{"id":36603,"date":"2016-12-20T22:30:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T04:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=36603"},"modified":"2016-12-28T00:10:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T06:10:48","slug":"1220-wwe-205-live-review-neville-kendrick-vs-perkins-swann-cedric-vs-gulak-lince-dorado-vs-ariya-daivari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/12\/20\/1220-wwe-205-live-review-neville-kendrick-vs-perkins-swann-cedric-vs-gulak-lince-dorado-vs-ariya-daivari\/","title":{"rendered":"12\/20 WWE \u201c205 Live\u201d Review: Neville &#038; Kendrick vs. Perkins &#038; Swann, Cedric vs. Gulak, Lince Dorado vs. Ariya Daivari"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4193163246\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3><b>WWE 205 LIVE<br \/>\n<\/b><b>DECEMBER 20, 2016<br \/>\nDETROIT, MICH. AT JOE LOUIS ARENA<br \/>\nAIRED LIVE ON WWE NETWORK<br \/>\n<\/b><b>Report by Joey Galizia (@RamJam89), PWTorch Contributor<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i>Announcers: Mauro Ranallo, Corey Graves, Austin Aries<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Joey G here. Let\u2019s do this.<\/p>\n<p>Show opens with highlights of the triple-threat title match at\u00a0<i>Roadblock: End of the line\u00a0<\/i>(God that PPV title). The package epically promotes Neville\u2019s post match beat-down mixed in with his speech that happened on Raw. Swann and Adrian\u2019s (that\u2019s Neville for all you new-comers) relationship is particularly highlighted. Best line from the package: \u201cI AM GOING TO OBLITERATE THE DIVISION.\u201d Seriously don\u2019t mess with Neville guys.<\/p>\n<p>Theme song.<\/p>\n<p>Mauro calls this the most exciting hour on television. Austin Aries is back and he\u2019s wearing a Santa hat and it\u2019s adorbs. Graves called Neville a king and hypes the \u201ccolossal\u201d main event tag match: Perkins &amp; Swann vs. Kendrick &amp; Pissed off Gravity dude Neville.<\/p>\n<p>Ariya Daivari comes out first for the first bout. His opponent.<\/p>\n<p>THE GOLDEN LINX. AA says a lot of people can rock a cape, but Lince isn\u2019t one of them.<\/p>\n<p>Handshake and we start.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1093363055\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><b>(1) Lince Dorado vs. Ariya Daivari<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Hammerlock. Lince shows off his athleticism with handsprings before he takes Daivari down with an arm-ringer hip toss and then a hurricanrana. Dorado goes up for a high-risk maneuver but Ariya moves then hits a neck-breaker for two.<\/p>\n<p>Daivari lands a stiff clothesline after countering a corner spot and then works Lince down with a rear chin-lock. Mauro puts over how smart Ariya is by grounding the crafty and quick luchador. He also mentions how many different styles we constantly see from the division. Back on their feet and Lince counters a splash and starts laying into Daivari with chops, kicks, and fists before knocking Ariya out to the floor with a hand-spring stunner. Lince then goes for a tope suicdo and hits it (although it looked like a dangerous botch)<\/p>\n<p>Back in the ring Dorado lays out Ariya with a diving cross-body for a two count. Crowd is sort of dead and some start chanting for AA. Ariya takes control and wins the match with a frog-splash from the top rope.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WINNER:<\/strong>\u00a0Daivari at 5:45.<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i>Post match Daivari gets interviewed and starts shouting in another language before he yells at the crowd for cheering Jack Gallagher. (It should be noted that the announce team mentioned Jack several times to really push this feud.) He calls Gallagher a scoundrel. AA agrees and calls him a\u00a0<i>Dirty Rotten Scoundrel<\/i>\u00a0(which is an awesome movie).<\/p>\n<p>Backstage we see The Brian Kendrick with Neville (who literally looks like he wants to murder everyone). Neville says that he and Brian built the very foundation of the division. He then says he is Brian\u2019s partner, BUT NOT HIS FRIEND. \u201cThere can only be one king of the cruiserweights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Back to the announce team before a promo package for the Japanese Buzzsaw Tajiri. I believe this is the same package as last time with clips from CWC and his older WWE days.