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NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title

* Usually referred to as "Northwest Heavyweight Title" until 1970s

Luther Lindsay 1955-05-24 Salem, OR
Defeats Roger Mackay in tournament final.
Ivan Kameroff 1955-07-16 Roseburg, OR
John Paul Henning 1955-10-04 Salem, OR
Pedro Godoy 1956-02-15 Longview, WA
Held up after a mach against Ricky Waldo on 56-03-24 in Roseberg, OR.
Ricky Waldo 1956-03-31 Roseburg, OR
Wins rematch.
Bull Montana 1956-05-10 Albany, OR
Herb Freeman 1956-05-31 Albany, OR
Bud Curtis 1956-08-15 Salem, OR
Ed Francis 1956-10-09 Salem, OR
Bill Savage 1957-06-07 Portland, OR
Herb Freeman [2] 1957-07-12 Portland, OR
Doug Donovan 1957-08-09 Portland, OR
Kurt Von Himmler 1957-10-14 Portland, OR
Nick Kozak 1958-01-10 Portland, OR
Bill Savage [2] 1958-03-21 Portland, OR
Nelson Royal 1958-06-04 Salem, OR
Bill Savage [3] 1958-07-17 Albany, OR
Ed Francis [2] 1958-08-29 Portland, OR
Eric Pederson 1958-11-14 Portland, OR
Ed Francis [3] 1958-11-21 Portland, OR
Bill Savage [4] 1959-03-13 Portland, OR
Kurt Von Poppenheim 1959-05-22 Portland, OR
Bill Savage [5] 1959-07-03 Portland, OR
Luther Lindsay [2] 1959-08-20 Albany, OR
Bill Savage [6] 1959-08-27 Albany, OR
Ed Francis [4] 1959-09-11 Portland, OR
Shag Thomas 1960-02-17 Salem, OR
Ed Francis [5] 1960-03-18 Portland, OR
Vacant in 60-09 when Fracncis leaves the area.
Soldat Gorky 1960-09-28 Salem, OR
Defeats Nick Kozak in 8-man tournament final.
Tony Borne 1960-11-02 Salem, OR
Herb Freeman [3] 1960-12-09 Portland, OR
Mike DiBiase 1961-03-31 Portland, OR
Luther Lindsay [3] 1961-05-26 Portland, OR
Nikoli Volkoff 1961-09-25 Portland, OR
Billy White Wolf 1961-12-01 Portland, OR
Fritz von Goering 1962-01-06 Eugene, OR
Luther Lindsay [4] 1962-08-24 Portland, OR
Mad Dog Vachon 1962-10-22 Seattle, WA
In Salem, OR, Vachon is billed as having defeated Lindsay for the title "last weekend" (Satesman Journal, 62-12-19) after Lindsay leaves the territory or is "sidelined with a broken finger" (Medford Mail Tribune, 62-12-14).
Herb Freeman [4] 1963-01-25Portland, OR
Mad Dog Vachon [2] 1963-02-15Portland, OR
Billy White Wolf [2] 1963-03-06 Salem, OR
Mad Dog Vachon [3] 1963-03-13 Salem, OR
Herb Freeman [5]1963-05-10Portland, OR
Mad Dog Vachon [4] 1963-05-17Portland, OR
Billy White Wolf [3] 1963-07-05Portland, OR
Tony Borne [2]1963-08-29 Seattle, WA
Prince Kuhio (Curtis Iaukea) 1963-09-06 Portland, OR
Tony Borne [3] 1963-09-20 Portland, OR
Nick Bockwinkel1963-10-30Salem, OR
Mad Dog Vachon [5] 1963-12-20Portland, OR
The Destroyer1964-01-03Portland, OR
Tony Borne [4]1964-04-10Portland, OR
The Destroyer [2]1964-04-21Portland, OR
Nick Bockwinkel [2]1964-05-12Seattle, WA
Don Manoukian1964-06-23Seattle, WA
Pepper Martin 1964-09-05Eugene, OR
Pat Patterson1964-10-02Portland, OR
Pepper Martin [2]1964-11-13Portland, OR
Pat Patterson [2]1964-12-26Eugene, OR
Pepper Martin [3]1965-01-08Portland, OR
Mad Russian (Stan Pulaski) 1965-03-12 Portland, OR
Pepper Martin [4] 1965-05-29Eugene, OR
Mad Dog Vachon [6] 1965-06-04Portland, OR
The Crusher (Stan Stasiak)1965-06-18Portland, OR
Paul Jones1966-03-03Salem, OR
The Crusher [2] 1966-05-19 Salem, OR
Pepper Martin [5]1966-06-15Eugene, OR
Tony Borne [5]1966-09-16Portland, OR
Shag Thomas [2]1966-11-03Salem, OR
Tony Borne [6]1966-11-10Salem, OR
Pat Patterson [3]1966-12-09Portland, OR
Tony Borne [7] 1966-12-16Portland, OR
Paul Jones [2]1966-12-29Salem, OR
May be a repeat of the 66-12-23 match in Roseburg, OR.
