205 Live Results (03/05): Cruiserweight Title Tournament

Tonight’s episode of 205 Live opens up with 205 Live General Manager Drake Maverick recapping last week’s WWE Cruiserweight Title Tournament Matches, where Tony Nese & Drew Gulak advanced and will be facing each other next week. Maverick then hypes up this evening’s round, which sees Humberto Carrillo take on Oney Lorcan and Cedric Alexander face Akira Tozawa in the main event.

We then get The 205 Live Intro Video.

Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness & Aiden English then welcomes us to another jam-packed edition of 205 Live. They quickly review the tournament bracket on the road towards determining Buddy Murphy’s WrestleMania opponent.

A highlight reel of Oney Lorcan is then played. It contains footage from his time in NXT, NXT UK, 205 Live & SmackDown LIVE. Lorcan says that being able to face Murphy at WrestleMania would be the greatest moment of his career. However tonight, he is focused on Humberto Carrillo and promises to do whatever it takes to win tonight’s matchup.

Lorcan makes his way to the ring first. Carrillo is out next.

Oney Lorcan vs. Humberto Carrillo (WWE Cruiserweight Championship Tournament First Round Match): Tie-up. Lorcan pushes Carrillo up off the ropes. Referee separates them. Lorcan & Carrillo exchange headlock takedowns and stare each other down after a stalemate exchange. Lorcan attempts a strike but Carrillo uses his agility and takes Lorcan down with a frankensteiner. Arm-drag from Carrillo and he focuses on Lorcan’s arm. Lorcan gets to his feet and forces Carrillo into the corner, again attempting a strike but again Carrillo dodges it. Lorcan takes control with a headlock. Carrillo tries to break it but Lorcan maintains the hold. A few corner break-ups. Shoving match between both men that pisses Lorcan off who finally lands a vicious chop to Carrillo’s chest. He follows that up with a basement dropkick that sends Carrillo to the outside. In hot pursuit, Lorcan nails Carrillo with a vertical suplex to the arena floor. Back in the ring, Lorcan keeps Carrillo at bay with a corner lariat and another chop. Huge running uppercut from Lorcan. He snags on another headlock immediately. Crowd tries to rally Carrillo back into the matchup. Carrillo uses joint manipulation to escape the hold. Big right hand from Carrillo but Lorcan fires back with more chops. McGuinness calls Lorcan a world-class golfer when he swings those strikes. Backstage, Gentleman Jack Gallagher and Drew Gulak are watching and rooting Carrillo on. Carrillo mounts his comeback. He catches Lorcan with his signature elevated arm-drag. Lorcan rolls to the outside. Carrillo with a suicide dive. He throws Lorcan back in and nails him with a standing moonsault. Lorcan ends up on the outside again. Twisting con hilo from Carrillo. He attempts a springboard attack but Lorcan slows him down with an uppercut. With Carrillo on the apron, Lorcan goes for an exploder, but Carrillo blocks it. Lorcan ends up on the apron. He lands a few more stiff strikes. Fisherman suplex from Lorcan right on the apron. He rolls Carrillo in for the cover, but Carrillo kicks out. Lorcan goes for a half-and-half suplex. Carrillo rolls him up. Huge slaps from Lorcan. Carrillo responds with a huge superkick. Powerbomb nearly wins it for Carrillo. He climbs to the top for a moonsault. Lorcan gets the boots up. Half-and-half suplex. Lorcan wins it. Winner & Advances To The Next Round Of The WWE Cruiserweight Championship Tournament: Oney Lorcan

After the match, Gulak & Gallagher are livid backstage that Carrillo lost due to a high-risk maneuver.

Commentary team then gives us an updated bracket. They then look into who will face Lorcan in tonight’s main event.

Mike & Maria Kanellis are screaming at Drake Maverick backstage. He asks why he wasn’t added to The Championship Tournament. Maverick says that Kanellis’ win loss record doesn’t qualify him to compete, but he has set up a match for him tonight against a local competitor. An angry Maria tells Maverick that her husband is a 16 year veteran and doesn’t need to prove anything before they both walk away.

We then get a house ad for NXT.

