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FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship
Professional wrestling championship
Professional wrestling championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship |
| image | MasonRyan1.jpg |
| image_size | 220px |
| caption | Mason Ryan as champion in 2010 |
| promotion | Florida Championship Wrestling |
| created | February 15, 2008 |
| retired | August 14, 2012 |
| mostreigns | Bo Rotundo/Dallas |
| (3 times) | |
| firstchamp | Jake Hager |
| finalchamp | Richie Steamboat |
| youngest | Bo Rotundo |
| (20 years, 254 days) | |
| oldest | Sheamus O'Shaunessy |
| (30 years, 318 days) | |
| heaviest | Sheamus O'Shaunessy |
| lightest | Mike Dalton |
| longestreign | Jake Hager |
| ( days) | |
| shortestreign | Bo Rotundo, Rick Victor and Leo Kruger |
| ( |
(3 times) (20 years, 254 days) (30 years, 318 days)
( days) ([ The FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship was a [professional wrestling heavyweight championship owned and promoted by Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), a former developmental territory of WWE. It was contested for in their heavyweight division. The championship was created and debuted on February 15, 2008, at a FCW house show.
The first champion was Jake Hager who won a 23-man battle royal by defeating Ted DiBiase Jr. to become the first champion. 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 closed down and WWE created NXT as the new farm territory and replaced with the NXT Championship. The final champion was Richie Steamboat, who defeated Rick Victor to win the title.
Reigns
Over the championship's four-year history, there have been 21 reigns between 17 champions. Jake Hager was the inaugural champion. Bo Dallas, formerly known as Bo Rotundo, holds the record for most reigns at three times. Hager's reign is the longest at 216 days, while Rick Victor's and Rotundo's first reigns and Leo Kruger's second reign lasted less than a day. Sheamus O'Shaunessy is the oldest champion at 30 years old, while Rotundo is the youngest at 20 years old.
Richie Steamboat was the final champion in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Victor on July 20, 2012, and held it for 25 days until FCW closed on August 14.
Combined reigns
| Rank | Champion | No. of | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| reigns | Combined | |||||||||||||||||
| days | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 1 | 216 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 196 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 175 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 154 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 149 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 126 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 105 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 98 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 42 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 8 |
References
References
- "FCW Florida Heavyweight Title history". Wrestling-Titles.com.
- "FCW Results (2008)". Online World of Wrestling.com.
- "Champions roll call". Florida Championship Wrestling.
- Lansdell, Chris. (2010-07-23). "FCW Taping Results (SPOILERS)". 411Mania.
- Meltzer, Dave. (2012-02-02). "Two title changes at tonight's FCW tapings". [[Dave Meltzer#Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
- (June 20, 2012). "FCW Heavyweight Title Changes Hands Twice, Recent WWE Attendance and More".
- (17 June 2012). "Last night I had the world in my hands but it slipped through my fingers. A normal man would fall but this one will never stop rising". [[Rick Victor]].
- (16 June 2012). "Chaos in Crystal River tonight: Florida Title changes hands twice! Bo Dallas new Champion!!!!". [[Florida Championship Wrestling]].
- (13 July 2012). "Fact, 3 years ago I was security in Punta Gorda for @CMPunk. Tonight I left the same building as 2 time FCW heavyweight champion!". [[Rick Victor]].
- (13 July 2012). "Big ups to new FCW tag champs @CjuicePARKER & @JasonJordanJJ. And even though he's a scumbag...new heavyweight champ @RickVictor69.". [[Seth Rollins]].
- (21 July 2012). "Richie Steamboat Becomes New FCW Heavyweight Champion".
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