NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship
The NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance and defended in its member promotion Pacific Northwest Wrestling, which promoted shows in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, and occasionally other areas in the northwestern United States.
NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||
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The current NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight championship belt, reintroduced in NWA Blue Collar Wrestling in January 10, 2015. | |||||||||
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Promotion | Pacific Northwest Wrestling Wrestling International New Generations | ||||||||
Date established | 1955 | ||||||||
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W*ING Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||
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The title was created in 1955 by Don Owen Sports for the NWA Pacific Northwest territory,[1] and became the top singles title for that area. The first champion was Ed Francis,[1] who was already the territory's top singles champion, holding the Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Championship.[1] Upon Francis taking on the NWA PNW Heavyweight Championship, his Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Championship was retired.[1] The title was also briefly defended in the Japanese promotion Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING) in 1992, but the title changes in W*ING were not officially recognized by PNW.
The title remained active until July 1992,[1] when Don Owen retired and sold his company to Sandy Barr.[2] Barr retired all NWA PNW titles with Owen and began operating under the company name "Championship Wrestling USA", creating new championships. The actual retired (Owen Era) NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship belt was auctioned off by Len Denton (The Grappler) to Bruce Owens. Dave Millican (The Ace of Belts) purchased it from Owens and later sold it to a collector who wishes to remain anonymous.[1]
Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling (formerly NWA/Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling) became recognized as the NWA Pacific Northwest territory in 1998[3] and have an ECCW Championship, which is sometimes referred to as the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship. In January 2015, the NWA made its return to Portland when local promotion Blue Collar Wrestling (BCW) joined the Alliance.[3]
Title history
Original version
This version was promoted by Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW).
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Luther Lindsay | May 24, 1955 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 1 | 28 | Defeated Roger Mackay in tournament final. | [3] |
2 | Ivan Kameroff | June 21, 1955 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 1 | 105 | [3] | |
3 | John Paul Henning | October 4, 1955 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 1 | 137 | [3] | |
4 | Bull Montana | February 18, 1956 | PNW Show | Eugene, Oregon | 1 | 103 | [3] | |
5 | Herb Freeman | May 31, 1956 | PNW Show | Albany, Oregon | 1 | 76 | [3] | |
6 | Bud Curtis | August 15, 1956 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 1 | 55 | [3] | |
7 | Ed Francis | October 9, 1956 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 1 | 240 | [3] | |
8 | Bill Savage | June 6, 1957 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 36 | [1] | |
9 | Herb Freeman | July 12, 1957 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 28 | [1][4] | |
10 | Doug Donovan | August 9, 1957 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 66 | [1] | |
11 | Kurt Von Himmler | October 14, 1957 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 88 | [1] | |
12 | Nick Kozak | January 10, 1958 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 70 | [1] | |
13 | Bill Savage | March 21, 1958 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 161 | [1] | |
14 | Ed Francis | August 29, 1958 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 77 | [1] | |
15 | Eric Pederson | November 14, 1958 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 3 | [1] | |
16 | Ed Francis | November 21, 1958 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 112 | [1] | |
17 | Bill Savage | March 13, 1959 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 70 | [1] | |
18 | Kurt Von Poppenheim | May 22, 1959 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 42 | [1] | |
19 | Bill Savage | July 3, 1959 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 4 | 70 | [1] | |
