Florida Championship Wrestling
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| Acronym | FCW |
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| 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 |
Official website FCWwrestling.com (inactive) : "FCW Entrance". Archived from the original on December 5, 1998. FCWwrestling.info (inactive) : "Florida Championship Wrestling". Archived from the original on June 28, 2009. |
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| Promotion | Florida Championship Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | January 13, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | August 14, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| First champion(s) | Seth Rollins |
| Final champion(s) | Brad Maddox |
| Longest reign | Seth Rollins (252 days) |
| Shortest reign | Brad Maddox (54 days) |
| Oldest winner | Damien Sandow (29 years, 50 days) |
| Youngest winner | Seth Rollins (24 years, 229 days) |
| Heaviest champion | Damien Sandow (252 lb (114 kg)) |
| Lightest champion | Seth Rollins (205 lb (93 kg)) |
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| Promotion | Florida Championship Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | June 26, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | March 22, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
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| First champion(s) | Harry Smith |
| Final champion(s) | Jake Hager |
| Most reigns | All Champions (1 reign) |
| Longest reign | Harry Smith (112 days) |
| Shortest reign | Jake Hager (unification) |
| Oldest winner | TJ Wilson |
| Youngest winner | Harry Smith |
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. From October 2007 to August 2012, 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.
The promotion was started by Steve Keirn in 2007 and became WWE's second developmental territory when they ended their relationship with the Georgia-based Deep South Wrestling in April 2007. It became their sole developmental territory in early 2008 when they ceased affiliation with Ohio Valley Wrestling.
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. The next year, the Florida Heavyweight Championship was introduced, with Jake Hager becoming the first champion at a February 15 show after surviving a Battle Royal and defeating Ted DiBiase, Jr.. 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. The singles titles were later unified, keeping the "Florida Heavyweight" name and championship.
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