205 Live was a brand of the American professional wrestling promotion WWE that was established in November 2016 and discontinued in February 2022.

While still under the Raw brand, the 205 Live show premiered on November 29, 2016; the main event of the inaugural episode saw Rich Swann defeat The Brian Kendrick for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.

[7] Maverick would announce a 16-man tournament for the vacant WWE Cruiserweight Championship, which was won by Cedric Alexander.

Once the tournament begun, WWE's cruiserweight division began to wrestle exclusively on 205 Live and ceased to appear on Raw with select exceptions.

That year's Clash of Champions was WWE's final main roster PPV to include a 205 Live feature match.

[15] By June 2021, the brand's roster had shrunk significantly due to several wrestlers being released; including Ariya Daivari, The Bollywood Boyz (Samir Singh and Sunil Singh), Ever-Rise (Jeff Parker and Matt Lee), August Grey, Curt Stallion, and former Cruiserweight Champion Tony Nese.

The Cruiserweight Championship was immediately retired after the match with the winner going forward as North American Champion.