1. "I've Been Going Nowhere, A Hundred Miles An Hour"
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Lio Rush and Oney Lorcan's match kicked so much f*cking a*s so f*cking fast that it was easy to forget all about the '23-year-old piece of gold's troubled tenure on the main roster as Bobby Lashley's pocket rocket.
The second best match on this good pro wrestling show, Lorcan's strategy of trying to slow down the brand's quickest hitter was thrilling - when he wasn't being cleaned out by the wild aerial assaults of his opponent, he struck with force and fury.
A bottom-rope springboard stunner spoke to the psychology as it turned the match around for the returning Rush. So often convoluted, this appeared as a beautiful act of desperation that Lorcan stood no chance of countering. A rebranded "Dragon's Call" concluded the reframing of Rush as a plucky survivor, not least after Lorcan spent the final third ripping at tearing at his damaged knee.
As Cruiserweight Championship Number One Contender, was this also the first coming together of a dying 205 Live and reborn NXT? We may have to wait a little longer for that answer.
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