NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship

The NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and defended in its member promotion Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW), which promoted shows in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, and occasionally other areas in the northwestern United States.

NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship
The last NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship belt, introduced by Blue Collar Wrestling on January 10, 2015.
Details
PromotionPacific Northwest Wrestling
Wrestling International New Generations
Blue Collar Wrestling
Date established1955
Date retired2017
Other name(s)
  • W*ING Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship
    (name used in Japan)
Statistics
First champion(s)Luther Lindsay
Final champion(s)Gregor Petrov
Most reignsRip Oliver (12 times)
Longest reign"Badd Blood" BJ Darden (425 days)
Shortest reignMatt Borne (1 day)

The title was created in 1955 by Don Owen for the NWA's Pacific Northwest territory,[1] and became the top singles title for that area. The first champion was Luther Lindsay.[1] Early in the championship's history, the title would be won by Ed Francis, who was already the territory's top non-heavyweight singles champion, holding the Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Championship.[1] Upon Francis winning the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship, his Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Championship was retired.[1] In addition to the northwestern United States, the title was also briefly defended in Asia in the Japanese promotion Wrestling International New Generations (W*ING), but the title changes in W*ING were not officially recognized by PNW.

The title remained active until July 1992,[1] when Don Owen retired and sold PNW to Sandy Barr.[2] Barr retired all of Owen's NWA championships after renaming the company to Championship Wrestling USA (CWUSA), creating new CWUSA championships in their places. The physical Owen-era NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship belt was owned by "The Grappler" Len Denton, who later auctioned off the belt to Bruce Owens. Wrestling belt maker Dave Millican purchased it from Owens and later sold it to an unknown collector.[1]

Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW), also known as NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling, became NWA's Pacific Northwest territory in 1998.[3] The promotion's top championship, the ECCW Championship, was briefly referred to as the NWA/ECCW Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship. ECCW left the NWA in 2011, leaving the NWA without a Pacific Northwest-based member promotion. In January 2015, the Portland-based Blue Collar Wrestling (BCW) promotion joined the NWA, reintroducing the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship – tracing the lineage back to the original version of the title.[3] The championship was retired after Billy Corgan purchased the NWA and ended its relationships with existing member promotions.

Title history
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Luther Lindsay May 24, 1955 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 1 28 Lindsay defeated Roger Mackay in a tournament final. [3]
2 Ivan Kameroff June 21, 1955 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 1 105 [3]
3 John Paul Henning October 4, 1955 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 1 137 [3]
4 Bull Montana February 18, 1956 PNW Show Eugene, Oregon 1 103 [3]
5 Herb Freeman May 31, 1956 PNW Show Albany, Oregon 1 76 [3]
6 Bud Curtis August 15, 1956 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 1 55 [3]
7 Ed Francis October 9, 1956 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 1 240 [3]
8 Bill Savage June 6, 1957 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 36 [1]
9 Herb Freeman July 12, 1957 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 28 [1][4]
10 Doug Donovan August 9, 1957 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 66 [1]
11 Kurt Von Himmler October 14, 1957 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 88 [1]
12 Nick Kozak January 10, 1958 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 70 [1]
13 Bill Savage March 21, 1958 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 161 [1]
14 Ed Francis August 29, 1958 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 77 [1]
15 Eric Pederson November 14, 1958 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 3 [1]
16 Ed Francis November 21, 1958 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 112 [1]
17 Bill Savage March 13, 1959 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 70 [1]
18 Kurt Von Poppenheim May 22, 1959 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 42 [1]
19 Bill Savage July 3, 1959 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 4 70 [1]
20 Ed Francis September 11, 1959 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 4 160 [1]
21 Shag Thomas February 18, 1960 PNW Show N/A 1 29 [1]
22 Ed Francis March 18, 1960 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 5 173 [1]
23 Tony Borne September 7, 1960 PNW Show N/A 1 93 [1]
24 Herb Freeman December 9, 1960 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 112 [1]
25 Iron Mike DiBiase March 31, 1961 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 56 [1]
26 Luther Lindsay May 26, 1961 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 122 [1]
27 Nicoli Volkoff September 25, 1961 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 67 [1]
28 Billy White Wolf December 1, 1961 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 36 [1]
29 Fritz Von Goering January 20, 1962 PNW Show Eugene, Oregon 1 230 [5]
30 Luther Lindsay August 24, 1962 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 41 [1]
31 Mad Dog Vachon October 4, 1962 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 114 [1]
32 Herb Freeman January 26, 1963 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 4 21 [1]
33 Mad Dog Vachon February 16, 1963 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 83 [1]
34 Herb Freeman May 10, 1963 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 5 7 [1]
35 Mad Dog Vachon May 17, 1963 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 49 [1]
