# NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (Mid-America version)

The NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Championship was a National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) sanctioned professional wrestling championship promoted by NWA Mid-America in and around their Tennessee and Kentucky territory from 1955 until 1974. The championship was limited to wrestlers in the Junior Heavyweight division, limited to wrestlers weighing less than 220 lb (100 kg). The NWA also sanctioned the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, with the United States version serving as one of several local level Junior Heavyweight Championships. 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 wrestler "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.

## 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 |
| — | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
| | Indicates periods of unknown lineage |
| (NLT) | Indicates that the championship changed hands "No Later Than" a certain date. |
| # | Team (members) | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
| 1 | Jesse James | 1 | February 15, 1959 (NLT) | | | N/A | Announced as a new champion; still billed as champion as of on February 23, 1959 |
| 2 | Yoshinosato | 1 | February 1962 (NLT) | | | Live event | |
| 3 | Johnny Walker | 1 | May 1967 | | | Live event | Won a tournament sometime after May 16, 1967 |
| 4 | Kenny Mack | 1 | June 14, 1967 | 14 | Kingsport, Tennessee | Live event | |
| 5 | Johnny Walker | 2 | June 28, 1967 | | Kingsport, Tennessee | Live event | Still billed as champion on October 17, 1967 |
| 5 | Johnny Walker | 3 | February 9, 1970 (NLT) | | Hawaii | Live event | Defeated Johnny Valentine. |
| 7 | Bobby Hart | 1 | May 27, 1970 | 62 | Nashville, Tennessee | Live event | The title change was repeated in Memphis on May 30, 1970 |
| 8 | Johnny Walker | 4 | July 28, 1970 | | Louisville, Kentucky | Live event | |
| — | Vacated | N/A | 1970 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons |
| 9 | Don Greene | 1 | September 14, 1970 | | Memphis, Tennessee | Live event | Defeated Dennis Hall in 4-man tournament final. |
| 10 | Johnny Walker | 5 | September 21, 1970 (NLT) | | | Live event | |
| 11 | Bobby Hart | 2 | November 25, 1970 | | Nashville, Tennessee | Live event | |
| 12 | Don Greene | 2 | March 23, 1971 (NLT) | | | Live event | Still billed as champion on October 27, 1971 |
| 13 | Len Rossi | 1 | February 3, 1972 (NLT) | | | Live event | |
| 14 | Tony Charles | 1 | May 10, 1972 (NLT) | | | Live event | |
| 15 | Don Greene | 3 | August 1972 (NLT) | | | Live event | |
| 16 | Johnny Walker | 6 | October 6, 1972 (NLT) | | | Live event | Change took place sometime between September 28 and October 16, 1972 |
| 17 | Don Greene | 4 | October 17, 1972 | 279 | Memphis, Tennessee | Live event | |
| 18 | Lorenzo Parente | 1 | July 23, 1973 | | Memphis, Tennessee | Live event | |
| 19 | Don Greene | 5 | July 1973 | | | Live event | |
| 20 | Lorenzo Parente | 2 | August 1, 1973 | | Nashville, Tennessee | Live event | |
| 21 | Don Greene | 6 | October 2, 1973 (NLT) | | | Live event | |
| 22 | Intern #1 | 1 | October 25, 1973 | | Chattanooga, Tennessee | Live event | |
| 23 | Don Greene | 7 | December 23, 1973 (NLT) | | | Live event | |
| 24 | Ali Baba | 1 | March 11, 1974 | | Birmingham, Alabama | Live event | |
| 25 | Don Greene | 8 | March 1974 | | Birmingham, Alabama | Live event | |
| 26 | Ali Baba | 2 | March 21, 1974 | 20 | Florence, Alabama | Live event | Title change was repeated on March 27 in Nashville |
| 27 | Steve Kovac | 1 | April 10, 1974 | 24 | Nashville, Tennessee | Live event | |
| 28 | Jerry Lawler | 1 | May 4, 1974 | | Chattanooga, Tennessee | Live event | |
| 29 | Don Greene | 9 | June 6, 1974 (NLT) | | | Live event | Still billed as champion in July 1974 |
| — | Abandoned | N/A | 1974 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Championship abandoned. |

## Footnotes

* ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented and is too uncertain to calculate, at the least Jesse James held the championship for 8 days.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.
* ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented and is too uncertain to calculate.
* ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 14 days and 44 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and −139 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere at most 107 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was vacated has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 47 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 7 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 65 days and 72 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 118 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 317 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 97 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 113 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was won and lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 66 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 11 days and 77 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 7 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 31 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 61 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 23 days and 84 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 59 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 78 days and −58 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 9 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was won has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 8 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and 33 days.
* ↑ The date the championship was abandoned has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 25 days and 208 days.