NXT TakeOver: XXV takes place Saturday night with the main event featuring the NXT Championship per usual. With that said, NXT has seen a number of great performers in its time: from stars off of the indie scene, to the home-grown talent that excited a number of fans as they prepare to move up from […] READ MORE
Every month, our own Dan Niles compiles his personal 20 Best Matches list from around the world, from North America to Europe to Japan. Some are obvious best matches choices, some are dark horses, but they’re always fun to find some matches you may have missed the previous month! (DISCLAIMER: This list is subjective and […] READ MORE
As 205 Live heads into its one hundredth episode, the main event of the show, Mustafa Ali versus Hideo Itami in a Falls Count Anywhere Match. This honestly has a chance to be the 205 Live Match of the Year. Both men are high level performers, and Ali has been very vocal online about his […] READ MORE
Every month, our own Dan Niles compiles his personal 20 Best Matches list from around the world, from North America to Europe to Japan. Some are obvious best matches choices, some are dark horses, but they’re always fun to find some matches you may have missed the previous month! (DISCLAIMER: This list is subjective and […] READ MORE
Just days before WWE Super Show-Down, which will see Buddy Murphy challenge WWE Cruiserweight Champion Cedric Alexander for the title, in Murphy’s hometown of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, we only get the second episode of full build for this match. Most of Murphy’s segments on the show have been building towards this in the last month […] READ MORE
Last week, for the first time in 205 Live history, it was taped before SmackDown Live instead of after it. And it. Was. Awesome. Taping beforehand did wonders to the liveliness of the crowd. No, the crowd couldn’t exactly be considered “hot”, but compared to the worn-out, half-asleep crowds that the Cruiserweights have gotten every […] READ MORE
The Story So Far: 205 Live is a weekly column that catches you up on the previous weeks of 205 Live and its storytelling, so if you miss a week (or what to just jump into the show for the first time), you have a summary of where the storylines are at and where they’re […] READ MORE
The Story So Far: 205 Live is a weekly column that catches you up on the previous weeks of 205 Live and its storytelling, so if you miss a week (or what to just jump into the show for the first time), you have a summary of where the storylines are at and where they’re […] READ MORE
Amid reports that WWE and Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan may be working on some sort of alliance, Pro Wrestling NOAH officially announced 3x GHC Heavyweight Champion Naomichi Marufuji will be facing WWE Superstar Hideo Itami (formerly KENTA in NOAH). Although reports had suggested it was for an August 29 show (which never seemed to […] READ MORE
In a shocking twist of events, Dave Meltzer revealed in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter today that WWE is entering a partnership with Japan’s Pro Wrestling NOAH, seemingly similar to similar alliances with EVOLVE in the US and PROGRESS and ICW in the UK. As of press time, Pro Wrestling NOAH hasn’t got a show booked […] READ MORE