Tony Borne [8]1967-01-05Salem, OR
Ripper Collins1967-05-12Portland, OR
Tony Borne [9]1967-05-29Portland, OR
Luther Lindsay [5]1967-06-02Portland, OR
Lonnie Mayne 1967-06-23Portland, OR
Johnny Kostas 1967-07-27Salem, OR
Lonnie Mayne [2] 1967-11-03 Portland, OR
The Crusher [3] 1968-01-05 Portland, OR
Lonnie Mayne [3] 1968-03-15 Portland, OR
Mad Dog Vachon [7] 1968-05-30 Portland, OR
Lonnie Mayne [4] 1968-06-06 Portland, OR
The Crusher [4] 1968-08-16 Portland, OR
Lonnie Mayne [5] 1968-08-30 Portland, OR
Declared vacant in Salem, OR in 68-10 when Mayne leaves the territory for Australia; in Portland, OR, Mayne is oredered to defend against Luther Lindsay or vacate the title.
Luther Lindsay [6] 1968-11-30 Portland, OR
Defeats Beauregard, Mayne's tag team partner.
Lonnie Mayne [6]1969-04-12 Portland, OR
Rip Kirby (Roger Kirby)1969-08-11Portland, OR
Lonnie Mayne [7]1969-09-10Portland, OR
Rip Kirby [2]1969-10-14Portland, OR
Lonnie Mayne [8]1969-12-10Portland, OR
Kurt Von Steiger 1970-02-10 Portland, OR
Lonnie Mayne [9] 1970-02-18? Medford, OR
Kurt Von Steiger [2] 1970-02-26 Salem, OR
Lonnie Mayne [10] 1970-03-12 Salem, OR
The Claw 1970-05-16 Portland, OR
Lonnie Mayne [11] 1970-06-23 Portland, OR
Mr. Fuji 1970-08-08 Portland, OR
Lonnie Mayne [12] 1970-10-24 Portland, OR
Dutch Savage 1970-12-12 Portland, OR
The Crusher [5] 1971-03-27 Portland, OR
Kurt Von Steiger [3] 1971-05-01 Portland, OR
Jonathan Boyd 1971-07-03 Portland, OR
Dutch Savage [2] 1971-10-14 Salem, OR
Jonathan Boyd [2] 1971-10-28 Salem, OR
Dutch Savage [3] 1971-12-28 Portland, OR
Held up after the match against Bull Ramos on 72-02-22 in Portland, OR.
Dutch Savage [4] 1972-03-04 Portland, OR
Wins the rematch.
Bull Ramos 1972-04-29 Portland, OR
Held up after the match against Lonnie Mayne on 72-07-27 in Salem, OR.
Bull Ramos [2] 1972-08-03 Salem, OR
Wins the rematch.
Steven Little Bear 1972-11-16 Salem, OR
Bull Ramos [3] 1972-11-30 Salem, OR
Dutch Savage [5]1973-02-07Medford, OR
Bull Ramos [4] 1973-03-04 Albany, OR
Possibly a repeat of 73-02-28 in Medford, OR; held up after the match against Jimmy Snuka on 73-09-19 in Medford, OR.
Bull Ramos [5] 1973-09-26 Medford, OR
Wins rematch.
Jimmy Snuka1973-11-16Eugene, OR
Ripper Collins [2] 1974-01-12 Portland, OR
Jimmy Snuka [2] 1974-02-23 Portland, OR
Held up after the match against Ripper Collins on 74-03-30 in Portland, OR.
