Southern Heavyweight Title

[cwh47]

During a conversation with clipcorner a few weeks back
he reminded me of something I had almost forgotten.
Klondike Bill won the Southern belt from Missouri Mauler
in late 1966 and held it for a couple of months.The belt
would not fit Klondike's waist so he carried the belt over
his shoulder.

Southern Heavyweight champs in JCP:

Bob Orton Sr.
Missouri Mauler
Klondike Bill
Hiro Matsuda
Johnny Weaver

[Flair81]

Seems like every area had a Southern Champ,
Georgia, Flordia,
Seems like whoever was Southern Champ got a
shot at the NWA champ so it must have been a top
belt to have.

[cwh47]

You are absolutely right Flair81a.Bob Orton brought
this version from Florida in 1965.Championship
Wrestling from Florida started airing on WBTV Charlotte
in 1964 at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday nights.Missouri Mauler
brought the belt back to JCP in 1966 and took it back
to Florida in 1969.When Mauler came back to JCP in the
fall of 1970 he had the Eastern Heavyweight belt which
he said he won from Pat O'Connor.