20 | Ed Francis | September 11, 1959 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 4 | 160 | [1] | |
21 | Shag Thomas | February 18, 1960 | PNW Show | N/A | 1 | 29 | [1] | |
22 | Ed Francis | March 18, 1960 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 5 | 173 | [1] | |
23 | Tony Borne | September 7, 1960 | PNW Show | N/A | 1 | 93 | [1] | |
24 | Herb Freeman | December 9, 1960 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 112 | [1] | |
25 | Iron Mike DiBiase | March 31, 1961 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 56 | [1] | |
26 | Luther Lindsay | May 26, 1961 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 122 | [1] | |
27 | Nicoli Volkoff | September 25, 1961 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 67 | [1] | |
28 | Billy White Wolf | December 1, 1961 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 36 | [1] | |
29 | Fritz Von Goering | January 20, 1962 | PNW Show | Eugene, Oregon | 1 | 230 | [5] | |
30 | Luther Lindsay | August 24, 1962 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 41 | [1] | |
31 | Mad Dog Vachon | October 4, 1962 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 114 | [1] | |
32 | Herb Freeman | January 26, 1963 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 4 | 21 | [1] | |
33 | Mad Dog Vachon | February 16, 1963 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 83 | [1] | |
34 | Herb Freeman | May 10, 1963 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 5 | 7 | [1] | |
35 | Mad Dog Vachon | May 17, 1963 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 49 | [1] | |
36 | Billy White Wolf | July 5, 1963 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 50 | [1] | |
37 | Tony Borne | August 24, 1963 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 12 | [1] | |
38 | King Curtis Iaukea | September 5, 1963 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 14 | [1] | |
39 | Tony Borne | September 19, 1963 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 41 | [1] | |
40 | Nick Bockwinkel | October 30, 1963 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 1 | 22 | [1] | |
41 | Mad Dog Vachon | November 21, 1963 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 4 | 43 | [1] | |
42 | The Destroyer | January 3, 1964 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 98 | [1] | |
43 | Tony Borne | April 10, 1964 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 4 | 11 | [1] | |
44 | The Destroyer | April 21, 1964 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 31 | [1] | |
45 | Nick Bockwinkel | May 22, 1964 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 32 | [1] | |
46 | Pampero Firpo | June 23, 1964 | PNW Show | Eugene, Oregon | 1 | 46 | [1] | |
47 | Don Manoukian | August 8, 1964 | PNW Show | Seattle, Washington | 1 | 25 | [1] | |
48 | Pepper Martin | September 2, 1964 | PNW Show | Eugene, Oregon | 1 | 30 | [1] | |
49 | Pat Patterson | October 2, 1964 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 43 | [1] | |
50 | Pepper Martin | November 14, 1964 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 50 | [1] | |
51 | Pat Patterson | January 3, 1965 | PNW Show | Eugene, Oregon | 2 | 5 | [1] | |
52 | Pepper Martin | January 8, 1965 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 62 | [1] | |
53 | The Mad Russian | March 11, 1965 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 81 | [1] | |
54 | Pepper Martin | May 31, 1965 | PNW Show | Eugene, Oregon | 4 | 5 | [1] | |
55 | Mad Dog Vachon | June 5, 1965 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 5 | 13 | [1] | |
56 | Stan Stasiak | June 18, 1965 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 258 | [1] | |
57 | Paul Jones | March 3, 1966 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 1 | 76 | [1][6] | |
58 | Stan Stasiak | May 18, 1966 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 2 | 28 | [1] | |
59 | Pepper Martin | June 15, 1966 | PNW Show | Eugene, Oregon | 5 | 93 | [1] | |
60 | Tony Borne | September 16, 1966 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 5 | 48 | [1] | |
61 | Shag Thomas | November 3, 1966 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 2 | 7 | [1] | |
62 | Tony Borne | November 10, 1966 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 6 | 29 | [1] | |
63 | Pat Patterson | December 9, 1966 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 9 | [1] | |
64 | Tony Borne | December 18, 1966 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 7 | 11 | [1] | |
65 | Paul Jones | December 29, 1966 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 2 | 7 | [1] | |
