Theodore Long opens the show and awards Mark Henry a brand new ECW Championship. Tony Atlas comes out with Henry and they cut a promo. Atlas is drawing a lot of heat.
Colin Delaney comes out and says Tommy Dreamer is the past. Theodore Long says that Dreamer is the present and sets up a match to kick off ECW.
Tommy Dreamer b. Colin Delaney
Dreamer hits the tree of woe followed by a DDT for the win.
Evan Bourne b. James Curtis
Lots of offense from Curtis. Bourne finally gets to the ropes and hits a shooting star press for the win. Big pop for the move. After the match Chavo Guerrero & Bam Neely (who were on commentary) try to attack Bourne but he escapes.
Matt Hardy b. Finlay, John Morrison, and The Miz
Hardy will now get a ECW title match at SummerSlam.
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Video review of Batista beating Punk last night at GAB until Kane gets involved and causes a DQ. Camera angle changes to Batista watching the video in the sound truck.
Music and pyro.
Batista’s music and he comes out to the ring looking rather pissed. He says he’d planned on coming out the champion, but since Kane decided to interfere, that’s not the case. This is what’s going to happen tonight... Shane’s not here, Steph’s not here, so he’s putting himself in charge. He’s making only one match - Punk defending his title against Batista. If Kane has a personal problem with him, which he seems to, he better find Batista before Batista finds him because if he screws up...JBL cuts in from the tron and says he’s in charge of absolutely nothing. He had his chance last night and didn’t win. It doesn’t matter what happened. What makes him so special that he can demand a match? JBL on the other hand is special, he walked out a winner last night. That means the next World Title Match is his.Batista laughs. He says they have a difference of opinion so JBL should come out so they can discuss it.JBL says he’s the boss and people answer to him. The next title match will be when JBL takes his torch back at SS. His body doesn’t feel like a title match after last night. He’s finishing (JBL stumbles over Cena’s name a couple times, trying to call him other wrestlers until he gets the name right) Cena off - what’s left of him. Because Batista will not get a title shot...Punk’s music cuts off JBL. Punk comes limping to the ring. Punk says JBL’s right about one thing, it’s the law of the jungle. We have the Animal Batista. Punk’s the champ, so he’s the King of the jungle and JBL needs to be quiet while he takes care of business. Punk says Kane screwed it up for him too. He wants to prove Batista is beatable. Punk thinks they should do it until they get it right. Batista wants a title shot, Punk says to do it.JBL says he’s in charge and...Batista says something and JBL’s sound cuts out. JBL’s screaming and yelling, but no sound is coming through. Batista says Punk is on and then leaves the ring.
- Commercial
Jenny McCarthy talks about WWE joining with her and her getting in the ring at SNME to fight autism together.
HBK’s music, but then it changes to Cade’s music. Cade comes stomping out to the ring with his new Austin-like look. He says HBK used to be his mentor and last night he took the beating of his life. He knows HBK’s there and listening. He invites HBK to the ring. He can come out after his match , during his match or right now. But if HBK does come out they will have words that they should have had a long time ago. Paul London’s music and he runs to the ring (his look his not changed at all since Kendrick got drafted).Body lock on Cade. Forearms to Cade’s face. London misses a cross body. Back breaker to London. Knee into London’s back on the mat. Another back breaker to London followed by him stretching London over his leg. “HBK” chants. London fights out. London gets whipped but gets his feet up. London covers for two. Cade telegraphs and London jumps over him, but London then runs into a hard shoulder block. London is then slid hard, along the mat, into the ring post ribs first. Power bomb to London for three.
- Winner: Cade
Cade grabs the mic and says if that wasn’t enough to bring HBK out, then this will be. He announces the man who most likely ended HBK’s career - Y2J.Y2J comes out in a pin striped suit with a white shirt partially unbuttoned and no tie.
