The FCW Florida Tag Team Championship[4] was a professional wrestling tag team championship owned and promoted by Florida Championship Wrestling, (FCW), a former developmental territory of WWE. It was contested for in their tag team division. The championship was created and debuted on February 23, 2008 at a FCW house show.[3]
| FCW Florida Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||
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 Joe Hennig as champion in 2010 | |||||||||||||
| Details | |||||||||||||
| Promotion | Florida Championship Wrestling | ||||||||||||
| Date established | February 23, 2008[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | August 14, 2012 | ||||||||||||
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The first champions were The Puerto Rican Nightmares (Eddie Colón and Eric Pérez) who won a one night tag team tournament by defeating Steve Lewington and Heath Miller in the finals to become the inaugural champions.[3] In August 2012, the championship was retired when FCW was closed and the NXT brand was created, being replaced by in favor with NXT Tag Team Championship in early 2013 with Rick Victor and Brad Maddox becoming the final champions after defeating CJ Parker and Jason Jordan on July 28, 2012 in Melbourne, Florida, to win the titles.
Overall, there were 26 different championship teams, and 45 individual champions with the tag team of The Puerto Rican Nightmares (Eddie Colón and Eric Pérez) holding the most reigns at three. Joe Hennig/Michael McGillicutty, hold most reigns by a single competitor, with four. Johnny Curtis and Tyler Reks hold the longest reign at 140 days, in addition, Curtis holds the longest combined reign individually at 224 days. Justin Gabriel and Kris Logan have the shortest reign as a team at less than one day, due to them winning and losing the titles during the same FCW television taping event.
Reigns
edit| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | The Puerto Rican Nightmares (Eddie Colón and Eric Pérez) |
February 23, 2008 | Live event | Port Richey, FL | 1 | 29 | Defeated Steve Lewington and Heath Miller in the finals of a one-night tournament to become the first champions. | [3][4] |
| 2 | Brad Allen and Nic Nemeth | March 23, 2008 | Live event | Port Richey, FL | 1 | 23 | [1][4][5] | |
| 3 | The Puerto Rican Nightmares (Eddie Colón and Eric Pérez) |
April 15, 2008 | Live event | Port Richey, FL | 2 | 22 | Won the titles by disqualification in a match where the title could change hands in case of a disqualification. | [1][2][4][5] |
| 4 | The Empire (Drew McIntyre and Stu Sanders) |
May 6, 2008 | Live event | Port Richey, FL | 1 | 66 | [1][2][4][5] | |
| 5 | Gabe Tuft and Joe Hennig | July 12, 2008 | Live event | Port Richey, FL | 1 | 3 | [6] | |
| 6 | The Empire (Drew McIntyre and Stu Sanders) |
July 15, 2008 | Live event | Port Richey, FL | 2 | 2 | [1][2][4][5] | |
| 7 | The Puerto Rican Nightmares (Eddie Colón and Eric Pérez) |
July 17, 2008 | Live event | Tampa, FL | 3 | 30 | [1][4][5] | |
| 8 | Gavin Spears and Nic Nemeth | August 16, 2008 | Live event | New Port Richey, FL | 1 (1, 2) |
26 | This was a three–way match, also involving Scotty Goldman and Kafu. | [1][2][4][5] |
| 9 | Heath Miller/Sebastian Slater[Note 1] and Joe Hennig | September 11, 2008 | Live event | Tampa, FL | 1 (1, 2) |
49 | [1][4][5] | |
| 10 | Next Generation Hart Foundation (DH Smith and TJ Wilson) |
