NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Florida version)
Professional wrestling championship
NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Florida version) Promotion Championship Wrestling from Florida Date established January, 1960 Date retired 1984
NWA World Brass Knuckles Championship (Florida version)
[1]
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.[2] [3]
Title history
Key
No.
Overall reign number
Reign
Reign number for the specific champion
Days
Number of days held
No.
Champion
Championship change
Reign statistics
Notes
Ref.
Date
Event
Location
Reign
Days
1
Danny McShain
January 11, 1960 (nlt)
CWF show
N/A
1
[Note 2]
Newspaper reports indicate that McShain had been awarded the championship "recently".
[1]
2
Jan Madrid
February 22, 1960
CWF show
Orlando, Florida
1
7
[1]
3
Eddie Graham
February 29, 1960
CWF show
Orlando, Florida
1
50
[1]
4
Mike DiBiase
April 19, 1960
CWF show
Tampa, Florida
1
7
[1]
5
Eddie Graham
April 26, 1960
CWF show
Tampa, Florida
2
[Note 2]
Listed as champion on May 20, 1963. Later inactive
[1]
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
[3]
7
Eddie Graham
June 10, 1968
CWF show
Orlando, Florida
3
24
[3]
8
Boris Malenko
July 4, 1968
CWF show
Jacksonville, Florida
1
26
[3]
9
Joe Scarpa
July 30, 1968
CWF show
Tampa, Florida
1
23
[3]
10
Boris Malenko
August 22, 1968
CWF show
Jacksonville, Florida
2
74
[3]
11
José Lothario
November 4, 1968
CWF show
Orlando, Florida
1
14
[4]
12
Boris Malenko
November 18, 1968
CWF show
Orlando, Florida
3
136
[3]
13
The Gladiator
April 3, 1969
CWF show
Jacksonville, Florida
1
14
[5]
14
Boris Malenko
April 17, 1969
CWF show
Jacksonville, Florida
4
6
[3] [6]
15
Joe Scarpa
April 23, 1969
CWF show
Miami Beach, Florida
2
67
[3] [7]
16
Boris Malenko
June 29, 1969
CWF show
Miami Beach, Florida
5
66
[3]
17
Beautiful Brutus
September 3, 1969
CWF show
Miami Beach, Florida
1
62
[8]
18
Dale Lewis
November 4, 1969
CWF show
Miami Beach, Florida
1
16
[3]
19
Don Curtis
November 20, 1969
CWF show
Jacksonville, Florida
1
21
[3]
20
The Missouri Mauler
December 11, 1969
CWF show
Jacksonville, Florida
1
26
[3]
21
Danny Miller
January 6, 1970
CWF show
Tampa, Florida
1
42
[3]
22
The Missouri Mauler
February 17, 1970
CWF show
Tampa, Florida
2
74
[3]
23
José Lothario
May 2, 1970
CWF show
San Juan, Puerto Rico
2
24
[3]
24
Thunderbolt Patterson
May 26, 1970
CWF show
Tampa, Florida
1
88
[3]
25
José Lothario
August 22, 1970
CWF show
San Juan, Puerto Rico
3
101
[3]
26
Dusty Rhodes
December 1, 1970
CWF show
Tampa, Florida
1
[Note 2]
[3]
—
Vacated
December 1970
—
—
—
—
Dusty Rhodes was stripped of the title for undocumented reasons
[3]
27
Tarzan Tyler
December 22, 1970
CWF show
Tampa, Florida
1
39
[3]
28
Ciclón Negro
January 30, 1971
CWF show
Miami Beach, Florida
1
24
[3]
29
Boris Malenko
February 23, 1971
CWF show
Tampa, Florida
6
57
[3]
30
The Champion
April 21, 1971
CWF show
Miami Beach, Florida
2
14
[3]
31
Dale Lewis
May 5, 1971
CWF show
Miami Beach, Florida
2
38
[9] [10]
32
Bob Roop
June 12, 1971
CWF show
Jacksonville, Florida
1
19
[3]
33
Bobby Duncum
July 1, 1971
CWF show
Jacksonville, Florida
1
166
[11]
34
George Gaiser
December 14, 1971
CWF show
Tampa, Florida
1
7
[3]
35
Bobby Duncum
December 21, 1971
CWF show
Tampa, Florida
2
37
[3]
36
Boris Malenko
January 27, 1972
CWF show
Tampa, Florida
7
61
[3]
37
Bearcat Wright
March 28, 1972
CWF show
Tampa, Florida
1
48
[3]
38
Boris Malenko
May 15, 1972
CWF show
Tampa, Florida
8
22
[3]
39
Paul Jones
June 6, 1972
CWF show
Tampa, Florida
1
7
[3]
40
Jack Brisco
June 13, 1972
CWF show
Tampa, Florida
1
0
[3]
—
Vacated
June 13, 1972
—
—
—
—
The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons
[3]
Championship history is unrecorded from June 13, 1972 to December 1972 .
