Commentators: Chris Russo & S. William Regal. Ring announcer: Caylee Turner.
Russo announces that Summer Rae is the new General Manager of FCW...Regal seems pleased.
Dante Dash vs. James Bronson: Tall order for Dash's FCW TV debut...Bronson dominates the matchup before choking Dante out with the Tazmission.
Two-time Heavyweight Champion Leo Kruger enlightens us...he dismisses Mike Dalton as a fluke and proclaims himself to be the greatest Florida Heavyweight Champion EVAR.
Kaitlyn Bonin & Audrey Marie vs. Sofia Cortez & Paige Knight: Paige is FCW's new British import...explaining Regal's fascination with her. A cheapshot by Paige puts Audrey at a disadvantage...Paige is impressive in her TV debut, showing off a unique submission hold or two. Sofia tags in for a nice Northern Lights suplex but only gets two...but Audrey hits a neckbreaker out of nowhere and kicks Paige away before tagging in Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn hits Paige with a Buh-Buh Bomb and locks on the leg-applied full nelson for the tapout! Sofia and Paige go on the attack after the bell, but ring announcer Caylee Turner lends a hand...Women's Champion & Queen Raquel Diaz enters the fray, but the face trio holds the high ground at the end of the catfight.
Rob Naylor chats with newcomer Aiden English backstage, but Bronson confronts Naylor over Summer getting him in trouble...
Xavier Woods vs. Kassius Ohno: Regal talks about how Ohno once trained with himself as well as Fit Finlay and Dave Taylor. YAY WRESTLING~! Xavier controls the matchup for several minutes, but a yank of the afro halts that momentum. Regal namedrops Mitsuharu Misawa and Toshiaki Kawada for fun. Russo drops the tag "internet darling" and mentions Antonio Cesaro, Seth Rollins, and Dean Ambrose in that light as well...heh. Ohno tosses aside his elbowpad and then thumbs Woods in the eye as the ref gets the pad out of the ring...bwahahaha. Xavier rallies with a flying headscissors and a forward-roll cradle for a close near-fall, then dropkicks Ohno out of the ring and follows up with a plancha! However, the floor turns out to be his undoing as Ohno Flapjacks him into the steel steps...he throws Xavier back in the ring and KO~!s him with one huge forearm smash for the three-count.
Women's Champion & Queen Raquel Diaz speaks to us...but she still doesn't have a banner. Raquel directs her insults toward Audrey Marie...which brings out Audrey to attack her!
General Manager Summer Rae(w/ Rob Naylor) meets with Corey Graves & Jake Carter in her new office...then gets a visit from Maxine Perez. Maxine vows that she's not done with Summer...then slaps Naylor for the fun of it.
Richie Steamboat vs. Antonio Cesaro for the FCW 15 Title: The two trade strikes right out of the gate before settling into technical wrestling...but tempers flare and Cesaro delivers a shot to the throat over the referee's shoulder. Cesaro follows up by throwing him shoulder-first into the ringpost and then powers him over into a German suplex for the first fall around the four-minute mark!
Cesaro keeps up the pressure with a nice dropkick as we pass the five-minute mark, but Steamboat gets a surprise rollup for a two-count. Cesaro fires back and drops a knee from the second rope...for two. Gutwrench suplex...for two. Cesaro lifts Steamboat into a neckbreaker submission hold, but Steamboat maneuvers out of the hold and fights back. Richie hits the spinaround neckbreaker...for two. Richie lines up for the superkick as we pass the ten-minute mark but Cesaro rolls out to the apron...they trade hiptoss attempts until Richie lands on the apron, then Cesaro cuts off his attempted climb to the top rope. Gutwrench superplex is blocked...and Steamboat counters by going up and over into a sunset bomb for the three-count, evening the score at the eleven-minute mark!
Cesaro begs off but Richie avoids the incoming dropkick and they slug it out with the clock ticking down. Richie ducks a European uppercut and attempts a backslide, finally getting it for two. They trade pinning combinations and near-falls until Cesaro blocks the superkick, then runs Steamboat into the ropes to counter an O'Connor Roll. Cesaro tries the German suplex again but gets victory-rolled...for two. Two minutes to go and Cesaro hits a huge European uppercut...he lays back for the cover and gets two but Richie crucifixes him on the mat...for two. Cesaro argues with the ref and walks into a small package...for two. One minute to go...Richie hits a cross-body for two. Cesaro throws Richie into the turnbuckles and goes for the Flair pin with feet on the ropes but the ref catches him. Steamboat gets another small package for two and they trade near-falls until the time runs out...it's a 1-1 draw and Steamboat retains the medal!
Steamboat celebrates but Cesaro attacks from behind, stepping on Richie as he holds up the medal. However, that ticks off Steamboat...SUPERKICK! Richie reclaims his medallion to close the show...so long from the Sunshine State!
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