NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Championship
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The NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Championship was a championship in the NWA
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...

's Georgia Championship Wrestling
Georgia Championship Wrestling
Georgia Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion whose self-titled TV program aired in the 1970s and 1980s on Atlanta, U.S., superstation WTBS. Though based in Atlanta, the company also ran live wrestling shows throughout its geographic "territory" of Georgia Georgia...

 promotion. It was strictly for the junior heavyweight wrestlers.

Title history

Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
Bob Orton, Jr.
Bob Orton, Jr.
Robert Keith Orton is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Cowboy" Bob Orton. He is the father of wrestler Randy Orton, who is signed to World Wrestling Entertainment...

1 April 1975
The title is vacated in 1980.
Kevin Sullivan
Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)
Kevin Francis Sullivan is an American professional wrestler and booker, perhaps best known for his role in WCW as "The Taskmaster" and his leading of the "Dungeon of Doom".-Early career:...

1 April 8, 1980 Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

Defeated Eddie Mansfield in a tournament for the vacant title.
Stanley Lane 1 September 3, 1980 Columbus, Georgia
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, with which it is consolidated. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 189,885. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area, which, in 2009, had an estimated population of 292,795...

Kevin Sullivan 2 January 1981
Dutch Mantell 1
Steve Olsonoski
Steve Olsonoski
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1
George South
George South
George South is a professional wrestler who has appeared as a preliminary wrestler in World Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions and the World Wrestling Federation.-Professional wrestling career:...

1
The title is inactive.
Air Paris 1 May 13, 1999 Loganville, Georgia
Loganville, Georgia
Loganville is a city located mostly in Walton County with a small portion of the city located in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. The population was 10,963 at the 2009 census.-Geography:...

The title is reactivated by the NWA. He defeats Bart Sawyer in the tournament final. He is stripped on October 28, 1999 for failure to defend in 30 days with injury.
Andy Anderson
Andy Anderson
Andy Anderson is a drummer, notably for the band The Cure. He was born in West Ham, East London, England on 30 January 1951.-Life and work:Anderson worked on Hawkwind's Nik Turner's Sphynx album in 1978...

1 October 28, 1999 Loganville, Georgia Defeats Dusty Dotson for the vacant title.
Air Paris 2 November 4, 1999 Gainesville, Georgia
Gainesville, Georgia
-Severe Weather:Gainesville sits on the very fringe of Tornado Alley, a region of the United States where severe weather is common. Supercell thunderstorms can sweep through any time between March and November, but are concentrated most in the spring...

He is stripped of the title in May 2000.
Onyx
Onyx (wrestler)
Kyle McNeely is an American professional wrestler. He is best known under the ring name Onyx and for his stint in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a member of The Elite Guard.-World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment :...

1 May 20, 2000 Cornelia, Georgia
Cornelia, Georgia
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Lazz 1 October 21, 2000 Cornelia, Georgia
Caprice Coleman
Caprice Coleman
Caprice Coleman is an American professional wrestler who competes in Mid-Atlantic and Southern independent promotions including Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, NWA Wildside, Ring of Honor and, in recent years, Live Action Wrestling and the Christian Wrestling Federation...

1 December 2, 2000 Cornelia, Georgia
J.C. Dazz 1 March 24, 2001 Cornelia, Georgia
Jimmy Rave
Jimmy Rave
James Guffey is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Jimmy Rave. He is best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...

1 April 21, 2001 Cornelia, Georgia
J.C. Dazz 2 September 29, 2001 Cornelia, Georgia Defeats A.J. Styles
A.J. Styles
Allen Neal Jones , better known by his ring name A.J. Styles is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...

Jimmy Rave 2 October 19, 2001 Cornelia, Georgia Defeats A.J. Styles, Jason Cross
Jason Cross
William Jason Massengale is an American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name Jason Cross and for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.-NWA Wildside :...

, and J.C. Dazz.
Jeremy Lopez 1 November 3, 2001 Cornelia, Georgia
Todd Sexton 1 April 20, 2002 Cornelia, Georgia
Jeremy Lopez 2 May 4, 2002 Cornelia, Georgia
Slim J 1 October 19, 2002 Cornelia, Georgia
Salvatore Rinauro 1 March 1, 2003 Cornelia, Georgia
Seth Delay
Seth Delay
Seth Delay is an American professional wrestler from Cornelia, Georgia. Delay wrestles for many promotions, including Full Impact Pro, NWA Anarchy and the Christian Wrestling Federation.-NWA Wildside:...

1 July 5, 2003 Cornelia, Georgia
Ray Gordy
Ray Gordy
Terry Ray Gordy, Jr. is an American professional wrestler best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment appearing on its SmackDown brand under the ring names Jesse and Slam Master J...

1 September 6, 2003 Cornelia, Georgia Stripped on December 6, 2003 for failure to defend the title within 30 days.
Fast Eddie 1 December 27, 2003 Cornelia, Georgia
Slim J 2 March 26, 2005 Cornelia, Georgia
Elix Skipper
Elix Skipper
Elix Skipper is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling, where he was a one-time Cruiserweight Champion and a one-time Cruiserweight Tag Team Champion, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a four-time NWA World Tag Team...

1 April 2, 2005 Columbus, Georgia
The title is deactivated by the NWA.

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