My WWE 2K18 Results: WWE 205 Live (Mar.W1.17)

WWE 205 Live

March.Week 1.2017

Kansas City, KS

THIS PAST SUNDAY AT WWE FASTLANE: Rich Swann defeated Akira Tozawa to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. The Following night on RAW, Swann once again retained the championship after defeating TJ Perkins. Swann now has four successful title defenses as the Cruiserweight Champion, the most since the inception of the championship at the WWE Cruiserweight Classic.

TONIGHT ON 205 LIVE: Austin Aries goes one on one against TJ Perkins in their tie-breaking rubber match. The winner will go on to face Akira Tozawa next week on 205 Live and the winner of that bout will go on to challenge Rich Swann for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship at WrestleMania, the ultimate thrill ride!

SHOW OPENER PROMO

Austin Aries embraces the WWE Universe and vows to succeed where all others have failed. He will beat TJ Perkins tonight and win their little rivalry, then he'll prove why he is “The Greatest Man That Ever Lived” when he goes on to beat Akira Tozawa next week and finally be the one to beat Rich Swann at WrestleMania! If anybody wants any proof that he's the man for the task, ask TJ Perkins as Aries was the one that snapped his 11-match win streak.

THIS PAST SUNDAY AT WWE FASTLANE: Drew Gulak and Gran Metalik's bout resulted in a double count out. This comes off the heels of last week's edition of 205 Live where Metalik was caught and submitted mid-taunt, a move that showcased Gulak's technical and submission prowess.

MIDDLE CARD PROMO

Gran Metalik's promo is interrupted by Drew Gulak.

Gran Metalik vs Drew Gulak

PROMO BATTLE WINNER: Gran Metalik

LAST WEEK ON 205 LIVE: Tony Nese came down to ringside, brooding as he watched Mustafa Ali's match. He made his move and attacked Ali after the match ended, with a brawl breaking out between the two Superstars!

MIDDLE CARD PROMO

A fired-up Mustafa Ali calls out Tony Nese. Nese challenges Ali to a Street Fight. A challenge that Ali answers by brawling with Nese. A brawl that Nese gets the better of.

MATCH #1

MAIN EVENT

RUBBER MATCH

Normal Match

TJ Perkins vs Austin Aries

WINNER: Austin Aries

Method: Submission

Finish: The Last Chancery

POST-MATCH: Aries offers a handshake that Perkins accepts before he raises Aries' arm.

RATING: *** ½ Great

SHOW CLOSER PROMO

Akira Tozawa talks about the amazing and competitive match he had against Rich Swann on the Fastlane Kickoff this past Sunday and mentioned how that match could have gone other way. Well, it's going to go Tozawa's way when he faces Swann again at the Ultimate Thrill Ride, WrestleMania! All Tozawa has to do is have his big match next week against Austin Aries go his way.

NEWS

BREAKDOWN IN THE RING

Mustafa Ali called out Tony Nese to the ring to confront him about his actions last week. The two hot-tempered Superstars stopped exchanging words and started exchanging fists!

BUDDING RIVALRY

Gran Metalik tried to speak out to the WWE Universe about his recent success, but Drew Gulak interrupted to get his word in to set the stage between these two budding rivals.