{{short description|Professional wrestling midget championship}} {{Infobox pro wrestling championship | name = NWA World Midget's Championship | image = | image_size = | caption = | currentholder = | promotion = | created =1949 | retired=December, 2009 | mostreigns =[[Lord Littlebrook]]/[[Little Tokyo (wrestler)|Little Tokyo]] (3 reigns) | firstchamp =[[Sky Low Low]] | longestreign = <ref group=Note>Championship history is too uncertain to determine.</ref> | shortestreign =Farmer Pete (7 days) | youngest= Cowboy Bradley ({{age in years and days|1935|2|11|1960|6|1}})<ref group=Note>Records in the birth dates of wrestlers from this era are not complete, it is possible there was a younger champion.</ref> | oldest= Lord Littlebrook ({{age in years and days|1929|1|3|1972|1|1}})<ref group=Note>Records in the birth dates of wrestlers from this era are not complete, it is possible there was an older champion.</ref> | lightest= Lord Littlebrook ({{convert|50|lb|abbr=on}})<ref group=Note>Records for the weight of some wrestlers from early era are not complete, it is possible there was a lighter champion.</ref> | heaviest= [[Octagoncito]] ({{convert|101|lb|abbr=on}})<ref group=Note>Records for the weight of some wrestlers from this era are not complete, it is possible there was a heavier champion.</ref> |pastnames=*NWA World Mini's Championship *PWR World Mini's Championship }} The '''NWA World Midget's Championship''' was the [[National Wrestling Alliance]]'s [[Midget wrestlers|midget wrestling]] singles championship. Large parts of the championship history is undocumented due to lack of documentation of Midget wrestling for large periods of time from the 1950s to the 1980s. In that period of time, there were two touring groups of midget wrestlers in the United States, both had a "World Champion", leading to some uncertainty as to who was the NWA World Midget's Champion, often based on if the champion was booked as defending the championship in an NWA territory.<ref name=WebMid>{{cite web | title=NWA World Midgets' Title |publisher=Wrestling Titles | url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-mg.html | accessdate=April 5, 2015}}</ref><ref name=BookMid>{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | chapter=World Midget's Championship | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2006|edition=4th | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 }}</ref> The first wrestler to lay claim to the Midget's World Championship was [[Sky Low Low]] after he won a 30-man tournament in [[Paris, France]].{{citation needed|date=March 2024}} The tournament was either fictitious or not an NWA sanctioned event as it took place in Europe. But at some point after 1949 the NWA recognized Sky Low Low as their champion.<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/><ref name=SkyLowLow>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/skylowlow.asp|title=Sky Low Low|publisher=[[Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum]]|accessdate=2009-03-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303135829/http://pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/skylowlow.asp|archivedate=2009-03-03}}</ref>
It is impossible to determine who held the championship the longest, but it is plausible that Farmer Pete's 7 day title reign in 1957 was the shortest of all the reigns. [[Lord Littlebrook]] and [[Little Tokyo (wrestler)|Little Tokyo]] are both credited with three championship reigns, but due to incomplete records it is possible that either had more reigns or someone else had more than three reigns in total. Because the championship was a professional wrestling championship, it was not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the [[Booker (professional wrestling)|bookers]] of a wrestling promotion. The championship was awarded after the chosen participant "won" a match to maintain the [[Sports Entertainment|illusion]] that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm | title= How Pro Wrestling Works | author= Ed Grabianowski | publisher= How Stuff Works | accessdate= 2009-04-05}}</ref>
==Title history== ;Key {| class="wikitable" !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 |- |({{small|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. |- |style="background: #aaaaaa;"| |Title history is uncertain in that time period. |} {|class="wikitable sortable" width=100% !width=0%| # !width=23%|Wrestler !width=0% |Reign !width=15%|Date !width=5%|Days<br />held !width=13%|Location !width=15%|Event !width=40% class="unsortable"|Notes |- |align="center"|{{sort|01|1}} |[[Sky Low Low]] |align="center"|1 |{{dts|1949}} |align="center"|{{sort|000|<ref group=Note name=Unclear>Records are unclear on most of the dates prior to 1998 making it impossible to correctly calculate the length of this reign</ref>}} |[[Paris, France]] |[[House show|Live event]] |Won a 30-man tournament to become the first World Midget champion, but the title may not be recognized by the NWA.<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/><ref name="SkyLowLow"/> |- |colspan=8 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|{{sort|01.1| }} |- |align="center"|{{sort|02|2}} |{{sort|Little Beaver|[[Lionel Giroux|Little Beaver]]}} |align="center"|1 |{{sort|1950|1950s}} |align="center"|{{sort|000|<ref group=Note name=Unclear/>}} |<ref group=Note name=Location>The location of the match was not captured as part of the championship documentation.