NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship
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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
Jim Crockett Promotions
Jim Crockett Promotions was a professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett, Jr. until the late 1980s. It was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance and was the forerunner to World Championship Wrestling .-Early history:...

. Pro Wrestling Florida picked it back up in 1988 and it continued its lineage through NWA Florida, until they ceased operations in 2004..

Title history

Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
Dobie Osbourne 1 January 5, 1937 Florida
Red Devil 1 January 19, 1937 Jacksonville, Fla.
Vacated 1937 Title vacant
Alan Eustace 1 August 13, 1937 Jacksonville, Fla. Defeated Jack Evans
Rollend Kirchmeyer 1 February 26, 1944 Tampa, Fla.
"Strangler" Ed Lewis
Ed Lewis (wrestler)
Robert Herman Julius Friedrich , was a professional wrestler best known by his ring name Ed "Strangler" Lewis, whose career spanned four decades.-Wrestling career:...

1 February 26, 1944 Tampa, Fla.
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, Fla.
Antonio Cortez 1 October 28, 1946 Tampa, Fla.
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, Fla. Defeated Sputnik Monroe
Sputnik Monroe (wrestler)
Sputnik Monroe was a professional wrestler from the mid 1940s through the early 1970s. Monroe was a headliner in many territories, and was best known in Memphis, where he and Billy Wicks set an attendance record that lasted until the Monday Night Wars boom period.-Life:Sputnik was born Rosco...

 in tournament final
Louie Tillet 1 March 20, 1967 West Palm Beach, Fla.
Wahoo McDaniel
Wahoo McDaniel
Edward "Wahoo" McDaniel was a Choctaw-Chickasaw Native American who achieved fame as a professional American football player and later as a professional wrestler.-Early life:...

1 May 1, 1967 Orlando, Fla.
Boris Malenko 1 May 16, 1967 Tampa, Fla.
Johnny Valentine
Johnny Valentine
Johnny Valentine was a professional wrestler with a career spanning almost three decades. He has been inducted into four halls of fame for his achievements in wrestling...

1 August 26, 1967 Tampa, Fla.
Joe Scarpa
Joe Scarpa
Joseph Luke Scarpa is a former professional wrestler who was best known by his famous ring moniker, Chief Jay Strongbow...

1 December 5, 1967 Tampa, Fla.
Johnny Valentine 2 December 27, 1967 Tampa, Fla.
Red Bastien
Red Bastien
Rolland Bastein is a former professional wrestler, better known as Red Bastien.-Professional wrestling career:He took part in football and swimming in high school and broke in on Midwest carnivals, fighting local toughs and learning wrestling the hard way. Turning professional, he began in...

1 April 30, 1968 Tampa, Fla.
Johnny Valentine 3 June 27, 1968 Jacksonville, Fla.
Nick Kozak 1 September 23, 1968 Orlando, Fla.
The Gladiator (Ricky Hunter)
Ricky Hunter
Charles B. Sprott is a Canadian former professional wrestler, better known by his ring names Ricky Hunter and the masked wrestler The Gladiator...

1 November 23, 1968 Tampa, Fla.
Hans Mortier
Hans Mortier
Jacob "Jaap" Grobbe , better known as Hans Mortier, was a Dutch professional wrestler best known for his stint in the World Wide Wrestling Federation and his feud with WWWF Champion Bruno Sammartino in the 1960s.-Professional wrestling career:Before becoming a professional wrestler, Grobbe worked...

1 February 4, 1969 Tampa, Fla.
The Gladiator (Ricky Hunter) 2 1969 Jacksonville, Fla.
Hans Mortier 2 1969 Florida
Ciclon Negro 1 April 15, 1969 Tampa, Fla.
Dale Lewis 1 August 26, 1969 Tampa, Fla.
Mr. Saito
Masa Saito
is a former Japanese professional wrestler better known as Mr. Saito or . He wrestled for several years in various promotions operated by the National Wrestling Alliance . He later joined the World Wrestling Federation , where he teamed with Mr. Fuji to hold the World Tag Team Championship twice...

