NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (Los Angeles version)

The NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world championship and secondary title in the National Boxing/Wrestling Association that was for the lighter wrestlers. It started in 1936 and was unified with the National Wrestling Alliance's NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship in 1952.^[1]

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (Los Angeles version)
Details
Promotion	National Wrestling Association (Sanctioning body) NWA Los Angeles (1948 – 1952)
Date established	April 20, 1936
Date retired	May 25, 1952
Statistics First champion(s) Albion Britt Final champion(s) Danny McShain Most reigns Billy Varga (3 times) Danny McShain (3 times) Longest reign Leroy McGuirk (2,784 days)+ Shortest reign Red Berry (8 days)

Title history

Key

#	Order in reign history
Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event	The event in which the title was won
—	Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A	The information is not available or is unknown

Reigns

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
1	Albion Britt	1	April 20, 1936	245	Hollywood, California	Live event	Britt defeated Ted Christy in a tournament final to become the first NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion. Subsequent title reigns are recognized by the National Wrestling Association.	[2]
2	Dude Chick	1	December 21, 1936	623	Hollywood, California	Live event		[3]
3	Sgt. Bob Kenaston	1	September 5, 1938	203	Hollywood, California	Live event		[4]
4	John Swenski	1	March 27, 1939	84	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Live event		[5]
5	Leroy McGuirk	1	June 19, 1939	[Note 1]	Hollywood, California	Live event		[6]
—	Vacated	—	1947	—	N/A	N/A	The championship is vacated in Los Angeles sometime after February 1947 and a 40-man tournament is held to crown a new champion. McGuirk, however, continues to be billed as champion in other territories.
6	Billy Varga	1	September 29, 1947	56	Hollywood, California	Live event	Varga defeated Danny McShain in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.	[7]
7	Martino Angelo	1	November 24, 1947	133	Hollywood, California	Live event
8	Leo Wallick	1	April 5, 1948	30	Hollywood, California	Live event
9	Gorilla Ramos	1	May 5, 1948	40	Bakersfield, California	Live event
10	Maurice La Chapelle	1	June 14, 1948	21	Hollywood, California	Live event		[8]
11	Danny McShain	1	July 5, 1948	42	Hollywood, California	Live event
12	Billy Darnell	1	August 16, 1948	210	Hollywood, California	Live event
13	Billy Varga	2	March 14, 1949	119	Hollywood, California	Live event
14	Danny McShain	2	July 11, 1949	49	Hollywood, California	Live event
15	Red Berry	1	August 29, 1949	8	Hollywood, California	Live event
16	Johnny Demchuck	1	September 6, 1949	20	San Diego, California	Live event
17	Sonny Myers	1	September 26, 1949	57	Hollywood, California	Live event
18	Ivan Kalmikoff	1	November 22, 1949	57	San Diego, California	Live event	Kalmikoff defeats Danny McShain, who is billed as champion, at a January 4, 1950 title defence in Bakersfield, California.
19	Billy Varga	3	January 18, 1950	44	Bakersfield, California	Live event
20	Leo Garibaldi	1	March 3, 1950	87	Los Angeles, California	Live event
21	Billy Varga	4	May 29, 1950	43	Hollywood, California	Live event
21	Leo Garibaldi	2	July 11, 1950	42	San Diego, California	Live event
22	Baron Michele Leone	1	August 22, 1950	310	San Diego, California	Live event
23	Leo Garibaldi	3	June 28, 1951	97	Salt Lake City, Utah	Live event		[9]
24	Red Berry	2	October 3, 1951	196	Los Angeles, California	Live event
25	Rito Romero	1	April 16, 1952	39	Los Angeles, California	Live event
26	Danny McShain	3	May 25, 1952	<1	Los Angeles, California	Live event	The championship is unified with the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship and ceases to exist.	[10][11]

Footnotes

1. The exact date on which the title was lost is not known, which means their title reign lasted between 2,784 and 3,084 days.

References

General

• "World Junior Heavyweight Title (Los Angeles)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Puroresu Dojo. 2003.

Specific

1. Stern, Karl, ed. (2005). "The Time Line of Wrestling Part II" (PDF). DragonKing Wrestling. No. 83. Haleyville, Alabama: DragonKing Press. p. 7.
2. Hornbaker, Tim (September 11, 2010). "Hollywood Wrestling Results - 1936". LegacyOfWrestling.com.
3. Hoops, Brian (December 21, 2016). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (12/21): Jerry Lawler Wins The AWA Southern Title". F4Wonline.com. Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Weekly.
4. "Old Hill Crab Versus Spin Of Chick Top Card". Medford Mail Tribune. Medford, Oregon. August 20, 1939.
5. Hornbaker, Tim. "Tulsa Wrestling Results - 1939". LegacyOfWrestling.com.
6. Hornbaker, Tim (March 6, 2007). "Hollywood Wrestling Results - 1939". LegacyOfWrestling.com.
7. Hornbaker, Tim (September 16, 2010). "Hollywood Wrestling Results - 1947". LegacyOfWrestling.com.
8. Hornbaker, Tim (September 11, 2010). "Hollywood Wrestling Results - 1948". LegacyOfWrestling.com.
9. Taylor, Becky. "Salt Lake City Wrestling Results - 1951". LegacyOfWrestling.com.
10. Bryant, Steve (January 12, 2016). "Biggest match in SoCal history?". SoCalUncensored.com.
11. Hornbaker, Tim (2007). National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Professional Wrestling. Toronto: ECW Press. p. 227. ISBN 1554902746.