[3] Nichols won the bout and became the first NBA sanctioned World Light Heavyweight Champion.

In 1958 then champion Frank Stojack was stripped of the Association championship due to not having defended it for a long period of time.

Subsequently, the Association decided to sanction the Alliance's NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship when Dory Dixon defeated Al Kashey in a match overseen by presidents of both the National Wrestling Association and the National Wrestling Alliance.

[1][4] Hugh Nichols was the first World Light Heavyweight Champion, winning the championship on April 4, 1940.

Danny McShain held the championship a total of ten times during his career, a record for most reigns.