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Tyler Breeze making WWE 205 Live debut, Lio Rush vs. Isaiah Scott set

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Tyler Breeze is set to make his 205 Live in-ring debut tonight.

WWE has announced that Breeze will be in action on tonight’s 205 Live, though his opponent has yet to be revealed. Former NXT Cruiserweight Champion Lio Rush vs. Isaiah “Swerve” Scott has also been confirmed for the show, and WWE is hyping that Drake Maverick has lifted Jack Gallagher’s storyline suspension.

Maverick tweeted: “Several weeks ago @GentlemanJackG laid his hands on me, and I was forced to internally suspend him. That suspension has now been lifted. He is now free to return to #205Live if and when he is ready to act like a ‘Gentleman’ again.”

Breeze’s most recent match on NXT television was when he and Fandango defeated The Singh Brothers on December 11. Fandango posted on Instagram on December 21 that he underwent Tommy John surgery to repair an elbow injury that he suffered during that match.

Following the WWE Draft in October, it was announced that some of NXT’s wrestlers under 205 pounds would also be appearing on 205 Live going forward.

Tonight’s SmackDown and 205 Live are taking place at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. The Usos vs. Baron Corbin & Dolph Ziggler, Sasha Banks vs. Lacey Evans, and a Miz TV segment with John Morrison have been announced for SmackDown.

NXT St. Petersburg, FL, live results: Breezango & Bugez vs. Forgotten Sons

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From the Armory in front of an estimated 250

– Austin Theory defeated Tehuti Miles 

– Deonna Purrazzo and Chelsea Green defeated Jessi Kamea and Santana Garrett (Garrett’s Florida loop debut)

– There was an in-ring segment with Malcolm Bivens who wanted an apology from Cezar Bononi for calling him a “weenie”. It got physical before Big Jordan made the save for Bivens.

– Dexter Lumis defeated Vidot 

– Arturo Ruas defeated Mohammed 

– Danny Burch defeated Fabian Aichner 

– Kassius Ohno defeated Babatunde 

– Io Shirai defeated Mia Yim 

– Breezango and Rik Bugez defeated Forgotten Sons

Fandango was helped to the back early with an arm injury but returned to run wild for the finish, ripping off his sling upon his return.

Breakout finals, Breezango vs. Forgotten Sons set for NXT TV

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Two matches have been announced for next week’s NXT television.

The finals of the Breakout Tournament will air on next Wednesday’s episode, with Jordan Myles (formerly known as ACH) facing off with Cameron Grimes (Trevor Lee). The winner will get a shot at the NXT title of their choosing.

Myles defeated Boa and Angel Garza (Garza Jr.) in the tournament, while Grimes defeated Isaiah “Swerve” Scott (Shane Strickland) and Bronson Reed (Jonah Rock).

A two-on-two tag match between Tyler Breeze & Fandango and The Forgotten Sons is also set for next week’s NXT episode. Fandango’s return aired on last week’s show, with him saving Breeze from The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake, Steve Cutler & Jaxson Ryker).

Both matches will be taped at the Scotiabank Arena prior to TakeOver: Toronto this Saturday. Here’s the card for TakeOver:

  • NXT Champion Adam Cole defending against Johnny Gargano in a two-out-of-three falls match (one fall will be a street fight, the other will be a normal wrestling match, and William Regal will pick the stipulation if it goes to a third fall)
  • NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler defending against Mia Yim
  • NXT North American Champion Velveteen Dream defending against Roderick Strong and Pete Dunne in a triple threat match
  • NXT Tag Team Champions The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) defending against The Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish)
  • Candice LeRae vs. Io Shirai

NXT Melbourne, FL, live results: Fandango/Breeze vs. Forgotten Sons

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From the Melbourne Auditorium in front of an estimated 300 

– Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch defeated Dexter Lumis and Brendan Vink 

– Kona Reeves defeated Bronson Reed 

– Tegan Nox and Xia Li defeated Vanessa Borne and Aliyah 

– We got an In-ring interview with Vidot who was interrupted by Dexter Lumis. Vidot gets the upper hand in their scuffle.

– Arturo Ruas defeated Denzel 

– Matthew Riddle defeated Ridge Holland 

– Raul Mendoza defeated Kassius Ohno 

– Team 3.0 defeated Mansoor and Cezar Bononi 

– Marina Shafir defeated Taynara Conti 

– Fandango and Tyler Breeze defeated Forgotten Sons (Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake)

Tyler Breeze to wrestle at EVOLVE 129 and 130

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Though Kyle O’Reilly won’t be able to wrestle at EVOLVE 129 and 130 this weekend, another WWE wrestler has been added to the shows.

