This week’s 205 Live airing from Full Sail University
Update —
Dave Meltzer notes that this week’s 205 Live will be taped at Full Sail on Wednesday. It will then air on the WWE Network on Friday at 10 p.m. Eastern time.
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With this week’s SmackDown being taped in England, 205 Live will be taking place at a different venue.
WWE has announced that this Friday’s episode of 205 Live will air from the NXT Arena at Full Sail University.
WWE had originally announced that this week’s 205 Live would be taped in Manchester, England and would include cruiserweights from NXT UK.
This week’s SmackDown and next Monday’s Raw are both being taped at the Manchester Arena on Friday. WWE’s European tour begins in Brighton, England this Thursday.
The Cruiserweight title is now known as the NXT Cruiserweight Championship and is currently held by Lio Rush.
After the 205 Live roster lost Humberto Carrillo and Akira Tozawa to Raw and Drew Gulak and The Lucha House Party to SmackDown in the WWE Draft, it was announced that some cruiserweights from NXT would be appearing on 205 Live going forward. That has included Rush, Isaiah “Swerve” Scott, and Raul Mendoza, along with a hype video for Angel Garza.
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