NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Championship
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The NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Championship was a championship in the NWA
's Georgia Championship Wrestling
promotion. It was strictly for the junior heavyweight wrestlers.
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: |
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| 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... |
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| Kevin Sullivan | 2 | January 1981 | ||
| Dutch Mantell | 1 | |||
| Steve Olsonoski Steve Olsonoski Steve Olsonoski is a retired American professional wrestler from Minnesota.Steve Olsonoski, purportedly from Edina, Minnesota, began his wrestling career in the late 1970s in the American Wrestling Association. He won the AWA Rookie of the Year Award in his first year and was often described as... |
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:... |
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| 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 Cornelia is a city in Habersham County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,834 at the 2010 census. It is home to one of the world's largest apple sculptures, which is displayed on top of an obelisk shaped monument... |
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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. | ||||