| FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship | |
| Promotion: | Florida Championship Wrestling |
| Created: | February 15, 2008[1] [2] |
| Retired: | August 14, 2012 |
| Mostreigns: | Bo Rotundo/Dallas (3 times) |
| Firstchamp: | Jake Hager |
| Finalchamp: | Richie Steamboat |
| Youngest: | Bo Rotundo |
| Oldest: | Sheamus O'Shaunessy |
| Heaviest: | Sheamus O'Shaunessy |
| Lightest: | Mike Dalton |
| Longestreign: | Jake Hager (days) |
| Shortestreign: | Bo Rotundo, Rick Victor and Leo Kruger (<1 day) |
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]
The first champion was Jake Hager who won a 23-man battle royal by defeating Ted DiBiase Jr. to become the first champion. 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.
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.
| Rank | Champion | No. of reigns | Combined days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 216 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 196 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 175 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 154 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 149 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 126 | ||
| 7 | 1 | 105 | ||
| 8 | 1 | 98 | ||
| 9 | 1 | 84 | ||
| 1 | 84 | |||
| 11 | 1 | 77 | ||
| 12 | 1 | 63 | ||
| 13 | 1 | 42 | ||
| 14 | 1 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 1 | 21 | ||
| 1 | 21 | |||
| 17 | 2 | 8 |