FCW Divas Championship
Professional wrestling women's 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.
The first champion was Naomi Knight who won an eight-woman tournament on June 10, 2010, by defeating Serena in the tournament finals. 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.
01Inaugural championship tournament (2010)
A tournament was held at the FCW television tapings from April to June 2010 to determine the inaugural champion.
02Reigns
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.
| 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. | |
| 2 | AJ Lee | December 16, 2010 | FCW | Tampa, FL | 1 | 112 | Aired on tape delay on January 23, 2011. | |
| 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. | |
| 4 | Audrey Marie | September 1, 2011 | FCW | Tampa, FL | 1 | 105 | Aired on tape delay on September 25, 2011. | |
| 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. | |
| 6 | Caylee Turner | June 29, 2012 | Live event | Melbourne, FL | 1 | 43 | ||
| , | Vacated | August 11, 2012 | , | Tampa, FL | , | , | Title vacated when Caylee Turner was released by WWE. | |
| , | Deactivated | August 11, 2012 | , | Tampa, FL | , | , | Title retired when FCW closed down. | |
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