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NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship
Current champion(s):
Date won:
Promotion:	Championship Wrestling from Florida
Brand:
Date created:	January 5, 1937
Date retired:
Other name(s):
Most reigns:	Dusty Rhodes (10 reigns)
First champion(s):	Dobie Osbourne

The NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship was a major title in Championship Wrestling from Florida, USA and is now the major title in NWA Florida. It started in 1937 and was abandoned in 1949. It was picked back up in 1966 by CWF and lasted until 1987 when the company was purchased by Jim Crockett Promotions. Pro Wrestling Florida picked it back up in 1988 and it continued its lineage through NWA Florida, until they ceased operations in 2004.

Contents 1 Title history 2 See also 3 References 4 Source

Title historyEdit

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
Dobie Osbourne	1	January 5, 1937	Florida
Red Devil	1	January 19, 1937	Jacksonville, FL
Vacated		1937	Title vacant
Alan Eustace	1	August 13, 1937	Jacksonville, FL	Defeated Jack Evans
Rollend Kirchmeyer	1	February 26, 1944	Tampa, FL
"Strangler" Ed Lewis	1	February 26, 1944	Tampa, FL
Rollend Kirchmeyer	2	February 26, 1944		Title returned when Lewis refuses it due to Kirchmeyer being knocked out during match
The Cardiff Giant	1	August 26, 1946	Tampa, FL
Antonio Cortez	1	October 28, 1946	Tampa, FL
Rollend Kirchmeyer	3	March 1949		records unclear as to whom he defeated
Vacated		1949 or 1950	Title abandoned
Lester Welch	1	August 11, 1966	Tampa, FL	Defeated Sputnik Monroe in tournament final
Louie Tillet	1	March 20, 1967	West Palm Beach, FL
Wahoo McDaniel	1	May 1, 1967	Orlando, FL
Boris Malenko	1	May 16, 1967	Tampa, FL
Johnny Valentine	1	August 26, 1967	Tampa, FL
Joe Scarpa	1	December 5, 1967	Tampa, FL
Johnny Valentine	2	December 27, 1967	Tampa, FL
Red Bastien	1	April 30, 1968	Tampa, FL
Johnny Valentine	3	June 27, 1968	Jacksonville, FL
Nick Kozak	1	September 23, 1968	Orlando, FL
The Gladiator (Rick Hunter)	1	November 23, 1968	Tampa, FL
Hans Mortier	1	February 4, 1969	Tampa, FL
The Gladiator	2	1969	Jacksonville, FL
Hans Mortier	2	1969	Florida
Ciclon Negro	1	April 15, 1969	Tampa, FL
Dale Lewis	1	August 26, 1969	Tampa, FL
Mr. Saito	1	December 22, 1969	Tampa, FL
Jack Brisco	1	February 10, 1970	Tampa, FL
Missouri Mauler	1	May 19, 1970	Tampa, FL
Jack Brisco	2	1970	Florida
Tarzan Tyler	1	December 15, 1970	Tampa, FL
Jack Brisco	3	January 19, 1971	Tampa, FL
Paul Jones	1	May 16, 1972	Tampa, FL
Jack Brisco	4	November 28, 1972	Tampa, FL
Buddy Colt	1	February 20, 1973	Tampa, FL
Paul Jones	2	June 12, 1973	Tampa, FL
Tim Woods	1	July 31, 1973	Florida
Paul Jones	3	1973	Florida
Buddy Colt	2	1973	Florida
Paul Jones	4	November 1973	Florida
Buddy Colt	3	1973	Florida
Eddie Graham	1	1973	Florida
Buddy Colt	4	December 17, 1973	Florida
Ron Fuller	1	March 20, 1974	Miami, FL
Bill Watts	1	July 2, 1974	Tampa, FL
Jerry Brisco	1	1974	Florida
Pak Song	1	1974	Florida
Dusty Rhodes	1	October 1974	Florida
Bill Watts	2	November 1974	Florida
Bob Roop	1	May 1975	Florida
Dusty Rhodes	2	October 6, 1975	Florida
Vacated		October 28, 1975		Vacated after match with King Curtis Iaukea
Bob Roop	2	November 1975		records unclear how he got the title
Vacated		1975	Title vacant
King Curtis Iaukea	1	December 1975	Florida (Won tournament)
Rocky Johnson	1	December 23, 1975	Tampa, FL
Bruiser Brody	1	December 31, 1975	Tampa, FL
Thunderbolt Patterson	1	March 1976	Florida
