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Vacant when Ross no longer wrestles in Florida after 34-03.
Babe Caddock
1934-08-03
Tampa, FL
Defeats Rudy Strongberg.
John Grandovitch
1934-09-07
Tampa, FL
Bruce Nolan
1935-08-21
Miami, FL
Bill Sledge
1935-10-16
Miami, FL
Still champion as of 36-01-22; vacant "for several months" as of 36-03-18.
Pat Newman
1936-03-19
Jacksonville, FL
Defeats title claimant Doug Wyckoff.
Dobie Osbourne
1936-06-29
Tampa, FL
Dick Powell claims the title in Columbia, SC as of 36-09-14.
John Plummer
1936-11-26
St. Petersburg, FL
Osbourne continues to claim the title but loses again to Plummer on 37-01-06 in Miami, FL.
Hans Schumann
1937-01-07
St. Petersburg, FL
Jim Hesslyn *
1937-03-11
St. Petersburg, FL
May be a non-title match; Schumann may continue to hold the title.
Pat Newman
1937-03-18
St. Petersburg, FL
May be a non-title match, but Newman also defeats Hans Schumann on 37-03-25 in St. Petersburg, FL.
Alan Eustace
1937-06-01
St. Petersburg, FL
Has defeated Newman on 35-05-25 in St. Petersburg, FL, but the decision is later overturned with a rematch scheduled in the following week; Bill Sledge still/again claims the title in Miami, FL as of 37-06-16; John Plummer still/again claims the title in Orlando, FL as of 37-07-22 but loses to Eustace on 37-08-02 in Tampa, FL; Jack Evans claims the title in Jacksonville, FL as of 37-08 but loses to Eustace on 37-08-13 in Jacksonville, FL.
Gene Bowman
1938-01-21
Jacksonville, FL
Pat McCleary
1938-03-14
Tampa, FL
Alan Eustace [2]
1938-03-31
Tampa, FL
McCleary continues to be billed as champion in Jacksonville, FL, where he loses to Gene Bowman on 38-04-22; Bowman vacates his claim in 38-05 due to injury.
Ernie Powers
1938-04-25
Tampa, FL
Bill Sledge [2]
1938-05-09
Tampa, FL
Jack Vincent
1938-07-11
Tampa, FL
Stripped in 39-04 when Vincent refuses to defend the title.
In Orlando, FL, Villmer is billed as having "recently" defeated Jack Vincent for the title (The Orlando Sentinel, 39-05-28).
The Green Dragon / Danny O'Connor[2]
1939-06-08
Orlando, FL
Unmasked for losing to Ray Villmer on 39-07-03 in Tampa, FL; Villmer continues to be billed as champion in Tampa, FL but loses to Tommy O'Toole in Jacksonville, FL sometime in 39-07 (The Tampa Times, 39-07-20 & 07-24).
John Grandovitch [2]
1939-07-19
Orlando, FL
Also defeats Tommy O'Toole on 39-07-31 in Tampa, FL to end the dispute; Floyd Marshall defeats Grandovitch on 39-10-17 in Jacksonville, FL but Grandovitch refuses to give up the title because of a DQ loss.
Red Ryan
1939-11-07
St. Petersburg, FL
Tom Mahoney
1939-12-05
St. Petersburg, FL
Cowboy Luttrall
1940-01-23
St. Petersburg, FL
The feud between Luttrall and Mahoney continues, and both continue claiming the title; a tournament to settle the dispute is ordered.
Jim Wright
1940-03-12
St. Petersburg, FL
Defeats Tom Mahoney in tournament final; also defeats Luttrall, who has continued to claim the title, on 40-03-19 in St. Petersburg, FL.
Claims both titles when Williams is injured during a match; Williams continue to claim both titles but loses to Tommy Nilan on 40-06-18 in St. Petersburg, FL.
Don Evans
1940-06-17
Tampa, FL
Also defeats Tommy Nilan on 04-06-24 in Tampa, FL to end the dispute for both titles.
Ted Christy
1940-07-22
Tampa, FL
Reported as winning the Southern Title but is also billed as Florida champion in the following week.
Lewis declared the new champion when Kirchmeyer's head hits the floor knocking him unconscious.
Rollend Kirchmeyer #
1944-02-26
Tampa, FL
Title returned to Kirchmeyer when Lewis refuses it; still champion as of 44-12-19; Jack Dillon is billed as champion in Jacksonville, FL as of 45-03-12.
John Grandovitch [3]
1945-02-19
Jacksonville, FL
Jack Dillon
1945-02-22
Jacksonville, FL
Nick Carter
1945-03-22
Jacksonville, FL
Mysterious Mr. X (Jimmy Ray)
1945-05-10
Jacksonville, FL
Defeats substitute and previous champion Jack Dillon to win the vacant title when Carter is barred from competing by the Navy.
Rollend Kirchmeyer [2]
1945-05-24
Jacksonville, FL
The Cardiff Giant
1946-08-26
Tampa, FL
Defeats Kirchmeyer for the Florida Title and is awarded the Southern Title.
Great Malenko, substituting for Johnny Valentine, defeats Kozak on 68-10-22 in Tampa, FL and claims the title; Kozak defeats Malenko on 68-10-29 Tampa, FL to end the dispute.
Best-of-3 falls match, for Tyler's Florida title, with Brisco's TV title on the line for the first fall only; Brisco comes back to win the second and third falls to take the Florida title.
Title held up after the match against Dory Funk Jr. in Orlando, FL on 87-05-31.
Mike Rotunda [3]
1987-06-07
Orlando, FL
Defeats Dory Funk Jr. in rematch; wins NWA World Television Title on 88-01-26 and never/rarely defends the Florida Title thereafter; stripped when Rotunda gives belt to Rick Steiner in 88-12.
