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World Junior Heavyweight Championship
(1940s — 1948)
Won By: Date: Event: Location: Reign:
Mel Peters -- --
Gust Johannsen Jun 16, 1942 Live Event Nashville, USA 119 days
Herb Welch Oct 13, 1942 Live Event Nashville, USA 147 days
Mike Chacoma Mar 9, 1943 Live Event Louisville, USA 7 days
Herb Welch [2] Mar 16, 1943 Live Event Louisville, USA
The Yellow Scorpion -- --
Herb Welch [3] Jan 18, 1944 Live Event Nashville, USA 28 days
The Yellow Scorpion [2] Feb 15, 1944 -- -- 112 days
Herb Welch [4] Jun 6, 1944 Live Event Nashville, USA 34 days
Roy Allen Jul 10, 1944 -- -- 18 days
Herb Welch [5] Jul 28, 1944 -- -- 312 days
The Masked Marvel Jun 5, 1945 Live Event Nashville, USA 21 days
Herb Welch [6] Jun 26, 1945 Live Event Nashville, USA 247 days
** Vacated ** Feb 28, 1946 -- --
Tex Riley Jun 11, 1946 Live Event Nashville, USA 406 days
Defeated Gus Johnson for the vacant title.
Herb Welch [7] Jul 22, 1947 Live Event Nashville, USA 315 days
The Green Shadow Jun 1, 1948 Live Event Nashville, USA 35 days
Herb Welch [8] Jul 6, 1948 Live Event Nashville, USA 370 days
National Wrestling Alliance - Mid-America
World Junior Heavyweight Championship
(July 1948 — 1951)
Won By: Date: Event: Location: Reign:
The Black Phantom Jul 11, 1949 Live Event Nashville, USA 43 days
Tex Riley [2] Aug 23, 1949 Live Event Nashville, USA 7 days
The Black Phantom [2] Aug 30, 1949 Live Event Nashville, USA 198 days
Tex Riley [3] Mar 16, 1950 Live Event Chattanooga, USA
The Black Phantom [3] Mar 1950 -- --
Tex Riley [4] Apr 14, 1950 Live Event Knoxville, USA 67 days
The Black Phantom [4] Jun 20, 1950 Live Event Nashville, USA 186 days
Tex Riley [5] Dec 23, 1950 Live Event Knoxville, USA 124 days
Ali Pasha Apr 26, 1951 Live Event Chattanooga, USA 29 days
Tex Riley [6] May 25, 1951 Live Event Knoxville, USA
-- Jun 1, 1951 -- CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS UNCLEAR -- 1951 --
Verne Gagne 1951 -- --
Danny McShain Nov 19, 1951 Live Event Memphis, USA 0 days
** Deactivated ** Nov 19, 1951 -- --
Unified with N.W.A. World Junior Heavyweight Championship.