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NWA WORLD JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

Current Champion:

Mike Quackenbush
(Defeated Tiger Mask, 05/11/2007)

TITLE HISTORY

Won By	Date	Location	Length of Reign
Ken Fenelon	Before 1945	N/A	N/A
Fenelon is recognized as the first champion by Pinkie George, who founds the current version of the NWA in 1948.
Marshall Estep	05/30/1945	Toronto, IA	7 months, 6 days
Larry Tillman	01/01/1946	N/A	2 months, 10 days
Ken Fenelon [2]	03/11/1946	Des Moines, IA	10 months
Marshall Estep [2]	01/06/1947	Des Moines, IA	N/A
Ken Fenelon [3]	Before April 1947	N/A	N/A
Ray Steele	04/07/1947	Des Moines, IA	21 days
Marshall Estep [3]	04/28/1947	Des Moines, IA	N/A
Billy Goelz	Before 1948	N/A	N/A
Leroy McGuirk	12/28/1949	Des Moines, IA	1 month, 14 days
McGuirk, the National Wrestling Association junior heavyweight champion, defeats Goelz to unify the two titles. McGuirk is stripped of the title on 02/07/1950 when he is blinded in an automobile accident.
Verne Gagne	11/13/1950	Tulsa, OK	1 year, 6 days
Gagne defeats Sonny Myers in the final of a tournament to crown a new champion.
Danny McShain	11/19/1951	Memphis, TN	N/A
Baron Michele Leone	August 1953	Hollywood, CA	N/A
The title change may have taken place in Hollywood, Tennessee, or Amarillo, TX.
Ed Francis	1956	Tulsa, OK	N/A
Mike DiBiase	1956	Oklahoma City, OK	N/A
Mike Clancy	1957	Little Rock, AR	N/A
Angelo Savoldi	February 1958	Oklahoma City, OK	N/A
Dory Funk Sr.	06/05/1958	Amarillo, TX	1 month, 6 days
Angelo Savoldi [2]	07/11/1958	Oklahoma City, OK	7 months, 14 days
Ivan the Terrible	02/20/1959	Oklahoma City, OK	16 days
Angelo Savoldi [3]	03/06/1959	Oklahoma City, OK	1 year, 4 months, 16 days
Danny Hodge	07/22/1960	Oklahoma City, OK	3 years, 11 months, 24 days
Hiro Matsuda	07/11/1964	Tampa, FL	N/A
Danny Hodge [2]	January 1965	Tulsa, OK	N/A
Lorenzo Parente	???	???	N/A
Danny Hodge [3]	???	???	N/A
Lorenzo Parente [2]	01/14/1966	Tulsa, OK	28 days
Joe McCarthy	02/12/1966	???	N/A
Danny Hodge [4]	May 1966	Little Rock, AR	N/A
Umanosuke Ueda	01/23/1970	Tulsa, OK	7 days
Danny Hodge [5]	01/30/1970	???	5 months, 13 days
Sputnik Monroe	07/13/1970	Shreveport, LA	N/A
Danny Hodge [6]	1970	???	N/A
Roger Kirby	05/20/1971	New Orleans, LA	3 months, 20 days
Ramon Torres	09/10/1971	Monroe, LA	2 months, 23 days
Dr. X	12/03/1971	Oklahoma City, OK	3 months, 22 days
Danny Hodge [7]	03/20/1972	Shreveport, LA	1 year, 8 months, 29 days
Ken Mantell	12/19/1973	Jackson, MS	1 year, 6 months
Hiro Matsuda [2]	06/14/1975	St. Petersburg, FL	8 months, 23 days
Danny Hodge [8]	03/02/1976	Shreveport, LA	13 days
The title is vacated on 03/15/1976 when Hodge retires after suffering a broken neck in an automobile accident.
Pat Barret	09/28/1976	New Orleans, LA	2 months, 4 days
Barret defeats Nelson Royal in the final of a tournament to determine a new champion.
Ron Starr	12/02/1976	New Orleans, LA	4 days
Nelson Royal	12/06/1976	Tulsa, OK	N/A
Chavo Guerrero	April 1978	Albuquerque, NM	N/A
Nelson Royal [2]	1978	???	N/A
Al Madril	06/25/1978	Houston, TX	1 year, 1 month, 3 days
Nelson Royal [3]	07/28/1979	N/A	N/A
Royal is awarded the title when Madril is too ill for a rematch. The title is vacated in December 1979 when Royal retires.
Ron Starr [2]	02/11/1980	Tulsa, OK	N/A
Starr defeats Les Thornton in the final of a tournament to determine a new champion.
Les Thornton	March 1980	???	N/A
Thornton wins the title by forfeit.
Jerry Stubbs	01/26/1981	Mobile, AL	5 days
Les Thornton [2]	01/31/1981	Dothan, AL	4 months, 6 days
Terry Taylor	06/07/1981	Roanoke, VA	13 days
Les Thornton [3]	06/20/1981	Roanoke, VA	2 months, 26 days
Jerry Brisco	09/16/1981	Miami, FL	1 month
Les Thornton [4]	10/16/1981	Knoxville, TN	7 months, 14 days
Tiger Mask	05/25/1982	Shizuoka, Japan	10 months, 13 days
