WWE 205 Live 7/2/2021

WWE 205 Live 7/2/2021

They are having NXT Breakout Tournament matches tonight.

NXT Breakout Tournament Qualifying Match - Guru Raaj vs Andre Chase

Chase won this one with a weird suplex that I haven't really seen before. This was a little long but not too bad. There was almost no high flying and Raaj was the face and showed a little fire. He is out of shape and is short and you can tell he is a pretty limited worker, but the idea and thought behind it was right. Chase was just there and didn't particularly stand out. I did like the spot where he had Raaj's head on the buckle and then kicked the rope into his face. Raaj also hit a nice shotgun dropkick to the face.

NXT Breakout Tournament Qualifying Match - Desmond Troy vs Joe Gacy

Neither one of these guys are below 205lbs. Troy is an amateur wrestler and does a lot of stuff related to that. Gacy hit some real stiff forearms here and a hard high angle backdrop suplex. Gacy took a hard belly to belly here then Troy hit a great northern lights suplex after. Gacy then came back with a nice headbutt. Troy then did a slingshot into a gutwrench suplex which was a little messy but a cool spot. They had a nice little strike exchange and Gacy slammed him hard with a uranage. Gacy then won this with a handspring into the ropes with a lariat on the rebound in a really fun strong style match. This had no business being on 205 Live, but I enjoyed this more than any other match I have seen one this show. One of the most fun tv matches of the year.

Overall thoughts: This was one of the better 205 Live episodes I have seen with Gacy/Troy being one of the better tv matches this year. You have to check that one out.