- Commercial
Y2J says as much as Cade and everyone wants HBK to be there, he’s not coming. He’s going to Show us some disturbing footage that will show why HBK might never be in the ring again. The video footage is in black and white due to HBK’s blood loss (which I heard was the worst in recent years for a wrestler in WWE). Y2J is announced the winner while people check on a blood soaked HBK in the ring.Everything we just saw is on all our heads. There’s no blood on Y2J’s hands. HBK came out to wrestle for the fans even though he’s hurt. He took once chance too many and now he’s paying for our sins. When he came back it was to save all of us, then he realized we don’t deserve to be save. We sided with a liar and egomaniac and will deal with those decisions for the rest of our lives. In all probability HBK’s career is over. He has cracked ribs, internal bleeding and a detached retina that will cause him to have trouble seeing for the rest of his life. In closing HBK’s eye it opened his eyes. He does feel he has to do anything for us any longer. We booed him and vilified him. We wanted the long haired guy who told jokes. Well, he’s grown up, but HBK hasn’t and we haven’t either. He’s proud of what happened last night. After taking out one of the most corrupt wrestlers he considers himself saved.
- Commercial
WWE Rewind - Santino facing Beth last week and getting his ass kicked by her.
Kelly comes out in a light green camo two piece outfit. Beth comes out in her shiny black halter jumpsuit. Beth pushes Kelly around and Kelly fights back with speed. Kelly tries to roll Beth up, but Beth holds onto the corner. Kelly is then slung over her shoulder and slammed into a corner hard. Kelly is slammed to the mat. Kelly is slammed back by her hair. Submission hold on Kelly in the center of the ring. She gets out and uses forearms to fight back. Bath goes hard into a corner spinning head scissors to Beth who almost falls from the ring. Double chicken wing lift to Kelly, but she rolls through. Beth picks her up and slams her face first to the mat.
- Winner: Beth
Video replay of key parts of the match.
- Commercial
Hacksaw’s in the ring in khakis and a polo shirt. He says he doesn’t want to take our time, but he’s thinking of hanging up his boots. It’s been a great 30 year run. He won the first RR and made lots of friends. With those friends he beat kidney cancer. Listening to what Ted and Cody said last week it’s a place for young men. He wants to say thanks. King cuts him off and enters the ring. “Jerry” chants.King says there’s no age limit in the WWE. He doesn’t care what they said last week. As long as he’s passionate about getting in the ring and doing it, he should do it. He can do something that McCain and Obama would die for. Hacksaw’s mere presence gets people on their feet chanting ‘USA’. The crowd chants “USA”. King asks if he really wants to give that up.Honestly, Hacksaw doesn’t. He just needed someone to tell him that.Cody and Ted come out. Ted says that Jerry Lawler is give career advice to Hacksaw. Just because Jerry likes to date women younger than them, doesn’t mean he can relate to them. They both need to hang it up.Cody says when Hacksaw won the first RR Cody was three. When King was on Letterman and slapper Kaufman, they were not even born yet.King says that they didn’t see him on Letterman? Well, it looked something like this... King slapped Cody.Ted holds Cody back. Ted tells them to leave the ring and let the young men do it the way it’s supposed to be done.JBL’s music and he slowly limps to the ring.
- Commercial
Cryme Tyme comes down to the ring (the limo smashing has been added to their entrance video). Cena comes out to join them. They all enter together and the heels quickly leave.JBL climbs in to join Cena. “Cena” chants. JBL tags out and Cody enters. Cena smirks. They lock up. Side headlock on Cena. Cena pushes off. Arm drag to Cody for two. Bull dog to Cody for two. Over rotated back body drop to Cody. Shad tags in and covers for two. Cody gets whipped and clotheslines Cody in a corner. Cody gains control and Ted tags in. Suplex to Ted for two. JTG tags in and covers for two. Ted telegraphs and gets punched in the face for it. JBL tags in to heat from the fans. He beats JTG down in a corner. Big boot to JTG. Cody tags in. JBL holds for a double team until the ref throws him out. Body hold on JTG who fights out and drops Cody on his ass. JTG can’t manage to tag out. Ted tags in and kicks JTG in the head a couple times and covers for two. Ted goes up to the second ropes, flies and lands on both feet on JTG’s gut. They gets JTG into the heel corner and JBL tags in. Forearms to JTG’s back. A kick to JTG’s back. Cody tags in, climbs and flies. Body hold to JTG on the mat. The fans get behind JTG and he works his way to his feet and manages to roll Cody up for two. Cody attacks that injured mid-section and he goes down again. Ted tags in while JBL berates the ref, calling him a, “Stupid idiot.” Body scissors on JTG in the center of the ring. He gets out and to his feet. Standing drop kick to Ted. Both are down.Ted tags out, but JTG can’t get there. Cody covers for two. Cody drives his shoulder into JTG’s gut in a corner. JTG moves sending Cody into the ring post shoulder first. JTG crawls and is able to tag out. Shoulder block form Cena to Ted who also tags in. Cena’s about to hit the five knuckle shuffle but JBL rushes in. Cena double clotheslines Ted and Cody in a corner. He gets them both up for the FU. Cody flies first, then Ted gets the FU. Cena covers for three.
