Title History
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dobie Osbourne | 1 | January 5, 1937 | Florida | |
| Red Devil | 1 | January 19, 1937 | Jacksonville, Fla. | |
| Vacated | 1937 | Title vacant | ||
| Alan Eustace | 1 | August 13, 1937 | Jacksonville, Fla. | |
| Rollend Kirchmeyer | 1 | February 26, 1944 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| "Strangler" Ed Lewis | 1 | February 26, 1944 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Rollend Kirchmeyer | 2 | February 26, 1944 | ||
| The Cardiff Giant | 1 | August 26, 1946 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Antonio Cortez | 1 | October 28, 1946 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Rollend Kirchmeyer | 3 | March 1949 | ||
| Vacated | 1949 or 1950 | Title abandoned | ||
| Lester Welch | 1 | August 11, 1966 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Louie Tillet | 1 | March 20, 1967 | West Palm Beach, Fla. | |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 1 | May 1, 1967 | Orlando, Fla. | |
| Boris Malenko | 1 | May 16, 1967 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Johnny Valentine | 1 | August 26, 1967 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Joe Scarpa | 1 | December 5, 1967 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Johnny Valentine | 2 | December 27, 1967 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Red Bastien | 1 | April 30, 1968 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Johnny Valentine | 3 | June 27, 1968 | Jacksonville, Fla. | |
| Nick Kozak | 1 | September 23, 1968 | Orlando, Fla. | |
| The Gladiator (Ricky Hunter) | 1 | November 23, 1968 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Hans Mortier | 1 | February 4, 1969 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| The Gladiator (Ricky Hunter) | 2 | 1969 | Jacksonville, Fla. | |
| Hans Mortier | 2 | 1969 | Florida | |
| Ciclon Negro | 1 | April 15, 1969 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Dale Lewis | 1 | August 26, 1969 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Mr. Saito | 1 | December 22, 1969 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Jack Brisco | 1 | February 10, 1970 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Missouri Mauler | 1 | May 19, 1970 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Jack Brisco | 2 | 1970 | Florida | |
| Tarzan Tyler | 1 | December 15, 1970 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Jack Brisco | 3 | January 19, 1971 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Paul Jones | 1 | May 16, 1972 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Jack Brisco | 4 | November 28, 1972 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Buddy Colt | 1 | February 20, 1973 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Paul Jones | 2 | June 12, 1973 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Tim Woods | 1 | July 31, 1973 | Florida | |
| Paul Jones | 3 | 1973 | Florida | |
| Buddy Colt | 2 | 1973 | Florida | |
| Paul Jones | 4 | November 1973 | Florida | |
| Buddy Colt | 3 | 1973 | Florida | |
| Eddie Graham | 1 | 1973 | Florida | |
| Buddy Colt | 4 | December 17, 1973 | Florida | |
| Ron Fuller | 1 | March 20, 1974 | Miami, Fla. | |
| Bill Watts | 1 | July 2, 1974 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Jerry Brisco | 1 | 1974 | Florida | |
| Pak Song | 1 | 1974 | Florida | |
| Dusty Rhodes | 1 | October 1974 | Florida | |
| Bill Watts | 2 | November 1974 | Florida | |
| Bob Roop | 1 | May 1975 | Florida | |
| Dusty Rhodes | 2 | October 6, 1975 | Florida | |
| Vacated | October 28, 1975 | |||
| Bob Roop | 2 | November 1975 | ||
| Vacated | 1975 | Title vacant | ||
| King Curtis Iaukea | 1 | December 1975 | Florida (Won tournament) | |
| Rocky Johnson | 1 | December 23, 1975 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Bruiser Brody | 1 | December 31, 1975 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Thunderbolt Patterson | 1 | March 1976 | Florida | |
| Pak Song | 2 | March 25, 1976 | Florida | |
| Jack Brisco | 5 | April 17, 1976 | St. Petersburg, Fla. | |
| Bob Orton, Jr. | 1 | June 1976 | Florida | |
| Dusty Rhodes | 3 | 1976 | Florida | |
| "Superstar" Billy Graham | 1 | November 1976 | Florida | |
| Vacated | March 1977 | Title vacant | ||
