NWA Pacific Northwest Television Championship
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Pacific Northwest Wrestling
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. It served as PNW's second-tier title, lasting from 1987 through 1990.
Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Barr Art Barr Arthur Leon "Art" Barr was an American professional wrestler. While he wrestled briefly for World Championship Wrestling, he found his greatest success in Mexico's Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion.... |
1 | November 21, 1987 | Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States... |
Won a nine-man battle royal to became the first champion. |
| Abbuda Dein | 1 | December 26, 1987 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Vacated | January 30, 1988 | Title vacated following a match against Coco Sierra. | ||
| The Assassin (David Sierra) David Sierra Fidel Sierra David Cannell is a professional wrestler, better known as David Sierra, who is best known as a longtime veteran of the Puerto Rico-based World Wrestling Council as well as for his appearances in World Championship Wrestling and Pacific Northwest Wrestling during the 1980s and 90s... |
1 | December 26, 1987 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Vacated | 1988 | Title vacated when The Assassin loses a loser-leaves-town match. | ||
| Colonel DeBeers Edward Wiskoski Edward Wiskoski is a former American professional wrestler best known as Colonel DeBeers in the AWA . He also wrestled as Derek "The Mongoose" Draper and Mega Maharishi... |
1 | August 16, 1988 | Portland, Oregon | Defeated Steve Doll in a tournament final to win the vacant title. |
| Vacated | September 1988 | Title vacated when DeBeers fails to defend. | ||
| Al Madril Alberto Madril Alberto Madril is an American retired professional wrestler who most often wrestled as Al Madril, and used the Indian Deathlock as a finishing move.-Career:... |
1 | October 9, 1988 | Finley, Washington Finley, Washington Finley is a census-designated place in Benton County, Washington, United States. The population was 6,012 at the 2010 census. It is located to the southeast of the larger city of Kennewick.-History:... |
Won a tournament to win the vacant title. |
| Top Gun (David Sierra) | 2 | October 29, 1988 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Abbuda Dein | 2 | January 14, 1989 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Carl Styles | 2 | January 28, 1989 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Vacated | April 1989 | Title vacated when Styles is injured. | ||
| Al Madril | 2 | October 14, 1989 | Portland, Oregon | Won a tournament to win the vacant title. |
| Rex King Timothy Well Timothy A. Smith is a retired American professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Rex King and Timothy Well. He wrestled in several promotions, including the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling . Much of his career was spent wrestling as a tag team with Steve... |
1 | November 25, 1989 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Al Madril | 3 | January 25, 1990 | Salem, Oregon Salem, Oregon Salem is the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, which runs north through the city. The river forms the boundary between Marion and Polk counties, and the city neighborhood... |
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| Ricky Santana Aldo Ortiz Aldo Ortiz , better known as Ricky Santana, is a professional wrestler who has worked for World Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation, World Wrestling Council and the National Wrestling Alliance.-Professional wrestling career:... |
1 | February 24, 1990 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Scotty the Body Scott Levy Scott Anthony Levy , better known by his ring name Raven, is an American professional wrestler, wrestling producer, wrestling writer, and occasional author and actor currently working for Juggalo Championship Wrestling , where he is co-holder of the JCW Tag Team Championship, as well as other... |
1 | March 17, 1990 | Portland, Oregon | |
| Title retired | 1990 | Title abandoned | ||