NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

The NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

world championship and secondary title in the National Wrestling Alliance

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...

that was for the lighter wrestlers. It started in 1945 and still exists today. The title was unified with the National Boxing/Wrestling Association

National Wrestling Association

The National Wrestling Association was an off-shoot of the National Boxing Association, formed to sanction professional wrestling. This NWA is not the same organization as the National Wrestling Alliance, which was formed in 1948....

's World Junior Heavyweight Championship

World Junior Heavyweight Championship (National Wrestling Association)

The National Wrestling Association World Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Association, an offshoot of the National Boxing Association, and was contested for by wrestlers weighing between 175 lb and 190 lb...

in 1949. To qualify to win this championship, wrestlers must weigh 220 lb

Pound (mass)

The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in the Imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement...

or under.

Title history

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
Ken Fenelon	1	ca. 1945	N/A	Fenelon was awarded the title by Pinkie George, founder of the NWA.
Marshall Esteppe	1	May 30, 1945	Toronto, IA Toronto, Iowa Toronto is a town in Clinton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 134 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Toronto is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
Larry Tillman	1	January 1, 1946	Unknown
Ken Fenelon	2	March 11, 1946	Des Moines, IA Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...
Marshall Esteppe	2	January 6, 1947	Des Moines, IA
Ray Steele	1	March 24, 1947	Des Moines, IA
Marshall Esteppe	3	April 28, 1947	Des Moines, IA
Billy Goelz	1	ca. March 16, 1948	Unknown
Leroy McGuirk	1	December 28, 1949	Des Moines, IA
Vacated on February 7, 1950 when McGuirk is blinded in a car accident.
Verne Gagne Verne Gagne Laverne Clarence "Verne" Gagne , is a retired American professional wrestler, football player, and professional wrestling trainer and promoter. He was the former owner/promoter of the American Wrestling Association , based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which was the predominant promotion throughout...	1	November 13, 1950	Tulsa, OK Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...
Danny McShain Danny McShain Danny McShain was an American professional wrestler who competed in the Southern United States from the 1930s to the 1960s.-Early life:...	1	November 19, 1951	Memphis, TN Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
Baron Michele Leone	1	August 1953	Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
Ed Francis Ed Francis Ed Francis was a professional wrestler and wrestling promoter in Hawaii in the 1960s. Many wrestlers who came through Hawaii in the '60s and '70s were bound to come across the name Ed Francis...	1	1956	Tulsa, OK
Mike DiBiase	1	1956	Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city in the state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 31st among United States cities in population. The city's population, from the 2010 census, was 579,999, with a metro-area population of 1,252,987 . In 2010, the Oklahoma...
Mike Clancy	1	1957	Little Rock, AR Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census...
Fred Blassie Fred Blassie Frederick Kenneth Blassman , better known as "Classy" Freddie Blassie, was an American professional wrestling villain and manager born in St. Louis, Missouri. Renowned as "The Fashion Plate of Professional Wrestling" , Blassie was a master at antagonizing the crowd, and inspired legendary animosity...	1	March 26, 1957	Nashville, TN Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
Immediately held up due to a controversial finish.
Mike Clancy	2	April 9, 1957	Nashville, TN
Angelo Savoldi Angelo Savoldi Angelo Savoldi is an Italian-American former professional wrestler and wrestling promoter. He is currently the world's oldest wrestler at the age of 97.-Professional wrestling career:...	1	February 1958	Oklahoma City, OK
Dory Funk Dory Funk Dorrance Wilhelm "Dory" Funk was a professional wrestler. He is the father of wrestlers Dory Funk, Jr. and Terry Funk.-Career:...	1	June 5, 1958	Amarillo, TX Amarillo, Texas Amarillo is the 14th-largest city, by population, in the state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the seat of Potter County. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. The population was 190,695 at the 2010 census...
Angelo Savoldi	2	July 11, 1958	Oklahoma City, OK
Ivan the Terrible	1	February 20, 1959	Oklahoma City, OK
Angelo Savoldi	3	March 6, 1959	Oklahoma City, OK
Danny Hodge Danny Hodge Daniel "Danny" Allen Hodge is a retired American wrestler and boxer. He is renowned for his wrestling career, both amateur and professional, and has also been a boxer. Hodge was born, grew up, and still lives in Perry, Oklahoma...	1	July 22, 1960	Oklahoma City, OK
Hiro Matsuda Yasuhiro Kojima was a professional wrestler and the trainer of Hulk Hogan, "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, Lex Luger, Ron Simmons, Keiji Mutoh, and many other professional wrestlers. He was better known as Hiro Matsuda, an identity he adopted while competing in the southern U.S., inspired by earlier wrestlers...	1	July 11, 1964	Tampa, FL Tampa, Florida Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....