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1653786978\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Commercial break for NXT\u2019s fatal-4 way match for the #1 contender.<\/p>\n<p>Cedric Alexander\u2019s music hits and he has the very beautiful Alicia Fox with him. They cut to a clip of Raw last night which reminds us that Alexander got a win back against Noam Dar, but Dar got in the last word by saying that all he wants for X-mas is Alicia. (SLICK LINE BRO)<\/p>\n<p>The human torture device (thanks Corey) comes out and we get ready for match two.<\/p>\n<p><b>(2) Cedric Alexander vs. Drew Gulak<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Right to it and Gulak takes Alexander down with a waist-lock. They trade some blows before Cedric takes control with uppercuts and kicks. Gulak cuts Cedric off with a running forearm but Cedric reciprocates. Drew then uses the ref to his advantage and tosses Alexander into the ropes.<\/p>\n<p>Gulak throws Cedric in the corner but Alexander reverses his charge with a double-foot stomp. He then hits a few elbows and then a hand-spring enziguri. Cedric goes to the apron and hits a spring-board clothesline from across the ring. Alicia tries to get the crowd into the match but it isn\u2019t working too well.<\/p>\n<p>They both block suplex attempts AND THEN CEDRIC SUPLEXES THEM BOTH OVER THE TOP ROPE. WOAH. When they recover Gulak pushes Alexander into Alicia and she goes down holding her ankle. Cedric is worried but Drew takes advantage with some strikes. Noam comes out to help Alicia up and takes her backstage.<\/p>\n<p>In the ring Drew almost steals the victory from a distracted Cedric with a roll-up but he escapes and hits his finisher for the win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WINNER:<\/strong>\u00a0Alexander at 5:57.<\/p>\n<p>On the runway Dasha interviews Drew Gulak who yells at Alicia Fox for being out there and says women don\u2019t belong at 205 live.<\/p>\n<p>Promo package of the extraordinary gentlemen Jack Gallagher. They put over his mustache and his unique in-ring style. I rephrase, it\u2019s a unique in-ring throwback to British wrestling. Either way it\u2019s unique. (You get it) Jack says that he will perform to the best of his abilities and his abilities are the best in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Backstage Alicia is getting ice on her ankle. Cedric rushes to her to make sure she\u2019s okay. Fox says she\u2019s really happy that Noam was there and Alexander dismisses him. Dar let\u2019s Alicia know that if she ever needs help again he\u2019ll be there. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THE DRAMA.<\/p>\n<p>Royal Rumble commercial and an ad for Talking Smack. Both are only on the WWE Network in case you didn\u2019t know that.<\/p>\n<p>Music hits. 1\u20262\u2026.1,2,3,4. Sorry, that\u2019s Neville\u2019s song which means it\u2019s time for our main event! Kendrick comes out next because he is the \u201cman with a plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AA tells us that he loves Brian, and looks forward to seeing how he and Neville work together as a team. Graves calls them both the trail-blazers of not just the Cruiserweights, but the WWE.<\/p>\n<p>TJ is out first for team baby-face (barely any crowd reaction). Then Swann who comes out dancing. Neville has to be held back by the ref because he\u2019s like a pit-bull ready to pounce.<\/p>\n<p><b>(3) Neville &amp; Brian Kendrick vs. T.J. Perkins &amp; Rich Swann<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s go Neville chants are happening (I think the people are just happy that they see someone they know). He starts off with Rich and takes him down immediately with a shoulder block. He then hits a vicious drop-kick to the back of Swann\u2019s head (who was in a seated position). Neville is in full control and works the champ down with kicks. Graves praises Neville for how easy he\u2019s making it look. AA calls Neville the most dangerous man that isn\u2019t named Austin Aries. Neville then hits a delayed-suplex (held for almost 10 seconds) and gets a 2 count. Ranallo says it reminds him of British Bulldog and Graves and AA jump all over him. \u201cRespect Neville Mauro!\u201d (God these two are really meshing together)<\/p>\n<p>Swann has amounted no offense as Neville continuously works him over with rest-holds, kicks, and has to have the ref again stop him several times before getting a 5-count DQ.