The NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight Championship was the top title for lighter wrestlers in the National Wrestling Alliance's Florida territory, Championship Wrestling from Florida. The title itself began in 1942, seven years before CWF was founded. The title was abandoned in 1984, before being revived by NWA Florida in 1997.[1][2]
| NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||
| Promotion | Championship Wrestling from Florida (1981–1984) NWA Florida Major League Wrestling (1997–2002) | ||||||||
| Date established | March 5, 1942 | ||||||||
| Date retired | September 2012 | ||||||||
| Other name(s) | |||||||||
Florida Junior Heavyweight Championship[Note 2] | |||||||||
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Title history
edit| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| 1 | Babe Kasaboski | March 5, 1942 | CWF Show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | [Note 3] | Defeated Morris Shapiro by disqualification to become the first champion. | |||
| Championship history is unrecorded from March 5, 1942 to September 4, 1944. | ||||||||||
| 2 | Bill Ludwig | September 4, 1944 | CWF Show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | [Note 3] | Defeated Billy Williams to win the championship | |||
| Championship history is unrecorded from September 4, 1944 to May 1981. | ||||||||||
| 3 | Jerry Brisco | May 1981 (nlt) | CWF Show | N/A | 1 | [Note 3] | Defeated Hiro Matsuda in a tournament final to win the championship | |||
| — | Vacated | N/A | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | |||
| 4 | Hector Guerrero | December 7, 1983 | CWF Show | Miami Beach, Florida | 1 | [Note 3] | Defeated Dennis Brown in a tournament final | [3] | ||
| Championship history is unrecorded from December 7, 1983 to November 7, 1997. | ||||||||||
| 5 | Mike Marcello | November 7, 1997 | CWF Show | Gainesville, Florida | 1 | 371 | Defeated Jet Jaguar and Pepe Prado in a three-way match to win the championship for NWA Florida Major League Wrestling | |||
| — | Vacated | November 13, 1998 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated after Marcello no-showed a championship match | |||
| 6 | Buck Quartermaine | November 13, 1998 | CWF Show | Gainesville, Florida | 1 | 631 | Defeated White Chocolate to win the vacant championship. | |||
| 7 | Pepe Prado | August 5, 2000 | CWF Show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 101 | ||||
| 8 | Lex Lovett | November 14, 2000 | CWF Show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 246 | ||||
| 9 | Jet Jaguar | July 18, 2001 | CWF Show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 192 | ||||
| 10 | Prince Justice[Note 4] | January 26, 2002 | CWF Show | St. Petersburg, Florida | 1 | 188 | ||||
| 11 | Naphtali | August 2, 2002 | CWF Show | St. Petersburg, Florida | 1 | 152 | ||||
| — | Vacated | January 1, 2003 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when Naphtali was awarded the NWA Florida X Division Championship | |||
| 12 | Mr. Wrestling IV | January 25, 2003 | CWF Show | Ocoee, Florida | 1 | 112 | Defeated Donnie York to win the vacant championship | |||
| — | Vacated | May 17, 2003 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated after Mr. Wrestling IV failed to defend the championship | |||
| 13 | Talon | May 30, 2003 | CWF Show | Ocoee, Florida | 1 | 113 | Defeated Joe Woods | |||
| 14 | C.B. Kool | September 20, 2003 | CWF Show | Ocoee, Florida | 1 | 20 | Defeated Talon and Rouge in a three-way match | |||
| 15 | Kevin Rhodes | October 10, 2003 | NWA 55th Anniversary Show | Parkersburg, West Virginia | 1 | 36 | ||||
| 16 | Rouge | November 15, 2003 | CWF Show | Ocoee, Florida | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | C.B. Kool | November 15, 2003 | CWF Show | Ocoee, Florida | 2 | 28 | ||||
| 18 | Kevin Rhodes | December 13, 2003 | CWF Show | Ocoee, Florida | 2 | 84 | Worked the match as Midnight Rider III, but unmasked afterward. | |||
| 19 | C.B. Kool | March 6, 2004 | CWF Show | Ocoee, Florida | 3 | 175 | ||||
| 20 | Remix | August 28, 2004 | CWF Show | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 154 | ||||
| 21 | Tommy Marr | January 29, 2005 | CWF Show | N/A | 1 | 252 | ||||
| — | Vacated | October 8, 2005 | — | — | — | — | Marr vacated the title after winning the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship | |||
| 22 | Chris Jones | October 2009 | CWF Show | N/A | 1 | [Note 5] | Jones defeated Prince Iaukea on March 7, 2009 to become the Pro Wrestling Fusion Heavyweight Champion, then recognized as the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship in October 2009 | |||
| 23 | Classic | October 23, 2009 | CWF Show | Tampa Bay, Florida | 1 | 722 | ||||
| 24 | Bobby Fonta | October 15, 2011 | CWF Show | Florida | 1 | 270 | ||||
| 25 | Justin Cage | July 11, 2012 | CWF Show | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 52 | ||||
| — | Deactivated | September 2012 | — | — | — | — | Championship Wrestling from Florida left the NWA and gave up the championship. | |||
See also
editFootnotes
edit- ^ a b Not affiliated with the original CWF
- ^ The championship predates the creation of the National Wrestling Alliance
- ^ a b c d The length of the championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.
- ^ This was not the character played by Abyss who is too heavy to be a Junior Heavyweight.
- ^ The exact date the championship change took place is uncertain, which mean it lasted between 1 and 23 days.
References
edit- ^ Duncan, Royal & Will, Gary (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ Tanabe, Hisaharu (2003). "Florida Junior Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved June 4, 2007.
- ^ Rose, Barry. "Event: Miami and Miami Beach on December 7th, 1983". CWF Archives. Retrieved June 4, 2007.