NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
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History
The NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship was created as a US based lesser weight title, similiar to the Light Heavyweight and Middleweight championships in Mexico. It has no signficant history in Mexico, except for the occasional wrestler who's once been in Mexico and once won this title.
It was also part of the J-Crown Octuple Championships
Past Champions in Mexico
- Hiro Matsuda (defended the title - "not a champion") vs Dr. Wagner , vs El Halcon
- Les Thornton (defended the title) vs Alfonso Dantes
- Kerry Morton (defended in a three-way on The World is a Vampire: NWA vs. AAA)
Gallery
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Sources
V | National Wrestling Alliance Championships (with lucha libre history) | E |
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World Welter (Akantus), NWA-Mexico: Mexico Light (Skayde), Mexico Welter (Vaquero Fantasma), Mexico Tag (Alpha Wolf and Dragón Bane) | ||
Dragon Gym: International Junior Heavy (Último Dragón) | ||
Defunct: Middle, Light Heavy, Americas Tag | ||
Reference: Jr. Heavy, Heavy | ||
CMLL established titles: Historic Welter (Volador Jr.), Historic Middle (Carístico), Historic LH (Stuka Jr.) |