66 | Tony Borne | January 5, 1967 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 8 | 127 | [1] | |
67 | Ripper Collins | May 12, 1967 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 17 | [1] | |
68 | Tony Borne | May 29, 1967 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 9 | 4 | [1] | |
69 | Luther Lindsay | June 2, 1967 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 21 | [1] | |
70 | Moondog Mayne | June 23, 1967 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 34 | [1] | |
71 | Johnny Kostas | July 27, 1967 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 1 | 99 | [1] | |
72 | Moondog Mayne | November 3, 1967 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 63 | [1] | |
73 | Stan Stasiak | January 5, 1968 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 70 | [1] | |
74 | Moondog Mayne | March 15, 1968 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 76 | [1] | |
75 | Mad Dog Vachon | May 30, 1968 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 6 | 7 | [1] | |
76 | Moondog Mayne | June 6, 1968 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 4 | 71 | [1] | |
77 | Stan Stasiak | August 16, 1968 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 4 | 14 | [1] | |
78 | Moondog Mayne | August 30, 1968 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 5 | 92 | [1] | |
79 | Luther Lindsay | November 30, 1968 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 4 | 133 | Defeated Beauregard, substituting for Mayne, to win the title. | [1] |
80 | Moondog Mayne | April 12, 1969 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 6 | 122 | [1] | |
81 | Roger Kirby | August 12, 1969 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 29 | [1] | |
82 | Moondog Mayne | September 10, 1969 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 7 | 34 | [1] | |
83 | Roger Kirby | October 14, 1969 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 57 | [1] | |
84 | Moondog Mayne | December 10, 1969 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 8 | 79 | [1] | |
85 | Kurt Von Steiger | February 27, 1970 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 1 | 12 | [1][7] | |
86 | Moondog Mayne | March 11, 1970 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 9 | 66 | [1] | |
87 | The Claw | May 16, 1970 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 38 | [1] | |
88 | Moondog Mayne | June 23, 1970 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 10 | 46 | [1] | |
89 | Mr. Fuji | August 8, 1970 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 77 | [1][8] | |
90 | Moondog Mayne | October 24, 1970 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 11 | 49 | [1] | |
91 | Dutch Savage | December 12, 1970 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 105 | [1] | |
92 | Stan Stasiak | March 27, 1971 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 5 | 35 | [1] | |
93 | Kurt Von Steiger | May 1, 1971 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 91 | [1] | |
94 | Jonathan Boyd | July 31, 1971 | PNW Show | N/A | 1 | 85 | [1] | |
95 | Dutch Savage | October 24, 1971 | PNW Show | N/A | 2 | 35 | [1] | |
96 | Jonathan Boyd | November 28, 1971 | PNW Show | N/A | 2 | 30 | [1] | |
97 | Dutch Savage | December 28, 1971 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 123 | [1] | |
98 | Bull Ramos | April 29, 1972 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 196 | [1] | |
99 | Steven Little Bear | November 11, 1972 | PNW Show | N/A | 1 | 19 | [1] | |
100 | Bull Ramos | November 30, 1972 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 69 | [1] | |
101 | Dutch Savage | February 7, 1973 | PNW Show | Medford, Oregon | 4 | 62 | [1] | |
102 | Bull Ramos | April 10, 1973 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 220 | [1] | |
103 | Jimmy Snuka | November 16, 1973 | PNW Show | Eugene, Oregon | 1 | 57 | [1] | |
104 | Ripper Collins | January 12, 1974 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 42 | [1] | |
105 | Jimmy Snuka | February 23, 1974 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 35 | [1] | |
— | Vacated | March 30, 1974 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | — | — | After a match against Ripper Collins. | |
106 | Ripper Collins | April 13, 1974 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 52 | Won the rematch. | [1] |
107 | Jimmy Snuka | June 4, 1974 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 67 | [1] | |
108 | Rasputin | August 10, 1974 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 58 | [1] | |
109 | Jimmy Snuka | October 7, 1974 | PNW Show | N/A | 4 | 35 | [1] | |
110 | Dale Lewis | November 11, 1974 | PNW Show | N/A | 1 | 33 | [1] | |
