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'NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida)'
Current champion(s):
Date won:
Promotion:	Championship Wrestling Florida
Brand:
Date created:	March 17, 1962
Date retired:	June 10, 2005
Other name(s):
Most reigns:	Dusty Rhodes (6 reigns)
First champion(s):	Eddie Graham

The Florida version of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship was the major singles professional wrestling championship in the National Wrestling Alliance's Florida territory, Championship Wrestling Florida. It existed from 1962 until 1987, when the title was abandoned. It was revived by NWA Florida in 1996. At various times, different NWA affiliated promotions used their own regional version of the title including promotions based in Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas.

Title history

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
Eddie Graham	1	March 17, 1962	Tampa, Fla.	Won tournament
Vacated		May 24, 1962	Graham injured
Boris Malenko	1	July 25, 1962		Awarded (Malenko injured Graham to cause the title to become vacant)
Eddie Graham	2	November 29, 1962	Jacksonville, Fla.
Hiro Matsuda	1	February 19, 1963	Tampa, Fla.
Eddie Graham	3	August 1, 1963	Jacksonville, Fla.
Bob Orton	1	December 28, 1963	Jacksonville, Fla.
Bob Ellis	1	March 3, 1964	Tampa, Fla.
Bob Orton	2	June 4, 1964	Jacksonville, Fla.
Tarzan Tyler	1	December 29, 1964	Tampa, Fla.
Stripped		April 1965	Title stripped
Bob Orton	3	June 17, 1965	Jacksonville, Fla.	Won tournament
Tarzan Tyler	2	February 24, 1966	Jacksonville, Fla.
Missouri Mauler	1	March 8, 1966	Tampa, Fla.
Johnny Weaver	1	1967	Florida
Missouri Mauler	2	1967	Florida
Johnny Weaver	2	July 1968	Charlotte, NC
Red Bastien	1	July 1968	Florida
Missouri Mauler	3	January 1969	Florida
Jack Brisco	1	February 11, 1969	Tampa, Fla.
Missouri Mauler	4	1969	Florida
Jack Brisco	2	July 8, 1969	Tampa, Fla.
Vacated		November 1969		Brisco left for Japan
Danny Miller	1	January 3, 1970	Tampa, Fla.
Missouri Mauler	5	January 13, 1970	Tampa, Fla.
Bob Orton	4	March 3, 1970	Tampa, Fla.
Dale Lewis	1	April 11, 1970	Jacksonville, Fla.
Hiro Matsuda	2	June 16, 1970	Tampa, Fla.
Great Mephisto	1	August 13, 1970	Tampa, Fla.
Hiro Matsuda	3	October 2, 1970	Tallahassee, Fla.
Great Mephisto	2	November 5, 1970	Jacksonville, Fla.
Rene Goulet	1	February 9, 1971	Tampa, Fla.
The Grappler (Johnny Walker)	1	March 23, 1971	Tampa, Fla.
Terry Funk	1	April 14, 1971	Miami, Fla.
Dick Murdoch	1	April 21, 1971	Tampa, Fla.
Jack Brisco	3	June 8, 1971	Tampa, Fla.
Held Up		September 1971		Held up after match with Dick Murdoch
Bobby Duncum	1	October 7, 1971	Tampa, Fla.	Won tournament
George Gaiser	1	October 14, 1971	Tampa, Fla.
Bobby Shane	1	November 23, 1971	Tampa, Fla.
Held Up		February 15, 1972		Title held up after match with Tim Woods
Tim Woods	1	February 29, 1972	Tampa, Fla. (won rematch)
The Zodiac	5	June 24, 1972	Jacksonville, Fla.
Dale Lewis	2	July 1972	Florida
The Zodiac	6	August 1, 1972	Tampa, Fla.
Tim Woods	2	August 12, 1972	Tampa, Fla.
Buddy Colt	1	September 5, 1972	Tampa, Fla.
Tim Woods	3	September 19, 1972	Tampa, Fla.
Buddy Colt	2	October 31, 1972	Tampa, Fla.
Tim Woods	4	November 21, 1972	Tampa, Fla.
Buddy Colt	3	December 18, 1972	Orlando, Fla.
Mark Lewin	1	January 9, 1973	Tampa, Fla.
Buddy Colt	4	February 6, 1973	Tampa, Fla.
Mr. Kleen	1	February 28, 1973	Miami, Fla.
Paul Jones	1	March 12, 1973	Orlando, Fla.
Ron Fuller	1	April 10, 1973	Tampa, Fla.
Johnny Valentine	1	June 26, 1973	Tampa, Fla.
Bill Dromo	1	August 1973	Florida
Dusty Rhodes	1	1973	Florida
Jos LeDuc	1	1973	Florida
Dusty Rhodes	2	January 1974	Florida
Pak Song	1	1974	Florida
Jerry Brisco	1	1974	Florida
Bill Watts	1	1974	Florida
Jos LeDuc	2	1974	Florida
