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Complete FCW TV Taping Results (SPOILERS)
Credit: Michael Spears and Pwinsider.com
Dark Match:
* Wes Brisco pinned Donny Marlow with a roll-up
Episode 54:
* Brett DiBiase pinned Dylan Klein with a roll-up The Dudebusters (Trent Beretta & Caylen Croft) defeated FCW Tag Team Champions Bo & Duke Rotundo in a non-title match when they hit a double DDT on Duke
* The Abraham Washington Show featured the announcement of a 30:00 best two of three falls title match between FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion Heath Slater and Justin Angel
* WWE Hall of Famer Howard Finkel was announced as the special guest ring announcer
* Justin Angel defeated FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion Heath Slater to win the championship. Slater won the first fall at around 24:00 with a backslide. Angel won the second fall at around 4:00 when he blocked a sunset flip and hooked Slater’s legs for the pin. Angel won the third and decisive fall with seconds remaining by hitting the 450.
Episode 55:
* WWE Hall of Famer Howard Finkel was announced as the special guest ring announcer
* Gabriel pinned Alex Riley after hitting The Recommendation
* Yoshi Tatsu pinned Curt Hawkins following a kick to the head
* FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion Justin Angel did an in-ring talking segment where he thanked the fans for supporting his title dreams. Slater came out and attacked Angel. Angel ended up getting the better of it and hit the 450 splash on Slater.
* Queen of FCW Mia Mancini (the former Serena Mancini and Serena Deeb) defeated Savannah after hitting the dominator to keep her crown
* Tyler Reks pinned Vance Archer following a standing elbow drop
* Johnny Curtis won a triple threat match against Johnny Prime and Joe Hennig when he pinned Prime following a top rope leg drop
Episode 56:
* Skip Sheffield pinned Jimmy Uso
* Dylan Klein & Curt Hawkins beat Joe Hennig & Johnny Curtis when they pinned Hennig after Curtis dropped walked out on Joe
* Vance Archer was the guest on the Abraham Washington show. Washington told Archer that he disappointed by losing to Reks and then Archer said he wanted a title shot. This brought out FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion Justin Angel who was followed by Heath Slater. A fight between the three ensued.
* Michael Tarver pinned Gabriel after Gabriel was distracted by Alex Riley
* Queen of FCW Mia Mancini defeated Tiffany after hitting the dominator to keep her crown
* WWE Hall of Famer Howard Finkel was announced as the special guest ring announcer
* WWE Smackdown Superstar R Truth defeated Sheamus
Notes:
* Arn Anderson, R Truth and Howard Finkel signed autographs for the fans before the show.
* Being able to hear Howard Finkel announce a new champion was the highlight of the night for many diehards.
* The crowd (especially the ladies) went nuts when Angel pinned Slater to win the championship. Steve Keirn even came out and applauded the wrestlers for their performances.
* The finish to the Reks-Archer match looked screwy with Archer kicking out as the referee counted his shoulders down
* There is no apparent reason for why Johnny Curtis walked out on Joe Hennig.
* Tiffany might have injured her left wrist taking the dominator from Mancini.
* R Truth did his usual ring entrance and was really over with the crowd.
* Sheamus also got a nice reaction from the crowd.
* Kris Logan was in attendance.