NWA Florida Heavyweight Title

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John Grandovitch	34/09/19<
Still champion as of 35/07/31.
Bruce Nolan	35/08/21	Miami, FL
Bill Sledge	35/10/16	Miami, FL
Still champion as of 35/11/12.
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Vacant "for several months" as of 36/03/18.
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Pat Newman	36/07<
Dobie Osbourne	36/07/28<
Red Devil (Elmer Guthrie)	37/01/19	Jacksonville, FL
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Bill Sledge [2]	37/05/16<
Or 37/06/16<.
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Pat Newman [2]	37/05/25<
Alan Eustace	37/06/01	St. Petersburg, FL
Jack Evans	37/08<
Sometime after 37/07/27.
Alan Eustace [2]	37/08/13	Jacksonville, FL
Gene Bowman	38/01/21	Jacksonville, FL
Pat McCleary	38/03	Tampa, FL
Sometime between 38/03/12 and 38/03/17.
Gene Bowman [2]	38/04/22	Jacksonville, FL
Ernie Powers	38/05<	Tampa, FL
Bill Sledge [3]	38/05/13<	Tampa, FL
Jack Vincent	38/07/11	Tampa, FL
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Ray Villmer	39/05/26<
Still champion as of 39/07/19.
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John Grandovitch [2]	39/08/08<	Tampa, FL
Defeats Tommy O'Toole.
Floyd Marshall	39/10/17	St. Petersburg, FL
John Grandovitch [3]	39/11<
Red Ryan	39/11/07	St. Petersburg, FL
Tom Mahoney	39/12/05	St. Petersburg, FL
Clarence Luttrall	40/01/23	St. Petersburg, FL
The feud between Luttrall and Mahoney continue, and both continue claiming the title; a tournament to settle the dispute is ordered.
Jim Wright	40/03/12	St. Petersburg, FL
Defeats Tom Mahoney in tournament final.
Dick Shikat	40/03/26	St. Petersburg, FL
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Cy Williams	40/05/11<
Claims Southern and Florida titles; Henry Piers start claiming both titles when Williams is injured during a match in Tampa, FL on 40/06/10; Don Evans defeats Piers on 40/06/17 in Tampa, FL to claim both titles.
Tommy Nilan	40/06/18	St. Petersburg, FL
Defeats Williams and claims both Southern and Florida titles; defeats Don Evans on 40/07/23 in St. Petersburg, FL.
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Cy Williams [2]	40/08/21<
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Rollend Kirchmeyer	44/02/11	Tampa, FL
Awarded.
Ed "Strangler" Lewis #	44/02/26	Tampa, FL
Lewis declared the new champion when Kirchmeyer's head hits the floor knocking him unconscious.
Rollend Kirchmeyer #	44/02/26	Tampa, FL
Title returned to Kirchmeyer when Lewis refuses it.
The Cardiff Giant	46/08/26	Tampa, FL
Antonio Cortez	46/10/28	Tampa, FL
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Rollend Kirchmeyer [3]	49/03<
Lester Welch	66/08/11	Tampa, FL
Defeats Sputnik Monroe in tournament final.
Louie Tillet	67/03/20	W. Palm Beach, FL
Wahoo McDaniel	67/05/01	Orlando, FL
Boris Malenko	67/05/16	Tampa, FL
Johnny Valentine	67/08/26	Tampa, FL
Joe Scarpa	67/12/05	Tampa, FL
Johnny Valentine [2]	67/12/27	Tampa, FL
Red Bastien	68/04/30	Tampa, FL
Johnny Valentine [3]	68/06/27	Jacksonville, FL
Nick Kozak	68/09/23	Orlando, FL
The Gladiator (Rick Hunter)	68/11/23	Tampa, FL
Hans Mortier	69/02/04	Tampa, FL
Ciclon Negro	69/04/15	Tampa, FL
Dale Lewis	69/08/26	Tampa, FL
Mr. Saito (Masa Saito)	69/12/22	Tampa, FL
Jack Brisco	70/02/10	Tampa, FL
Mr. Saito [2]	70/04/07	Tampa, FL
Jack Brisco [2]	70/04/14	Tampa, FL
Missouri Mauler	70/05/12	Tampa, FL
Jack Brisco [3]	70/05/19?	Tampa, FL?
