NWA Florida Women's Championship
| NWA Florida Women's Championship | |||||||||
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| Promotion | Championship Wrestling from Florida | ||||||||
| Date established | October 15, 1951 | ||||||||
| Date retired | After October 3, 1975 | ||||||||
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The NWA Florida Women's Championship was a women's professional wrestling title in Championship Wrestling from Florida, which lasted originally from 1951 to at least 1971.[1][2]
Title history
[edit]| 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 | Mae Young | October 15, 1951 | CWF Show | Tampa, FL | 1 | [Note 1] | Defeated Cora Combs to become the inaugural champion. | [3] | ||
| — | Vacated | 1952 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. | |||
| 2 | Ann LaVerne | March 10, 1952 | CWF Show | Tampa, FL | 1 | [Note 2] | Defeated Betty Hawkins to win the vacant championship. | |||
| 3 | Betty Hawkins | May 1952 | CWF Show | Tampa, FL | 1 | 52–82[Note 3] | ||||
| 4 | Mars Bennett | February 9, 1953 | CWF Show | Tampa, FL | 1 | 21 | ||||
| 5 | Gloria Barattini | March 2, 1953 | CWF Show | Tampa, FL | 1 | 210 | Last eliminated Mars Bennett in a six-woman battle royal to win the championship. | |||
| 6 | Betty Hawkins | September 28, 1953 | CWF Show | Tampa, FL | 2 | 14 | ||||
| 7 | Dot Dotson | October 12, 1953 | CWF Show | Tampa, FL | 1 | 35 | ||||
| 8 | Betty Hawkins | November 16, 1953 | CWF Show | Tampa, FL | 3 | [Note 1] | ||||
| — | Vacated | 1955 | — | — | — | — | The Championship was vacated when Betty Hawkins does not defend the title for over six months. | |||
| 9 | Gloria Barattini | March 7, 1955 | CWF Show | Tampa, FL | 2 | [Note 1] | Defeated Mae Young to win the vacant championship; still billed as champion on October 15, 1956 | |||
| Championship history is unrecorded from October 15, 1956 to March 29, 1957. | ||||||||||
| 10 | Judy Glover | March 29, 1957 (NLT) | CWF Show | N/A | 1 | [Note 1] | Glover still billed as champion on April 25, 1957. | |||
| Championship history is unrecorded from April 25, 1957 to November 15, 1960. | ||||||||||
| 11 | Bonnie Watson | November 15, 1960 | CWF Show | Lake Worth Beach, FL | 1 | [Note 1] | Defeated Ella Waldek to win the NWA Southern Women's Championship and is also recognized as Florida champion; still champion billed as on December 6, 1960. | |||
| Championship history is unrecorded from December 6, 1960 to October 26, 1961. | ||||||||||
| 12 | Ella Waldek | October 26, 1961 (NLT) | CWF Show | N/A | 1 | [Note 1] | Waldek listed as champion on February 6, 1962 and January 28, 1964; billed as the world champion on February 16, 1964 until at least March 11, 1964. | |||
| Championship history is unrecorded from October 26, 1961 to June 1969. | ||||||||||
| 13 | Sherri Lee | June 1969[Note 4] | CWF Show | N/A | 1 | 463–492[Note 5] | Lee may have defeated Barbara Galento to win the championship. | |||
| 14 | Ella Waldek | October 6, 1970 | CWF Show | Tampa, FL | 2 | 256 | ||||
| 15 | Bonnie Watson | June 19, 1971 | CWF Show | St. Petersburg, FL | 2 | 1,529 | ||||
| 16 | Early Dawn | August 26, 1975 | CWF Show | Fort Myers, FL | 1 | 7 | ||||
| 17 | Bonnie Watson | September 2, 1975 | CWF Show | Fort Myers, FL | 3 | [Note 1] | ||||
| — | Deactivated | October 3, 1975 | — | — | — | — | Last time Bonnie Watson was listed as champion. | |||
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g The length of the championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.
- ^ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 52 and 82 days.
- ^ The exact date that Hawkins won the championship is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 254 and 284 days.
- ^ Possibly June 25 in Miami, Florida.
- ^ The date the championship was won is uncertain, which means it lasted between 463 and 492 days.
References
[edit]- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories, 4th Edition. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ "N.W.A. Florida Women's Title". Puroresu Dojo. Retrieved May 13, 2008.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (October 15, 2022). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (10/15): Jerry Lawler wins Southern title from Bill Dundee". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on October 17, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2023.