NWA World Midget's Championship

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NWA World Midget's Championship
Details
Date established1949
Date retiredDecember, 2009
Other name(s)
  • NWA World Mini's Championship
  • PWR World Mini's Championship
Statistics
First champion(s) Sky Low Low
Most reigns Lord Littlebrook/Little Tokyo (3 reigns)
Longest reign [Note 1]
Shortest reignFarmer Pete (7 days)
Oldest championLord Littlebrook (42 years, 363 days) [Note 2]
Youngest championCowboy Bradley (25 years, 111 days) [Note 3]
Heaviest champion Octagoncito (101 lb (46 kg)) [Note 4]
Lightest championLord Littlebrook (50 lb (23 kg)) [Note 5]

The NWA World Midget's Championship was the National Wrestling Alliance's midget wrestling singles championship. Large parts of the championship history is undocumented due to lack of documentation of Midget wrestling for large periods of time from the 1950s to the 1980s. In that period of time, there were two touring groups of midget wrestlers in the United States, both had a "World Champion", leading to some uncertainty as to who was the NWA World Midget's Champion, often based on if the champion was booked as defending the championship in an NWA territory. [1] [2] The first wrestler to lay claim to the Midget's World Championship was Sky Low Low after he won a 30-man tournament in Paris, France.[ citation needed ] The tournament was either fictitious or not an NWA sanctioned event as it took place in Europe. But at some point after 1949 the NWA recognized Sky Low Low as their champion. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

It is impossible to determine who held the championship the longest, but it is plausible that Farmer Pete's 7 day title reign in 1957 was the shortest of all the reigns. Lord Littlebrook and Little Tokyo are both credited with three championship reigns, but due to incomplete records it is possible that either had more reigns or someone else had more than three reigns in total. Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship was awarded after the chosen participant "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport. [4]

Title history

Key
SymbolMeaning
#The overall championship reign
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.
EventThe event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
N/AThe specific information has not been found
Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
(nlt)Indicates that a title change took place "no later than" a certain date. Often because the date of a title change is not found but a date of a title defense by the champions is found.
 Title history is uncertain in that time period.
#WrestlerReignDateDays
held
LocationEventNotes
1 Sky Low Low 11949 [Note 6] Paris, France Live event Won a 30-man tournament to become the first World Midget champion, but the title may not be recognized by the NWA. [1] [2] [3]
 
2 Little Beaver 11950s [Note 6] [Note 7] Live event [1] [2] [5] [6]
 
3Sonny Boy Cassidy1September 1957(NLT) [Note 6] [Note 7] Live event Was recognized as the World champion by non-NWA promoter in Dallas, TX as of June 1953; recognized in Memphis, Tennessee as of September 1957 and Florence, Alabama as of October 1957. [1] [2]
4Farmer Pete1October 4, 19577 Florence, Alabama Live event
5Sonny Boy Cassidy2October 11, 1957 [Note 6] Florence, Alabama Live event [1] [2]
 
6Cowboy Bradley1June 1960 [Note 6] [Note 7] Live event Recognized as champion in Georgia. [1] [2]
 
7 Lord Littlebrook 1March 1966 [Note 6] [Note 7] Live event [1] [2] [7]
 
8Sky Low Low21967(NLT) [Note 6] [Note 7] Live event [1] [2]
 
9 Lord Littlebrook 2June 28, 1968(NLT) [Note 6] [Note 7] Live event Recognized in St. Joseph, Missouri; Still billed as champion on January 31, 1969. [1] [2]
 
10 Lord Littlebrook 31972(NLT) [Note 6] [Note 7] Live event Recognized in Los Angeles, California in 1972. [1] [2]
 
11 Little Beaver 2January 1974(NLT) [Note 6] [Note 7] Live event [1] [2] [5]
 
12 Little Tokyo 1August 1974 [Note 6] [Note 7] Live event Recognized as champion in Georgia, Texas, and Oklahoma. Possibly recognized in other NWA territories. [1] [2] [8]
 
13 Cowboy Lang 1April 25, 1980 [Note 6] Calgary, Alberta, Canada Live event [1] [2] [9]
 
14 Little Tokyo 2December 1981 [Note 8] [Note 7] Live event [1] [2] [8]
15Tiny Tom1December 25, 1981 [Note 6] Dallas, Texas Live event [1] [2]
 
16 Cowboy Lang 2May 1983 [Note 9] [Note 7] Live event [1] [2] [9]
17 Little Tokyo 3May 30, 1983958 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Live event [1] [2] [10]
18Little Mr. T1January 12, 1986 [Note 6] St. Joseph, Missouri Live event [1] [2]
Championship inactive at some point after 1986
19 Tiny the Terrible 1October 4, 1998167 Terryville, Connecticut Live event Defeated Half Nelson for the championship. [1] [2]
20Little Killer1March 20, 1999175 Thomaston, Connecticut Live event [1] [2]
21Jinx1September 11, 1999 [Note 6] Monroe, Connecticut Live event [1] [2]
Championship inactive at some point after 1999.
22 Octagoncito 1September 20, 2009 [Note 10] Santa Cruz, California PWR Live event Defeated El Espantito to become the Pro Wrestling Revolution (PWR) Mini's champion, which was also acknowledged as the NWA World champion at the time
Championship inactive In December 2009 when PWR leaves the NWA. Octagoncito continues to defend the title as the PWR World Mini's Championship.

See also

Footnotes

  1. Championship history is too uncertain to determine.
  2. Records in the birth dates of wrestlers from this era are not complete, it is possible there was an older champion.
  3. Records in the birth dates of wrestlers from this era are not complete, it is possible there was a younger champion.
  4. Records for the weight of some wrestlers from this era are not complete, it is possible there was a heavier champion.
  5. Records for the weight of some wrestlers from early era are not complete, it is possible there was a lighter champion.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Records are unclear on most of the dates prior to 1998 making it impossible to correctly calculate the length of this reign
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
  8. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 24 days
  9. The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 29 days
  10. The date the PWR withdrew from the NWA has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 72 days and 102 days

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