Tarzan Tyler	70/12/15	Tampa, FL
Jack Brisco [4]	71/01/19	Tampa, FL
Best-of-3 falls match, for Tyler's Florida title, with Brisco's TV title on the line for the first fall only; Brisco comes back to win the second and third falls to take the Florida title.
Paul Jones	72/05/16	Tampa, FL
Jack Brisco [5]	72/11/28	Tampa, FL
Held up after a match against Bobby Shane on 73/01/23 in Tampa, FL.
Jack Brisco [6]	73/01/30	Tampa, FL
Wins rematch.
Buddy Colt	73/02/20	Tampa, FL
Paul Jones [2]	73/06/12	Tampa, FL
Buddy Colt [2]	73/07
Sometime between 73/07/16 and 73/07/20.
Tim Woods	73/07/31	Tampa, FL
Great Mephisto	73/09/04	Tampa, FL
Paul Jones [3]	73/09/18	Tampa, FL
Buddy Colt [3]	73/11/17	St. Petersburg, FL
Eddie Graham	73/11/27	Tampa, FL
Buddy Colt [4]	73/12/17	W. Palm Beach, FL
Ron Fuller	74/03/20	Miami, FL
Bill Watts	74/07/02	Tampa, FL
Defeats Robert Fuller, subbing for Ron.
Dusty Rhodes	74/10/22	Tampa, FL
Bill Watts [2]	74/11/12	Tampa, FL
Dusty Rhodes [2]	74/11/28	Jacksonville, FL
Bill Watts [3]	74/12/05	Jacksonville, FL
Bob Roop	75/02/25	Tampa, FL
Terry Funk	75/05
Bob Roop [2]	75/06
Rocky Johnson	75/07
Bob Roop [3]	75/07
Dusty Rhodes [2]	75/09/16	Tampa, FL
Vacant on 75/10/28 after a match against King Curtis.
King Curtis Iaukea	75/11
Wins tournament.
Rocky Johnson [2]	75/12/23	Tampa, FL
Frank Goodish (Bruiser Brody)	75/12/31	Tampa, FL
Thunderbolt Patterson	76/02/04	Miami, FL
Pak Song	76/03/17	Miami, FL
Jack Brisco [7]	76/04/17	St. Petersburg, FL
One report says Brisco wins on 76/03/19, but Song wrestles a title match against Jerry Brisco on 76/04/07 in Miami Beach.
Bob Orton Jr.	76/05/25	Tampa, FL
Dusty Rhodes [3]	76/07/27	Tampa, FL
Billy Graham	76/11/22	W. Palm Beach, FL
Dusty Rhodes [4]	77/02/15	Tampa, FL
Vacant in 77.
Buddy Wolf	77/03/08	Tampa, FL
Wins a one-night round-robin tournament.
Dusty Rhodes [5]	77/06/09<
Sometime between 77/05/12 and 77/06/08.
Ernie Ladd	77/07/15	Tallahassee, FL
Dusty Rhodes [6]	77/08
Returned to Rhodes due to the way Ladd wins.
Lars Anderson	77/09/20	Tampa, FL
Dusty Rhodes [7]	77/11/26	St. Petersburg, FL
Lars Anderson [2]	77/12/15	Jacksonville, FL
Stripped on 78/01/17<.
Killer Karl Kox	78/02/07	Tampa, FL
Defeats Dusty Rhodes?; Kox may have won the title when he defeats Anderson on 78/01/18 in Miami, FL
Rocky Johnson [3]	78/03/08	Miami, FL
Bob Roop [4]	78/03/13	W. Palm Beach, FL
Jack Brisco [8]	78/03/26	Orlando, FL
The Spoiler	78/05/23	Tampa, FL
Dusty Rhodes [8]	78/06/19	W. Palm Beach, FL
The Spoiler [2]	78/08/01<
Steve Keirn	78/10/10	Tampa, FL
Pak Song [2]	78/10/24	Tampa, FL
Defeats Mike Graham, subbing for Keirn; vacant in 78.
