There were five fatal four-way matches, in which the winners were moved to the quarter final.
At New Blood Rising, Disqo refereed a fatal four-way match for the World Tag Team Championship, which KroniK won.
Kruger defeated Percy Watson to make it to the final, a fatal four-way match against Husky Harris, Damien Sandow, and Dean Ambrose.
On June 1, Mercedes defeated Alexxis, Barbie and Mistress Belmont in a fatal four-way match to retain the championship.
Even before the fatal match, she picks up a brimming bowl of soup and says a boxer's brain sloshes around in his skull just the way the soup does.
The rule came to an end on November 12 after Melody won the title from Deeb during a fatal four-way match.
Three weeks later, she competed in a fatal four-way match to determine the number one contender, but the match was won by James.
At the Fatal 4-Way pay-per-view in June, Eve lost the championship in a fatal four-way match, when Alicia Fox pinned Maryse to win the championship.
Hennig had another chance to win the title on December 11 when he participated in a fatal four-way match for the championship, but Eric Escobar won the match, and the title.
Mendez made her FCW debut at the August 14 television tapings under the name "April Lee" in a fatal four-way match won by Serena Mancini.