World Middleweight Championship (National Wrestling Association)

World Middleweight Championship
Details
PromotionNational Wrestling Association
Date establishedAugust 7, 1928
Date retired1940
Statistics
First championGus Kallio
Final championTarzán López
Most reignsGus Kallio (5 reigns[?])

The National Wrestling Association (NWA) World Middleweight Championship was a professional wrestling title sanctioned by the National Wrestling Association, an offshoot of the National Boxing Association (NBA). The title pre-dated the NWA by several decades, its earliest champion being recorded as Edwin Bibby in 1886,[1] but was nonetheless recognized by the Association from 1928 through 1940, after which its lineage was adopted by EMLL in Mexico and retroactively connected to the National Wrestling Alliance's World Middleweight Championship. The title had a weight range of 155 lb (70 kg) to 160 lb (73 kg).

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
N/A Unknown information
(NLT) Championship change took place "no later than" the date listed
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Gus Kallio August 7, 1928 Live event Chicago, Illinois 1 185 Defeated Charlie Fischer by decision after a 2.5 hour match; recognized by the National Wrestling Association on 28-08-11. [2]
2 Hugh Nichols February 8, 1929 Live event Cincinnati, Ohio 1 105
3 Gus Kallio May 24, 1929 Live event Cincinnati, Ohio 2 392
4 George Sauer June 20, 1930 Live event San Antonio, Texas 1 105 won as "the Masked Marvel".
5 Gus Kallio October 3, 1930 Live event San Antonio, Texas 3 1,677
6 Joe Gunther May 7, 1935 Live event Nashville, Tennessee 1 38
7 Gus Kallio May 14, 1935 Live event Mobile, Alabama 4 1,315
8 Octavio Gaona January 19, 1939 Live event Mexico City 1 381 Octavio Gaona won the championship to permanently establish it as an EMLL title. Often misreported as happening on 1939-02-19.
9 Tarzán López February 4, 1940 Live event Mexico City 1 681 After this title change only the Mexican version remained active.

Footnotes

References

  1. ^ "WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE". Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  2. ^ "WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE". Retrieved 27 December 2025.
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