NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship
Introduction


The **NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship** was the [National Wrestling Alliance](/wiki/National_Wrestling_Alliance "National Wrestling Alliance") Board\-controlled version of the Canadian Junior Heavyweight title. Previous non\-NWA versions of the title also existed in [Alberta](/wiki/Alberta "Alberta"), [Ontario](/wiki/Ontario "Ontario") and [Manitoba](/wiki/Manitoba "Manitoba"). The title has existed since 1998\.

The NWA Canadian Light Heavyweight Championship was a title that existed before the NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship. The NWA Canadian Light Heavyweight Championship was vacated upon the inception of the NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship.

Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won via direct competition; it is instead won via a predetermined ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a wrestling angle. There have been 37 reigns by 24 wrestlers with five vacancies. One of the vacancies came when [Tony Kozina](/wiki/Tony_Kozina "Tony Kozina") vacated the title upon winning the [NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship](/wiki/NWA_World_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship "NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship"). The title is currently inactive after being deactivated by [Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling](/wiki/Elite_Canadian_Championship_Wrestling "Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling"), an NWA member, in December 2011\.


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