On the August 29 episode of "205 Live", Amore made his in-ring debut teaming with Cedric Alexander and Gran Metalik defeating the team of Noam Dar, Tony Nese, and Drew Gulak in a six man tag team main event match.
On the August 22 episode of "205 Live", Amore made his debut in the cruiserweight division, confronting Cruiserweight Champion Neville, beginning a feud with him in the process. The day after on "205 Live", Amore teamed with Cedric Alexander and Gran Metalik to defeat the team of Dar, Tony Nese and Drew Gulak in the main event match.