205:Alive - 205 Live recap for February 20, 2018

Before the next match, Ariya Daivari says that this is 205 Live, not The Biggest Loser, and that Buddy Murphy - who has cut 20 pounds to be here- will not steal his WrestleMania moment of winning the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.

We see Buddy Murphy's weigh-in from last night, where Murphy is officially at 200.9 lbs.

Buddy Murphy beats Ariya Daivari in his 205 Live debut to advance in the WWE Cruiserweight Championship Tournament.

General Manager Drake Maverick shows us the current tournament bracket, then announces that next week in the quarter-finals, Kalisto will take on Roderick Strong and Cedric Alexander will face TJP. TJP and Cedric then show up during the announcement of their match. TJP tells Cedric that this is the moment that Cedric falls short and has to explain himself to everyone, but Cedric says this is his moment and he will not hesitate to put TJP in a back brace.

Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado beat Evan Daniels and Horazon Delgado (the latter of whom is known in the independents as Gino Rivera).

We hear from Drew Gulak, who has heard that he went too far against Tony Nese, but say that is a statement made by losers. He says Mark Andrews is nothing but flash and panache, and that will not help him when he is forced to tap out.

We hear from Mark Andrews, who is psyched to be in the quarter-finals. He is not psyched about Drew Gulak, and says that if he thinks he can make him tap out, then he will fly over him on his way to become WWE Cruiserweight Champion.

Mustafa Ali beats "Gentleman" Jack Gallagher - now in new ring gear - in an intense match that sees damage down to his injured left arm to advance to the quarter-finals of the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.