Justin Gabriel VS Leo Kruger - FCW TV 27 June 2010 SA SHOWDOWN

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A pre-Nexus Justin Gabriel versus former tag team partner and rival Leo Kruger in their first FCW TV match against each other. Justin Gabriel represents Cape Town and Leo Kruger represents Johannesburg. This match aired on the 27 June 2010 episode of Florida Championship Wrestling TV.

Gabriel and Kruger have a long history together, growing up in the wrestling business during one of the best eras in South African wrestling and both having being trained by Gabriel's father, Paul Lloyd, Sr. (The Pink Panther). Since their debuts at the age of 16, they have forged tag allegiances and rivalries - from ASW (All Stars Wrestling) to IWF (International Wrestling Federation) to AWF (Africa Wrestling Federation) to WWP (World Wrestling Professionals), they teamed as "Pure Juice" and subsequently became fierce rivals in the name of competition and envy. Justin Gabriel was known as PJ Black while Leo Kruger started his career as Presley Jackson before becoming Ray Bourne and, eventually, Dameon Duke. Kruger would go on to become a WWP World Heavyweight Champion in 2007 while Gabriel became the first-ever WWP World Cruiserweight Champion in 2008. This is their first match against each other in several years; in 2006, following Gabriel's return to South Africa after a stint with FWA in the United Kingdom, Gabriel and Kruger competed against each other in a notable match at the Big Top Arena in Carnival City, Johannesburg. Of all their matches, though, Justin Gabriel has expressed publicly that his favourite match against Kruger (and his personal favourite match ever in South Africa) was in 2000 for Africa Wrestling Federation at the Parow Civic Centre, a match that has yet to be dug from the lost video archives of SA wrestling.

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Tags:

• Justin
• Gabriel
• Leo
• Kruger
• FCW
• NXT
• Nexus
• WWE
• Raw
• Smackdown
• PJ
• Black
• Dameon
• Duke

[Pulsacious]

16?!! It's illegal to train to be a Pro wrestler until your 18 in South Africa. -_-

[205043569]

@Pulsacious Nowadays, yes.

[shamashie]

Two South Africans in an American ring..... with a bit of Screamin Norman Smiley! Can life get better?

[shamashie]

And as usual, folks love the guy from Cape Town and hate the guy from Johannesburg. Too true

[thewrestler1985]

so leo kruger weighs 220lbs while justin gabriel weighs 228lbs

errmm..

[natureboyinyourface]

friends become foes.

[CC25Y]

@BrandiAndMegan2010 THEY'RE BOTH SOUTH AFRICAN

[DarkmatterDM]

@kruptj1

Both men debuted in their first ever match at 15 against one another.

[kruptj1]

Leo Kreuger was train by Justin's Dad

[BrandiAndMegan2010]

Love it! Justin Gabriel is the true South African.