NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Florida version)
| NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Florida) | |||||||||||||||
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| Date established | April, 1960 | ||||||||||||||
| Date retired | 1984 | ||||||||||||||
| Promotion | Championship Wrestling from Florida | ||||||||||||||
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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.[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: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Graham | 1 | April 1960 | ||
| Mike DiBiase | 1 | April 19, 1960 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Johnny Valentine | 1 | April 23, 1968 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Eddie Graham | 2 | June 10, 1968 | Orlando, Florida | |
| Ace Price | 1 | July 4, 1968 | Jacksonville, Florida | |
| Joe Scarpa | 1 | July 30, 1968 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Boris Malenko | 2 | August 22, 1968 | Jacksonville, Florida | |
| José Lothario | 1 | November 4, 1968[3] | Orlando, Florida | |
| Boris Malenko | 3 | November 18, 1968 | Orlando, Florida | |
| The Gladiator (Ricky Hunter) | 1 | April 3, 1969 | Jacksonville, Florida | |
| Boris Malenko | 4 | April 17, 1969 | Jacksonville, Florida | |
| Joe Scarpa | 2 | April 23, 1969[4] | Miami Beach, Florida | |
| Boris Malenko | 5 | June 29, 1969 | Miami Beach, Florida | |
| Beautiful Brutus | 1 | September 3, 1969 | Miami Beach, Florida | |
| Dale Lewis | 1 | November 4, 1969 | Miami Beach, Florida | |
| Don Curtis | 1 | November 20, 1969 | Jacksonville, Florida | |
| The Missouri Mauler | 1 | December 11, 1969 | Jacksonville, Florida | |
| Danny Miller | 1 | January 6, 1970 | Tampa, Florida | |
| The Missouri Mauler | 2 | February 17, 1970 | Tampa, Florida | |
| José Lothario | 2 | May 2, 1970 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Thunderbolt Patterson | 1 | May 26, 1970 | Tampa, Florida | |
| José Lothario | 3 | August 22, 1970 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Dusty Rhodes | 1 | December 1, 1970 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Rhodes was stripped of the title in December 1970. | ||||
| Tarzan Tyler | 1 | December 22, 1970 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Ciclon Negro | 1 | January 30, 1971 | Miami Beach, Florida | |
| Boris Malenko | 6 | February 23, 1971 | Tampa, Florida | |
| The Champion (Tarzan Tyler) | 2 | April 21, 1971 | Miami Beach, Florida | |
| Dale Lewis | 2 | May 5, 1971[5] | Miami Beach, Florida | |
| Bob Roop | 1 | June 12, 1971 | Jacksonville, Florida | |
| Bobby Duncum | 1 | July 1, 1971 | Jacksonville, Florida | |
| George Gaiser | 1 | December 14, 1971 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Bobby Duncum | 2 | December 21, 1971 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Boris Malenko | 7 | January 27, 1972 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Bearcat Wright | 1 | March 28, 1972 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Boris Malenko | 8 | May 15, 1972 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Paul Jones | 1 | June 6, 1972 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Jack Brisco | 1 | June 13, 1972 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Title vacated on the same day Brisco won it. | ||||
| Dusty Rhodes | 2 | December 1972 (n) | ||
| Rhodes was stripped of the title in December 1972 for violence against NWA President Sam Muchnick. | ||||
| Tarzan Tyler | 3 | December 22, 1972 | Tampa, Florida | Won a tournament. |
| Killer Karl Kox | 1 | 1975 | Won a tournament. | |
| Rocky Johnson | 1 | 1976 | ||
| Steve Keirn | 1 | October 2, 1978 | West Palm Beach, Florida | Defeated Killer Karl Kox. |
| Killer Karl Kox | 2 | 1978 | ||
| Sonny King | 2 | February 1979 (n) | ||
| Killer Karl Kox | 3 | May 1979 (n) | ||
| Dick Slater | 1 | October 1980 (n) | ||
| Ciclon Negro | 2 | May 1982 (n) | ||
| Title vacated. | ||||
| Blackjack Mulligan | 1 | September 1983 (n) | Defeated Kareem Muhammad. | |
| Black Bart | 1 | January 1984 | ||
| Blackjack Mulligan | 2 | May 5, 1984 | St. Petersburg, Florida | |
| Panama Gang | 1 | November 1984 (n) | St. Petersburg, Florida | |
| Title later abandoned. | ||||
References
- ↑ Duncan, Royal and Will, Gary (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ Tanabe, Hisaharu (2003). "N.W.A. Florida Brass Knuckles Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2007-05-19.
- ↑ Rose, Barry. "Event: Orlando on November 4th, 1968". CWF Archives. Retrieved 2007-05-19.
- ↑ Rose, Barry. "Event: Miami and Miami Beach on April 23rd, 1969". CWF Archives. Retrieved 2007-05-19.
- ↑ Rose, Barry. "Event: Miami and Miami Beach on May 5th, 1971". CWF Archives. Retrieved 2007-05-19.
See also
- Championship Wrestling from Florida
- National Wrestling Alliance
- Other Brass Knuckles Championships
- NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship (NWA, WCCW/WCWA; 1953-87, 1998-2001)
- NWA World Brass Knuckles Championship (Mid-America; 1978-81)
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