Don Leo Jonathan
However on November 17, 1979 Rose finally broke through when he defeated Stasiak to win the PNW Heavyweight Championship. His first title reign saw defenses against Roddy Piper, Ron Bass, King Parsons, and Don Leo Jonathan. He would finally lose the title on March 22, 1980 to Rick Martel. While he was initially unable to regain the championship, he feuded with Martell, Piper, and The Sheepherders for much of the year. On July 28, 1980 he and Wiskoski defeated The Sheepherders in a loser leaves town match; on August 8 Martell &amp; Piper defeated them to win the vacant PNW Tag-Team Championship.