1 December 22, 1969 Tampa, Fla.
Jack Brisco
Jack Brisco
Freddie Joe Brisco was an American professional wrestler, better known as Jack Brisco or Uvalde Slim. He performed for various territories of the National Wrestling Alliance , becoming a two-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, and multi-time NWA Tag Team Champion with his brother Gerald Brisco...

1 February 10, 1970 Tampa, Fla.
Missouri Mauler
Larry Hamilton
Larry "Rocky" Hamilton , known by his ringname The Missouri Mauler, was an American professional wrestler who competed in the National Wrestling Alliance as well as Florida Championship Wrestling and Jim Crockett Promotions, becoming a mainstay of the latter promotion throughout the 1960s.One of...

1 May 19, 1970 Tampa, Fla.
Jack Brisco 2 1970 Florida
Tarzan Tyler 1 December 15, 1970 Tampa, Fla.
Jack Brisco 3 January 19, 1971 Tampa, Fla.
Paul Jones
Paul Jones (wrestler)
Paul Jones is a retired professional wrestler and manager. He had success in the National Wrestling Alliance 's Mid-Atlantic region, including an NWA World Tag Team title reign with Ricky Steamboat.-Career:...

1 May 16, 1972 Tampa, Fla.
Jack Brisco 4 November 28, 1972 Tampa, Fla.
Buddy Colt 1 February 20, 1973 Tampa, Fla.
Paul Jones 2 June 12, 1973 Tampa, Fla.
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
Eddie Graham
Edward Gossett was a professional wrestler. He was also the promoter and booker for Championship Wrestling from Florida and President of the NWA in the 1970s. His son, Mike Graham, was also a professional wrestler.-Career:Edward F...

1 1973 Florida
Buddy Colt 4 December 17, 1973 Florida
Ron Fuller
Ron Fuller (wrestler)
Ronald Welch is a retired professional wrestler and manager better known by his ring names Ron Fuller and Tennessee Stud. He is the elder brother of Robert Fuller...

1 March 20, 1974 Miami, Fla.
Bill Watts
Bill Watts
William F. "Bill" Watts is a former American professional wrestler and promoter. Watts was famous under his "Cowboy" gimmick in his wrestling career, and then as a tough, no-nonsense promoter in the Mid-South area of the United States, which grew to become the UWF.In 1992, he was the Executive...

1 July 2, 1974 Tampa, Fla.
Jerry Brisco
Gerald Brisco
Floyd Gerald "Jerry" Brisco is a former American professional wrestler, and prior to June, 2009, worked as a road agent for WWE on its Raw brand....

1 1974 Florida
Pak Song 1 1974 Florida
Dusty Rhodes
Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)
Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr. , better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, is a semi-retired American professional wrestler currently working for WWE...

1 October 1974 Florida
Bill Watts 2 November 1974 Florida
Bob Roop
Bob Roop
Bob Roop is a retired amateur and professional wrestler whose career has spanned high school, college, Army, amateur and professional wrestling. He was an American Heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler at the 1968 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...

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
King Curtis Iaukea
Curtis Piehau Iaukea, III was a professional wrestler better known as King Curtis Iaukea. Iaukea won championships in several of the major regional US promotions, both as a single and in various tag team combinations, during the 1960s. He then competed in the World Wrestling Federation where he...

1 December 1975 Florida (Won tournament)
Rocky Johnson
Rocky Johnson
Rocky Johnson is a retired Canadian professional wrestler. Quite popular in his own right in the 1970s and 1980s, he is also known for being the father of actor and professional wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson...

1 December 23, 1975 Tampa, Fla.
Bruiser Brody
Frank Goodish
Frank Donald Goodish was an American professional wrestler who earned his greatest fame under the name Bruiser Brody. Goodish was an All-State football and basketball player at Warren High School, Michigan, and played football at West Texas A&M University...

1 December 31, 1975 Tampa, Fla.
Thunderbolt Patterson
Claude Patterson
Claude Patterson, better known professionally as Thunderbolt Patterson, was an American professional wrestler best known for his efforts at starting a union for wrestlers...