October 30, 2008 | Live event | Tampa, FL | 1 | 42 | [1][2][4][5] | |
| 11 | Johnny Curtis and Tyler Reks | December 11, 2008 | FCW | Tampa, FL | 1 (1, 2) |
140 | [1][2][4][5] | |
| 12 | The Dude Busters (Caylen Croft and Trent Barreta) |
April 30, 2009 | FCW | Tampa, FL | 1 | 84 | [1][4][5] | |
| 13 | Justin Gabriel and Kris Logan | July 23, 2009 | FCW | Tampa, FL | 1 | <1 | [1][4][5] | |
| 14 | The Rotundos (Bo Rotundo and Duke Rotundo) |
July 23, 2009 | FCW | Tampa, FL | 1 | 119 | [1][4][5] | |
| 15 | The Dude Busters (Caylen Croft, Trent Barreta and Curt Hawkins) |
November 19, 2009 | FCW | Tampa, FL | 1 (2, 2, 1) |
56 | Hawkins and Croft won the titles. Defended by any two members under the Freebird Rule. | [1][4][5][7] |
| 16 | The Fortunate Sons (Joe Hennig and Brett DiBiase) |
January 14, 2010 | FCW | Tampa, FL | 1 (3, 1) |
58 | Defeated Caylen Croft and Trent Barreta. | [1][4][5][8] |
| 17 | The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jules/Jey Uso)[Note 2] |
March 13, 2010 | Live event | Crystal River, FL | 1 | 82 | [4][9] | |
| 18 | Los Aviadores (Epico and Hunico) |
June 3, 2010 | Live event | Tampa, FL | 1 | 42 | [4][10] | |
| 19 | Kaval and Michael McGillicutty | July 15, 2010 | Live event | Tampa, FL | 1 (1, 4) |
1 | [4][11] | |
| 20 | Los Aviadores (Epico and Hunico) |
July 16, 2010 | Live event | Sebring, FL | 2 | 28 | [4][12] | |
| 21 | Derrick Bateman and Johnny Curtis | August 12, 2010 | FCW | Tampa, FL | 1 (1, 2) |
84 | This was a three–way match, also involving Brodus Clay and Donny Marlow. | [4] |
| 22 | Wes Brisco and Xavier Woods | November 4, 2010 | FCW | Tampa, FL | 1 | 27 | [4] | |
| — | Vacated | December 1, 2010 | Live event | Tampa, FL | — | — | Wes Brisco and Xavier Woods were stripped of the titles after Brisco was sidelined with an injury. | [13] |
| 23 | Damien Sandow and Titus O'Neil | December 3, 2010 | Live event | Plant City, FL | 1 | 112 | Defeated Mason Ryan and Xavier Woods to win the vacant titles. | [4] |
| 24 | Richie Steamboat and Seth Rollins | March 25, 2011 | Live event | Miami, FL | 1 | 48 | [14] | |
| 25 | Big E Langston and Calvin Raines | May 12, 2011 | FCW | Tampa, FL | 1 | 70 | ||
| 26 | CJ Parker and Donnie Marlow | July 21, 2011 | FCW | Tampa, FL | 1 | 105 | ||
| 27 | Brad Maddox and Briley Pierce | November 3, 2011 | FCW | Tampa, FL | 1 | 91 | ||
| — | Vacated | February 2, 2012 | FCW | Tampa, FL | — | — | Titles vacated due to Pierce's leg injury. | [13] |
| 28 | The Rotundos (Bo Rotundo and Husky Harris) |
February 2, 2012 | FCW | Tampa, FL | 2 | 42 | Defeated Brad Maddox and Eli Cottonwood to win the vacant titles. | [15] |
| 29 | Corey Graves and Jake Carter | March 15, 2012 | FCW | Tampa, FL | 1 | 93 | [16] | |
| 30 | Leakee and Mike Dalton | June 15, 2012 | Live event | Palatka, FL | 1 | 28 | [17][18] | |
| 31 | CJ Parker and Jason Jordan | July 13, 2012 | Live event | Punta Gorda, FL | 1 (2, 1) |
15 | [19][20] | |
| 32 | Brad Maddox and Rick Victor | July 28, 2012 | Live event | Melbourne, FL | 1 (2, 1) |
17 | [21][22][23] | |
| — | Deactivated | August 14, 2012 | — | Tampa, FL | — | — | Titles retired when FCW closed down. | |
Combined reigns
edit- By team
- By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Curtis | 2 | 224 |
| 2 | Bo Rotundo | 2 | 161 |
| Duke Rotundo/Husky Harris | 2 | 161 | |
| 3 | Gabe Tuft/Tyler Reks | 2 | 143 |
| 4 | Caylen Croft | 2 | 140 |
| Trent Barreta | 2 | 140 | |