EVOLVE has announced that Tyler Breeze will be in action at EVOLVE 129 in Queens, New York this Saturday and EVOLVE 130 in Brooklyn, New York on Sunday. Breeze vs. AR Fox is set for Queens, and Breeze vs. Anthony Greene has been confirmed for Brooklyn.

These matches will be the first time Breeze has wrestled for EVOLVE.

Breeze recently returned to the NXT roster. He unsuccessfully challenged for Velveteen Dream’s North American Championship at TakeOver: XXV earlier this month.

It was announced yesterday that O’Reilly wouldn’t be able to wrestle at EVOLVE 129 and 130. O’Reilly tweeted on June 14 that his back was still hurt after the Tag Team title ladder match at TakeOver XXV: “The medical man told me my back is still hurt so unfortunately I won’t be able to attend @DownloadFest this year. Im sorry to all the great UK fans, believe me I’m gutted to be missing @Tool but at least now @rikbugez has an actual chance of winning the air guitar contest.”

Breeze, O’Reilly, Bobby Fish, Roderick Strong, and Tommaso Ciampa will be doing meet and greets at EVOLVE 129 and 130. Strong will also be wrestling at the shows.

NXT Melbourne, FL, live results: Garza Jr. debuts, Breeze in action

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Thursday night’s estimated attendance: 300 people.

– Mansoor Al-Shehail defeated Garza Jr.

This was the NXT debut of Garza Jr. He was impressive and entertaining, doing his customary breakaway pants reveal and insisting that Mansoor “watch the face”

The crowd had a great time with this one. Mansoor won with a Roll of the Dice.

– Kacy Catanzaro & Lacey Lane defeated Taynara Conti & Reina Gonzalez

A flip-over bridging pin by Catanzaro won it for the crowd favorites.

– Albert Hardie Jr. defeated Luke Menzies

Hardie used a bridging German suplex for the three count.

– Court Moore did an in-ring segment, with Moore asking the NXT locker room “Who you with?” That brought out MJ Jenkins, who informed Moore that who she’s with isn’t him — it’s the NXT universe. She slapped him and celebrated with the crowd.

– Brendan Vink defeated Brennan Williams

A big boot got the victory for Vink.

– Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch defeated Rinku Singh & Saurav Gurjar

Lorcan and Burch won it with a double-team DDT.

– Tyler Breeze defeated Shane Thorne

The crowd loved Breeze. He hit a Supermodel kick to get the win.

– Bianca Belair defeated Jessie Elaban

Belair won with a torture rack driver.

– Keith Lee defeated Bobby Fish

Lee won the main event after hitting a Super Nova.

WWE Main Event results: Tyler Breeze defeats EC3

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The Big Takeaway: Tyler Breeze snatched a win from the jaws of defeat against EC3, who was not only just on Main Event rather than Raw again this week, but also lost yet again.

Gran Metalik returned to give the Lucha House Party their full complement this week — and they dismissed Jinder Mahal & The Singh Brothers in under four minutes.

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Tyler Breeze defeated EC3 (4:08)

So, EC3 lost again on this show. Even-stevens booking was not exactly what fans had in mind for him when he was called up to the main roster, but we are where we are.

It was a match that was really all EC3. He pulled out all of his big moves and Breeze played the plucky babyface who tried to capitalize whenever he could. Breeze has been excellent on this show over the last few months.

Breeze was bullied and beaten down and EC3 played a total heel from bell to bell. He had offered a handshake at the start, but it was all a ruse to just slap Breeze’s hand out of the way so that he could punch him in the face.

In fairness, the finish was played up as Breeze stealing one. He was being beaten down and managed to put EC3 into a rana and then made out of there like a bandit. Breeze even looked shocked himself and EC3 was understandably irate.

Tune in next week for more former NXT star burial.

The Lucha House Party (Kalisto, Lince Dorado & Gran Metalik) defeated Jinder Mahal & The Singh Brothers (3:42)

The pattern every week now seems to be that Mahal and The Singhs go up against a babyface six-man tag team and lose pretty convincingly. Mahal tends to feature as little as possible and the match runs at around three minutes.

This was no different in that Mahal took one small bump and produced one big boot, but he did go on to visibly berate the Singhs after the match as they backed their way up the ramp.

The match was all action given the time that they had, but this week involved Gran Metalik (who had been replaced in this match last week by Tyler Breeze). He dazzled here with his impressive style and was then involved in the finish.