<\/p>\n<p>Perkins sneakily tags in and lands a top rope cross-body into a ground and pound. Kendrick tags in without Neville\u2019s permission and the two have a stare-off (Seriously I\u2019ve never been more afraid of any man than I am of Neville). Perkins nails Brian with a spinning back kick and counters Kendricks slice-bread with a tree of woe. TJ hits a dropkick on Brian in that position for a two-count.<\/p>\n<p>TJP goes for a back-drop but Brian counters with a leg-lariet. Swann tags himself back in even though he\u2019s still hurt and Kendrick immediately takes advantage, working over Rich with heavy blows to the head and neck. Swann shows great gusto and gets some shots in, but Kendrick catches him with a flat-liner.<\/p>\n<p>Neville comes in and hits a delayed german suplex for a 2 count (He held that one for almost 10 seconds as well). Back on their feet and Swann finally takes control with a beautiful super-kick for another two-count. AA really admires how much heart Rich has.<\/p>\n<p>Kendrick and TJP tag in and Perkins lands a chicken-wing lung-blower and then a detonation kick. He transitions into the Knee-Bar but Neville breaks it up!<\/p>\n<p>Swann tags in and takes Neville out with a crescent kick. Swann and TJ then hit a double-superkick on Kendrick but Brian gets his foot on the ropes before the three-count.<\/p>\n<p>Neville takes out Perkins with a running boot. In the ring Kendrick surprises Swann with sliced bread and then locks in the bully choke. Swann doesn\u2019t tap and TJ breaks up the submission. Neville sends Perkins to the outside and then tags in. He taunts Swann, asking him, \u201cIS THIS THE CRUISERWEIGHT DIVISION?\u201d (I\u2019m trembling)<\/p>\n<p>Perkins tags in and goes for a spring-board maneuver but Neville counters with an enziguri. Kendrick takes out Swann on the outside with a tope suicido as Neville pulls Perkins over and hits his most agile Red Arrow I\u2019ve ever seen for the win.<\/p>\n<p>Graves and AA continuously put over Neville as the \u201cKing of the Cruiserweights.\u201d Mauro wishes us happy holidays and that\u2019s the show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WINNERS:<\/strong>\u00a0Neville\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Brian Kendrick\u00a0at 14:20.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FINAL THOUGHTS:\u00a0<\/strong>A decent show made better buy a great main event. While the crowd was cheering for the bad guy in this scenario (Neville), at least they were somewhat invested into the match. An okay opening bout between Lince and Ariya, although if they keep mentioning how agile these guys are they need to do more than just a suicide dive (BOTCHED) to convince us. I\u2019m not saying I want all high-risk, but I am saying that nothing in the first two bouts will separate these guys from anyone else. Noam Dar and Cedric Alexander got more meat to their storyline while Daivari continues his pursuit of the \u201cExtraordinary Gentlemen\u201d Jack Gallagher. Austin Aries continues to build upon is HOF resume by being just a joy on the announce team. His chemistry with Graves is particularly meshing, but don\u2019t count out Mauro who could be the best announcer in the industry right now (IMO). Highlight of the show was Neville, whose absence seems to have given him fuel and motivated him to make every current and future segment seem important. His in-ring action has always been crisp, motivated, and agile, but what was really exciting was watching his character work. If I were grading this show I would give it a B-. If I were giving individual grades I would give Neville an A+ (mainly out of fear for my life).<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S REPORT:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/12\/13\/1213-wwe-205-live-review-lince-dorado-vs-mustafa-ali-jack-gallagher-vs-drew-gullack-t-j-perkins-vs-rich-swann\/\">12\/13 WWE \u201c205 Live\u201d Review: Lince Dorado vs. Mustafa Ali, Jack Gallagher vs. Drew Gullack, T.J. Perkins vs. Rich Swann<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1305281647\"><div id=\"pwtor-3139200772\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE 205 LIVE DECEMBER 20, 2016 DETROIT, MICH. AT JOE LOUIS ARENA AIRED LIVE ON WWE NETWORK Report by Joey Galizia (@RamJam89), PWTorch Contributor Announcers: Mauro Ranallo, Corey Graves, Austin Aries Joey G here. 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