FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship

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FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship
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Mason Ryan as champion in 2010
Details
Promotion Florida Championship Wrestling
Date establishedFebruary 15, 2008 [1] [2]
Date retiredAugust 14, 2012
Statistics
First champion(s) Jake Hager
Final champion(s) Richie Steamboat
Most reigns Bo Rotundo/Dallas
(3 times) [1]
Longest reign Jake Hager
(216 days)
Shortest reign Bo Rotundo, Rick Victor and Leo Kruger
(<1 day)
Oldest champion Sheamus O'Shaunessy
(30 years, 318 days)
Youngest champion Bo Rotundo
(20 years, 254 days)
Heaviest champion Sheamus O'Shaunessy
(290 lb (130 kg))
Lightest champion Mike Dalton
(195 lb (88 kg))

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 is contested for in their heavyweight division. The championship was created and debuted on February 15, 2008, at a FCW house show. [1] [2]

Contents

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 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.

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
 1  Jake Hager  February 15, 2008 Live event Tampa, FL  1 216Hager 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  September 18, 2008 Live event Tampa, FL  1 84 [3]
 3  Eric Escobar  December 11, 2008  FCW Tampa, FL  1 77 [3]
 4  Joe Hennig  February 26, 2009  FCW Tampa, FL  1 21 [3]
— Vacated March 19, 2009———— Joe Hennig was forced to turn in his championship due to injury. [3]
 5  Drew McIntyre  March 19, 2009  FCW Tampa, FL  1 84Defeated Eric Escobar to win the vacant championship. [3]
 6  Tyler Reks  June 11, 2009  FCW Tampa, FL  1 63 [3]
 7  Heath Miller  August 13, 2009  FCW Tampa, FL  1 42 [3]
 8  Justin Angel  September 24, 2009  FCW Tampa, FL  1 175This was a two out of three falls match. [3]
 9  Alex Riley  March 18, 2010  FCW Tampa, FL  1 126This was a three–way match, also involving Wade Barrett. [3]
 10  Mason Ryan  July 22, 2010  FCW Tampa, FL  1 196This was a three–way match, also involving Johnny Curtis. [3] [4]
 11  Bo Rotundo  February 3, 2011 March of Champions Tampa, FL  1 <1 Norman Smiley was the special guest referee. [3]
 12  Lucky Cannon  February 3, 2011 March of Champions Tampa, FL  1 105 Brett DiBiase was the special guest referee. [3] [5]
 13  Bo Rotundo  May 19, 2011  FCW Tampa, FL  2 105 Brett DiBiase was the special guest referee. [3] [5]
— Vacated September 1, 2011 FCW Tampa, FL ——The championship was vacated after Bo Rotundo was sidelined with an injury. [3] [6]
 14  Leo Kruger  September 1, 2011  FCW Tampa, FL  1 154This was a fatal–four-way match, also involving Damien Sandow, Dean Ambrose and Husky Harris. [3] [6]
 15  Mike Dalton  February 2, 2012  FCW Tampa, FL  1 21 [7]
 16  Leo Kruger  February 23, 2012  FCW Tampa, FL  2  <1
 17  Seth Rollins  February 23, 2012  FCW Tampa, FL  1  98
 18  Rick Victor  May 31, 2012 Live event Crystal River, FL  1  <1 [8] [9] [10] [11]
 19  Bo Dallas  May 31, 2012 Live event Crystal River, FL  3  43 [8]
 20  Rick Victor  July 13, 2012 Live event Punta Gorda, FL  2  7 [9] [12]
 21  Richie Steamboat  July 20, 2012 Live event St. Augustine, FL  1  25 [13]
—Deactivated August 14, 2012— Tampa, FL ——Title retired when FCW closed down.

Combined reigns

RankChampionNo. of
reigns		Combined
days
1 Jake Hager 1216
2 Mason Ryan 1196
3 Justin Angel 1175
4 Leo Kruger 2154
5 Bo Dallas/Bo Rotundo 3149
6 Alex Riley 1126
7 Lucky Cannon 1105
8 Seth Rollins 198
9 Sheamus O'Shaunessy 184
Drew McIntyre 184
11 Eric Escobar 177
12 Tyler Reks 163
13 Heath Miller 142
14 Richie Steamboat 125
15 Joe Hennig 121
Mike Dalton 121
17 Rick Victor 28

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