BRM Reviews the 11/7/2018 205 Live (MURPHY VS. ANDREWS!)

[Big Red Machine]

LUCHA HOUSE PARTY IN-SET PROMO- The second part of this was very good. Unfortunately, the second part came after the first part, in which they looked like total dorks, talking about their piñata as if it was a real person and had feelings.

LUCHA HOUSE PARTY (Lincé Dorado & Kalisto) vs. TJP & MIKE KANELLIS (w/Maria Kanellis)- 7/10
Gran Metalik is not here tonight because his wife just gave birth.
TJP grabbed at Kalisto’s mask, so Kalisto responded by sexually harassing him. So there are no babyfaces in this feud, apparently. Other than that, this was a very good tag team match. The finish saw TJP pull Lincé Dorado’s mask off again, but this time Lincé had another mask on under it, and while TJP was celebrating, Lincé rolled him up for the pin.


LIO RUSH COMES UPON CEDRIC ALEXANDER TRAINING AT THE WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER WITH STEVE CORINO- meh
Lio made fun of Cedric for being “back in school with the rookies.” Cedric said Lio is too busy carrying Lashley’s bags to keep learning. Lio said he wants to wait for a “marquee match” to face Cedric. Rush was great here, and Cedric did come off like kind of a dork with his “you should never stop learning”-esque spiel. If he had just said something about trying to improve his game rather than phrasing it in such a preachy and slightly un-kayfabe way, this would have worked a lot better.
As a result of this footage, Drake Maverick has apparently signed for these two to face off next week. That match should be awesome.

LIO RUSH vs. JOSH MORRELL- squash
Lio cut a GREAT promo on Cedric afterwards.

MARK ANDREWS VIDEO PACKAGE- meh

MUSTAFA ALI PROMO- GREAT!
His title shot at Buddy Murphy will take place at Survivor Series.

Kendrick & Tozawa vs. Gulak & Gallagher is booked for next week. Next week looks like it will be a heck of a show.

MARK ANDREWS vs. BUDDY MURPHY- 8.75/10
Another AWESOME Buddy Murphy match. It looked like Murphy got completely spiked on that Poisonrana. The rest of the match was awesome, too, but that is one spot I’m never going to forget. Murphy does an excellent job of using the size disparity between him and all of his opponents, even though he’s only 205lbs.

Another awesome episode of 205 Live. Buddy Murphy’s awesome year continues. I can’t wait for next week’s show.