NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship
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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.
The original version of the title lasted from 1957 through 1992, with a NWA Top Ranked Heavyweight Championship-different version created in 1996, currently defended in Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling.
[edit] Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Francis | 1 | 1957 | ||
| Bill Savage | 1 | June 6, 1957 | ||
| Herb Freeman | 1 | July 12, 1957 | ||
| Doug Donovan | 1 | August 9, 1957 | ||
| Kurt Von Himmler | 1 | October 14, 1957 | ||
| Nick Kozak | 1 | January 10, 1958 | ||
| Bill Savage | 2 | March 21, 1958 | ||
| Ed Francis | 2 | August 29, 1958 | ||
| Eric Pederson | 1 | November 14, 1958 | ||
| Ed Francis | 3 | November 21, 1958 | ||
| Bill Savage | 3 | March 13, 1959 | ||
| Kurt Von Poppenheim | 1 | June 4, 1959 | ||
| Bill Savage | 4 | July 3, 1959 | ||
| Ed Francis | 4 | September 11, 1959 | ||
| Shag Thomas | 1 | February 18, 1960 | ||
| Ed Francis | 5 | March 18, 1960 | ||
| Tony Borne | 1 | September 7, 1960 | ||
| Herb Freeman | 2 | December 9, 1960 | ||
| Mike DiBiase | 1 | March 31, 1961 | ||
| Luther Lindsay | 1 | May 26, 1961 | ||
| Nicoli Volkoff | 1 | September 25, 1961 | ||
| Billy White Wolf | 1 | December 1, 1961 | ||
| Fritz Von Goering | 1 | January 20, 1962 | ||
| Luther Lindsay | 2 | August 24, 1962 | ||
| Mad Dog Vachon | 1 | October 4, 1962 | ||
| Herb Freeman | 3 | January 26, 1963 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Mad Dog Vachon | 2 | February 16, 1963 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Herb Freeman | 4 | May 10, 1963 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Mad Dog Vachon | 3 | May 17, 1963 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Billy White Wolf | 2 | July 5, 1963 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Tony Borne | 2 | August 24, 1963 | Portland, Oregon | |
| King Curtis Iaukea | 1 | September 5, 1963 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Tony Borne | 3 | September 19, 1963 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Nick Bockwinkel | 1 | October 30, 1963 | Salem, Oregon | |
| Mad Dog Vachon | 4 | November 21, 1963 | Portland, Oregon | |
| The Destroyer (Dick Beyer) | 1 | January 3, 1964 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Tony Borne | 4 | April 10, 1964 | Portland, Oregon | |
| The Destroyer | 2 | April 21, 1964 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Nick Bockwinkel | 2 | May 22, 1964 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Pampero Firpo | 1 | June 23, 1964 | Eugene, Oregon | |
| Don Manoukian | 1 | August 8, 1964 | Seattle, Washington | |
| Pepper Martin | 1 | September 2, 1964 | Eugene, Oregon | |
| Pat Patterson | 1 | October 2, 1964 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Pepper Martin | 2 | November 14, 1964 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Pat Patterson | 2 | January 3, 1965 | ||
| Pepper Martin | 3 | January 8, 1965 | Portland, Oregon | |
| The Mad Russian | 1 | March 11, 1965 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Pepper Martin | 4 | May 31, 1965 | Eugene, Oregon | |
| Mad Dog Vachon | 5 | June 5, 1965 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Stan Stasiak | 1 | June 18, 1965 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Paul Jones | 1 | March 3, 1966 | Salem, Oregon | |
| Stan Stasiak | 2 | May 18, 1966 | Salem, Oregon | |
| Pepper Martin | 5 | June 15, 1966 | Eugene, Oregon | |
| Tony Borne | 5 | September 16, 1966 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Shag Thomas | 2 | November 3, 1966 | Salem, Oregon | |
| Tony Borne | 6 | November 10, 1966 | Salem, Oregon | |
| Pat Patterson | 3 | December 9, 1966 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Tony Borne | 7 | December 18, 1966 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Paul Jones | 2 | December 29, 1966 | Salem, Oregon | |
| Tony Borne | 8 | January 5, 1967 | Salem, Oregon | |
| Ripper Collins | 1 | May 12, 1967 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Tony Borne | 9 | May 29, 1967 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Luther Lindsay | 3 | June 2, 1967 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Moondog Mayne | 1 | June 23, 1967 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Johnny Kostas | 1 | July 27, 1967 | Salem, Oregon | |
| Moondog Mayne | 2 | November 3, 1967 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Stan Stasiak | 3 | January 5, 1968 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Moondog Mayne | 3 | March 15, 1968 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Mad Dog Vachon | 6 | May 30, 1968 | Salem, Oregon | |
| Moondog Mayne | 4 | June 6, 1968 | Salem, Oregon | |
| Stan Stasiak | 4 | August 16, 1968 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Moondog Mayne | 5 | August 30, 1968 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Luther Lindsay | 4 | November 30, 1968 | Portland, Oregon | Defeated Beauregard, substituting for Mayne, to win the title. |
| Moondog Mayne | 6 | April 12, 1969 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Roger Kirby | 1 | August 12, 1969 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Moondog Mayne | 7 | September 10, 1969 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Roger Kirby | 2 | October 14, 1969 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Moondog Mayne | 8 | December 10, 1969 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Kurt Von Steiger | 1 | February 27, 1970 | Salem, Oregon | |