| 6 | CJ Parker | 2 | 120 |
| 7 | Damien Sandow | 1 | 112 |
| Titus O'Neil | 1 | 112 | |
| 9 | Joe Hennig/Michael McGillicutty | 4 | 111 |
| 10 | Brad Maddox | 2 | 108 |
| 11 | Donnie Marlow | 1 | 105 |
| 12 | Corey Graves | 1 | 93 |
| Jake Carter | 1 | 93 | |
| 13 | Briley Pierce | 1 | 91 |
| 14 | Derrick Bateman | 1 | 84 |
| 15 | Jimmy Uso | 1 | 82 |
| Jules/Jey Uso | 1 | 82 | |
| 17 | Eddie Colón | 3 | 80 |
| Eric Pérez | 3 | 80 | |
| 19 | Drew McIntyre | 2 | 74 |
| Stu Sanders | 2 | 74 | |
| 21 | Epico | 2 | 70 |
| Hunico | 2 | 70 | |
| Big E Langston | 1 | 70 | |
| Calvin Raines | 1 | 70 | |
| 25 | Brett DiBiase | 1 | 58 |
| 26 | Curt Hawkins | 1 | 56 |
| 27 | Heath Miller/Sebastian Slater | 1 | 49 |
| Nic Nemeth | 2 | 49 | |
| 29 | Richie Steamboat | 1 | 48 |
| Seth Rollins | 1 | 48 | |
| 31 | DH Smith | 1 | 42 |
| TJ Wilson | 1 | 42 | |
| 33 | Leakee | 1 | 28 |
| Mike Dalton | 1 | 28 | |
| 35 | Wes Brisco | 1 | 27 |
| Xavier Woods | 1 | 27 | |
| 37 | Gavin Spears | 1 | 26 |
| 38 | Brad Allen | 1 | 23 |
| 39 | Rick Victor | 1 | 17 |
| 40 | Jason Jordan | 1 | 15 |
| 41 | Kaval | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Justin Gabriel | 1 | <1 |
| Kris Logan | 1 | <1 |
Footnotes
editReferences
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- ^ William, Beltrán (June 4, 2010). "Nuevos Campeones en parejas de FCW: Los Aviadores enmascarados, Hunico y Orlando Colón" (in Spanish). Super Luchas Magazine. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
- ^ Caldwell, James (2010-07-15). "WWE News: NXT Rookies win FCW tag titles at tonight's FCW TV taping". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ^ Beltrán, William (July 18, 2010). "l y Michael McGillicutty pierden los títulos – Los Aviadores siguen siendo los campeones en parejas de FCW" (in Spanish). Super Luchas Magazine. Archived from the original on July 22, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
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- ^ "6/20 FCW results Orlando, Fla.: DiBiase appearance & health update, Tyler Black & Kings of Wrestling in main event, Buggy Nova debuts, more (w/VIDEO)". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ "Leakee and. Mike Dalton win Fla Tag Team title tonight at live event in Palatka - @fcwwrestling". Florida Championship Wrestling. 15 June 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ "Fact, 3 years ago I was security in Punta Gorda for @CMPunk. Tonight I left the same building as 2 time FCW heavyweight champion!". Rick Victor. 13 July 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ "Big ups to new FCW tag champs @CjuicePARKER & @JasonJordanJJ. And even though he's a scumbag...new heavyweight champ @RickVictor69". Seth Rollins. 13 July 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ "8/1 FCW results Tampa, Fla.: Undertaker special appearance for WWE Developmental show, first NXT champion defends title in main event". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ "New FCW Tag Team Champions crowned". Wrestleview. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
Florida Championship Wrestling tweeted: Congratulations to @RickVictor69 (Rick Victor) and #BradMaddox- New FCW Tag Team Champions following Melbourne Event. Big Week in FCW check out the site!!
- ^ "Spacelord + space coast= 1/2 of your new FCW tag team champions! Nice job Maddox!". Rick Victor. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.