36 Billy White Wolf July 5, 1963 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 50 [1]
37 Tony Borne August 24, 1963 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 12 [1]
38 King Curtis Iaukea September 5, 1963 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 14 [1]
39 Tony Borne September 19, 1963 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 41 [1]
40 Nick Bockwinkel October 30, 1963 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 1 22 [1]
41 Mad Dog Vachon November 21, 1963 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 4 43 [1]
42 The Destroyer January 3, 1964 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 98 [1]
43 Tony Borne April 10, 1964 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 4 11 [1]
44 The Destroyer April 21, 1964 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 31 [1]
45 Nick Bockwinkel May 22, 1964 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 32 [1]
46 Pampero Firpo June 23, 1964 PNW Show Eugene, Oregon 1 46 [1]
47 Don Manoukian August 8, 1964 PNW Show Seattle, Washington 1 25 [1]
48 Pepper Martin September 2, 1964 PNW Show Eugene, Oregon 1 30 [1]
49 Pat Patterson October 2, 1964 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 43 [1]
50 Pepper Martin November 14, 1964 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 50 [1]
51 Pat Patterson January 3, 1965 PNW Show Eugene, Oregon 2 5 [1]
52 Pepper Martin January 8, 1965 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 62 [1]
53 The Mad Russian March 11, 1965 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 81 [1]
54 Pepper Martin May 31, 1965 PNW Show Eugene, Oregon 4 5 [1]
55 Mad Dog Vachon June 5, 1965 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 5 13 [1]
56 Stan Stasiak June 18, 1965 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 258 [1]
57 Paul Jones March 3, 1966 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 1 76 [1][6]
58 Stan Stasiak May 18, 1966 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 2 28 [1]
59 Pepper Martin June 15, 1966 PNW Show Eugene, Oregon 5 93 [1]
60 Tony Borne September 16, 1966 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 5 48 [1]
61 Shag Thomas November 3, 1966 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 2 7 [1]
62 Tony Borne November 10, 1966 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 6 29 [1]
63 Pat Patterson December 9, 1966 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 9 [1]
64 Tony Borne December 18, 1966 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 7 11 [1]
65 Paul Jones December 29, 1966 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 2 7 [1]
66 Tony Borne January 5, 1967 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 8 127 [1]
67 Ripper Collins May 12, 1967 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 17 [1]
68 Tony Borne May 29, 1967 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 9 4 [1]
69 Luther Lindsay June 2, 1967 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 21 [1]
70 Moondog Mayne June 23, 1967 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 34 [1]
71 Johnny Kostas July 27, 1967 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 1 99 [1]
72 Moondog Mayne November 3, 1967 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 63 [1]
73 Stan Stasiak January 5, 1968 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 70 [1]
74 Moondog Mayne March 15, 1968 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 76 [1]
75 Mad Dog Vachon May 30, 1968 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 6 7 [1]
76 Moondog Mayne June 6, 1968 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 4 71 [1]
77 Stan Stasiak August 16, 1968 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 4 14 [1]
78 Moondog Mayne August 30, 1968 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 5 92 [1]
79 Luther Lindsay November 30, 1968 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 4 133 Lindsay defeated Beauregard, substituting for Mayne, to win the title. [1]
80 Moondog Mayne April 12, 1969 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 6 122 [1]
81 Roger Kirby August 12, 1969 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 29 [1]
82 Moondog Mayne September 10, 1969 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 7 34 [1]
83 Roger Kirby October 14, 1969 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 57 [1]
84 Moondog Mayne December 10, 1969 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 8 79 [1]
85 Kurt Von Steiger February 27, 1970 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 1 12 [1][7]
86 Moondog Mayne March 11, 1970 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 9 66 [1]
87 The Claw May 16, 1970 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 38 [1]
88 Moondog Mayne June 23, 1970 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 10 46 [1]
89 Mr. Fuji August 8, 1970 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 77 [1][8]
90 Moondog Mayne October 24, 1970 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 11 49 [1]
91 Dutch Savage December 12, 1970 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 105 [1]
92 Stan Stasiak March 27, 1971 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 5 35 [1]
93 Kurt Von Steiger May 1, 1971 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 91 [1]
94 Jonathan Boyd July 31, 1971 PNW Show N/A 1 85 [1]
95 Dutch Savage October 24, 1971 PNW Show N/A 2 35 [1]
96 Jonathan Boyd November 28, 1971 PNW Show N/A 2 30 [1]
97 Dutch Savage December 28, 1971 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 123 [1]
98 Bull Ramos April 29, 1972 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 196 [1]
99 Steven Little Bear November 11, 1972 PNW Show N/A 1 19 [1]
100 Bull Ramos November 30, 1972 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 69 [1]
101 Dutch Savage February 7, 1973 PNW Show Medford, Oregon 4 62 [1]
102 Bull Ramos April 10, 1973 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 220 [1]
103 Jimmy Snuka November 16, 1973 PNW Show Eugene, Oregon 1 57 [1]
104 Ripper Collins January 12, 1974 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 42 [1]
105 Jimmy Snuka February 23, 1974 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 35 [1]
— Vacated March 30, 1974 PNW Show Portland, Oregon — — Vacated after a match against Ripper Collins.
