| Championshipname: | NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (Los Angeles version) |
| Promotion: | National Wrestling Association (Sanctioning body) NWA Los Angeles (1948 – 1952) |
| Created: | April 20, 1936 |
| Retired: | May 25, 1952 |
| Mostreigns: | Billy Varga (3 times) Danny McShain (3 times) |
| Firstchamp: | Albion Britt |
| Lastchamp: | Danny McShain |
| Longestreign: | Leroy McGuirk + |
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]
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| 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 |
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| 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] | ||||||||||||||||
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| 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. | |||||||||||||||||
| Varga defeated Danny McShain in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | [7] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Kalmikoff defeats Danny McShain, who is billed as champion, at a January 4, 1950 title defence in Bakersfield, California. | |||||||||||||||||
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| <1 | The championship is unified with the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship and ceases to exist. | [10] [11] |