- Winners: Cena & Cryme Tyme
Cena and Cryme Tyme celebrate in the ring. Cena goes out to hug his dad who is in the front row. Video of the double FU. Cena and Cryme Tyme go up the ramp and celebrate on the stage together.
Cade and Y2J are walking out back. They open a door and find Kane standing there. They look at him and stop dead. They step back and he walks out.
- Commercial
Video of Jenny McCarthy talking about autism and working with WWE and coming on SNME to raise money for autism.
Mickie comes bouncing out in a black and white version of her two piece outfit. Video of Kofi beating Paul Burchill last week. Kofi comes out to tag with her. Paul and his sister Katie come out together. She’s in actual (blue and black) wrestling gear this week, two pieces.Katie pushes Mickie down a couple times but Mickie fights back hard. Head scissors to Katie. Katie is acting wimpy in a corner. Paul tries to attack Mickie from the apron but she bitch slaps him. Mickie heads for her corner. Kofi flies over Mickie’s head and takes Paul down. They finally tag and Kofi’s legal.Katie rushes in and Paul hits a chop block on Kofi. Paul gets a leg hold on Kofi, then stomps his leg. Sunset flip to Paul for two. Kick to Paul’s face drops him. Kofi hits punches in a corner. Katie tries to get involved and Mickie rushes across the ring to take her down. They brawl outside. Paul slams Kofi’s ankle into the ring post outside. In the ring Paul covers Kofi for three.
- Winners: Paul & Katie
They celebrate while Kofi holds his ankle and rolls on the mat in front of them. Video of high points in the match. Kofi is still down.
Jamie Noble is hitting on Layla again. Batista asks about seeing Kane. Jamie blows him off. Batista slams Jamie into a wall and tells him to tell Kane he’s looking for him, if Jamie sees him. Batista drops him and walks off.
- Commercial
Grisham is out back with Punk. He asks why Punk is defending tonight. Some say he should feel good about escaping last night with the title. He’s rather lose the title than scrape by. He’d rather go down swinging than...JBL comes up and says at SS he’ll be facing the champion. It doesn’t matter if Punk loses tonight or at SS. Punk will forever be a transitional champion.Punk tells him that he can’t say that. But in the books his first successful title defense was against JBL.
- Commercial
Again the video of Y2J beating the hell out of HBK last night.
Santino comes out to the ring looking all annoyed. Video of Beth beating Santino last week. Santino says he wants to clarify something. Last week when he made the open challenge he meant a man. He doesn’t fight people with fallopian tubes. He fights people with adams apples, with cannolis. D’Lo Brown comes out to face him. Beth then comes down to the ring to watch and Santino is out of sorts.Shoulder block to Santino. D-Lo backs Santino into a corner and beats him down. Leg drop from D-Lo. Sudden impact from D-Lo and then he climbs. Frog splash and D-Lo covers for three.