Ripper Collins [3] 1974-04-13 Portland, OR
Wins rematch.
Jimmy Snuka [3] 1974-06-04 Portland, OR
Rasputin (Black Angus Campbell) 1974-08-10 Portland, OR
Jimmy Snuka [4] 1974-10-12 Seattle, WA
Dale Lewis 1974-11-15 Eugene, OR
Or claims the title after Snuka leaves the territory for Japan.
Dutch Savage [6] 1974-12-14 Portland, OR
Bull Ramos [5] 1975-06-17 Roseburg, OR
Jimmy Snuka [5]1975-08-09Portland, OR
Jesse Ventura 1976-01-17 Portland, OR
Dutch Savage [7]1976-04-03Portland, OR
Jesse Ventura [2] 1976-06-25 Eugene, OR
Jimmy Snuka [6] 1977-01-29Portland, OR
Jesse Ventura [3] 1977-02-03? Salem, OR?
Wins by forfeit after Snuka suffers an injury (Capital Journal, 77-02-04); title change is not mentioned but Ventura is billed as champion in Salem, OR as of 77-02-24; held up after a match against Snuka on 77-03-02 when Ventura intentionally disqualifies himself (Seattle Daily Times, 77-03-03).
Jimmy Snuka [7] 1977-03-12 Portland, OR
Defeats Ventura in rematch; repeated in Seattle, WA on 77-03-16.
Sam Oliver Bass (Ron Bass)1977-04-23Portland, OR
Dutch Savage [8]1977-08-31Seattle, WA
Ed Wiskoski1977-11-12Portland, OR
Jerry Oates1978-05-06Portland, OR
Ed Wiskoski [2] 1978-06-21Seattle, WA
Jonathan Boyd [3]1978-08-22Portland, OR
Roddy Piper1979-02-17Portland, OR
Stan Stasiak [7]1979-06-30Portland, OR
Buddy Rose 1979-10-25 Salem, OR
Stan Stasiak [8] 1979-11-02 Eugene, OR
Buddy Rose [2]1979-11-17Portland, OR
Rick Martel 1980-02-07 Salem, OR
Buddy Rose [3] 1980-02-09 Portland, OR
Rick Martel1980-03-22Portland, OR
Buddy Rose [4]1980-08-16Portland, OR
Roddy Piper [2]1980-09-04Salem, OR
Buddy Rose [5]1980-09-20Portland, OR
Held up after the match against Jay Youngblood on 80-12-27 in Portland, OR; Youngblood wins the rematch via DQ on 81-01-03 in Portland, OR.
Jay Youngblood 1981-01-04 Pendleton, OR
Defeats Rose.
Buddy Rose [6] 1981-01-05 Longview, WA
Jay Youngblood [2] 1981-01-07 Seattle, WA
The Destroyer (David Sierra)1981-03-14Portland, OR
Jay Youngblood [3]1981-03-21Portland, OR
Buddy Rose [7]1981-04-09Salem, OR
Jay Youngblood [4]1981-04-11Portland, OR
Buddy Rose [8] 1981-04-24Eugene, OR
Matt Borne1981-04-29Seattle, WA
Buddy Rose [9]1981-04-30Salem, OR
Jay Youngblood [5]1981-05-01Eugene, OR
Vacant on 81-05-16 when Youngblood leaves the area.
Steve Regal 1981-07-01 Seattle, WA
Defeats Rip Oliver in a 4-man tournament final; held up after the match against Buddy Rose on 81-10-06 in Portland, OR..
Steve Regal [2] 1981-10-24 Portland, OR
Wins rematch; vacant on 81-12-05 when Regal injured.
Brett Sawyer1982-01-02Portland, OR
Wins battle royal; held up after the match against Buddy Rose on 82-02-13 in Portland, OR.
Brett Sawyer [2] 1982-02-17 Seattle, WA
Wins rematch.