Metalik was the legal man and hit his rope-walk diving elbow drop on to Sunil Singh. Lince Dorado had blind tagged in and followed this up with his Shooting Star Press for the win. Short match. Nice finish, but nothing to it.

WWE Main Event results: Six-man tag, Rezar vs. No Way Jose

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The Big Takeaway: Two fairly bland matches this week with Rezar beating No Way Jose in the opener and The B-Team & Tyler Breeze notching up another win over Jinder Mahal & The Singhs in a rematch of last week’s main event.

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Rezar (w/ Drake Maverick) defeated No Way Jose (4:26)

On the surface, this match didn’t feel all that different from something that would have appeared on the old WWF Superstars: you had the heavyset villain complete with a milquetoast manager and the babyface trying to pull off a short-sighted gimmick in whacky colored tights. 

What was different, though, was the length. This ought to have been a squash match that showed off Rezar’s strength and potential for dominance. Instead, he beat up Jose, who only got some brief hope and spent more than half the match using rest holds.

After making much more of this than they needed to, Rezar ended this with a big boot and a chokeslam in the middle of the ring. The win leaves Rezar undefeated as a main roster singles competitor.

The B-Team & Tyler Breeze defeated Jinder Mahal & The Singh Brothers (4:34)

This was a rematch of last week’s Main Event match and was almost move for move the same with exactly the same outcome. Breeze, who was the standout again here, is so undervalued at this point that it would do him no harm to hit the reboot button.

Mahal was once again notable by his lack of in-ring presence. He was in and out quickly — and the babyfaces made short work of him in order to clear their path to beat down the Singh Brothers. It’s clear that Sunil and Samir are improving, slowly but surely.

At the finish, the ring was empty with Sunil looking like he was going to finish off a prone Breeze. But Breeze was playing possum and, just as he did last week, sprung up as Sunil was running the ropes and nailed him with The Beauty Shot for the win.

WWE Main Event results: Natalya vs. Lacey Evans

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The Big Takeaway: Lacey Evans remains winless since joining the main roster, this week submitting to Natalya. No Way Jose picked up his first singles win of 2019, defeating Tyler Breeze in the main event of the show.

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Natalya defeated Lacey Evans (6:06)

Evans made her main roster debut against Natalya on what seemed to be a Main Event taping last month, but for some reason it didn’t air. Instead, they ran an in-studio Raw-rehash show that was hosted by Scott Stanford. At that taping, she tapped out to Natalya, just as she did here.

They were looking to revive their Royal Rumble rivalry, where Evans and Natalya started the women’s Royal Rumble match off together. Evans managed just under 30 minutes that night, but was ultimately dumped out by Charlotte Flair.

Here, though, Evans was pretty fantastic. And working with such an excellent wrestler like Natalya, she was made even more impressive. Evans sold really well, had believable histrionics, and looked really tough when she got fired up for the heat. Her Merosault is also quite the finisher.

After teasing the Sharpshooter early on, Natalya eventually locked it on in the center of the ring — and Evans didn’t take long to tap. This was very good; Main Event could do a lot worse than to have more of this each week.

No Way Jose defeated Tyler Breeze (3:37)

This one went surprisingly quickly and was played as babyface vs. babyface, with Breeze applauding Jose’s entrance into the ring and both men shaking hands and helping each other up during the match.

To give both their due, they did well in the time that they had: they did several close finishes, with Breeze just kicking out of a flapjack and Jose getting his shoulder up after a superkick. They teased a ref bump, went through a commercial, and did a spot where Jose was able to reverse the Unprettier.

Whether this is a compliment or a good thing, I don’t know, but there’s something strangely reminiscent of Koko B Ware in some of Jose’s moves. Ultimately, he won when he slingshotted Breeze into the turnbuckle and then whipped him into the rope to nail him with the pop-up punch. 

There is always lots of energy to their matches and Breeze is a very competent technical wrestler, so they probably deserve better than this.

WWE Main Event results: Revival win, Hawkins’ streak continues

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The Big Takeaway: Not much of a show to kick off 2019. Titus O’Neil picked up a win against perennial loser Curt Hawkins. The Revival headlined the episode for the first time since November to see off Tyler Breeze & Zack Ryder.

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Happy New Year, everyone.

The episode opened up with a graphic paying tribute to the late, great “Mean” Gene Okerlund.

Titus O’Neil defeated Curt Hawkins (4:52)

A new year, but the same old Curt Hawkins. Now at 0-252, the losing streak storyline appears to still be going nowhere, but a light “let’s go Hawkins” chant started up as these two locked up.

