The NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world championship and secondary title in the National Boxing/Wrestling Association that was for the lighter wrestlers. It started in 1936 and was unified with the National Wrestling Alliance's NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship in 1952.
Title history Key #Order in reign historyReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listedEventThe event in which the title was won —Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reignN/AThe information is not available or is unknown
Reigns #WrestlersReignDateDaysheldLocationEventNotesRef.Britt defeated Ted Christy in a tournament final to become the first NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion. Subsequent title reigns are recognized by the National Wrestling Association.The championship is vacated in Los Angeles sometime after February 1947 and a 40-man tournament is held to crown a new champion. McGuirk, however, continues to be billed as champion in other territories.Varga defeated Danny McShain in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. Kalmikoff defeats Danny McShain, who is billed as champion, at a January 4, 1950 title defence in Bakersfield, California.<1The championship is unified with the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship and ceases to exist.
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