The purple ‘n’ orange isn’t just for the boys!

It’s been awhile, but 205 Live is letting the ladies join in again! Will there be some new stars shining in the NXT Women’s Division tonight?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Cora Jade VS Amari Miller; Miller wins.
• Joe Gacy VS Josh Briggs; Gacy wins.
• Xyon Quinn VS Andre Chase; Quinn wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

Cora Jade VS Amari Miller!

Riding in on her mini skateboard, CJ is a high energy risktaker ready to show her skills. But her opponent has her own confidence to spare and a vibe all her own. Will Amari score one for #TeamBabe? Or will CJ pop off and grind her like a rail?

The bell rings and the two circle. They tie up, go around, and CJ wrenches an arm to a wristlock. Amari works on an escape, wrenches CJ in return, and works on a wristlock of her own. CJ wrenches back again, wristlocks then shifts to a headlock. CJ hits a headlock takeover, Amari fights her way back up, and fans rally up. Amari pries free, pushes CJ away, and the two stand off. CJ and Amari circle again, feel out the grapple, and CJ reaches in to get an arm. Amar holds off anything more with a chinbar, but CJ cranks the wristlock. Amari keeps trying the chinbar but CJ keeps on the arm. Amari shoves, CJ blocks the chop and they are now in a test of strength!

Amari tries using her height for leverage but CJ fights back with pure power! Amari bridges, powers back up, and she kicks an arm to then spin and judo arm-drag CJ over her shoulder! CJ headbutts low, gets around Amari and waistlocks, but Amari fights off the lift. Amari pries the hold, switches with CJ, but CJ holds off the lift. CJ drops down and slips out the back, then kangaroo kicks Amari from below! Amari rebounds but into an uppercut! CJ snapmares and rolls with Amari, keeps moving and basement dropkicks! Cover, ONE! CJ is shocked but she drags Amari back up. CJ whips Amari to a corner, runs in but Amari blocks shining wizard to pop CJ up and over!

Amari has CJ in the corner and ROCKS her in the back with a forearm! And then a DRAPING BACKSTABBER! Amari stomps CJ, drags her up and whips her to ropes to then HEEL KICK her down! Cover, TWO! Amari hammerlocks CJ while she’s down and hooks the other arm, then adds a leg! Amari makes this a cover, TWO! CJ gets up but Amari reels her in for a clothesline! Amari fires forearms then whips CJ again, but CJ turns back drop into sunset flip! TWO, and the two stand off. Both throw forearms, neither falls, so both throw forearms again! And again! CJ gets the better of this exchange and she brings Amari around for more forearms!

CJ whips Amari to ropes, rallies with clotheslines and forearms, then hooks Amari for a Gory Especial, SPIN OUT KNEE! Amari staggers around, CJ runs in and SHINING WIZARDS against the ropes! Cover, TWO!! Amari survives and shocks CJ again! CJ shrieks a la her role model, Paige, and gets Amari up in a fireman’s carry! Amari fights out, spins and cravats CJ to a KNEE! Cover, Amari wins!

Winner: Amari Miller, by pinfall

In the blink of an eye, Amari makes CJ crash and burn for a big victory! Will Amari take this first big win and turn it into a hot streak up the rankings?

Joe Gacy VS Josh Briggs!

A rematch of two big, mean, strong and unforgiving Breakout Tournament contenders, Gacy is looking for redemption! Will he do better now that it isn’t Friday the 13th? Or will Briggs prove it isn’t superstition, it’s just how much Briggs doesn’t like him?

The bell rings and the two circle. They tie up, go around, and Briggs shoves Gacy to show his strength. Gacy comes back, they tie up again and Briggs shoves Gacy. Gacy rebounds, rams shoulders, then headlocks when Briggs stays up. Briggs fights the hold, powers Gacy to ropes, and lets off, only for Gacy to dodge his sucker punch! Gacy waistlocks, Briggs grabs ropes then elbows Gacy away. Gacy runs in and RAMS Briggs to the corner! The ref counts as Gacy fires off hands but Briggs shoves him away. Gacy counter punches then dropkicks Briggs! Gacy whips, Briggs reverses and CLOBBERS Gacy with an elbow! Briggs stomps away at the ropes and drops elbows while fans boo!

Briggs lets off to seethe and clutch the back of his head. He stomps Gacy more, drags him up and reels him in for more CLUBBING forearms! Briggs goes to suplex but Gacy blocks. Gacy throws body shots, Briggs CLUBS away more then throws a headbutt! Briggs whips, scoops and SLAMS Gacy before a STANDING SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Gacy clutches his ribs while Briggs grits his teeth. Briggs watches Gacy sit up, stands him up and reels him in for back elbows over and over! Briggs whips Gacy just to bring him around into another back elbow! Cover, TWO! Briggs snarls and clamps on a chinlock to grind Gacy down.

Fans rally up as Gacy endures. Gacy fights the chinlock as Briggs squeezes tight. Gacy gets to his feet but Briggs CLUBS him down and wrangles Gacy back into the chinlock. Fans still rally, Gacy still fights but Briggs thrashes Gacy around. Gacy powers up, gets back to his feet, and pries free of the chinlock! It becomes a test of strength but Gacy HEADBUTTS! Briggs holds off the back suplex but Gacy keeps trying! Briggs whips and RAMS Gacy with a big shoulder tackle! Gacy falls out of the ring, Briggs is annoyed by that but he goes out to fetch Gacy. Briggs puts Gacy into the ring, drops an elbow but misses as Gacy dodges!

