Florida Championship Wrestling




"FCW" redirects here. For other uses, see FCW (disambiguation).

For the middle and late 20th century NWA-affiliated promotion, see Championship Wrestling from Florida. For this promotion's eponymous television program, see FCW (TV series).












































Florida Championship Wrestling
Acronym FCW
Founded June 26, 2007
Defunct August 14, 2012
Style Professional wrestling
Headquarters
Tampa, Florida
Founder(s)
Steve Keirn, WWE
Owner(s) Steve Keirn
Parent WWE
Website FCWwrestling.com (inactive)
FCWwrestling.info (inactive)

Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) was a professional wrestling promotion based on the former independent Championship Wrestling from Florida promotion, which operated from 1961 until 1987.[1] From October 2007[2][3] to August 2012,[4] the promotion served as the official developmental territory for WWE. In August 2012, WWE re-branded Florida Championship Wrestling into NXT for their developmental territory, with storylines and championships being discontinued.[5]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Championships and accomplishments


    • 2.1 Queen of FCW


    • 2.2 Florida Heavyweight Championship


    • 2.3 Florida Tag Team Championship


    • 2.4 FCW Divas Championship


    • 2.5 FCW 15 Championship


    • 2.6 FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship




  • 3 Notable alumni


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





History


The promotion was started by Steve Keirn in 2007[6] and became WWE's second developmental territory when they ended their relationship with the Georgia-based Deep South Wrestling in April 2007.[7] It became their sole developmental territory in early 2008 when they ceased affiliation with Ohio Valley Wrestling.[3]




FCW's first logo (2007–2008)


FCW's debut show was on June 26, 2007 at Tampa, Florida's Dallas Bull. A 21-man Battle Royal was held during the show, to crown the first ever FCW Southern Heavyweight Champion.[8] The next year, the Florida Heavyweight Championship was introduced,[9] with Jake Hager becoming the first champion at a February 15 show after surviving a Battle Royal and defeating Ted DiBiase, Jr..[10] The Florida Tag Team Championship was also introduced in February, with the Puerto Rican Nightmares (Eddie Colón and Eric Pérez) beating Steven Lewington and Heath Miller to win it in the finals of a one night tournament.[11] The singles titles were later unified, keeping the "Florida Heavyweight" name and championship.[12]


On July 7, 2008, WWE confirmed that FCW was based on the original independent Championship Wrestling from Florida promotion, which operated from 1961 until 1987.[1] The program's ending consisted of various clips from the ending of CWF's programs, featuring Gordon Solie's classic sign-off line "So long from the Sunshine State", accompanied by Solie winking one of his eyes and waving two fingers upward.


On March 20, 2012, it was reported that WWE would cease operation at Florida Championship Wrestling; however, this statement was later refuted after Steve Keirn as well as WWE wrestler and Executive Vice President of Talent and Live Events, Triple H, denied the claim.[13]


In August 2012, WWE dropped the FCW name, deactivated the titles, and began running all of its developmental events and operations under the "NXT Wrestling" banner. WWE had been using the NXT name for a television program featuring rookies from FCW competing to become WWE main roster wrestlers, though the reality television aspects of the show had been dropped earlier in 2012; WWE NXT now serves as the primary television program for the NXT Wrestling promotion.[5]



Championships and accomplishments



Queen of FCW


The Queen of FCW title was a professional wrestling title contested for in the women's division of Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). A crown was held by the title holder, rather than a championship belt that is primarily used in professional wrestling.



Florida Heavyweight Championship


The Florida Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship contested for in their heavyweight division of Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).



Florida Tag Team Championship


The Florida Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling championship contested for in the tag team division of Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).



FCW Divas Championship


The FCW Divas Championship was a professional wrestling championship contested for in the women's division of Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).



FCW 15 Championship


The FCW Jack Brisco 15 Championship was a professional wrestling championship contested in 15-minute Iron Man matches. A medal was held by the title holder, rather than a championship belt that is primarily used in professional wrestling.


















FCW 15 Championship
Details
Promotion Florida Championship Wrestling
Date established January 13, 2011
Date retired August 14, 2012



















































Key
No.
 Overall reign number
Reign
 Reign number for the specific champion
Days
 Number of days held









































































No.
 Champion
 Championship change
 Reign statistics
 Notes
Ref.
Date
 Event
 Location
 Reign
 Days
 1
  Seth Rollins
  January 13, 2011
  FCW
Tampa, FL
  1
  252
 Defeated Hunico in the finals of the 'FCW 15' Jack Brisco Classic Tournament to become the inaugural champion.
 [14]
 2
  Damien Sandow
  September 22, 2011
  FCW
Tampa, FL
  1
  113
[15]
 3
  Richie Steamboat
  January 13, 2012
  FCW
Tampa, FL
  1
  160
 Steamboat defeated Damien Sandow, winning the bout 2 falls to 1.
 4
  Brad Maddox
  June 21, 2012
  Live event
Tampa, FL
  1
  54
[16]
—
 Deactivated
  August 14, 2012
 —
 —
 —
 —
 Title retired immediately when Florida Championship Wrestling was disbanded.


FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship


The FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship contested for in the heavyweight division of Florida Championship Wrestling. It was retired after being unified with the Florida Heavyweight Championship.


















FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion Florida Championship Wrestling
Date established June 26, 2007
Date retired March 22, 2008















































Key
No.
 Overall reign number
Reign
 Reign number for the specific champion
Days
 Number of days held































































































No.
 Champion
 Championship change
 Reign statistics
 Notes
Ref.
Date
 Event
 Location
 Reign
 Days
 1
  Harry Smith
  June 26, 2007
  Live event
Tampa, FL
  1
  112
 Won a 21-man battle royal to become the inaugural champion.
 [17]
 2
  Afa Jr.
  October 16, 2007
  Live event
New Port Richey, FL
  1
  46
 Declared winner when Smith could not make referee's ten count.
 [17]
 3
  TJ Wilson
  December 1, 2007
  Live event
New Port Richey, FL
  1
  17
 This was a ladder match.
 [17]
 4
  Ted DiBiase Jr.
  December 18, 2007
  Live event
New Port Richey, FL
  1
  32
[17]
 5
  Heath Miller
  January 19, 2008
  Live event
New Port Richey, FL
  1
  63
 Awarded title when partner Ted DiBiase Jr. was unable to defend it due to injury.
 [18]
 6
  Jake Hager
  March 22, 2008
  Live event
New Port Richey, FL
  1
  <1
Florida Heavyweight Champion Jack Hager defeated Heath Miller in a unification match to unify the two championships.
 [19]
—
 Deactivated
  March 22, 2008
 —
 —
 —
 —
 Title retired immediately after being unified with Florida Heavyweight Champion.
 [19]


Notable alumni





Alberto Del Rio





Dean Ambrose





Kofi Kingston





Sheamus





Wade Barrett


The following is a list of notable FCW alumni that have gone on to accomplished a name for themselves on the main roster of WWE.























































































































































































































































Ring name
 Real name

AJ Lee
 April Brooks[20]

Aksana
 Živilė Raudonienė[21]

Alberto Del Rio
 José Rodríguez[22]

Alex Riley
 Kevin Kiley Jr.[23]

Alicia Fox
 Victoria Crawford[24]

Cesaro
 Claudio Castagnoli[25]

Brad Maddox
 Tyler Kluttz[26]

Brie Bella
 Brianna Danielson[27]

Brodus Clay
 George Murdoch[28]

Big E
 Ettore Ewen[29]

Camacho
 Tevita Fifita[30]

Cameron
 Ariane Andrew[31]

Curt Hawkins
 Brian Myers[32]

Curtis Axel
 Joseph Hennig[33]

Damien Sandow
 Aaron Haddad[34]

Daniel Bryan
 Bryan Danielson[35]

Darren Young
 Frederick Rosser III[36]

David Otunga
 David Otunga Sr.[37]

Dean Ambrose
 Jonathan Good[38]

Dolph Ziggler
 Nicholas Nemeth[39]

Drew McIntyre
 Andrew Galloway[40]

Epico
 Orlando Colón[41]

Evan Bourne
 Matthew Korklan[42]

Ezekiel Jackson
 Rycklon Stephens[43]

Fandango
 Curtis Hussey[44]

Heath Slater
 Heath Miller[45]

Jack Swagger
 Donald Hager Jr.[46]

Jason Jordan
 Nathan Everhart

Jey Uso
 Joshua Fatu[47]

Jimmy Uso
 Jonathan Fatu[48]

Jinder Mahal
 Yuvraj Dhesi[49]

Justin Gabriel
 Paul Lloyd Jr.[50]

Kaitlyn
 Celeste Bonin[51]

Kofi Kingston
 Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah[52]

Michael Tarver
 Tyrone Evans

Naomi
 Trinity Fatu[53]

Natalya
 Natalie Neidhart[54]

Nikki Bella
 Stephanie Garcia-Colace[55]

Paige
 Saraya-Jade Bevis[56]

Primo Colón
 Edwin Colón[57]

Ricardo Rodriguez
 Jesús Rodríguez[58]

Richie Steamboat
 Richard Blood Jr.[59]

Roman Reigns
 Leati Anoaʻi[60]

Rosa Mendes
 Milena Roucka[61]

Rusev
 Miroslav Barnyashev

Ryback
 Ryback Reeves[62]

Serena Deeb
 Serena Deeb

Seth Rollins
 Colby Lopez[63]

Sin Cara
 Jorge Arias[64]

Sheamus
 Stephen Farrelly[65]

Summer Rae
 Danielle Moinet

Tamina Snuka
 Sarona Snuka-Polamalu[66]

Ted DiBiase Jr.
 Theodore DiBiase Jr.[67]

Titus O'Neil
 Thaddeus Bullard Sr.[68]

Tiffany
 Taryn Terrell

Tyler Reks
 Gabriel Tuft[69]

Tyler Breeze
 Mattias Clement

Tyson Kidd
 Theodore Wilson[70]

Wade Barrett
 Stuart Bennett[71]

Yoshi Tatsu
 Naofumi Yamamoto[72]



References





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External links




  • FCWwrestling.com at the Wayback Machine (archived December 5, 1998)


  • FCWwrestling.info at the Wayback Machine (archived June 28, 2009)










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