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Midwest Wrestling Association - Ohio
World Junior Heavyweight Championship
(December 12, 1939 — July 1948)
National Wrestling Alliance
Midwest Wrestling Association
World Junior Heavyweight Championship
(July 1948 — 1958)
World Junior Heavyweight Championship
(December 12, 1939 — July 1948)
| Won By: | Date: | Event: | Location: | Reign: |
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| Billy Weidner | Dec 19, 1939 | Journal-Herald… | Dayton, USA | 51 days |
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Defeated Oregon McDonald to become the inaugural champion.
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| Gil Knutson | Feb 8, 1940 | Live Event | Dayton, USA | 113 days |
| Jules LaRance | May 31, 1940 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 230 days |
| Billy Weidner [2] | Jan 16, 1941 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 28 days |
| Frankie Talaber | Feb 13, 1941 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 139 days |
| Bob Kenaston | Jul 2, 1941 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 63 days |
| Jules LaRance [2] | Sep 3, 1941 | -- | -- | 15 days |
| Bob Kenaston [2] | Sep 18, 1941 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 28 days |
| Dave Reynolds | Oct 16, 1941 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 15 days |
| Jules LaRance [3] | Oct 31, 1941 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 104 days |
| Billy Thom | Feb 12, 1942 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 14 days |
| Ali Pasha | Feb 26, 1942 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 7 days |
| Jules LaRance [4] | Mar 5, 1942 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 159 days |
| The Great Mephisto | Aug 11, 1942 | -- | -- | 14 days |
| Jules LaRance [5] | Aug 25, 1942 | -- | -- | 49 days |
| Martino Angelo | Oct 13, 1942 | -- | -- | 21 days |
| Jules LaRance [6] | Nov 3, 1942 | -- | -- | 7 days |
| Martino Angelo [2] | Nov 10, 1942 | -- | -- | 52 days |
| Billy Thom [2] | Jan 1, 1943 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 62 days |
| Jules LaRance [7] | Mar 4, 1943 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 118 days |
| Billy Thom [3] | Jun 30, 1943 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 71 days |
| Martino Angelo [3] | Sep 9, 1943 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 42 days |
| Frankie Talaber [2] | Oct 21, 1943 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 119 days |
| Jules LaRance [8] | Feb 17, 1944 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 42 days |
| The Great Mephisto [2] | Mar 30, 1944 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 42 days |
| Frankie Talaber [3] | May 11, 1944 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 33 days |
| Billy Weidner [3] | Jun 13, 1944 | -- | -- | 156 days |
| The Great Mephisto [3] | Nov 16, 1944 | -- | -- | 49 days |
| Frankie Talaber [4] | Jan 4, 1945 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 61 days |
| Pierre LaBelle | Mar 6, 1945 | -- | -- | 23 days |
| Frankie Talaber [5] | Mar 29, 1945 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 196 days |
| John Demchuck | Oct 11, 1945 | -- | -- | 196 days |
| Bob Cummings | Apr 25, 1946 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 27 days |
| John Demchuck [2] | May 22, 1946 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 245 days |
| Bob Cummings [2] | Jan 22, 1947 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 133 days |
| John Demchuck [3] | Jun 4, 1947 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 239 days |
| Billy Weidner [4] | Jan 29, 1948 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 97 days |
| John Demchuck [4] | May 5, 1948 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 171 days |
Midwest Wrestling Association
World Junior Heavyweight Championship
(July 1948 — 1958)
| Won By: | Date: | Event: | Location: | Reign: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Klein | Oct 23, 1948 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 14 days |
| John Demchuck [5] | Nov 6, 1948 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | |
| Tommy Martindale | Dec 1948 | -- | -- | |
| John Demchuck [6] | Jan 1, 1949 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 96 days |
| Martino Angelo [4] | Apr 7, 1949 | Live Event | Toledo, USA | 27 days |
| Billy Fox | May 4, 1949 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 7 days |
| Martino Angelo [5] | May 11, 1949 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 126 days |
| Frankie Talaber [6] | Sep 14, 1949 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | |
| Cyclone Anaya | Nov 1949 | -- | -- | |
| Frankie Talaber [7] | Jan 5, 1950 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 364 days |
| Jackie Nichols | Jan 4, 1951 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 70 days |
| Roy Shire | Mar 15, 1951 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 91 days |
| Frankie Talaber [8] | Jun 14, 1951 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 49 days |
| Marvin Mercer [2] | Aug 2, 1951 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 229 days |
| Roy Shire [2] | Mar 18, 1952 | Live Event | Dayton, USA | 77 days |
| Joe Scarpello | Jun 3, 1952 | Live Event | Dayton, USA | 174 days |
| Ed Francis | Nov 24, 1952 | -- | -- | 115 days |
| Lou Klein [2] | Mar 19, 1953 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 8 days |
| Ed Francis [2] | Mar 27, 1953 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | |
| ** Vacated ** | 1953 | -- | -- | |
| Frankie Talaber [9] | May 15, 1953 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 257 days |
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Defeated Joe Scarpello for the title.
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| Oyama Kato | Jan 27, 1954 | Live Event | Mansfield, USA | 27 days |
| Frankie Talaber [10] | Feb 23, 1954 | Live Event | Dayton, USA | 142 days |
| Eddie Gossett | Jul 15, 1954 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 119 days |
| Billy Varga | Nov 11, 1954 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 315 days |
| Joe Scarpello [2] | Sep 22, 1955 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 118 days |
| Frankie Talaber [11] | Jan 18, 1956 | Live Event | Mansfield, USA | 99 days |
| The Mystery Man | Apr 26, 1956 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 7 days |
| Joe Scarpello [3] | May 3, 1956 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 34 days |
| Frankie Talaber [12] | Jun 6, 1956 | -- | -- | 8 days |
| Ray Stevens | Jun 14, 1956 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 49 days |
| Jim Hady | Aug 2, 1956 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 105 days |
| Louis Papineau | Nov 15, 1956 | Live Event | Lexington, USA | 7 days |
| Jim Hady [2] | Nov 22, 1956 | Live Event | Lexington, USA | 133 days |
| Paul DeGalles | Apr 4, 1957 | Live Event | Dayton, USA | 154 days |
| Dick Torio | Sep 5, 1957 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | 175 days |
| Jim Hady [3] | Feb 27, 1958 | Live Event | Columbus, USA | |
| ** Deactivated ** | -- | -- | ||