FCW Watch (September 25th, 2011): Aksana vs. Audrey Marie
Welcome to another much anticipated FCW Watch!~ This week, we have a rematch from two episodes prior between Aksana and Audrey Marie, only this time, the FCW Divas Championship will be on the line. On top of that, Caylee Turner (Christina Crawford) joins the Commentary team, and we see the first promo from Raquel Diaz‘s new stable the Ascension as well, which continues to strike fear and excitement in all who witness it.
Without any further ado…Let’s begin.
(Skip to 6:05)
The plucky theme music of our challenger hits, as Audrey Marie enters the arena. Eden Stiles announces the following contest as being a Championship match, as we are introduced to fellow diva, Caylee Turner, joining the announce desk to scout the upcoming competition. They head to a recap of the events from two weeks ago leading up to tonight’s match, as Aksana (complete with espionage like theme) makes her grand entrance and things get underway.
The bell sounds as the referee raises the title up for all to see. The two look to lock up, but Aksana kicks Audrey in the stomach off the bat. She drags the perky cowgirl over to the corner but Audrey blocks it with her boot and takes Aksana to the limit with a head slam to the turnbuckle. She goes to Irish Whip Aksana, but the black haired beauty reverses it and sends Audrey flying into the ropes. She comes back with a kick to the face, following up with a clothesline, and then a hip toss to send the Champion down.
Audrey kicks Aksana in the stomach and hits a suplex positioned bodyslam for a two count. Audrey goes to punch Aksana in the face but she blocks it, and then Aksana looks to do the same, only Audrey blocks it as well and finally connects with the punch to our Champion. Audrey charges into the corner, but Aksana lifts her over the top ropes, as Caylee Turner compares Aksana’s newfound attitude to that of a “mean jellybean” which has completely forced me to pause this and take a moment to chuckle.
As I press play, we return to see Audrey Marie on the ring apron. She punches Aksana in the face and headbutts her in the stomach. From there, she looks to flip over the top rope, but Aksana shoves her off mid move and she collides face first with the ring apron! Audrey tries to recover, as Aksana slams her face into the ring apron and chops at her. After a head slam, she covers for only a one count. Aksana applies a choke hold to the throat of the challenger, as Caylee Turner seems to be in shock that William Regal does not like a manipulative woman.
Back to the action, Aksana tells everybody to shut up, as Audrey could use all the support she can get. Aksana takes control and slams the challenger’s head down, before reverting back to the hold that got her to where she is.
The two finally reach a vertical base, as Aksana takes control with a sick kick combo to send Audrey back down. She drags Marie back to the center of the ring and covers, but only for a two count. Audrey goes towards the ropes to aid her in getting to her feet, but Aksana takes control applying both of her legs to the back in a choke. She slams Audrey backwards onto the ring canvas, before locking in a headlock and dropping an elbow. She covers for a near fall! The champion follows up with a nice suplex, looking to follow up with another…but Audrey slips through the legs and escapes!
Audrey rolls Aksana up out of nowhere! One…Two…NO! Aksana kicks Audrey back, and then delivers a nasty boot to the stomach. She then flies off the ropes and manages to slide through a clothesline attempt from the challenger, before kicking Audrey in the stomach and sending her into the ropes. She goes for the Devo Drop…but Audrey reverses into a small package!
One…
Two…
THREE!
Audrey Marie has just become the FCW Divas Champion! The crowd celebrates Audrey’s victory as Aksana heads to the back in defeat. They then proceed to recap the final events of the match, as we head to an amazingly done video promo from Raquel Diaz, Kenneth Cameron, Tito Colon, and former NXT Rookie, Conor O’Brian, who have all been recruited by Ricardo Rodriguez to form The Ascension!~
The group is seen standing on a roof top in pure darkness, as they speak the following:
“As the great Phoenix emerges…”
(I’m not fluent in Spanish, sorry folks)
“The fifth dimension means we’re strolling through the gates of heaven”
“Tides are turning….”
“We are the Ascension…and We…Will…Rise!”
As this video comes to a close, we head to the back now with Briley Pierce standing by with the former FCW Divas Champion, Aksana. As the dark haired diva begins to sob uncontrollably, she is approached by none other than the greatest wrestler to ever lace up a pair of boots, Husky Harris! Husky tells her that she got exactly was she deserved in the match with Audrey.
Husky goes to walk off, but Aksana stops him and begins apologizing for everything that has happened, saying she didn’t mean any of it. Husky begins to fall for her charms and in an attempt to calm her down, he brings her in for a hug. As the camera closes in on her face, we can see Aksana give us a devilish smirk, showing that nothing she just said was how she really felt. Will Husky be the next victim in her game of lies?!
Thoughts: Talk about a lot of action! Audrey Marie is coming along pretty quickly to me. If you look at those first two matches she had, compared to where she’s at now, it’s pretty cool to be able to see her improvement. With the diva pool so thin currently, I’m glad they decided to go with her and breathe some life into that title. She was the most logical choice to go with, and I’m hoping to see her have a good reign when it’s all said and done. The Ascension promo was phenomenal and I can’t express how much I want them on one of the main shows. They have all the makings of a great stable and I see nothing but great things for them in the future.
