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Professional wrestling championship

NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionChampionship Wrestling from Florida (1981–1984)

NWA Florida Major League Wrestling (1997–2002)
NWA Florida (2002–2003)
NWA Championship Wrestling from Florida (2003–2005)
NWA Mid-West / Pro Wrestling Fusion (2009–2011)

NWA Championship Wrestling from Florida (2011–2012)
Date establishedMarch 5, 1942
Date retiredSeptember 2012
Other name(s)
Florida Junior Heavyweight Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)Babe Kasaboski
Final champion(s)Justin Cage
Most reignsC.B. Kool (3 times)

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.

Title history

Key
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 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 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 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 Defeated Dennis Brown in a tournament final
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 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 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

Footnotes

  1. ^ Not affiliated with the original CWF
  2. The championship predates the creation of the National Wrestling Alliance
  3. ^ The length of the championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.
  4. This was not the character played by Abyss who is too heavy to be a Junior Heavyweight.
  5. The exact date the championship change took place is uncertain, which mean it lasted between 1 and 23 days.

References

  1. Duncan, Royal & Will, Gary (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  2. Tanabe, Hisaharu (2003). "Florida Junior Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved June 4, 2007.
  3. Rose, Barry. "Event: Miami and Miami Beach on December 7th, 1983". CWF Archives. Retrieved June 4, 2007.
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