Pak Song	2	March 25, 1976	Florida
Jack Brisco	5	April 17, 1976	St. Petersburg, FL
Bob Orton, Jr.	1	June 1976	Florida
Dusty Rhodes	3	1976	Florida
"Superstar" Billy Graham	1	November 1976	Florida
Vacated		March 1977	Title vacant
Buddy Wolfe	1	March 1977		Defeated Steve Keirn in tournament final
Dusty Rhodes	4	June 1977	Florida
Ernie Ladd	1	July 1977	Florida
Vacated		1977	Title vacant
Dusty Rhodes	5	1977	Florida
Lars Anderson	1	1977	Florida
Dusty Rhodes	6	November 26, 1977	St. Petersburg, FL
Killer Karl Kox	1	February 7, 1978	Tampa, FL
Rocky Johnson	2	March 8, 1978	Miami, FL
Bob Roop	3	March 13, 1978	West Palm Beach, FL
Jack Brisco	6	March 26, 1978	Orlando, FL
The Spoiler	1	May 23, 1978	Tampa, FL
Dusty Rhodes	7	June 19, 1978	West Palm Beach, FL
The Spoiler	2	September 23, 1978	Lakeland, FL
Steve Keirn	1	October 10, 1978	Tampa, FL
Vacated		1978	Title vacant
Dusty Rhodes	8	November 25, 1978	St. Petersburg, FL	defeated Bob Roop in tournament final
Mr. Uganda (Ciclon Negro)	1	December 12, 1978	Tampa, FL
Jos LeDuc	1	December 19, 1978	Tampa, FL
Dick Slater	1	January 1979	Florida
Jimmy Garvin	1	January 9, 1979	Tampa, FL
King Curtis Iaukea	2	May 1979	Florida
Dusty Rhodes	9	July 4, 1979	Miami, FL
Vacated		August 21, 1979		Rhodes won NWA World Title
Terry Funk	1	September 1979	Tampa, FL	defeated Steve Keirn in tournament final
Manny Fernandez	1	October 21, 1979	Orlando, FL
Don Muraco	1	March 26, 1980	Miami, FL
Bugsy McGraw	1	August 7, 1980	Melbourne, FL
Bobby Jaggers	1	October 11, 1980	Jacksonville, FL
Dusty Rhodes	10	October 26, 1980	Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Dory Funk, Jr.	1	November 4, 1980	Tampa, FL
Barry Windham	1	January 12, 1981	West Palm Beach, FL
Dory Funk, Jr.	2	April 8, 1981	Tampa, FL	won by forfeit-Windham injured in auto accident
Charlie Cook	1	July 1981	Florida
Dory Funk, Jr.	3	August 1981	Florida
Charlie Cook	2	October 1981	Florida
The Spoiler	3	November 3, 1981	Tampa, FL
Mr. Wrestling II	1	December 1981	Jacksonville, FL
James J. Dillon	1	March 1982	Orlando, FL
Mr. Wrestling II	2	April 1982	St. Petersburg, FL
Jimmy Garvin	2	May 1982	West Palm Beach, FL
Brian Blair	1	July 11, 1982	Orlando, FL
Vacated		August 23, 1982		Vacated after match with Bruiser Brody
Kevin Sullivan	1	October 6, 1982	Tampa, FL	Defeated Barry Windham in tournament final
Mike Graham	1	January 15, 1983	Miami, FL
Vacated		1983	Graham injured
Scott McGhee	1	March 23, 1983	Defeated Johnny Heffernan
Adrian Street	1	April 1983	Florida
Scott McGhee	2	April 1983	Florida
Jos LeDuc	2	August 1983	Lakeland, FL
Barry Windham	2	September 17, 1983	Sarasota, FL
Jos LeDuc	3	September 18, 1983	Orlando, FL
Barry Windham	3	September 19, 1983	West Palm Beach, FL
Vacated		November 1983		Windham went to tour Japan
Mike Rotunda	1	December 16, 1983	St. Petersburg, FL	Defeated Greg Valentine in tournament final
Kendo Nagasaki	1	January 22, 1984	Orlando, FL
Billy Jack Haynes	1	March 29, 1984	Orlando, FL
Superstar Billy Graham	2	June 10, 1984	Orlando, FL
Scott McGhee	3	July 29, 1984	Orlando, FL
Jesse Barr	1	October 14, 1984	Orlando, FL
Held Up		January 1985		Title held up after match against Brian Blair
Brian Blair	2	January 6, 1985	Orlando, FL	wins rematch
Jesse Barr	2	February 12, 1985	Tampa, FL
Hector Guerrero	1	April 28, 1985	Orlando, FL
Hercules Hernandez	1	June 30, 1985	Orlando, FL
Vacated		July 1985		Vacant after Hernandez fired for dressing room fight with Wahoo McDaniel