111 | Dutch Savage | December 14, 1974 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 5 | 167 | [1] | |
112 | Bull Ramos | May 30, 1975 | PNW Show | Eugene, Oregon | 4 | 71 | [1] | |
113 | Jimmy Snuka | August 9, 1975 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 5 | 161 | [1] | |
114 | Jesse Ventura | January 17, 1976 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 77 | [1][9] | |
115 | Dutch Savage | April 3, 1976 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 6 | 104 | [1][10] | |
116 | Jesse Ventura | July 16, 1976 | PNW Show | Eugene, Oregon | 2 | 197 | [1] | |
117 | Jimmy Snuka | January 29, 1977 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 6 | 84 | [1] | |
118 | Ron Bass | April 23, 1977 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 100 | [1] | |
119 | Dutch Savage | August 1, 1977 | PNW Show | Eugene, Oregon | 7 | 103 | [1] | |
120 | Ed Wiskoski | November 12, 1977 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 182 | [1] | |
121 | Jerry Oates | May 13, 1978 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 34 | [1][11] | |
122 | Ed Wiskoski | June 16, 1978 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 2 | 67 | [1] | |
123 | Jonathan Boyd | August 22, 1978 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 169 | [1] | |
124 | Roddy Piper | February 7, 1979 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 143 | [1][12] | |
125 | Stan Stasiak | June 30, 1979 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 6 | 124 | [1] | |
126 | Buddy Rose | November 1, 1979 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 1 | 1 | [1] | |
127 | Stan Stasiak | November 2, 1979 | PNW Show | Eugene, Oregon | 8 | 14 | [1] | |
128 | Buddy Rose | November 16, 1979 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 83 | [1] | |
129 | Rick Martel | February 7, 1980 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 1 | 2 | [1] | |
130 | Buddy Rose | February 9, 1980 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 42 | [1] | |
131 | Rick Martel | March 22, 1980 | PNW Show | Eugene, Oregon | 2 | 147 | [1] | |
132 | Buddy Rose | August 16, 1980 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 4 | 19 | [1] | |
133 | Roddy Piper | September 4, 1980 | PNW Show | N/A | 2 | 16 | [1] | |
134 | Buddy Rose | September 20, 1980 | PNW Show | N/A | 5 | 98 | [1] | |
135 | Jay Youngblood | December 27, 1980 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 9 | [1] | |
136 | Buddy Rose | January 5, 1981 | PNW Show | Longview, Washington | 6 | 2 | [1] | |
137 | Jay Youngblood | January 7, 1981 | PNW Show | Seattle, Washington | 2 | 66 | [1] | |
138 | The Destroyer | March 14, 1981 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 7 | [1] | |
139 | Jay Youngblood | March 21, 1981 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 19 | [1] | |
140 | Buddy Rose | April 9, 1981 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 7 | 2 | [1] | |
141 | Jay Youngblood | April 11, 1981 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 13 | [1] | |
142 | Buddy Rose | April 24, 1981 | PNW Show | Eugene, Oregon | 8 | 5 | [1] | |
143 | Matt Borne | April 29, 1981 | PNW Show | Seattle, Washington | 1 | 1 | [1] | |
144 | Buddy Rose | April 30, 1981 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 9 | 1 | [1] | |
145 | Jay Youngblood | May 1, 1981 | PNW Show | Eugene, Oregon | 4 | 15 | [1] | |
— | Vacated | May 16, 1981 | PNW Show | N/A | — | — | Championship vacated when Youngblood left the area. | [1] |
146 | Steve Regal | June 30, 1981 | PNW Show | Seattle, Washington | 1 | 46 | Won a tournament final to win the vacant title. | [1] |
147 | Buddy Rose | August 15, 1981 | PNW Show | N/A | 7 | 52 | [1] | |
— | Vacated | October 6, 1981 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | — | — | After a match against Steve Regal. | [1] |
148 | Steve Regal | October 24, 1981 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 42 | [1] | |
— | Vacated | December 5, 1981 | PNW Show | N/A | — | — | Title vacated when Regal was injured. | [1] |
149 | Brett Sawyer | January 2, 1982 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 42 | Won a battle royal. | [1] |
— | Vacated | February 13, 1982 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | — | — | After a match against Buddy Rose. | [1] |
150 | Brett Sawyer | February 16, 1982 | PNW Show | N/A | 2 | 67 | Won the rematch | [1] |
151 | Rip Oliver | April 24, 1982 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 82 | [1] | |
152 | Rocky Johnson | July 15, 1982 | PNW Show | N/A | 1 | 16 | [1] | |
153 | Rip Oliver | July 31, 1982 | PNW Show | N/A | 2 | 25 | [1] | |
154 | Brett Sawyer | August 25, 1982 | PNW Show | Coos Bay, Oregon | 3 | 3 | [1] | |
