NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship information
Professional wrestling championship
NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion
NWA Mid-America
Date established
May 25, 1939
Date retired
July 27, 1974
Statistics
First champion(s)
Joe Gunther
Most reigns
Len Rossi (7 reign)
Longest reign
Tojo Yamamoto (512 days)
Shortest reign
Siki Samara (<1 day)
The NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling title for lighter wrestlers, board-controlled by the National Wrestling Alliance since December 1949.
It originally was used by various promotions across the Southeastern United States, most prevalently in NWA Mid-America based Tennessee. In August 1974, it 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]
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