It's time for another episode of 205 Live on the WWE Network! WWE 205 Live recap for Oct. 23, 2020 and this time it's in the Capitol Wrestling Center! Who will do battle in the cruiserweight division? Tune in for all the details. Hit F5 to refresh the live recap.

* The Brian Kendrick vs. Mansoor

Kendrick starts the match with a side headlock and holds on as Mansoor tries to roll out of it. Mansoor leapfrogs over him, gets him in the headlock, they shove each other, and Kendrick beats him down for a little bit. Mansoor lands on his feet from a suplex, armdrags all around, dropkicks him, clotheslines him in a corner, and hits a diving bulldog for a near-fall. Kendrick knees him in the back as Mansoor went for a slingshot, and Kendrick starts taking control of the match with a butterfly suplex for 2. He ties up Mansoor's hair in the middle rope, trips him down, hammerlocks the left arm with an elbow to the shoulder, and keeps the leg trapped. Mansoor counters with an armdrag, but Kendrick hits a back elbow and starts taunting him.

Mansoor fires up, boots him in the face, wild punches, leaping clothesline, scoop slam drops him on his chest, and plants him with an inverted atomic drop into a spinebuster. Mansoor delivers a suplex, rolls through, another suplex, rolls through again and hits a dead-lift falcon arrow for 2. Kendrick rolls away from a diving moonsault, but Mansoor counters a big boot into a sit-out powerbomb for another near-fall! Kendrick rakes his face, hits a facebuster on the knee, covers for 2, goes for the Captain's Hook, but Mansoor blocks it. Kendrick counters a powerbomb with a hurricanrana, sets him up on the top rope, delivers a top-rope butterfly suplex, folds him over for a cover, but Mansoor reverses and gets the 3-count! WINNER: Mansoor.

Kendrick stands behind Mansoor as he celebrates his victory, extends his hand out of respect, and Mansoor shakes the veteran's hand without any issues.

The original NXT Cruiserweight Champion Jordan Devlin returned to NXT UK last week with the title. We get a video package of Devlin talking about the Interim Cruiserweight Championship tournament, and says that he is the real champion. From there we get a tweet of Santos Escobar quoting Triple H: "Every bit of that Cruiserweight Championship was about seizing opportunity. Congratulations to @EscobarWWE... a division changing talent and it's STILL ALL his. #NXTTakeOver" On NXT two days ago, Jake Atlas had taken out Santos Escobar during their 6-man tag match.

The Bollywood Boyz make their return to 205 Live! Nigel McGuinness is dancing in his chair as Vic Joseph is embarrassed. They say they are back, will bring their personality and charisma to 205 Live, and are bringing back lights, cameras, and Bollywood action. Nigel is dancing in his chair again as The Bollywood Boyz dance around the ring.

We go back to 205 Live last week where Curt Stallion was attacked by Tony Nese during his match. Stallion is backstage saying that he has a second chance to make his first impression, speaks on his match with Ariya Daivari last week, and talks about Tony Nese interfering in that match and will face him tonight.

* Tony Nese vs. Curt Stallion

The bell dings, Ariya Daivari makes his way out, and Nese attacks Stallion from behind. Nese has the early advantage from the distraction, kicks and knee strikes, legsweep, and Daivari has joined commentary. Stallion fights back, counters a side headlock with a back suplex, chops him, hard forearm, and hits a neckbreaker on the knee for a 2-count. Stallion goes up top, Nese trips him up on the ropes, kicks him, gutbuster, covers for 2, pummels him, kicks him in the head, puts him in a chinlock, and Stallion counters with a jawbreaker. Nese drops his neck on the top rope, hits a springboard moonsault, covers for 2, kicks him in the back, dropkick, covers for a 1-count, then puts him in a body scissors using his strong legs. Stallion slaps him on the chest, forearms, Nese puts him in the torture rack, Stallion escapes the hold, Nese sets up a pumphandle, and Stallion counters with a German suplex.

Both men are down, Stallion hits a rounding kick to the side of the face in a corner, trips him, knee to the head, hesitation basement dropkick in the corner, stomps on his feet, and pulls him up for a snap DDT. Stallion covers for a 2-count, goes up top, Nese rolls out the ring, and Stallion hits a moonsault onto Nese outside the ring! Daivari stands up to badger Stallion, calls him out, then tells him to pay attention to his match, so Stallion headbuttts him. Stallion is a little woozy as he stumbles into the ring, and Nese wipes him out with the Running Kneese for the 1-2-3! WINNER: Tony Nese.

Daivari gets in the ring to attack Stallion, but Nese holds him back telling him that Stallion is a nobody, and they leave the ring. That's all for 205 Live!