The purple ‘n’ orange is still handsome, but it’s getting heavy!

Yes, this is 205 Live, where Ikemen will have a rematch from two weeks ago with Waller, AND Joe Gacy faces Josh Briggs in a battle of knocked-out Breakout competitors!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Ikemen Jiro VS Grayson Waller; Waller wins.
• Joe Gacy VS Josh Briggs; Briggs wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

Ikemen Jiro VS Grayson Waller!

The Handsome One and the 21st Century Success Story are going to have another go! But will Jiro’s colorful nature sweep, 2-0? Or will Waller’s baller swagger get him on the board?

The bell rings and Jiro does cartwheels. They circle, tie up, go around and Waller throws Jiro down. Jiro gets up, he and Waller circle and they tie up again. They go around the rings, Jiro arm-drags Waller and shows off the jacket. Waller headlocks, grinds Jiro down, but Jiro wrenches through and headlocks for a takeover. Fans rally up, Waller powers up but Jiro holds on. Waller headlocks, Jiro powers out but Waller runs him over. Waller kicks, runs but Jiro trips him up. Waller shoves Jiro, Jiro shoves back. Waller forearms, Jiro JACKET punches! Waller forearms, Jiro JACKET punches, repeat!

Waller throws forearms, whips Jiro to ropes but then redirects him to the apron. Jiro GAMANGIRIS, slingshots and headscissors Waller, then handspring back elbows! Jiro whips corner to corner but Waller reverses. Jiro goes up and over, but Waller slips out of the Tarantula! Waller bumps Jiro off the buckles and the ref reprimands! The ref checks on Jiro but Waller gets mad and drags Jiro in. Waller steps on Jiro, scrapes his face, Jiro throws hands. Waller puts a cravat on and chokes Jiro against the ropes. Waller facelocks, CLUBS Jiro on the back, Jiro blocks the suplex but Waller keeps trying, only for Jiro to turn it into a victory roll, TWO!

Jiro calls his shot but Waller hits back. Waller hits the snap suplex this time then runs to drop a knee! Waller drags Jiro up, cravats again, fans chant “YOU SUCK!” but Waller says they suck. Jiro throws knees, Waller whips him to a corner hard and Jiro writhes! Waller messes with Jiro’s hair, drags him up into another cravat and throws in the shoulders. Jiro throws body shots, Waller cravats hard and throws more knees. Waller whips but Jiro reverses and Waller hits buckles hard! Waller comes back but into a kick and elbows and he ends up in the corner. Jiro runs in but Waller drop toeholds Jiro into buckles!

Waller snapmares Jiro then wraps on a chinbar and half nelson. Jiro endures, fights up, throws body shots but Waller cranks the chinbar and turns things into a schoolboy and pulls tights! The ref sees that and stops it! Jiro gets up, Waller argues with the referee, and Jiro rallies with clotheslines! JACKET PUNCH over and over and over! DISCUS JACKET PUNCH! Jiro whips, Waller reverses, Jiro goes up and over and slingshots back in for a missile dropkick! Waller bails out, Jiro builds speed, and Jiro DIVES! Direct hit to Waller and Jiro puts Waller in. SWANTON BOMB! Cover, ROPEBREAK! Jiro says here comes the rush, but Waller ducks the Ikemen Slash!

Waller runs, Jiro dumps Waller out and builds speed again, into a SOMERSAULT STUNNER! Cover, TWO!? Waller is furious but he slaps and kicks Jiro around. Waller drags Jiro up to scoop him, fireman’s carry but Jiro sunset flips! TWO, and Waller is in a corner! Jiro runs in but only gets buckles, and Waller ROCKS him with a right! Waller hoists Jiro up top, climbs up, fans rally and Jiro has a HOVERBOARD LOCK! Kushida would approve as Jiro hits a TORNADO KIMURA TAKEDOWN! Jiro cranks on the Hoverboard but then hammerlocks and scoops, to the POWERSLAM! Cover, TWO!?! Waller survives and shocks Jiro! But Jiro uses the power of his jacket to fire up!

Jiro aims from a corner, runs in, but Waller uses the corner for defense! The ref keeps Jiro back and Waller sucker BOOTS Jiro! Then the BALLER STOMP! Cover, Waller wins!!

Winner: Grayson Waller, by pinfall

The series is 1-1 now as Waller comes back from being down! But will the third quarter be all baller Waller? Or will Jiro get back up to start the second half?

