NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight Championship
| NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight Championship |
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| Details |
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| Current champion(s) |
Bobby Fonta |
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| Date won |
October 15, 2011 |
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| Date established |
March 5, 1942 |
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| Promotion |
NWA Florida |
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| Statistics |
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| First champion(s) |
Babe Kasaboski |
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| Most reigns |
C.B. Kool (3 times) |
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The NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight Championship was the top title for lighter wrestlers in the National Wrestling Alliance's Florida territory, Championship Wrestling from Florida. The title itself began in 1942, seven years before CWF was founded. The title was abandoned in 1984, before being revived by NWA Florida in 1997.[1][2]
Title history
(n) indicates that a title change happened no later than the date listed. Silver marks in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.
| Wrestler: |
Times: |
Date |
Location: |
Notes: |
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| Babe Kasaboski |
1 |
March 5, 1942 |
Jacksonville, Florida |
Defeated Morris Shapiro by disqualification to become the first champion |
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| Bill Ludwig |
1 |
September 4, 1944 |
Tampa, Florida |
Defeated Billy Williams. |
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| Jerry Brisco |
1 |
May 1981 (n) |
|
Defeated Hiro Matsuda in a tournament final |
| Title later vacated |
| Hector Guerrero |
1 |
December 7, 1983[3] |
Miami Beach, Florida |
Defeated Dennis Brown in a tournament final |
| Title abandoned in 1984 and revived by Florida Championship Wrestling / Pro Wrestling Federation in 1988. |
| Denny Brown |
1 |
July 30, 1988 |
Tampa, Florida |
Defeated Frankie Lancaster for vacant title. |
| Tyree Pride |
1 |
August 1988 |
Tampa, Florida |
Awarded title via phantom win over Brown, who was fired in late August. |
| Mike Marcello |
1 |
November 7, 1997 |
Gainesville, Florida |
Defeated Jet Jaguar and Pepe Prado in a three-way match |
| Title stripped for no-showing a title defense on November 13, 1998 in Gainesville, Florida |
| Buck Quartermaine |
1 |
November 13, 1998 |
Gainesville, Florida |
Defeated White Chocolate |
| Pepe Prado |
1 |
August 5, 2000 |
Tampa, Florida |
| Lex Lovett |
1 |
November 14, 2000 |
Tampa, Florida |
| Jet Jaguar |
1 |
July 18, 2001 |
Tampa, Florida |
| Prince Justice |
1 |
January 26, 2002 |
St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Naphtali |
1 |
August 2, 2002 |
St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Title vacated when Naphtali was awarded the NWA Florida X Division Championship on January 1, 2003 |
| Mr. Wrestling IV |
1 |
January 25, 2003 |
Ocoee, Florida |
Defeated Donnie York. |
| Title stripped on May 17, 2003 for failure to defend |
| Talon |
1 |
May 30, 2003 |
Ocoee, Florida |
Defeated Joe Woods |
| C.B. Kool |
1 |
September 20, 2003 |
Ocoee, Florida |
Defeated Talon and Rouge in a three-way match |
| Kevin Rhodes |
1 |
October 10, 2003 |
Parkersburg, West Virginia |
Won the title at the NWA 55th Anniversary Show |
| Rouge |
1 |
November 15, 2003 |
Ocoee, Florida |
| C.B. Kool |
2 |
November 15, 2003 |
Ocoee, Florida |
| Kevin Rhodes |
2 |
December 13, 2003 |
Ocoee, Florida |
Wrestled in the match as Midnight Rider III, but unmasked after winning |
| C.B. Kool |
3 |
March 6, 2004 |
Ocoee, Florida |
| Remix |
1 |
August 28, 2004 |
Orlando, Florida |
| Tommy Marr |
1 |
January 29, 2005 |
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| Vacant |
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October 8, 2005 |
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Marr vacated the title after winning the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship thus becoming inactive |
| Chris Jones |
1 |
October 2009 |
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Jones defeated Prince Iaukea on March 7, 2009 in Ft. Pierce, Florida to become the Pro Wrestling Fusion Heavyweight Champion, then recognized as the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship in October 2009 |
| Craig Classic |
1 |
October 23, 2009 |
Tampa Bay, Florida |
| Bobby Fonta |
1 |
October 15, 2011 |
Florida |
See also
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