205 Live Results – March 21, 2017: Neville is Tested Before “Wrestlemania”

205 Live
Date: March 21, 2017
Location: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut
Commentators: Tom Phillips, Corey Graves

This is still an interesting show as they have an hour to only build to only one Wrestlemania match. In addition to that though, there is the Akira Tozawa vs. Brian Kendrick feud. I’m not sure when that’s going to be blown off but odds are it’s going to be on regular TV instead of any major show. Let’s get to it.

The opening recap looks at the fatal five way with Austin Aries becoming the new #1 contender.

Neville isn’t happy with Mustafa Ali interrupting him last week and will teach him a lesson tonight. Aries better be paying attention.

Opening sequence.

TJ Perkins vs. Tony Nese

Nese won’t shake hands but does shove TJ away for the sake of posing. A few waistlocks don’t do much to Perkins so he armdrags Nese into an armbar. Tony is sent outside for a corkscrew dive but the fans don’t care. Then again can you blame them after a long show and then an extra hour on the side? Back in and Nese escapes some rollups and grabs a gutbuster for two, followed by the bodyscissors.

Perkins gets up so Nese kicks him in the ribs but TJ grabs a neckbreaker. The pace quickens with a spinning crossbody staggering Nese. Tony can’t get the German suplex into the corner as TJ pulls him down into a cross armbreaker. Perkins’ gutbuster gets two but Nese suplexes him into the corner. That means the running knee to the head is enough to put TJ away at 10:29.

Result: Tony Nese b. Mustafa Ali – Running knee to the head (10:29)

Drew Gulak says 205 Live needs to change and blames the WWE Universe. The fans are cheering for these glorified stuntmen but worry not because he has a solution.

Akira Tozawa vs. ???

The snap German suplex gives Tozawa the win at 6 seconds.

Result: Akira Tozawa b. ??? – Snap German suplex (0:06)

Tozawa calls out Brian Kendrick but Tozawa goes to the back to get him…..only to be beaten up by a security guard, of course played by Kendrick. Lesson #8: appearances can be deceiving.

Someone has sent Alicia Fox a neglige and Noam Dar wants to know if it was Rich Swann, Jack Gallagher or Ariya Daivari. Their relationship is beyond gifts and Dar faces Swann next week.

Here’s Austin Aries who gives a fan his……banana peel. He saw Neville’s interview go badly last night so tonight let’s try it with Aries asking and answering his own questions. Aries thinks Neville keeps calling himself the King of the Cruiserweights to make up for some shortcomings. He’s above Neville’s level at the A-Double Level. Cue Neville to call Aries a punk so Aries calls him a downer. No violence ensues but Aries will be on commentary for the main event.

Mustafa Ali vs. Neville

Non-title. Feeling out process to start as the pace is slow early on. Neville’s headlock takes him down and a wheelbarrow slam makes Ali’s night even worse. The champ stops to yell at Aries though and gets hurricanranaed down. That’s fine with Neville, who launches Ali into the air for a big crash.

Neville stays on the ribs with a few hard shots before putting on a chinlock while sitting on the back. A spinwheel kick puts Neville on the floor though and Ali follows him out with a middle rope moonsault. Aries doesn’t really have much to say because he’s focusing on analyzing Neville. Back in and that rolling neckbreaker gets two, only to have Neville catch a charge and crotch him on the top rope. They head up top with Neville loading something up but he takes too much time, allowing Ali to grab a springboard Spanish Fly.

That wakes the fans up and Neville tossing him into the air but getting caught in a tornado DDT for two does as well. Ali goes up top for the inverted 450 but gets kicked onto the ropes, setting up a German superplex to send him crashing down again. Mustafa is done so Neville swings him into the post. A glare at Aries sets up the Rings of Saturn to give Neville the tap at 15:18.

Result: Neville b. Mustafa Ali – Rings of Saturn (15:18)

A staredown wraps us up.

 

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