Your hosts are Matt Martlaro & S. William Regal.
Richie Steamboat vs. Ricardo Rodriguez: Regal says Ricardo's face is one that he'd "never get fed up with punching". Ricardo gets an advantage by sheer luck, backdropping Steamboat over the ropes and causing him to hit his head on the steps on the way down to the floor. Martlaro touches on the text messages and phone calls that Regal was receiving last week...Regal quickly changes the subject. A fast-paced exchange ends in a superkick that earns Steamboat the win out of nowhere...surprisingly competitive effort by Ricardo, at any rate.
Earlier today: Briley Pierce interviewed Heavyweight Champion Bo Rotundo about his title defense tonight. In the background of the interview, we spot Maxine Perez cozying up to Regal...hmm. Back to live-on-tape, Regal is rather flustered over this revelation...
Earlier today(again): Briley interviewed Johnny Curtis...he's ready to win the big one and respect's out the window in the name of competition tonight.
Calvin Raines & Big E Langston vs. Percy Watson & Tito Colon for the Tag Team Titles: Watson & Colon upset the tag champs last week, earning this title shot. On the commentary front, Regal does his best to avoid the subject of his apparent dealings with Maxine...heh. Watson ends up on the wrong side of the ring and Raines hammers him off the apron to the floor. Martlaro mentions Wade Barrett and Drew McIntyre as former holders of the Florida Tag Team Titles, prompting Regal to make a wisecrack about Scotsmen. Percy turns it around out of nowhere by simply throwing Langston into his partner Raines in the corner, sending them both crashing to the floor! Tito gets the hot tag and goes aerial on the champs...DDT and corkscrew Lionsault connect on Raines, Langston tries to break up the pin but hits his partner by mistake. The ref gets tied up with Percy and Raines elbows out of Tito's Flatliner, boosting him straight up onto Big E's shoulder for the Big Ending! Nice combination move there...the ref turns around just in time to see Raines covering Colon for the three-count.
Briley Pierce interviews two of the newest additions to the FCW women's division, Sonia Yung and Audrey Marie. Audrey seems to have picked up where Courtney Taylor's old cowgirl gimmick left off.
Women's Champion Queen Aksana Raudoniene & A.J. Lee vs. Sonia Yung & Audrey Marie: Nice to see Aksana and A.J. have settled their past differences. The newbie heels quickly use roughhouse tactics to isolate A.J. from her corner...Martlaro tries to bring up Regal's dealings with Maxine and Regal avoids the issue again. Audrey hits turnbuckles on a blind charge and Aksana gets the hot tag...guess that walkout on Maxine a few weeks ago did mean a face turn. Audrey nearly steals a win on Aksana with a rollup and feet on the ropes, but the ref catches it...Audrey argues with the ref and that costs her the match as Aksana takes her out with a big roundhouse kick for the victory.
Mike Dalton vs. Alexander Rusev(w/ Raquel Diaz): Raquel handles the ring announcing for her new protege...big dude, his build reminds me of Scott Norton. Haven't seen much of Dalton lately but it would appear that squash is in season. Ruseve shows some surprising agility with some jumping knee strikes in the corner. Dalton tries to go aerial from the second rope and actually gets a victory roll for a ONE-count. Rusev overpowers him in short order and finishes with a pretty cool sequence...an Oklahoma roll turned straight into a released German suplex(similar to Douglas Williams' Chaos Theory)!
Bo Rotundo vs. Johnny Curtis for the Heavyweight Title: Curtis has been a Florida Tag Champ and won NXT4, but the Florida Heavyweight Title has eluded him to this point. Feeling-out to start(called as such by Regal) leading to some YAY WRESTLING~! They elude each other's moves in the early going, but Curtis reverses a whip into the corner in a fashion that the INNOVATIVE~! camera angle manages to completely obscure. Commercial break time...during which Rotundo returned the favor by tossing Curtis to the floor.
Bo's knee is in bad shape from his turnbuckle collision and we're told he spent most of the break trying to shake off the pain. A mid-ring collision leaves both men down and prompts Rotundo's comeback, starting with a trio of jawbreakers. Corner clothesline and bulldog get a near-fall for the champion...spear misses once but not twice...but Curtis kicks out at 2 1/2! Regal wonders if the knee injury affected the spear's impact. Rotundo rolls out to the apron and tries a re-entry sunset flip, but Curtis sidesteps and drops Bo across his knee...for two. Now it's Curtis' turn to go on offense...atomic drop/back suplex combo gets two. Curtis goes to the top rope...fights off Bo's attempt at a cutoff...HITS the guillotine legdrop...for 2 1/2!
Curtis tries to pick up the champion but he seems to be dead weight...however, Bo comes up with a double-leg takedown into a jackknife pin...for two. Backslide...for two. Small package...for two. Curtis cuts him off with his OWN spear...for two! Curtis goes topside again...guillotine legdrop misses this time! Both men are slow to rise...they slug it out in the middle of the ring, Rotundo flips out of a back suplex attempt, tries an O'Connor Roll but is blocked, but comes off the ropes to hit a second spear and that finally keeps Curtis down for three! We get the mutual respect after the match...
So long from the Sunshine State!
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