WWE 205 Live Recap 21/11/2017

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The show starts with Zo Train backstage segment. I hate typing "Zo Train" so much I might die.  Anyway Enzo Amore is lording it up over his cronies, smacking Noam Dar's hand away from a Thanksgiving platter and wearing the Cruiserweight Championship around his waist backstage for reasons unknown. That cannot be comfortable. Enzo tells his pals that he got them all matches tonight, and if they impress then he'll give them a shot at his title. I do not care. The Gobbledygooker turns up(?????) only to be revealed as Drew Gulak taking the piss. "The Gobbledygulaker", he calls himself, getting a slight smirk off me if nothing else. End segment. At least Enzo appears to be moving on from Kalisto, and if this doesn't end with Noam Dar getting a title shot I'm not gonna be happy.

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Drew Gulak vs Akira Tozawa

The actual show starts with Tozawa interrupting Gulak, as Gulak tries to start his PowerPoint Presentation. Rude. This match is a street fight for some reason. Gulak starts off with a chop (WOOOO, shouted literally nobody in the crowd) that knocks Tozawa to the floor. Tozawa replies by reversing a sunset flip by kicking Gulak in the face then dropping a senton. Tozawa goes to chop Gulak, stops then just chins him instead. Banter. Tozawa goes for a suicide dive but Gulak catches him in mid-air and delivers a suplex on the entrance ramp. Nice spot. Gulak responds to the crowd chanting "no chants" (banter) by using his 'No Chants' sign on Tozawa, reminding me that this is apparently a street fight. Gulak responds to a "we want tables" chant by holding up his sign again. We get it Drew. Tozawa hits a cannonball senton off the announce table, then puts a trash can on Gulak's head, puts him on a table and drops his top rope senton for the win. That was honestly the most pedestrian street fight I've ever watched.

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Hideo Itami vignette. I don't care. Itami is ruined already.

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Another backstage Zo Train segment. Cedric Alexander, Rich Swann and Mustafa Ali turn up uninvited. Rude. "We're gonna win" "no WE'RE gonna win". Next.

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Mustafa Ali vs Tony Nese
Mustafa Ali and Tony Nese enter to the dictionary definition of crowd indifference. Nese stops Ali smacking him in order to pose so people can be thankful for his body. Nese is great. Ali hits a top rope somersault dive and lands on his feet. Absolutely nothing interesting happens for a few minutes. The crowd are chanting for the commentator, that should give you an idea. Ali eventually hits a sit-out facebuster for a near fall. A nice exchange of athletic reversals sees Ali land a tornado DDT for another near fall. Ali goes for the 054, Nese moves then smacks Ali face first into the turnbuckle. It sounded nasty. Nese hits a running knee and wins. A fun final stretch just about masks a dull match.

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Oh look another Zo Train segment. Enzo rallies Daivari and Dar. Drew Gulak is back in his Gobbledygooker outfit, on time out for losing. Hilarious. Probably.

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Ariya Daivari & Noam Dar vs Rich Swann & Cedric Alexander
Daivari & Dar come out with Enzo, to Enzo's music, when Enzo isn't in the match. Jobber entrance then. Noam Dar is apparently as bored of his misuse as I am, as he starts the match on the apron by windmilling the tag rope. The crowd are so disinterested they're chanting "shut up Enzo" while Amore interacts with fans. It's a shame because Alexander and Swann are busy being a decent tag team, landing actual tandem offence. We have about five solid minutes of Daivari and Dar smacking shit out of Alexander in the corner; a heat building segment, if the crowd actually gave a toss. Dar saves Enzo from Alexander smashing him, but walks right into a roundhouse kick and Phoenix Splash from Swann to end the match. The Zo Train batter Swann and Alexander after the bell. Ali and Tozawa try to make the save but Gulak and Nese cut them off from out of nowhere, with Nese giving Ali a properly nasty looking whip to the outside turnbuckle. The show ends with the Zo Train standing tall. Enzo actually managed to properly look like leader of a heel stable for the first time.

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Summary:

Non-descript matches, saved by a solid final heel beatdown segment. 205 Live continues to be almost entirely irrelevant. If you haven't watched this episode, you really aren't missing much. I'd like to see Swann and Alexander moved to Raw or Smackdown as a tag team, they've got too much potential together to slum it on 205 Live.

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