Some North American promoters declare the title vacant in 1982 after Tiger Mask wrestles for the WWF, but according to New Japan, the NWA Board announces that Tiger Mask is still recognized as champion at the annual NWA board meeting in August 1982. Tiger Mask vacates the title on 04/03/1983 after being injured by Dynamite Kid in a tag team match on 04/01/1983. Dynamite Kid & Kuniaki Kobayashi meet for the vacant title on 04/03/1983 in Tokyo, Japan, but no winner is decided. Tiger Mask and Dynamite Kid meet for the vacant title on 04/21/1983 in Tokyo, Japan, but no winner is decided.
Tiger Mask [2]	06/02/1983	Tokyo, Japan	2 months, 10 days
Tiger Mask defeats Kunaki Kobayashi to win the vacant title. Tiger Mask vacates the title on 08/12/1983 upon his retirement.
The Cobra	11/03/1983	Tokyo, Japan	1 year, 9 months
Cobra defeats Davey Boy Smith to win the vacant title.
Hiro Saito	07/28/1985	Osaka, Japan	N/A
The Cobra [2]	07/28/1985	Osaka, Japan	3 days
Cobra vacates the title on 08/01/1985.
Denny Brown	August 1985	N/A	N/A
Brown is recognized as champion by NWA vice president Shohei Baba after Cobra vacates the title.
Gary Royal	08/15/1985	St. Louis, MO	1 month
Denny Brown [2]	09/15/1985	Atlanta, GA	10 months, 22 days
Steve Regal	08/02/1986	Atlanta, GA	29 days
Denny Brown [3]	09/01/1986	Greenville, SC	6 months, 11 days
Lazertron	03/07/1987	Atlanta, GA	N/A
The title is vacated in 1987 when Lazertron leaves the territory.
Nelson Royal [4]	10/16/1987	N/A	N/A
Royal is awarded the title. Royal leaves WCW/Mid-Atlantic in 1988, and the title is deactivated.
Masayoshi Motegi	08/30/1995	Tokyo, Japan	11 months, 7 days
Motegi defeats El Hijo del Santo in the final of a tournament to determine the new champion when the title is revived by the NWA.
The Great Sasuke	08/02/1996	Tokyo, Japan	2 months, 9 days
Ultimo Dragon	10/11/1996	Osaka, Japan	2 months, 28 days
Jyushin Lyger	01/04/1997	Tokyo, Japan	6 months, 2 days
El Samurai	07/06/1997	Sapporo, Japan	1 month, 4 days
Shinjiro Ohtani	08/10/1997	Nagoya, Japan	2 months, 25 days
Ohtani vacates the title on 11/05/1997.
Logan Caine	03/05/1999	Parkersburg, WV	7 months, 23 days
Caine defeats Viper in a four-man tournament final. Caine is stripped on the title on 10/28/1999 due to no-showing a title defense against Vince Kaplack.
Vince Kaplack	10/28/1999	Pittsburgh, PA	2 months, 21 days
Kaplack defeats Chris Hero to win the vacant title.
Tony Kozina	01/14/2000	N. Versailles, PA	6 months, 8 days
Rockford 2000	07/22/2000	Surrey, BC	1 month, 8 days
Tony Kozina [2]	08/30/2000	N/A	1 month, 14 days
Kozina is awarded the title after the NWA board reviews the tape of a match between Kozina and Rockford 2000 on 08/26/2000.
Vince Kaplack [2]	10/14/2000	Nashville, TN	5 months, 28 days
Rocky Reynolds	04/07/2001	Pennsboro, WV	27 days
Mike Thunder	05/04/2001	N. Richland Hills, TX	3 months, 17 days
Lex Lovett	08/21/2001	Tampa, FL	1 month, 22 days
Jason Rumble	10/13/2001	St. Petersburg, FL	3 months, 24 days
Rumble defeats Lex Lovett, Jimmy Rave, Brandon K and B.J. Turner in a five-way match.
Rocky Reynolds [2]	02/02/2002	Titusville, PA	14 days
Jason Rumble [2]	02/16/2002	Malden, PA	1 month, 20 days
Rocky Reynolds [3]	04/06/2002	Parkersburg, WV	2 months, 23 days
Jimmy Rave	06/29/2002	Cornelia, GA	1 month, 11 days
Rave defeats Rocky Reynolds and Jeremy Lopez in a three-way match.
Star	08/10/2002	Columbia, TN	7 days
Jimmy Rave [2]	08/17/2002	Columbia, TN	5 months, 6 days
Brother Love	01/18/2003	Greenville, MS	4 months, 19 days
Rocky Reynolds [4]	06/07/2003	Parkersburg, WV	1 month, 25 days
Chris Draven	08/02/2003	Parkersburg, WV	5 months, 13 days
Jerrelle Clark	01/10/2004	St. Petersburg, FL	9 months, 7 days
Jason Rumble [3]	10/17/2004	Winnipeg, MB	10 months, 15 days
Rumble defeats Jerrelle Clark and Vance Desmond in a three-way match.
Black Tiger	08/27/2005	Columbia, TN	5 months, 26 days
Tiger Mask [3]	02/18/2006	Osaka, Japan	1 year, 2 months, 23 days
Mike Quackenbush	05/11/2007	Portage, IN	1 year, 3 months, 17 days

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