Danny Hodge	2	April 23, 1965	Tulsa, OK
Lorenzo Parente	1	November 23, 1965	Little Rock, AR
Danny Hodge	3	ca. January 1966	Little Rock, AR
Lorenzo Parente	2	January 14, 1966	Tulsa, OK
Joe McCarthy	1	February 12, 1966	Unknown
Danny Hodge	4	May 1966	Little Rock, AR
Umanosuke Ueda Umanosuke Ueda Hiroshi Ueda is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, known by his ring name Umanosuke Ueda, who mainly distinguished himself as the rare Japanese who wrestled with bleached blonde hair...	1	January 23, 1970	Tulsa, OK
Danny Hodge	5	January 30, 1970	Unknown
Sputnik Monroe Sputnik Monroe (wrestler) Sputnik Monroe was a professional wrestler from the mid 1940s through the early 1970s. Monroe was a headliner in many territories, and was best known in Memphis, where he and Billy Wicks set an attendance record that lasted until the Monday Night Wars boom period.-Life:Sputnik was born Rosco...	1	July 13, 1970	Shreveport, LA Shreveport, Louisiana Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. It is the principal city of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana and is the 109th-largest city in the United States....
Danny Hodge	6	1970	Unknown
Roger Kirby Roger Kirby Professor Roger Kirby is a prostate surgeon in the UK. He has performed over 2000 radical prostatectomy operations in his career and has written over 60 books and published more than 300 scientific papers...	1	May 20, 1971	New Orleans, LA New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
Ramon Torres	1	September 10, 1971	Monroe, LA Monroe, Louisiana Monroe is a city in and the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 53,107, making it the eighth largest city in Louisiana. A July 1, 2007, United States Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 51,208, but 51,636...
Dr. X	1	December 3, 1971	Oklahoma City, OK
Danny Hodge	7	March 20, 1972	Shreveport, LA
Ken Mantell	1	December 19, 1973	Jackson, MS Jackson, Mississippi Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County ,. The population of the city declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census...
Hiro Matsuda	2	June 14, 1975	St. Petersburg, FL St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It is known as a vacation destination for both American and foreign tourists. As of 2008, the population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau is 245,314, making St...
Danny Hodge	8	March 2, 1976	Shreveport, LA
Vacated on March 15, 1976 when Hodge retires after suffering a broken neck in a car accident.
Pat Barret	1	September 28, 1976	New Orleans, LA
Ron Starr	1	December 2, 1976	New Orleans, LA
Nelson Royal	1	December 6, 1976	New Orleans, LA
Al Madril	1	June 25, 1978	Houston, TX Houston, Texas Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
Nelson Royal	2	July 28, 1979	Unknown
Vacated in December, 1979 when Royal retires; Steve Keirn Steve Keirn Stephen "Steve" Paul Keirn is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for being part of the tag team The Fabulous Ones, with Stan Lane, and later for a run in the World Wrestling Federation as Skinner, a gimmick that portrayed him as a tobacco spitting alligator hunter from... defeats Chavo Guerrero, Sr. in Los Angeles, CA on December 10 to seemingly win the vacant title, but NWA does not recognize the win as being for the title, though it is recognized by New Japan Pro Wrestling New Japan Pro Wrestling is a major professional wrestling promotion in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in June 1972 and owned by Yuke's since 2005, when Inoki sold the promotion. Naoki Sugabayashi is the current President of the promotion and has held that position from 2007. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, it... as well as Los Angeles and Florida; this version is later renamed the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship The NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship started in 1979. It was formed by a split in lineage from the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship caused by the first retirement of champion Nelson Royal the same year. The first champion, Steve Keirn, was recognized as World champion only... .
Ron Starr	2	February 11, 1980	Tulsa, OK
Les Thornton Les Thornton Les Thornton is a retired British professional wrestler who competed in European and North American regional promotions throughout the 1970s and 1980s including Stampede Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation and the National Wrestling Alliance...	1	March 1980	Unknown
Jerry Stubbs Jerry Stubbs Jerry Stubbs is a retired professional wrestler. Stubbs wrestled as Mr. Olympia in Bill Watts's Mid-South wrestling area and as the villainous Jerry “Mr. Perfect” Stubbs in Southeast/Continental wrestling promotions...	1	January 26, 1981	Mobile, AL Mobile, Alabama Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...
Les Thornton	2	January 31, 1981	Dothan, AL Dothan, Alabama Dothan is a city located in the southeastern corner of the US state of Alabama, situated approximately west of the Georgia state line and north of Florida. It is the seat of Houston County, with portions extending into nearby Dale County and Henry County...