1 March 1976 Florida
Pak Song 2 March 25, 1976 Florida
Jack Brisco 5 April 17, 1976 St. Petersburg, Fla.
Bob Orton, Jr.
Bob Orton, Jr.
Robert Keith Orton is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Cowboy" Bob Orton. He is the father of wrestler Randy Orton, who is signed to World Wrestling Entertainment...

1 June 1976 Florida
Dusty Rhodes 3 1976 Florida
"Superstar" Billy Graham 1 November 1976 Florida
Vacated March 1977 Title vacant
Buddy Wolfe
Buddy Wolfe
Les Wolff is a retired American football player and professional wrestler, known by his ring name "Beautiful" Buddy Wolfe, who competed in North American regional promotions including the American Wrestling Association, National Wrestling Alliance and the World Wide Wrestling Federation during the...

1 March 1977 Defeated Steve Keirn in tournament final
Dusty Rhodes 4 June 1977 Florida
Ernie Ladd
Ernie Ladd
Ernest "Ernie" Ladd , nicknamed "The Big Cat" was an American collegiate and professional football player and a professional wrestler.-Pro Football career:...

1 July 1977 Florida
Vacated 1977 Title vacant
Dusty Rhodes 5 1977 Florida
Lars Anderson
Lawrence Heinemi
Larry Heinemi is a retired professional wrestler better known by the name of Lars Anderson. His career spans over a decade of performing in National Wrestling Alliance territories as well as American Wrestling Association .-Career:...

1 1977 Florida
Dusty Rhodes 6 November 26, 1977 St. Petersburg, Fla.
Killer Karl Kox
Herb Gerwig
Herb Gerwig was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name of Killer Karl Kox, who competed in the National Wrestling Alliance as well as international promotions such as All Japan Pro Wrestling, the International Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling during the...

1 February 7, 1978 Tampa, Fla.
Rocky Johnson 2 March 8, 1978 Miami, Fla.
Bob Roop 3 March 13, 1978 West Palm Beach, Fla.
Jack Brisco 6 March 26, 1978 Orlando, Fla.
The Spoiler
Don Jardine
Don Jardine was a Canadian professional wrestler best known for his masked gimmick as "The Spoiler".-Career:Jardine began wrestling in the mid-1950s,making his wrestling debut in 1955 at the age of 15...

1 May 23, 1978 Tampa, Fla.
Dusty Rhodes 7 June 19, 1978 West Palm Beach, Fla.
The Spoiler 2 September 23, 1978 Lakeland, Fla.
Steve Keirn
Steve Keirn
Stephen "Steve" Paul Keirn is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for being part of the tag team The Fabulous Ones, with Stan Lane, and later for a run in the World Wrestling Federation as Skinner, a gimmick that portrayed him as a tobacco spitting alligator hunter from...

1 October 10, 1978 Tampa, Fla.
Vacated 1978 Title vacant
Dusty Rhodes 8 November 25, 1978 St. Petersburg, Fla. defeated Bob Roop in tournament final
Mr. Uganda (Ciclon Negro) 1 December 12, 1978 Tampa, Fla.
Jos LeDuc
Jos LeDuc
Michel Pigeon was a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Jos LeDuc. Wrestling with a lumberjack gimmick, he debuted in Stampede Wrestling with his kayfabe brother, Paul LeDuc...

1 December 19, 1978 Tampa, Fla.
Dick Slater
Dick Slater
Richard Van Slater , better known by his ring name "Dirty" Dick Slater, is a retired American professional wrestler who wrestled in the 1970s, 1980s, and mid 1990s for various promotions including Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling .Slater began wrestling with Mike...

1 January 1979 Florida
Jimmy Garvin
Jimmy Garvin
James Williams is a retired American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name "Gorgeous" Jimmy "Jam" Garvin and as a member of the legendary Fabulous Freebirds....

