NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship

The NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance and defended in its member promotion Pacific Northwest Wrestling and later Blue Collar Wrestling which promoted shows in the United States states of Oregon and Washington, and occasionally other areas in the northwestern United States.
The title was created in 1955 by Don Owen Sports for the NWA Pacific Northwest territory, and became the top singles title for that area. The first champion was Luther Lindsay, who captured the title in a tournament final over Roger Mackay on May 24 that year in Salem, Oregon.
The title remained active until July 1992, when Don Owen retired and sold his company to Sandy Barr. Barr retired all NWA PNW titles with Owen and began operating under the company name Championship Wrestling USA, creating new championships. The actual retired (Owen Era) NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship belt was auctioned off by Len Denton (The Grappler) to Bruce Owens. Dave Millican (The Ace of Belts) purchased it from Owens and later sold it to a collector who wishes to remain anonymous.
Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling became recognized as the NWA Pacific Northwest territory in 1998 and has an NWA/ECCW Heavyweight Championship, which is sometimes referred to as the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship.
In January 2015, the NWA made its return to Portland when local promotion Blue Collar Wrestling (BCW) joined the Alliance. At that point, the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship was revived for use in BCW.
==Past designs==
NWA PNW Heavyweight 1982.jpg|Belt design used from 1982 to 1985. This belt differed in that it was inscribed "Northwest Pacific Coast Heavyweight Champion"
NWA Pacific Northwest Champion (old 2).jpg|Belt design used from 1985 to 1992
==See also==
*Pacific Northwest Wrestling
*Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling
*National Wrestling Alliance
*Jim Crockett Promotions
*Title history - History of the championship.
*Champion history - History of the wrestlers who have held the belt.
*Title matches - Matches in which the title was defended.
*Reigns by length - Lists of the length and reigns.
*Champion Gallery - A gallery of all champions.
==External links==
* NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship at CAGEMATCH.net
Category:National Wrestling Alliance championships
Category:Pacific Northwest Wrestling championships
Category:Heavyweight championships
Category:Regional professional wrestling championships
Category:Singles championships