FCW Arena Tampa, FL 11/5/09
Dark Match:
Bo Rotundo pinned Big E Langston
Week 1 (airdate 11/22/09):
Alberto Banderas pinned Caylen Croft
"The South Beach Boys" Darren Young & Percy Watson defeated Lennox McEnroe & Vance Archer when Watson pinned Archer
Joe Hennig pinned Dylan Klein
Curt Hawkins pinned Johnny Prime
FCW Heavyweight Title Match: Justin Angel pinned Heath Slater
Week 2 (airdate 11/29/09):
Alberto Banderas pinned Trent Baretta
Divas Match: AJ Lee pinned Courtney Taylor
Donnie Marlow pinned Dino Carter
Super 8 Challenge Match (8 man battle royal with the final two immediately in a pinfall/submission match) Winner gets an FCW title match next week.
Participants:
Curt Hawkins
Heath Slater
Michael Tarver
Dylan Klein
Tyler Reks
Brett DiBiase
Skip Sheffield
Joe Hennig
Final two result: Curt Hawkins pinned Skip Sheffield
Week 3 (airdate 12/06/09)
Tommy Dreamer pinned Eric Escobar
If Mr. FCW wins, Gabriel get reinstated, if Mr. FCW loses, Gabriel is fired from FCW: Mr FCW (Gabriel in a mask) won by DQ over Eli Cottonwood
Skip Sheffield, Johnny Prime, & Joe Hennig defeated Heath Slater, Vance Archer, & Michael Tarver when Sheffield pinned Slater
FCW Heavyweight Title Match: Justin Angel pinned Curt Hawkins
Notes about the show:
- Wes Brisco was helping on the production crew with a cast on his left arm
- During the 2nd week of tapings, there was a live "Abraham Washington Show" featuring Aksana that also involved Eli Cottonwood & Gabriel (who was posing as an audience member)
- Prior to the show, there was an autograph session Tommy Dreamer & WWE Hall Of Famer, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
- FCW Diva Penny Cash served as the ring announcer for the evening
- There was no acknowledgment to the live audience of the severity of the injury to Duke Rotundo last week, but he did not appear at the tapings
- In addition to Duke Rotundo, also noticeably absent from the tapings were Alex Riley & Dawson Alexander