NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship
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The NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship is the present-day, National Wrestling Alliance
Board-controlled version of the Canadian Junior Heavyweight title. Previous non-NWA versions of the title also existed in Alberta
, Ontario
and Manitoba
. The title has existed since 1998.
The NWA Canadian Light Heavyweight Championship was a title that existed before the NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship. The NWA Canadian Light Heavyweight Championship was vacated upon the inception of the NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship.
Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won via direct competition; it is instead won via a predetermined ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a wrestling angle. There have been 37 reigns by 24 wrestlers with four vacancies. One of the vacancies came when Tony Kozina
vacated the title upon winning the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
.
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
Board-controlled version of the Canadian Junior Heavyweight title. Previous non-NWA versions of the title also existed in Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
and Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
. The title has existed since 1998.
The NWA Canadian Light Heavyweight Championship was a title that existed before the NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship. The NWA Canadian Light Heavyweight Championship was vacated upon the inception of the NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship.
Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won via direct competition; it is instead won via a predetermined ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a wrestling angle. There have been 37 reigns by 24 wrestlers with four vacancies. One of the vacancies came when Tony Kozina
Tony Kozina
Tony Kozina is an American professional wrestler who is best known for his work in the Pacific Northwest especially in Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling and National Wrestling Alliance...
vacated the title upon winning the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
The NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship and secondary title in the National Wrestling Alliance that was for the lighter wrestlers. It started in 1945 and still exists today. The title was unified with the National Boxing/Wrestling Association's...
.
Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: | |
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| Hysteria | 1 | December 6, 1998 | Selkirk, Manitoba Selkirk, Manitoba Selkirk is a city in the western Canadian province of Manitoba, located about 22 km northeast of the provincial capital Winnipeg on the Red River, near . As of the 2006 census, Selkirk had a population of 9,515.... |
Defeated Alex Rain in a tournament final to become the first champion. | |
| Robby Royce | 1 | January 30, 1999 | Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name... |
Defeated Hysteria and Vance Nevada in a three-way match. | |
| Tony Kozina Tony Kozina Tony Kozina is an American professional wrestler who is best known for his work in the Pacific Northwest especially in Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling and National Wrestling Alliance... |
1 | June 26, 1999 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Defeated Royce and Tony McGuire in a three-way match. | |
| Buddy Rose, Jr. | 1 | November 12, 1999 | New Westminster, British Columbia New Westminster, British Columbia New Westminster is an historically important city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and is a member municipality of the Greater Vancouver Regional District. It was founded as the capital of the Colony of British Columbia .... |
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| Tony Kozina | 2 | November 28, 1999 | Victoria, British Columbia Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian... |
