WWE 205 LIVE Results: January 23rd, 2018

The Cruiserweight Division has gone through their share of turbulence recently with Kalisto suffering an injury, and Rich Swann's suspension.

With the release of Enzo Amore, there was confusion in WWE's Cruiserweight Division in the absence of their Champion. On tonight's show of 205 Live, Daniel Bryan addresses the situation of the now vacant Cruiserweight Title. Also, on the show, Gallagher continues his feud with Hideo Itami.

Here's what happened!

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#1 Daniel Bryan addresses the Vacant Cruiserweight Championship

Daniel Bryan announced that a 205 Live General Manager will be named next week. He was out for a direct to camera announcement before the show by informing the audience that Enzo Amore had abdicated the WWE Cruiserweight Championship and would no longer be a part of 205 Live. He went on to say that he wanted to be the one to address the situation due to his connections with the Cruiserweight Division.

He announces that next week a 205 Live General Manager will be named and that person will decide the direction of the division and address the vacant Cruiserweight Championship situation.

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#2 Gran Metalik, Lince Dorado and Kalisto vs Tony Nese, TJP and Ariya Daivari

TJP and Lince Dorado square off inside the ring

The show opened with the commentators talking about the announcement about the General Manager that will come next week. They announced a match between Cedric Alexander and Mustafa Ali as the main event of the night.

Gran Metalik, Lince Dorado and Kalisto faced TJP, Tony Nese and Ariya Daivari in a Six-man tag team match. Lince Dorado squared off against TJP first, with Dorado causing problems for TJP. Metalik came in next against Tony Nese and used his agile offence to send him outside the ring. Nese tagged in Ariya Daivari who got knocked down by a second rope dropkick from Metalik. Kalisto came in to hit Daivari with a Crossbody but Daivari took the advantage of a distraction by Nese to send Kalisto to the outside.

The match was fast-paced and showed what each of the stars could do.

The finish came when TJP bumped into Nese who was climbing onto the apron and started shouting at him, resulting in Dorado using the distraction to hit him with a Handspring Stunner for the win.

Result: Gran Metalik, Lince Dorado and Kalisto defeated Tony Nese, TJP and Ariya Daivari

After the match TJP shouted at his teammates, causing Nese to shove him to the ground and walk away.

Backstage, in a segment, Drew Gulak was on a podium with the American Flag behind him. He voiced his support to name him the General Manager.

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#3 Jack Gallagher vs Hideo Itami

Jack Gallagher locked in the headlock on Itami during their match

There is a pre-taped promo from Itami, saying that the injury to Brian Kendrick was an accident but he did not respect Jack Gallagher.

Gallagher and Itami face each other in a hard-fought match, with some strong strikes. Itami hits Gallagher with some precise strikes and has the advantage at the beginning of the match. Gallagher sneaks under the ring, while the referee is talking to Itami and attacks him from behind. Gallagher follows through on this and slows down Itami with a few locks.

Itami came back with a huge release fisherman suplex and got on to the top rope to take out Gallagher.

Gallagher and Itami both tried out some innovative offence, but the finish came when Itami turned a Dragon Sleeper into a knee strike for the pin.

Result: Hideo Itami defeats Jack Gallagher

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We got a backstage segment with Akira Tozawa saying he could be the new General Manager by mimicking Mr McMahon's "You're Fired".

Cedric Alexander addressed the title situation backstage saying that he would be the Cruiserweight Champion in 2018, even if he would not get the match on this Sunday' Royal Rumble.

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#4 Cedric Alexander vs Mustafa Ali

Cedric Alexander takes on Mustafa Ali

Cedric Alexander faced Mustafa Ali in a match, which began in a friendly manner. As the match progressed tension developed between them, with both of their tempers sparking.

The match between them was fast-paced with a hard-hitting style of offence. Both Mustafa Ali and Cedric Alexander put on a tremendous show, as the match progressed.

In a cringe-worthy moment, Ali tries to dive into the ring but was punched by Alexander and fell face first on the side of the ring. Alexander slowed down the match by putting Ali in a few locks and grounding him.

Ali took advantage of Alexander's frustration to gain control of the match and hit him with a Rolling Facebuster. Ali went for the Tornado DDT, but was caught by Alexander and sent face first into the turnbuckle. The arena erupted with 'This is Awesome' chants as the match continued.

The match was even, for the most part, but the finish came when Ali came up empty with an inverted 450. Alexander took advantage and hit a Lumbar Check for the pinfall on Ali.

Result: Cedric Alexander defeated Mustafa Ali

There were shows of partnership from both the stars before and after the match.