# NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Florida version)

The Florida version of the NWA Brass Knuckles Championship was a secondary professional wrestling championship defended sporadically in the National Wrestling Alliance's Florida territory, Championship Wrestling from Florida. As its name suggests, the title was contested in matches in which the participants wore brass knuckles and it existed from 1960 until the title was abandoned, no earlier than late 1984.

## Title history

Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | Danny McShain | January 11, 1960 (nlt) | CWF show | N/A | 1 | | Newspaper reports indicate that McShain had been awarded the championship "recently". | |
| 2 | Jan Madrid | February 22, 1960 | CWF show | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 7 | | |
| 3 | Eddie Graham | February 29, 1960 | CWF show | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 50 | | |
| 4 | Mike DiBiase | April 19, 1960 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 7 | | |
| 5 | Eddie Graham | April 26, 1960 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | | Listed as champion on May 20, 1963. Later inactive | |
| | Championship history is unrecorded from 1963 to April 23, 1968. | Championship history is unrecorded from 1963 to April 23, 1968. | Championship history is unrecorded from 1963 to April 23, 1968. | Championship history is unrecorded from 1963 to April 23, 1968. | Championship history is unrecorded from 1963 to April 23, 1968. | Championship history is unrecorded from 1963 to April 23, 1968. | Championship history is unrecorded from 1963 to April 23, 1968. | Championship history is unrecorded from 1963 to April 23, 1968. |
| 6 | Johnny Valentine | April 23, 1968 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 48 | Championship was reactivated as the Florida version. Unclear if Valentine was the first holder of the reactivated championship | |
| 7 | Eddie Graham | June 10, 1968 | CWF show | Orlando, Florida | 3 | 24 | | |
| 8 | Boris Malenko | July 4, 1968 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 26 | | |
| 9 | Joe Scarpa | July 30, 1968 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 23 | | |
| 10 | Boris Malenko | August 22, 1968 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 2 | 74 | | |
| 11 | José Lothario | November 4, 1968 | CWF show | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 14 | | |
| 12 | Boris Malenko | November 18, 1968 | CWF show | Orlando, Florida | 3 | 136 | | |
| 13 | The Gladiator | April 3, 1969 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 14 | | |
| 14 | Boris Malenko | April 17, 1969 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 4 | 6 | | |
| 15 | Joe Scarpa | April 23, 1969 | CWF show | Miami Beach, Florida | 2 | 67 | | |
| 16 | Boris Malenko | June 29, 1969 | CWF show | Miami Beach, Florida | 5 | 66 | | |
| 17 | Beautiful Brutus | September 3, 1969 | CWF show | Miami Beach, Florida | 1 | 62 | | |
| 18 | Dale Lewis | November 4, 1969 | CWF show | Miami Beach, Florida | 1 | 16 | | |
| 19 | Don Curtis | November 20, 1969 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 21 | | |
| 20 | The Missouri Mauler | December 11, 1969 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 26 | | |
| 21 | Danny Miller | January 6, 1970 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 42 | | |
| 22 | The Missouri Mauler | February 17, 1970 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | 74 | | |
| 23 | José Lothario | May 2, 1970 | CWF show | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 2 | 24 | | |
| 24 | Thunderbolt Patterson | May 26, 1970 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 88 | | |
| 25 | José Lothario | August 22, 1970 | CWF show | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 3 | 101 | | |
| 26 | Dusty Rhodes | December 1, 1970 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | | | |
| — | Vacated | December 1970 | — | — | — | — | Dusty Rhodes was stripped of the title for undocumented reasons | |
| 27 | Tarzan Tyler | December 22, 1970 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 39 | | |
| 28 | Ciclón Negro | January 30, 1971 | CWF show | Miami Beach, Florida | 1 | 24 | | |
| 29 | Boris Malenko | February 23, 1971 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 6 | 57 | | |
