Looks like the 3/25 episode won't ever see the light of day and the 4/1 episode may not appear online either. It's safe to say that those episodes were...eventful.
3/25:
-Seth Rollins won an eight-man "scramble match" to earn a Heavyweight Title shot at Leo Kruger later in the night. Eliminations: Kazma Sakamoto(thrown over the top rope by Brad Maddox), Maddox(thrown over the top rope by Mike Dalton), Big E Langston(thrown over the top rope by Bo Rotundo & Dalton), Rotundo & Dalton(thrown over the top rope by Rick Victor with Big E pulling them out from the floor), Jason Jordan(pinned by Victor after a flying European uppercut), Victor(pinned by Rollins after Avada Kedavra).
-Alexander Rusev d. C.J. Parker with the Oklahoma roll-into-a-German suplex.
-Kenneth Cameron d. Nick Rogers with the sitout jawbreaker.
-Seth Rollins d. Leo Kruger with God's Last Gift to win the Heavyweight Title.
4/1
-Leo Kruger d. Mike Dalton to earn a shot at Seth Rollins later in the night; Dalton tried to counter a sleeperhold with a sitout into a victory roll, but Kruger blocked the move and held the ropes for illegal leverage to score the pin.
-Corey Graves & Jake Carter(w/ Abraham Washington) d. Bo Rotundo & Husky Harris to win the Tag Team Titles; Abe hit Bo in the knee with his walking stick as he was setting up for the spear, allowing Graves to capitalize with the rolling Fuller leglock for the tapout.
-Seth Rollins d. Leo Kruger after two Avada Kedavras to retain the Heavyweight Title.
Onward to the most recent episode!
Commentators: Chris Russo & S. William Regal. Ring announcer: Caylee Turner.
Kenneth Cameron(w/ Conor O'Brian) vs. Byron Saxton: Byron is actually dressed to compete...good for him. Byron laid out Cameron with a roll of coins a few weeks ago so there's an issue here...and we're seeing O'Brian for the first time in several months. Cameron is chomping at the bit and spears Saxton right out of the gate, pummeling him and ramming his face into the mat. A clothesline sends Byron to the floor where he throws a nervous glance in Conor's direction before being tossed back in the ring. However, a well-timed shot to the "lower abdomen" halts Cameron's momentum...Conor lets out a primal scream on the floor and suddenly the lights go out in Florida. Thus ends the segment(though reportedly Byron was left laying by the Ascension members once the lights came back on)...guess that's a no-contest?
Aiden English & Andrey Marie vs. Rick Victor & Paige Knight(w/ Sofia Cortez): Last week, General Manager Summer Raw discontinued the Queen Of FCW crown...took long enough, it was redundant with the Women's Title around at the same time. A cheapshot by Paige allows Victor to get the advantage against English...Regal is positively smitten with Paige, it would seem. The ladies tag into the match but Paige quickly gets the advantage...the commentators note that Paige is only 19 years old and started wrestling at 12. Sofia gets in a cheapshot but the guys tag back into the matchup as the ladies take it to the floor. English tries for several rollups in a row as Women's Champion Raquel Diaz joins the fray at ringside...the distraction is enough for Victor to connect with a pair of flying European uppercuts(called Canadian Lifters by Regal) for the win.
Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins joins us for a few words...he wants to give Mike Dalton a title shot but there's a long line of contenders right now. He's got his eye on the main event...one of those guys could be a future contender.
General Manager Summer Rae(w/ Rob Naylor) informs James Bronson of next week's main event: Bronson vs. Dean Ambrose in a Tap-Out Match. Regal pays Summer a visit...and so does Ambrose, leading to a tense confrontation.
Kassius Ohno enlightens us...he's got his eye on the main event as well. Bad puns on Ohno's name ensue.
Husky Harris(w/ Eli Cottonwood) seems to have a new accent and a new personality...
Jim Ross joins the broadcast team for the main event...WOO~!
Richie Steamboat vs. Antonio Cesaro for the FCW 15 Title, twenty-minute time limit: Cesaro has new theme music and gets a "USA" chant...gosh-darn foreigner. They feel each other out to start...they had a previous encounter that went to a 1-1 draw. YAY WRESTLING~! They trade early near-falls off a Greco-Roman knucklelock...Steamboat gets several two-counts in a row off pinning combinations before they settle down into more general hold exchanging. Richie focuses on the arm(ARMDRAGS~!) as we reach the five-minute mark...but during the commercial break, Cesaro scores the first fall of the match with a cradle face-first piledriver(called a Gotch Neutralizer by J.R.)!
Cesaro maintains control for several minutes, repeatedly throwing Steamboat out of the ring to run out the clock. Cesaro's second re-entry suplex is countered into an O'Connor Roll for a close near-fall, then Richie goes to the top rope only to be forearmed down to the floor. We hit the halfway mark with Cesaro up 1-0 and Richie in bad shape outside the ring, but Steamboat slides back into the ring and gets a rollup...for two. Cesaro yanks Steamboat into the turnbuckles to halt his momentum...then a Rude Awakening gets two.
Richie finally makes a comeback with chops in the corner, then a spinaround neckbreaker...for two. Third floor...big chop gets 2 1/2. Cesaro cuts him off with a huge forearm to the back/kidneys and a back suplex for two...he just has to run out the clock as we hit the fifteen-minute mark. Cesaro hits a huge kneedrop from the second rope...for two. Inverted suplex...gets 2 1/2. Cesaro goes to the ropes again...but the top-rope kneedrop misses the mark! Three minutes to go...superkick is blocked and Cesaro dumps Steamboat out of the ring, but Richie gets right back in the ring and goes on the attack. AGAIN Cesaro throws Steamboat out of the ring and again Richie dives right back in...finally Richie skins the cat back into the ring and maneuvers into a rollup for the flash pin!
The score has been evened with two minutes to go...Cesaro goes into desperation mode with a running forearm smash...for two. Deadlift gutwrench suplex...for two. Then a chain of THREE deadlift gutwrench suplexes...for two! We're under a minute to go...Richie small-packages him...for two. Cesaro blasts him with a pop-up European uppercut, but Richie falls out of the ring with seconds to go and Cesaro can't get him back in the ring in time! The match is another 1-1 draw and Steamboat retains the medallion! Cesaro dropkicks Richie after the bell...this feud MUST CONTINUE~!
Next week: Dean Ambrose vs. James Bronson in a Tap-Out Match. So long from the Sunshine State!
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