NWA Florida Television Championship

Statistics
First champion(s)	Ray Stevens
Final champion(s)	Lex Luger
Most reigns	Jack Brisco (4 reigns)

NWA Florida Television Championship
Details
Promotion	Championship Wrestling from Florida
Date established	November 21, 1956
Date retired	February 1987
Statistics
First champion(s)	Ray Stevens
Final champion(s)	Lex Luger
Most reigns	Jack Brisco (4 reigns)

The NWA Florida Television Championship was a secondary title in Championship Wrestling from Florida. It existed from 1970 until 1987.^[1]^[2]

Title history

Key
Symbol	Meaning
No.	The overall championship reign
Reign	The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event	The event in which the championship changed hands
N/A	The specific information is not known
—	Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
	Indicates that there was a period where the lineage is undocumented due to the lack of written documentation

No.	Champion	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref(s).
1	Ray Stevens	1	November 21, 1956	^{[Note 1]}	Tampa, Florida	live event	Defeat Harry Smith to become the first champion.

2	Tarzan Tyler	1	October 29, 1970	7001290000000000000♠29	Tampa, Florida	live event	Defeated Jack Brisco in tournament final.
3	Jack Brisco	1	November 27, 1970	7001530000000000000♠53	Tampa, Florida	live event
4	Tarzan Tyler	2	January 19, 1971	^{[Note 2]}	Tampa, Florida	live event
—	Vacated	—	March 1971	—	N/A	N/A	Tarzan Tyler was suspended and had to give back the championship
5	Terry Funk	1	March 18, 1971	7001330000000000000♠33	Tampa, Florida	live event	Defeated Buddy Austin in tournament as The Masked Texan but unmasks after match.
6	Jack Brisco	2	April 20, 1971	7002240000000000000♠240	Tampa, Florida	live event
7	Ole Anderson	1	December 16, 1971	7000700000000000000♠7	Tampa, Florida	live event
8	Bob Roop	1	December 23, 1971	7001120000000000000♠12	Tampa, Florida	live event
9	Bobby Shane	1	January 4, 1972	7001580000000000000♠58	Tampa, Florida	live event
—	Vacated	—	March 2, 1972	—	N/A	N/A	Championship vacated when Bobby Shane refused to wrestle on televised shows
10	Paul Jones	1	April 18, 1972	^{[Note 3]}	Tampa, Florida	live event	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	1	September 28, 1972	7001210000000000000♠21	Tampa, Florida	live event	Defeated Jack Brisco by default in the tournament final.
12	Bobby Shane	2	October 19, 1972	7001190000000000000♠19	Tampa, Florida	live event
13	Jack Brisco	3	November 7, 1972	7002209000000000000♠209	Tampa, Florida	live event
14	Gorgeous George Jr.	1	June 4, 1973	^{[Note 4]}	Orlando, Florida	live event
15	Jack Brisco	4	June 1973	^{[Note 5]}	N/A	live event
16	Buddy Colt	1	June 30, 1973	7001170000000000000♠17	St. Petersburg, Florida	live event
17	Paul Jones	2	July 17, 1973	7001300000000000000♠30	Tampa, Florida	live event
18	Great Mephisto	1	August 16, 1973	7001820000000000000♠82	Jacksonville, Florida	live event
19	Dick Slater	1	November 6, 1973	7001210000000000000♠21	Tampa, Florida	live event
20	Mike Graham	1	November 27, 1973	7002476000000000000♠476	Tampa, Florida	live event
21	James J. Dillon	1	March 18, 1975	7002135000000000000♠135	Tampa, Florida	live event
22	Rocky Johnson\|Rocky Johnson]]]]	1	July 31, 1975	7002173000000000000♠173	Jacksonville, Florida	live event
23	The Missouri Mauler	1	January 20, 1976	7002273000000000000♠273	Tampa, Florida	live event
24	Tommy Seigler	1	October 19, 1976	7001210000000000000♠21	Tampa, Florida	live event
25	The Assassin	1	November 9, 1976	7001230000000000000♠23	Tampa, Florida	live event
26	Mike Graham	2	December 2, 1976	7002169000000000000♠169	Jacksonville, Florida	live event
27	Pat Patterson	1	May 20, 1977	7001950000000000000♠95	Tallahassee, Florida	live event
28	Pedro Morales	1	August 23, 1977	^{[Note 6]}	Tampa, Florida	live event
29	Dick Slater	2	April 1978	^{[Note 7]}	Florida	live event
30	Jerry Brisco	1	May 3, 1978	7002119000000000000♠119	Florida	live event
31	Bobby Duncum	1	August 30, 1978	^{[Note 8]}	Miami, Florida	live event
32	Dusty Rhodes	1	September 1978	^{[Note 9]}	Florida	live event
33	Bugsy McGraw	1	September 1978	^{[Note 10]}	Florida	live event