| 30 | The Champion | April 21, 1971 | CWF show | Miami Beach, Florida | 2 | 14 | | |
| 31 | Dale Lewis | May 5, 1971 | CWF show | Miami Beach, Florida | 2 | 38 | | |
| 32 | Bob Roop | June 12, 1971 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 19 | | |
| 33 | Bobby Duncum | July 1, 1971 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 166 | | |
| 34 | George Gaiser | December 14, 1971 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 7 | | |
| 35 | Bobby Duncum | December 21, 1971 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | 37 | | |
| 36 | Boris Malenko | January 27, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 7 | 61 | | |
| 37 | Bearcat Wright | March 28, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 48 | | |
| 38 | Boris Malenko | May 15, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 8 | 22 | | |
| 39 | Paul Jones | June 6, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 7 | | |
| 40 | Jack Brisco | June 13, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 0 | | |
| — | Vacated | June 13, 1972 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons | |
| | Championship history is unrecorded from June 13, 1972 to December 1972. | Championship history is unrecorded from June 13, 1972 to December 1972. | Championship history is unrecorded from June 13, 1972 to December 1972. | Championship history is unrecorded from June 13, 1972 to December 1972. | Championship history is unrecorded from June 13, 1972 to December 1972. | Championship history is unrecorded from June 13, 1972 to December 1972. | Championship history is unrecorded from June 13, 1972 to December 1972. | Championship history is unrecorded from June 13, 1972 to December 1972. |
| 41 | Dusty Rhodes | December 1972 (nlt) | CWF show | N/A | 2 | | | |
| — | Vacated | December 1972 | — | — | — | — | Dusty Rhodes was stripped of the title for striking NWA President Sam Muchnick. | |
| 42 | Tarzan Tyler | December 22, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 3 | | Won a tournament to become champion | |
| | Championship history is unrecorded from December 22, 1972 to 1975. | Championship history is unrecorded from December 22, 1972 to 1975. | Championship history is unrecorded from December 22, 1972 to 1975. | Championship history is unrecorded from December 22, 1972 to 1975. | Championship history is unrecorded from December 22, 1972 to 1975. | Championship history is unrecorded from December 22, 1972 to 1975. | Championship history is unrecorded from December 22, 1972 to 1975. | Championship history is unrecorded from December 22, 1972 to 1975. |
| 43 | Killer Karl Kox | 1975 | CWF show | N/A | 1 | | Won a tournament to become champion. | |
| 44 | Rocky Johnson | 1976 | CWF show | N/A | 1 | | | |
| | | N/A | N/A | N/A | | | | |
| 45 | Steve Keirn | October 2, 1978 | CWF show | West Palm Beach, Florida | 1 | | Defeated Killer Karl Kox to win the championship, records are unclear of in Kox was the champion at the time | |
| | | N/A | N/A | N/A | | | | |
| 46 | Killer Karl Kox | 1978 | CWF show | N/A | 2 | | | |
| 47 | Sonny King | February 1979 (nlt) | CWF show | N/A | 2 | | | |
| 48 | Killer Karl Kox | May 1979 (nlt) | CWF show | N/A | 3 | | | |
| | | N/A | N/A | N/A | | | | |
| 49 | Dick Slater | October 1980 (nlt) | CWF show | N/A | 1 | | | |
| — | | N/A | — | — | | | | |
| 50 | Jerry Lawler | September 29, 1981 (nlt) | CWF show | St. Petersburg, Florida | 1 | | EIther defended the championship against Bobby Jaggers on that date or won it from Jaggers. | |
| — | | May 1982 (nlt) | — | — | September 29, 1981 (nlt) | | | |
| 51 | Ciclón Negro | May 1982 (nlt) | CWF show | N/A | 2 | | | |
| — | | September 1983 | — | — | May 1982 | | | |
| — | Vacated | September 1983 (nlt) | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons. | |
| 52 | Blackjack Mulligan | September 1983 (nlt) | CWF show | N/A | 1 | | Defeated Kareem Muhammad in a tournament final to become champion | |
| 53 | Black Bart | January 1984 | CWF show | N/A | 1 | | | |
| 54 | Blackjack Mulligan | May 5, 1984 | CWF show | St. Petersburg, Florida | 2 | | | |
| 55 | Panama Gang | November 1984 (nlt) | CWF show | St. Petersburg, Florida | 1 | | | |
| | deactivated | N/A | N/A | N/A | | | Championship abandoned. | |