The Stomper	1	1974	Florida
Bob Armstrong	1	1974 or 1975	Florida
The Stomper	2	1975	Florida
Pepper Gomez	1	1975	Florida
Killer Karl Krupp	1	July 1975	Florida
Mike George	1	1975	Florida
Killer Karl Krupp	2	1975	Florida
Dusty Rhodes	3	1975	Florida
Harley Race	1	1975	Florida
Jerry Brisco	2	1975	Florida
Masked Destroyer	1	October 1975	Florida
Billy Robinson	1	December 29, 1975	Florida
Assassin	1	1976	Florida
Steve Keirn	1	November 1976	Florida
Ox Baker	1	1976 or 1977	Florida
Dusty Rhodes	4	1977	Florida
"Superstar" Billy Graham	1	1977	Florida
Steve Keirn	2	1977	Florida
Ivan Koloff	1	1977	Florida
Pedro Morales	1	1977	Florida
Dick Slater	1	March 1978	Florida
Dusty Rhodes	5	June 18, 1978	Miami, Fla.
Dick Slater	2	1978	Florida
Jerry Brisco	3	1978	Florida
The Spoiler	1	1978	Florida
Wahoo McDaniel	1	1978	Florida
Dick Slater	3	November 12, 1978	Florida
Terry Funk	2	December 30, 1978	St. Petersburg, Fla.
Thor the Viking	1	January 20, 1979	St. Petersburg, Fla.
Jimmy Garvin	1	1979	Florida
Ernie Ladd	1	1979	Florida
Sweet Brown Sugar	1	October 1979	Florida
Leroy Brown	1	1979 or 1980	Florida
Dusty Rhodes	6	April 1980	Florida
Vacated		July 1980		Rhodes wins NWA World Title
Dick Slater	4	August 3, 1980	Florida
Vacated		1981		Slater left area
Sweet Brown Sugar	2	February 4, 1981	Ft. Myers, Fla.
Rene Goulet	2	April 21, 1981	Tampa, Fla.
Barry Windham	1	1981	Florida
Bobby Jaggers	1	August 1981	Florida
Jack Brisco	4	1981	Florida
David Von Erich	1	December 26, 1981	St. Petersburg, Fla.
Derek Draper	1	July 16, 1982	Lakeland, Fla.
Sweet Brown Sugar	3	July 25, 1982	Orlando, Fla.
Jimmy Garvin	2	August 11, 1982	Florida
Dusty Rhodes	7	October 31, 1982	Florida
Kevin Sullivan	1	November 22, 1982	West Palm Beach, Fla.
Vacated		1982	Title vacant
Barry Windham	2	December 1982	Florida	Defeated Greg Valentine in tournament final
Frank Dusek	1	March 17, 1983	Tampa, Fla.
Ron Bass	1	April 30, 1983	Ft. Myers, Fla.
Mike Rotunda	1	September 24, 1983	St. Petersburg, Fla.
Ron Bass	2	November 23, 1983	Miami, Fla.
Mike Rotunda	2	May 1984	West Palm Beach, Fla.
Angelo Mosca	1	May 30, 1984	Tampa, Fla.
Jim Neidhart	1	August 12, 1984	Oklahoma City, OK
Pez Whatley	1	August 25, 1984	Sarasota, Fla.
Kevin Sullivan	2	September 19, 1984	Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Pez Whatley	2	September 22, 1984	Miami, Fla.
Rick Rude	1	January 16, 1985	Tampa, Fla.
Brian Blair	1	April 10, 1985	Tampa, Fla.
Hercules Hernandez	1	May 26, 1985	Orlando, Fla.
Vacated		July 1985		Hernandez fired for dressing room fight with Wahoo McDaniel
Rick Rude	2	July 21, 1985	Orlando, Fla.	defeated Mike Graham in tournament final
Wahoo McDaniel	2	October 2, 1985	Tampa, Fla.
Lex Luger	1	November 19, 1985	Tampa, Fla.
Jesse Barr	1	January 15, 1986	Tampa, Fla.
Lex Luger	2	February 14, 1986	Orlando, Fla.
Masked Superstar	1	July 22, 1986	Tampa, Fla.
Lex Luger	3	July 29, 1986	Tampa, Fla.
Kevin Sullivan	3	January 16, 1987	Daytona, Fla.
Bad News Allen	1	January 31, 1987	Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Kevin Sullivan	4	February 18, 1987	Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Title Retired		March 1987		Title abaondened after promotion purchased by Jim Crockett Promotions
Title revived by NWA Florida
Chris Stephenson	1	September 2, 1996	?
Vacated		1999	Title vacant
Steve Corino	1	October 15, 2002	Boyertown, PA	Defeated Jack Victory in tournament final
Mike Sullivan	1	March 20, 2004	St. Petersburg, Fla.
Vacated		August 2004		Sullivan injured
Scoot Andrews	1	September 4, 2004	Clearwater, Fla.	Defeated Lex Lovett
Lex Lovett	1	October 9, 2004	Brandon, Fla.
Vacated		June 10, 2005		Lovett retired

See also

• Florida Championship Wrestling
• National Wrestling Alliance

References

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