- Winner: D-Lo
D-Lo celebrates in the corners. Video of the high points of the match. D-Lo leaves the ring, but Beth enters and is behind Santino when he gets up.He says he wants nothing from her but she hits him with a forearm. He gets her in a body hold and she screams for him to let her go. He does, very gently and carefully talking to her to let her know he’s letting go. She gets the same hold on him. He reverses it and she screams like a little girl again.He lets her go gently again. They stand there for a moment kind of looking at each other. He puts his hand on her shoulder. She slap her hand on his shoulder. They then share a sweet and gentle kiss.Then they both back off and wipe their mouths in shock. The camera catches Santino’s lips say, “What the hell?” She looks as confused as him. He leaves the ring, both of them still confused.
- Commercial
Toby Keith talks about Jenny McCarthy and WWE working together to raise money for autism.
Batista comes out for his title match. He poses in all corners, but Kane’s fire erupts. Batista is pissed. Kane enters and they fight. Choke slam to Batista and he’s down. Punk rushes in and attacks Kane. Kane leaves the ring and stomps up the ramp his sack in hand.Batista gets to his feet, sort of. The ref back Punk off. Punk comes up and asks if Batista wants the match or not. Batista says he’s ready.
- Commercial
Batista is still holding his head in one corner when Lillian announces him. Punk is in the opposite corner when announced.Side headlock on Batista. Batista fights and pushes out. Punk gets slammed down. Kick to Batista’s leg. Batista pushes him away and Punk comes back fighting. Punk gets slammed down for two. Batista beats on Punk in a corner. Batista telegraphs and gets a swinging neck breaker for it. Punk beats on Batista in a corner. Snap mare to Batista. Punk covers for one. Punk kicks Batista in the back. Forearms to Batista’s face. Batista fights back with a punch. Punk hits a drop toe hold to Batista. Punk beats on the back of Batista’s head and neck. Front headlock to Batista. Batista works to his feet, picks up Punk and throws him across the ring. Punk comes back with a chinlock on Batista in the center of the ring. Snap mare to Batista. Punk hits a neck breaker for two. Head scissors hold in the center of the ring to Batista. “Batista” chants. Knee to Batista’s head for two. Punk kicks Batista in a corner, the ref backs him off. Batista reverses a whip, but falls in the process. Drop toe hold lands Batista’s face on the middle turnbuckle. Bulldog and Punk covers for two. Punk tries for a slingshot but is caught midair and Batista hits a spinebuster. Batista plants Punk in a corner and beats on him. Punk is whipped and then beaten on some more. Another whip but Punk gets his feet up. Batista hits a spear. Batista leaves the ring as JBL rushes down. JBL attacks Batista for the DQ.
- Winner: Punk via DQ
In the ring Batista is slammed down. JBL kicks Punk through the ropes. Cena rushes down to the ring. JBL pokes Cena in the eye. Cena swings back but hits Batista as JBL ducks out of the way. Cena tries to talk his way out of it, but Batista attacks Cena. Batista slams Cena down. Cena comes back fighting. The ring fills with refs to break them apart.
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Well guys, I've just watched finished the live stream today from a very reliable (and hopefully regular) source and I would like to thank RatedRAussie for that. All I can say is that this Pay-per-view was not worth if you bought it, most of the matches were unexpectedly boring and Undertaker did not make his anticipated return. *My opinion at the end of this post*
1.The Miz & John Morrison (c) vs. Finlay & Hornswoggle vs. Jesse & Festus vs. Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins
WWE Tag Team Championship Fatal Four Way
Winner: Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins (New Champions)
2.Matt Hardy (c) vs. Shelton Benjamin
WWE United States Championship
Winner: Shelton Benjamin (New Champion)
3.Mark Henry (c) vs. Tommy Dreamer
ECW Championship Match
Winner: Mark Henry (Still Champion)
4.Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho
Winner: Chris Jericho
5.Natalya vs. Michelle McCool
WWE Divas Championship
Winner: Michelle McCool (1st ever Divas Champion)
6.CM Punk (c) vs. Batista
World Heavyweight Championship Match
Winner: Double DQ (Kane interfered)
7.John Cena vs. John "Bradshaw" Layfield
New York City Parking Lot Brawl
Winner: JBL
8.Triple H (c) vs Edge
WWE Championship Match
Winner: Triple H (Vickie Guerrero and Alicia Fox interfered)
Best Match: Cena vs JBL. This match was filled with so many deadly bumps. Burning cars, stabbing forklifts and even electrocuting the family jewels, this match is not for the weak-hearted by is by-far the most exciting match of the night.
