NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight Championship

NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight Championship
Details
Current champion(s)	Craig Classic
Date won	October 23, 2009
Promotion	NWA Florida
Date established	March 5, 1942
Statistics Most reigns C.B. Kool (3 times) First champion(s) Babe Kasaboski

The NWA Florida Junior Heavyweight Championship was a 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].

Title history

(n) indicates that a title change happened no later than the date listed. Silver marks in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage.

Wrestler:	Times:	Date	Location:	Notes:
Babe Kasaboski	1	March 5, 1942	Jacksonville, Florida	Defeated Morris Shapiro by disqualification to become the first champion.
Bill Ludwig	1	September 4, 1944	Tampa, Florida	Defeated Billy Williams.
Jerry Brisco	1	May 1981 (n)		Defeated Hiro Matsuda in a tournament final.
Title later vacated.
Hector Guerrero	1	December 7, 1983[3]	Miami Beach, Florida	Defeated Dennis Brown in a tournament final.
Title abandoned in 1984 and revived by NWA Florida in 1997.
Mike Marcello	1	November 7, 1997	Gainesville, Florida	Defeated Jet Jaguar and Pepe Prado in a three-way match.
Title stripped for no-showing a title defense on November 13, 1998 in Gainesville, Florida.
Buck Quartermaine	1	November 13, 1998	Gainesville, Florida	Defeated White Chocolate.
Pepe Prado	1	August 5, 2000	Tampa, Florida
Lex Lovett	1	November 14, 2000	Tampa, Florida
Jet Jaguar	1	July 18, 2001	Tampa, Florida
Prince Justice	1	January 26, 2002	St. Petersburg, Florida
Naphtali	1	August 2, 2002	St. Petersburg, Florida
Title vacated when Naphtali was awarded the NWA Florida X Division Championship on January 1, 2003.
Mr. Wrestling IV	1	January 25, 2003	Ocoee, Florida	Defeated Donnie York.
Title stripped on May 17, 2003 for failure to defend.
Talon	1	May 30, 2003	Ocoee, Florida	Defeated Joe Woods.
C.B. Kool	1	September 20, 2003	Ocoee, Florida	Defeated Talon and Rouge in a three-way match.
Kevin Rhodes	1	October 10, 2003	Parkersburg, West Virginia	Won the title at the NWA 55th Anniversary Show.
Rouge	1	November 15, 2003	Ocoee, Florida
C.B. Kool	2	November 15, 2003	Ocoee, Florida
Kevin Rhodes	2	December 13, 2003	Ocoee, Florida	Wrestled in the match as Midnight Rider III, but unmasked after winning.
C.B. Kool	3	March 6, 2004	Ocoee, Florida
Remix	1	August 28, 2004	Orlando, Florida
Tommy Marr	1	January 29, 2005
Vacant		October 8, 2005		Marr vacates the title after winning the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship thus becoming inactive.
Chris Jones	1	October 2009		Jones defeated Prince Iaukea on March 7, 2009 in Ft. Pierce, Florida to become the Pro Wrestling Fusion Heavyweight Champion, then recognized as the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship in October 2009.
Craig Classic	1	October 23, 2009	Tampa Bay, Florida

See also

• Championship Wrestling from Florida
• National Wrestling Alliance
• NWA Florida X Division Championship
• NWA North American Heavyweight Championship
• NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship

References

1. ^ Duncan, Royal and Will, Gary (4th Edition, 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
2. ^ Tanabe, Hisaharu (2003). "Florida Junior Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/fl-j.html. Retrieved June 4, 2007. 
3. ^ Rose, Barry. "Event: Miami and Miami Beach on December 7th, 1983". CWF Archives. http://www.cwfarchives.com/Event.php?id=776. Retrieved June 4, 2007.