205 Live last night was from the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, MD.
The main event of the night was a single’s match between Mustafa Ali and Buddy Murphy.
205 Live 5/8/18
1. the Lucha House Party (Lince Dorado & Gran Metalik) defeated Jack Gallagher & the Brian Kendrick
- Before the match, Drew Gulak walked to ringside and took a seat at commentary.
- Both teams defeated Hideo Itami & Akira Tozawa previously so this match was for cruiserweight tag-team bragging rights. Perhaps, top-seeding in the division was also on the line as we continue to build towards the introduction of cruiserweight tag team championships.
- It looked as though Gallagher and Kendrick were controlling their luchador opponents, but a hot tag, a pair of superkicks and a by a pair of suicide dives was followed by a Shooting Star Press picked up the win for the Lucha House Party. Dorado pinned Gallagher after the SSP.
- The Luchadors celebrated in the ring with noisemakers after the victory as Gulak looked on with dissaproval.
2. Tony Nese defeated Keith Clayball
- Nese was shown in the back with Buddy Murphy before the match, perhaps indicating the two of them are now alligned.
- This was a showcase match for Nese who won with a knee to the face in the corner.
3. Buddy Murphy defeated Mustafa Ali
- Ali defeated Murphy in the recent single-elimination tournament to crown a new champion. It is the only loss Murphy has suffered in the cruiserweight division thus far.
- Murphy began to work the shoulder and arm of Ali’s. He was able to do this more so after Ali missed his 450 splash from the top.
- Murphy won the match after ramming Ali’s shoulder into the post and giving him “Murphy’s Law”.
- With the win, Murphy should be in position to receive a Cruiserweight title match against Cedric Alexander as he’s now avenged his only loss in the division.