Part 1:http://youtube.com/watch?v=hnF_EoD4P20
Part 2:http://youtube.com/watch?v=fUCcU1sVmlI
Worst Match: Mark Henry vs Tommy Dreamer. With all due respect to Dreamer, this match was pretty boring. (Even the crowd chanted "Boring") Lets face it, Mark Henry is bland and unexciting *Period*
Overall rating: 5.5/10
If not for the Cena/JBL and HBK/Y2J, this match would've failed. I even got bored watching some of the matches, and I didnt even pay for it. But what can you expect? Judgement Day and GAB are always the worst pay-per-views.
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Welcome to my blog. This was created for the sheer feeling of owning an up-to-date WWE news blogs and here it is. I'll try my best to update every WWE shows (Yes, Including FCW) as up-to-date as possible whether anyone reads this or not.
Anywho, the Great American Bash is tomorrow.
Results will be put up on Monday at around 4-5pm (Hey, I've got school too)
So here we go: FCW 17/7/08
The show began with Derby City's TIMMY BALTIMORE coming out to be the time keeper. Great man that Timmy Baltimore. Justin Roberts then comes out to do the ring introductions. That's right, Smackdown's Justin Roberts. We begin with what I believe was a dark match.
Dark Match: DH Smith, Big Rob, and Lupe Martinez defeated Mike Kruel, Charles Evans, and Vic Adams in a six-man tag team match. Nice to see DH Smith actually working. Will we ever see him on WWE TV again? Big Rob is a freak. He's pure dynamite and has "the look" WWE likes so much. He's like Renee Dupree with a mullet. Screw it, he looks like Mike Awesome and Renee Dupree had a baby. Vic Adams and Charles Evans come off as heel versions of Cryme Tyme. Pretty solid six man tag team match, with no blown spots and lots of basics. DH Smith gets the duke with a belly-to-back suplex.
Justin Roberts introduces your FCW COMMENTARY TEAM: "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes and Todd Grisham. Dusty as a color commentator is BUYS! I believe this is where the TV Tapings actually began (although I am not sure if the Flair material will be on there).
Out comes the "Nature Boy" Ric Flair to an unbelievable amount of fanfare. Ric Flair is beloved everywhere he goes. The fans chanted "Thank You Ric", bowed to him, and gave him a standing ovation, and like the original Nature Boy Buddy Rodgers once said: "to a nicer guy it couldn't happen". Flair comes out and basically cuts a quasi-shoot promo about the evolution of WWE's developmental system and says the guys you see tonight will be the future stars of the business. He puts over the production team and WWE's willingness to help FCW succeed, naming people like Steve Keirn for his hard work, Johnny Ace (whom he called his "boss"), Kevin Dunn, and calls Dusty Rhodes the most "creative man in the business", basically telling us he's the booker. Flair says he is retired but his job now is WWE Ambassador. He thanks the fans for coming out and says the success of this company is in our hands. Awesome.
Match #1: "The Canadian Badboy" Shawn Spears vs. "The Stampede Kid" TJ Wilson. Two Canadians at war. I haven't seen TJ work in quite some time and I must say he has gotten much better at standing out. TJ Wilson has great athleticism and he displayed it. Spears played the ****, arrogant heel, methodically breaking TJ down, with TJ making quick comebacks, but getting cut off. Old-school. At one point TJ was bleeding from the mouth. One of the sickest things in the match was a back suplex on the ropes where TJ's neck landed right on the ropes and he whiplashed out. Scary. Anyways, Shawn won with a neckbreaker. Decent match.
