205 Live has a big team-up in the main event!

After going toe to toe just last week, Josh Briggs and Joe Gacy see if they can work together against fellow NXT Breakout contenders, Odyssey Jones and Trey Baxter!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Valentina Feroz VS Katrina Cortez; Feroz wins.
• Josh Briggs & Joe Gacy VS Odyssey Jones & Trey Baxter; Jones & Baxter win.

PLAY BY PLAY

Valentina Feroz VS Katrina Cortez!

Two more young, hungry stars in the NXT Women’s Division get to shine on the purple ‘n’ orange! Will Feroz be ferocious enough to get her first win on the brand? Or will that honor belong to the masked luchadora standing in her way?

The bell rings and Feroz circles with Cortez. Fans rally up as the two tie up then thrash. The two break, go again and Cortez denies a leg trip to get a wristlock. Feroz stays up to hook a leg but Cortez cranks the wrist harder. Cortez wrangles Feroz down, Feroz kips up and rolls and rolls to get free! Feroz rolls a little more to show off, but then Cortez rushes in. Feroz blocks the takedown with a headlock and she grinds Cortez down. Cortez fights up, Feroz hits a takeover, and Feroz keeps on the grind. Cortez makes it a cover, ONE! Cortez fights back with a chinlock and gets up with Feroz, only for Feroz to hit another takeover. Cortez tries another cover, ONE, and the struggle continues.

Fans rally as Cortez fights up to her feet. Cortez powers up and aims for a corner, but Feroz holds on to go up and hit a tornado headlock takeover! Cortez pushes back with a chinbar but Ferzo fights off the headscissors. The fans rally up and duel as Cortez gets up and powers out. Feroz rolls off Cortez’s back to hit an arm-drag! Feroz has Cortez down again but with an armlock, and also digs a knee into Cortez’s head. Cortez fights up again, throws forearms but Feroz wrenches to reel Cortez in for the headlock. Cortez pulls hair, puts Feroz on ropes and throws knees. The ref reprimands, Cortez whips Feroz to ropes and CLOBBERS her with an uppercut!

Cortez talks trash, gets the legs but Feroz kicks her away. Feroz gets ropes, Cortez has the legs still and she spins Feroz around to KICK her in the back! Cover, TWO! Cortez is frustrated but fans rally up for Feroz. Cortez gets Feroz up, whips her to a corner but Feroz goes up, only for Cortez to catch her! Cortez carries Feroz for a BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Cortez sits Feroz up, Feroz resists but Cortez fires away with hammering palm strikes! Cortez traps one arm and clamps onto the other. Cortez pulls back on the arm in a modified motorcycle stretch! Feroz endures, Cortez shifts to a ghost pin, TWO!

Feroz rushes in, Cortez blocks the takedown, but Feroz shifts and gets around to a backslide! TWO, and Feroz KNEES low! Feroz drop sayanagis Cortez around then runs in to go up! Feroz and Cortez balance in the Electric Chair, but Cortez tosses Feroz off! Feroz has a rough landing but Cortez gets her back up, reels her in, gets her up and has the legs for a BOSTON CRAB! Cortez sits deep but Feroz endures! Fans rally, Feroz powers up and slips through to boot Cortez away! Feroz runs in to double arm-drag and then run, SATELLITE DDT!! Cover, Feroz wins!

Winner: Valentina Feroz, by pinfall

The bright and colorful Brazilian battled through and is victorious! Will Feroz’s future be even brighter from here on?

Josh Briggs & Joe Gacy VS Odyssey Jones & Trey Baxter!

The two big, bad brawlers just fought each other for the second time last week, and now they’re working together? Probably not because they wanted to, but that won’t stop both men from going after their opponents with the same brutality they’ve shown each other. Will Jones and Baxter be ready for how ruthless Briggs and Gacy are? Or will they get to #SoundtheAlarm with a BIG victory tonight?

The teams sort out and Baxter starts with Gacy. They circle, tie up, and Gacy puts Baxter on ropes. The ref counts, Gacy lets off but Baxter runs in. Gacy fireman’s carries, Baxter slips off and dares him to bring it. Gacy rushes in, Baxter gets around to waistlock and schoolboy with a bridge, ONE! Baxter tilt-o-whirl headscissors then dropkicks Gacy away! Briggs tags in, Baxter goes right at him but Briggs tosses him away. Baxter tries again but Briggs again tosses him. Briggs keeps Baxter from Jones, brings him up and back suplexes, but Braxter lands on his feet! Tag to Jones! Briggs is right after Jones in the ropes with clubbing forearms!

Briggs whips but Jones dodges and runs Briggs over! Briggs flounders about, Jones hits a corner SPLASH! Jones goes again but Briggs BOOTS! Gacy tags in to CLUB away on Jones! Jones shoves Gacy, Gacy comes back to CLUB him more! Jones shoves Gacy again and CLOBBERS him with a clothesline! Jones gets Gacy up and scoops him into a BEARHUG! Gacy throws elbows as fans rally, and Gacy is free to HEADBUTT! Briggs tags in, both brawlers go after Jones but they can’t double suplex him! They CLUB and whip Jones, Jones DOUBLE CLOTHESLINES! Fans fire up with Jones, he tags in Baxter.

