No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. |
Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days |
1 | Ray Stevens | November 21, 1956 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | [Note 1] | Defeated Harry Smith to become the first champion. | |
| Championship history is unrecorded from November 21, 1956 to October 29, 1970. |
2 | Tarzan Tyler | October 29, 1970 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 29 | Defeated Jack Brisco in tournament final. | |
3 | Jack Brisco | November 27, 1970 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 51 | | |
4 | Tarzan Tyler | January 17, 1971 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | [Note 2] | Tyler wins the title in the first fall of a best-of-three falls match in which his NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship is also on the line; Brisco wins the next two falls to take the Florida title from Tyler | [3] |
— | Vacated | March 1971 | — | — | — | — | Tarzan Tyler was suspended and had to give back the championship | |
5 | Terry Funk | March 18, 1971 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 33 | Defeated Buddy Austin in tournament as The Masked Texan but unmasks after match. | |
6 | Jack Brisco | April 20, 1971 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | 240 | | |
7 | Ole Anderson | December 16, 1971 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 7 | | |
8 | Bob Roop | December 23, 1971 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 12 | | |
9 | Bobby Shane | January 4, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 58 | | |
— | Vacated | March 2, 1972 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when Bobby Shane refused to wrestle on televised shows | |
10 | Paul Jones | April 18, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | [Note 3] | Defeated Johnny Walker in tournament final. | |
— | Vacated | September 1972 | N/A | N/A | — | — | Jones attempted to retire the championship without losing it. | |
11 | Tim Woods | September 28, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 21 | Defeated Jack Brisco by default in the tournament final. | |
12 | Bobby Shane | October 19, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | 19 | | |
13 | Jack Brisco | November 7, 1972 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 3 | 209 | | |
14 | Gorgeous George Jr. | June 4, 1973 | CWF show | Orlando, Florida | 1 | [Note 4] | | |
15 | Jack Brisco | June 1973 | CWF show | N/A | 4 | [Note 5] | | |
16 | Buddy Colt | June 30, 1973 | CWF show | St. Petersburg, Florida | 1 | 17 | | |
17 | Paul Jones | July 17, 1973 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | 30 | | |
18 | Great Mephisto | August 16, 1973 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 82 | | |
19 | Dick Slater | November 6, 1973 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 21 | | |
20 | Mike Graham | November 27, 1973 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 476 | | |
21 | J. J. Dillon | March 18, 1975 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 135 | | |
22 | Rocky Johnson | July 31, 1975 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 1 | 173 | | |
23 | The Missouri Mauler | January 20, 1976 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 273 | | |
24 | Tommy Seigler | October 19, 1976 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 21 | | |
25 | The Assassin | November 9, 1976 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 23 | | |
26 | Mike Graham | December 2, 1976 | CWF show | Jacksonville, Florida | 2 | 169 | | |
27 | Pat Patterson | May 20, 1977 | CWF show | Tallahassee, Florida | 1 | 95 | | |
28 | Pedro Morales | August 23, 1977 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | [Note 6] | | |
29 | Dick Slater | April 1978 | CWF show | Florida | 2 | [Note 7] | | |
30 | Jerry Brisco | May 3, 1978 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | 119 | | |
31 | Bobby Duncum | August 30, 1978 | CWF show | Miami, Florida | 1 | [Note 8] | | |
32 | Dusty Rhodes | September 1978 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | [Note 9] | | |
33 | Bugsy McGraw | September 1978 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | [Note 10] | | |
| Championship history is unrecorded from September 1978 to January 1979. |
34 | Dusty Rhodes | January 1979 | CWF show | Florida | 2 | [Note 1] | | |
| Championship history is unrecorded from January 1979 to September 11, 1979. |
35 | Bugsy McGraw | September 11, 1979 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 2 | 174 | | |
36 | Steve Keirn | March 3, 1980 | CWF show | West Palm Beach, Florida | 1 | 64 | | |
37 | Masa Saito | May 6, 1980 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 81 | | [4] |
38 | Barry Windham | July 26, 1980 | CWF show | St. Petersburg, Florida | 1 | [Note 11] | | |
39 | Super Destroyer | August 1980 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | [Note 12] | | |
40 | Barry Windham | September 3, 1980 | CWF show | Miami, Florida | 2 | 84 | | [5] |
41 | Baron Von Raschke | November 26, 1980 | CWF show | Hollywood, Florida | 1 | [Note 13] | | |
42 | Manny Fernandez | March 1981 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | [Note 14] | | |
43 | Don Muraco | May 1, 1981 | CWF show | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 25 | | |
44 | Gran Apollo | May 26, 1981 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 104 | | |
45 | Dory Funk Jr. | September 7, 1981 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 9 | | |
46 | Tommy Gilbert | September 16, 1981 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | [Note 15] | | |
47 | Eddie Mansfield | October 1981 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | [Note 16] | | |
48 | Wahoo McDaniel | December 2, 1981 | CWF show | Miami, Florida | 1 | [Note 17] | | |
— | Vacated | December 1981 | — | — | — | — | Championship was vacated for undocumented reasons | |
49 | Eric Embry | December 26, 1981 | CWF show | St. Petersburg, Florida | 1 | 21 | Won a tournament. | |
50 | Ray Stevens | January 16, 1982 | CWF show | St. Petersburg, Florida | 2 | [Note 18] | | [6] |
51 | Sweet Brown Sugar | April 1982 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | [Note 19] | | |
52 | David Von Erich | April 24, 1982 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | [Note 1] | | |
53 | Dory Funk Jr. | 1982 | CWF show | Florida | 2 | [Note 1] | | |
54 | Tommy Gilbert | 1982 | CWF show | Florida | 2 | [Note 1] | | |
| Championship history is unrecorded from April 1982 to September 16, 1982. |
55 | Eddie Mansfield | September 16, 1982 | CWF show | N/A | 2 | [Note 1] | | |
— | Vacated | 1982 | — | — | — | — | | |
56 | Lex Luger | March 12, 1986 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | [Note 20] | Defeated Jerry Grey in tournament final. | |
— | Deactivated | February 1987 | — | — | — | — | | |