- NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship
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The NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title for lighter wrestlers, board-controlled by the National Wrestling Alliance since December 1999.
It originally was used by various promotions across the Southeastern United States, most prevalently in Tennessee. In August 1974, the title became the top singles prize in Memphis, Tennessee's Continental Wrestling Association, and was renamed the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Memphis version).
The title was revived by the NWA in December 1999, and is used in the NWA Mid-South promotion, based in Humboldt, Tennessee.[1][2].
Contents
Title history
Silver areas in the history indicate periods of unknown lineage. An (n) indicates that a title changes occurred no later than the listed date.
Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes: Joe Gunther 1 1939-05-25 (n) Recognized in Georgia. Tommy Ward 1 1950-03-20 (n) Recognized in Florida. Karl Kowalski 1 1950-09-18 (n) Recognized in Georgia. Henry Harrell 1 1952-04-19 Jackson, Mississippi Defeated Tex Riley in a tournament final. Herb Welch 1 July 1952 Knoxville, Tennessee Al Galento 1 1952-08-21 Chattanooga, Tennessee Tex Riley 1 October 1952 Kingsport, Tennessee Jesse James 1 Red Roberts 1 January 1953 (n) Recognized in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. Ray Piret 1 1954-03-17 Nashville, Tennessee Sonny Myers 1 1955-02-21 Birmingham, Alabama Frank Jares 1 1955-07-25 Birmingham, Alabama The Masked Bat 1 1956-05-22 Nashville, Tennessee Frank Jares 2 1956-05-29 Nashville, Tennessee Jesse James 2 1956-07-24 Nashville, Tennessee Frank Jares 3 1956-08-07 Nashville, Tennessee Herb Welch 2 1956-08-27 Birmingham, Alabama The Great Malenko (Frank Fozo) 1 1956-09-19 Mobile, Alabama Herb Welch 3 1956-10-16 Mobile, Alabama Tor Yamata 1 1957-02-25 Birmingham, Alabama Cyclone Anaya 1 1957-06-17 Birmingham, Alabama Mario Galento 1 1957-08-21 Mobile, Alabama Title vacated in September 1957 due to Galento not defending. Cyclone Anaya 2 September 1957 Tor Yamata 2 1957-10-01 Nashville, Tennessee Ray Stevens 1 1957-11-11 Birmingham, Alabama Tor Yamata 3 January 1958 (n) Herb Welch 3 1958-03-17 Memphis, Tennessee Fred Blassie 1 May 1958 (n) Ray Stevens 2 June 1958 (n) Corsica Jean 1 1958-07-22 Nashville, Tennessee Ray Stevens 3 October 1958 (n) Title vacated in October 1958 when Stevens left the territory. Yvon Robert 1 1958 Birmingham, Alabama Jesse James 3 1959-01-12 Birmingham, Alabama Jackie Fargo 1 1959-09-30 Mobile, Alabama Mike Clancy 1 1959-12-28 Birmingham, Alabama Bill Monroe 1 1960-12-22 Chattanooga, Tennessee Len Rossi 1 1960-12-27 Nashville, Tennessee Don Greene 1 1961-07-22 Chattanooga, Tennessee Len Rossi 2 1962-01-08 Memphis, Tennessee Taro Sakuro 1 1962-02-18 Chattanooga, Tennessee Joe Lanza 1 1962-06-07 Chattanooga, Tennessee Jackie Fargo 2 August 1962 (n) Hans Steiner 1 September 1962 (n) Len Rossi 1 May 1963 (n) Frankie Cain 1 May 1963 Memphis, Tennessee Alex Perez 1 January 1964 (n) Rocky Smith 1 November 1964 (n) Alex Perez 2 1965-02-08 Memphis, Tennessee Rocky Smith 2 November 1965 (n) Title held up after a match against Hiro Matsuda on 1965-12-16 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Rocky Smith 3 1965-12-23 Chattanooga, Tennessee Defeated Matsuda in a rematch. Alex Perez 3 1966-01-18 Nashville, Tennessee Al Costello 1 1966-04-08 Nashville, Tennessee Karl von Brauner 1 1966-04-28 Chattanooga, Tennessee Jackie Fargo 3 1966-07-27 Nashville, Tennessee Len Rossi 4 April 1967 (n) The Great Yamaha (Kantaro Hoshino) 1 1967-08-19 Chattanooga, Tennessee Len Rossi 5 1967-08-31 