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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 }}
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^ 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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