NWA Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship

The NWA Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship defended in the Amarillo, Texas territory of the National Wrestling Alliance, Western States Sports.[1]

NWA Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionWestern States Sports
Date established1948
Date retired1959
Statistics
First champion(s)Al Getz
Final champion(s)Dory Funk
Most reignsDory Funk (8 reigns)

Title history edit

Key
Symbol Meaning
No. The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event The event in which the championship changed hands
N/A The specific information is not known
No. Champion Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref(s).
1 Al Getz 1 1948 [Note 1] N/A Live event    
2 Wayne Martin 1 February 19, 1948 203 Amarillo, Texas Live event    
3 Billy Weidner 1 September 9, 1948 [Note 2] Amarillo, Texas Live event    
4 Wayne Martin 2 1948 [Note 3] N/A Live event    
5 Dick Trout 1 December 9, 1948 [Note 4] Amarillo, Texas Live event    
6 Dory Funk 1 1949 [Note 5] N/A Live event    
7 Wayne Martin 3 February 11, 1950 96 Amarillo, Texas Live event    
8 Frank Murdoch 1 May 18, 1950 69 Amarillo, Texas Live event    
9 Ray Clements 1 July 26, 1950 8 Lubbock, Texas Live event    
10 Frank Murdoch 2 August 3, 1950 [Note 6] Amarillo, Texas Live event    
11 Bob Cummings 1 1950 [Note 7] N/A Live event    
12 Dory Funk 2 October 19, 1950 166 Amarillo, Texas Live event    
13 Tony Morelli 1 April 3, 1951 71 Lubbock, Texas Live event    
14 Frank Murdoch 3 June 13, 1951 [Note 8] Lubbock, Texas Live event    
15 Dory Funk 3 1951 [Note 9] N/A Live event    
16 Cowboy Carlson 1 July 10, 1952 54 Amarillo, Texas Live event    
17 Gory Guerrero 1 September 2, 1952 44 El Paso, Texas Live event    
18 Ivan Kalmikoff 1 October 16, 1952 124 Amarillo, Texas Live event    
19 Dory Funk 4 February 17, 1953 142 San Angelo, Texas Live event    
20 Roger Mackay 1 July 9, 1953 [Note 10] Amarillo, Texas Live event    
21 Roy Shire 1 1953 [Note 11] N/A Live event    
22 Dory Funk 5 May 13, 1954 1,001 Amarillo, Texas Live event    
23 The Great Bolo 1 February 7, 1957 21 Amarillo, Texas Live event    
24 Dory Funk 6 February 28, 1957 819 Amarillo, Texas Live event    
25 Nick Roberts 1 May 28, 1959 7 Amarillo, Texas Live event    
26 Dory Funk 7 June 4, 1959 [Note 12] Amarillo, Texas Live event    
27 Iron Mike DiBiase 1 1959 [Note 13] N/A Live event    
28 Dory Funk 8 June 25, 1959 [Note 14] Amarillo, Texas Live event    

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ The exact date the championship was won/lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 49 days.
  2. ^ The exact date the championship was won/lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 91 days.
  3. ^ The exact date the championship was won/lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 91 days.
  4. ^ The exact date the championship was won/lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 23 and 429 days.
  5. ^ The exact date the championship was won/lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 42 and 406 days.
  6. ^ The exact date the championship was won/lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 77 days.
  7. ^ The exact date the championship was won/lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 77 days.
  8. ^ The exact date the championship was won/lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 201 days.
  9. ^ The exact date the championship was won/lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 192 and 393 days.
  10. ^ The exact date the championship was won/lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 175 days.
  11. ^ The exact date the championship was won/lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between −232 and 308 days.
  12. ^ The exact date the championship was won/lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 21 days.
  13. ^ The exact date the championship was won/lost is uncertain, which means the reign lasted between 1 and 21 days.
  14. ^ The length of the championship reign is too uncertain to calculate.

References edit

  1. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

External links edit