Professional wrestling championship
The NWA Florida Television Championship was a secondary title in Championship Wrestling from Florida . It existed from 1970 until 1987.[1] [2]
Title history [ edit ] Key No. Overall reign number Reign Reign number for the specific champion Days Number of days held N/A Unknown information
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref. Date Event Location Reign Days 1 Ray Stevens November 21, 1956 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 [Note 1] Defeated Harry Smith to become the first champion. Championship history is unrecorded from November 21, 1956 to October 29, 1970 . 2 Tarzan Tyler October 29, 1970 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 29 Defeated Jack Brisco in tournament final. 3 Jack Brisco November 27, 1970 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 51 4 Tarzan Tyler January 17, 1971 CWF show Tampa, Florida 2 [Note 2] Tyler wins the title in the first fall of a best-of-three falls match in which his NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship is also on the line; Brisco wins the next two falls to take the Florida title from Tyler [3] — Vacated March 1971 — — — — Tarzan Tyler was suspended and had to give back the championship 5 Terry Funk March 18, 1971 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 33 Defeated Buddy Austin in tournament as The Masked Texan but unmasks after match. 6 Jack Brisco April 20, 1971 CWF show Tampa, Florida 2 240 7 Ole Anderson December 16, 1971 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 7 8 Bob Roop December 23, 1971 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 12 9 Bobby Shane January 4, 1972 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 58 — Vacated March 2, 1972 — — — — Championship vacated when Bobby Shane refused to wrestle on televised shows 10 Paul Jones April 18, 1972 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 [Note 3] Defeated Johnny Walker in tournament final. — Vacated September 1972 N/A N/A — — Jones attempted to retire the championship without losing it. 11 Tim Woods September 28, 1972 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 21 Defeated Jack Brisco by default in the tournament final. 12 Bobby Shane October 19, 1972 CWF show Tampa, Florida 2 19 13 Jack Brisco November 7, 1972 CWF show Tampa, Florida 3 209 14 Gorgeous George Jr. June 4, 1973 CWF show Orlando, Florida 1 [Note 4] 15 Jack Brisco June 1973 CWF show N/A 4 [Note 5] 16 Buddy Colt June 30, 1973 CWF show St. Petersburg, Florida 1 17 17 Paul Jones July 17, 1973 CWF show Tampa, Florida 2 30 18 Great Mephisto August 16, 1973 CWF show Jacksonville, Florida 1 82 19 Dick Slater November 6, 1973 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 21 20 Mike Graham November 27, 1973 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 476 21 J. J. Dillon March 18, 1975 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 135 22 Rocky Johnson July 31, 1975 CWF show Jacksonville, Florida 1 173 23 The Missouri Mauler January 20, 1976 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 273 24 Tommy Seigler October 19, 1976 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 21 25 The Assassin November 9, 1976 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 23 26 Mike Graham December 2, 1976 CWF show Jacksonville, Florida 2 169 27 Pat Patterson May 20, 1977 CWF show Tallahassee, Florida 1 95 28 Pedro Morales August 23, 1977 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 [Note 6] 29 Dick Slater April 1978 CWF show Florida 2 [Note 7] 30 Jerry Brisco May 3, 1978 CWF show Florida 1 119 31 Bobby Duncum August 30, 1978 CWF show Miami, Florida 1 [Note 8] 32 Dusty Rhodes September 1978 CWF show Florida 1 [Note 9] 33 Bugsy McGraw September 1978 CWF show Florida 1 [Note 10] Championship history is unrecorded from September 1978 to January 1979. 34 Dusty Rhodes January 1979 CWF show Florida 2 [Note 1] Championship history is unrecorded from January 1979 to September 11, 1979. 35 Bugsy McGraw September 11, 1979 CWF show Tampa, Florida 2 174 36 Steve Keirn March 3, 1980 CWF show West Palm Beach, Florida 1 64 37 Masa Saito May 6, 1980 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 81 [4] 38 Barry Windham July 26, 1980 CWF show St. Petersburg, Florida 1 [Note 11] 39 Super Destroyer August 1980 CWF show Florida 1 [Note 12] 40 Barry Windham September 3, 1980 CWF show Miami, Florida 2 84 [5] 41 Baron Von Raschke November 26, 1980 CWF show Hollywood, Florida 1 [Note 13] 42 Manny Fernandez March 1981 CWF show Florida 1 [Note 14] 43 Don Muraco May 1, 1981 CWF show Orlando, Florida 1 25 44 Gran Apollo May 26, 1981 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 104 45 Dory Funk Jr. September 7, 1981 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 9 46 Tommy Gilbert September 16, 1981 CWF show Florida 1 [Note 15] 47 Eddie Mansfield October 1981 CWF show Florida 1 [Note 16] 48 Wahoo McDaniel December 2, 1981 CWF show Miami, Florida 1 [Note 17] — Vacated December 1981 — — — — Championship was vacated for undocumented reasons 49 Eric Embry December 26, 1981 CWF show St. Petersburg, Florida 1 21 Won a tournament. 50 Ray Stevens January 16, 1982 CWF show St. Petersburg, Florida 2 [Note 18] [6] 51 Sweet Brown Sugar April 1982 CWF show Florida 1 [Note 19] 52 David Von Erich April 24, 1982 CWF show Florida 1 [Note 1] 53 Dory Funk Jr. 1982 CWF show Florida 2 [Note 1] 54 Tommy Gilbert 1982 CWF show Florida 2 [Note 1] Championship history is unrecorded from April 1982 to September 16, 1982. 55 Eddie Mansfield September 16, 1982 CWF show N/A 2 [Note 1] — Vacated 1982 — — — — 56 Lex Luger March 12, 1986 CWF show Tampa, Florida 1 [Note 20] Defeated Jerry Grey in tournament final. — Deactivated February 1987 — — — —
^ a b c d e f The length of this championship is too uncertain to calculate. ^ The date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 43 and 59 days. ^ The date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 136 and 162 days. ^ The date the championship was wont is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 706 days. ^ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 707 days. ^ The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 221 and 250 days. ^ The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 368 and 397 days. ^ The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 31 days. ^ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 29 days. ^ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 29 days. ^ The date the championship was won/lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 6 and 35 days. ^ The date the championship was wont is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 3 and 33 days. ^ The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 95 and 3,269 days. ^ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 31 and 61 days. ^ The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 15 and 45 days. ^ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 32 and 62 days. ^ The date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 24 days. ^ The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 75 and 97 days. ^ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 3,675 days. ^ The date the championship was abandoned is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 39 and 39 days. References [ edit ] ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 . ^ "N.W.A. Florida Television Title" . Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved September 14, 2008 . ^ Hoops, Brian (January 17, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/17): Vader wins IWGP heavyweight title" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved January 18, 2019 . ^ F4W Staff (May 6, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 6): Verne Gagne Vs. Danny Hodge, 1st Annual Von Erich Parade of Champions show" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017 . {{cite web }}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link ) ^ Hoops, Brian (September 3, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Sept. 3): Ric Flair Vs, Terry Funk Texas Death Match, Great Muta Vs. Sting, Ted Dibiase and Stan Hansen win AJPW tag titles" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017 . ^ Hoops, Brian (January 16, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/16): Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton win WCW Tag Team Titles" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved January 18, 2019 .
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