NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Title
[Mid-America]

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Black Phantom	49/09/26<
Still champion as of 50/02/06.
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Tex Riley	50/04/17<
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Art Nelson	50/08/16<
Billed as champion in Kingsport, TN.
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Black Phantom [2]	50/10/02<
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Tex Riley [2]	51/02/19<
Still champion as of 51/04/23.
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Henry Harrell	52/04/19	Jackson, MS
Defeats Tex Riley in tournament final.
Herb Welch	52/07	Knoxville, TN
Sometime after 52/07/17.
Al Galento	52/08/28	Chattanooga, TN
Tex Riley [3]	52/10/29	Kingsport, TN
Red Roberts	53/01/03	Cape Girardeau, MO
Ray Piret	54/03/17	Nashville, TN
Sonny Myers	55/02/21	Birmingham, AL
Frank Jares	55/07/25	Birmingham, AL
The Bat (Bob O'Shocker)	56/05/22	Nashville, TN
Frank Jares [2]	56/05/29	Nashville, TN
Jesse James	56/07/24	Nashville, TN
Frank Jares [3]	56/08/07	Nashville, TN
Herb Welch [2]	56/08/27	Birmingham, AL
Great Malenko (Frank Fozo)	56/09/19	Mobile, AL
Herb Welch [3]	56/10/16	Mobile, AL
Tor Yamato	57/02/25	Birmingham, AL
Held up in Florence, AL after a match against Lee Fields ends as no contenst on 57/04/05.
Tor Yamato #	57/04/12	Florence, AL
Defeats Lee Fields in rematch.
Cyclone Anaya	57/06/17	Birmingham, AL
Tor Yamato [2]	57/06/22<
Cyclone Anaya [2]	57/07/05<
Mario Galento	57/08/21	Mobile, AL
Vacant in 57/09 for not defending title.
Cyclone Anaya [3]	57/09
Awarded sometime before 57/09/20.
Tor Yamato [3]	57/10/01	Nashville, TN
Ray Stevens	57/11/11	Birmingham, AL
Tor Yamato [4]	58/01/20	Birmingham, AL
Held up after a match against Fred Blassie on 58/03/18 in Nashville, TN; Herb Welch may defeat Yamato for the title in Memphis, TN on 58/03/17.
Tor Yamato [5]	58/03/25	Nashville, TN
Defeats Blassie in rematch.
Fred Blassie	58/04/08	Nashville, TN
Ray Stevens [2]	58/05/12	Birmingham, AL
Defeats Blassie; Tor Yamato also defeats Blassie for the title on 58/05/13 in Nashville, TN, but Stevens is billed as champion as of 58/05/27; held up after a match against Yamato on 58/06/17 in Nashville, TN.
Ray Stevens [3]	58/06/26<
Wins rematch, possibly in a boxing match on 58/06/24 in Nashville, TN.
Corsica Jean	58/07/22	Nashville, TN
Ray Stevens [4]	58/09/22	Birmingham, AL
Vacant in 58/10 when Stevens leaves territory (sometime after 58/10/14).
Chris Zaharias	58/10
Sometime between 58/10/15 and 58/10/23.
Yvon Robert	58/10/27	Birmingham, AL
Tor Yamato [6]	58/11/17?	Birmingham, AL?
Or sometime after 58/11/07; on a 58/12/05 of a Florence, AL paper, Robert is reported to have lost the title to Gorgeous George "two weeks ago in Birmingham", but Yamato is billed as champion in Nashville, TN as of 58/11/18.
Yvon Robert	58/12/23<
Jesse James [2]	59/01/12	Birmingham, AL
Tor Yamato [7]	59/01/15<
Jesse James [3]	59/02/06<
Jackie Fargo	59/09/30	Mobile, AL
Mike Clancy	59/12/28	Birmingham, AL
Bill Monroe	60/12/22	Chattanooga, TN
Len Rossi	60/12/27	Nashville, TN
Don Greene	61/07/15	Chattanooga, TN
Len Rossi [2]	62/01/08	Memphis, TN
Don Greene [2]	62/02<
Sometime after 62/01/15.
Taro Sakuro	62/02/08	Chattanooga, TN
Joe Lanza	62/06/07	Chattanooga, TN
Still champion as of 62/08/11.
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Jackie Fargo [2]	62/08/21<
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Hans Steiner	62/09<
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Frankie Cain	63/05	Memphis, TN
Defeats Len Rossi; still champion as of 63/08/14.
Johnny Long	63/09/10<
Sam Steamboat	64/01/22	Kingsport, TN
Still champion as of 64/04/26.
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Rocky Smith	64/09/15<	Kingsport, TN
Wins a tournament; still champion as of 64/12/27.
Alex Perez	65/01<
Rocky Smith [2]	65/01/03<
Alex Perez [2]	65/02/08	Memphis, TN
Rocky Smith [3]	65/02/13<
Alex Perez [3]	65/02/24<
Rocky Smith [4]	65/03/22	Memphis, TN
Held up after a match against Hiro Matsuda on 65/12/16 in Chattanooga, TN.
Rocky Smith [5]	65/12/23	Chattanooga, TN
Defeats Matsuda in rematch.
Alex Perez [4]	66/01/18	Nashville, TN
Al Costello	66/04/06	Nashville, TN
Karl Von Brauner	66/04/28	Chattanooga, TN
Jackie Fargo [3]	66/07/27	Nashville, TN
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Len Rossi [3]	67/04/20<
Great Yamaha (Kantaro Hoshino)	67/08/19	Chattanooga, TN
Len Rossi [4]	67/08/31	Chattanooga, TN
Tojo Yamamoto	68/09/19	Chattanooga, TN
Still champion as of 68/12/18.
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Len Rossi [5]	69/05/20<
In Gulf Coast, Siki Samara is billed as the champion in 69/08, loses to Jimmy Jones on 69/08/13 in Mobile, AL, and regains on 69/08/20 in Mobile.
Sputnik Monroe	71/07/01	Chattanooga, TN
Len Rossi [6]	71/08/05	Chattanooga, TN
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Don Greene [3]	71/09/20<
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Len Rossi [7]	71/10/18<
Vacant in 73 when Rossi brakes ankle.
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Steve Kovacs	73/04/27<
Jerry Lawler	73/05/04	Chattanooga, TN
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Tommy Gilbert	73	Birmingham, AL
Lou Thesz	73
Tommy Gilbert [2]	73
Ron Garvin	73/12/12<
Tommy Gilbert [3]	74/01/28<	Birmingham, AL
Lou Thesz [2]	74/03/18	Memphis, TN
Tommy Gilbert [4]	74/03
Lou Thesz [3]	74/03/27	Nashville, TN
Tommy Gilbert [5]	74/04/01	Memphis, TN
Lou Thesz [4]	74/04
Tommy Gilbert [6]	74/04/10	Nashville, TN
Jerry Lawler [2]	74/04/15	Memphis, TN
Ricky Gibson	74/06/03	Memphis, TN
Jerry Lawler [3]	74/06/10	Memphis, TN
Jackie Fargo [4]	74/06/24	Memphis, TN
Lawler continues to be recognized in other cities.
Jerry Lawler [4]	74/07/08	Memphis, TN
Jackie Fargo [5]	74/07/20	Chattanooga, TN
Jerry Lawler [5]	74/07/27	Chattanooga, TN
Renamed Southern Heavyweight Title in late 74/07.
Roy Lee Welch	76/07<