1 January 9, 1979 Tampa, Fla.
King Curtis Iaukea 2 May 1979 Florida
Dusty Rhodes 9 July 4, 1979 Miami, Fla.
Vacated August 21, 1979 Rhodes won NWA World Title
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
The National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the National Wrestling Alliance. Its lineage has been traced from the first World Heavyweight Championship, which traces its lineage to Georg Hackenschmidt's 1905 title and...

Terry Funk
Terry Funk
Terrence "Terry" Funk is an American professional wrestler and actor known chiefly for the hardcore wrestling style he adopted in the latter part of his career that inspired many younger wrestlers, including Mick Foley...

1 September 1979 Tampa, Fla. defeated Steve Keirn in tournament final
Manny Fernandez
Manny Fernandez (wrestler)
Emanuel "Manny" Fernandez is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling for different independent promotions. He is best known by the his ring name "The Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez.-Professional wrestling career:...

1 October 21, 1979 Orlando, Fla.
Don Muraco
Don Muraco
Donald Muraco , better known by his ring name "The Rock" Don Muraco, is a retired American professional wrestler...

1 March 26, 1980 Miami, Fla.
Bugsy McGraw
Bugsy McGraw
Bugsy McGraw is the ring name of former professional wrestler Michael Davis. He also wrestled under the name "The Skull." He is not to be confused with the other wrestler named Mike Davis.-Total Nonstop Action Wrestling :...

1 August 7, 1980 Melbourne, Fla.
Bobby Jaggers
Bobby Jaggers
Bobby Jaggers is a retired professional wrestler.-In wrestling:*Finishing moves**Elbow drop**Reversed neckbreaker-Championships and accomplishments:...

1 October 11, 1980 Jacksonville, Fla.
Dusty Rhodes 10 October 26, 1980 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Dory Funk, Jr.
Dory Funk, Jr.
Dory Ernest Funk Jr. known professionally as Dory Funk, Jr. is a professional wrestler and wrestling trainer. He is the son of Dory Funk Sr. and brother of Terry Funk. He is credited with the invention of the Texas cloverleaf submission hold and runs the Funking Conservatory, a professional...

1 November 4, 1980 Tampa, Fla.
Barry Windham
Barry Windham
Barry Clinton Windham is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and the son of wrestler Blackjack Mulligan. He is best known for his appearances with the National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling ....

1 January 12, 1981 West Palm Beach, Fla.
Dory Funk, Jr. 2 April 8, 1981 Tampa, Fla. 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, Fla.
Mr. Wrestling II
Tim Woods
George Burrell "Tim" Woodin was an American former professional wrestler. He was best known under his ring name Mr. Wrestling.-Professional wrestling career:...

1 December 1981 Jacksonville, Fla.
James J. Dillon
James J. Dillon
James J. "J.J." Dillon is a retired American professional wrestler and manager.He is best known for being the strategic leader of the original Four Horsemen that consisted of Nature Boy Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, Arn and Ole Anderson. He is most remembered as a manager in pro wrestling...

1 March 1982 Orlando, Fla.
Mr. Wrestling II 2 April 1982 St. Petersburg, Fla.
Jimmy Garvin 2 May 1982 West Palm Beach, Fla.
Brian Blair
Brian Blair
Brian Leslie Blair is a local politician in Florida, who gained fame as a professional wrestler especially as a part of the Killer Bees.-Career:...

1 July 11, 1982 Orlando, Fla.
Vacated August 23, 1982 Vacated after match with Bruiser Brody
Kevin Sullivan
Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)
Kevin Francis Sullivan is an American professional wrestler and booker, perhaps best known for his role in WCW as "The Taskmaster" and his leading of the "Dungeon of Doom".-Early career:...

1 October 6, 1982 Tampa, Fla. Defeated Barry Windham in tournament final
Mike Graham 1 January 15, 1983 Miami, Fla.
Vacated 1983 Graham injured
Scott McGhee
Scott McGhee
Garfield "Gary" Portz, known by his ringname Scott McGhee, is a retired American professional wrestler and the son of Geoff Portz who competed in North American regional promotions during the 1980s and was a longtime mainstay of Florida Championship Wrestling.Originally working as a referee for...