Terry Taylor Terry Taylor Terry Taylor , is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his time in the National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation...	1	June 7, 1981	Roanoke, VA Roanoke, Virginia Roanoke is an independent city in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. state of Virginia and is the tenth-largest city in the Commonwealth. It is located in the Roanoke Valley of the Roanoke Region of Virginia. The population within the city limits was 97,032 as of 2010...
Les Thornton	3	June 20, 1981	Roanoke, VA
Gerald Brisco Gerald Brisco Floyd Gerald "Jerry" Brisco is a former American professional wrestler, and prior to June, 2009, worked as a road agent for WWE on its Raw brand....	1	September 16, 1981	Miami, FL Miami, Florida Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
Les Thornton	4	October 16, 1981	Knoxville, TN Knoxville, Tennessee Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
Tiger Mask Satoru Sayama is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known as the original Tiger Mask. He's wrestled under his real name as well as the names Sammy Lee, and masked Super Tiger, Tiger King, Tiger Mask and The Mask of Tiger...	1	May 25, 1982	Shizuoka, Japan Shizuoka, Shizuoka is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and the prefecture's second-largest city in terms of both population and area. It became one of Japan's 19 "designated cities" in 2005.-Geography:...
Vacated on April 3, 1983 when Tiger Mask is injured two days prior.
Tiger Mask	2	June 2, 1983	Tokyo, Japan Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
Vacated on August 12, 1983 when Tiger Mask retires.
The Cobra George Takano George Takano is a professional wrestler who hailed from Uganda under the alias The Cobra, a masked wrestler persona...	1	November 3, 1983	Tokyo, Japan
Hiro Saito Hiro Saito Hiroyuki Saito is a professional wrestler best known by the shortened name of .-Career:Hiro debuted in 1978 in New Japan Pro Wrestling. In May 1985, he defeated The Cobra to win the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship only to lose back to him 2 months later...	1	July 28, 1985	Osaka, Japan Osaka is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
The Cobra	2	July 28, 1985	Osaka, Japan
Vacated on August 1, 1985.
Denny Brown	1	August 1985	N/A
Gary Royal Gary Royal "Gorgeous" Gary Royal was a professional wrestler in the United States. In the early part of his career, he was a member of the Convertible Blonds, a heel stable with Rip Rogers and Pistol Pez Whatley.-In wrestling:*Finishing moves...	1	August 15, 1985	St. Louis, MO St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
Denny Brown	2	September 15, 1985	Atlanta, GA Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
Steve Regal Steve Regal Steve Regal is a former professional wrestler, better known as "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal, who competed in North American regional promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance and the American Wrestling Association during the early 1970s and 1980s.-Professional wrestling career:Born in Ft...	1	August 2, 1986	Atlanta, GA
Denny Brown	3	September 1, 1986	Greenville, SC Greenville, South Carolina -Law and government:The city of Greenville adopted the Council-Manager form of municipal government in 1976.-History:The area was part of the Cherokee Nation's protected grounds after the Treaty of 1763, which ended the French and Indian War. No White man was allowed to enter, though some families...
Lazer Tron Hector Guerrero Héctor Manuel Guerrero Llanes is a Mexican-American professional wrestler, better known simply by his paternal name, Héctor Guerrero...	1	March 7, 1987	Atlanta, GA
Vacated in 1987 when Tron leaves World Championship Wrestling World Championship Wrestling World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and... .
Nelson Royal	3	October 16, 1987	N/A
Abandoned in 1989.
Masayoshi Motegi Masayoshi Motegi Masayoshi Motegi is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is known for his background in karate and the innovation of the Rolling German suplex...	1	August 30, 1995	Tokyo, Japan
The Great Sasuke Masanori Murakawa , , is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known by his stage name The Great Sasuke, as well as a former Iwate Prefectural Assembly legislator. He has wrestled in Japan and in the United States in various wrestling promotions...	1	August 2, 1996	Tokyo, Japan
Último Dragón	1	October 11, 1996	Osaka, Japan
Jushin Liger Jushin Liger , better known as and later, is a Japanese professional wrestler who primarily works for New Japan Pro Wrestling.He has wrestled and beaten many of the top smaller wrestlers in both Japan and the United States, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most revolutionary junior...	1	January 4, 1997	Tokyo, Japan
El Samurai Osamu Matsuda is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling, and is better known by his stage name El Samurai.-Early years :...	1	July 6, 1997	Sapporo, Japan Sapporo, Hokkaido is the fourth-largest city in Japan by population, and the largest city on the island of Hokkaido. It is the capital of Hokkaidō Prefecture, located in Ishikari Subprefecture, and an ordinance-designated city of Japan....
Shinjiro Otani	1	August 10, 1997	Nagoya, Japan
Vacated on November 5, 1997 when the J-Crown is dematerialized.