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| Vacated | January 14, 2000 | Title vacated after Kozina wins the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship The NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship and secondary title in the National Wrestling Alliance that was for the lighter wrestlers. It started in 1945 and still exists today. The title was unified with the National Boxing/Wrestling Association's... , defeating Vince Kaplack on January 14, 2000 in North Versailles, Pennsylvania North Versailles, Pennsylvania North Versailles is a first class township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,229 at the 2010 census.-History:... . |
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| Disco Fury | 1 | February 26, 2000 | Nanaimo, British Columbia Nanaimo, British Columbia Nanaimo is a city on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It has been dubbed the "Bathtub Racing Capital of the World" and "Harbour City". Nanaimo is also sometimes referred to as the "Hub City" because of its central location on Vancouver Island and due to the layout of the downtown... |
Defeated Black Dragon in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | |
| Torch Adam Firestorm Adam T. Dykes was a New Zealand-Canadian professional wrestler, known by his ring name Adam Firestorm, who competed in North American independent promotions in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada during the late 1990s and early 2000s, most notably as a mainstay of Extreme Canadian... |
1 | May 26, 2000 | New Westminster, British Columbia | Defeated Fury and Chance Beckett in a three-way match. | |
| Chance Beckett | 1 | June 30, 2000 | New Westminster, British Columbia | Defeated Torch and Private Todd Kelly in a three-way match. | |
| Torch | 2 | September 15, 2000 | New Westminster, British Columbia | ||
| Disco Fury | 2 | September 15, 2000 | New Westminster, British Columbia | ||
| The Count | 1 | October 19, 2000 | Kamloops, British Columbia Kamloops, British Columbia Kamloops is a city in south central British Columbia, at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River and near Kamloops Lake. It is the largest community in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and the location of the regional district's offices. The surrounding region is more commonly... |
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| Disco Fury | 3 | October 22, 2000 | Penticton, British Columbia Penticton, British Columbia Penticton is a city in the Okanagan Valley of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, situated between Okanagan and Skaha Lakes. Its 2010 population was 37,721 .-Name origin:... |
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| Chance Beckett | 2 | January 26, 2001 | Surrey, British Columbia Surrey, British Columbia Surrey is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of Metro Vancouver, the governing body of the Greater Vancouver Regional District... |
Defeated Fury and Tony Kozina in a three-way match. | |
| Bryan Danielson Bryan Danielson Bryan Danielson is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he wrestles on its SmackDown brand as Daniel Bryan, and currently holds the SmackDown Money in the Bank briefcase, which enables him to have a World Heavyweight Championship match at any time of his choosing... |
1 | October 12, 2001 | Surrey, British Columbia | ||
| Disco Fury | 4 | December 26, 2001 | Surrey, British Columbia | ||
| Asian Cougar | 1 | July 19, 2002 | Port Coquitlam, British Columbia Port Coquitlam, British Columbia Port Coquitlam is a city in British Columbia, Canada. Located 27 km east of Vancouver, it sits at the confluence of the Fraser River and the Pitt River. Coquitlam borders it on the north, the Coquitlam River borders it on the west, and the cities of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows lie across the Pitt... |
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| Disco Fury | 5 | July 26, 2002 | Surrey, British Columbia | ||
| Major Hardway | 1 | November 29, 2002 | Surrey, British Columbia | ||
| Tony Kozina | 3 | April 2, 2004 | Surrey, British Columbia | ||
| Disco Fury | 6 | October 23, 2004 | Vancouver, British Columbia | ||
| Dropkick Murphy | 1 | April 1, 2005 | Port Coquitlam, British Columbia | ||
