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This article is about the WWE developmental territory. For the promotion that operated from 1961-1987, see Championship Wrestling from Florida.
Florida Championship Wrestling
AcronymFCW
Founded2007
StyleProfessional wrestling
HeadquartersTampa, Florida
Founder(s)Steve Keirn
Owner(s)Steve Keirn
ParentWorld Wrestling Entertainment
WebsiteFCWwrestling.com

Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) is a professional wrestling promotion based on the former independent Championship Wrestling from Florida promotion, which operated from 1961 until 1987.[1] Currently, the promotion serves as the official developmental territory for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).[2][3]

History

The promotion, in its current form, was started by Steve Keirn in 2007[4] to be WWE's second developmental territory when they ended their relationship with the Georgia-based Deep South Wrestling in early 2007.[5] It became their sole developmental territory in early 2008 when they ceased affiliation with Ohio Valley Wrestling.[3]

FCW 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.[6] The next year the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship was introduced,[7] with Jake Hager becoming the first champion at a February 15 show after surviving a Battle Royal and defeating Ted DiBiase, Jr..[8] The FCW Florida Tag Team Championship was also introduced in February, with the Puerto Rican Nightmares (Eddie Colón and Eric Perez) beating Steven Lewington and Heath Miller to win it in the finals of a one night tournament.[9] The singles titles were later unified, keeping the "Florida Heavyweight" name.[10]

FCW currently runs shows every Tuesday at Bourbon Street nightclub,[11] as well as spot shows on other nights at other venues in and around the Central Florida area. Their weekly television program debuted on Bright House Sports Network as of October 5, 2008 and can be seen every Sunday night at 6:00pm.[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]

Champions

Championship Current champion(s) Date won Event Previous champion
FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship Drew McIntyre March 19, 2009 FCW Live Joe Hennig
FCW Florida Tag Team Championship Caylen Croft and Trent Beretta May 31, 2009 FCW Live Tyler Reks and Johnny Curtis

Defunct championships

Championship Champion Date retired Event Previous champion Notes
FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship Jake Hager March 22, 2008 FCW Live Heath Miller Unified with FCW Florida
Heavyweight Championship.[10]

Roster

FCW Superstars

Ring name Real name Notes
Abraham Washington Brian Jossie [13]
Agent D Michael Hutter [14]
Agent J Matt Walsh [15]
Agent T Tevita Fifita [16]
Aiden Frost Jason Elliott [17]
Alex Riley Kevin Kiley [18]
Alex Rotunda Windham Rotunda
Brett DiBiase Brett DiBiase [19]
Drew McIntyre Drew Galloway FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion[20]
Dylan Klein John Elliott [21]
Eric Escobar Eric Perez [22]
Fred Sampson Fred Sampson Yet to debut
French Man Deux Kristopher Pavone [23]
French Man Un Greg Marasciulo [24]
Joe Hennig Joe Hennig Inactive due to injury[25]
Johnny Curtis Jonathan Curtis FCW Florida Tag Team Champion[26]
Johnny Prime Jon Emminger [27]
Justin Angel Paul Lloyd, Jr. [28]
Kaval Brandon Silvestry Inactive due to injury[29]
Kip Christianson Chad Lail [30]
Kris Logan Brian Button [31]
Lance Hoyt Lance Hoyt Yet To Debut[32]
Lawrence Knight Stu Bennett [33]
Lennox McEnroe Byron Wilcott [34]
Mr. Tarver Tyrone Evans [35]
Ryback Ryan Reeves [36]
Sebastian Slater Heath Miller [37]
Sheamus O'Shaunessy Stephen Farrelly [38]
Sweet Papi Sanchez José Torres [39]
Tank Rotundo Taylor Rotunda [40]
Troy Jackman Ian Richardson [41]
Tyler Reks Gabriel Tuft FCW Florida Tag Team Champion[42]
Vic Adams Vic Adams [43]
Wes Brisco Wes Brisco [44]
Yoshitatsu Naofumi Yamamoto [45]

