205 Live recap for October 18, 2019: To pimp a kendo stick

Here’s the recap of all the high-flying action you may have missed from this week’s episode of 205 Live. Watch the Cruiserweights every Friday night at 10 PM ET on the WWE Network.

To open the show, Drake Maverick thanks all the former cruiserweights who have been drafted to Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown. Maverick himself was chosen to go to SmackDown, but it appears will continue as the 205 Live general manager as well. The “Most Exciting Hour on Television” lost six Superstars due to the draft. How will the draft impact them?

Jack Gallagher vs. The Brian Kendrick

Jack Gallagher and The Brian Kendrick pick up their feud from a few weeks ago. It’s noted several times that both were on the very first episode of 205 Live. Gallagher attacks Kendrick before he even got down the ramp. He controls the match briefly before Kendrick finds a trusty kendo stick. The bell finally rings and Kendrick continues to brutalize his opponent.

Gallagher turns the tide to his favor briefly and even comes close to getting a pin. Alas, Kendrick once again takes control for a few minutes. Gallagher finds the kendo stick, but is distracted by the ref. Kendrick threw him into the turnbuckle causing The Gentleman to drop his weapon. Kendrick pins him after hitting Sliced Bread.

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Angel Garza is coming to the purple brand

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The Singh Brothers vs. Justin Alexander & Justin Morris

The Singh Brothers are billing themselves at the No. 1 draft picks in the Bollywood Draft.

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Sumir leads off the match against Alexander. He controls most of the match, but Alexander manages to mock the Bollywood Boyz dance. This goes as well as you might expect. Sumil gets his turn against Alexander too. Morris finally makes his way into the match, but doesn’t get much offense. The Singhs hit the Bollywood Blast for the win.

Tony Nese vs. Oney Lorcan vs. Ariya Daivari

**Oney Lorcan gear watch: all (SmackDown?) blue**

Three more 205 Live OGs face off in a no count-outs match. Nese and Daivari teamed up against Lorcan. They take turns beating him up while the other lounges across the top turnbuckle. Lorcan hits a double clothesline and takes a moment to rest on the top turnbuckle as well.

Daivari and Nese continue with their plan of distracting Lorcan from each other. With Nese getting close to victory, Daivari attempts to pin Nese. It didn’t work and Nese wasn’t pleased. Lorcan and Nese take turns hitting Daivari, but it quickly becomes every man for himself.

Nese and Lorcan treat the match as a one-on-one contest while Daivari recovers on the floor. Once Daivari finds the right moment, he returns to the ring and comes close to pinning Lorcan. The two continue battling. The Premiere Athlete and Daivari go back to their plan of attacking Lorcan together. Daivari once again turns on Nese. Lorcan takes control of the match and cleans house.

The match continues with each man coming close to earning the win. In the end, Nese pinned Lorcan after hitting the Sunset Driver.

Nese rips Aiden English’s headset off to use the mic to congratulate Rush on winning the NXT Cruiserweight Championship, but says he’s taking his title back.

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Who would you like to see on 205 Live? Do you think Nese will beat Rush to regain the championship? And will that happen on a Wednesday or a Friday?