</ref> |[[House show|Live event]] |<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/><ref name="BeaverHOF">{{cite news|title=Little Beaver|work=Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum|url=http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/littlebeaver.asp|accessdate=April 5, 2015|last=Burke|first=Tom|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331230154/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/littlebeaver.asp|archivedate=March 31, 2015}}</ref><ref name="BeaverSlam">{{cite news|title=SLAM! Wrestling Canadian Hall of Fame: Little Beaver|work=SLAM! Wrestling|access-date=April 5, 2015|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/littlebeaver.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211439/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/littlebeaver.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 5, 2015}}</ref> |- |colspan=8 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|{{sort|02.1| }} |- |align="center"|{{sort|03|3}} |Sonny Boy Cassidy |align="center"|1 |{{dts|1957|09}} {{small|(NLT)}} |align="center"|{{sort|000|<ref group=Note name=Unclear/>}} |<ref group=Note name=Location/> |[[House show|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.<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/> |- |align="center"|{{sort|04|4}} |Farmer Pete |align="center"|1 |{{dts|1957|10|04}} |align="center"|{{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=4|year1=1957|month2=10|day2=11|year2=1957}} |[[Florence, Alabama]] |[[House show|Live event]] |- |align="center"|{{sort|05|5}} |Sonny Boy Cassidy |align="center"|2 |{{dts|1957|10|11}} |align="center"|{{sort|000|<ref group=Note name=Unclear/>}} |[[Florence, Alabama]] |[[House show|Live event]] |<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/> |- |colspan=8 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|{{sort|05.1| }} |- |align="center"|{{sort|06|6}} |Cowboy Bradley |align="center"|1 |{{dts|1960|6}} |align="center"|{{sort|000|<ref group=Note name=Unclear/>}} |<ref group=Note name=Location/> |[[House show|Live event]] |Recognized as champion in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/> |- |colspan=8 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|{{sort|006.1| }} |- |align="center"|{{sort|07|7}} |[[Lord Littlebrook]] |align="center"|1 |{{dts|1966|3}} |align="center"|{{sort|000|<ref group=Note name=Unclear/>}} |<ref group=Note name=Location/> |[[House show|Live event]] |<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/><ref name=Littlebrook>{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame grows some more|date=2004-05-09|work=SLAM! Wrestling|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2004/05/09/453302.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223020959/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2004/05/09/453302.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 23, 2015|last=Oliver|first=Greg|access-date=April 5, 2015}}</ref> |- |colspan=8 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|{{sort|07.1| }} |- |align="center"|{{sort|08|8}} |Sky Low Low |align="center"|2 |{{dts|1967}} {{small|(NLT)}} |align="center"|{{sort|000|<ref group=Note name=Unclear/>}} |<ref group=Note name=Location/> |[[House show|Live event]] |<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/> |- |colspan=8 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|{{sort|08.1| }} |- |align="center"|{{sort|09|9}} |[[Lord Littlebrook]] |align="center"|2 |{{dts|1968|06|28}} {{small|(NLT)}} |align="center"|{{sort|000|<ref group=Note name=Unclear/>}} |<ref group=Note name=Location/> |[[House show|Live event]] |Recognized in [[St. Joseph, Missouri]]; Still billed as champion on January 31, 1969.<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/> |- |colspan=8 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|{{sort|09.1| }} |- |align="center"|10 |[[Lord Littlebrook]] |align="center"|3 |{{dts|1972}} {{small|(NLT)}} |align="center"|{{sort|000|<ref group=Note name=Unclear/>}} |<ref group=Note name=Location/> |[[House show|Live event]] |Recognized in [[Los Angeles, California]] in 1972.<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/> |- |colspan=8 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|{{sort|10.1| }} |- |align="center"|11 |{{sort|Little Beaver|[[Lionel Giroux|Little Beaver]]}} |align="center"|2 |{{dts|1974|01}} {{small|(NLT)}} |align="center"|{{sort|000|<ref group=Note name=Unclear/>}} |<ref group=Note name=Location/> |[[House show|Live event]] |<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/><ref name="BeaverHOF"/> |- |colspan=8 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|{{sort|11.1| }} |- |align="center"|12 |[[Little Tokyo (wrestler)|Little Tokyo]] |align="center"|1 |{{dts|1974|8}} |align="center"|{{sort|000|<ref group=Note name=Unclear/>}} |<ref group=Note name=Location/> |[[House show|Live event]] |Recognized as champion in Georgia, Texas, and Oklahoma. Possibly recognized in other NWA territories.<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/><ref name=LittleTokyo>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2011/09/06/18648776.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510234607/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2011/09/06/18648776.