Chattanooga, Tennessee Tojo Yamamoto 1 1968-03-19 Chattanooga, Tennessee Siki Samara 1 1969-08-13 Mobile, Alabama Samara was awarded the title. Jimmy Jones 1 1969-08-13 Mobile, Alabama Siki Samara 2 1969-08-20 Mobile, Alabama Siki Samara 2 1969-08-20 Mobile, Alabama Len Rossi 6 March 1970 (n) Sputnik Monroe 1 1971-07-01 Chattanooga, Tennessee Len Rossi 7 August 1971 Title vacated in 1973 when Rossi suffers a broken ankle. Tommy Gilbert 1 1973 Birmingham, Alabama Lou Thesz 1 1973 Tommy Gilbert 2 1973 Ron Garvin 1 December 1973 (n) Tommy Gilbert 3 January 1974 Birmingham, Alabama Lou Thesz 2 1974-03-18 Memphis, Tennessee Tommy Gilbert 4 1974-04-10 Nashville, Tennessee Jerry Lawler 1 1974-04-15 Memphis, Tennessee Ricky Gibson 1 1974-06-03 Memphis, Tennessee Jerry Lawler 2 1974-06-10 Memphis, Tennessee Jackie Fargo 4 1974-06-24 Memphis, Tennessee Jerry Lawler 3 1974-07-08 Memphis, Tennessee Jackie Fargo 5 1974-07-20 Chattanooga, Tennessee Jerry Lawler 4 1974-07-27 Chattanooga, Tennessee Title renamed the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship in August 1974. Title revived by the NWA in December 1999. Joey Venture 1 1999-11-19 Dyersburg, Tennessee Defeated Mr. Showtime for the NWA Mid-South Junior Heavyweight Championship, which was renamed the NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship on 1999-12-04. Mr. Showtime 1 2000-01-07 Dyersburg, Tennessee The Studd 1 2000-02-18 Dyersburg, Tennessee Pokerface 1 2000-03-18 Newbern, Tennessee Joey Venture 2 2000-03-31 Dyersburg, Tennessee Mark Southern 1 2000-05-05 Dyersburg, Tennessee Title stripped from Southern between May and July 2000 for lack of defenses. Kilo 1 2000-07-21 Dyersburg, Tennessee Defeated Pokerface. Pokerface 2 2000-08-18 Dyersburg, Tennessee American Dragon 1 2000-09-01 Dyersburg, Tennessee Pokerface 3 2000-09-17 Gibson, Tennessee The Fabulous Rocker 1 2000-11-25 Dyersburg, Tennessee Danny B. Good 1 2000-12-21 Dyersburg, Tennessee Mr. Showtime 2 2001-02-24 Dyersburg, Tennessee Dustin Starr 1 2001-03-10 Dyersburg, Tennessee Mr. Showtime 3 2001-03-24 Dyersburg, Tennessee Dustin Starr 2 2001-04-07 Dyersburg, Tennessee Greg Anthony 1 2001-04-14 Dyersburg, Tennessee Chris Fury 1 2001-09-16 Newbern, Tennessee Void 1 2002-03-10 Newbern, Tennessee Chris Sanders 1 2002-08-31 Magee, Mississippi Void 2 2003-05-30 Humboldt, Tennessee Title stripped from Void in July 2003 for his alleged defense of the title in another town on the same night as an NWA event. Seth Cyrus 1 2003-07-11 Humboldt, Tennessee Defeated Void in a tournament final. A.J. Bradley 1 2003-10-31 Humboldt, Tennessee Seth Cyrus 2 2004-04-30 Humboldt, Tennessee Defeated Joey Luciano. Joey Luciano 1 2004-06-11 Humboldt, Tennessee Dustin Masters 1 2004-10-01 Humboldt, Tennessee Void 3 Blaze 1 2005-04-08 Humboldt, Tennessee Anthony Wayne 1 2005-07-17 Humboldt, Tennessee Greg Anthony 2 2005-08-26 Humboldt, Tennessee Title vacated between August 2005 and January 2006. Blackbird Ice 1 2006-01-20 Humboldt, Tennessee Title vacated between January and April 2006. Seth Knight 1 2006-04-15 Ripley, Tennessee Greg Anthony 3 2006-05-27 Humboldt, Tennessee Seth Knight 2 2007-03-17 Lawrence, Kansas Took place at an NWA Central States Wrestling event. References
- ^ Duncan, Royal and Will, Gary (4th Edition, 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ Tanabe, Hisaharu. "N.W.A. Southern Junior Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/others/south-j.html. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
See also
External links
Categories:- Cruiserweight wrestling championships
- National Wrestling Alliance championships
- Regional professional wrestling championships
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