The FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling heavyweight championship owned and promoted by Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW, now known as NXT Wrestling), a former developmental territory of WWE. It is contested for in their heavyweight division. The championship was created and debuted on February 15, 2008 at a FCW house show.[1][2]
The first champion was Jake Hager who won a 23-man battle royal by defeating Ted DiBiase Jr. to become the first champion.[3] On March 22, 2008, Hager defeated FCW Southern Heavyweight Champion Heath Miller to unify the two championships and retire the FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship. Bo Rotundo/Dallas holds the record for the most reigns with three reigns. Leo Kruger, Rick Victor and Bo Rotundo all hold the record for shortest reign, because all three have individually won and lost the title on the same day. Jake Hager holds the record for the longest reign (as an individual) with 216 days. In August 2012, the championship was retired when FCW was re-branded to NXT and replaced with the NXT Championship. The final champion was Richie Steamboat, who defeated Rick Victor to win the title.
Title history
Reigns
Reign |
The reign number for the specific champion listed |
Event |
The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands |
No. |
Champion[4][5] |
Reign |
Date |
Days held |
Location |
Event |
Notes |
1 |
Jake Hager |
1 |
February 15, 2008 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tampa, Florida |
Live event |
Hager defeated Ted DiBiase, Jr. after both were the two remaining superstars in a 23-man battle royal. On March 22, 2008, Hager defeated FCW Southern Heavyweight Champion Heath Miller to unify the two championships and retire the FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship.[3] |
2 |
Sheamus O'Shaunessy |
1 |
September 18, 2008 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tampa, Florida |
Live event |
[3] |
3 |
Eric Escobar |
1 |
December 11, 2008 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tampa, Florida |
FCW |
[3] |
4 |
Joe Hennig |
1 |
February 26, 2009 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tampa, Florida |
FCW |
[3] |
5 |
Drew McIntyre |
1 |
March 19, 2009 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tampa, Florida |
FCW |
Drew McIntyre defeated Eric Escobar in a singles match after Hennig was forced to turn in his title due to injury.[3] |
6 |
Tyler Reks |
1 |
June 11, 2009 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tampa, Florida |
FCW |
[3] |
7 |
Heath Miller |
1 |
August 13, 2009 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tampa, Florida |
FCW |
[3] |
8 |
Justin Angel |
1 |
September 24, 2009 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tampa, Florida |
FCW |
This was a two out of three falls match.[3] |
9 |
Alex Riley |
1 |
March 18, 2010 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tampa, Florida |
FCW |
This was a three–way match, also involving Wade Barrett.[3] |
10 |
Mason Ryan |
1 |
July 22, 2010 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tampa, Florida |
FCW |
This was a three–way match, also involving Johnny Curtis.[3][6] |
11 |
Bo Rotundo |
1 |
February 3, 2011 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tampa, Florida |
March of Champions |
Norman Smiley was the special guest referee.[3] |
12 |
Lucky Cannon |
1 |
February 3, 2011 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tampa, Florida |
March of Champions |
Brett DiBiase was the special guest referee.[3][7] |
13 |
Bo Rotundo |
2 |
May 19, 2011 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tampa, Florida |
FCW |
[3][7] |
— |
Vacated |
— |
September 1, 2011 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tampa, Florida |
FCW |
Title vacated after Rotundo was sidelined with an injury.[3][8] |
14 |
Leo Kruger |
1 |
September 1, 2011 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tampa, Florida |
FCW |
This was a fatal–four way match, also involving Dean Ambrose, Husky Harris and Damien Sandow.[3][8] |
15 |
Mike Dalton |
1 |
February 2, 2012 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tampa, Florida |
FCW' |
[9] |
16 |
Leo Kruger |
2 |
February 23, 2012 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tampa, Florida |
FCW |
|
17 |
Seth Rollins |
1 |
February 23, 2012 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Tampa, Florida |
FCW |
|
18 |
Rick Victor |
1 |
June 16, 2012 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Crystal River, Florida |
Live event |
[10][11][12][13] |
19 |
Bo Rotundo/Bo Dallas |
3 |
June 16, 2012 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Crystal River, Florida |
Live event |
[10] |
20 |
Rick Victor |
2 |
July 13, 2012 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
Punta Gorda, Florida |
Live event |
[11][14] |
21 |
Richie Steamboat |
1 |
July 20, 2012 |
Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
St. Augustine, Florida |
Live event |
[15] |
— |
Deactivated |
— |
August 14, 2012 |
— |
Tampa, Florida |
— |
Title retired when FCW became NXT Wrestling. |
Combined reigns
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.wrestlingnewssource.com/news/25697/Richie-Steamboat-Becomes-New-FCW-Heavyweight-Champion/
FCW Florida Heavyweight Champions
|
|