41
Dusty Rhodes
December 1972 (nlt)
CWF show
N/A
2
[Note 2]
[3]
—
Vacated
December 1972
—
—
—
—
Dusty Rhodes was stripped of the title for striking NWA President Sam Muchnick .
[3]
42
Tarzan Tyler
December 22, 1972
CWF show
Tampa, Florida
3
[Note 2]
Won a tournament to become champion
[3]
Championship history is unrecorded from December 22, 1972 to 1975 .
43
Killer Karl Kox
1975
CWF show
N/A
1
[Note 2]
Won a tournament to become champion.
[3]
44
Rocky Johnson
1976
CWF show
N/A
1
[Note 2]
[3]
N/A
N/A
N/A
45
Steve Keirn
October 2, 1978
CWF show
West Palm Beach, Florida
1
[Note 2]
Defeated Killer Karl Kox to win the championship, records are unclear of in Kox was the champion at the time
[3]
N/A
N/A
N/A
46
Killer Karl Kox
1978
CWF show
N/A
2
[Note 2]
[3]
47
Sonny King
February 1979 (nlt)
CWF show
N/A
2
[Note 3]
[3]
48
Killer Karl Kox
May 1979 (nlt)
CWF show
N/A
3
[Note 2]
[3]
N/A
N/A
N/A
49
Dick Slater
October 1980 (nlt)
CWF show
N/A
1
[Note 2]
[3]
—
N/A
—
—
50
Jerry Lawler
September 29, 1981 (nlt)
CWF show
St. Petersburg, Florida
1
[Note 2]
EIther defended the championship against Bobby Jaggers on that date or won it from Jaggers.
[3]
—
May 1982 (nlt)
—
—
September 29, 1981 (nlt)
51
Ciclón Negro
May 1982 (nlt)
CWF show
N/A
2
[Note 2]
[3]
—
September 1983
—
—
May 1982
—
Vacated
September 1983 (nlt)
—
—
—
—
Championship vacated for undocumented reasons.
[3]
52
Blackjack Mulligan
September 1983 (nlt)
CWF show
N/A
1
[Note 2]
Defeated Kareem Muhammad in a tournament final to become champion
[3]
53
Black Bart
January 1984
CWF show
N/A
1
[Note 4]
[3]
54
Blackjack Mulligan
May 5, 1984
CWF show
St. Petersburg, Florida
2
[Note 2]
[10]
55
Panama Gang
November 1984 (nlt)
CWF show
St. Petersburg, Florida
1
[Note 2]
[3]
deactivated
N/A
N/A
N/A
Championship abandoned.
[3]
See also
^ There are several reigns where the start or end date is unclear, which means there could be a reign that lasted longer than 166 days but an exact length has not been verified.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p The length of the reign is too uncertain to calculate.
^ The exact date the championship was won and lost is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted at least 62 days.
^ The exact date the championship was won is uncertain, which means that the reign lasted between 95 and 125 days.
References
^ a b c d e f "NWA World Brass Knuckles Title [Florida]" . wrestling-titles.com . Retrieved July 11, 2018 .
^ Duncan, Royal & Will, Gary (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax Tanabe, Hisaharu (2003). "N.W.A. Florida Brass Knuckles Title" . Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved May 19, 2007 .
^ Rose, Barry. "Event: Orlando on November 4th, 1968" . CWF Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2007 .
^ F4W Staff (April 3, 2015). "On this day in Pro Wrestling title change history" Gotch Vs. Hackenschmidt, Inoki Vs. Hansen, Guerrero Vs. Jerico" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017 . {cite web }
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^ Hoops, Brian (April 17, 2020). "Daily pro wrestling (04/17): WCW Spring Stampede 1994" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved April 17, 2020 .
^ Rose, Barry. "Event: Miami and Miami Beach on April 23rd, 1969" . CWF Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2007 .
^ Hoops, Brian (September 3, 2015). "On this day in Pro Wrestling history (Sept. 3): Ric Fair Vs. Terry Funk Texas Death Match, Great Muta V. Sting, Ted Dibiae and Stan Hansen win AJPW tag titles" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017 .
^ Rose, Barry. "Event: Miami and Miami Beach on May 5th, 1971" . CWF Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2007 .
^ a b F4W Staff (May 5, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (May 5): Bruno Vs. Gorilla in Puerto Rico, 2nd annual Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017 . {cite web }
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^ Hoops, Brian (July 1, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 1): Ric Flair stripped of WCW title, Von Erich win WCCW Tag titles" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017 .
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