| Moondog Mayne | 9 | March 11, 1970 | Salem, Oregon | |
| The Claw | 1 | May 16, 1970 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Moondog Mayne | 10 | June 23, 1970 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Mr. Fuji | 1 | August 8, 1970 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Moondog Mayne | 11 | October 24, 1970 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Dutch Savage | 1 | December 12, 1970 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Stan Stasiak | 5 | March 27, 1971 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Kurt Von Steiger | 2 | May 1, 1971 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Jonathan Boyd | 1 | July 31, 1971 | ||
| Dutch Savage | 2 | October 24, 1971 | ||
| Jonathan Boyd | 2 | November 28, 1971 | ||
| Dutch Savage | 3 | December 28, 1971 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Bull Ramos | 1 | April 29, 1972 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Steven Little Bear | 1 | November 11, 1972 | ||
| Bull Ramos | 2 | November 30, 1972 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Dutch Savage | 4 | February 7, 1973 | Medford, Oregon | |
| Bull Ramos | 3 | April 1973 | ||
| Jimmy Snuka | 1 | November 16, 1973 | Eugene, Oregon | |
| Ripper Collins | 2 | January 12, 1974 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Jimmy Snuka | 2 | February 23, 1974 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Ripper Collins | 3 | April 13, 1974 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Jimmy Snuka | 3 | June 4, 1974 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Rasputin | 1 | August 10, 1974 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Jimmy Snuka | 4 | October 7, 1974 | ||
| Dale Lewis | 4 | November 11, 1974 | ||
| Dutch Savage | 5 | December 14, 1974 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Bull Ramos | 4 | May 30, 1975 | Eugene, Oregon | |
| Jimmy Snuka | 5 | August 9, 1975 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Jesse Ventura | 1 | January 17, 1976 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Dutch Savage | 6 | April 3, 1976 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Jesse Ventura | 2 | June 26, 1976 | ||
| Stan Stasiak | 6 | July 16, 1976 | Defeated Pepper Martin to win the title. | |
| Jimmy Snuka | 6 | March 13, 1977 | ||
| Ron Bass | 1 | April 23, 1977 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Dutch Savage | 7 | August 1, 1977 | Eugene, Oregon | |
| Ed Wiskoski | 1 | November 12, 1977 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Jerry Oates | 1 | May 13, 1978 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Ed Wiskoski | 2 | June 16, 1978 | Salem, Oregon | |
| Jonathan Boyd | 3 | August 22, 1978 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Roddy Piper | 1 | February 17, 1979 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Stan Stasiak | 7 | June 30, 1979 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Buddy Rose | 1 | November 17, 1979 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Rick Martel | 1 | March 22, 1980 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Buddy Rose | 2 | August 16, 1980 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Rick Martel | 2 | September 4, 1980 | ||
| Buddy Rose | 3 | September 20, 1980 | ||
| Jay Youngblood | 1 | December 27, 1980 | Portland, Oregon | |
| The Destroyer (not Dick Beyer) |
1 | March 14, 1981 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Jay Youngblood | 2 | March 21, 1981 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Buddy Rose | 4 | April 9, 1981 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Jay Youngblood | 3 | April 11, 1981 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Buddy Rose | 5 | April 21, 1981 | ||
| Matt Borne | 1 | April 29, 1981 | Seattle, Washington | |
| Buddy Rose | 6 | April 30, 1981 | Salem, Oregon | |
| Jay Youngblood | 4 | May 1, 1981 | Eugene, Oregon | |
| Vacated | May 1981 | Title vacated when Youngblood leaves the area. | ||
| Steve Regal | 1 | August 15, 1981 | Won a tournament final to win the vacant title. | |
| Buddy Rose | 7 | October 1981 | ||
| Steve Regal | 2 | October 24, 1981 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Vacated | December 1981 | Title vacated when Regal is injured. | ||
| Brett Sawyer | 1 | January 2, 1982 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Rip Oliver | 1 | April 24, 1982 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Rocky Johnson | 1 | July 15, 1982 | ||
| Rip Oliver | 2 | July 1982 | ||
| Brett Sawyer | 2 | August 25, 1982 | Coos Bay, Oregon | |
| Rip Oliver | 3 | August 28, 1982 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Brett Sawyer | 3 | September 22, 1982 | Salem, Oregon | |
| Sheik Abdullah Ali Hassan | 1 | December 7, 1982 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Curt Hennig | 1 | May 10, 1983 | Portland, Oregon | |
| The Dynamite Kid | 1 | September 7, 1983 | Seattle, Washington | |
| Billy Jack (Haynes) | 1 | October 7, 1983 | Salem, Oregon | |
| Rip Oliver | 4 | November 30, 1983 | Seattle, Washington | |
| Billy Jack | 2 | December 14, 1983 | Seattle, Washington | |
| Rip Oliver | 5 | December 25, 1983 | Seattle, Washington | |