Mike Kanellis is on his way to the ring, accompanied by Maria. His opponent is a local competitor named Colby Corino. Corino is already in the ring. Kanellis attacks Corino before the bell, stomping him down. Referee asks Corino if he wants to start the match. Before he can answer, Kanellis destroys him with a running lariat. He hits Corino with his finisher. Referee declares the match a no-contest. Mike & Maria stand over Corino before exiting the ring. Aiden English questions Mike’s tactics, growling “Just take the win.”

Promo from Tony Nese, who says he is one round closer towards going to Wrestlemania, which is in his home-state. To do that, he has to defeat Drew Gulak. Nese tells Gulak that he will not be facing the same man that he’s defeated in the past.

We then get a promo from Cedric Alexander. Alexander says that he will do whatever it takes to be a champion once again, regardless of how many opportunities he gets.

We then get a house ad for WWE Fastlane highlighting The Shield versus Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley & Drew McIntyre.

Akira Tozawa is on his way to the ring, which means that it is main event time. Cedric Alexander is out next.

Akira Tozawa vs. Cedric Alexander (WWE Cruiserweight Championship Tournament First Round Match): They shake hands before they go at it. Alexander with an early takedown but Tozawa gets back to his feet quickly. Alexander grabs Tozawa’s wrist but Tozawa responds with a headlock. Alexander attempts to break the hold but Tozawa keeps it locked on tight. Both men show off some athleticism in a fun sequence. Alexander with a sunset roll-up and Tozawa with a deep arm-drag. Alexander uses the turnbuckles to jump behind Tozawa. Tozawa catches him with another arm-drag. A third-one sends Alexander to the outside. Tozawa goes for a suicide dive but Alexander cuts him off. Suplex from Alexander and he turns it into a gut-buster. Tozawa rolls to the outside. Alexander follows him out and lands the first strike hitting Tozawa’s chest. Back in the ring, Alexander targets Tozawa’s midsection, wearing him down with a waist-lock. Tozawa gets to his feet but Alexander shows off his strength and slams Tozawa into the mat keeping the hold locked on. Tozawa bounces off the ropes. Dropkick from Alexander. Early cover but Tozawa kicks out. Alexander goes right back to work on the back with a modified camel-clutch. Tozawa tries to get some offense going. He goes for the senton. Alexander gets the knees up. Tozawa’s back is hurt as he rolls to ringside again. Alexander tosses him back in and goes right back to work. Tozawa starts his comeback. He lands a series of elbows onto Alexander’s head, then follows that up with a flurry of chops. Haymaker from Tozawa. Frankensteiner sends Alexander to the outside. Tozawa with the suicide dive. Back in the ring, Tozawa lands a missile dropkick from the top. Alexander just gets a shoulder up on the pin attempt. Both men are trying to catch their breath. Tozawa tries to deadlift Alexander, but his back gives out. He finally gets Alexander up but Alexander surprises him with a big right hand. Tozawa responds with an octopus stretch. Alexander powers out and hits a huge side-suplex. Dropkick to Tozawa’s knee from Alexander. He lands a punt kick from the apron, then his signature step-through flatliner. Cover, but Tozawa is out at two. Alexander stands Tozawa up and unloads with big forearms. Tozawa answers back with strikes of his own. Alexander avoids a trouble in paradise and he goes for the lumbar check but Tozawa shifts his weight. Series of roll-ups from Tozawa. Alexander keeps escaping. Huge elbow from Alexander. He goes for the Lumbar check again but Tozawa transitions into a DDT. Tozawa climbs and hits a poison frankensteiner. Alexander kicks out. 205 chants from the crowd. Both men are down again. Back on their feet, Tozawa locks in the octopus stretch. Alexander escapes but Tozawa catches him with a deadlift German suplex. He climbs for his finishing senton. Alexander grabs his foot and meets Tozawa on the top rope. He goes for a superplex. Tozawa blocks it. Forearm from Tozawa sends Alexander to the ground. He gets right up and pulls Tozawa’s leg out. He catches him in The Lumbar Check and that will do it. Winner & Advances To The Next Round Of The WWE Cruiserweight Championship Tournament: Cedric Alexander

After the match, commentary takes us to the brackets again to show us our semifinals. Both matches are announced for next week. Tozawa & Alexander hug following the bout as 205 Live comes to a close.