Pacific Northwest Wrestling
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Pacific Northwest Wresting (PNW) was a Portland, Oregon based professional wrestling company. It was the Northwest territory of the National Wrestling Alliance, and as such saw many of the top names in the business come though on a regular basis. Founded by Don Owen, it was considered one of the main territories from the 1960s to the 1980s.
For years, PNW broadcast its 90-minute TV program Portland Wrestling on KPTV in Portland on Saturday nights; the program was also syndicated to the rest of Oregon and Washington in an edited 60-minute version known as Big Time Wrestling. Following a slowdown in the wrestling business during the early 1990s and a declaration of bankruptcy by Portland Wrestling's main sponsor (which led to the show ending production in December 1991 and being replaced by syndicated WWF programming), PNW was forced to close its doors in July 1992.
In late 2000, Pacific Northwest Wrestling reopened its doors as Portland Wrestling. They initially had programming on KPTV, and later had their programming aired on local cable access television and have had one Pay Per View. The promotion has taken on a more "extreme" style in the vein of ECW and CZW. Their programming is currently on hiatus while they seek a new TV deal. Unlike the previous version of PNW/Portland Wrestling, the current incarnation of PW is not an NWA member.
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[edit] Alumni
[edit] Champions
[edit] PNW champions (when the company closed in 1992)
| Title | Last champion(s) |
| NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Champion | C.W. Bergstrom |
| NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champions | The Grappler and Steve Doll |
| NWA Pacific Northwest Television Champion (abandoned in 1990) | Scotty The Body |
[edit] Current Portland Wrestling champions
| Title | Current champions(s) |
| Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Champion | Dr. Luther |
| Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champions | The Cartel Big Ugly and Vinny Massaro |
| Pacific Northwest Light Heavyweight Champion | Timothy Thatcher |