155 | Rip Oliver | August 28, 1982 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 25 | [1] | |
156 | Brett Sawyer | September 22, 1982 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 3 | 76 | [1] | |
157 | Sheik Abdullah Ali Hassan | December 7, 1982 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 154 | [1] | |
158 | Curt Hennig | May 10, 1983 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 120 | [1] | |
159 | The Dynamite Kid | September 7, 1983 | PNW Show | Seattle, Washington | 1 | 30 | [1] | |
160 | Billy Jack | October 7, 1983 | PNW Show | Salem, Oregon | 1 | 54 | [1] | |
161 | Rip Oliver | November 30, 1983 | PNW Show | Seattle, Washington | 4 | 14 | [1] | |
162 | Billy Jack | December 14, 1983 | PNW Show | Seattle, Washington | 2 | 11 | [1] | |
163 | Rip Oliver | December 25, 1983 | PNW Show | Seattle, Washington | 5 | 125 | [1] | |
164 | Buddy Rose | April 28, 1984 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 11 | 14 | [1] | |
165 | Rip Oliver | May 12, 1984 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 6 | 154 | [1] | |
166 | Billy Jack | October 13, 1984 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 21 | [1] | |
167 | Rip Oliver | November 3, 1984 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 7 | 32 | [1] | |
168 | Bobby Jaggers | December 5, 1984 | PNW Show | Seattle, Washington | 1 | 80 | [1] | |
169 | Karl Steiner | February 23, 1985 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 50 | [1] | |
170 | Bobby Jaggers | April 14, 1985 | PNW Show | Centralia, Washington | 2 | 20 | [1] | |
171 | Mike Miller | May 4, 1985 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 84 | [1] | |
172 | Ricky Vaughn | July 27, 1985 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 105 | Defeated Mike Miller in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | [1] |
173 | Bobby Jaggers | November 9, 1985 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 73 | [1] | |
174 | Tom Zenk | January 21, 1986 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 47 | [1] | |
175 | Bobby Jaggers | March 9, 1986 | PNW Show | Findley, Washington | 4 | 34 | [1] | |
176 | Billy Jack | April 12, 1986 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 4 | 19 | [1] | |
— | Vacated | May 1, 1986 | PNW Show | N/A | — | — | Haynes was stripped of the title. | [1] |
177 | Rip Oliver | June 13, 1986 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 8 | 63 | Won a battle royal to win the vacant title | [1] |
178 | Cocoa Samoa | August 15, 1986 | PNW Show | Albany, Oregon | 1 | 36 | [1] | |
179 | Rip Oliver | September 20, 1986 | PNW Show | Seattle, Washington | 9 | 70 | [1] | |
180 | The Assassin | November 29, 1986 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 14 | [1] | |
181 | Rip Oliver | December 13, 1986 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 10 | 98 | [1] | |
182 | Ricky Santana | March 21, 1987 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 28 | [1] | |
183 | Rip Oliver | April 18, 1987 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 11 | 70 | [1] | |
184 | Mike Miller | June 27, 1987 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 49 | [1] | |
— | Vacated | August 15, 1987 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | — | — | Title held up following a match against Rip Oliver. | [1] |
185 | Mike Miller | August 22, 1987 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 70 | Defeated Oliver by forfeit in a rematch to win the vacant title. | [1] |
186 | The Grappler | October 31, 1987 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 279 | [1] | |
187 | Scott Peterson | August 5, 1988 | PNW Show | Eugene, Oregon | 1 | 34 | [1] | |
188 | The Grappler | September 8, 1988 | PNW Show | Newport, Oregon | 2 | 25 | [1] | |
189 | Top Gun | October 3, 1988 | PNW Show | Longview, Washington | 3 | 7 | [1] | |
190 | The Grappler | October 10, 1988 | PNW Show | N/A | 3 | 5 | [1] | |
191 | Tatsumi Fujinami | October 15, 1988 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 56 | Fujinami was awarded the title after The Grappler failed to defeat him in 30 minutes. | [1] |
192 | The Grappler | December 10, 1988 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 4 | 15 | [1] | |
193 | Top Gun | December 25, 1988 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 4 | 34 | [1] | |
194 | The Grappler | January 28, 1989 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 5 | 63 | [1] | |
195 | Carl Styles | April 1, 1989 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 14 | [1] | |
196 | The Grappler | April 15, 1989 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 6 | 7 | [1] | |
