BRM Reviews the 4/16/2019 205 Live (CEDRIC VS. LORCAN!)

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BRM Reviews the 4/16/2019 205 Live (CEDRIC VS. LORCAN!)

Post by Big Red Machine » Apr 17th, '19, 17:53

LUCHA HOUSE PARTY PROMO- a dull attempt at babyface crowd hype.

Uh-oh. The ropes are still blue and the interior-facing halves of the ringpost covers haven’t been changed over from Smackdown either. Kevin Dunn must be having a fit.

FATAL FOUR-WAY MATCH: Ariya Daivari vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Gran Metalik vs. MIKE KANELLIS (w/Maria Kanellis)- 7.75/10
General Manager Drake Maverick was on commentary for this match. This was a great, action-packed match with a WONDERFUL finish. It started with a repeat of the finish from Kanellis’ win over Tozawa, but this time Gran Metalik came in to break it up with a springboard elbow drop but Kanellis moves out of the way so the move just hit Tozawa, then tossed Metalik out of the ring… and then Daivari came in and did the same to Kanellis and stole the pin on Tozawa.

ONEY LORCAN PROMO- a decent promo, but both the words and the delivery just seemed a bit off

CEDRIC ALEXANDER PROMO- GREAT!
Equal parts a goodbye to 205 Live and a promo to build up tonight’s main event.

ONEY LORCAN vs. CEDRIC ALEXANDER- 9/10
A FANTASTIC match that played into Cedric’s promo by being all about him not going down without putting up one hell of a fight first. We got a post-match show of respect, a “THANK YOU, CEDRIC!” chant, and Cedric in the ring, alone, having his moment. I’m not going to say that this was as good as an indy goodbye, but as far as someone simply moving from one main roster show to another goes, it was probably as good as can be done.


Another AWESOME episode of 205 Live, with a must-see main event and an emotional post-match segment.
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