Jack Hart	1	July 23, 1985	Tampa, FL	defeated Mike Graham in tournament final
Kendall Windham	1	September 2, 1985	Tampa, FL
Cuban Assassin	1	February 22, 1986	Tampa, FL
Kendall Windham	2	March 5, 1986	Tampa, FL
Vacated		May 1986		Title vacated after match with Bob Roop
Kendall Windham	3	May 18, 1986	Orlando, FL	wins tournament
The White Ninja	1	May 21, 1986	Tampa, FL
Kendall Windham	4	June 1986		Title returned
Ron Bass	1	July 15, 1986	Tampa, FL
Barry Windham	4	September 1, 1986	Daytona, FL
Ron Bass	2	September 16, 1986	Tampa, FL
Barry Windham	5	September 24, 1986	Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Held Up		1986		Title held up after match with Ron Bass where Bass used chloroform
Barry Windham	6	October 8, 1986	Tampa, FL	wins rematch
Kareem Muhammad	1	November 25, 1986	Lakeland, FL
Ron Simmons	1	December 2, 1986	Tampa, FL
Bad News Allen	1	January 20, 1987	Tampa, FL
Oliver Humperdink	1	February 24, 1987	Tampa, FL
Ed Gantner	1	February 1987		Humperdink gave him the title
Mike Rotunda	2	March 15, 1987	Daytona, FL
Held Up		May 31, 1987		Title held up after match with Dory Funk, Jr.
Mike Rotunda	3	June 7, 1987	Daytona, FL	wins rematch
Rick Steiner	1	December 1987		Given by Rotunda in Jim Crockett Promotions
Stripped		December 1988	Title stripped to use in FCW
Title renamed FCW Heavyweight Title/PWF Florida Heavyweight Title
Mike Graham	2	December 25, 1988	Tampa, FL	defeated The Terminator
Al Perez	1	March 11, 1989	Tampa, FL
Dustin Rhodes	1	May 23, 1989	Tampa, FL
Kendall Windham	5	June 27, 1989	Tampa, FL
Steve Keirn	2	July 9, 1989	Tampa, FL
Dan Spivey	1	November 1989	Orlando, FL
Renamed back to NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship
Lou Perez	1	July 1992	Winter Haven, FL
Steve Keirn	3	March 1993	Tampa, FL
Lou Perez	2	May 1993	Winter Haven, FL
Steve Keirn	4	December 1993	Tampa, FL
Lou Perez	3	August 6, 1994	Tampa, FL
Stripped		November 6, 1995		Perez injured
Hercules Hernandez	2	November 7, 1995	Gainesville, FL	Defeated Steve Collins in tournament final
Steve Keirn	5	November 8, 1996	Gainesville, FL
Dory Funk, Jr.	4	November 7, 1997	Gainesville, FL
Vacated		August 15, 2000		Vacated title for NWA Florida tournament
Adam Windsor	1	August 15, 2000	Tampa, FL	defeated Chris Nelson in tournament final
Vacated		November 15, 2000	Title vacant
Buck Quartermain	1	January 23, 2001	Tampa, FL
Cyborg	1	October 13, 2001	St. Petersburg, FL	Won the title at the NWA 53rd Anniversary Show
Stripped		March 11, 2002		Stripped for no title defenses
Steve Corino	1	May 25, 2002	St. Petersburg, FL	defeated Danny Doring in tournament final
Danny Doring	1	May 25, 2002	St. Petersburg, FL
Christopher Daniels	1	June 28, 2002	St. Petersburg, FL
Danny Doring	2	June 29, 2002	Davie, FL
Billy Fives	1	January 25, 2003	Pinellas Park, FL
Agent Steele	1	January 25, 2003	Pinellas Park, FL
Billy Fives	2	February 15, 2003	Davie, FL
Scoot Andrews	1	July 19, 2003	St. Petersburg, FL
Steve Madison	1	November 22, 2003	St. Petersburg, FL
Todd Shane	1	March 20, 2004	St. Petersburg, FL
Steve Madison	2	September 4, 2004	Clearwater, FL
Bruce Steele	1	November 20, 2004	Brandon, FL
The Sheik	1	May 3, 2008	Ft. Pierce, FL
Steve Madison	1	February 7, 2009	Ft. Pierce, FL
The Sheik	2	August 1, 2009	Ft. Pierce, FL
Tommy Taylor	1	May 15, 2010	Florida

See alsoEdit

• Florida Championship Wrestling
• National Wrestling Alliance

ReferencesEdit

SourceEdit

• Florida Heavyweight Championship at wrestling-titles.com

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