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Florida Championship Wrestling
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HeadquartersTampa, Florida, U.S.
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Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) was a professional wrestling promotion founded on June 26, 2007 and based on the former National Wrestling Alliance member promotion, Championship Wrestling from Florida, 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 folded FCW into their NXT brand, which began serving as their new developmental territory, with FCW storylines and championships being discontinued.[5]

In March 2020 a documentary was released on WWE Network titled A Future WWE: The FCW Story, about the professional wrestlers that came up through the FCW system.[6]

History

The promotion was started by Steve Keirn in 2007[7] and became WWE's second developmental territory when they ended their relationship with the Georgia-based Deep South Wrestling in April 2007.[8] It became their sole developmental territory in early 2008 when they ceased affiliation with Ohio Valley Wrestling.[3]

File:FCWLogo.jpg
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.[9] The next year, the Florida Heavyweight Championship was introduced,[10] with Jake Hager becoming the first champion at a February 15 show after surviving a Battle Royal and defeating Ted DiBiase, Jr.[11] 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.[12] The singles titles were later unified, keeping the "Florida Heavyweight" name and championship.[13]

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 July 17, 2008, the FCW Arena was officially opened,[14] and included a taping of the debut episode of FCW TV.[15]

On March 20, 2012, it was reported that WWE would cease operation at Florida Championship Wrestling; this claim was initially refuted by both Steve Keirn and WWE executive Paul "Triple H" Levesque, though Levesque noted WWE's developmental system would be "revamped".[16][17]

Five months later, WWE dropped the FCW name, deactivated the titles, and began running all of its developmental events and operations under the "NXT" 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. A revamped WWE NXT thereafter served as the primary television program for the new developmental brand.[5]

Championships and accomplishments

FCW
Championship Notes
FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship Contested for in their heavyweight division
FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship Retired after being unified with the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship
FCW Jack Brisco 15 Championship Contested in 15-minute Iron Man matches
FCW Florida Tag Team Championship Contested for in the tag team division
FCW Divas Championship Contested for in the women's division
Queen of FCW A crown was held by the title holder, rather than a championship belt that is primarily used in professional wrestling.

Notable alumni

Alberto Del Rio
Dean Ambrose
Kofi Kingston
Sheamus
Wade Barrett

The following is a list of notable FCW alumni that were called to the main roster of WWE.

Ring name Real name
AJ Lee April Mendez[18]
Aksana Živilė Raudonienė[19]
Alberto Del Rio José Rodríguez[20]
Alex Riley Kevin Kiley Jr.[21]
Alicia Fox Victoria Crawford[22]
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Script error: No such module "Sort". Windham Rotunda[24]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Brianna Danielson[25]
Brodus Clay George Murdoch[26]
Big E Ettore Ewen[27]
Cameron Ariane Andrew[28]
Cesaro Claudio Castagnoli[29]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Brian Myers[30]
Curtis Axel Joseph Hennig[31]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Aron Haddad[32]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Bryan Danielson[33]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Frederick Rosser III[34]
David Otunga David Otunga Sr.[35]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Jonathan Good[36]
Dolph Ziggler Nicholas Nemeth[37]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Andrew Galloway[38]
Epico Orlando Colón[39]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Matthew Korklan[40]
Ezekiel Jackson Rycklon Stephens[41]
Fandango Curtis Hussey[42]
Heath Slater Heath Miller[43]
Jack Swagger Donald Hager Jr.[44]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Nathan Everhart
Script error: No such module "Sort". Joshua Fatu[45]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Jonathan Fatu[46]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Yuvraj Dhesi[47]
Justin Gabriel Paul Lloyd Jr.[48]
Kaitlyn Celeste Bonin[49]
Kofi Kingston Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah[50]
Maryse Maryse Ouellet
Michael Tarver Tyrone Evans
Naomi Trinity Fatu[51]
Natalya Natalie Neidhart[52]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Stephanie Garcia-Colace[53]
Paige Saraya-Jade Bevis[54]
Primo Colón Edwin Colón[55]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Jesús Rodríguez[56]
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Roman Reigns Leati Anoaʻi[58]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Milena Roucka[59]
Rusev Miroslav Barnyashev
Ryback Ryback Reeves[60]
Serena Deeb Serena Deeb
Seth Rollins Colby Lopez[61]
Sin Cara Jorge Arias[62]
Sheamus Stephen Farrelly[63]
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Tamina Snuka Sarona Snuka-Polamalu[64]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Theodore DiBiase Jr.[65]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Thaddeus Bullard Sr.[66]
Tiffany Taryn Terrell
Tonga Loa Tevita Fifita[67]
Tyler Reks Gabbi Tuft[68]
Tyler Breeze Mattias Clement
Tyson Kidd Theodore Wilson[69]
Wade Barrett Stuart Bennett[70]
Yoshi Tatsu Naofumi Yamamoto[71]

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