O’Neil got the crowd back on his side when he nailed Hawkins with a big open-handed chop that caused an audible “ooh,” followed by calls for “one more chop.” O’Neil smiled at the reaction, but Hawkins quickly took over the momentum.

There was really nothing much to this one in the end. The finish saw O’Neil connect with a big boot, followed by a hip toss and a running splash to Hawkins in the corner. O’Neil then hit the Clash of the Titus for the win.

The Revival defeated Tyler Breeze & Zack Ryder (7:44)

The Revival arguably spent far too much of 2018 on Main Event, despite calls from keen followers for them to be used more creatively on the main roster, and they find themselves back here again at the start of 2019. That said, Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder were easily the best thing about this match, that by the end was 100 mph.

It might have been poor editing, but a lot of Breeze’s moves were quite obviously whiffing at thin air in the opening minutes and made Dawson and Wilder look a lot more legitimate in their move set. The rather expectant pre-Raw crowd seemed to get into it later on as they traded near falls.

The end of the match saw Ryder incapacitated outside. Breeze got a two count on Dawson and rolled to the apron and then drove his shoulder into Dawson’s midriff. When he then flipped into the ring over Dawson’s back, Wilder tagged in. As Breeze ran the ropes, Wilder and Dawson hit the Shatter Machine for the win.

WWE Main Event results: The B-Team & Ryder win again

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The Big Takeaway: After his strange pairing with The Ascension on the show last week, it was business as usual for Tyler Breeze, who beat Curt Hawkins in the opener.

Taking Breeze’s place in a repeat of last week’s main event, Mojo Rawley teamed up with The Ascension. They lost in a ridiculously short six-man tag match against Zack Ryder & The B-Team.

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After his absence last week, Percy Watson returned from assignment to make up the three-man announce booth alongside Vic Joseph and Nigel McGuinness.

Tyler Breeze defeated Curt Hawkins (5:55)

Fresh off his Mixed Match Challenge debut with Ember Moon, where he replaced the injured Braun Strowman this past week, Hawkins returned to singles action. Breeze had played a pawn in last week’s six-man tag match here on Main Event, when he teamed with The Ascension, and so this was a return to the normal run of things for both men.

Hawkins looked like he was going to finally snatch a win, as Breeze very much played the heel. After both men had put each other in the tree of woe and both had kicked out of near falls, Hawkins nailed Breeze with a running lariat. But much to Hawkins’ chagrin, Breeze kicked out at two and a half.

With the referee trying to break Hawkins off at the ropes, while Breeze grabbed a rest, Hawkins was ushered away and Breeze was able to nail him with a superkick and then the Unprettier for the win.

The loss for Hawkins took him to 0-238 as of this match. He is winless since November 2016.

The B-Team & Zack Ryder defeated The Ascension & Mojo Rawley (2:26)

When the entrances run longer than the match itself, it’s rarely a good sign — and this was no different. As the time suggests, this wasn’t much to write home about and, inexplicably, it even ran through a commercial break.

Curtis Axel was the star of the show. After Rawley had played his usual bull in a china shop role, the ring filled and they all started to go at it. Ryder gave the Rough Ryder to Rawley and Viktor sent Bo Dallas outside. With the match running at 100 mph, Axel had to take control.

Viktor tried to roll Axel through and use the ropes for leverage, but the ref saw it and called it, stopping the count. Axel seized the opportunity to roll Viktor back through and snatched the three count before celebrating wildly with his team mates.

This trio are now 2-0 and are certainly fun to watch.

WWE Main Event results: Tyler Breeze teams with The Ascension

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The Big Takeaway: Titus O’Neil beat Mojo Rawley in a battle of the big men. Tyler Breeze teamed up with The Ascension in what became a fun six-man tag main event against Zack Ryder and The B-Team.

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With Percy Watson absent from the commentary booth this week, Vic Joseph and Nigel McGuinness felt like a much more cohesive unit.

Titus O’Neil defeated Mojo Rawley (4:48)

Joseph noted that this would be a “strength vs. strength” match from the outset and, given who the “strength” were, that’s about as big a turn off as you can get. But to give them their dues, this was okay and the crowd got into it late on.

Rawley took the main body of the match, taunting O’Neil and posturing to the crowd, while O’Neil played babyface in peril. But when O’Neil got the heat and some revenge for the trash talk, it was fun to watch.

They went to the finish after a few near falls. O’Neil Irish whipped Rawley and went for a back body drop, but Rawley stopped to kick O’Neil. Rawley then charged at O’Neil, but he managed to grab Rawley and turn it into the Clash of the Titus for the win.