| Aaron Idol Aaron Idol Aaron Idol is a Canadian professional wrestler who is best known for his work in Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling where he rose to become the ECCW Heavyweight Champion.-Training:... |
1 | October 21, 2005 | Port Coquitlam, British Columbia | ||
| Vacated | March 11, 2006 | Idol vacated the title in order to concentrate on winning the NWA/ECCW Heavyweight Championship. | |||
| Memphis Raines | 1 | June 23, 2006 | Surrey, British Columbia | Defeated Kyle O'Reilly in a tournament final to win the vacant title; this was also the final of the ECCW Pacific Cup Tournament. | |
| MR2 | 1 | September 29, 2006 | Surrey, British Columbia | ||
| Ice | 1 | November 25, 2006 | Nanaimo, British Columbia | Defeated Memphis Raines an MR2 in a three way ladder match. | |
| Kyle O'Reilly Kyle O'Reilly Kyle Greenwood is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Kyle O'Reilly. He competes for several independent promotions including Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling, Evolve, and signed a contract with Ring of Honor in September 2010.- Extreme Canadian Championship... |
1 | July 21, 2007 | Vancouver, British Columbia | ||
| Ice | 2 | July 27, 2007 | Surrey, British Columbia | ||
| Kyle O'Reilly | 2 | August 18, 2007 | Nanaimo, British Columbia | ||
| Ice | 3 | August 18, 2007 | North Vancouver, British Columbia | ||
| Held up | August 24, 2007 | Surrey, British Columbia | Title held up following an inconclusive ending to a match against Kyle O'Reilly; vacancy to be filled in best-of-five series between Ice and O'Reilly | ||
| Kyle O'Reilly | 3 | December 28, 2007 | Surrey, British Columbia | Defeats Ice in a best-of-five series to determine new champion | |
| Billy Suede | 1 | July 5, 2008 | Vancouver, British Columbia | ||
| Artemis Spencer | 1 | February 7, 2009 | Vancouver, British Columbia | ||
| Vacated | June 26, 2009 | Surrey, British Columbia | Artemis Spencer vacated the title after he suffered a severe knee injury at the ECCW Pacific Cup. | ||
| Azeem the Dream | 1 | July 4, 2009 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Azeem the dream won the vacant championship in a four-man gauntlet match that also featured Billy Suede, Harv Sihra, and Jamie Diaz. | |
| Gurv Sihra | 1 | December 18, 2009 | Surrey, British Columbia | ||
| Azeem the Dream | 2 | May 28, 2010 | Surrey, British Columbia | Azeem the Dream put his ECCW Pacific Cup 2010 spot on the line against Gurv Sirha's Championship. | |
| Rick The Weapon X | 1 | July 10, 2010 | Vancouver, British Columbia | ||
| Artemis Spencer | 2 | January 21, 2011 | Surrey, British Columbia | ||
| Alex Plexis | 1 | September 10, 2011 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Alex Plexis pinned Matt XStatic in a 4 way match | |
List of individual reigns
As of June 19, 2011.| Wrestler | Days Held | Date Won | Date Lost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major Hardway | 490 | November 29, 2002 | April 2, 2004 |
| Chance Beckett | 259 | January 26, 2001 | October 12, 2001 |
| Ice | 238 | November 25, 2006 | July 21, 2007 |
| Billy Suede | 217 | July 5, 2008 | February 7, 2009 |
| Disco Fury | 205 | December 26, 2001 | July 19, 2002 |
| "Tornado" Tony Kozina | 204 | April 2, 2004 | October 23, 2004 |
| Dropkick Murphy | 203 | April 1, 2005 | October 21, 2005 |
| Rick "The Weapon" X | 197 | July 10, 2010 | January 21, 2011 |
| Kyle O'Reilly Kyle O'Reilly Kyle Greenwood is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Kyle O'Reilly. He competes for several independent promotions including Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling, Evolve, and signed a contract with Ring of Honor in September 2010.- Extreme Canadian Championship... |
190 | December 28, 2007 | July 5, 2008 |
| Azeem the Dream | 167 | July 4, 2009 | December 18, 2009 |
| Gurv Sihra | 161 | December 18, 2009 | May 28, 2010 |
| Disco Fury | 160 | October 23, 2004 | April 1, 2005 |
| Artemis Spencer | 158+ | January 21, 2011 | Current champion |
| "Showtime" Robby Royce | 147 | January 30, 1999 | June 26, 1999 |
| Aaron Idol Aaron Idol Aaron Idol is a Canadian professional wrestler who is best known for his work in Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling where he rose to become the ECCW Heavyweight Champion.-Training:... |
141 | October 21, 2005 | March 11, 2006 |
