ChesterCopperpot Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Goddamn that was great .... Murphy at it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyuubi Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 So yeah. Buddy Murphy is incredible and Ali is pretty much NXT Sami Zayn. Holy shit what a feud. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Ali's insistence on killing himself in these matches is insane though appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Ali might just be the best babyface on the WWE roster right now. Dude is incredible, but I worry about his longevity and health with some of the stuff he does. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 They outdid the previous Flux Capacitor but MAN that Superplex off the Ring Steps was SICK! They do it again and set the bar for the Month of July only 3 days in. Tozawa vs. Rush should be a good feud as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Imagine if these guys were allowed to tell these stories as though they matter in an environment where the audience is encouraged to give a shit. In a just world, Mustafa Ali is the Intercontinental Champion. He's what WWE's future should look like. Buddy Murphy is also pretty damn good. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 5 hours ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: Imagine if these guys were allowed to tell these stories as though they matter in an environment where the audience is encouraged to give a shit. In a just world, Mustafa Ali is the Intercontinental Champion. He's what WWE's future should look like. Buddy Murphy is also pretty damn good. Absolutely agree. Just for giggles do a quick point by point comparison between Mustafa Ali and "Monday Night" Rollins. It's like WTF are these people thinking about leaving arguably the best babyface in the company on a show only the hardcores watch and having Mr. Dry as Toast cut fifteen minute promos in his flat Mid-western accent to bore the crowd to tears on their flagship show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Ali/Murphy is giving Gargano/Ciampa a run for their money as feud of the year without the benefit of a multi-year long build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireThunder Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Noam Dar, you're lookin' real jacked, baby. I'm down for Tozawa vs Rush. Should be a hell of a match. I'm not even sure if I can add anything that hasn't already been said about that main event. Just an amazing spectacle with Ali and Murphy giving it their all, once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyuubi Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 19 hours ago, OSJ said: Ali might just be the best babyface on the WWE roster right now. Dude is incredible, but I worry about his longevity and health with some of the stuff he does. Ali is super consistent and safe. Dude doesn’t do too much and in general knows how to make even the baseline aerial stuff he does feel spectacular. The fact of the matter is that he isn’t super impressive like Ricochet or Will Ospreay but he sure as shit knows how to make a story count where he isn’t outright killing himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droneking Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 It would be great if the let them have their title matches at Takeover, so they would have a hot crowd for once. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 I've said it on past pages in this thread and I'll say it again. I'm completely emotionally invested in Ali and Buddy Murphy. Throw Cedric and Itami(to a lesser extent, so far..) in there and THESE are the 4 people I can't wait to see the following week when it comes to professional wrestling. That includes Raw, Smackdown, NXT, MLW, ROH, Lucha Underground and even New Japan. My 60 minutes of guilty pleasure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Mustafa Ali is one of my personal favourite babyfaces ever. Gargano is great, but he's like a great good guy protagonist in a movie whereas Mustafa Ali is the guy I am emotionally invested in to the point I'm slightly embarrassed . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehabilitated Rick Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Murphy's tights bother me but yeah he's an incredible talent. Mute point, we all know this, but 205 would rival any promotion in the world if it wasn't staged in front of zombies waiting for the smackdown dark match. If anything it's this era's velocity. To the credit of the workers and the sheer quality of the wrestling they have started to pierce through the apathy of the live crowd in the past month or two, but they deserve standing ovations, not golf claps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Jesus fucking Christ, that tornado DDT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireThunder Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 This was my first time watching 205 in almost a year. I love how alot of the angles have been building up for months. I been hearing about Buddy Murphy tearing it up on 205live and Im glad to see him get this chance to really show his potential. Im still really behind Tozawa even after they ended his push for the Title and run with Titus. He has the Tajiri type of presence, no over the top gimmick but all business in the ring. He and Lio will tear it up eventually. I might have to make this the one show I keep up with weekly. I want to see KENTA vs Alexander next week. I like my tv tv wrestling to keep me excited about the next week. I need to feel like i can invest in a show week to week rsther than just expect good match or because someone I enjoy watching is on it almost every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyuubi Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Nice methodical main event. Hideo beat the shit out Cedric who kept insisting on trying to outstrike Itami and I'm glad that the story correctly played up that attribute. The crowd was dead for most of the match probably after dealing with 2 and half hours of wrestling, but it was a solid match if not a bit too slow. It appears that the next opponent will be Gulak in which yeah, take the title off Cedric. He has been great as champion, but we don't need another repeat of Neville. I can't wait for Lio Rush vs Tozawa next week. Those guys are going to be fast as fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 I didn’t watch much Cedric on the indies, but the more I see on 205, I’m starting to think he owes Kota Ibushi a percentage of his check. I think he would be much better off on NXT where he can try to be a Sami/Gargano type babyface that the crowd gets emotionally invested in, but to me, he doesn’t seem like a guy who can get the 205 crowd to get engaged the way Tozawa or Ali or the LHP can. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSC Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 That finish was *so* close to going totally wrong, but ends up being one of my favorite lumbar check sells ever. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Very enjoyable, physical main event between Itami and Alexander. @Kyuubi touched on the crowd being a bit out of it by that point. And it's here where I find Itami to be a step behind the other top guys on 205 Live. Many of them have dynamic styles and dramatic flourishes that help them marginally win over a crowd that's just waiting for the dark main event after seeing AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, Daniel Bryan, Kane, New Day, etc. But Itami's style is basic and presented methodically. That's a choice which has its merits, but it will always set him back a little in this environment. He would do much better being back in an environment where the people in attendance are there to see him. Lio Rush's character is exactly how some Blue Jays fans see Marcus Stroman -- Tiny, athletic dude who peacocks too much to compensate. So if that baseball thing doesn't work out, him and Rush should form a tag team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Heel Itami is fun and so much better than face Itami. I could watch him and Cedric stiff each other(did you see that dropkick which busted Hideo's mouth apart?!) 24/7. Solid Main Event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireThunder Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Lio with the cool promo... and then Tozawa just... wow. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyuubi Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 18 hours ago, FireThunder said: Lio with the cool promo... and then Tozawa just... wow. Looking forward to this match and although I know the crowd won't be because Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles build-up may start tonight for Summerslam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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