Dusty Rhodes [9]	78/11/25	St. Petersburg, FL
Defeats Bob Roop in tournament final.
Mr. Uganda (Ciclon Negro)	78/12/12	Tampa, FL
Jos LeDuc	78/12/19	Tampa, FL
Dick Slater	79/01/02	Tampa, FL
Jim Garvin	79/01/09	Tampa, FL
King Curtis Iaukea [2]	79/05/16	Tampa, FL
Dusty Rhodes [10]	79/07/04	Miami Beach, FL
Vacates on 79/08/21 when Rhodes wins NWA World title.
Terry Funk [2]	79/09	Tampa, FL
Defeats Steve Keirn in tournament final.
Manny Fernandez	79/10/21	Orlando, FL
Don Muraco	80/03/26	Miami, FL
Bugsy McGraw	80/08/08	Melbourne, FL
Bobby Jaggers	80/10/11	Jacksonville, FL
Dusty Rhodes [11]	80/10/26	Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Dory Funk Jr.	80/11/04	Tampa, FL
Barry Windham	81/01/12	W. Palm Beach, FL
Dory Funk Jr. [2]	81/04/08	Tampa, FL
Wins by forfeit when Windham injured in auto accident.
Charlie Cook	81/08/11	Tampa, FL
Dory Funk Jr. [3]	81/09/01	Tampa, FL
Charlie Cook [2]	81/10
The Spoiler [3]	81/11/03	Tampa, FL
Mr. Wrestling II	81/12	Jacksonville, FL
James J. Dillon	82/03	Orlando, FL
Mr. Wrestling II [2]	82/04	St. Petersburg, FL
Jim Garvin [2]	82/05/03	W. Palm Beach, FL
Brian Blair	82/07/11	Orlando, FL
Declared vacant on 82/08/23 after a match where Bruiser Brody was declared the winner in W. Palm Beach, FL.
Kevin Sullivan	82/10/06	Tampa, FL
Defeats Barry Windham in tournament final.
Mike Graham	83/01/15	Miami, FL
Vacant in 83 because of injury.
Scott McGhee	83/03/23
Defeats Johnny Heffernan.
Adrian Street *	83/04
Scott McGhee *	83/04
Jos LeDuc [2]	83/08	Lakeland, FL
Barry Windham [2]	83/09/17	Sarasota, FL
Jos LeDuc [3]	83/09/18	Orlando, FL
Barry Windham [3]	83/09/19	W. Palm Beach, FL
Vacant in 83/11 when Windham tours Japan.
Mike Rotundo	83/12/16	St. Petersburg, FL
Defeats Greg Valentine in 5-man tournament final.
Kendo Nagasaki	84/01/22	Orlando, FL
Billy Jack (Haynes)	84/03/29	Lakeland, FL
Billy Graham [2]	84/06/10	Orlando, FL
Scott McGhee [2]	84/07/29	Orlando, FL
Jesse Barr	84/10/14	Orlando, FL
Title held up after a match against Brian Blair.
Brian Blair [2]	85/01/06	Orlando, FL
Defeats Barr in rematch.
Jesse Barr [2]	85/02/12	Tampa, FL
Hector Guerrero	85/04/28	Orlando, FL
Hercules Hernandez	85/06/30	Orlando, FL
Vacant in 85/07 when Hernandez fired after dressing room fight with Wahoo McDaniel.
Jack Hart (Barry Horowitz)	85/07/23	Tampa, FL
Defeats Mike Graham in tournament final.
Kendhall Windham	85/09/02	Tampa, FL
Cuban Assassin	86/02/22	Tampa, FL
Kendhall Windham [2]	86/03/05	Tampa, FL
Vacates title in 86/05 after match with Bob Roop in which Barry Windham interfered to help Kendall win.
Kendhall Windham [3]	86/05/18	Orlando, FL
Wins tournament final by forfeit after Lex Luger DCOR Kendo Nagasaki in other semifinal.