Logan Caine	1	March 5, 1999	Parkersburg, WV Parkersburg, West Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 33,099 people, 14,467 households, and 8,767 families residing in the city. In 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that Parkersburg's population had decreased 4.4% to 31,755. The population density was 2,800.5 people per square mile . There were 16,100 housing...
Stripped on October 28, 1999 due to no-showing a title defense against Vince Kaplack.
Vince Kaplack	1	October 28, 1999	Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
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	January 14, 2000	North Versailles, PA 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:...
Rockford 2000	1	July 22, 2000	Surrey, BC 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...
Tony Kozina	2	August 30, 2000	N/A
Vince Kaplack	2	October 14, 2000	Nashville, TN
Rocky Reynolds	1	April 7, 2001	Pennsboro, WV Pennsboro, West Virginia Pennsboro is a town in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 1,199. The city is located at the junction of U.S...
Mike Thunder	1	May 4, 2001	North Richland Hills, TX North Richland Hills, Texas North Richland Hills is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States, and a suburb of Fort Worth. The population was 63,343 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth largest city in Tarrant County. In 2006, North Richland Hills was selected as one of the "Top 100 Best Places to live in America"...
Lex Lovett Lex Lovett Wayne Meyer is an American professional wrestler, known by his ringname Lex Lovett, who competes in Southeastern independent promotions such as Independent Pro Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated NWA Florida as well as having toured the Middle East, Europe and Asia.From 2003...	1	August 21, 2001	Tampa, FL
Jason Rumble	1	October 13, 2001	Saint Petersburg, FL
Rocky Reynolds	2	February 2, 2002	Titusville, PA Titusville, Pennsylvania Titusville is a city in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,146 at the 2000 census. In 1859, oil was successfully drilled in Titusville, resulting in the birth of the modern oil industry.-History:...
Jason Rumble	2	February 16, 2002	Malden, MA Malden, Massachusetts Malden is a suburban city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 59,450 at the 2010 census. In 2009 Malden was ranked as the "Best Place to Raise Your Kids" in Massachusetts by Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine.-History:...
Rocky Reynolds	3	April 6, 2002	Parkersburg, WV
Jimmy Rave Jimmy Rave James Guffey is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Jimmy Rave. He is best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...	1	June 29, 2002	Cornelia, GA Cornelia, Georgia Cornelia is a city in Habersham County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,834 at the 2010 census. It is home to one of the world's largest apple sculptures, which is displayed on top of an obelisk shaped monument...
Star	1	August 10, 2002	Columbia, TN Columbia, Tennessee Columbia is a city in Maury County, Tennessee, United States. The 2008 population was 34,402 according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. It is the county seat of Maury County....
Jimmy Rave	2	August 17, 2002	Columbia, TN
Brother Love	1	January 18, 2003	Greenville, MS
Rocky Reynolds	4	June 7, 2003	Parkersburg, WV
Chris Draven	1	August 2, 2003	Parkersburg, WV
Jerrelle Clark Vincent Clark Vincent Jerrelle Clark is a retired American professional wrestler. He is best known for his stints in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.-Early life:...	1	January 10, 2004	Saint Petersburg, FL
Jason Rumble	3	October 17, 2004	Winnipeg, MB
Black Tiger Rocky Romero John R. Rivera is a Cuban American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Rocky Romero and as the fourth incarnation of Black Tiger. As Romero he was one half of the tag team The Havana Pitbulls , along with Ricky Reyes...	1	August 25, 2005	Columbia, TN
Tiger Mask IV Tiger Mask IV Yoshihiro Yamazaki , best known by his ring name Tiger Mask , is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for New Japan Pro Wrestling. Yamazaki is the fourth wrestler to portray the Tiger Mask image / persona; having used it since 1995...	1	February 19, 2006	Tokyo, Japan
Mike Quackenbush	1	May 11, 2007	Portage, IN
Craig Classic	1	November 6, 2010	Fort Pierce, FL Fort Pierce, Florida Fort Pierce, also spelled Ft. Pierce, is a city in St. Lucie County, Florida, USA. It is known as The Sunrise City. The population was 37,959 at the 2004 census. As of 2008, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 41,000. It is the county seat of St. Lucie County.Fort Pierce is part...
Craig Classic relinquished the title on July 11, 2011, in protest of The Sheik Joseph Cabibbo Joseph Cabibbo is an American professional wrestler, who is currently wrestling under the ring name The Sheik. He is a one-time former NWA World Heavyweight Champion and Pro Wrestling Zero1 World Heavyweight Champion.... being stripped of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship NWA World Heavyweight Championship The National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the National Wrestling Alliance. Its lineage has been traced from the first World Heavyweight Championship, which traces its lineage to Georg Hackenschmidt's 1905 title and... .
Kevin Douglas	1	October 7, 2011	Charlotte, NC

