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FCW Closing Down !
Source: The Wrestling Observer
WWE officials notified Bright House Network Monday that they have opted to cease their affiliation with the Florida based sports network as they are shutting down Florida Championship Wrestling effective immediately. Florida Championship Wrestling programming, which was taped last Thursday in Tampa, Florida, will cease to air on the network in three weeks. Everyone involved with Florida Championship Wrestling will relocate to WWE’s homebase in Stamford, Connecticut until a further decision regarding the developmental program is made. WWE employees were given the impression that a developmental promotion will ultimately open in Connecticut with the possibility of a second at an undetermined location. The promotion was started by former wrestler Steve Keirn in 2007 to be WWE’s second developmental promotion when they ended their relationship with the Georgia-based Deep South Wrestling in early 2007. It became their sole developmental promotion in early 2008 when they ceased affiliation with Ohio Valley Wrestling. ![]() |
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#2 |
Doin' It Right
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Bummer
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Ninja Mod, Esquire
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I guess Chris Kassius Ohno Hero was right when he said he wouldn't be there long...
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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This is all Dean Ambrose's, and his lack of an actual Dean gimmick, fault.
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Last of a Dying Forum
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DSW, OVW, and now FCW?! WHEN WILL THE MADNESS END.
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They'll probably launch the new developmental show on the network whenever that gets going..makes sense to me.
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Ninja Mod, Esquire
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King K Cool
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Why not just get the FCW roster and put them on NXT and make NXT a development show around Connecticut?
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Embracing the deception..
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President of Freedonia
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Would be ecstatic if the new Connecticut-based developmental territory ran shows near me.
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The question I wanna know is, does Titan Towers have some sort of facility to get this up and running? Always thought it was just the corporate office building. |
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'12 Tipsters Champ!
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Heard OCW is in the race to be the new developmental territory for future WWE Superstars....
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#13 |
You know that’s right
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What if some FCW employee was the guy picking the names for new wrestlers? We'd all be like "woo hoo fuck that guy" right now.
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Taller than Adam Cole
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I know of a perfect Developmental Territory. Actually, I know of 2 perfect Developmental Territories.
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We will get a new development area and hopefully they will have it on the wwe network
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They're eating the dogs..
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Oh noes! I live not too far from FCW arena and thought about going once. Too many taco eaters that side of town though and I didn't want my car broken into.
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Inno Knows.
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I should tell my friend this if everyone moves to Stamford, he's got a warehouse gym a town over.
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I wonder if Booker T's school might get some of the talent and serve as a new training spot? Maybe that was part of what brought him back?
I hope they don't try to do some reality/wrestling show based on talent in development that isn't ready for the main roster. They should let them hone their skills and develop their characters/gimmicks behind closed doors instead of sucking ass on t.v. and crying about it. NXT is terrible to watch as is. No need to add another shit show. |
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Well, I guess its time for WWE to make OCW their new developmental territory, after all, arent they the future of wrestling?
Seriously tho, I hope they dont start giving people normal names |
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Samurai Rocker
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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Black Sheep Jew
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SUCK! I was heading there this summer while down in Florida.
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You can't teach that
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Stamford based training has pros and cons.
The Good is that they are right in Vinces backyard, meaning they will most likely work harder and not party their asses off like FCW has issues with, knowing the influence is so close. Kind of like Military bases in VA are stricter than the dicks in florida where is it lax as hell. the Bad is that there might be too much WWE influence. |
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You can't teach that
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I attribute it to the fact that "Big Brother" is closer and watching. WHen I was briefly stationed in FL, its just so different. People dress down, work short hours, sort of have a lax aura. In VA and DC you never know who is going to show up, or who is around. if you are at a command with Senior Leadership, you can bet your ass that people are walking around in dress uniforms. |
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You can't teach that
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Just shows you Jimmy Cornette was right. He has fucking RAILED Johnny L in shoots about screwing over OVW and bailing on them and DSW.
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Bye bye vanilla midgets.
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Doin' It Right
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Last of a Dying Forum
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At least Seth Rollins won the strap before the place closed.
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You can't teach that
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So I imagine the same would happen. With Vince right down the road, everyone would be on eggshells.
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I am the cheese
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i wish this news were true. it isnt tho, fcw isnt going anywhere.
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#32 |
I am the cheese
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expect a news report debunking this with in 24 hrs.
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#33 |
I am the cheese
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wwe.com has officially announced that this rumor is false for those playing at home.
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Formerly Fausto Carmona
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FCW Closing Down space exclamation point space
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President of Freedonia
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Triple H said that FCW isn't shutting down, but it was still implied that the developmental system (or at least part of it) will be relocating elsewhere.
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#36 |
I am the cheese
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looks like it will be going to stamford to film a TV show for the WWE network
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Resident drug enabler
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Yeah, it's on WWE.com. Not closing. Also, WWE doesn't actually OWN FCW do they?
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#38 |
I am the cheese
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Resident drug enabler
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I don't know. OVW is still hanging in there.
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TPWW's HHH Mark Since '04
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