We begin with a look back at the Cruiserweight Championship match between Cedric Alexander and Buddy Murphy from Super Show Down and the crowning of a new champion.
We are in Indianapolis, Indiana and your announcers are Vic Joseph, NIgel McGuinness, and Percy Watson.
Vic Joseph mentions issues between Tony Nese and Cedric Alexander after Cedric lost the title on Saturday. Tonight, Cedric and Tony will meet in the ring.
Lio Rush makes his way to the ring.
Lio asks if you hear that. It is the ticking because it is the Man of the Hour's Time. It is Rush Hour. Any moment, every minute is a moment to make somebody famous. He is here to make somebody famous. He knows that you are used to those fast cars going around that fast track. There is nobody or nothing faster than that 23 year old piece of gold Lio Rush. He will give someone an opportunity to prove the Man of the Hour wrong. Who will step up to the plate? Lio says he came to collect.
Match Number One: LIo Rush versus Lince Dorado
Lio asks Lince if he is ready before they lock up. Rush with a wrist lock but Dorado with a reversal. Rush with a reversal of his own and a snap mare. Dorado with an arm drag and Rush with an arm drag of his own. Both go for an arm drag and are thwarted. Both go for drop kicks and go to a stalemate. Rush with forearms but Dorado with a kick. Dorado with a head scissors and drop kick. Rush with a kick from the corner but Dorado with a tilt-a-whirl back breaker and Dorado gets a near fall.
Dorado with a European uppercut. Dorado with punches to the midsection but Rush sends Dorado to the apron. Dorado sends Rush into the turnbuckles and Dorado climbs the turnbuckles but Rush with a kick and suicide dive onto Dorado. Rush sends Dorado into the ringside barrier before returning to the ring. Rush gets a near fall. Rush ties Dorado's arms in the ropes and rakes the chest. Rush with forearms and a back rake. Rush with a belly-to-back suplex for a near fall.
Rush with a waist lock. Dorado with punches but Rush with a series of strikes to send Dorado to the mat. Dorado punches Rush in the midsection. Rush with a forearm and then he goes for Dorado's mask. Dorado kicks Rush and punches him. Dorado with European uppercuts but Rush with a drop kick to the midsection as Lince hits the ropes. Dorado with a clothesline and spinning heel kick. Dorado with a chop. Dorado with a round kick and then Dorado sends Rush to the mat with a slam.
Dorado goes to the turnbuckles when Rush moves on a charge into the corner. Rush grabs the leg and Dorado with a forearm on the turnbuckles. Dorado with a cross body for a near fall. Rush with a thrust kick to the knee and a round kick followed by a spinning Unprettier but Dorado kicks out. Rush goes up top for the frog splash but LInce rolls to the opposite corner. Dorado with a victory roll for a near fall. Dorado with a super kick that backs Rush into the turnbuckles.
Dorado with a bronco buster and springboard cutter but Rush goes to the floor. Dorado with a corkscrew pescado onto Rush and then he goes up top for a Shooting Star Press but Mike Kanellis' music plays and Maria Kanellis comes out and Mike pushes Lince off the turnbuckles.
Winner: Lince Dorado (by disqualification)
After the match, Kanellis attacks Dorado and punches him. Kanellis with a twisting reverse DDT.
We go to comments from the new Cruiserweight Champion. Buddy says you cannot stop the unstoppable. He says he proved it Saturday night when he became the new champion. He will not be at 205 Live tonight because he decided to stay in his hometown. The champ does what he wants when he wants. He will come back when he is ready.
Cedric Alexander is in the locker room and Mustafa Ali stops by. Mustafa says he has a match against Hideo Itami in two weeks and it is Falls Count Anywhere. He says they will end this feud. Cedric wishes Ali luck. Ali asks if the match against Tony Nese is too soon. You just came back from Australia and your mind isn't in the right spot. Cedric says he will do what he does best and he will do it in the ring. He will send a message to Buddy Murphy with this match.
We go to commercial.
We are back with a look at what Drew Gulak and Jack Gallagher did to Brian Kendrick last week.
Drew Gulak says it could be a difficult process when a partnership dissolves. Do not let it fester and deal with it immediately. Jack says it was unpleasant but it was necessary. They were about being scoundrels but Brian got too sentimental. Drew says Brian lost his killer instinct. Weakness will not stop their goals. Drew says he cannot waste time wondering what if when, next week they take care of Akira Tozawa. Their message is clear and their constitution is unclouded in their quest for a better 205 Live.
Match Number Two: Tony Nese versus Cedric Alexander
They lock up and Alexander with a side head lock. Alexander holds on to the side head lock when Nese tries to send him off the ropes. Alexander with a shoulder tackle. Nese pushes Alexander away when he tried for the handstand head scissors. They lock up and Nese with a waist lock but Alexander escapes and applies a wrist lock but Nese with a reversal. Alexander with a reversal and Irish whip but Nese floats over. Nese with an arm drag into an arm bar. Nese pie faces Alexander to try to get under Cedric's skin. Alexander with a reversal and Irish whip. Nese with a back elbow and he flips over Alexander. Nese with a matrix move to avoid a clothesline and then Nese poses.
Alexander with a drop kick and he sends Nese into the turnbuckles and chops Nese. Alexander with a chop as they go around the ring. Alexander with a European uppercut and a kick in the corner. Alexander with more kicks and the referee warns Alexander. Nese rolls to the floor and Alexander tries to bring him back into the ring. The referee stops Alexander. Nese pulls Alexander to the floor and Nese kicks Alexander in the back.
Nese with another kick to the back. Nese sends Alexander back into the ring and Nese gets a near fall. Nese with a boot to the chest and he applies a waist lock. Alexander with a European uppercut. Nese charges into the corner but he is met with a knee and kick. Alexander with a handstand head scissors and Nese goes to the floor. Nese returns with a running back elbow for a near fall. Nese with a kick to the back. Nese with a body scissors. Alexander with elbows to escape. Nese leaps over the top rope to the floor and drops Alexander on the top rope.
Nese goes for the double jump moonsault but Alexander gets his knees up to stop Nese. Alexander with clotheslines and an uppercut. Nese with an Irish whip but Alexander drop kicks Nese in the knees to send Tony into the turnbuckles. Alexander goes to the apron and he kicks Nese on the turnbuckles. Alexander with a slingshot flatliner but Nese rolls to the floor. Alexander clotheslines Nese over the top rope and then he hits a plancha onto Nese. They return to the ring and Alexander sets for a springboard clothesline and he hits it but Nese kicks out.
Nese with a jackknife cover for a near fall. Alexander with a back slide for a near fall. Alexander with a MIchinoku Driver for a near fall. Nese sends Alexander to the apron and then Nese blocks the slingshot flatliner. Alexander goes for a slingshot move and Nese with a kick and then he hits a gutbuster for a near fall. Nese taunts Alexander but Cedric with a chop. Nese with a forearm. Alexander with chops but Nese with a kick and knee. Alexander misses a leg sweep and Nese blocks a round kick. Nese with a forearm but Alexander hits the Neuralizer. Both men are down.
Nese with a forearm but Alexander with a chop. Nese goes for a pump handle driver but Alexander escapes and hits a standing C4 but Nese gets his foot on the ropes to stop the count. Alexander goes to the apron and Nese with a leg sweep. Nese lands on his feet on a Lumber Check attempt. Alexander with a forearm and then Nese holds on to the ropes to avoid a Lumbar Check. Nese with a forearm and a German suplex into the turnbuckles followed by the running knee. Nese goes up top.and hits a 450 splash for the three count.
Winner: Tony Nese
We go to credits.
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