Midgets' World Championship |
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The Midgets' World Championship was the first original Midget wrestling singles title.[1]
Title history
- Key
Symbol |
Meaning |
# |
The overall championship reign |
Reign |
The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed. |
Event |
The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands |
N/A |
The 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. |
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Title history is uncertain in that time period. |
# |
Wrestler |
Reign |
Date |
Days held |
Location |
Event |
Notes |
1 |
Sky Low Low |
1 |
1949 |
[Note 1] |
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.[2] |
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2 |
Little Beaver |
1 |
1950s |
[Note 1] |
[Note 2] |
Live event |
[2][3][4] |
|
3 |
Sonny Boy Cassidy |
1 |
September 1957 (NLT) |
[Note 1] |
[Note 2] |
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.[2] |
4 |
Farmer Pete |
1 |
October 4, 1957 |
7000700000000000000♠7 |
Florence, Alabama |
Live event |
5 |
Sonny Boy Cassidy |
2 |
October 11, 1957 |
[Note 1] |
Florence, Alabama |
Live event |
[2] |
|
6 |
Cowboy Bradley |
1 |
June 1960 |
[Note 1] |
[Note 2] |
Live event |
Recognized as champion in Georgia.[2] |
|
7 |
Lord Littlebrook |
1 |
March 1966 |
[Note 1] |
[Note 2] |
Live event |
[2][5] |
|
8 |
Sky Low Low |
2 |
1967 (NLT) |
[Note 1] |
[Note 2] |
Live event |
[2] |
|
9 |
Lord Littlebrook |
2 |
June 28, 1968 (NLT) |
[Note 1] |
[Note 2] |
Live event |
Recognized in St. Joseph, Missouri; Still billed as champion on January 31, 1969.[2] |
|
10 |
Lord Littlebrook |
3 |
1972 (NLT) |
[Note 1] |
[Note 2] |
Live event |
Recognized in Los Angeles, California in 1972.[2] |
|
11 |
Little Beaver |
2 |
January 1974 (NLT) |
[Note 1] |
[Note 2] |
Live event |
[2][3] |
|
12 |
Little Tokyo |
1 |
August 1974 |
[Note 1] |
[Note 2] |
Live event |
Recognized as champion in Georgia, Texas, and Oklahoma. Possibly recognized in other NWA territories.[2][6] |
|
13 |
Cowboy Lang |
1 |
April 25, 1980 |
[Note 1] |
Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Live event |
[2][7] |
|
14 |
Little Tokyo |
2 |
December 1981 |
[Note 3] |
[Note 2] |
Live event |
[2][6] |
15 |
Tiny Tom |
1 |
December 25, 1981 |
[Note 1] |
Dallas, Texas |
Live event |
[2] |
|
16 |
Cowboy Lang |
2 |
May 1983 |
[Note 4] |
[Note 2] |
Live event |
[2][7] |
17 |
Little Tokyo |
3 |
May 30, 1983 |
7002958000000000000♠958 |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Live event |
[2] |
18 |
Little Mr. T |
1 |
January 12, 1986 |
[Note 1] |
St. Joseph, Missouri |
Live event |
[2] |
Championship inactive at some point after 1986 |
19 |
Tiny the Terrible |
1 |
October 4, 1998 |
7002167000000000000♠167 |
Terryville, Connecticut |
Live event |
Defeated Half Nelson for the championship.[2] |
20 |
Little Killer |
1 |
March 20, 1999 |
7002175000000000000♠175 |
Thomaston, Connecticut |
Live event |
[2] |
21 |
Jinx |
1 |
September 11, 1999 |
[Note 1] |
Monroe, Connecticut |
Live event |
[2] |
Championship inactive at some point after 1999. |
22 |
Octagoncito |
1 |
September 20, 2009 |
[Note 5] |
Santa Cruz, California |
PWR Live event |
Defeated El Espantito to become the Pro Wrestling Revolution World Minis champion, which was also acknowledged as the NWA World champion at the time |
Championship inactive In December 2009 when PWR leaves the NWA. |
Notes
- 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
- 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.
- ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 7001240000000000000♠24 days
- ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 7001290000000000000♠29 days
- ↑ The date the PWR withdrew from the NWA has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 7001720000000000000♠72 days and 7002102000000000000♠102 days
References
- ↑ "World Midgets' Title". Wrestling-Titles.com.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "NWA World Midgets' Title". Wrestling Titles. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- 1 2 Burke, Tom. "Little Beaver". Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on March 31, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ↑ "SLAM! Wrestling Canadian Hall of Fame: Little Beaver". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ↑ Oliver, Greg (2004-05-09). "Hall of Fame grows some more". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- 1 2 Oliver, Greg (2011-09-06). "Little Tokyo remembered with laughter". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- 1 2 Oliver, Greg (January 9, 2007). "Midget star Cowboy Lang dies". Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved April 5, 2015.