| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days |
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| 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] |
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| 2 | Jan Madrid | February 22, 1960 | CWF show | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 7 | | [1] |
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| 3 | Eddie Graham | February 29, 1960 | CWF show | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 50 | | [1] |
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| 4 | Mike DiBiase | April 19, 1960 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 7 | | [1] |
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| 5 | Eddie Graham | April 26, 1960 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | [Note 2] | Listed as champion on May 20, 1963. Later inactive | [1] |
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| Championship history is unrecorded from 1963 toApril 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] |
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| 7 | Eddie Graham | June 10, 1968 | CWF show | Orlando, Florida | 3 | 24 | | [3] |
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| 8 | Boris Malenko | July 4, 1968 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 26 | | [3] |
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| 9 | Joe Scarpa | July 30, 1968 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 23 | | [3] |
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| 10 | Boris Malenko | August 22, 1968 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 2 | 74 | | [3] |
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| 11 | José Lothario | November 4, 1968 | CWF show | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 14 | | [4] |
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| 12 | Boris Malenko | November 18, 1968 | CWF show | Orlando, Florida | 3 | 136 | | [3] |
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| 13 | The Gladiator | April 3, 1969 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 14 | | [5] |
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| 14 | Boris Malenko | April 17, 1969 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 4 | 6 | | [3][6] |
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| 15 | Joe Scarpa | April 23, 1969 | CWF show | Miami Beach, Florida | 2 | 67 | | [3][7] |
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| 16 | Boris Malenko | June 29, 1969 | CWF show | Miami Beach, Florida | 5 | 66 | | [3] |
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| 17 | Beautiful Brutus | September 3, 1969 | CWF show | Miami Beach, Florida | 1 | 62 | | [8] |
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| 18 | Dale Lewis | November 4, 1969 | CWF show | Miami Beach, Florida | 1 | 16 | | [3] |
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| 19 | Don Curtis | November 20, 1969 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 21 | | [3] |
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| 20 | The Missouri Mauler | December 11, 1969 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 26 | | [3] |
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| 21 | Danny Miller | January 6, 1970 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 42 | | [3] |
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| 22 | The Missouri Mauler | February 17, 1970 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | 74 | | [3] |
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| 23 | José Lothario | May 2, 1970 | CWF show | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 2 | 24 | | [3] |
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| 24 | Thunderbolt Patterson | May 26, 1970 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 88 | | [3] |
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| 25 | José Lothario | August 22, 1970 | CWF show | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 3 | 101 | | [3] |
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| 26 | Dusty Rhodes | December 1, 1970 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | [Note 2] | | [3] |
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| — | 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] |
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| 28 | Ciclón Negro | January 30, 1971 | CWF show | Miami Beach, Florida | 1 | 24 | | [3] |
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| 29 | Boris Malenko | February 23, 1971 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 6 | 57 | | [3] |
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| 30 | The Champion | April 21, 1971 | CWF show | Miami Beach, Florida | 2 | 14 | | [3] |
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| 31 | Dale Lewis | May 5, 1971 | CWF show | Miami Beach, Florida | 2 | 38 | | [9][10] |
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| 32 | Bob Roop | June 12, 1971 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 19 | | [3] |
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| 33 | Bobby Duncum | July 1, 1971 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 166 | | [11] |
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| 34 | George Gaiser | December 14, 1971 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 7 | | [3] |
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| 35 | Bobby Duncum | December 21, 1971 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | 37 | | [3] |
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| 36 | Boris Malenko | January 27, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 7 | 61 | | [3] |
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| 37 | Bearcat Wright | March 28, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 48 | | [3] |
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| 38 | Boris Malenko | May 15, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 8 | 22 | | [3] |
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| 39 | Paul Jones | June 6, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 7 | | [3] |
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| 40 | Jack Brisco | June 13, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 0 | | [3] |
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| — | Vacated | June 13, 1972 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons | [3] |
| Championship history is unrecorded fromJune 13, 1972 toDecember 1972. |
| 41 | Dusty Rhodes | December 1972(nlt) | CWF show | N/A | 2 | [Note 2] | | [3] |
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| — | Vacated | December 1972 | — | — | — | — | Dusty Rhodes was stripped of the title for striking NWA PresidentSam Muchnick. | [3] |
| 42 | Tarzan Tyler | December 22, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 3 | [Note 2] | Won a tournament to become champion | [3] |
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| Championship history is unrecorded fromDecember 22, 1972 to1975. |
| 43 | Killer Karl Kox | 1975 | CWF show | N/A | 1 | [Note 2] | Won a tournament to become champion. | [3] |
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| 44 | Rocky Johnson | 1976 | CWF show | N/A | 1 | [Note 2] | | [3] |
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| | N/A | N/A | N/A | | | | |
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| 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] |
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| | N/A | N/A | N/A | | | | |
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| 46 | Killer Karl Kox | 1978 | CWF show | N/A | 2 | [Note 2] | | [3] |
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| 47 | Sonny King | February 1979(nlt) | CWF show | N/A | 2 | [Note 3] | | [3] |
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| 48 | Killer Karl Kox | May 1979(nlt) | CWF show | N/A | 3 | [Note 2] | | [3] |
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| | N/A | N/A | N/A | | | | |
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| 49 | Dick Slater | October 1980(nlt) | CWF show | N/A | 1 | [Note 2] | | [3] |
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| — | | N/A | — | — | | | | |
| 50 | Jerry Lawler | September 29, 1981(nlt) | CWF show | St. Petersburg, Florida | 1 | [Note 2] | EIther defended the championship againstBobby Jaggers on that date or won it from Jaggers. | [3] |
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| — | | May 1982(nlt) | — | — | September 29, 1981(nlt) | | | |
| 51 | Ciclón Negro | May 1982(nlt) | CWF show | N/A | 2 | [Note 2] | | [3] |
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| — | | 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] | DefeatedKareem Muhammad in a tournament final to become champion | [3] |
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| 53 | Black Bart | January 1984 | CWF show | N/A | 1 | [Note 4] | | [3] |
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| 54 | Blackjack Mulligan | May 5, 1984 | CWF show | St. Petersburg, Florida | 2 | [Note 2] | | [10] |
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| 55 | Panama Gang | November 1984(nlt) | CWF show | St. Petersburg, Florida | 1 | [Note 2] | | [3] |
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| deactivated | N/A | N/A | N/A | | | Championship abandoned. | [3] |
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