The National Wrestling Association World Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling

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 championship

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 sanctioned by the National Wrestling Association

National Wrestling Association

The National Wrestling Association was an off-shoot of the National Boxing Association, formed to sanction professional wrestling. This NWA is not the same organization as the National Wrestling Alliance, which was formed in 1948....

, an offshoot of the National Boxing Association

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, and was contested for by wrestlers weighing between 175 lb (79 kg) and 190 lb (86 kg). The title existed from 1936 through 1949, when it was unified with the National Wrestling Alliance

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's version of the championship

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

The NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship and secondary title in the National Wrestling Alliance that was for the lighter wrestlers. It started in 1945 and still exists today. The title was unified with the National Boxing/Wrestling Association's...

. Leroy McGuirk

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 was the champion when the title was unified, but he was later forced to vacate the belt on February 7, 1950 when he was blinded in an automobile accident.

Title history

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Place:	Notes:
Albion Britt	1	April 20, 1936	Hollywood, CA	Defeated Ted Christy in a tournament final to become the first champion
Chick Dude	1	December 21, 1936	Hollywood, CA
Bob Kenaston	1	September 5, 1938	Hollywood, CA
John Swenski	1	January or April 24, 1939	Tulsa, OK Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...
Leroy McGuirk Leroy McGuirk Leroy Michael McGuirk was an American wrestler and professional wrestling promoter. He was involved in professional wrestling for more than fifty years. As one of the longest surviving members of the National Wrestling Alliance , he was affiliated with the promotion from 1949 to 1982.-Early...	1	June 19, 1939	Hollywood, CA
Title retired		November 28, 1949	Des Moines, IA Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...	Title unified with NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship The NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship and secondary title in the National Wrestling Alliance that was for the lighter wrestlers. It started in 1945 and still exists today. The title was unified with the National Boxing/Wrestling Association's...