106 Ripper Collins April 13, 1974 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 52 Collins won the championship during a rematch with Jimmy Snuka. [1]
107 Jimmy Snuka June 4, 1974 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 67 [1]
108 Rasputin August 10, 1974 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 58 [1]
109 Jimmy Snuka October 7, 1974 PNW Show N/A 4 35 [1]
110 Dale Lewis November 11, 1974 PNW Show N/A 1 33 [1]
111 Dutch Savage December 14, 1974 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 5 167 [1]
112 Bull Ramos May 30, 1975 PNW Show Eugene, Oregon 4 71 [1]
113 Jimmy Snuka August 9, 1975 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 5 161 [1]
114 Jesse Ventura January 17, 1976 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 77 [1][9]
115 Dutch Savage April 3, 1976 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 6 104 [1][10]
116 Jesse Ventura July 16, 1976 PNW Show Eugene, Oregon 2 197 [1]
117 Jimmy Snuka January 29, 1977 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 6 84 [1]
118 Ron Bass April 23, 1977 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 100 [1]
119 Dutch Savage August 1, 1977 PNW Show Eugene, Oregon 7 103 [1]
120 Ed Wiskoski November 12, 1977 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 182 [1]
121 Jerry Oates May 13, 1978 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 34 [1][11]
122 Ed Wiskoski June 16, 1978 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 2 67 [1]
123 Jonathan Boyd August 22, 1978 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 169 [1]
124 Roddy Piper February 7, 1979 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 143 [1][12]
125 Stan Stasiak June 30, 1979 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 6 124 [1]
126 Buddy Rose November 1, 1979 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 1 1 [1]
127 Stan Stasiak November 2, 1979 PNW Show Eugene, Oregon 8 14 [1]
128 Buddy Rose November 16, 1979 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 83 [1]
129 Rick Martel February 7, 1980 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 1 2 [1]
130 Buddy Rose February 9, 1980 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 42 [1]
131 Rick Martel March 22, 1980 PNW Show Eugene, Oregon 2 147 [1]
132 Buddy Rose August 16, 1980 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 4 19 [1]
133 Roddy Piper September 4, 1980 PNW Show N/A 2 16 [1]
134 Buddy Rose September 20, 1980 PNW Show N/A 5 98 [1]
135 Jay Youngblood December 27, 1980 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 9 [1]
136 Buddy Rose January 5, 1981 PNW Show Longview, Washington 6 2 [1]
137 Jay Youngblood January 7, 1981 PNW Show Seattle, Washington 2 66 [1]
138 The Destroyer March 14, 1981 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 7 [1]
139 Jay Youngblood March 21, 1981 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 19 [1]
140 Buddy Rose April 9, 1981 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 7 2 [1]
141 Jay Youngblood April 11, 1981 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 13 [1]
142 Buddy Rose April 24, 1981 PNW Show Eugene, Oregon 8 5 [1]
143 Matt Borne April 29, 1981 PNW Show Seattle, Washington 1 1 [1]
144 Buddy Rose April 30, 1981 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 9 1 [1]
145 Jay Youngblood May 1, 1981 PNW Show Eugene, Oregon 4 15 [1]
— Vacated May 16, 1981 PNW Show N/A — — Championship vacated when Youngblood left the promotion. [1]
146 Steve Regal June 30, 1981 PNW Show Seattle, Washington 1 46 Regal won a tournament final to win the vacant title. [1]
147 Buddy Rose August 15, 1981 PNW Show N/A 7 52 [1]
— Vacated October 6, 1981 PNW Show Portland, Oregon — — Vacated after a match against Steve Regal. [1]
148 Steve Regal October 24, 1981 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 42 [1]
— Vacated December 5, 1981 PNW Show N/A — — Title vacated when Regal was injured. [1]
149 Brett Sawyer January 2, 1982 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 42 Sawyer won a battle royal to become champion. [1]
— Vacated February 13, 1982 PNW Show Portland, Oregon — — The championship was vacated after a match against Buddy Rose. [1]
150 Brett Sawyer February 16, 1982 PNW Show N/A 2 67 Sawyer won the vacant championship during a rematch with Buddy Rose. [1]
151 Rip Oliver April 24, 1982 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 82 [1]