White Ninja (Keiji Mutoh) #	86/05/21	Tampa, FL
Kendhall Windham #	86/06
Belt returned to Windham after films show Ninja illegally used karate to win the belt.
Ron Bass	86/07/15	Tampa, FL
Barry Windham [4]	86/09/01	Daytona, FL
Ron Bass [2]	86/09/16	Tampa, FL
Barry Windham [5]	86/09/24	Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Title held up after a match against Ron Bass where Bass uses chloroform.
Barry Windham [6]	86/10/08	Tampa, FL
Defeats Ron Bass in rematch.
Kareem Muhammad	86/11/25	Lakeland, FL
Ron Simmons	86/12/02	Tampa, FL
Bad News Allen	87/01/20	Tampa, FL
Sir Oliver Humperdink	87/02/24	Tampa, FL
Ed Gantner	87/02
Given title by Humperdink.
Mike Rotunda [2]	87/03/15	Daytona, FL
Title held up after a match against Dory Funk Jr. in Orlando, FL on 87/05/31.
Mike Rotunda [3]	87/06/07	Orlando, FL
Defeats Dory Funk Jr. in rematch; stripped when Rotunda gives belt to Rick Steiner in 88/12.
Mike Graham [2]	88/12/25	Tampa, FL
Defeats The Terminator.
Al Perez	89/03/11	Tampa, FL
Dustin Rhodes	89/05/23	Tampa, FL
Kendhall Windham	89/06/27	Tampa, FL
Steve Keirn [2]	89/07/09	Tampa, FL
Lou Perez	92/07	Winter Haven, FL
Steve Keirn [3]	93/03	Tampa, FL
Lou Perez [2]	93/05	Winter Haven, FL
Steve Keirn [4]	93/12	Tampa, FL
Lou Perez [3]	94/08/06	Tampa, FL
Stripped on 95/11/06 due to knee injury.
Hercules Hernandez [2]	95/11/07	Gainesville, FL
Defeats Steve Collins in tournament final.
Steve Keirn [5]	96/11/08	Gainesville, FL
Dory Funk Jr. [4]	97/11/07	Gainesville, FL
Vacates the title for the tournament on 00/08/15.
Adam Windsor	00/08/15	Tampa, FL
Defeats Chris Nelson in 8-man tournament final and is presented the belt by Dory Funk Jr.; vacates on 00/11/15.
Buck Quartermaine	01/01/23	Tampa, FL
Cyborg	01/10/13	St. Petersburg, FL
Vacant on 02/03/11 due to lack of title defense since 01/10.
Steve Corino	02/05/25	St. Petersburg, FL
Defeats Danny Doring in an 8-man tournament final.
Danny Doring	02/05/25	St. Petersburg, FL
Christopher Daniels	02/06/28	St. Petersburg, FL
Defeats Danny Doring, Mike Sullivan, and Scoot Andrews in a 4-way elimination match.
Danny Doring [2]	02/06/29	Davie, FL
Defeats Daniels and Scoot Andrews in a 3-way match.
Billy Fives	03/01/25	Pinellas Park, FL
Agent Steele	03/01/25	Pinellas Park, FL
Billy Fives [2]	03/02/15	Davie, FL
Scoot Andrews	03/07/19	St. Petersburg, FL
Defeats Billy Fives and Lex Lovett in 3-way match.
Steve Madison	03/11/22	St. Petersburg, FL
Todd Shane	04/03/20	St. Petersburg, FL
Steve Madison [2]	04/09/04	Clearwater, FL
Bruce Steele	04/11/20	Brandon, FL
Defeats Madison and Roderick Strong in a 3-way match; vacant when NWA Florida officially closes in 05/06.
The Sheik (Joseph Cabibbo)	09/10
Defeats Steve Madison on 09/08/01 in Temple Terrace, FL to become Pro Wrestling Fusion champion; recognized as NWA Florida champion after 09/10.
Tommy Taylor	10/05/15	Ft. Pierce, FL
Still champion as of 10/11/06; PWF leaves NWA in 11.
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Venom	12/04/28<
Deathrow Jethro	12/05/12	Winter Garden, FL
CWFL leaves NWA in 12/09.