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Former WCW superstar Stro “The Maestro of Wrestling” confirmed via his Facebook that his student KC McKnight has been signed to a developmental deal, after it was reported earlier in the week. “Congratulations to one of my finest students K.c. McKnight for signing a WWE contract recently. Very proud of him. He has worked hard  Continue Reading »

KC McKnight, a North Carolina wrestler, has been offered a three-year developmental contract with the WWE and was part of the company’s tryout camp last month. He has worked in the past for promotions such as Pro Wrestling Zero1 and has been someone on the WWE’s radar for the past year. Meanwhile, the company have  Continue Reading »

Matt Taven, a top-level independent star who has competed for companies such as Ring of Honor and Northeast Wrestling, where he held their World Championship, is in the process of signing a developmental deal with the WWE, this according to a report from Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com. Taven worked a dark match at a recent  Continue Reading »

For those who have asked and to clear up some confusion, there have been new talent debuting recently at Florida Championship Wrestling events, some of whom the live crowd are not familiar with and others who those attending are. – Luke Harper is the former Brodie Lee who has worked for various independent promotions such  Continue Reading »

WWE developmental superstar Bray Wyatt, also known as Husky Harris during his first time on WWE television, was diagnosed with a torn pectoral muscle and will undergo surgery, missing up to 6 months of in-ring action. Wyatt has noted that the injury won’t stop him from doing what he loves, however with his recent promos  Continue Reading »

Florida Championship Wrestling, the official developmental territory of the WWE, announced that they will be holding their annual tryouts from September 28th until October 1st, 2012 at the FCW Arena in Tampa, Florida. Full details on the tryouts is below: Annual WWE Clinic – Tryouts *Only camp for 2012* WHEN September 28 – October 1,  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent Florida Championship Wrestling live event. The event took place on June 29th, 2012 in Melbourne, Florida. Pre-Show In Ring Segment Colin Cassidy comes out to the ring and rips on the Melbourne crowd and says that it’s the worst part of Florida and then dances to N*Sync’s “Bye,  Continue Reading »

Florida Championship Wrestling superstar Bray Wyatt (formerly known as Husky Harris) appeared to suffer some sort of shoulder injury at last night’s FCW event in Melbourne, Florida in a triple threat match against Brad Maddox and Leo Kruger for the FCW Jack Brisco 15 Championship. Wyatt went down early in the match and was quickly  Continue Reading »

The FCW event at the Lance Armory in St. Augustine, Florida has been moved to Friday, July 20th. It’s original date was Saturday, June 30. The FCW event at the Volusia County Fairgrounds in DeLand, Florida has been moved to Sunday, July 15th. It’s original date was July 20. Go to http://fcwwrestling.info for more info  Continue Reading »

In what many may see as a possibility that The Undertaker will be appearing on the 1,000th episode of WWE RAW on July 23rd, WWE’s developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling sent out a press release noting that “The Demon from Death Valley” will be appearing at their event on August 1st in Tampa, Florida. UNDERTAKER  Continue Reading »

Florida Championship Wrestling Divas Champion Raquel Diaz (Shaul Marie Guerrero), the daughter of Vickie and the late Eddie Guerrero has become the longest-reigning Divas Champion in Florida Championship Wrestling history, passing the record of 189 days that was held by current WWE Diva Naomi, who is part of Brodus Clay’s back-up dancers. Diaz defeated Audrey  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent Florida Championship Wrestling live event. FCW’s Summer Slamarama Tour event took place on June 22nd, 2012 in Winter Haven, Florida. Singles Match Big E. Langston defeated Alexander Rusev. Tag Team Match Jason Jordan and Mark Harris defeated Erik Rowan and Luke Harper. Singles Match Dean Ambrose defeated Richie  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent Florida Championship Wrestling live event. The event took place on June 20th, 2012 in Orlando, Florida. Pre-Show In Ring Segment Prior to the show airing, during a fanfest, Damien Sandow’s music hit and he came out to a huge ovation and said that he is here as the  Continue Reading »

In an update on the changes to the developmental process, there are people who have been told that the developmental scene will be changing for the better, now that the roster has effectively become WWE NXT and that the developmental process will have a new structure and schedule in a way to present the developmental  Continue Reading »

The following video, courtesy of YouTube, features a promotional trailer for the new season of WWE NXT, which debuts next week. The new season will feature more on the Florida Championship Wrestling roster, with the tapings taking place at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida (just outside Orlando).

– As we noted previously on the website, former WWE NXT superstar Eli Cottonwood requested his release from the company recently and was let go as he has received a job offer outside the company and decided to take it up. He is said to be leaving the wrestling business entirely with no intentions of  Continue Reading »

Former WWE developmental trainer Tom Prichard has launched an official Twitter account at http://twitter.com/drtomprichard and is available for bookings for seminars at BookDrTom@aol.com.

Ring of Honor Wrestling stars Jimmy Jacobs and Matt Taven were at last night’s Florida Championship Wrestling television tapings. Taven wrestled a dark match prior to the tapings going over Aiden English, while Jacobs didn’t wrestle a match and may have had a tryout match prior to the doors opening.

The following results are from a recent Florida Championship Wrestling TV Taping. The taping took place on June 7th, 2012 at the FCW Arena in Tampa, Florida and will air on July 8th, 2012 at 6pm Eastern on the Bright House Sports Network. Florida Championship Wrestling is the official developmental territory of the WWE. FCW  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent Florida Championship Wrestling TV Taping. The taping took place on June 7th, 2012 at the FCW Arena in Tampa, Florida and will air on July 1st, 2012 at 6pm Eastern on the Bright House Sports Network. Florida Championship Wrestling is the official developmental territory of the WWE. FCW  Continue Reading »