152 Rocky Johnson July 15, 1982 PNW Show N/A 1 16 [1]
153 Rip Oliver July 31, 1982 PNW Show N/A 2 25 [1]
154 Brett Sawyer August 25, 1982 PNW Show Coos Bay, Oregon 3 3 [1]
155 Rip Oliver August 28, 1982 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 25 [1]
156 Brett Sawyer September 22, 1982 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 3 76 [1]
157 Sheik Abdullah Ali Hassan December 7, 1982 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 154 [1]
158 Curt Hennig May 10, 1983 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 120 [1]
159 The Dynamite Kid September 7, 1983 PNW Show Seattle, Washington 1 30 [1]
160 Billy Jack October 7, 1983 PNW Show Salem, Oregon 1 54 [1]
161 Rip Oliver November 30, 1983 PNW Show Seattle, Washington 4 14 [1]
162 Billy Jack December 14, 1983 PNW Show Seattle, Washington 2 11 [1]
163 Rip Oliver December 25, 1983 PNW Show Seattle, Washington 5 125 [1]
164 Buddy Rose April 28, 1984 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 11 14 [1]
165 Rip Oliver May 12, 1984 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 6 154 [1]
166 Billy Jack October 13, 1984 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 21 [1]
167 Rip Oliver November 3, 1984 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 7 32 [1]
168 Bobby Jaggers December 5, 1984 PNW Show Seattle, Washington 1 80 [1]
169 Karl Steiner February 23, 1985 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 50 [1]
170 Bobby Jaggers April 14, 1985 PNW Show Centralia, Washington 2 20 [1]
171 Mike Miller May 4, 1985 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 84 [1]
172 Ricky Vaughn July 27, 1985 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 105 Vaughn defeated Mike Miller during a tournament final. [1]
173 Bobby Jaggers November 9, 1985 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 73 [1]
174 Tom Zenk January 21, 1986 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 47 [1]
175 Bobby Jaggers March 9, 1986 PNW Show Findley, Washington 4 34 [1]
176 Billy Jack April 12, 1986 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 4 19 [1]
— Vacated May 1, 1986 PNW Show N/A — — Billy Jack was stripped of the title. [1]
177 Rip Oliver June 13, 1986 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 8 63 Oliver won a battle royal to win the vacant title. [1]
178 Cocoa Samoa August 15, 1986 PNW Show Albany, Oregon 1 36 [1]
179 Rip Oliver September 20, 1986 PNW Show Seattle, Washington 9 70 [1]
180 The Assassin November 29, 1986 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 14 [1]
181 Rip Oliver December 13, 1986 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 10 98 [1]
182 Ricky Santana March 21, 1987 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 28 [1]
183 Rip Oliver April 18, 1987 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 11 70 [1]
184 Mike Miller June 27, 1987 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 49 [1]
— Vacated August 15, 1987 PNW Show Portland, Oregon — — Title was held up following a match against Rip Oliver. [1]
185 Mike Miller August 22, 1987 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 70 Miller defeated Rip Oliver by forfeit in a rematch to win the vacant title. [1]
186 The Grappler October 31, 1987 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 279 [1]
187 Scott Peterson August 5, 1988 PNW Show Eugene, Oregon 1 34 [1]
188 The Grappler September 8, 1988 PNW Show Newport, Oregon 2 25 [1]
189 Top Gun October 3, 1988 PNW Show Longview, Washington 3 7 [1]
190 The Grappler October 10, 1988 PNW Show N/A 3 5 [1]
191 Tatsumi Fujinami October 15, 1988 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 56 Fujinami was awarded the title after The Grappler failed to defeat him in 30 minutes. [1]
192 The Grappler December 10, 1988 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 4 15 [1]
193 Top Gun December 25, 1988 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 4 34 [1]
194 The Grappler January 28, 1989 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 5 63 [1]
195 Carl Styles April 1, 1989 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 14 [1]
196 The Grappler April 15, 1989 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 6 7 [1]
197 Carl Styles April 22, 1989 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 40 [1]
