The NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship was a major title in Championship Wrestling from Florida and is now the major title in NWA Florida Wrestling Alliance. It started in 1937 and was abandoned in 1949. It was picked back up in 1966 by CWF and lasted until 1987 when the company was purchased by Jim Crockett Promotions. In 1988, the newly created Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), soon renamed Pro Wrestling Federation (PWF), picked it back up in 1988 and it continued its lineage through NWA Florida, until they ceased operations in 2006.[1] In 2009, Pro Wrestling Fusion revived the title until they left the NWA in 2011. For several months in 2012, a new Championship Wrestling from Florida affiliated with the NWA, briefly reviving the title until NWA Florida Underground Wrestling took over the championship.
Claims Southern and Florida titles; Henry Piers start claiming both titles when Williams is injured during a match in Tampa, Florida on June 10, 1940 Don Evans defeats Piers on June 17, 1940 in Tampa, Florida to claim both titles.
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Tommy Nilan
June 18, 1940
CWF Show
St. Petersburg, Florida
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Defeats Williams to claim the Southern and Florida titles.
Best-of-3 falls match, for Tyler's Florida title, with Brisco's TV title on the line for the first fall only; Brisco comes back to win the second and third falls to take the Florida title.[5]
Mike Rotunda asked for the title back after Steiner had been champions for several months. Rick refused later NWA stripped Rick Steiner of the title, since he never officially won it and the Title is abandoned by Jim Crockett Promotions while Steiner holds it.
Title renamed Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) Florida Heavyweight Championship