1 March 23, 1983 Defeated Johnny Heffernan
Adrian Street
Adrian Street
Adrian Street is a Welsh professional wrestler known for his flamboyant, androgynous wrestling persona, brought to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s. Street was often accompanied to the ring by his long-time manager Miss Linda, and the two worked primarily as villains...

1 April 1983 Florida
Scott McGhee 2 April 1983 Florida
Jos LeDuc 2 August 1983 Lakeland, Fla.
Barry Windham 2 September 17, 1983 Sarasota, Fla.
Jos LeDuc 3 September 18, 1983 Orlando, Fla.
Barry Windham 3 September 19, 1983 West Palm Beach, Fla.
Vacated November 1983 Windham went to tour Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

Mike Rotunda
Mike Rotunda
Lawrence Michael "Mike" Rotunda is a former American professional wrestler, perhaps best known under the name Irwin R. Schyster or I.R.S. for short. He is currently signed with WWE working as a road agent and making occasional appearances on WWE shows as Irwin R...

1 December 16, 1983 St. Petersburg, Fla. Defeated Greg Valentine
Greg Valentine
John Wisniski, Jr. is an American professional wrestler, better known as Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. He is the son of wrestler Johnny Valentine.-Training:...

 in tournament final
Kendo Nagasaki
Kendo Nagasaki
Kendo Nagasaki is a professional wrestling stage name, used as a gimmick of that of a Japanese Samurai warrior with a mysterious past and even supernatural powers of hypnosis...

1 January 22, 1984 Orlando, Fla.
Billy Jack Haynes
Billy Jack Haynes
William Albert Haynes, III is a retired American professional wrestler better known as Billy Jack Haynes.-Early career :...

1 March 29, 1984 Orlando, Fla.
Superstar Billy Graham 2 June 10, 1984 Orlando, Fla.
Scott McGhee 3 July 29, 1984 Orlando, Fla.
Jesse Barr 1 October 14, 1984 Orlando, Fla.
Held Up January 1985 Title held up after match against Brian Blair
Brian Blair 2 January 6, 1985 Orlando, Fla. wins rematch
Jesse Barr 2 February 12, 1985 Tampa, Fla.
Hector Guerrero
Hector Guerrero
Héctor Manuel Guerrero Llanes is a Mexican-American professional wrestler, better known simply by his paternal name, Héctor Guerrero...

1 April 28, 1985 Orlando, Fla.
Hercules Hernandez
Ray Fernandez
Raymond Fernandez was a professional wrestler who primarily wrestled in Florida and Texas before joining the World Wrestling Federation. He was best known by the ring name Hercules Hernandez or simply Hercules...

1 June 30, 1985 Orlando, Fla.
Vacated July 1985 Vacant after Hernandez fired for dressing room fight with Wahoo McDaniel
Jack Hart
Barry Horowitz
Barry Horowitz is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation.-Career:Horowitz, who is Jewish, attended Florida State University, where he studied sports nutrition and wrestled...

1 July 23, 1985 Tampa, Fla. defeated Mike Graham in tournament final
Kendall Windham
Kendall Windham
Kendall Windham is a former professional wrestler. He is the son of Blackjack Mulligan and the brother of Barry Windham.-Florida Championship Wrestling:...

1 September 2, 1985 Tampa, Fla.
Cuban Assassin
David Sierra
Fidel Sierra David Cannell is a professional wrestler, better known as David Sierra, who is best known as a longtime veteran of the Puerto Rico-based World Wrestling Council as well as for his appearances in World Championship Wrestling and Pacific Northwest Wrestling during the 1980s and 90s...

1 February 22, 1986 Tampa, Fla.
Kendall Windham 2 March 5, 1986 Tampa, Fla.
Vacated May 1986 Title vacated after match with Bob Roop
Kendall Windham 3 May 18, 1986 Orlando, Fla. wins tournament
The White Ninja
Keiji Mutoh
is a Japanese professional wrestler who first gained international fame in the National Wrestling Alliance. He is mostly known for his work as The Great Muta in New Japan Pro Wrestling during the 1990s, but he has also competed in United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Taiwan...