Briggs and Gacy are outside, Baxter builds speed and Jones gives him a boost! Baxter FLIES and takes out Gacy! Briggs got away, and comes back to BOOT Baxter down! Fans boo Briggs as he hauls Baxter up and into the ring. Briggs pushes Baxter to drop a BIG elbow! Cover, TWO! Briggs tries again, TWO! Briggs keeps Baxter from Jones, DECKS him with a right hand, then waits. Baxter sits up and Briggs stomps him down! Briggs CLUBS Baxter and hauls him up for a dead lift suplex! Cover, TWO! Briggs drags Baxter over and Gacy tags in to drag Baxter up. Gacy DECKS Baxter, stalks him to ropes, but Baxter kicks back. Gacy stomps Baxter at the ropes for that.

Gacy drags Baxter up, CHOPS him, and Baxter flops against ropes. Cover, TWO! Baxter is still in this but Gacy clamps on with a chinlock. Gacy thrashes Baxter about while trapping an arm. Baxter endures, fans rally up, and Jones coaches him up. Baxter throws body shots but Gacy hits back! Gacy suplexes, Baxter slips out and wants a half nelson! Gacy pries that arm away to ELBOW Baxter down! Baxter elbows back but Gacy keeps him from Jones! Baxter standing switches, uses the ropes for momentum, HALF ‘N’ HALF! Both men are down and fans fire up! Baxter and Gacy crawl, Gacy anchors Baxter and drags him back. Gacy ducks the enziguri to DECK Jones!

Gacy stomps Baxter and roars as he clamps on with a chinbar. Gacy CLUBS away on Baxter’s chest, then drops elbow after elbow! Gacy drags Baxter up, RAMS him into the corner and tags in Briggs. Briggs throws back elbows, he tags Gacy back in. Tensions are running high again but Gacy throws hands on Baxter. Gacy tags Briggs back in, they keep mugging Baxter back and forth. Briggs brings Baxter around to whip him hard into the buckles! Baxter falls in a heap and writhes as he clutches his back. Briggs smirks as he toys with Baxter then stands on Baxter’s head. Gacy tags in as the ref counts and he drops a knee on Baxter.

Gacy drags Baxter from ropes, brings him up but Baxter fights the suplex. Baxter CHOPS, Gacy DECKS him with a haymaker! Tag to Briggs, he drags Baxter around and clamps on a chinlock. Briggs leans his weight on Baxter while thrashing him about. Baxter fights, reaches, and gets to his feet, only for Briggs to CLUB him back down! Cover, TWO! Briggs stomps Baxter to keep him down, and then Briggs seethes as he drags Baxter up. Briggs whips Baxter to the corner, Gacy tags in, and Briggs throws back elbows. Briggs whips Gacy in to back elbow, then a feet to the SIDEWALK SLAM! Briggs SPLASHES, Gacy BACK SENTONS!

Baxter writhes but Gacy mocks Jones’ “Sound the Alarm” arm pumping. Gacy gets Baxter up and Baxter throws body shots! But Gacy CLUBS Baxter back down, then clamps on a camel clutch! Baxter endures being bent back as Gacy roars! Baxter fights up to JAWBREAKER! Gacy drags Baxter away and runs in, only to miss in the corner! Gacy gets Baxter up, but Baxter wheelbarrows to spring up, hot tag to Jones! Jones rallies on Gacy, scoops him and SLAMS him! Jones scoops again but Gacy slips out to tag Briggs. Briggs runs in but Jones CLOBBERS him! Jones corner clotheslines Briggs then hits a GUTBUSTER! Briggs sputters and gasps as he gets out of the ring!

Gacy returns but Jones scoops him for a WORLD’S STRONGEST SLAM! Baxter springboards to be a backpack on Jones, and Jones understands! TWO MAN SPLASH!! Jones and Baxter stand up and are fired up, but Briggs runs in! Baxter dodges the boot and Jones scoops Briggs, URENAGE!! Cover, Baxter and Jones win!

Winners: Odyssey Jones & Trey Baxter, by pinfall

#AllHeart and a lot of charisma, this duo takes the win over a brutal combination! Will Baxter and Jones stick together and #SoundtheAlarm on multiple divisions in NXT?

My Thoughts:

A good episode, but this show should totally be rebranded to something like “NXT Lite.” For one, it’s a way to play the opposite of “AEW Dark,” while still acknowledging that this show saves the same purpose. These were good matches tonight but they just don’t have time for this on NXT. Feroz VS Cortez was good until that rough transition from Electric Chair to what was meant to be a bomb but just turned into Feroz hitting the mat. Feroz was still good to go so kudos to her toughness, and the CWC seem to love her already so it was good that she won.

The tag match was out of nowhere, no promo from Gacy and Briggs about their story, but that’s still because WWE just doesn’t care about 205 Live. But it was still a really good match, and it was great for Jones and Baxter to win to stay afloat while not in anything substantial. Carmelo Hayes is the Breakout Tournament winner, he has the spotlight, and everyone else is in a holding pattern until after this “NXT 2.0” makeover this Tuesday.

My Score: 7.9/10