NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight Championship
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The NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight Championship was a 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..
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...
'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..
Title history
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 Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968... |
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| Bill Ludwig | 1 | September 4, 1944 | Tampa, Florida Tampa, Florida Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709.... |
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| 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 | May 1981 | ||
| Title later vacated. | ||||
| Hector Guerrero Hector Guerrero Héctor Manuel Guerrero Llanes is a Mexican-American professional wrestler, better known simply by his paternal name, Héctor Guerrero... |
1 | December 7, 1983 | Miami Beach, Florida Miami Beach, Florida Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter which separates the Beach from Miami city proper... |
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| Title abandoned in 1984 and revived by NWA Florida in 1997. | ||||
| Mike Marcello | 1 | November 7, 1997 | Gainesville, Florida Gainesville, Florida Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth... |
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| Title stripped for no-showing a title defense on November 13, 1998 in Gainesville, Florida. | ||||
| Buck Quartermaine | 1 | November 13, 1998 | Gainesville, Florida | |
| Pepe Prado | 1 | August 5, 2000 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Lex Lovett Lex Lovett Wayne Meyer is an American professional wrestler, known by his ringname Lex Lovett, who competes in Southeastern independent promotions such as Independent Pro Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated NWA Florida as well as having toured the Middle East, Europe and Asia.From 2003... |
1 | November 14, 2000 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Jet Jaguar | 1 | July 18, 2001 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Prince Justice | 1 | January 26, 2002 | St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It is known as a vacation destination for both American and foreign tourists. As of 2008, the population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau is 245,314, making St... |
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| Naphtali | 1 | August 2, 2002 | St. Petersburg, Florida | |
| Title vacated when Naphtali was awarded the NWA Florida X Division Championship NWA Florida X Division Championship The NWA Florida X Division Championship is a title defended in the Florida territory of the National Wrestling Alliance.-Title history:-References:**-See also:*Florida Championship Wrestling*National Wrestling Alliance... on January 1, 2003. |
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| Mr. Wrestling IV | 1 | January 25, 2003 | Ocoee, Florida Ocoee, Florida Ocoee is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States. According to the 2000 census, the city proper had a population of 24,391. As of 2006, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 30,654. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Ocoee is... |
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| Title stripped on May 17, 2003 for failure to defend. | ||||
| Talon | 1 | May 30, 2003 | Ocoee, Florida | |
| C.B. Kool | 1 | September 20, 2003 | Ocoee, Florida | |
| Kevin Rhodes | 1 | October 10, 2003 | Parkersburg, West Virginia Parkersburg, West Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 33,099 people, 14,467 households, and 8,767 families residing in the city. In 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that Parkersburg's population had decreased 4.4% to 31,755. The population density was 2,800.5 people per square mile . There were 16,100 housing... |
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| Rouge | 1 | November 15, 2003 | Ocoee, Florida | |
| C.B. Kool | 2 | November 15, 2003 | Ocoee, Florida | |
| Kevin Rhodes | 2 | December 13, 2003 | Ocoee, Florida | |
| C.B. Kool | 3 | March 6, 2004 | Ocoee, Florida | |
| Remix | 1 | August 28, 2004 | Orlando, Florida Orlando, Florida Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States... |
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| Tommy Marr | 1 | January 29, 2005 | ||
| Vacant | October 8, 2005 | |||
| Chris Jones | 1 | October 2009 | ||
| Craig Classic | 1 | October 23, 2009 | Tampa Bay, Florida | |
See also
- Championship Wrestling from Florida
- National Wrestling AllianceNational Wrestling AllianceThe 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...
- NWA Florida X Division ChampionshipNWA Florida X Division ChampionshipThe NWA Florida X Division Championship is a title defended in the Florida territory of the National Wrestling Alliance.-Title history:-References:**-See also:*Florida Championship Wrestling*National Wrestling Alliance...
- NWA North American Heavyweight ChampionshipNWA North American Heavyweight ChampionshipThe NWA North American Heavyweight Championship is the second most prestigious title in the National Wrestling Alliance that was created in 1994 after World Championship Wrestling withdrew from the NWA. There were other versions of this title before this one was created...
- NWA Florida Heavyweight ChampionshipNWA Florida Heavyweight ChampionshipThe 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...