| 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 |
2 |
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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