Match #2: Colt "Boom Boom" Cabana, Atlas de... ... Ricky Ortiz, and one of the Bella Twins defeated Alicia Foxx, Jay Bradley, and Sinn Bowdee in a Mixed Six-Person Tag Match. Since WWE changed his name, Atlas DeBone is now called Ricky Ortiz officially in FCW as well. I don't want to beat a dead horse, but Colt Cabana is THE MAN. Colt was easily one of the most over acts in the building. He was crisp with everything he did and nothing he did looked overtly dangerous. Colt's charisma is on another plateau and I'm one of the few people who think he's vastly superior to CM Punk in overall value as a worker. On the other side of the coin, and I'm trying to stay professional: Ricky Ortiz sucks. He's sloppy as hell. I know seventeen year old backyard wrestlers with better looking irish whips than the ones he throws. He has some strange "slow down" periods in his matches where he seemingly has lost control. I'm sure he's a charismatic fellow, but he MUST work on the in-ring. Babyfaces won when the Bella Twin (unsure which) hit an X-Factor.
Match #3: "The Natural" Nick Nemeth defeated Greg Jackson. This was a 1980s TV match designed to get Nemeth over as a star. Greg was fodder for him, hitting one of two moves before being cut off and beaten. People were chanting "NICKY" at Nemeth, so I guess they all remember. I don't like him using the name "The Natural" because regardless of how good a worker he may become, Randy Couture will always be a greater man. Anyways, Nick wins with a flying downward spiral. Spectacular finisher.
Former WWE Champion John Cena comes out to a huge ovation. Cena cuts a promo to the live crowd not unlike the Ric Flair promo earlier, essentially putting over the FCW talents as the new breed and the future. Small "Prototype" chants here and there. Shawn Spears comes out. Oh boy. Spears cuts a promo on John Cena, questioning Cena being there. He tells Cena that being at FCW is risky because so many guys in the back want their chance to succeed and they're very hungry and willing to take out the top dog. He says they want to make a name for themselves. Cena isn't intimidated. Cena wants to fight and is ready but Spears tells him that he's not there to hurt him, but rather be his friend! He tells him to watch his back and teases leaving, before attacking Cena and getting back body dropped. Cena picks him up and nails the FU and poses for the crowd. Fun segment.
Match #4: FCW Florida Champion Jake Hager defeated Heath Miller to retain the title. Heath Miller was very over in the building tonight, but he looks like a poor man's Johnny Devine mixed with Edge from 1998. Jake Hager has a very good build for wrestling. He's a tall kid, who's muscular, but not freakishly large, so he can still move quickly in the ring. Traditional wrestling match here with the babyface running wild and getting cut off. One thing a lot of these FCW guys need to learn how to do is play to the crowd, something people like Dusty can really help them with. They don't do it nearly enough. Hager retains his title with a reverse gutwrench suplex.
Match #5: Sheamus (formerly Sheamus O'Shaughnessy) defeated Ricky Ortiz. Indeed this must be another episode because Ricky is back facing the big, irish, Sheamus. Both of these guys are big power wrestlers, but as I said before, Ricky, Atlas, or whatever you call him can be really sloppy at times. Seems kind of green to me. I wasn't sure who the heel or face was in this match but judging by crowd reactions, neither guy was over as a face. Sheamus ends up winning with a high spinebuster.
After the match, Miss Angela, FCW's interview girl, interviews Sheamus at ringside. Sheamus cuts a promo on, of all people, DAVE FINLAY~!. He says bringing the leprechaun Hornswoggle into wrestling has made Irish people a joke and issues a challenge to Finlay and says he is a joke too. So yes, judging by this and an angle that they are doing later in the show, they will be doing cross-branded storylines with WWE, at least focused in FCW.