The B-Team (Curtis Axel & Bo Dallas) & Zack Ryder defeated The Ascension (Konnor & Viktor) & Tyler Breeze (6:39)

The story of this one was that Breeze was the odd man out, a babyface trapped on the heel side. They bullied him throughout the match. The Ascension blind tagged him and would use him in assisting their power moves. Breeze played the part well with B-Team pinning him in the end.

It was nice to see The Ascension get to do something a little more creative than their usual outings on Main Event. For most of the match, they cut the ring in half, beating on Ryder and using Breeze aggressively for their own means — tagging him and out at their leisure.

When Ryder eventually got the hot tag to Axel, he cleaned house so that Viktor and Konnor were left unable to make the save on the outside. He and Dallas teamed up on Breeze to deliver a belly-to-back neckbreaker combination on him for the win. This was way more interesting than the normal tag matches on Main Event.

Main roster wrestler appears at NXT TV tapings

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Tyler Breeze made an appearance at tonight’s NXT tapings at Full Sail University.

It was announced early on that a mystery opponent would challenge Ricochet later in the evening for the NXT North American title. That mystery opponent ended up being Breeze. Ricochet ended up retaining the title successfully.

This isn’t the first time that Breeze has popped up in NXT this year. Breeze worked a number of NXT house shows in September, facing the likes of Ricochet, Dan Matha and Marcel Barthel. He also did a tour in July and a one-off in May, also facing Barthel.

Breeze was part of the original NXT roster when the brand became a developmental territory in 2012. Originally known as Mike Dalton, he transitioned to the Breeze character in 2013 and competed in high profile matches before being called up in 2015.

His current tag team partner, Fandango, has been sidelined with a torn labrum since July and is expected to be out around six months.

WWE Main Event results: The Revival vs. Roode & Gable

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The Big Takeaway: With Main Event being filmed in Manchester, UK last week, there was a significant improvement in the feel and the quality of the show.

Tyler Breeze snatched a win over Mojo Rawley and The Revival beat Bobby Roode & Chad Gable in a fabulous main event.

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Tyler Breeze defeated Mojo Rawley

I was in attendance in Manchester to watch these two matches live. It was interesting to see how Breeze received the kind of reaction that he did. British wrestling fans don’t have short memories and they remember his work in NXT and know what he’s capable of.

Breeze essentially played babyface in peril for most of this relatively short match. The fans were on Rawley’s back throughout and Rawley certainly gave it back, shouting abuse back to the cat calls in the front row.

Breeze eventually got some separation and went up to the second rope to hit the crossbody and then put on the Boston crab. Rawley got to the ropes and — after some brief back and forth — Breeze came off the ropes again and managed to roll through to pin Rawley with an inside cradle. 

On the bell, the crowd erupted and Breeze made out of there like a bandit. A nothing match made all the more interesting by the hot crowd.

The Revival defeated Bobby Roode & Chad Gable

This was probably the best match of the entire night. Raw was tepid at best and this match bested anything that Raw had to offer in terms of work rate. Go out of your way to find this if you have the time.

It was interesting here to see how Roode was received by the casual fans. A guy next to me wasn’t aware of Roode particularly, and asked who he was because he felt he looked like an absolute star. 

They went 100 miles per hour here with Gable being the star of the match. The Revival are such a smooth tag team and the British fans were hugely into them, especially after their cult status on the NXT roster. 

The finish was pure chaos, but fantastic to watch. After Roode had looked to be cleaning house, Gable came in with a top rope moonsault. Dash Wilder then nailed Roode to the outside and Gable chased him around the outside. When he got back in the ring he ran into Scott Dawson and they teamed up to nail Gable with the Shatter Machine for the win.

Harper, Tyler Breeze make surprise appearances at NXT house show

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As has happened semi-frequently this year, two members of the WWE main roster made surprise appearances at an NXT house show last night.

Luke Harper and Tyler Breeze both wrestled at Thursday’s NXT show in Buffalo, New York. Harper lost a North American Championship match to Ricochet, with Ricochet hitting the Shooting Star Press to retain. Ricochet and Harper shook hands after the match.

Breeze defeated Marcel Barthel (the former Axel Dieter Jr.)

WWE posted video of Harper’s entrance:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnZ-vlehSkc

Harper and Breeze’s tag team partners are currently out of action due to injury. Erick Rowan suffered a torn right biceps at SummerSlam last month, while Fandango underwent surgery in July for a torn labrum in his left shoulder.

Breeze was also part of an NXT house show tour in July and defeated Barthel at an event in Jacksonville, Florida in May.

NXT’s road tour will be in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania tonight, Warren, Ohio tomorrow, and Royal Oak, Michigan on Sunday.