| "Tornado" Tony Kozina | 139 | June 26, 1999 | November 12, 1999 |
| Artemis Spencer | 139 | February 7, 2009 | June 26, 2009 |
| Disco Fury | 126 | July 26, 2002 | November 29, 2002 |
| Memphis Raines | 98 | June 23, 2006 | September 29, 2006 |
| Disco Fury | 96 | October 22, 2000 | January 26, 2001 |
| Disco Fury | 90 | February 26, 2000 | May 26, 2000 |
| Chance Beckett | 77 | June 30, 2000 | September 15, 2000 |
| "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson Bryan Danielson Bryan Danielson is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he wrestles on its SmackDown brand as Daniel Bryan, and currently holds the SmackDown Money in the Bank briefcase, which enables him to have a World Heavyweight Championship match at any time of his choosing... |
75 | October 12, 2001 | December 26, 2001 |
| MR2 | 57 | September 29, 2006 | November 25, 2006 |
| Hysteria | 55 | December 6, 1998 | January 30, 1999 |
| "Tornado" Tony Kozina | 47 | November 28, 1999 | January 14, 2000 |
| Azeem the Dream | 43 | May 28, 2010 | July 10, 2010 |
| Torch Adam Firestorm Adam T. Dykes was a New Zealand-Canadian professional wrestler, known by his ring name Adam Firestorm, who competed in North American independent promotions in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada during the late 1990s and early 2000s, most notably as a mainstay of Extreme Canadian... |
35 | May 26, 2000 | June 30, 2000 |
| Disco Fury | 34 | September 15, 2000 | October 19, 2000 |
| Ice | 22 | July 27, 2007 | August 18, 2007 |
| Buddy Rose, Jr. | 16 | November 11, 1999 | November 28, 1999 |
| Asian Cougar | 7 | July 19, 2002 | July 26, 2002 |
| Kyle O'Reilly | 6 | July 21, 2007 | July 27, 2007 |
| Ice | 6 | August 18, 2007 | August 24, 2007 |
| The Count | 3 | October 19, 2000 | October 22, 2000 |
| Torch | <1 | September 15, 2000 | |
| Kyle O'Reilly | <1 | August 18, 2007 | |
List of combined reigns
As of June 16, 2011.| Rank | Wrestler | # Of Reigns | Combined Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Disco Fury | 6 | 711 |
| 2. | Major Hardway | 1 | 490 |
| 3. | Tony Kozina | 3 | 390 |
| 4. | Chance Beckett | 2 | 336 |
| 5. | Artemis Spencer | 2 | 287+ |
| 6. | Ice | 3 | 266 |
| 7. | Billy Suede | 1 | 217 |
| 8. | Azeem the Dream | 2 | 210 |
| 9. | Dropkick Murphy | 1 | 203 |
| 10. | Kyle O'Reilly Kyle O'Reilly Kyle Greenwood is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Kyle O'Reilly. He competes for several independent promotions including Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling, Evolve, and signed a contract with Ring of Honor in September 2010.- Extreme Canadian Championship... |
3 | 197 |
| 11. | Rick "The Weapon" X | 1 | 197 |
| 12. | Gurv Sihra | 1 | 161 |
| 13. | Robby Royce | 1 | 147 |
| 14. | Aaron Idol Aaron Idol Aaron Idol is a Canadian professional wrestler who is best known for his work in Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling where he rose to become the ECCW Heavyweight Champion.-Training:... |
1 | 141 |
| 15. | Memphis Raines | 1 | 98 |
| 16. | Bryan Danielson Bryan Danielson Bryan Danielson is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE where he wrestles on its SmackDown brand as Daniel Bryan, and currently holds the SmackDown Money in the Bank briefcase, which enables him to have a World Heavyweight Championship match at any time of his choosing... |
1 | 75 |
| 17. | MR2 | 1 | 57 |
| 18. | Hysteria | 1 | 55 |
| 19. | Torch Adam Firestorm Adam T. Dykes was a New Zealand-Canadian professional wrestler, known by his ring name Adam Firestorm, who competed in North American independent promotions in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada during the late 1990s and early 2000s, most notably as a mainstay of Extreme Canadian... |
2 | 36 |
| 20. | Buddy Rose Jr. | 1 | 16 |
| 21. | Asian Cooger | 1 | 7 |
| 22. | The Count | 1 | 3 |
See also
- Extreme Canadian Championship WrestlingNWA: Extreme Canadian Championship WrestlingExtreme Canadian Championship Wrestling is a Western Canadian-based professional wrestling promotion, operating as a member of the National Wrestling Alliance...
- National Wrestling AllianceNational Wrestling AllianceThe National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
- NWA Canadian Light Heavyweight Championship