197 | Carl Styles | April 22, 1989 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 40 | [1] | |
— | Vacated | June 1, 1989 | PNW Show | N/A | — | — | Title vacated when Styles is injured. | [1] |
198 | Scotty The Body | September 2, 1989 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 35 | Defeated Carl Styles in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | [1] |
199 | Rex King | October 7, 1989 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 7 | [1] | |
200 | Scotty The Body | October 14, 1989 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 112 | [1] | |
201 | Curtis Thompson | February 3, 1990 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 55 | [1] | |
— | Vacated | March 30, 1990 | PNW Show | Eugene, Oregon | — | — | Title vacated when Scotty The Body is caught cheating to win match against Thompson. | [1] |
202 | Brian Adams | April 21, 1990 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 21 | Defeated Larry Oliver in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | [1] |
203 | Scott Norton | May 12, 1990 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 14 | [1] | |
— | Vacated | May 26, 1990 | PNW Show | N/A | — | — | Title vacated after Norton was suspended for attacking several wrestlers. | [1] |
204 | Scotty The Body | June 2, 1990 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 56 | Defeated The Grappler to win the vacant title. | [1] |
— | Vacated | July 28, 1990 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | — | — | Title held up following a match against The Grappler. | [1] |
205 | The Grappler | August 4, 1990 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 7 | 98 | Defeated Scotty The Body in a rematch to win the vacant title. | [1] |
206 | Steve Doll | November 10, 1990 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 239 | [1] | |
— | Vacated | July 7, 1991 | PNW Show | Eugene, Oregon | — | — | Title held up following a match against Ron Harris. | [1] |
207 | Billy Jack Haynes | August 17, 1991 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 5 | 28 | Won a full nelson challenge to win the vacant title. | [1] |
208 | Steve Doll | September 14, 1991 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 14 | [1] | |
209 | Rip Oliver | September 28, 1991 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 12 | 14 | [1] | |
210 | Demolition Crush | October 12, 1991 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 98 | [1] | |
211 | Ron Harris | January 18, 1992 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 20 | [1][13] | |
212 | Steve Doll | February 7, 1992 | PNW Show | Eugene, Oregon | 3 | 46 | [1][12] | |
213 | Ron Harris | March 24, 1992 | PNW Show | Vancouver, Washington | 2 | 28 | [1] | |
214 | C.W. Bergstrom | April 21, 1992 | PNW Show | Vancouver, Washington | 1 | 88 | Yukihiro Kanemura defeated The Grappler on May 5, 1992 in Osaka, Japan to claim the title, as Grappler owned the physical belt representing the title. Kanemura was not officially recognized as champion by PNW.[14] | [1] |
— | Deactivated | July 18, 1992 | PNW Show | N/A | — | — | Title retired when Pacific Northwest Wrestling closed. | [1] |
215 | January 10, 2015 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 425 | Awarded when Blue Collar Wrestling joins the NWA | [1] | |
— | Vacated | March 10, 2016 | PNW Show | N/A | — | — | The title was vacated upon winning the NWA Continental Heavyweight Championship. | [1] |
216 | Buddy Highway | March 17, 2016 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 143 | Defeated Demarcus James, Havoc, and Ares Toretto in 4-way tournament final. | [1] |
217 | Tommy Celcious | August 7, 2016 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 13 | ||
218 | Dave Hollenbeck | August 20, 2016 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 1 | 1 | ||
219 | Tommy Celcious | August 21, 2016 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 29 | ||
220 | Buddy Highway | September 18, 2016 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 28 | ||
221 | Tommy Celcious | October 16, 2016 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 14 | ||
222 | Buddy Highway | October 30, 2016 | PNW Show | Portland, Oregon | 3 | 35 |
Japanese version
This version was promoted by Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING).
No: | Wrestler: | Reigns: | Date: | Days held: | Location: | Notes: |
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1 | Yukihiro Kanemura | 1 | May 5, 1992 | 677 | Osaka, Japan | Kanemura defeated The Grappler to win the championship. |
— | Retired | — | March 13, 1994 | — | — | Title retired when W*ING closed. |
See also
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