FCW Divas Championship

The FCW Divas Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship owned and promoted by Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), a former developmental territory of WWE. It was contested for in their women's division. A tournament was held to determine the inaugural champion.

FCW Divas Championship
Raquel Diaz, the longest reigning FCW Divas Champion, pictured with the title belt on the right on her shoulder.
Details
PromotionFlorida Championship Wrestling
Date establishedJune 10, 2010[1]
Date retiredAugust 14, 2012
Statistics
First champion(s)Naomi Knight
Final champion(s)Caylee Turner
Most reignsall titleholders
(1 reign)
Longest reignRaquel Diaz
(197 days)
Shortest reignCaylee Turner
(43 days)
Oldest championAksana
(29 years, 343 days)
Youngest championRaquel Diaz
(21 years, 62 days)
Heaviest championAksana
128 lb (58 kg)
Lightest championAJ Lee
107 lb (49 kg)

The first champion was Naomi Knight who won an eight-woman tournament on June 10, 2010, by defeating Serena in the tournament finals.[1][2] There were six reigns shared between six wrestlers, and one vacancy. In August 2012, the championship was retired when FCW closed down in favor of NXT, WWE's new development system. The final champion was Caylee Turner, however due to her August 2012 release, the championship was already vacated when it was deactivated as a result of the re-branding. The title was replaced the following year with the NXT Women's Championship.

Inaugural championship tournament (2010)

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A tournament was held at the FCW television tapings from April to June 2010 to determine the inaugural champion.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Serena Pin
Aksana
Serena Pin
AJ Lee
AJ Lee Pin
Tamina
Serena
Naomi Knight Pin
Savannah Pin
Jamie Keyes
Savannah
Naomi Night Pin
Naomi Night Pin
Liviana

Reigns

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The inaugural champion Naomi Knight

Over the championship's two-year history, there have been six reigns between six champions. Naomi Night was the inaugural champion. Raquel Diaz's reigns is the longest at 197 days, while Caylee Turner's reign is the shortest at 43 days. Aksana is the oldest champion at 29 years old, while Diaz is the youngest at 21 years old.

Turner was the final champion in her first reign. She won the title by defeating Diaz on June 29, 2012, during a Live event, held and it for 43 days until her release on August 11. On the same day, the championship was retired due to FCW closing down.


Key
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  Naomi Knight  June 10, 2010  FCW Tampa, FL  1  189 Defeated Serena in the finals of an eight-woman single elimination tournament to become the inaugural champion. Aired on tape delay on June 20, 2010. [1][2]
 2  AJ Lee  December 16, 2010  FCW Tampa, FL  1  112 Aired on tape delay on January 23, 2011. [2][3]
 3   Aksana  April 7, 2011  FCW Tampa, FL  1  147 This was a title vs. title match, with Aksana's Queen of FCW title also on the line. Aired on tape delay on May 15, 2011. [2][4]
 4  Audrey Marie  September 1, 2011  FCW Tampa, FL  1  105 Aired on tape delay on September 25, 2011. [2][5]
 5  Raquel Diaz  December 15, 2011  FCW Tampa, FL  1  197 Making Raquel both Queen of FCW and FCW Divas Champion. Aired on tape delay on January 22, 2012. [2][5]
 6  Caylee Turner  June 29, 2012  Live event Melbourne, FL  1  43 [5][6]
Vacated  August 11, 2012 Tampa, FL Title vacated when Caylee Turner was released by WWE. [5][6]
Deactivated  August 11, 2012 Tampa, FL Title retired when FCW closed down.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Complete FCW Taping Results (SPOILERS)". 411mania.com. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Champions roll call". Florida Championship Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2011-01-02. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
  3. ^ "AJ makes FCW History". fcwwrestling.com. Archived from the original on 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
  4. ^ "Aksana becomes the FCW Diva's Champion". FCW Wrestling.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d "FCW Florida Heavyweight Title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  6. ^ a b "New FCW Divas Champion Crowned". Diva Dirt. Archived from the original on 2012-07-05. Retrieved 2012-06-30.