34	Dusty Rhodes	2	January 1979	^{[Note 1]}	Florida	live event

35	Bugsy McGraw	2	September 11, 1979	7002174000000000000♠174	Tampa, Florida	live event
36	Steve Keirn	1	March 3, 1980	7001640000000000000♠64	West Palm Beach, Florida	live event
37	Masa Saito	1	May 6, 1980	7001810000000000000♠81	Tampa, Florida	live event		^[3]
38	Barry Windham	1	July 26, 1980	^{[Note 11]}	St. Petersburg, Florida	live event
39	Super Destroyer	1	August 1980	^{[Note 12]}	Florida	live event
40	Barry Windham	2	September 3, 1980	7001840000000000000♠84	Miami, Florida	live event		^[4]
41	Baron Von Raschke	1	November 26, 1980	^{[Note 13]}	Hollywood, Florida	live event
42	Manny Fernandez	1	March 1981	^{[Note 14]}	Florida	live event
43	Don Muraco	1	May 1, 1981	7001250000000000000♠25	Orlando, Florida	live event
44	Gran Apollo	1	May 26, 1981	7002104000000000000♠104	Tampa, Florida	live event
45	Dory Funk Jr.	1	September 7, 1981	7000900000000000000♠9	Tampa, Florida	live event
46	Tommy Gilbert	1	September 16, 1981	^{[Note 15]}	Florida	live event
47	Eddie Mansfield	1	October 1981	^{[Note 16]}	Florida	live event
48	Wahoo McDaniel	1	December 2, 1981	^{[Note 17]}	Miami, Florida	live event
—	Vacated	—	December 1981	—	N/A	N/A	Championship was vacated for undocumented reasons
49	Eric Embry	1	December 26, 1981	7001210000000000000♠21	St. Petersburg, Florida	live event	Won a tournament.
50	Ray Stevens	2	January 16, 1982	^{[Note 18]}	St. Petersburg, Florida	live event
51	Sweet Brown Sugar	1	April 1982	^{[Note 19]}	Florida	live event
52	David Von Erich	1	April 24, 1982	^{[Note 1]}	Florida	live event
53	Dory Funk Jr.	2	1982	^{[Note 1]}	Florida	live event
54	Tommy Gilbert	2	1982	^{[Note 1]}	Florida	live event

55	Eddie Mansfield	2	September 16, 1982	^{[Note 1]}	N/A	live event
—	Inactive	—	1982	—	N/A	N/A
56	Lex Luger	1	March 12, 1986	^{[Note 20]}	Tampa, Florida	live event	Defeated Jerry Grey in tournament final.
—	Retired	—	February 1987	—	N/A	N/A

Footnotes

1 2 3 4 5 6 The length of this championship is too uncertain to calculate.
↑ The date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7001410000000000000♠41 and 7001570000000000000♠57 days.
↑ The date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7002136000000000000♠136 and 7002162000000000000♠162 days.
↑ The date the championship was wont is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 2997294000000000000♠−706 days.
↑ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 2997293000000000000♠−707 days.
↑ The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7002221000000000000♠221 and 7002250000000000000♠250 days.
↑ The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7002368000000000000♠368 and 7002397000000000000♠397 days.
↑ The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between {1 and 7001310000000000000♠31 days.
↑ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between {1 and 7001290000000000000♠29 days.
↑ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between {1 and 7001290000000000000♠29 days.
↑ The date the championship was won/lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7000600000000000000♠6 and 7001350000000000000♠35 days.
↑ The date the championship was wont is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7000300000000000000♠3 and 7001330000000000000♠33 days.
↑ The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7001950000000000000♠95 and 7003326900000000000♠3,269 days.
↑ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7001310000000000000♠31 and 7001610000000000000♠61 days.
↑ The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7001150000000000000♠15 and 7001450000000000000♠45 days.
↑ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7001320000000000000♠32 and 7001620000000000000♠62 days.
↑ The date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 7001240000000000000♠24 days.
↑ The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7001750000000000000♠75 and 7001970000000000000♠97 days.
↑ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 7003367500000000000♠3,675 days.
↑ The date the championship was abandoned is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 2998610000000000000♠−39 and 2998610000000000000♠−39 days.

References

↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ Hoops, Brian (September 3, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Sept. 3): Ric Flair Vs, Terry Funk Texss Death Match, Great Muta Vs. Sting, Ted Dibiase and Stan Hansen win AJPW tag titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.

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[Uncertain-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 The length of this championship is too uncertain to calculate.

[4] The date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7001410000000000000♠41 and 7001570000000000000♠57 days.

[5] The date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7002136000000000000♠136 and 7002162000000000000♠162 days.

[6] The date the championship was wont is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 2997294000000000000♠−706 days.

[7] The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 2997293000000000000♠−707 days.

[8] The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7002221000000000000♠221 and 7002250000000000000♠250 days.

[9] The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7002368000000000000♠368 and 7002397000000000000♠397 days.

[10] The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between {1 and 7001310000000000000♠31 days.

[11] The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between {1 and 7001290000000000000♠29 days.

[12] The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between {1 and 7001290000000000000♠29 days.

[14] The date the championship was won/lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7000600000000000000♠6 and 7001350000000000000♠35 days.

[15] The date the championship was wont is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7000300000000000000♠3 and 7001330000000000000♠33 days.

[17] The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7001950000000000000♠95 and 7003326900000000000♠3,269 days.

[18] The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7001310000000000000♠31 and 7001610000000000000♠61 days.

[19] The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7001150000000000000♠15 and 7001450000000000000♠45 days.

[20] The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7001320000000000000♠32 and 7001620000000000000♠62 days.

[21] The date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 7001240000000000000♠24 days.

[22] The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 7001750000000000000♠75 and 7001970000000000000♠97 days.

[23] The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 7003367500000000000♠3,675 days.

[24] The date the championship was abandoned is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 2998610000000000000♠−39 and 2998610000000000000♠−39 days.

[Titles-1] Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

[2] "N.W.A. Florida Television Title". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved September 14, 2008.

[F4W0506-13] 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.

[F4W0903-16] Hoops, Brian (September 3, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Sept. 3): Ric Flair Vs, Terry Funk Texss Death Match, Great Muta Vs. Sting, Ted Dibiase and Stan Hansen win AJPW tag titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017.