205 Live – December 4, 2020: Stay On Target
205 Live
Date: December 4, 2020
Location: Capitol Wrestling Center, Winter Park, Florida
Commentators: Nigel McGuinness, Vic Joseph
The slow walk towards Curt Stallion’s Cruiserweight Title shot continues, along with the latest battle between the newcomers and the 205 Live originals. I’m not sure how long this one can go but maybe they can get it out of the way so we can move on to the latest rendition of one of the three stories they run around here. Let’s get to it.
Here are last week’s results if you need a recap.
Opening sequence.
Bollywood Boyz vs. Ever Rise
Ever Rise is somehow here again but it’s made much better by Nigel singing a version of the Bollywood Boyz theme with Demolition inspired lyrics. It’s a brawl to start and they all heads outside early on. We settle down to Ever Rise working on Sunil’s arm and a double fist drop gives Parker two.
Sunil manages to spin around to escape an armbar and Samir comes in to hammer away on Parker. The stomping in the corner sets up a double suplex for two more and we hit the chinlock. A spinwheel kick gets two more but Samir comes in off the top and takes out Sunil by mistake. Martel comes in and starts cleaning house as well, followed by a double flapjack to send Sunil into the turnbuckle (the French Connection) for the pin at 5:59.
Rating: D+. Well ok then. I’m not sure how to handle Ever Rise winning a match but at least they’re building up someone else new. The Bollywood Boyz have been the tag team….I don’t think you can actually say division…..around here for a long time now so giving them someone to fight is long overdue. Not a very good match, but if Ever Rise is going to be on NXT as well, they need to win something like this.
Earlier this week, Legado del Fantasma jumped Curt Stallion to keep him off of NXT. He’s back tonight though.
Ariya Daivari vs. Curt Stallion
They fight over the wristlock to start with Daivari taking him down and dropping a knee on the arm. Daivari hammers away in the corner but Stallion gets in some chops. They go outside with Stallion hitting a headbutt and taking it back inside for a double stomp. That’s enough to send Daivari outside, where Stallion’s suicide dive only hits the barricade.
Stallion is back in at nine so Daivari hits a hanging neckbreaker for two. We hit the chinlock for a bit, followed by a reverse layout DDT to drop Stallion again. Another neckbreaker gets another two and the camel clutch goes on. That’s broken up and they hit stereo crossbodies for another double knockdown.
It’s Stallion up first with a running boot in the corner and a DDT out of the corner gets two. Stallion charges into a Rock Bottom for two more but Stallion grabs White Noise onto the knee for another breather. The top rope splash gets two on Daivari and Stallion hits his running headbutt for the pin at 12:09.
Rating: C. Not too bad here with Stallion getting another win to build him towards the title shot. I mean, I’m not sure how much there is to gain based off of beating Daivari and Tony Nese multiple times, but at least they’re doing something. Stallion is getting somewhere with this stuff and that is something that has eluded this show for years now, so points for trying something.
Overall Rating: C-. Pretty skippable show here with Ever Rise getting more time and Stallion continuing to be built up towards the title match. This was a show that built things up a little bit but wasn’t all that interesting to watch on its own. Not a bad show and the 27 minute run time helped a lot as usual, but nothing you need to see here.
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This is last week’s 205 Live.
You should probably change the title.