The NWA World Midget's Championship was the National Wrestling Alliance's 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. 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] 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.

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 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 bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship was awarded after the chosen participant "won" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.

Title history

Key

SymbolMeaning
#The overall championship reign
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed.
EventThe event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands
N/AThe specific information has not been found
Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
(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.
Title history is uncertain in that time period.
#WrestlerReignDateDays heldLocationEventNotes
1Sky Low Low11949Paris, FranceLive eventWon a 30-man tournament to become the first World Midget champion, but the title may not be recognized by the NWA.
2Little Beaver11950sLive event
3Sonny Boy Cassidy1September 1957 (NLT)Live eventWas 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.
4Farmer Pete1October 4, 19577Florence, AlabamaLive event
5Sonny Boy Cassidy2October 11, 1957Florence, AlabamaLive event
6Cowboy Bradley1June 1960Live eventRecognized as champion in Georgia.
7Lord Littlebrook1March 1966Live event
8Sky Low Low21967 (NLT)Live event
9Lord Littlebrook2June 28, 1968 (NLT)Live eventRecognized in St. Joseph, Missouri; Still billed as champion on January 31, 1969.
10Lord Littlebrook31972 (NLT)Live eventRecognized in Los Angeles, California in 1972.
11Little Beaver2January 1974 (NLT)Live event
12Little Tokyo1August 1974Live eventRecognized as champion in Georgia, Texas, and Oklahoma. Possibly recognized in other NWA territories.
13Cowboy Lang1April 25, 1980Calgary, Alberta, CanadaLive event
14Little Tokyo2December 1981Live event
15Tiny Tom1December 25, 1981Dallas, TexasLive event
16Cowboy Lang2May 1983Live event
17Little Tokyo3May 30, 1983958Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaLive event
18Little Mr. T1January 12, 1986St. Joseph, MissouriLive event
Championship inactive at some point after 1986
19Tiny the Terrible1October 4, 1998167Terryville, ConnecticutLive eventDefeated Half Nelson for the championship.
20Little Killer1March 20, 1999175Thomaston, ConnecticutLive event
21Jinx1September 11, 1999Monroe, ConnecticutLive event
Championship inactive at some point after 1999.
22Octagoncito1September 20, 2009Santa Cruz, CaliforniaPWR Live eventDefeated El Espantito to become the Pro Wrestling Revolution (PWR) Mini's champion, which was also acknowledged as the NWA World champion at the time
Championship inactive In December 2009 when PWR leaves the NWA. Octagoncito continues to defend the title as the PWR World Mini's Championship.

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