List of reigns by length

As of ,

†	Indicates the current champion
+	Indicates the reign is changing daily
<1	Indicates that the combined total is less than one day.

Wrestler	Days Held	Date Won	Date Lost
Danny Hodge Danny Hodge Daniel "Danny" Allen Hodge is a retired American wrestler and boxer. He is renowned for his wrestling career, both amateur and professional, and has also been a boxer. Hodge was born, grew up, and still lives in Perry, Oklahoma...	1,450	July 22, 1960	July 11, 1964
Mike Quackenbush	1,275	May 11, 2007	November 6, 2010
Danny Hodge	639	March 20, 1972	December 19, 1973
The Cobra George Takano George Takano is a professional wrestler who hailed from Uganda under the alias The Cobra, a masked wrestler persona...	633	November 3, 1983	July 28, 1985
Nelson Royal	566	December 6, 1976	June 25, 1978
Ken Mantell	542	December 19, 1973	June 14, 1975
Angelo Savoldi Angelo Savoldi Angelo Savoldi is an Italian-American former professional wrestler and wrestling promoter. He is currently the world's oldest wrestler at the age of 97.-Professional wrestling career:...	504	March 6, 1959	July 22, 1960
Tiger Mask IV Tiger Mask IV Yoshihiro Yamazaki , best known by his ring name Tiger Mask , is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for New Japan Pro Wrestling. Yamazaki is the fourth wrestler to portray the Tiger Mask image / persona; having used it since 1995...	446	February 19, 2006	May 11, 2007
Al Madril	398	June 25, 1978	July 28, 1979
Verne Gagne Verne Gagne Laverne Clarence "Verne" Gagne , is a retired American professional wrestler, football player, and professional wrestling trainer and promoter. He was the former owner/promoter of the American Wrestling Association , based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which was the predominant promotion throughout...	371	November 13, 1950	November 19, 1951
Masayoshi Motegi Masayoshi Motegi Masayoshi Motegi is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is known for his background in karate and the innovation of the Rolling German suplex...	338	August 30, 1995	August 2, 1996
Denny Brown	321	September 15, 1985	August 2, 1986
Tiger Mask Satoru Sayama is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known as the original Tiger Mask. He's wrestled under his real name as well as the names Sammy Lee, and masked Super Tiger, Tiger King, Tiger Mask and The Mask of Tiger...	313	May 25, 1982	April 3, 1983
Jason Rumble	312	October 17, 2004	August 25, 2005
Ken Fenelon	301	March 11, 1946	January 6, 1947
Hiro Matsuda	286	July 11, 1964	April 23, 1965
Jerrelle Clark	281	January 10, 2004	October 17, 2004
Hiro Matsuda	262	June 14, 1975	March 2, 1976
Craig Classic	247	November 6, 2010	July 11, 2011
Logan Caine	237	March 5, 1999	October 28, 1999
Angelo Savoldi	224	July 11, 1958	February 20, 1959
Les Thornton Les Thornton Les Thornton is a retired British professional wrestler who competed in European and North American regional promotions throughout the 1970s and 1980s including Stampede Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation and the National Wrestling Alliance...	221	October 16, 1981	May 25, 1982
Marshall Estep	216	May 30, 1945	January 1, 1946
Danny Hodge	214	April 23, 1965	November 23, 1965
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...	190	January 14, 2000	July 22, 2000
Denny Brown	187	September 1, 1986	March 7, 1987
Jushin Liger Jushin Liger , better known as and later, is a Japanese professional wrestler who primarily works for New Japan Pro Wrestling.He has wrestled and beaten many of the top smaller wrestlers in both Japan and the United States, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most revolutionary junior...	183	January 4, 1997	July 6, 1997
Black Tiger IV Rocky Romero John R. Rivera is a Cuban American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Rocky Romero and as the fourth incarnation of Black Tiger. As Romero he was one half of the tag team The Havana Pitbulls , along with Ricky Reyes...	178	August 28, 2005	February 19, 2006
Vince Kaplack	175	October 14, 2000	April 7, 2001
Danny Hodge	164	January 30, 1970	July 13, 1970
Chris Draven	161	August 2, 2003	January 10, 2004
Jimmy Rave Jimmy Rave James Guffey is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Jimmy Rave. He is best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...	154	August 17, 2002	January 18, 2003
Brother Love	140	January 18, 2003	June 7, 2003
Les Thornton	127	January 31, 1981	June 7, 1981
Nelson Royal	126	July 28, 1979	December 1, 1979
Roger Kirby Roger Kirby Professor Roger Kirby is a prostate surgeon in the UK. He has performed over 2000 radical prostatectomy operations in his career and has written over 60 books and published more than 300 scientific papers...	113	May 20, 1971	September 10, 1971
Jason Rumble	112	October 13, 2001	February 2, 2002
Mike Thunder	109	May 4, 2001	August 21, 2001
Dr. X	108	December 3, 1971	March 20, 1972
Les Thornton	88	June 20, 1981	September 16, 1981
Shinjiro Otani	87	August 10, 1997	November 5, 1997
Último Dragón	85	October 11, 1996	January 4, 1997
Ramon Torres	84	September 10, 1971	December 3, 1971
Rocky Reynolds	84	April 6, 2002	June 29, 2002
Vince Kaplack	78	October 28, 1999	January 14, 2000
Marshall Estep	77	January 6, 1947	March 24, 1947
Tiger Mask	71	June 2, 1983	August 12, 1983
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Larry Tillman	69	January 1, 1946	March 11, 1946
Pat Barret	65	September 28, 1976	December 2, 1976
Rocky Reynolds	56	June 7, 2003	August 2, 2003
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Jason Rumble	49	February 16, 2002	April 6, 2002
Jimmy Rave	42	June 29, 2002	August 10, 2002
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Rocky Reynolds	27	April 7, 2001	May 4, 2001
Ivan the Terrible	14	February 20, 1959	March 6, 1959
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Danny Hodge	13	March 2, 1976	March 15, 1976
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Ron Starr	4	December 2, 1976	December 6, 1976
The Cobra	4	July 28, 1985	August 1, 1985
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List of top combined reigns