Briggs is further annoyed but Gacy starts kicking him from below! Briggs stomps again, but again misses his elbow drop! Fans rally as Gacy gets to ropes but Briggs brings him up. Briggs whips but Gacy runs him over! Gacy fires up and fires off haymakers and body shots! Briggs clinches, Gacy breaks free to ROCK Briggs! Gacy shoves, CLUBS Briggs in the back, and hits a BIG back suplex! Briggs goes to ropes as Gacy roars! Gacy runs in to CLOTHESLINE Briggs over and over against the ropes! Gacy hits Briggs point blank again and again, then reels him in for an URENAGE! Cover, TWO!! Briggs survives, but Gacy gets a CROSSFACE!!

Briggs endures as fans rally up! Briggs reaches out, crawls forward, and gets a ropebreak! Gacy lets go in frustration but grabs Briggs’s legs. Briggs holds the ropes but Gacy kicks his arms! Gacy then drags Briggs again. Briggs kicks Gacy so Gacy stomps Briggs! Gacy CLUBS away on Briggs, runs but Briggs BOOTS him right down! Cover, TWO!! Gacy survives and shocks Briggs! Briggs gets up, drops an elbow and finally hits it! Then another! Briggs stands Gacy up, whips him to ropes, but Gacy dodges to handspring!? AND LARIAT!! Cover, Gacy wins!!

Winner: Joe Gacy, by pinfall

Gacy redeems himself! The series between these two brawlers is tied, will Gacy feel good enough to want a tiebreaker sooner rather than later?

Xyon Quinn VS Andre Chase!

This newcomer is the very same Xyon Quinn that shocked Boa and embarrassed him in front of Mei Ying! Will he do the very same thing to the former Number One Seed?

The bell rings and Chase circles with Quinn. The fans are on Quinn’s side as he ties up with Chase. Chase gets an arm, wrenches to an elbow breaker, then wristlocks. Chase grinds the shoulder, Quinn fights through to wrench, elbow breaker and wristlock in return. Fans rally, Chase rolls, spins and drop toeholds to float onto a headlock. Quinn fights up, powers out, Chase rams shoulders but Quinn rebounds to almost Pounce Chase! Chase is a bit stunned and he gets to a corner. Quinn waits on him and Chase gets up. Fans rally up more for Quinn but Chase gets around to a waistlock. Quinn switches, thrashes Chase around to then SLAM him down!

Fans fire up for Quinn as he looms over Chase. Quinn flips Chase over, Chase tries to arm-drag but Quinn blocks it! Quinn powers up to dead lift Chase into a LAWN DART! Chase staggers from the snake eyes to buckles, Quinn whips him but Chase kicks back! Chase whips, Quinn reverses, Chase stops himself and dodges Quinn to POST him! Chase then runs in to SWINGING NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Chase down fists on Quinn then covers, TWO! Chase clamps on to Quinn and has a chicken wing and chinbar! Fans rally as Quinn endures, and he pries at the chinbar. Chase holds on tight, Quinn fights up, and has a fireman’s carry! But Chase slips off to ROCK Quinn!

Chase whips Quinn to a corner and forearm smashes! Snapmare to neck snapper! Cover, TWO! Chase clamps on again and wants the chinbar! Quinn resists but Chase clamps down onto the jaw. He makes it part neck wrench but Quinn works on an escape. Chase works to smother Quinn with the hold but Quinn fights up. Chase knees low, throws forearms, then ROCKS Quinn! Quinn hits back with body shots and a ROLLING ELBOW! Quinn RAMS Chase in the corner, runs but into Chase’s uppercut! Chase runs but into a fireman’s carry, SAMOAN DROP! Quinn fires up and the fans are with him! Quinn uses the Haka to focus, then he whips Chase hard into buckles!

Chase staggers into a turn and torture rack, for a SWINGING NECKBREAKER! Cover, Quinn wins!

Winner: Xyon Quinn, by pinfall

The Brisbane battler is already 2-0 in the WWE and looking like he could keep fighting tonight! Will Quinn put together a win streak that leads to gold?

My Thoughts:

Well first, it’s been a long time since 205 Live has had more than two matches. Sadly, they didn’t let it go past half an hour so the matches were all fairly short. But all of this was just proof that WWE should just rebrand 205 Live under NXT somehow. If WWE is going to ruin- er, reimagine NXT, they might as well do the same for this show here. Speaking of that makeover, something felt really weird about this episode. Commentary seemed to be more scripted than they’ve been, which feels gross to my ears. And there were a few moments in each match that felt just as scripted.

In the case of Jade VS Miller, Jade so quickly countering Miller’s overhand chop stuck out to me. These are two newer female superstars. There should actually be more moments of them just striking each other before a counter because they’re just now meeting each other. I do appreciate the booking of Miller turning things right around on Jade to win, but again because the match was so short in the overall, it seemed almost too sudden. There should’ve been more of a “rookie mistake” before Jade lost, not just a quick counter.

Gacy VS Briggs was a very good second match, but being a rematch from before, it felt better than the others so it should’ve been the main event to me. Gacy winning makes sense, at least, so as to lead to a tiebreaker that then leads the winner to a title match. And if it isn’t clear that we’re building up Xyon Quinn now, he got to be in the main event of the show and won. To be fair, Quinn (Daniel Vidot, a former rugby player) is 6’2″ and last weighed at 247 pounds, so the dude is a beast just from looking at him. But it would seem the Vince takeover actually saved NXT for last because 205 Live is already feeling it. I fear for what WWE Velocity or WWE Heat type stuff is about to happen…

My Score: 7.9/10