it.
We then get a promo from Drew Gulak saying that if Alexander wants a match with Gallagher, that’s fine with him. Gulak then says that he is looking to the bigger picture as he wants to create a better 205 Live as champion. He continues by saying that Alexander will tap out when they meet at SummerSlam.
We are informed that next week it will be Cedric Alexander vs. Gentleman Jack Gallagher in a non-title match. Also, the rematch between Akira Tozawa and Lio Rush will go down next Tuesday.
Mustafa Ali vs. Hideo Itami: Itami throws a couple of kicks early on to measure his opponent. Itami goes for a running boot in the corner, but Ali dodges it. Ali lands a jump kick, and swings away on his grounded opponent. Itami misses a big chop, and gets sent out to the floor. Ali flips out to the floor and crashes down on Itami. Ali tosses Itami back in, hits a big crossbody off the top rope, then goes for the cover, but only gets a one count. Ali pauses for a moment. Itami is able to drop Ali and stomps away at his face. Itami yells “Respect me!” and ends up getting punched in the face. Ali gets dumped out to the floor, pulls Itami out and chops him in the chest. Itami lands a string of kicks and punches. The referee counts up to 7 and Itami breaks the count. Another kick to the chest by Itami and he tries to go back into the ring and Ali stops him. Now both guys are on the apron. Back and forth forearms. Itami with a dropkick that sends Ali into the ring post. Ali really selling the lower back now. More strikes on Ali. Both are in the ring now. Itami goes for a cover, but only gets a two count. Commentary puts over Ali’s hospital stay and wonders how much it took out of him. Itami has all the momentum now, and goes to pin Ali with just his foot, but that doesn’t work. Itami with more kicks to the chest. Ali tries for a crucifix pin, but only gets a two count. Ali tries for a rolling cutter and gets hit in the head with a massive kick. Itami goes for a cover, but only gets a two count. Ali recovers and is getting in some offense now. Ali nails Itami with a couple of kicks to his head. Ali hits Itami with a rolling cutter this time, then goes for a cover, but only gets a two count. Ali dodges a strike, then kicks Itami to the back of his head, but Itami hits a spinning backfist on his way down and both guys are out now. Both guys are up now. Ali tries for a tornado DDT, but doesn’t get it. Falcon arrow by Itami, then he goes for a pin, but only gets a two count. Itami is getting annoyed now. Ali gets put up on the top rope. Itami looks for a superplex, but gets dropped down on his face. Ali with a nice roll through sit-down powerbomb, then goes for a cover, but only gets a two count. Ali charges in and Itami with an overhead toss into the corner, then goes for a cover, but only gets a two count. Itami tries again, but only gets two again. Looks like Itami got his mouth busted open. Itami puts Ali’s head next to the steps, then goes for a running dropkick, but nobody home. Ali with a tornado DDT off the top rope to the floor. He tosses Itami back in the ring, goes for 054, but he stops as he seem to be woozy. Ali gives Itami a small window to put him down into the tree of woe. Itami with three running dropkicks to Ali. Itami pins him and that will do it. Winner: Hideo Itami
After the match, Ali gets up, goes to head out of the ring, and collapses near the ropes. The referee calls for help and asks Ali, “What year is it???” Maverick runs out and demands some medical help for Ali. 205 Live goes off the air as Hideo Itami celebrates.