| Buddy Wolfe | 1 | March 1977 | ||
| Dusty Rhodes | 4 | June 1977 | Florida | |
| Ernie Ladd | 1 | July 1977 | Florida | |
| Vacated | 1977 | Title vacant | ||
| Dusty Rhodes | 5 | 1977 | Florida | |
| Lars Anderson | 1 | 1977 | Florida | |
| Dusty Rhodes | 6 | November 26, 1977 | St. Petersburg, Fla. | |
| Killer Karl Kox | 1 | February 7, 1978 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Rocky Johnson | 2 | March 8, 1978 | Miami, Fla. | |
| Bob Roop | 3 | March 13, 1978 | West Palm Beach, Fla. | |
| Jack Brisco | 6 | March 26, 1978 | Orlando, Fla. | |
| The Spoiler | 1 | May 23, 1978 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Dusty Rhodes | 7 | June 19, 1978 | West Palm Beach, Fla. | |
| The Spoiler | 2 | September 23, 1978 | Lakeland, Fla. | |
| Steve Keirn | 1 | October 10, 1978 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Vacated | 1978 | Title vacant | ||
| Dusty Rhodes | 8 | November 25, 1978 | St. Petersburg, Fla. | |
| Mr. Uganda (Ciclon Negro) | 1 | December 12, 1978 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Jos LeDuc | 1 | December 19, 1978 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Dick Slater | 1 | January 1979 | Florida | |
| Jimmy Garvin | 1 | January 9, 1979 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| King Curtis Iaukea | 2 | May 1979 | Florida | |
| Dusty Rhodes | 9 | July 4, 1979 | Miami, Fla. | |
| Vacated | August 21, 1979 | |||
| Terry Funk | 1 | September 1979 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Manny Fernandez | 1 | October 21, 1979 | Orlando, Fla. | |
| Don Muraco | 1 | March 26, 1980 | Miami, Fla. | |
| Bugsy McGraw | 1 | August 7, 1980 | Melbourne, Fla. | |
| Bobby Jaggers | 1 | October 11, 1980 | Jacksonville, Fla. | |
| Dusty Rhodes | 10 | October 26, 1980 | Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. | |
| Dory Funk, Jr. | 1 | November 4, 1980 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Barry Windham | 1 | January 12, 1981 | West Palm Beach, Fla. | |
| Dory Funk, Jr. | 2 | April 8, 1981 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Charlie Cook | 1 | July 1981 | Florida | |
| Dory Funk, Jr. | 3 | August 1981 | Florida | |
| Charlie Cook | 2 | October 1981 | Florida | |
| The Spoiler | 3 | November 3, 1981 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Mr. Wrestling II | 1 | December 1981 | Jacksonville, Fla. | |
| James J. Dillon | 1 | March 1982 | Orlando, Fla. | |
| Mr. Wrestling II | 2 | April 1982 | St. Petersburg, Fla. | |
| Jimmy Garvin | 2 | May 1982 | West Palm Beach, Fla. | |
| Brian Blair | 1 | July 11, 1982 | Orlando, Fla. | |
| Vacated | August 23, 1982 | |||
| Kevin Sullivan | 1 | October 6, 1982 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Mike Graham | 1 | January 15, 1983 | Miami, Fla. | |
| Vacated | 1983 | Graham injured | ||
| Scott McGhee | 1 | March 23, 1983 | Defeated Johnny Heffernan | |
| Adrian Street | 1 | April 1983 | Florida | |
| Scott McGhee | 2 | April 1983 | Florida | |
| Jos LeDuc | 2 | August 1983 | Lakeland, Fla. | |
| Barry Windham | 2 | September 17, 1983 | Sarasota, Fla. | |
| Jos LeDuc | 3 | September 18, 1983 | Orlando, Fla. | |
| Barry Windham | 3 | September 19, 1983 | West Palm Beach, Fla. | |
| Vacated | November 1983 | |||
| Mike Rotunda | 1 | December 16, 1983 | St. Petersburg, Fla. | |
| Kendo Nagasaki | 1 | January 22, 1984 | Orlando, Fla. | |
| Billy Jack Haynes | 1 | March 29, 1984 | Orlando, Fla. | |
| Superstar Billy Graham | 2 | June 10, 1984 | Orlando, Fla. | |
| Scott McGhee | 3 | July 29, 1984 | Orlando, Fla. | |
| Jesse Barr | 1 | October 14, 1984 | Orlando, Fla. | |
| Held Up | January 1985 | |||
| Brian Blair | 2 | January 6, 1985 | Orlando, Fla. | |
| Jesse Barr | 2 | February 12, 1985 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Hector Guerrero | 1 | April 28, 1985 | Orlando, Fla. | |
| Hercules Hernandez | 1 | June 30, 1985 | Orlando, Fla. | |
| Vacated | July 1985 | |||
| Jack Hart | 1 | July 23, 1985 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Kendall Windham | 1 | September 2, 1985 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Cuban Assassin | 1 | February 22, 1986 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Kendall Windham | 2 | March 5, 1986 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Vacated | May 1986 | |||