1 May 21, 1986 Tampa, Fla.
Kendall Windham 4 June 1986 Title returned
Ron Bass
Ronald Herd
Ronald Heard is a former American professional wrestler, best known under the name Ron Bass. His gimmick was a Texan cowboy who entered World Wrestling Federation rings to the sound of a bullwhip.-Career:...

1 July 15, 1986 Tampa, Fla.
Barry Windham 4 September 1, 1986 Daytona, Fla.
Ron Bass 2 September 16, 1986 Tampa, Fla.
Barry Windham 5 September 24, 1986 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Held Up 1986 Title held up after match with Ron Bass where Bass used chloroform
Barry Windham 6 October 8, 1986 Tampa, Fla. wins rematch
Kareem Muhammad
Ray Candy
Ray Canty , known by the ring name Ray Candy, was an American professional wrestler for the Jim Crockett Promotions and various other regional wrestling territories...

1 November 25, 1986 Lakeland, Fla.
Ron Simmons
Ron Simmons
Ronald "Ron" Simmons is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and retired American football player. He is recognised as being the first Black world heavyweight champion in professional wrestling and the first of only two African Americans to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship,...

1 December 2, 1986 Tampa, Fla.
Bad News Allen
Allen Coage
Allen James Coage was an American professional wrestler with the WWF and Stampede Wrestling among many other companies, better known by his ring names Bad News Brown and Bad News Allen. He was also the 1976 Olympic bronze medal winner in judo, in the heavyweight division...

1 January 20, 1987 Tampa, Fla.
Oliver Humperdink
Oliver Humperdink
John Sutton , better known by his ring name Oliver Humperdink, was a professional wrestling manager who worked for Jim Crockett Promotions, Florida Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation.-Career:...

1 February 24, 1987 Tampa, Fla.
Ed Gantner
Ed Gantner
Ed "The Bull" Gantner was an American professional wrestler.-Early life:Edward J. Gantner, Jr. was born and raised in Orlando, Florida, to Edward and Mary Lou Gantner. The youngest of four children, Ed was the only son with three older sisters...

1 February 1987 Humperdink gave him the title
Mike Rotunda 2 March 15, 1987 Daytona, Fla.
Held Up May 31, 1987 Title held up after match with Dory Funk, Jr.
Mike Rotunda 3 June 7, 1987 Daytona, Fla. wins rematch
Rick Steiner
Rick Steiner
Robert Rechsteiner is an American professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Rick Steiner.Steiner is best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling, where he was an eight time World Tag Team Champion...

1 December 1987 Given by Rotunda in Jim Crockett Promotions
Jim Crockett Promotions
Jim Crockett Promotions was a professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett, Jr. until the late 1980s. It was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance and was the forerunner to World Championship Wrestling .-Early history:...

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, Fla. defeated The Terminator
Marcus Laurinaitis
Marcus "Marc" Laurinaitis also known by his ring name of The Terminator, is an American professional wrestler who has primarily in Florida, Japan and Europe as well as a stint with World Championship Wrestling...

Al Perez
Al Perez
Al Perez is a retired American professional wrestler.-Professional wrestling career:Perez began wrestling as an amateur in high school and was one of the top athletes in his home state of Florida. He started professional wrestling in 1982.He formed a team in ICW with Joe Savoldi known as the "New...

1 March 11, 1989 Tampa, Fla.
Dustin Rhodes 1 May 23, 1989 Tampa, Fla.
Kendall Windham 5 June 27, 1989 Tampa, Fla.
Steve Keirn 2 July 9, 1989 Tampa, Fla.
Dan Spivey
Dan Spivey
Daniel Eugene "Dan" Spivey is a retired professional wrestler who worked for World Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, and All Japan Pro Wrestling between 1984 and 1995...

1 November 1989 Orlando, Fla.
Renamed back to NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship
Lou Perez
Lou Perez
Lou Perez is an American professional wrestler who has competed in North American promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling during the late 1980s and early 1990s as well as the Puerto Rican-based promotion IWA Puerto Rico.Although billed as the younger...

