| NWA Florida Bahamian Championship | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The championship belt | |||||||
| Details | |||||||
| Promotion | Championship Wrestling from Florida | ||||||
| Date established | 1982 | ||||||
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The NWA Florida Bahamas Championship was a title that existed in Championship Wrestling from Florida from 1982 until 1987. It was also known as the NWA Bahama Island Championship. [1]
| 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 | Sweet Brown Sugar | August 1982 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | [lower-alpha 1] | First promoted as champion in August 1982. | [1] [2] |
| 2 | Jimmy Garvin | October 27, 1982 | CWF show | Miami, Florida | 1 | 41 | Defeated Terry Allen for the championship after Sweet Brown Sugar did not show up for the match. | [1] [2] |
| 3 | Rufus R. Jones | December 7, 1982 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | [lower-alpha 1] | [1] [2] | |
| 4 | Angelo Mosca | April 1983 | CWF show | Florida | 1 | [lower-alpha 1] | [1] [2] | |
| 5 | Dusty Rhodes | July 1983 | CWF show | Nassau, Bahamas | 1 | [lower-alpha 1] | [1] [2] | |
| — | Vacated | July 1984 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated when Dusty Rhodes left to wrestle for Jim Crockett Promotions full-time. | [1] [2] |
| 6 | Buddy Rose | October 12, 1985 | CWF show | Nassau, Bahamas | 1 | 6 | Defeated Pez Whatley to win the vacant championship | [1] [2] |
| 7 | Tyree Pride | October 18, 1985 | CWF show | Nassau, Bahamas | 1 | [lower-alpha 1] | [1] [2] | |
| 8 | Jerry Grey | March 1986 | CWF show | Tampa, Florida | 1 | [lower-alpha 1] | [1] [2] | |
| 9 | Tyree Pride | March 15, 1986 | CWF show | Nassau, Bahamas | 2 | 77 | [1] [2] | |
| 10 | Ron Bass | May 31, 1986 | CWF show | Nassau, Bahamas | 1 | 35 | [1] [2] | |
| 11 | Tyree Pride | July 5, 1986 | CWF show | Nassau, Bahamas | 3 | 29 | Won title from Bass in tag team match with Lex Luger against Bass and Ed Gantner | [1] [2] |
| 12 | Chris Champion | August 3, 1986 | CWF show | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 56 | [1] [2] | |
| 13 | The Falcon | September 28, 1986 | CWF show | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 70 | [1] [2] | |
| 14 | Bad News Allen | December 7, 1986 | CWF show | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 55 | [1] [2] | |
| — | Deactivated | January 31, 1987 | CWF show | Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | — | — | Championship was unified with the NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship. | [1] [2] |
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