Rip Oliver 1982-04-24 Portland, OR
Rocky Johnson 1982-07-15 Salem, OR
Rip Oliver [2] 1982-07-22 Salem, OR
Brett Sawyer [3]1982-08-25Coos Bay, OR
Rip Oliver [3]1982-08-28Portland, OR
Brett Sawyer [4]1982-09-22Seattle, WA
Sheik Abdullah Ali Hassan1982-12-07Portland, OR
Curt Hennig1983-05-10Portland, OR
Dynamite Kid1983-09-07Seattle, WA
Billy Jack (Billy Jack Haynes) 1983-10-07Salem, OR
Rip Oliver [4]1983-11-30Seattle, WA
Billy Jack [2]1983-12-14Seattle, WA
Rip Oliver [5]1983-12-25Seattle, WA
Buddy Rose [10]1984-04-28Portland, OR
Rip Oliver [6]1984-05-12Portland, OR
Billy Jack [3]1984-10-13Portland, OR
Rip Oliver [7]1984-11-03Portland, OR
Bobby Jaggers1984-12-05Seattle, WA
Karl Steiner1985-02-23Portland, OR
Bobby Jaggers [2]1985-04-14Centralia, OR
Mike Miller1985-05-04Portland, OR
Vacant in 85.
Ricky Vaughn (Lance Von Erich) 1985-08-03Portland, OR
Defeats Mike Miller in tournament final.
Bobby Jaggers [3]1985-11-09Portland, OR
Tom Zenk1986-01-21Portland, OR
Bobby Jaggers [4]1986-03-09Findley, WA
Billy Jack Haynes [4]1986-04-12Portland, OR
Stripped in 86-05.
Rip Oliver [8]1986-06-13Portland, OR
Wins title in a battle royal.
Coco Samoa1986-08-15Albany, OR
Rip Oliver [9]1986-09-20Seattle, WA
The Assassin1986-11-29Portland, OR
Rip Oliver [10]1986-12-13Portland, OR
Ricky Santana1987-03-21Portland, OR
Rip Oliver [11]1987-04-18Portland, OR
Mike Miller [2]1987-06-27Portland, OR
Title held-up after the match against Rip Oliver on 87-08-15
Mike Miller [3]1987-08-22Portland, OR
Wins rematch by forfeit.
The Grappler (Len Denton) 1987-10-31Portland, OR
Scott Peterson1988-08-05Eugene, OR
The Grappler [2]1988-09-08Newport, OR
Top Gun1988-10-03Longview, WA
The Grappler [3] 1988-10-10 *  
Fujinami Tatsumi1988-10-15Portland, OR
Given title when The Grappler cannot beat him within 30 minutes.
The Grappler [4]1988-12-10Portland, OR
Top Gun [2]1988-12-25Portland, OR
The Grappler [5]1989-01-28Portland, OR
Carl Styles1989-04-01Portland, OR
The Grappler [6]1989-04-15Portland, OR
Carl Styles [2]1989-04-22Portland, OR
Vacant in 89-06 when Styles injured.
Scotty the Body1989-09-02Portland, OR
Defeats Carl Styles in tournament final.
Rex King1989-10-07Portland, OR
Scotty the Body [2]1989-10-14Portland, OR
Curtis Thompson1990-02-03Portland, OR
Declared vacant on 90-03-30 after Scotty the Body is caught cheating to win match against Thompson in Eugene, OR.
Brian Adams1990-04-21Portland, OR
Defeats Larry Oliver in tournament final.
Scott Norton1990-05-12Portland, OR
Vacant on 90-05-26 after Norton suspended for attacking several wrestlers.
Scotty the Body [3]1990-06-02Portland, OR
Defeats The Grappler; title held up after the match against The Grappler on 90-07-28 in Portland, OR.
The Grappler [7]1990-08-04Portland, OR
Defeats Scotty the Body in rematch.
Steve Doll1990-11-10Portland, OR
Title held-up after the match against Ron Harris on 91-07-05 in Eugene, OR after Don Harris pins Doll in the match.
Billy Jack Haynes [5]1991-08-17Portland, OR
Wins title in full-nelson challange.
Steve Doll [2]1991-09-14Portland, OR
Rip Oliver [12]1991-09-28Portland, OR
Demolition Crush (Brian Adams) [2] 1991-10-12Portland, OR
Ron Harris1992-01-18Portland, OR
Steve Doll [3]1992-02-07Eugene, OR
Ron Harris [2]1992-03-24Vancouver, WA
C.W. Bergstrom1992-04-21Vancouver, WA
PNW promotion closes in 92-07.

* Thanks to Kriss Knights and Paul Sosnowski for corrections and additions.


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