Josh Briggs speaks.

“The last time I was here, I was dominant. Now, Josh Briggs is back, and he. Is. ANGRY. I don’t care about the rules anymore. I don’t care if there’s a weight limit or not! When I wanna fight someone, I! FIGHT! SOMEONE!” Joe Gacy, after Briggs beats you down, you will go home, look yourself in the mirror and know that Briggs. Doesn’t. LIKE YOU! We’re about to see a vicious slugfest in the truly heavyweight main event!

Joe Gacy VS Josh Briggs!

205 Live ain’t 205 Live anymore, in more ways than one! But while crazy Gacy and big Briggs aren’t in the Breakout Tournament, that doesn’t mean they can’t have a breakthrough here on the purple ‘n’ orange. Who will be THE big man on campus in this Breakout Tournament Match That Could’ve Been?

The bell rings and the two circle menacingly. They tie up, go around, and Briggs puts Gacy on ropes. The ref counts, Gacy gets around and the two tie up. Briggs CLUBS Gacy, Gacy goes for a leg but Briggs pries him off with a headlock. Briggs powers out, back elbows, whips Gacy, but Gacy ROCKS Briggs! Briggs ends up in a corner, Gacy goes corner to corner and CLOBBERS Briggs! Gacy fireman’s carries Briggs, Briggs CLUBS him on the back, and then Gacy throws hands! Briggs shoves Gacy away, then BOOTS him at the ropes! Briggs drags Gacy to the center, clamps onto legs and Gacy kicks away at Briggs! Briggs drops an elbow on Gacy! And another! And then a double ax! Cover, TWO!

Briggs grits his teeth, drags Gacy up and throws hands! Gacy throws hands but Briggs hits back! Briggs reels Gacy in for an elbow, then elbows him again! Briggs drags Gacy up to reel him in for more elbows! The fans rally as Briggs covers, TWO! Gacy gets to a corner, Briggs chokes him in the corner, then whips him corner to corner! Briggs runs in but Gacy dodges and comes back to dropkick! Gacy whips, Briggs reverses and scoops to SIDEWALK SLAM! BIG SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Briggs sits Gacy up to CLUB him away on his back! And again, and then he goes after the arm! Briggs wrenches an arm, the fans rally up but Gacy fights up.

Gacy throws forearms, CHOPS Briggs, then CHOPS him again! Gacy whips, Briggs reverses and then SHOULDER TACKLES him! Brigg grits his teeth and crawls after Gacy, then stalks him as he stands up. Briggs drags Gacy up, CLUBS away on him, then clamps onto an arm. Briggs CLUBS Gacy, pulls on the arm, and digs into Gacy’s shoulder. Gacy fights up, RAMS into Briggs, then throws body shots and forearms! Gacy ROCKS Briggs but Briggs choke grips back! Gacy clubs free to HEADBUTT Briggs down! Briggs gets to a corner, Gacy digs fingers into Briggs’ face, then brings him into a SPINNING URENAGE! Both big men are down but fans rally up!

Briggs gets Gacy’s wrists, fans rally up as the two stand. Gacy breaks free to HEADBUTT and body shot and throw forearms! Gacy keeps throwing hands, gets around Briggs and ROCKS him! Briggs ends up on the ropes, Gacy CLUBS and BACK SUPLEXES Briggs! Fans fire up as Briggs shouts in pain and gets to ropes. Gacy runs at him to CLOBBER him and CLUB him! And again, and again, and again! The ref reprimands, Gacy lets off and drags Briggs to KICK him in the leg! And Briggs kicks back! Gacy wants the leg but Briggs kicks him away! Gacy stomps Briggs over and over and over and runs, but Briggs CLOBBERS him!! Cover, Briggs wins!!

Winner: Josh Briggs, by pinfall

He didn’t lie! That clothesline was so hard, there’s no way Briggs even remotely likes Gacy! But will Briggs like it even more if he keeps winning like this?

My Thoughts:

Well, as I’ve said a few times in this article, 205 Live just doesn’t feel like itself anymore. Now, this was still a really good episode, with Jiro VS Waller II being a step above the first match, and it makes a lot of sense that Waller wins to keep this going. Then Gacy VS Briggs, while certainly not a Cruiserweight match, was still a really good match between two big hosses. Briggs getting the pre-match promo tonight was kinda foreshadowing that he’d win, but Briggs is definitely getting a big push. No pun intended there but it is still a pun, huh?

My Score: 8.3/10