The show opens up with a video package recapping last week’s wins by Cedric Alexander and Roderick Strong. We then get previews of tonight’s second round matches.
Vic Joseph and Nigel McGuinness welcomes us to the show and catches us up on the tournament bracket. It’s time for our first match. After Mark Andrews makes his way down to the ring, we head backstage where Dasha Fuentes is interviewing Drew Gulak. Dasha asks Gulak how he’s gonna deal with Andrews’ aerial game. Gulak says that if he had something to say, he’d say it. Maybe he’d even make a Powerpoint presentation. But he hasn’t opened his copy of Microsoft Office in weeks, because he’s focused on getting to WrestleMania. Andrews is in his way, so if we want to see how Gulak will deal with the Welshman, we should just watch.
Drew Gulak vs. Mark Andrews (Cruiserweight Championship Tournament Second Round Match): A more intense Gulak heads to the ring as he starts jawing with Andrews. Big chop by Gulak early on as Andrews tries to use his speed until he gets a forearm upside the jaw, instantly stopping his speed. Andrews with a low dropkick and goes for a pin, but barely gets a one count. Andrews tries to use his agility, but another forearm drops him. Gulak body slams Andrews into the ropes and goes for a pin, but only a two count. Commentary puts over how aggressive and vicious Gulak is being as of late. Gulak presses Andrews over his head and slams him down then goes for a pin, but only a two count. Andrews tries to rally as he flips up to Gulak’s shoulder and lands a hurricanrana. Gulak is out to the floor. Andrews gets close to the ropes and Gulak yanks him to the floor. Andrews with a moonsault off the announce table. Andrews flips into the ring and lands a bulldog. Andrews with double knees in the corner then hits a double stomp. Andrews follows it up with a standing corkscrew moonsault and goes for a pin, but only a two count.

Gulak gets Andrews into the corner and hits a few big chops as he tries to stomp Andrews down, but Andrews with a flurry of attacks that drops Gulak. Andrews heads to the second rope and goes for a big hurricanrana that sends Gulak to the floor. Andrews heads to the corner and lands a second rope moonsault down to the floor. Andrews throws Gulak back in the ring. Andrews with a crucifix bomb on Gulak and goes for a pin, but only a two count. Some frustration forming on Andrews’ face as he heads up to the top rope yet again. Gulak stops him by grabbing his beard. Andrews fights him off and jumps off the top rope and gets a lariat to the face. Gulak with two short-arm clotheslines. Stundog millionaire hits. Andrews goes to the top rope and goes for a moonsault, but Gulak got his knees up to block that. Gulak then locks in the dragon sleeper and Andrews taps out. Winner & Advances to the Semis: Drew Gulak
After the match, Gulak holds in the submission for quite awhile until the referee can finally get him to break the hold.
We head backstage where we see 205 Live General Manager Drake Maverick is watching on his phone. He likes whatever he’s watching, but he’s interrupted by Akira Tozawa and Hideo Itami. Drake asked them to join him because he was disappointed they lost in the first round. But they’re respected around the world and he’s seen them backstage together, and he believes they can inspire each other as a tag team. They shake on it, and Tozawa warns Maverick that if he’s wrong, he’s fired.
We see a promo from Mustafa Ali who talks about when he went to congratulate Buddy Murphy for his big win. Murphy said he appreciated it, but his eyes said a different story. His eyes said “danger.” Ali continues that he’s fighting not just for himself, but for others.

Akira Tozawa & Hideo Itami vs. Nemeth Alexander & Scott James: Tozawa starts the match with Alexander with a big kick to the face. “Ah!” chants already break out. Alexander with a number of big forearms in the corner. Tozawa hits a spinning kick and a quick suplex. Itami gets tagged in. Itami hits a running knee in the corner and a suplex. Alexander is able to tag out. As James gets tagged in, he gets lit up by Itami’s strikes. Itami hits a number of strikes that drops his opponent. Double team move as Itami hits a running dropkick and Tozawa lands a senton splash for the 1-2-3. Winners: Akira Tozawa & Hideo Itami
We are told that next week it will be Cedric Alexander vs. Roderick Strong to see who goes to the finals.
We get a promo from Roderick Strong from the WWE Performance Center. Strong says that he will outwork anyone and he’s been preparing for WrestleMania for a long time.

We get a promo from Alexander from a random room. Alexander sits down and says that one more match stand between him and WrestleMania. He notes how each time he gets a title opportunity, something goes wrong, but not this time, he’s going to WrestleMania to become the next Cruiserweight Champion.
Mustafa Ali vs. Buddy Murphy (Cruiserweight Championship Tournament Second Round Match): We get a stalemate early on until Murphy drops Ali with a hard shoulder bump. Some dueling “Buddy Murphy/Mustafa” chants as Drew Gulak looks on to see who he will face in the next round. Nice hurricanrana by Ali that sends Murphy out to the floor. Ali attempts to fly, but Murphy was instantly in the ring stopping Ali in his tracks. Ali with a dropkick as he taunts Murphy. Murphy with a huge clothesline that flips Ali upside down. Murphy with a huge kick to Ali’s back. Ali recovers, gets up to the top rope and hits a 450 splash landing right on Murphy’s outstretched arm. Ali with a pop-up dropkick as he avoids a charging Murphy who goes shoulder first into the ring post. Ali rolls into the ring with a facebuster and goes for a pin, but only a two count. Ali tries for a tornado DDT, but Murphy fights it off and just tosses Ali straight down to the floor. Murphy then hits a massive front flip over the top rope.
Murphy is really selling his injured arm now as he can barely lift it up. Ali throws him into the turnbuckle and hits a reverse hurricanrana followed by a tornado DDT then goes for a pin, but only a two count. Ali continues to focus on Murphy’s shoulder. Ali with a big forearm. Murphy with a bunch of kicks, but Ali returns fire with a spinning heel kick. Murphy with a kick and tries for his finisher, but his arm is giving him trouble. Backslide pin by Murphy, but only a two count as his arm is really hurting him. Ali with a quick roll up and gets the victory. Winner & Advances to the Semis: Mustafa Ali
After the match, Mustafa Ali celebrates as the show comes to a close.