WWE: 10 Things You Need To Know About Seth Rollins
7. He Was The First Ever NXT World Champion
The newly christened Seth Rollins had already accomplished great things in Florida Championship Wrestling by the time FCW was rebranded as NXT in August 2012, including becoming FCW 15 Champion and FCW Heavyweight Champion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfCjqzoZZRY Under NXT Commissioner and WWE Hall Of Famer Dusty Rhodes, Rollins won a Gold Rush Tournament to be crowned the first ever NXT World Champion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBeB_vRSfGM Rollins was still holding the title when he was called up to the big leagues in November 2012. Now things get confusing here, as NXT tape their television shows weeks in advance of their broadcast. Depending on your point of view, he either dropped the NXT title to Big E (Langston) in December 2012 or January 2013. Of course, along the way he had time to receive a little advice from the longest reigning WWE Champion of the last 25 years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCz7IEW-SZo
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