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 10, 2015|title=Little Tokyo remembered with laughter|last=Oliver|first=Greg|date=2011-09-06|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|access-date=April 5, 2015}}</ref> |- |colspan=8 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|{{sort|12.1| }} |- |align="center"|13 |[[Cowboy Lang]] |align="center"|1 |{{dts|1980|4|25}} |align="center"|{{sort|000|<ref group=Note name=Unclear/>}} |[[Calgary, Alberta]], [[Canada]] |[[House show|Live event]] |<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/><ref name=CowboyLang>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2007/01/08/3236476.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223050217/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2007/01/08/3236476.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 23, 2015|title=Midget star Cowboy Lang dies|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|last=Oliver|first=Greg|date=January 9, 2007|access-date=April 5, 2015}}</ref> |- |colspan=8 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|{{sort|13.1| }} |- |align="center"|14 |[[Little Tokyo (wrestler)|Little Tokyo]] |align="center"|2 |{{dts|1981|12}} |align="center"|{{sort|1|<ref group=Note>The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and {{age in days nts|month1=12|day1=1|year1=1981|month2=12|day2=25|year2=1981}} days</ref>}} |<ref group=Note name=Location/> |[[House show|Live event]] |<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/><ref name=LittleTokyo/> |- |align="center"|15 |Tiny Tom |align="center"|1 |{{dts|1981|12|25}} |align="center"|{{sort|000|<ref group=Note name=Unclear/>}} |[[Dallas, Texas]] |[[House show|Live event]] |<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/> |- |colspan=8 style="background: #aaaaaa;"|{{sort|15.1| }} |- |align="center"|16 |[[Cowboy Lang]] |align="center"|2 |{{dts|1983|5}} |align="center"|{{sort|1|<ref group=Note>The date the championship was lost has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between 1 day and {{age in days nts|month1=5|day1=1|year1=1983|month2=5|day2=30|year2=1983}} days</ref>}} |<ref group=Note name=Location/> |[[House show|Live event]] |<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/><ref name=CowboyLang/> |- |align="center"|17 |[[Little Tokyo (wrestler)|Little Tokyo]] |align="center"|3 |{{dts|1983|5|30}} |align="center"|{{age in days nts|month1=5|day1=30|year1=1983|month2=1|day2=12|year2=1986}} |[[Vancouver, British Columbia]], [[Canada]] |[[House show|Live event]] |<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/><ref name=F4WMay30>{{cite web | url=https://www.f4wonline.com/daily-updates/day-pro-wrestling-history-may-30-inoki-beats-andre-win-msg-league-garea-calhoun-win | title=On this day in pro wrestling history (May 30): Inoki beats Andre to win MSG league, Garea & calhoun win WWWF Tag titles, Gagne vs. Funk Jr., UFC booker wins title | date=May 30, 2015 | accessdate=March 21, 2020 | work=[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]] | first=Brian | last=Hoops}}</ref> |- |align="center"|18 |Little Mr. T |align="center"|1 |{{dts|1986|01|12}} |align="center"|{{sort|000|<ref group=Note name=Unclear/>}} |[[St. Joseph, Missouri]] |[[House show|Live event]] |<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/> |- |colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|018.1|Championship inactive at some point after 1986}} |- |align="center"|19 |[[Tiny the Terrible]] |align="center"|1 |{{dts|1998|10|4}} |align="center"|{{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=4|year1=1998|month2=3|day2=20|year2=1999}} |[[Terryville, Connecticut]] |[[House show|Live event]] |Defeated [[Half Nelson (wrestler)|Half Nelson]] for the championship.<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/> |- |align="center"|20 |Little Killer |align="center"|1 |{{dts|1999|3|20}} |align="center"|{{age in days nts|month1=3|day1=20|year1=1999|month2=9|day2=11|year2=1999}} |[[Thomaston, Connecticut]] |[[House show|Live event]] |<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/> |- |align="center"|21 |Jinx |align="center"|1 |{{dts|1999|09|11}} |align="center"|{{sort|000|<ref group=Note name=Unclear/>}} |[[Monroe, Connecticut]] |[[House show|Live event]] |<ref name=WebMid/><ref name=BookMid/> |- |colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|21.1|Championship inactive at some point after 1999.}} |- |align="center"|22 |[[Octagoncito]] |align="center"|1 |{{dts|2009|09|20}} |align="center"|{{sort|{{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=20|year1=2009|month2=12|day2=1|year2=2009}}|<ref group=Note>The date the PWR withdrew from the NWA has not been documented which means the championship reign lasted anywhere between {{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=20|year1=2009|month2=12|day2=1|year2=2009}} days and {{age in days nts|month1=9|day1=20|year1=2009|month2=12|day2=31|year2=2009}} days</ref>}} |[[Santa Cruz, California]] |[[House show|PWR Live event]] |Defeated [[El Espantito]] to become the Pro Wrestling Revolution (PWR) Mini's champion, which was also acknowledged as the NWA World champion at the time |- |colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|{{sort|22.1|Championship inactive In December 2009 when PWR leaves the NWA. Octagoncito continues to defend the title as the PWR World Mini's Championship.}} |}
==See also== *[[NWL Midget Championship]] *[[WCPW Midget Championship]] *[[Mini-Estrella]]
==Footnotes== {{Reflist|group=Note}}
==References== {{Reflist}} {{NWA World Midget's Championship}}
[[Category:National Wrestling Alliance championships]] [[Category:Midget wrestling championships]]