This is the Fightful.com live coverage for tonight's episodes of the WWE Mixed Match Challenge and WWE 205 Live. Tonight we have a night of semi finals as in the semi finals of the WWE Mixed Match Challenge Asuka and The Miz take on Braun Strowman and Alexa Bliss, then on 205 Live Mustafa Ali faces Drew Gulak to determine who will go on to challenge for the vacant WWE Cruiserweight Championship at WrestleMania. Be sure to come back here at 10 PM EST after Smackdown! Live for all of the action!
Mixed Match Challenge
They start the match before with both sides tagging in and out and it nearly becoming an intergender match several times when Asuka tries to help Miz. Asuka drops Alexa with a forearm for a quick two count before they get in the ropes and Alexa hits a back elbow that stumbles Asuka. Alexa tosses Asuka out of the ring before tagging Braun in, Miz countering am attempted powerslam into before Braun comes back. Miz is then quick to tag Asuka in before they go back and forth until Asuka locks in the Asuka Lock for the tap and the win.
Winner: Asuka & The Miz defeat Braun Strowman & Alexa Bliss via submission when Asuka submits Alexa with the Asuka Lock.
205 Live
Hideo Itami vs Lince Dorado
They lock up to start the match for a clean break before Hideo beats Lince down in the corner and putting him in a side headlock before dropping Lince with a shoulder block. Lince sends Hideo out of the ring before Hideo regroups with Akira and gets back in the ring. Lince is in control until Hideo comes back and boots Lince off of the apron and to the floor before rolling him back into the ring and kicking him repeatedly. Hideo is then sent out of the ring before he and Metalik get in a shoving match until the referee is forced to call for the bell.
Winner: No Contest due to disqualification.
-TJP has a squash match against local talent.
WWE Cruiserweight Championship Tournament Semi-Final Match
Drew Gulak vs Mustafa Ali
They lock up to start the match off before exchanging wrist locks before Gulak hits a flapjack and Ali comes back with a huricanrrana into a dropkick. They lock up again for a not so clean break before Gulak drops Ali with a back elbow and nearly turns him inside out with a lariat to the back of his neck for a near fall. Gulak hits an electric chair bridging German suplex for a near fall before Gulak puts Ali in a dragon sleeper. Ali counters and gets out of it before hitting a flipping senton on to the floor. Drew drops Ali onto the apron and to the floor before rolling him back into the ring, but Ali rolls right back out of the ring. Ali spears Gulak at ringside and beats on him at ringside before they get back in the ring and Ali counters the dragon sleeper into a DDT. Ali then hits an imploding 450 splash for the pin and the win.
Winner: Mustafa Ali defeats Drew Gulak via pinfall with an imploding 459 splash to advance to the finals of the WWE Cruiserweight Championship Tournament at WrestleMania.