— Vacated June 1, 1989 PNW Show N/A — — Title was vacated after Styles suffered an injury. [1]
198 Scotty The Body September 2, 1989 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 35 Scotty The Body defeated Carl Styles in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [1]
199 Rex King October 7, 1989 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 7 [1]
200 Scotty The Body October 14, 1989 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 112 [1]
201 Curtis Thompson February 3, 1990 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 55 [1]
— Vacated March 30, 1990 PNW Show Eugene, Oregon — — Scotty The Body initially defeated Curtis Thompson to win the championship; the decision was later reversed and the title vacated after Scotty The Body was caught cheating to win the match against Thompson. [1]
202 Brian Adams April 21, 1990 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 21 Defeated Larry Oliver in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [1]
203 Scott Norton May 12, 1990 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 14 [1]
— Vacated May 26, 1990 PNW Show N/A — — Title vacated after Norton was suspended for attacking several wrestlers. [1]
204 Scotty The Body June 2, 1990 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 3 56 Scotty The Body defeated The Grappler to win the vacant title. [1]
— Vacated July 28, 1990 PNW Show Portland, Oregon — — Title held up following a match against The Grappler. [1]
205 The Grappler August 4, 1990 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 7 98 The Grappler defeated Scotty The Body in a rematch to win the vacant title. [1]
206 Steve Doll November 10, 1990 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 239 [1]
— Vacated July 7, 1991 PNW Show Eugene, Oregon — — Title held up following a match against Ron Harris. [1]
207 Billy Jack Haynes August 17, 1991 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 5 28 Won a full nelson challenge to win the vacant title. [1]
208 Steve Doll September 14, 1991 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 14 [1]
209 Rip Oliver September 28, 1991 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 12 14 [1]
210 Demolition Crush October 12, 1991 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 2 98 [1]
211 Ron Harris January 18, 1992 PNW Show Portland, Oregon 1 20 [1][13]
212 Steve Doll February 7, 1992 PNW Show Eugene, Oregon 3 46 [1][12]
213 Ron Harris March 24, 1992 PNW Show Vancouver, Washington 2 28 [1]
214 C.W. Bergstrom April 21, 1992 PNW Show Vancouver, Washington 1 88 [1]
† Yukihiro Kanemura May 5, 1992 W*ING Show Osaka, Japan — — Kanemura defeated The Grappler on May 5, 1992 in Osaka, Japan to claim the title, as Grappler owned the physical belt representing the title. Kanemura was not officially recognized as champion by PNW.[14] Kanemura continued to defend the title in W*ING as the "W*ING Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship".
— Deactivated July 18, 1992 — — — — Title retired when Pacific Northwest Wrestling closed and reopened as Championship Wrestling USA. [1]
215 "Badd Blood" BJ Darden January 10, 2015 BCW Show Portland, Oregon 1 425 "Badd Blood" BJ Darden was awarded the reactivated championship when Blue Collar Wrestling joined the NWA. [15]
— Vacated March 10, 2016 BCW Show N/A — — "Badd Blood" BJ Darden vacated the title upon winning the NWA Continental Heavyweight Championship. [15]
216 Buddy Highway March 17, 2016 BCW Show Portland, Oregon 1 143 Highway defeated Demarcus James, Havoc, and Ares Toretto in four-way tournament final to win the vacant title. [15]
217 Tommy Celcious August 7, 2016 BCW Show Portland, Oregon 1 13 [15]
218 Dave Hollenbeck August 20, 2016 BCW Show Portland, Oregon 1 1 [15]
219 Tommy Celcious August 21, 2016 BCW Show Portland, Oregon 2 29 [15]
220 Buddy Highway September 18, 2016 BCW Show Portland, Oregon 2 28 [15]
221 Tommy Celcious October 16, 2016 BCW Show Portland, Oregon 3 14 [15]
222 Buddy Highway October 30, 2016 BCW Show Portland, Oregon 3 35 [15]
223 Gregor Petrov December 4, 2016 BCW Show Portland, Oregon 3 300 Petrov defeated Highway in a three-way match that also involved Jeff Cobb. [15]
— Deactivated September 30, 2017 — — — — The championship was retired when the NWA terminated the contracts with its member promotions. [15]

See also

References
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