FCW Divas

Ring name Real name Notes
Beverly Beverly Mullins Also Valet of Alex Riley [46]
Jenny Cash Jenny Quinn Inactive due to torn ACL
Gloria Marie April Jeanette [47]
Rachael Lynn Rachael Carr wrestles 5 - 6 days a month
Serena Serena Deeb Yet To Debut[48]

Other on-air talent

Ring name Real name Notes
Angela Angela Fong Ring announcer
occasional wrestler
Queen of FCW[49]
Dusty Rhodes Virgil Runnels Play-By-Play commentator
WWE Hall of Famer
Byron Saxton Bryan J. Kelly Color commentator
occasional wrestler
Fletcher Chase Jason Garrison General Manager
occasional wrestler

Stables and tag teams

Team name Members Notes
Sheamus and Ryback Ryback and Sheamus O'Shaunessy
Le French Men French Man Un and French Man Deux

Tyler Reks and Johnny Curtis FCW Florida Tag Team Champions
The Secret Service Agent D and Agent T Managed by Abraham Washington[16]

References

  1. ^ a b "Florida Championship Wrestling unveils new arena in Tampa, Fla". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2008-07-07. Retrieved 2008-07-08. From the birth of the promotion in the 1960s, until 1987, "Florida Championship Wrestling" was regarded as one of the premier wrestling territories in the country...Florida Championship Wrestling is now an official developmental territory of World Wrestling Entertainment. FCW and the WWE are proud to bring back Florida Championship Wrestling.
  2. ^ "About page". Florida Championship Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2008-02-11. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  3. ^ a b "WWE Ceases affiliation with Ohio Valley Wrestling". WWE Corporate. 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
  4. ^ Fox, Geoff (2007-09-08). "Area Wrestling Will Continue Under A New State Banner". The Tampa Tribune. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  5. ^ "WWE ends relationship with DSW". WWE. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  6. ^ "FCW 2007 results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  7. ^ Wojcik, Alan J. "Results from Florida on 2/5". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  8. ^ Wojcik, Alan J. "Results from Tampa on 2/15". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  9. ^ Wojcik, Alan J. "Results from Florida on 2/23". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  10. ^ a b "FCW Southern Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  11. ^ "Events". Club Bourbon Street. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
  12. ^ Wrestling with the future (News report). Tampa, Florida: WTVT. 2007-12-06. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
  13. ^ "Abraham Washington". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  14. ^ "Derrick Bateman". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  15. ^ "Joseph Canterbury". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  16. ^ a b Csonka, Larry (2009-03-20). "FCW Taping Results (SPOILERS)". 411mania.com. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  17. ^ "Aiden Frost". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  18. ^ "Alex Riley". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  19. ^ "Brett DiBiase". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  20. ^ "Drew McIntyre". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  21. ^ "Dylan Klein". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  22. ^ "Eric Escobar". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  23. ^ "Caylen Croft". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  24. ^ "Trent Beretta". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  25. ^ "Joe Hennig". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  26. ^ "Johnny Curtis". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  27. ^ "Johnny Prime". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  28. ^ "Justin Angel". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  29. ^ "Kaval". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  30. ^ "Kip Christianson". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  31. ^ "Kris Logan". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  32. ^ Lowe, Phil (2009-04-27). "Former TNA star heading to WWE". iFight365.com. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
  33. ^ "Lawrence Knight". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  34. ^ "Lennox McEnroe". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  35. ^ "Mr. Tarver". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  36. ^ "Ryback". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  37. ^ "Sebastian Slater". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  38. ^ "Sheamus O'Shaunessy". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  39. ^ "Sweet Papi Sanchez". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  40. ^ "Tank Rotundo". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  41. ^ "Troy Jackman". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  42. ^ "Tyler Reks". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  43. ^ "Vic Adams". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  44. ^ "Wes Brisco". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  45. ^ "Yoshitatsu". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  46. ^ "Beverly". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  47. ^ Martin, Adam (2009-05-05). "WWE signs new developmental talent". WrestleView. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  48. ^ http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/stories/News_On_Christian_Backstage_TNA_Visitor_DeebW.shtml
  49. ^ "Angela". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
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