Английская Википедия:Florida Championship Wrestling

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Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) was a professional wrestling promotion based on the former National Wrestling Alliance member promotion, Championship Wrestling from Florida, which operated from 1961 until 1987. From October 2007 to August 2012, the promotion served as the official developmental territory for WWE. In August 2012, WWE re-branded Florida Championship Wrestling into NXT for their developmental territory, with storylines and championships being discontinued.

In March 2020 a documentary was released on WWE Network titled A Future WWE: The FCW Story, about the professional wrestlers that came up through the FCW system.

History

The promotion was started by Steve Keirn in 2007 and became WWE's second developmental territory when they ended their relationship with the Georgia-based Deep South Wrestling in April 2007. It became their sole developmental territory in early 2008 when they ceased affiliation with Ohio Valley Wrestling.

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

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. The program's ending consisted of various clips from the ending of CWF's programs, featuring Gordon Solie's classic sign-off line "So long from the Sunshine State", accompanied by Solie winking one of his eyes and waving two fingers upward.

On July 17, 2008, the FCW Arena was officially opened, and included a taping of the debut episode of FCW TV.

On March 20, 2012, it was reported that WWE would cease operation at Florida Championship Wrestling; however, this statement was later refuted after Steve Keirn denied the claim. WWE Executive Vice President of Talent and Live Events, Triple H, stated WWE will be ramping up their development system, not shutting it down.

In August 2012, WWE dropped the FCW name, deactivated the titles, and began running all of its developmental events and operations under the "NXT Wrestling" banner. WWE had been using the NXT name for a television program featuring rookies from FCW competing to become WWE main roster wrestlers, though the reality television aspects of the show had been dropped earlier in 2012; WWE NXT now serves as the primary television program for the NXT Wrestling promotion.

Championships and accomplishments

FCW
Championship	Notes
FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship	Contested for in their heavyweight division
FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship	Retired after being unified with the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship
FCW Jack Brisco 15 Championship	Contested in 15-minute Iron Man matches
FCW Florida Tag Team Championship	Contested for in the tag team division
FCW Divas Championship	Contested for in the women's division
Queen of FCW	A crown was held by the title holder, rather than a championship belt that is primarily used in professional wrestling.

Notable alumni

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Alberto Del Rio

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Dean Ambrose

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Kofi Kingston

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Sheamus

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Wade Barrett

The following is a list of notable FCW alumni that were called to the main roster of WWE.

Ring name	Real name
AJ Lee	April Mendez
Aksana	Živilė Raudonienė
Alberto Del Rio	José Rodríguez
Alex Riley	Kevin Kiley Jr.
Alicia Fox	Victoria Crawford
Шаблон:Sortname	Tyler Kluttz
Шаблон:Sortname	Windham Rotunda
Шаблон:Sortname	Brianna Danielson
Brodus Clay	George Murdoch
Big E	Ettore Ewen
Camacho	Tevita Fifita
Cameron	Ariane Andrew
Cesaro	Claudio Castagnoli
Шаблон:Sortname	Brian Myers
Curtis Axel	Joseph Hennig
Шаблон:Sortname	Aron Haddad
Шаблон:Sortname	Bryan Danielson
Шаблон:Sortname	Frederick Rosser III
David Otunga	David Otunga Sr.
Dean Ambrose	Jonathan Good
Dolph Ziggler	Nicholas Nemeth
Шаблон:Sort name	Andrew Galloway
Epico	Orlando Colón
Шаблон:Sortname	Matthew Korklan
Ezekiel Jackson	Rycklon Stephens
Fandango	Curtis Hussey
Heath Slater	Heath Miller
Jack Swagger	Donald Hager Jr.
Шаблон:Sortname	Nathan Everhart
Шаблон:Sortname	Joshua Fatu
Шаблон:Sortname	Jonathan Fatu
Шаблон:Sortname	Yuvraj Dhesi
Justin Gabriel	Paul Lloyd Jr.
Kaitlyn	Celeste Bonin
Kofi Kingston	Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah
Maryse	Maryse Ouellet
Michael Tarver	Tyrone Evans
Naomi	Trinity Fatu
Natalya	Natalie Neidhart
Шаблон:Sortname	Stephanie Garcia-Colace
Paige	Saraya-Jade Bevis
Primo Colón	Edwin Colón
Шаблон:Sortname	Jesús Rodríguez
Шаблон:Sortname	Richard Blood Jr.
Roman Reigns	Leati Anoaʻi
Шаблон:Sortname	Milena Roucka
Rusev	Miroslav Barnyashev
Ryback	Ryback Reeves
Serena Deeb	Serena Deeb
Seth Rollins	Colby Lopez
Sin Cara	Jorge Arias
Sheamus	Stephen Farrelly
Шаблон:Sortname	Danielle Moinet
Tamina Snuka	Sarona Snuka-Polamalu
Шаблон:Sortname	Theodore DiBiase Jr.
Шаблон:Sortname	Thaddeus Bullard Sr.
Tiffany	Taryn Terrell
Tyler Reks	Gabbi Tuft
Tyler Breeze	Mattias Clement
Tyson Kidd	Theodore Wilson
Wade Barrett	Stuart Bennett
Yoshi Tatsu	Naofumi Yamamoto