▁and ▁signing ▁of ▁a ▁development al ▁contract ▁with ▁W WE , ▁at ▁which ▁point ▁he ▁re located ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁O ' S ha un ess y ▁deb uted ▁for ▁the ▁W WE ▁development al ▁territory ▁Florida ▁Championship ▁Wrestling ▁( FC W ) ▁on ▁ 2 ▁October ▁in ▁a ▁double - de but ▁match ▁with ▁a ▁win ▁over ▁Bry an ▁Kelly . ▁While ▁wrest ling ▁regularly , ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁part ▁of ▁any ▁long ▁fe ud s ▁but ▁did ▁wrest le ▁with ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁short - term ▁tag ▁teams ▁alongside ▁H ade ▁V ansen ▁and ▁J ake ▁H ager ▁before ▁team ing ▁with ▁K af u ▁( and ▁managed ▁by ▁Dave ▁Taylor ) ▁in ▁the ▁tournament ▁to ▁crown ▁the ▁inaug ural ▁FC W ▁Florida ▁Tag ▁Team ▁Champions . ▁They ▁advanced ▁past ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁after ▁defe ating ▁The ▁British ▁L ions ▁(" The e ▁Super star " ▁Christopher ▁Gray ▁and ▁" The ▁Ras cal " ▁Tommy ▁Taylor ), ▁but ▁lost ▁to ▁Brad ▁Allen ▁and ▁Nick ▁Nem eth ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁round . ▁ ▁By ▁September , ▁O ' S ha un ess y ▁had ▁focused ▁his ▁attention ▁on ▁singles ▁competition ▁and ▁wrest led ▁his ▁way ▁to ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁card , ▁successfully ▁defe ating ▁former ▁partner ▁H ager ▁for ▁the ▁Florida ▁He avy weight ▁Championship . ▁He ▁def ended ▁the ▁title ▁against ▁H ager ▁on ▁ 2 3 ▁October ▁and ▁took ▁on ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁compet itors , ▁with ▁Eric ▁Esc obar ▁and ▁Joe ▁H enn ig ▁consist