1 July 1992 Winter Haven, Fla.
Steve Keirn 3 March 1993 Tampa, Fla.
Lou Perez 2 May 1993 Winter Haven, Fla.
Steve Keirn 4 December 1993 Tampa, Fla.
Lou Perez 3 August 6, 1994 Tampa, Fla.
Stripped November 6, 1995 Perez injured
Hercules Hernandez 2 November 7, 1995 Gainesville, Fla. Defeated Steve Collins in tournament final
Steve Keirn 5 November 8, 1996 Gainesville, Fla.
Dory Funk, Jr. 4 November 7, 1997 Gainesville, Fla.
Vacated August 15, 2000 Vacated title for NWA Florida tournament
Adam Windsor
Adam Windsor
Adam Bryniarski , better known world wide as Adam Windsor, is a British born professional wrestler from Coventry, England.-Early life:...

1 August 15, 2000 Tampa, Fla. defeated Chris Nelson
Chris Nelson (wrestler)
Christopher Tipton is an American professional wrestler, better known as 'Casanova' Chris or 'Classy' Chris Nelson. He is half of a tag team called The New Heavenly Bodies with "Vivacious" Vito DeNucci...

 in tournament final
Vacated November 15, 2000 Title vacant
Buck Quartermain 1 January 23, 2001 Tampa, Fla.
Cyborg 1 October 13, 2001 St. Petersburg, Fla. Won the title at the NWA 53rd Anniversary Show
Stripped March 11, 2002 Stripped for no title defenses
Steve Corino
Steve Corino
Steven Eugene "Steve" Corino is a Canadian professional wrestler, who currently works for Pro Wrestling Zero1, Ring of Honor and numerous other independent promotions. Corino is a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion and ECW World Heavyweight Champion.-Early years :Corino began wrestling in 1994...

1 May 25, 2002 St. Petersburg, Fla. defeated Danny Doring in tournament final
Danny Doring 1 May 25, 2002 St. Petersburg, Fla.
Christopher Daniels
Christopher Daniels
Daniel Christopher Covell is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. He is also known for performing under the ring name Curry Man. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , while also...

1 June 28, 2002 St. Petersburg, Fla.
Danny Doring 2 June 29, 2002 Davie, Fla.
Billy Fives
Billy Fives
Billy Fives is an American professional wrestler and former shoot fighter who has competed in North American independent promotions including Combat Zone Wrestling, East Coast Wrestling Alliance, Major League Wrestling and the X Wrestling Federation as well as toured South America, the Caribbean,...

1 January 25, 2003 Pinellas Park, Fla.
Agent Steele 1 January 25, 2003 Pinellas Park, Fla.
Billy Fives 2 February 15, 2003 Davie, Fla.
Scoot Andrews 1 July 19, 2003 St. Petersburg, Fla.
Steve Madison
Steve Madison
Steven Philip Favata is an American professional wrestler, known by his ringname "Modern Miracle" Steve Madison, who competes in Southeastern independent promotions including AWA World-1 South, Full Impact Pro, Future of Wrestling, NWA Florida and Dusty Rhodes' Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling...

1 November 22, 2003 St. Petersburg, Fla.
Todd Shane 1 March 20, 2004 St. Petersburg, Fla.
Steve Madison 2 September 4, 2004 Clearwater, Fla.
Bruce Steele 1 November 20, 2004 Brandon, Fla.
The Sheik 1 May 3, 2008 Ft. Pierce, Fla.
Steve Madison
Steve Madison
Steven Philip Favata is an American professional wrestler, known by his ringname "Modern Miracle" Steve Madison, who competes in Southeastern independent promotions including AWA World-1 South, Full Impact Pro, Future of Wrestling, NWA Florida and Dusty Rhodes' Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling...

3 February 7, 2009 Ft. Pierce, Fla.
The Sheik 2 August 1, 2009 Ft. Pierce, Fla.
Tommy Taylor 1 May 15, 2010 Florida

See also

  • Florida Championship Wrestling
  • National Wrestling Alliance
    National Wrestling Alliance
    The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...


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