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
Defeats Broni Smolski in 2-day tournament final (Medford Mail Tribune, Medford, OR, 35-07-09); also recognized in California; still/again champion as of 36-11-25 in Oregon and 38-01-06 in California; stripped as of 40-07-11 for not defending the title; a tournament is announced to take place; Red Van Ness also claims the title in Seattle, WA in 38-07.
Pacific Northwest territory acquires the title, founded in 1935, from the Northern California Wrestling Association (Eugene Register-Guard, 44-11-07); Johnson defeats Herb Parks in a 9-man tournament final to become the first champion in the territory; repeated in Portland, OR on 44-11-13.
Loses to Gordon Hessell on 48-04-28 in Vancouver, BC, CAN but refuses to give up the title because of a "steenko refereeing job" (Statesman Journal, Salem, OR, 48-05-09); Stojack "successfully" defends the title against Hessell in Vancouver on 48-05-12 (The Eugene Guard, Eugene, OR, 48-05-14).
Substitutes for Jack O'Reilly and defeats David Jons in tournament final; stripped in 54-04 for failure to defend the title in Oregon within for 60 days.
