Taped at the Tampa Sportatorium and broadcast on ESPN Plus
LANCE RUSELL announces tat this saturday night in Toronto that the NWA will be holding the Royal Rumble extravaganza where the winner will be crowned the first NWA World Television champion!
FCW will hear from all three Royal Rumble participants throughout the show!
LANCE also talks about the 6 man ladder match that will be held to crown the first NWA World Super Junior Heavyweight champion and we will hear from the FCW entrant next!
LANCE also announces that today's main event will be a FCW TV title defense from newly crowned champion-BILL DUNDEE as he defends against the man he eliminated to win the title-GREG VALENTINE!
We next here from FCW 'S entrant for the ladder match this saturday night-ERIC EMBRY!
EMBRY:' this Saturday night I am going to shock the world and bring the World Super Junior title right back here to FCW!
NOW I KNOW THERE IS SOME TOUGH COMPETITION HERE BUT WHILE THESE GUYS ARE BUSY FLIPPITY FLOPPING AND RASSLIN AROUND, i'M GONNA DO WHAT I DO BEST AND THAT'S JUST BEAT THE HELL OUTTA WHOEVER i NEED TO...THEN CLIMB THAT LADDER AND BRING HOME THE OLD! cOUNTN ON IT!"
1st Match:THE FANTASTICS vs The MOD SQAD
The MOD SQUAD has the size and strength advantage but ROGERS/FULTON use their speed and great teamwork to overcome that disadvantage and get the win by FULTON hitting a sunset flip from the corner for the pin!
MANNY FERNANDEZ:" This saturday night is gonna be one helluva match and if there's one advantage i have is that i know a little something about being a world tv champion!
Now iot ain't gonna be easy but i wouldn' expect it to be...but when the dust settles,I plan on being the last man standing and being crowned the NWA World Television champion!"
2nd Match: "The Continental Lover" EDDIE MANSFIELD vs BARRY HOROWITZ
MANSFIELD is on his " A" game here and just wrestles circles around HOROWITZ!
He ends the match by pinfall after hitting a flying lariat!
During the match PERCY PRINGLE III came down to rinside to observe the match!
MAGNIFICENT MURACO :"Tomorrow Night it goes down..the Royal Rumble and it's gonna be one helluva match!
And i don't care what number I draw because when i enter i'm gonna do what I do best and that's be...MAGNIFICENT!"
3rd Match: BOOGIE WOOGIE MAN JIMMY VALIANT vs JIMMY BACKLUND
BACKLUND is quite confused to say the least at VALIANT'S unorthodox style!
After some usual goofiness,VALAINT ends things with the sleeper!
A happy VALIANT goes over to be interviewed by LANCE when all of a sudden he is attacked and layed out from behind by The HonkyTonk Man!
HTM shouts out about VALAINT being an enbarassment to the great state of Tennessee and HTM is gonna rid FCW of him!
4th Match: BLACKJACK MULLIGAN vs RON SHAW
These big men go at it and have one helluva fight but MULLIGAN is a bit bigger and meaner and takes control and ends thing with the claw!!
5th Match: MAGNUM TA vs TONY ZANE
ZANE is a big boy and gives TA some tense moments!
But TA perseveres and throws ZANE into the ropes and catches him on the rebound with the belly to belly for the pin!
MAIN EVENT
FCW TV Title Match
FCW TV Champ-BILL DUNDEE vs GREG VALENTINE
A great match up as GREG tries to be methodical in his approach!
DUNDEE counters with some speed,fists ,dropkicks,etc to keep VALENTINE on the defensive!
Before ya know it ,the 10 minute time limit has expired and the match is ruled a draw!
END OF SHOW!!
