# NWA Florida Television Championship

The NWA Florida Television Championship was a secondary title in Championship Wrestling from Florida. It existed from 1970 until 1987.

## Title history

Key :
| No. | Overall reign number |
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| N/A | Unknown information |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Championship change | Championship change | Reign statistics | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
| No. | Champion | Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | Ray Stevens | November 21, 1956 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | | Defeated Harry Smith to become the first champion. | |
| | Championship history is unrecorded from November 21, 1956 to October 29, 1970. | Championship history is unrecorded from November 21, 1956 to October 29, 1970. | Championship history is unrecorded from November 21, 1956 to October 29, 1970. | Championship history is unrecorded from November 21, 1956 to October 29, 1970. | Championship history is unrecorded from November 21, 1956 to October 29, 1970. | Championship history is unrecorded from November 21, 1956 to October 29, 1970. | Championship history is unrecorded from November 21, 1956 to October 29, 1970. | Championship history is unrecorded from November 21, 1956 to October 29, 1970. |
| 2 | Tarzan Tyler | October 29, 1970 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 29 | Defeated Jack Brisco in tournament final. | |
| 3 | Jack Brisco | November 27, 1970 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 51 | | |
| 4 | Tarzan Tyler | January 17, 1971 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | | Tyler wins the title in the first fall of a best-of-three falls match in which his NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship is also on the line; Brisco wins the next two falls to take the Florida title from Tyler | |
| — | Vacated | March 1971 | — | — | — | — | Tarzan Tyler was suspended and had to give back the championship | |
| 5 | Terry Funk | March 18, 1971 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 33 | Defeated Buddy Austin in tournament as The Masked Texan but unmasks after match. | |
| 6 | Jack Brisco | April 20, 1971 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | 240 | | |
| 7 | Ole Anderson | December 16, 1971 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 7 | | |
| 8 | Bob Roop | December 23, 1971 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 12 | | |
| 9 | Bobby Shane | January 4, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 58 | | |
| — | Vacated | March 2, 1972 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when Bobby Shane refused to wrestle on televised shows | |
| 10 | Paul Jones | April 18, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | | Defeated Johnny Walker in tournament final. | |
| — | Vacated | September 1972 | N/A | N/A | — | — | Jones attempted to retire the championship without losing it. | |
| 11 | Tim Woods | September 28, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 21 | Defeated Jack Brisco by default in the tournament final. | |
| 12 | Bobby Shane | October 19, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | 19 | | |
| 13 | Jack Brisco | November 7, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 3 | 209 | | |
| 14 | Gorgeous George Jr. | June 4, 1973 | CWF show | Orlando, Florida | 1 | | | |
| 15 | Jack Brisco | June 1973 | CWF show | N/A | 4 | | | |
| 16 | Buddy Colt | June 30, 1973 | CWF show | St. Petersburg, Florida | 1 | 17 | | |
| 17 | Paul Jones | July 17, 1973 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | 30 | | |
| 18 | Great Mephisto | August 16, 1973 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 82 | | |
| 19 | Dick Slater | November 6, 1973 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 21 | | |
| 20 | Mike Graham | November 27, 1973 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 476 | | |
| 21 | J. J. Dillon | March 18, 1975 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 135 | | |
| 22 | Rocky Johnson | July 31, 1975 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 173 | | |
| 23 | The Missouri Mauler | January 20, 1976 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 273 | | |
| 24 | Tommy Seigler | October 19, 1976 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 21 | | |
| 25 | The Assassin | November 9, 1976 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 23 | | |
| 26 | Mike Graham | December 2, 1976 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 2 | 169 | | |
| 27 | Pat Patterson | May 20, 1977 | CWF show | Tallahassee, Florida | 1 | 95 | | |
| 28 | Pedro Morales | August 23, 1977 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | | | |
| 29 | Dick Slater | April 1978 | CWF show | Florida | 2 | | | |
| 30 | Jerry Brisco | May 3, 1978 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | 119 | | |
| 31 | Bobby Duncum | August 30, 1978 | CWF show | Miami, Florida | 1 | | | |
| 32 | Dusty Rhodes | September 1978 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | | | |
| 33 | Bugsy McGraw | September 1978 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | | | |
