The following champion history features the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship.
Champion history[]
# | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes |
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1 | Jake Hager | 1 | February 15, 2008
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216 | Tampa, Florida | Live event | Hager 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. |
2 | Sheamus O'Shaunessy | 1 | September 18, 2008
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84 | Tampa, Florida | Live event | |
3 | Eric Escobar | 1 | December 11, 2008
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77 | Tampa, Florida | FCW TV Tapings | |
4 | Michael McGillicutty | 1 | February 26, 2009
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21 | Tampa, Florida | FCW TV Tapings | |
5 | Drew McIntyre | 1 | March 19, 2009
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84 | Tampa, Florida | FCW TV Tapings | Drew McIntyre defeated Eric Escobar in a singles match after Hennig was forced to turn in his title due to injury. |
6 | Tyler Reks | 1 | June 11, 2009
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63 | Tampa, Florida | FCW TV Tapings | |
7 | Heath Miller | 1 | August 13, 2009
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42 | Tampa, Florida | FCW TV Tapings | |
8 | Justin Angel | 1 | September 24, 2009
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175 | Tampa, Florida | FCW TV Tapings | This was a two out of three falls match. |
9 | Alex Riley | 1 | March 18, 2010
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126 | Tampa, Florida | FCW TV Tapings | This was a three-way match, also involving Wade Barrett. |
10 | Mason Ryan | 1 | July 22, 2010
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196 | Tampa, Florida | FCW TV Tapings | This was a three-way match, also involving Johnny Curtis. |
11 | Bo Rotundo | 1 | February 3, 2011
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0 | Tampa, Florida | March of Champions TV Taping | Norman Smiley was the special guest referee. |
12 | Lucky Cannon | 1 | February 3, 2011
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105 | Tampa, Florida | March of Champions TV Taping | Brett DiBiase was the special guest referee. |
13 | Bo Rotundo | 2 | May 19, 2011
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105 | Tampa, Florida | FCW TV Tapings | |
– | Vacated | – | September 1, 2011
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0 | Tampa, Florida | FCW TV Tapings | Title vacated after Rotundo was sidelined with an injury. |
14 | Leo Kruger | 1 | September 1, 2011
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154 | Tampa, Florida | FCW TV Tapings | This was a fatal–four-way match, also involving Dean Ambrose, Husky Harris and Damien Sandow. |
15 | Mike Dalton | 1 | February 2, 2012
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21 | Tampa, Florida | FCW TV Tapings | |
16 | Leo Kruger | 2 | February 23, 2012
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0 | Tampa, Florida | FCW TV Tapings | |
17 | Seth Rollins | 1 | February 23, 2012
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114 | Tampa, Florida | FCW TV Tapings | |
18 | Rick Victor | 1 | June 16, 2012
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0 | Crystal River, Florida | Live event | |
19 | Bo Dallas (formerly Bo Rotundo) |
3 | June 16, 2012
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27 | Crystal River, Florida | Live event | |
20 | Rick Victor | 2 | July 13, 2012
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7 | Punta Gorda, Florida | Live event | |
21 | Richie Steamboat | 1 | July 20, 2012
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25 | St. Augustine, Florida | Live event | |
— | Deactivated | — | August 14, 2012
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— | Tampa, Florida | Title retired when FCW became NXT Wrestling. |
List of combined reigns[]
Statistics correct as of March 19, 2024
† | Indicates the current champion |
<1 | Indicates the reign was less than 1 day |
Rank | Wrestler | # of reigns | Combined days |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jake Hager | 1 | 216 |
2 | Mason Ryan | 1 | 196 |
3 | Justin Angel | 1 | 175 |
4 | Leo Kruger | 2 | 154 |
5 | Bo Rotundo/Dallas | 3 | 132 |
6 | Alex Riley | 1 | 126 |
7 | Seth Rollins | 1 | 114 |
8 | Lucky Cannon | 1 | 105 |
9 | Sheamus O'Shaunessy | 1 | 84 |
Drew McIntyre | 1 | 84 | |
11 | Eric Escobar | 1 | 77 |
12 | Tyler Reks | 1 | 63 |
13 | Heath Miller | 1 | 42 |
14 | Richie Steamboat | 1 | 25 |
15 | Joe Hennig | 1 | 21 |
Mike Dalton | 1 | 21 | |
17 | Rick Victor | 2 | 7 |