| Kendall Windham | 3 | May 18, 1986 | Orlando, Fla. | |
| The White Ninja | 1 | May 21, 1986 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Kendall Windham | 4 | June 1986 | ||
| Ron Bass | 1 | July 15, 1986 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Barry Windham | 4 | September 1, 1986 | Daytona, Fla. | |
| Ron Bass | 2 | September 16, 1986 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Barry Windham | 5 | September 24, 1986 | Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. | |
| Held Up | 1986 | |||
| Barry Windham | 6 | October 8, 1986 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Kareem Muhammad | 1 | November 25, 1986 | Lakeland, Fla. | |
| Ron Simmons | 1 | December 2, 1986 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Bad News Allen | 1 | January 20, 1987 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Oliver Humperdink | 1 | February 24, 1987 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Ed Gantner | 1 | February 1987 | ||
| Mike Rotunda | 2 | March 15, 1987 | Daytona, Fla. | |
| Held Up | May 31, 1987 | |||
| Mike Rotunda | 3 | June 7, 1987 | Daytona, Fla. | |
| Rick Steiner | 1 | December 1987 | ||
| Stripped | December 1988 | Title stripped to use in FCW | ||
| Title renamed FCW Heavyweight Title/PWF Florida Heavyweight Title | ||||
| Mike Graham | 2 | December 25, 1988 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Al Perez | 1 | March 11, 1989 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Dustin Rhodes | 1 | May 23, 1989 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Kendall Windham | 5 | June 27, 1989 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Steve Keirn | 2 | July 9, 1989 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Dan Spivey | 1 | November 1989 | Orlando, Fla. | |
| Renamed back to NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship | ||||
| Lou Perez | 1 | July 1992 | Winter Haven, Fla. | |
| Steve Keirn | 3 | March 1993 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Lou Perez | 2 | May 1993 | Winter Haven, Fla. | |
| Steve Keirn | 4 | December 1993 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Lou Perez | 3 | August 6, 1994 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Stripped | November 6, 1995 | |||
| Hercules Hernandez | 2 | November 7, 1995 | Gainesville, Fla. | |
| Steve Keirn | 5 | November 8, 1996 | Gainesville, Fla. | |
| Dory Funk, Jr. | 4 | November 7, 1997 | Gainesville, Fla. | |
| Vacated | August 15, 2000 | |||
| Adam Windsor | 1 | August 15, 2000 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Vacated | November 15, 2000 | Title vacant | ||
| Buck Quartermain | 1 | January 23, 2001 | Tampa, Fla. | |
| Cyborg | 1 | October 13, 2001 | St. Petersburg, Fla. | |
| Stripped | March 11, 2002 | |||
| Steve Corino | 1 | May 25, 2002 | St. Petersburg, Fla. | |
| Danny Doring | 1 | May 25, 2002 | St. Petersburg, Fla. | |
| Christopher Daniels | 1 | June 28, 2002 | St. Petersburg, Fla. | |
| Danny Doring | 2 | June 29, 2002 | Davie, Fla. | |
| Billy Fives | 1 | January 25, 2003 | Pinellas Park, Fla. | |
| Agent Steele | 1 | January 25, 2003 | Pinellas Park, Fla. | |
| Billy Fives | 2 | February 15, 2003 | Davie, Fla. | |
| Scoot Andrews | 1 | July 19, 2003 | St. Petersburg, Fla. | |
| Steve Madison | 1 | November 22, 2003 | St. Petersburg, Fla. | |
| Todd Shane | 1 | March 20, 2004 | St. Petersburg, Fla. | |
| Steve Madison | 2 | September 4, 2004 | Clearwater, Fla. | |
| Bruce Steele | 1 | November 20, 2004 | Brandon, Fla. | |
| NWA Florida closed in May 2006 NWA Pro Wrestling Fusion converted its PWF Championship to the NWA Florida title |
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| The Sheik | 1 | May 3, 2008 | Ft. Pierce, Fla. | |
| Steve Madison | 3 | February 7, 2009 | Ft. Pierce, Fla. | |
| The Sheik | 2 | August 1, 2009 | Ft. Pierce, Fla. | |
| Tommy Taylor | 1 | May 15, 2010 | Florida | |
| Pro Wrestling Fusion left the NWA in 2011 Championship Wrestling From Florida revived the title |
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| Venom | 1 | April 2012 | Unknown | |
| Deathrow Jethro | 1 | May 12, 2012 | Winter Garden, FL | |
| CWFL left the NWA in the fall of 2012. Title abandoned. | ||||
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