NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (New Jersey version)

The New Jersey version of the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship was a short-lived National Wrestling Alliance title recognized in the U.S. state of New Jersey in 1997 and 1998. The title used the word "light heavyweight" as the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship was still controlled by New Japan Pro-Wrestling at the time as part of the J-Crown.

This version of the title is in no way related to the original version of the championship, defended in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), in use since the early 1950s. As a regional-based title, it was contended for by the local talent, resulting in two champions that were way over the weight limit, 911 and The Blue Meanie.^[1]

Title history[]

Wrestler:	Times:	Date:	Location:	Notes:
Steve Corino	1	May 3, 1997	Freehold Borough, New Jersey	Defeated Adam Flash to become the first champion.
Title vacated		1997
Devon Storm	1	February 14, 1998	Mount Holly, New Jersey	Defeated Reckless Youth in a tournament final to win the vacant title.
Title vacated		July 31, 1998	Mount Holly, New Jersey
Ace Darling	1	July 31, 1998	Mount Holly, New Jersey	Defeated Ray Odyssey to win the vacant title.
911	1	August 21, 1998	Fearless Hills, Pennsylvania
Title vacated		September 1998		911 was stripped of the title by commissioner A.J. Sparxx as he is way over the weight limit.
Johnny Hot Body	1	September 25, 1998	Blackwood, New Jersey	Awarded the title.
Rik Ratchett	1	September 25, 1998	Blackwood, New Jersey
Stevie Richards	1	November 7, 1998	Absecon, New Jersey
Rik Ratchett	2	November 13, 1998	Hazlet, New Jersey
The Blue Meanie	1	December 5, 1998	Toms River, New Jersey
Title vacated		December 26, 1998		The Blue Meanie was stripped of the title by the NWA Board of Directors as he is way over the weight limit. The title was later abandoned.

^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.