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FCW TELEVISION REPORT FOR 7/8: STEAMBOAT AND ROLLINS DEFEND THEIR TITLES; OHNO; ROLLINS; AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2012-07-10 23:00:32
We are live on tape from Tampa, Florida and your announcers are Chris ‘TWO’ Russo and Byron ‘Will they miss this next week’ Saxton.

Byron and Chris mention that we will have two title matches. Seth Rollins will defend the FCW Heavyweight Title in a Fatal Four Way Match. Richie Steamboat will defend the Jack Brisco 15 Title against Antonio Cesaro.

Match Number One: Antonio Cesaro versus Richie Steamboat in an FCW 15 Jack Brisco Title Match

Cesaro with a punch and forearm to Steamboat but Steamboat with an Irish whip and monkey flip followed by a chop. Cesaro with a forearm but Steamboat with a kick and punch. Steamboat with a chop but Cesaro puts Steamboat into the corner. Steamboat with chops but Cesaro with forearms. Steamboat uses the ropes for leverage on an arm drag.

Steamboat gets the first near fall and he returns to the arm with an arm bar. Steamboat with a top wrist lock but Cesaro puts Steamboat into the corner and connects with a knee followed by a shot to the head. Steamboat kicks Cesaro but Antonio continues the attack with a kick and forearm. Steamboat with an arm drag into an arm bar. Steamboat slams Cesaro’s arm into the mat and backs him into the corner.

Antonio with kicks and a knee. Cesaro with a side head lock and take down. Steamboat with a reversal and side head lock take down of his own. Cesaro with a head scissors but Steamboat escapes and connects with an arm drag into an arm bar. Steamboat continues to work on the left arm.

Steamboat with a chop but Cesaro with a forearm and side head lock. Cesaro with a shoulder tackle but Steamboat bridges out of a cover. Cesaro hits Swiss Death and Steamboat’s momentum sends him to the floor to avoid a pinfall attempt. Cesaro goes to the floor and brings him back into the ring but Steamboat is able to kick out.

Steamboat rolls to the floor again and we are almost one-third of the way through the match. Cesaro rolls Steamboat back into the ring and returns as well. Cesaro tries for the Gotch Style Neutralizer but Steamboat with a back body drop to the apron. Cesaro returns to the ring but Steamboat with a clothesline that sends him over the top rope to the floor. Steamboat with a cross body from the top to the floor and both men are down as we go to commercial.

We are back and Cesaro with a cravate. Cesaro with a punch and we have less than seven minutes to go. Cesaro drops Steamboat across the top rope and then connects with a boot to the head. Steamboat was under the ropes so the referee did not make a count. Cesaro pulls him into the ring and gets a near fall. Cesaro wit a reverse chin lock while isolating the arms.

Steamboat counters a belly-to-back suplex attempt with a lateral press for a near fall. Steamboat gets another near fall with a back slide. Cesaro with a European uppercut for a near fall. Cesaro runs Steamboat into the corner and he punches him as we move under five minutes remaining in the match.

Cesaro with a suplex and a float over for a near fall. Cesaro with a cravate into a sleeper and then he uses Steamboat’s arm on a chin lock to restrict his breathing. Steamboat with punches and a chop but Cesaro with an Irish whip and it appeared that Steamboat was trying to float over but he hits the turnbuckles instead.

Steamboat with a cross body from the turnbuckles but Cesaro rolls through and gets a near fall. Cesaro tries to throw Steamboat over the top rope but he skins the cat. Steamboat tries for a head scissors but Cesaro with a near fall.

Steamboath with chops and forearms while Cesaro responds with a European uppercut. Steamboat with a wrap around clothesline but he can only get a near fall. Steamboat goes up top again and he hits a missile drop kick but can only get a two count. Steamboat shows some frustration as we approach two minutes remaining.

Steamboat with a satellite DDT and he gets a near fall. Cesaro rolls to the floor and Steamboat goes after him. Steamboat returns him to the ring but Cesaro tries to roll out of the other side of the ring. Cesaro drops Steamboat on the top rope. Steamboat with a victory roll for a near fall. Steamboat tries for a super kick but Cesaro ducks out of the way and he sends Steamboat over the top rope to the floor.

Cesaro with three rolling dead lift side saltos and he gets a near fall with less than ten seconds remaining. Cesaro hits the Gotch Style Neutralizer but time runs out when he covers Steamboat.

Time Limit Draw

Sudden Death Overtime

Cesaro sets for another Gotch Style Neutralizer and Steamboat escapes and hits a super kick for the three count.

Winner: Richie Steamboat

We go to commercial.

Match Number Two: Benicio Salazar versus Bray Wyatt

Bray with palm thrusts and punches in the corner. Bray with a round house punch and Salazar goes down in the corner. Wyatt with a suplex throw and then Wyatt lies on the mat and poses for one of them boudoir photos. Wyatt with a splash into the corner and then it is time to dance. Wyatt hits the swinging fallaway DDT for the three count.