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stephenpwwe
September 26, 2011 at 8:29 pm
Who the hell is Audrey Marie ? and I can’t stand it when people win title’s with roll ups ….. but congrats I guess. Lol.
Blonde Bombshell
September 26, 2011 at 9:23 pm
i don’t know who she is either.
perceval
September 27, 2011 at 12:46 am
I’m guessing Aksana dropped the title because she’s moving into the Divas Division. They need somebody new to feed to Kelly, after all. Plus, this gave her practice with Kelly’s finisher.
In other words, get used to Aksana losing Championship matches via roll up. You’ll be seeing a lot of it.
K2Mark
September 27, 2011 at 6:55 pm
“Plus, this gave her practice with Kelly’s finisher. In other words, get used to Aksana losing Championship matches via roll up. You’ll be seeing a lot of it.”
Kelly Kellys finisher is called the K2 you idiot, that goes to all you other twits out there saying the same thing. Who ever used a roll up as a finisher move?! The hate is that blind from most of you you don’t even take the time to know her proper finisher move and make sarcastic comments about a roll-up she’s won 2 matches with…
WWFoverWWE
September 26, 2011 at 8:42 pm
They give championships to anyone these days don’t they?? The smart move would’ve been to give Audrey the crown and give the title back to Naomi, because we all know she won’t be debuting in WWE anytime soon
This Ascension group would’ve been a lot more intimidating had Raquel debuted in this segment, but since we’ve seen her roam around FCW being little miss sweetheart, it’s kind of hard to see her play this “evil” role all of a sudden
btw Aksana’s profile has been added to wwe.com
art
September 26, 2011 at 11:17 pm
aksanas profile has been their for afew weeks now.
WWFoverWWE
September 27, 2011 at 12:09 am
I think it was added last week because when she had a diva focus photoshoot, she still didn’t have a profile then
Jake
September 27, 2011 at 12:33 am
Her profile has been on the NXT section (along with all the other rookies from every season) since the site got revamped lol. It was just recently moved the the Smackdown/Divas section.
Raekon
September 27, 2011 at 4:19 am
Aksana, Maxine, Derrik Bateman, Titus O Neil and Percy Watchon already belong to the smackdown brand.
They all were in the last smackdown show around the ring in the beginning segment with mark henry and triple H. :)
WWFoverWWE
September 27, 2011 at 6:12 am
Aksana is on smackdown, but the rest are on NXT. But most likely they will go to smackdown after NXT finishes.
trishfan11
September 26, 2011 at 10:37 pm
I thought Audrey did very well in the match considering that she’s only been wrestling for 5 months now. There is a distinct improvement in her wrestling in each of the matches she has had. Of course, she may have won the title a bit earlier than she should have but I’m not complaining (because I love Audrey). Does anyone know if Audrey is on twitter or Facebook?
The Ascension promo was good. Wish they had a segment or something. I would like to see more of Raquel – a match, segment, interview anything to see how well she can stand out as a character.
iLUVwrestlingValets
September 26, 2011 at 10:42 pm
Audrey really has improved very fast and Aksana is going to be certified gold on the main roster. BTW are they ever going to let Eden Stiles wrestle, i really dont want her to fall into that female ring annoucer category, because we all know what has happened to the rest of them in the past.
SherriShepherdWWE
September 26, 2011 at 10:51 pm
i thought this was a very good match, and wow has Audrey ever Improved since the first time we seen her, she stills need work obviously but talk about coming along nicely and i really like Aksana mean character
This Ascension group, talk about I WANT ON THE MAIN ROSTER NOW lol, is looks so good and like if it is built up right, will be, and I like that they have Raquel in it, I hope she wrestles soon so we can see how she is coming along with wrestling, since almost begin in it a year now
bananaleaf24
September 26, 2011 at 11:02 pm
HARDCORE COUNTRY!!!!
not.
art
September 26, 2011 at 11:17 pm
Audrey Marie is massively sloppy…glad this is fcw because she’d get booooo’ed…even thou aksana did all the work in that roll up,still congrats to audrey..
cant wait till aksana wrestles on smackdown shes become so solid in the ring lately..
French.One
September 26, 2011 at 11:18 pm
Roll up for victory, a tribute to Kelly !
All these divas still need work btw …
Jake
September 27, 2011 at 12:37 am
I have no idea what you guys are watching. I thought this match was pretty good considering you have a girl in there who has only been training for a hand full of months.
ahlanthony
September 27, 2011 at 1:47 am
It was a good match! I also lobve the ascencion’s promo tho I wish raquel wrestle for that title too.
ClassicKellyEve
September 27, 2011 at 1:48 am
Don’t be so hard on Audrey, she’s just trained for like…. 2/3 months people. (at least she can run the rope well). And the devo drop reversal looks like a DDT for me. She should use that move as her finisher. btw congrats to her!
LadyGoDiva
September 27, 2011 at 4:01 am
I hope that Audrey improves more in the ring now that she is champion as for the match Aksana really dominated in the match.
Raekon
September 27, 2011 at 4:20 am
Aksana carried the match well and Audrey sold most of it good too.
It was normal that they will end up with a roll up but it wasat least well placed.
Good job on both girls!