NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship (Vancouver version)
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The Vancouver version of the NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Championship was the major singles title in two National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated Vancouver territories. The championship was originally used in Big Time Wrestling from 1948 to about 1958, then was reactivated for use in NWA All Star Wrestling from 1970 until 1981, when the title was abandoned.[1]
Title history
edit| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| (NLT) | Championship change took place "no later than" the date listed |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| 1 | Frank Stojack | 1948 (NLT) | NWA All-Star show | N/A | 1 | N/A | The first champion | |||
| 2 | Gordon Hessell | April 28, 1948 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | N/A | ||||
| — | N/A | — | — | |||||||
| 3 | Frank Stojack | N/A | NWA All-Star show | N/A | 2 | N/A | ||||
| 4 | Jack McLauchlan | June 8, 1949 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | N/A | ||||
| Championship history is unrecorded from June 8, 1949 to September 21, 1949. | ||||||||||
| — | Vacated | 1949 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons | |||
| 5 | Tony Ross | September 21, 1949 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | N/A | Defeated Leo Karilenko for the championship | |||
| — | N/A | — | — | |||||||
| 6 | Andy Tremaine | January 1952 (NLT) | NWA All-Star show | N/A | 1 | N/A | Recognized in Vancouver | |||
| — | N/A | — | — | |||||||
| 7 | The Masked Marvel | April 1952 (NLT) | NWA All-Star show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| — | N/A | — | — | |||||||
| 8 | Roger Mackay | July 1952 (NLT) | NWA All-Star show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| — | N/A | — | — | |||||||
| 9 | Carl Engstrom | N/A | NWA All-Star show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| 10 | Buddy Knox | March 24, 1954 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | N/A | ||||
| — | N/A | — | — | |||||||
| 11 | Frank Stojack | June 1954 (NLT) | NWA All-Star show | N/A | 3 | N/A | ||||
| — | N/A | — | — | |||||||
| 12 | Ed Francis | June 1957 (NLT) | NWA All-Star show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| — | Vacated | June 1957 | — | — | — | — | Francis left the territory | |||
| 13 | Bob Cummings | June 12, 1957 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | N/A | Defeated Herb Freeman in tournament final | |||
| — | Vacated | May 1958 (NLT) | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 14 | Buddy Knox | May 14, 1958 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 2 | N/A | Defeated George Pancheff in tournament final | |||
| 15 | Kurt Von Poppenheim | 1958 | NWA All-Star show | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||||
| — | Vacated | N/A | — | — | — | — | Title inactive until 1970 | |||
| 16 | Mark Lewin | February 9, 1970 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 63 | Defeated Moondog Mayne for reactivated title | |||
| 17 | Gene Kiniski | April 13, 1970 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 70 | ||||
| 18 | Don Leo Jonathan | June 22, 1970 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 109 | ||||
| 19 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown | October 9, 1970 | NWA All-Star show | Victoria, BC | 1 | 59 | ||||
| 20 | Don Leo Jonathan | December 7, 1970 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 2 | 21 | ||||
| 21 | Gene Kiniski | December 28, 1970 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 2 | 203 | ||||
| 22 | Steven Little Bear | July 19, 1971 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 63 | ||||
| 23 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown | September 20, 1971 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 2 | 119 | ||||
| 24 | Mark Lewin | January 17, 1972 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 2 | 21 | [2] | |||
| 25 | "Bulldog" Bob Brown | February 7, 1972 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 3 | 112 | [3] | |||
| 26 | Steven Little Bear | May 29, 1972 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 2 | 28 | ||||
| 27 | Gene Kiniski | June 26, 1972 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 3 | 276 | ||||
| 28 | The Brute | March 29, 1973 | NWA All-Star show | Victoria, BC | 1 | 25 | ||||
| 29 | Sean Regan | April 23, 1973 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 53 | ||||
| 30 | Mike Webster | June 15, 1973 | NWA All-Star show | Vernon, BC | 1 | 52 | ||||
| 31 | The Brute | August 6, 1973 | NWA All-Star show | New Westminster, BC | 2 | 192 | ||||
| 32 | Flash Gordon (George Gordienko) | February 14, 1974 | NWA All-Star show | Victoria, BC | 1 | 46 | ||||
| 33 | Mr. X | April 1, 1974 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 196 | ||||
| 34 | Gene Kiniski | October 14, 1974 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 4 | 98 | Mr. X was unmasked, revealing Guy Mitchell | |||
| 5 | Guy Mitchell | January 20, 1975 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 2 | 91 | [4] | |||
| 36 | Don Leo Jonathan | April 21, 1975 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 3 | 14 | ||||
| 37 | Siegfried Steinke | May 5, 1975 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 97 | ||||
| 38 | Gene Kiniski | August 10, 1975 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 5 | 148 | ||||
| 39 | Don Leo Jonathan | January 5, 1976 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 4 | 63 | ||||
| 40 | Kenji Shibuya | March 8, 1976 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 126 | ||||
| 41 | John Tolos | July 12, 1976 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 28 | [5] | |||
| 42 | John Quinn | August 9, 1976 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 126 | ||||
| 43 | Don Leo Jonathan | December 13, 1976 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 5 | 28 | ||||
| 44 | Gene Kiniski | January 10, 1977 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 6 | 63 | ||||
| 45 | Guy Mitchell | March 14, 1977 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 3 | 105 | ||||
| 46 | "Iron" Mike Sharpe | June 27, 1977 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 56 | ||||
| 47 | Mr. X | August 22, 1977 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 4 | 112 | ||||
| 48 | Don Wayt | December 12, 1977 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 63 | ||||
| 49 | John Quinn | February 13, 1978 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 2 | 91 | ||||
| 50 | Gene Kiniski | May 15, 1978 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 318 | |||||
| 51 | Salvatore Martino | March 29, 1979 | NWA All-Star show | British Columbia | 1 | 46 | ||||
| 52 | Jean Louie (Neil Guay/The Hangman) | May 14, 1979 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 70 | ||||
| 53 | Yaki Joe (Francisco Flores) | July 23, 1979 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | 63 | ||||
| 54 | Siegfried Steinke | September 24, 1979 | NWA All-Star show | Victoria, BC | 2 | 99 | ||||
| 55 | Buddy Rose | January 1980 | NWA All-Star show | British Columbia | 1 | N/A | May have been awarded; records unclear | |||
| 56 | Jay Youngblood | February 9, 1981 | NWA All-Star show | Vancouver, BC | 1 | N/A | ||||
| — | Deactivated | March 1981 | — | — | — | — | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (January 17, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/17): Vader wins IWGP heavyweight title". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (February 7, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 7): Bobby Roode and Austin Aries wins tag gold". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (January 20, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/20): HHH returns, wins 2002 Royal Rumble". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (July 12, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 12): Gagne, Bruiser and Crusher, Ladd wins Americas title, 1992 Bash with Sting vs. Vader". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.