As of ,

†	Indicates the current champion(s)
+	Indicates the reign is changing daily
<1	Indicates that the combined total is less than one day.

Rank	Wrestler	# Of Reigns	Combined Days
1.	Danny Hodge	5	2,480
2.	Mike Quackenbush	1	1,276
3.	Angelo Savoldi	2	728
4.	The Cobra	2	637
5.	Nelson Royal	1	566
6.	Hiro Matsuda	2	548
7.	Ken Mantell	1	542
8.	Denny Brown	2	508
9.	Jason Rumble	3	473
10.	Tiger Mask IV	1	446
11.	Les Thornton	3	436
12.	Al Madril	1	398
13.	Tiger Mask	2	384
14.	Verne Gagne	1	371
15.	Masayoshi Motegi	1	338
16.	Ken Fenelon	1	301
17.	Marshall Esteppe	2	293
18.	Jerrelle Clark	1	281
19.	Vince Kaplack	2	253
20.	Craig Classic	1	247
21.	Logan Caine	1	237
22.	Tony Kozina	2	229
23.	Jimmy Rave	2	196
24.	Jushin Liger	1	183
25.	Rocky Reynolds	4	181
26.	Black Tiger IV	1	178
27.	Chris Draven	1	161
28.	Brother Love	1	140
29.	Roger Kirby	1	113
30.	Mike Thunder	1	109
31.	Dr. X	1	108

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Title history

List of reigns by length

List of top combined reigns

See also

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