WWE Stomping Grounds Live Results, Highlights and Grades

Cruiserweight Championship – Nese (c) vs Tozawa vs Gulak

Right from the start, nonstop action from all three men with Gulak dealing the first blow. Within the first minute of the match, Tony Nese manages to german suplex Gulak whilst O’Connor Pinning Tozawa. Tozawa retaliates by suicide diving onto both

Then, a missile dropkick from Tozawa to Nese. Tozawa goes for the pin, but Gulak breaks it up. Gulak gets thrown back out the ring allowing Tozawa and Nese more time in the ring.

Gulak goes for the Gu-Lock, but Nese finds himself reversed onto the apron in a kind of reverse suplex motion. While Nese is draped over the middle rope, Gulak suplexes Tozawa onto Nese’s limp body.

During the ad break, Tozawa locks Gulak into a deadly octopus stretch. Gulak looks like he’s moments away from tapping until Nese gets back in the ring to lift Tozawa into a suplex position before throwing him at Nese. Later, Gulak locks Nese into Gu-Lock, but Tozawa breaks it up with a diving senton from the top rope. He pins both men separately, but both men respectively kick out.

Tozawa tries to deadlift Gulak into a fireman’s carry and follows up with a facebuster followed by a dropkick for another kickout.

Nese rocks Gulak with a kick, followed by a springboard moonsault. He covers him, but Akira breaks it up. Nese and Tozawa trade chops. Both men find their way on the top rope. Nese falls into the tree of woe position, but Gulak leaps to the top for a diving suplex onto Tozawa. While Gulak is prone on the mat, Nese goes for a 450 Splash, but Gulak evades it. He tries to powerbomb Nese, but Nese turns it into an Air Raid Crash. Almost gets the pin till Tozawa breaks it up.

Nese tosses Tozawa to the outside and hits Running Nese. Before he could cover Gulak, Nese trades pins with Tozawa, before powerbombing him into the corner for another near fall. Nese and Gulak trade blows before Nese hits a german suplex in the corner. Goes for Running Nese again, but gets an elbow.

Gulak tries to hit a Torture Rack Neckbreaker, but reverses to the apron where he gets kicked by Tozawa. Gulak hits the Torture Rack again for a shocking three count!

Winner and NEW Cruiserweight Champion, Drew Gulak.

Grade: A – Gave me exactly what I want to see in a Cruiserweight PPV match and a little bit extra. Fun from start to finish and it’s nice to see Gulak finally get that title. Great way to kick off a show and get that crowd hot for a show that not a lot of people went in excited for.

Up next, the main card.