Match #6: Afa Jr. defeated Evan Bourne. This... THIS was FUN. Evan Bourne got a huge pop coming out. Some light "Sydal" chants. Evan Bourne's ability to take bumps is phenomenal. Not since the late Curt Hennig have I seen a guy take bumps as nicely as he does and not get himself hurt. It's almost like his body is made of rubber. This match was the classic monster heel versus geeky high-flying babyface formula. Afa Jr has the exact same maneurisms, spots, transitions, and ring-gear as Umaga, minus the phony tattoos. It seems like all Samoans are generic in WWE. He beat on Bourne for most of this with the crowd getting behind him. He does a few nice punches and kicks and sets Afa up for the Shooting Sydal Press, but misses. Afa takes the advantage and hits a NASTY finisher which I can only describe as an "inverted F-5". Basically, he picked up in F-5 position and spun him until he dropped face first to the ground, facing AWAY from Afa. Tough to describe, but it was a nice move I hadn't seen before. He got the pin with it.
Chris Jericho comes out. In my head I'm thinking "please don't heel us", but of course, he does, which I'm fine with. Jericho says the fans in Tampa don't deserve to cheer him. They say everybody in the building is a bunch of liars and hypocrits. He then brings out a man who he feels has a bright future - Nick Nemeth, the Natural. He puts over Nick to the live crowd, then introduces JOE HENNIG. He tells Joe about what he could do for the business and asks Joe to choose a path. He wants Joe to choose between listening to him, or listening to the liars and hypocrits. Joe of course being the face, doesn't go with it. Jericho gets mad at Joe. Joe says that on SUNDAY, he's going to lose to Shawn Michaels. Sunday. On a show that is taped and won't air before Sunday???? Either this will not be on the FCW TV, or the HBK/Y2J feud is going to continue past this weekend's PPV and this will be in the can for the NEXT PPV match. I don't know. Anyways, Nemeth and Jericho beat Joe down and leave him laying. Jericho raises Nemeth's arm. More cross branded angles.
Match #7: Gabe Tuft, Kevin Kiley, and Johnny Curtis defeated John Gabriel, Tyrone Jones, and "Campus Legend" Brad Allen in a six-man tag. The match of the generic wrestling. Nothing against these guys personally, but they all look pretty much the same and it was tough to tell them apart other than their tights and skin pigmentation. They really did nothing to explain their characters to us other than Brad Allen, who is apparently a legend of the campus. Okay. It seems like this was put in there as filler. Not a long match at all here, with two hot tags the finish coming by way of a high spinning heel kick. Not much to say about this one.
Kelly Kelly comes out. She is a FINE woman, which is obvious, and much smaller than you'd think. Kelly says that she's heard Ric Flair and John Cena talk about the FCW wrestlers and what they will mean to the WWE someday, but what about the divas? So Kelly Kelly introduces all of the FCW Divas. So the Divas came out. A few of them I did not recognize. Kelly says that now they will have the first ever "Diva Twist". I immediately thought this segment was going to turn a disaster. So you had around seven or so girls doing the twist in the middle of the ring over music until one bumps another, and another, like dominos, and they have a big cat fight. It turns into a big rumble until Kelly and the Bella Twins clean house.
Match #8: Eddie Colon and Eric Perez "The Puerto Rican Nightmares" defeated FCW Florida Tag Team Champions Drew McKintyre and Stu Sanders "The Empire". Empire? No sir, these guys are NOT the EMPIRE! Still though, this was a fun match to cap off the evening. These guys had wrestled before in New Port Richey for the belts and Drew and Stu won them from the Ricans. Well this was the big rematch and I must say the rumors are true: Eddie Colon is SIGNIFICANTLY better than his brother Carlito when it comes to his in-ring work, but he really does lack in the charisma department. The heels jumped Eddie early until he tagged in Eric, who fought for a bit before getting cut off. They put all of the heat on Eric during the match. Eric finally makes the hot tag and in comes Eddie, who cleans house. Eddie is very crisp and athletic with his moves. He reminds me a lot of Shelton Benjamin from 2004. Anyways, the heels were in trouble and Eddie hit what I believed to be a modified version of the Backcracker for the three-count. New Tag Team Champions. Huge pop for the title change.
So Justin Roberts thanked us for coming and plugged next week's shows, will are slated to feature special guests Batista, The Hardys, and Maria.
Edit: I cant comment on these matches as they have not been aired on TV yet.
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