| Buddy Rose | 8 | April 28, 1984 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Rip Oliver | 6 | May 12, 1984 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Billy Jack | 3 | October 13, 1984 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Rip Oliver | 7 | November 3, 1984 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Bobby Jaggers | 1 | December 5, 1984 | Seattle, Washington | |
| Karl Steiner | 1 | February 23, 1985 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Bobby Jaggers | 2 | April 14, 1985 | Centralia, Washington | |
| Mike Miller | 1 | May 4, 1985 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Vacated | 1985 | |||
| Ricky Vaughn | 1 | August 3, 1985 | Portland, Oregon | Defeated Mike Miller in a tournament final to win the vacant title. |
| Bobby Jaggers | 3 | November 9, 1985 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Tom Zenk | 1 | January 21, 1986 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Bobby Jaggers | 4 | March 9, 1986 | Findley, Washington | |
| Billy Jack Haynes | 4 | April 12, 1986 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Vacated | May 1986 | Haynes was stripped of the title. | ||
| Rip Oliver | 8 | June 13, 1986 | Portland, Oregon | Won a battle royal to win the vacant title. |
| Coco Samoa | 1 | August 15, 1986 | Albany, Oregon | |
| Rip Oliver | 9 | September 20, 1986 | Seattle, Washington | |
| The Assassin (David Sierra) | 1 | November 29, 1986 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Rip Oliver | 10 | December 13, 1986 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Ricky Santana | 1 | March 21, 1987 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Rip Oliver | 11 | April 18, 1987 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Mike Miller | 2 | June 27, 1987 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Vacated | August 15, 1987 | Portland, Oregon | Title held up following a match against Rip Oliver. | |
| Mike Miller | 3 | August 22, 1987 | Portland, Oregon | Defeated Oliver by forfeit in a rematch to win the vacant title. |
| The Grappler | 1 | October 31, 1987 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Scott Peterson | 1 | August 5, 1988 | Eugene, Oregon | |
| The Grappler | 2 | September 8, 1988 | Newport, Oregon | |
| Top Gun (David Sierra) | 2 | October 3, 1988 | Longview, Washington | |
| The Grappler | 3 | October 10, 1988 | ||
| Tatsumi Fujinami | 1 | October 15, 1988 | Portland, Oregon | Fujinama was awarded the title after The Grappler failed to defeat him in 30 minutes. |
| The Grappler | 4 | December 10, 1988 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Top Gun | 3 | December 25, 1988 | Portland, Oregon | |
| The Grappler | 5 | January 28, 1989 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Carl Styles | 1 | April 1, 1989 | Portland, Oregon | |
| The Grappler | 6 | April 15, 1989 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Carl Styles | 2 | April 22, 1989 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Vacated | June 1989 | Title vacated when Styles is injured. | ||
| Scotty The Body | 1 | September 2, 1989 | Portland, Oregon | Defeated Carl Styles in a tournament final to win the vacant title. |
| Rex King | 1 | October 7, 1989 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Scotty The Body | 2 | October 14, 1989 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Curtis Thompson | 1 | February 3, 1990 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Vacated | March 30, 1990 | Eugene, Oregon | Title vacated when Scotty The Body is caught cheating to win match against Thompson. | |
| Brian Adams | 1 | April 21, 1990 | Portland, Oregon | Defeated Larry Oliver in a tournament final to win the vacant title. |
| Scott Norton | 1 | May 12, 1990 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Vacated | May 26, 1990 | Title vacated after Norton was suspended for attacking several wrestlers. | ||
| Scotty The Body | 3 | June 2, 1990 | Portland, Oregon | Defeated The Grappler to win the vacant title. |
| Vacated | July 28, 1990 | Portland, Oregon | Title held up following a match against The Grappler. | |
| The Grappler | 7 | August 4, 1990 | Portland, Oregon | Defeated Scotty The Body in a rematch to win the vacant title. |
| Steve Doll | 1 | November 10, 1990 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Vacated | July 7, 1991 | Eugene, Oregon | Title held up following a match against Ron Harris. | |
| Billy Jack Haynes | 5 | August 17, 1991 | Portland, Oregon | Won a full nelson challenge to win the vacant title. |
| Steve Doll | 2 | September 14, 1991 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Rip Oliver | 12 | September 28, 1991 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Demolition Crush (Brian Adams) |
2 | October 12, 1991 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Ron Harris | 1 | January 18, 1992 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Steve Doll | 3 | February 7, 1992 | Eugene, Oregon | |
| Ron Harris | 2 | March 24, 1992 | Vancouver, Washington | |
| C.W. Bergstrom | 1 | April 21, 1992 | Vancouver, Washington | |
| Title abandoned | July 1992 | Title abandoned when Pacific Northwest Wrestling closes. | ||
[edit] See also
- NWA Top Ranked Heavyweight Championship (formerly ECCW/NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship)
- Pacific Northwest Wrestling
- Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling
- National Wrestling Alliance
