WWE 205 Live Results – July 4 2017

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The show opens with Titus O’ Neill walking backstage. He is on his cell phone with Akira Tozawa, who is supposed to be in Japan training. Titus bumps into cruiserweights backstage. Titus bumps into Ariya Daivari first, he tells him that he needs to upgrade his clothing. He then bumps into Mustafa Ali and gives him props for his victory last week against Drew Gulak.

After the intro, Vic Joseph and Corey Graves intro the show and hype tonight’s action, which includes Jack Gallagher facing Tony Nese and TJP squaring off with Rich Swann.

Titus O’Neill is introduced to the live audience and makes his way to the ring. The ring itself is set up with a red carpet and a podium that has a ‘Titus Worldwide’ logo on it. Titus asks the Phoenix crowd, if they are ready for some fireworks. He has pictures of Neville and Akira Tozawa, to the left and right of him in the ring. Titus hypes their cruiserweight championship match at Great Balls of Fire on sunday.

Titus and the crowd chant Akira’s war chant catchphrase. Neville interrupts, he puts Titus over for being a good pitchman but calls him nothing more than an illusion. He calls O’Neill’s brand a tool of manipulation and that Titus doesn’t really care about his clients, To prove it, Neville plays footage from last night’s Raw, where O’Neill’s client Apollo Crews fell at the hands of Braun Strowman. When the clip ends, The fans in attendance chant at Neville “You’re Not Strowman”…. Neville predicts the same fate that Crews suffered, will befall Akira Tozawa this sunday.

Neville Vs. Lince Dorado

Titus O’Neill joins the broadcast team to provide commentary for this non-title match. Dorado takes the fight early to the Cruiserweight Champion early on. Dorado sends Neville from the ring, then hits a hurricanrana from the apron and he flies into the announce table! Neville responds and throws Dorado knee first into the steel steps.

Titus trash talks Neville on the outside. Back inside the ring, Neville powerbombs Dorado and slaps on the Rings of Saturn. Dorado is forced to submit.

Winner: Neville

TJP and Rich Swann are both backstage in the locker room area. TJP calls their match tonight “friendly competition” and says that he is not hurt by what Swann has said about him in recent weeks. They shake hands and Swann says that whether he is TJP or TJ Perkins, it won’t matter because he can’t handle him.

We’re shown footage of Brian Kendrick’s attack on Jack Gallagher last week, then the charming Brit makes his way to the ring!

Jack Gallagher Vs. Tony Nese

Nese shows off his figure at the beginning of the match. Gallagher takes Nese down to the mat and does several rolling crucifix covers on him. Both men end up dizzy as a result, Gallagher maintains his balance and hits a monkey flip on Nese. Tony breaks free by pulling Gallagher by the hair. He then disposes Jack through the second rope.

Nese stays on the offensive with a running forearm to Gallagher’s jaw. Tony then hangs up Jack in the tree of woe and performs his ab workout in the corner and simultaneously kicks Gallagher. Nese then applies a very unique inverted torture rack. Gallagher escapes and hits double knees to Nese’s jaw. Moments later, Jack transitions and traps Nese into an arm bar. Tony powers out with one arm and slams him down.

When both men run the ropes, Nese clips out Gallagher’s knee and attempts a springboard moonsault but Gallagher moves out of the way. Nese lands awkwardly on his feet and tries to fake an injury. Gallagher doesn’t fall for it like the last time, he lost to him. Gallagher beats Nese to the punch with a headbutt and then hits his running dropkick in the corner, to secure the victory.

Winner: Jack Gallagher

Kendrick shows up on the Titantron in colonial outfit for July 4th, to deliver history lessons about the “nefarious Brits” and their military failures, and he draws parallels to Gallagher’s career. He plans to kick Jack out of 205 Live just like his forefathers kicked the English out of America… and this revolution will be televised. Gallagher calls for Kendrick to come out to the ring but he doesn’t.

We see a replay of Cedric Alexander’s win over Noam Dar on Raw last night. Dar is being seen by a trainer who tells him he won’t need a neck brace. He says that’s good news, but not as good as having Foxy back. She runs in as he breaks down his plan to claim the Cruiserweight title. She says that’s great, but what about Cedric? Alicia wants them to keep after Alexander until he quits 205 Live.  Dar rolls his eyes, like the rest of us. Oh boy.

TJP comes to the ring for the main event, soon followed by his opponent, Rich Swann.

TJP Vs. Rich Swann

A back and forth battle early on between two men who’ve been friends for over a decade. Swann shows some fantastic agility and plays to the crowd, and taunts TJP with a dab. Swann stays firmly control for the next couple of minutes until TJP counters him in the corner and back flips Swann to the outside floor. As a result of this fall, Swann barely beats the 10 count back into the ring. Perkins then grounds Swann and goes to work on his limbs.

TJP stays in control and whips Swann full speed into the corner. Perkins turns up the aggression and lands a springboard senton. Swann then gets a basement dropkick into his shoulder. Perkins then bridges back and locks in The Muta Lock on Swann. Rich nearly taps but is able to crawl to the ropes.

Perkins breaks the hold and doesn’t hang on, which the commentators sell as Swann’s message of sportsmanship getting through to TJP. Moments later, Rich Swann gets a second wind and hits a rolling thunder for a near fall. Swann then hits a inverted michinoku driver for another near fall. The crowd is into this match and chant ‘This is Awesome’.

Moments later, TJP shows great athleticism with a flying forearm but Swann out of desperation grounds Perkins with a roundhouse kick. When both men are back up, Perkins gets a near fall after countering Swann with a chicken wing gut buster, Perkins then goes for the detonation kick, Swann evades it but gets caught in a knee bar.

Swann gets to the ropes. Both men then knock each other with a double kick. The fans applaud their efforts. Graves compares the latest sequence to Fedor-Mitrione’s double knockout. After more counters and reversals lead to several rolling cradles, Rich Swann ends up on top and pins Perkins with a body bridge to win the match.

Winner: Rich Swann

After the match, Rich Swann and TJP shake hands and the crowd applauds them. Swann goes to the top rope and celebrates as the show ends!

That’s it for this week’s 205 Live! Let us know what you thought of the show in the comments or on one of our apps. We’ll see you back here on Sunday night for Great Balls of Fire! Until then, safe travels!

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