| | Championship history is unrecorded from September 1978 to January 1979. | Championship history is unrecorded from September 1978 to January 1979. | Championship history is unrecorded from September 1978 to January 1979. | Championship history is unrecorded from September 1978 to January 1979. | Championship history is unrecorded from September 1978 to January 1979. | Championship history is unrecorded from September 1978 to January 1979. | Championship history is unrecorded from September 1978 to January 1979. | Championship history is unrecorded from September 1978 to January 1979. |
| 34 | Dusty Rhodes | January 1979 | CWF show | Florida | 2 | | | |
| | Championship history is unrecorded from January 1979 to September 11, 1979. | Championship history is unrecorded from January 1979 to September 11, 1979. | Championship history is unrecorded from January 1979 to September 11, 1979. | Championship history is unrecorded from January 1979 to September 11, 1979. | Championship history is unrecorded from January 1979 to September 11, 1979. | Championship history is unrecorded from January 1979 to September 11, 1979. | Championship history is unrecorded from January 1979 to September 11, 1979. | Championship history is unrecorded from January 1979 to September 11, 1979. |
| 35 | Bugsy McGraw | September 11, 1979 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | 174 | | |
| 36 | Steve Keirn | March 3, 1980 | CWF show | West Palm Beach, Florida | 1 | 64 | | |
| 37 | Masa Saito | May 6, 1980 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 81 | | |
| 38 | Barry Windham | July 26, 1980 | CWF show | St. Petersburg, Florida | 1 | | | |
| 39 | Super Destroyer | August 1980 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | | | |
| 40 | Barry Windham | September 3, 1980 | CWF show | Miami, Florida | 2 | 84 | | |
| 41 | Baron Von Raschke | November 26, 1980 | CWF show | Hollywood, Florida | 1 | | | |
| 42 | Manny Fernandez | March 1981 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | | | |
| 43 | Don Muraco | May 1, 1981 | CWF show | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 25 | | |
| 44 | Gran Apollo | May 26, 1981 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 104 | | |
| 45 | Dory Funk Jr. | September 7, 1981 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 9 | | |
| 46 | Tommy Gilbert | September 16, 1981 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | | | |
| 47 | Eddie Mansfield | October 1981 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | | | |
| 48 | Wahoo McDaniel | December 2, 1981 | CWF show | Miami, Florida | 1 | | | |
| — | Vacated | December 1981 | — | — | — | — | Championship was vacated for undocumented reasons | |
| 49 | Eric Embry | December 26, 1981 | CWF show | St. Petersburg, Florida | 1 | 21 | Won a tournament. | |
| 50 | Ray Stevens | January 16, 1982 | CWF show | St. Petersburg, Florida | 2 | | | |
| 51 | Sweet Brown Sugar | April 1982 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | | | |
| 52 | David Von Erich | April 24, 1982 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | | | |
| 53 | Dory Funk Jr. | 1982 | CWF show | Florida | 2 | | | |
| 54 | Tommy Gilbert | 1982 | CWF show | Florida | 2 | | | |
| | Championship history is unrecorded from April 1982 to September 16, 1982. | Championship history is unrecorded from April 1982 to September 16, 1982. | Championship history is unrecorded from April 1982 to September 16, 1982. | Championship history is unrecorded from April 1982 to September 16, 1982. | Championship history is unrecorded from April 1982 to September 16, 1982. | Championship history is unrecorded from April 1982 to September 16, 1982. | Championship history is unrecorded from April 1982 to September 16, 1982. | Championship history is unrecorded from April 1982 to September 16, 1982. |
| 55 | Eddie Mansfield | September 16, 1982 | CWF show | N/A | 2 | | | |
| — | Vacated | 1982 | — | — | — | — | | |
| 56 | Lex Luger | March 12, 1986 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | | Defeated Jerry Grey in tournament final. | |
| — | Deactivated | February 1987 | — | — | — | — | | |

## Footnotes

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 The length of this championship is too uncertain to calculate.
* ↑ The date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 43 and 59 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 136 and 162 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was wont is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 706 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 707 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 221 and 250 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 368 and 397 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 31 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 29 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 29 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was won/lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 6 and 35 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was wont is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 3 and 33 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 95 and 3,269 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 31 and 61 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 15 and 45 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 32 and 62 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 24 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 75 and 97 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 3,675 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was abandoned is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 39 and 39 days.