Winner: Bray Wyatt

Raquel Diaz is in the interview area and she says that she is a star already. She says that being a star in WWE means that you are not bullied. Raquel says that she was bullied because of the way she dressed. Raquel says that it hurt but look where she is now. She is the FCW Divas champion and the most innovating woman that the WWE will see. She tells people not to hate her.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Three: Aiden English versus Colin Cassady

They lock up and Cassady with a shoulder tackle after sending English into the ropes. English with a side head lock but Cassady gets English into a full nelson but English avoids a full nelson slam. He avoids a second one. Cassady with a kick and forearm to the back. English with a kick but Cassady with a forearm to the back and then he chokes English in the ropes.

English tries for a cross body but Cassady catches him and hits a fallaway slam. Cassady with a bear hug and he runs English into the turnbuckles. Cassady with forearms across the chest. English with punches but Cassady with a boot to the chest. Cassady with a full nelson slam for the three count.

Winner: Colin Cassady

We go to commercial.

Match Number Four: Seth Rollins versus Bo Dallas versus Leo Kruger versus Kassius Ohno for the FCW Heavyweight Championship

All four men jockey for position and Kruger with a quick rollup on Rollins for a near fall. Rollins punches Kruger and he goes to the floor. Rollins avoids a boot from Ohno and then Ohno gets a rollup on Dallas for a near fall but Rollins breaks it up. Kruger wants to slow things down and the other three men surround him. Ohno, Dallas, and Rollins attack Kruger.

Rollins chops Ohno wile Kruger is sent to the floor by Dallas. Rollins with a drop kick to Dallas. Ohno goes to the apron and he connects with a shoulder to a charging Rollins. Kruger pulls Ohno off the apron and then Irish whips him into the ring steps. Rollins with a baseball slide to Kruger.

Dallas with a running back elbow followed by a punch to the midsection and an elbow to the head. Dallas with a clothesline into the corner followed by a bulldog. Dallas is pulled down and into the ring post by Kruger in a very private place. The referee wants the medical trainer to check on Dallas while Kruger works over Rollins.

Kruger kicks Rollins and more officials check on Dallas while Rollins gasps for breath on the apron.

We go to commercial while the officials help Bo to the back.

We are back and with Dallas getting medical attention and Ohno on the floor, it is basically a singles match with Kruger working over Rollins with a rear chin lock. Kruger with a back elbow and Rollins goes to the floor. Ohno with a full nelson and he tries for a snap mare driver but Kruger escapes.

Kruger tries for an O’Connor Roll but Ohno holds on to the ropes. Ohno tries for a drop kick but Kruger swats it away. Kruger with a suplex and he poses over Ohno. Kruger with a fist drop while Dallas show testicular fortitude by getting back to the ring.

Kruger punches Dallas and Irish whips him. Dallas with a clothesline and back elbow followed by another clothesline. Dallas knocks Rollins off the apron but Ohno with a chop. Dallas with a power slam to Ohno followed by a clothesline to Kruger in the corner. Bo with a bulldog to Kruger while connecting with a clothesline on Ohno.

Rollins with a springboard clothesline to Dallas. Rollins with an Irish whip to Ohno and then he hits a running forearm to Kruger in the corner. Rollins avoids a boot from Ohno and Rollins sends Ohno to the apron and Rollins punches Ohno. Dallas tries to spear Kruger but he moves out of the way so Dallas takes Rollins down with a spear but Ohno breaks up the cover.

Ohno with knees to Dallas while in the cravate and then he hits a leaping flip neck breaker. Ohno readies for the running elbow into the corner on Dallas but he moves out of the way and Ohno hits Rollins instead. Rollins with a super kick but Ohno hits the roaring elbow on Rollins. Kruger with a rollup on Ohno for a near fall that is broken up by Dallas.

Ohno with a roaring elbow to Dallas and Kruger with a back slide for a near fall. Ohno runs into a boot and then he hits a roaring elbow on Kruger. Ohno gets a near fall on Kruger but Rollins makes the save. Ohno tries for the roaring elbow again but Rollins with an enzuigiri. Rollins sets for the running forearm into the corner and he hits it on Ohno. He hits a second one and then he sends Ohno over the top rope. Rollins sets for a dive to the floor but he sees Dallas trying for a spear so he side steps Dallas and then he sends Dallas through the ropes onto Ohno on the floor.

Rollins goes up top but Kruger stops him and gets Rollins on his shoulders. A series of standing switches and Rollins tries for Avada Kedavra but Kruger moves and tries for a rollup but Rollins rolls through and hits the Black Out for the three count.

Winner: Seth Rollins

We go to credits.

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