Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the wrestler has held that title at that point.
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Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
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If used next to the names of the wrestlers, they may, in fact, not have held the title in the period indicated. If used next to the dates or places, either they are possibly wrong or the title changes are fictitious.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a wrestler held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Broadcast date; the actual recording date is unknown.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the wrestler shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized in HTML files
Reported on a Medford, OR paper on 42-02-09 as winning the title in 03.
Chris Person #
1908-03-04<
Claims the title in Council Bluffs, IA.
Pat Connolly #
1910-06-18<
Billed as champion in Winnipeg, MB.
Nick Daviscourt (Dick Daviscourt)
1912-11-19<
Billed as champion in Portland, OR.
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Polly Grimm (Huber Grimm)
1913-03-25<
Still/again champion as of 15-08-20; no longer champion as of 16-04-06.
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Jack O'Neill
1917-06-19
La Grande, OR
Defeats Harold Christensen to become the "undisputed" Pacific Northwest champion; still champion as of 17-11-10; Nick Daviscourt is still billed as champion in Fresno, CA as of 17-09-14.
Ben Jackson #
1913-02-05<
Billed as champion in Bakersfield, CA.
Nick Daviscourt (Dick Daviscourt)
1916-08-26<
Billed as champion in Santa Cruz, CA; retains against Frank Clark on 16-09-04 but Clark is billed as champion in Oakland, CA on 16-09-21; Daviscourt is still/again champion in Northern California as of 17-03-10.
Pacific Coast champion in Northern Califonia, often billed as Northwest champion; still champion in San Francisco, CA as of 32-12-13; still/again billed as champion in Fresno, CA as of 35-10-15..
Reb Russell
1935-12<
Billed as champion in Everett, WA (Monday Evening, 35-12-23).
Red Shadow (Leo Numa)
1936-12-23
Portland, OR
Defeats Glen Savage in the final of the World Title contendership tournament and eventually starts claiming the Northwest Title.
Lou Thesz defeats Samara in what may be a non-title match on 45-05-29 in Tacoma, WA; Samara is still billed as champion in Portland, OR as of 45-06-03 and defeats Thesz on 45-06-06.
