Notes About The Show:
WWE Legend Arn Anderson did an autograph signing prior to the show
The show opened with a 10 Bell Salute in honor of Florida wrestling legend and WWE Hall Of Famer, Jack Brisco, who passed away on Monday February 1.
The ring announcer for the evening was ECW’s Savannah
Before the tapings, Arn Anderson address the crowd putting over the developmental system acknowledging that names like Kofi Kingston, Sheamus, Drew McIntyre, Jack Swagger , among others were walking down that FCW aisle every week and now we are watching the future of the WWE. The three Dudebusters (Beretta, Croft, & Hawkins) came to the ring bombarding Arn with a series of old age jokes and comments, and as they started to close in on Anderson, Justin Angel came in to the make the save. Arn then said he will make sure that he is the special enforcer for the main event of the evening. The match will be Curt Hawkins (with Croft & Beretta in his corner so he can keep an eye on them) vs Justin Angel for the FCW Championship.
The announce team for week one was ECW’s Byron Saxton & Wade Barrett. WWE Hall Of Famer "The American Dream " Dusty Rhodes returned to FCW announcer’s table for the first time since November 2009 replacing Barrett for week 2 and week 3.
The show opened with a 10 Bell Salute in honor of Florida wrestling legend and WWE Hall Of Famer, Jack Brisco, who passed away on Monday February 1.
The ring announcer for the evening was ECW’s Savannah
Before the tapings, Arn Anderson address the crowd putting over the developmental system acknowledging that names like Kofi Kingston, Sheamus, Drew McIntyre, Jack Swagger , among others were walking down that FCW aisle every week and now we are watching the future of the WWE. The three Dudebusters (Beretta, Croft, & Hawkins) came to the ring bombarding Arn with a series of old age jokes and comments, and as they started to close in on Anderson, Justin Angel came in to the make the save. Arn then said he will make sure that he is the special enforcer for the main event of the evening. The match will be Curt Hawkins (with Croft & Beretta in his corner so he can keep an eye on them) vs Justin Angel for the FCW Championship.
The announce team for week one was ECW’s Byron Saxton & Wade Barrett. WWE Hall Of Famer "The American Dream " Dusty Rhodes returned to FCW announcer’s table for the first time since November 2009 replacing Barrett for week 2 and week 3.
Everybody clearly brought their "A game" knowing that the are being looked at to be big part of WWE NXT. The Fatal Four Way truly stood out and was loaded with fantastic high spots and near falls.
Those noticeably absent from the show included Abraham Washington, Dawson Alexander, Derrick Bateman, Jillian Beyor, Titus O’Neill, & Tyler Reks
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
