NWA Florida Television Championship

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

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

Title history

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	—	—	—	—

Footnotes

1. The length of this championship is too uncertain to calculate.
2. The date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 43 and 59 days.
3. The date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 136 and 162 days.
4. The date the championship was wont is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 706 days.
5. The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 707 days.
6. The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 221 and 250 days.
7. The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 368 and 397 days.
8. The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 31 days.
9. The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 29 days.
10. The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 29 days.
11. The date the championship was won/lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 6 and 35 days.
12. The date the championship was wont is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 3 and 33 days.
13. The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 95 and 3,269 days.
14. The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 31 and 61 days.
15. The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 15 and 45 days.
16. The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 32 and 62 days.
17. The date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 24 days.
18. The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 75 and 97 days.
19. The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 3,675 days.
20. The date the championship was abandoned is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 39 and 39 days.