Tonight’s episode of 205 Live was the go-home show for Neville vs. Tozawa on the GBOF Kickoff show. It also continued an angle with Jack Gallagher and the Brian Kendrick, as well as TJP and Rich Swann.
205 Live
July 4th 2017
Talking Stick Arena
Phoenix, AZ
Titus O’Neil and Neville Segment
- O’Neil started the show off by promoting the GBOF match between Tozawa and Neville for the cruiserweight championship.
- This brought out Neville, who said what he does tonight to Lince Dorado will be just a sample of what he does to Tozawa on Sunday.
1. Lince Dorado vs. Neville (non-title match)
- Titus joined the announce booth.
- Neville looked very aggressive, throwing Dorado knee-first into the stairs.
- Dorado submitted to the Rings of Saturn.
- Titus told Neville Sunday is his last day as champ.
Winner: Neville
- In the back, Swann confronts TJP about why he requested a match with him for tonight.
- TJP said he wants to bring back the old TJP, the one who won the cruiserweight classic, and its just friendly competition.
- Swann says he’s not going to go easy on him.
2. Tony Nese vs. “Gentleman” Jack Gallagher
- Nese beat Gallagher a couple of weeks ago by suckering Gallagher into believing he had an injured shoulder, allowing him to gain the advantage.
- Nese attempted to sucker Gallagher in again at the end of this match, pretending to have a knee injury. Gallagher wasn’t fooled a 2nd time.
- Gallagher nailed a headbutt and his running dropkick in the corner for the pin.
Winner: Jack Gallagher
- After the match Brian Kendrick appeared on the big screen. He was dressed as a British soldier. He listed off famous battles the British lost and compared them to Gallagher.
- Kendrick said he sees through Gallagher, and he won’t rest until he rids 205 Live of him.
- In the back the doctor is tending to Noam Dar and his injured neck. Alicia Fox is there too, and Dar says he should focus on winning the cruiserweight championship. Fox disagrees and says Dar needs to get even with Cedric Alexander for embarrassing her. She says its not done until Alexander quits 205 Live.
3. Rich Swann vs. TJP
- A big narrative in this match, was TJP trying to go back to being the guy who won the cruiserweight classic. As in, not being a bad guy.
- They had a very back and forth and even match.
- Finish of the match was interesting. They were doing a revolving pin combo spot, when Swann managed to pin TJP’s shoulders to the mat for 3. Right after, TJP continued trying to put a headlock on Swann but the ref stepped in and told him the match was over.
- TJP seemed frustrated at the end of the match.
Winner: Rich Swann
- After the match the two shook hands and showed good sportsmanship.
