Good evening Fight Fans, and welcome to our coverage for tonight's edition of WWE 205 Live!
Ariya Daivari vs Ashante Thee Adonis
Ashante drops Ariya with a shoulder block before Ariya focuses on his hand and smashes his face into the top turnbuckle while holding onto a wrist lock. Ashante wrings the arm of Ariya and drives his arm into the elbow joint before sending Ariya into the corner and missing a shoulder tackle in the corner. Ariya hits a neckbreaker and rains down blows in mount before elbowing him across the back of the neck and Ashante dropkicks him. Ariya crotches Ashante before they exchange strikes until Ashante hits a flap jack into a falling fist drop before Ariya misses a splash in the corner. Ashante hits a high angle diving cross body for two before Ariya hits a wrist lock lariat for a near fall that he breaks up by himself before hitting a diving splash off of the top and Ashante pins him out of nowhere with a roll up.
Winner: Ashante Thee Adonis defeats Ariya Daivari via pinfall.
- We get a recap of the two Cruiserweight champions meeting face to face on NXT this past Wednesday where the Cruiserweight champion in the UK, Jordan Devlin laid out NXT proper's Cruiserweight champion Santos Escobar. We then get a graphic for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship Unification Match at NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver.
Jake Atlas vs Tony Nese
Jake and Tony grapple on the mat before exchanging arm drags and Tony runs over Jake before Jake takes him down with a straight armbar. Jake repeatedly takes Tony down with a deep arm drag into a straight armbar before Tony gets to his feet and backs into the ropes. Tony chops Jake in the throat and snaps his throat across the top rope before sending him into the apron and back into the ring before stomping his ribs. Tony locks in his signature body scissors before Jake counters into a pump kick and sends Tony over the top rope and down onto the floor before Tony clotheslines Jake when he's thinking about a suicide dive for two. Tony reapplies the body scissors before hitting a belly to back into a roundhouse kick for a near fall before locking in a torture rack before Jake hits a brainbuster out of nowhere.
Jake drops Tony repeatedly before hitting a standing moonsault for a near fall before Tony sends him out onto the apron and hits a springboard moonsault for a near fall. They then exchange strikes until Jake turns Tony inside out and hits the Rainbow DDT for the pin and the win.
Winner: Jake Atlas defeats Tony Nese via pinfall.
