Pro Wrestling Illustrated has published their Top 500 Wrestlers Of 2009. DJ Gabriel is included in the list coming in as number 182.
Match Number One: The Grand Royale Match
The rules of this multi level match is that it starts as a reverse battle royal with the wrestlers being given one minute to get into the ring. After that minute, it turns into a regular battle royal.
The wrestlers come to the ring. The bell rings and some men are in the ring, but most of them are fighting on the floor instead of trying to enter the ring. With 30 seconds left, there are about seven men in the ring. Time has run out on the first stage. The rest of the wrestlers go to the back.
After a frenzy in the last few seconds, the following wrestlers qualified for the next part of the match: Sweet Papi Sanchez, Gabriel, Dawson Alexander, Bo Rotundo, Joe Hennig, Ricky Ortiz, Justin Angel, Caylen Croft, Dylan Klein, Johnny Curtis, Yoshi Tatsu, and Vance Archer.
The second part of the match starts. Ortiz works on Hennig while Alexander and Gabriel work on Klein. Angel is on the apron but he rolls back into the ring. Bo Rotundo is eliminated by Sweet Papi Sanchez. Angel with a drop kick to Archer. Gabriel and Sanchez work on Ortiz while Archer, Hennig, and Alexander battle. Alexander with shoulders to Hennig in the corner. Sanchez with a forearm to Gabriel. Archer holds on after Yoshi Tatsu sends him to the apron. Yoshi with a kick that eliminates Archer. Alexander and Croft battle by the ropes. Gabriel is eliminated by Sanchez. Brisco eliminates Klein. Curtis and Angel eliminate Sanchez with a double clothesline. Curtis punches Hennig. Yoshi sends Ortiz over the top and he tries to skin the cat, but Angel with a drop kick that eliminates Ortiz. Curtis tries to eliminate Hennig and Hennig goes to the apron. Yoshi Tatsu is eliminated by Alexander.
We are down to the final five and they are Caylen Croft, Joe Hennig, Dawson Alexander, Justin Angel, and Johnny Curtis.
Alexander presses Angel out of the ring to eliminate him. Alexander with shoulder in the corner and then Curtis and Hennig go into the same corner. Alexander with an Irish whip to Croft while Curtis punches Hennig. Curtis tries to suplex Hennig over the top to the floor but Hennig with a suplex. We go to commercial.
We are back and Curtis tries to eliminate Hennig but Hennig holds on to the ropes. Croft has Alexander on the ropes but Alexander fights off. Alexander with a back elbow. Hennig rolls back into the ring. Alexander with a suplex to Croft. Alexander with an Irish whip and splash into the corner. Hennig has Curtis on the apron but Curtis holds on. Hennig tries to kick Curtis to the floor. Croft with forearms to the chest of Alexander and then Croft attacks Hennig. Alexander punches Croft. Curtis tries to throw Hennig over the top rope but Hennig holds on. Alexander slams Croft. Hennig fights to stay in the match. Alexander with shoulders in the corner. Croft eliminates Alexander and we are now down to three men. Curtis punches Hennig and then Croft attacks Curtis from behind. Hennig punches Croft and then Curtis with a spinning heel kick. Croft eliminates Hennig and then Curtis eliminates Croft to win.
Winner: Johnny Curtis

The official Florida Championship Wrestling website has updated their FCW Talent page giving Gabriel a new profile picture to go along with his new in-ring name, dropping DJ. You can view it in our gallery with the link provided below.- Gabriel pinned Espiral. After the match Gabriel cut a promo about wanting to become FCW Champion
