Pacific Northwest Wresting (PNW) was a Portland, Oregon based professional wrestling company. It was the Northwest territory of the National Wrestling Alliance, and as such saw many of the top names in the business come though on a regular basis. Founded by Don Owen, it was considered one of the main territories from the 1960s to the 1980s. Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown, PDX Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Government  - Mayor Tom Potter Area  - City  145. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... National Wrestling Alliance logo The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is the governing body for a group of independent professional wrestling promotions and sanctions various NWA championships. ... Don Owen (1912-2002) was a professional wrestling promoter working out of Portland, Oregon. ...

For years, PNW broadcast its 90-minute TV program Portland Wrestling on KPTV in Portland on Saturday nights; the program was also syndicated to the rest of Oregon and Washington in an edited 60-minute version known as Big Time Wrestling. Following a slowdown in the wrestling business during the early 1990s and a declaration of bankruptcy by Portland Wrestling's main sponsor (which led to the show ending production in December 1991 and being replaced by syndicated WWF programming), PNW was forced to close its doors in July 1992. KPTV is the Fox television affiliate serving the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

In late 2000, Pacific Northwest Wrestling reopened its doors as Portland Wrestling. They initially had programming on KPTV, and later had their programming aired on local cable access television and have had one Pay Per View. The promotion has taken on a more "extreme" style in the vein of ECW and CZW. Their programming is currently on hiatus while they seek a new TV deal. Unlike the previous version of PNW/Portland Wrestling, the current incarnation of PW is not an NWA member. KPTV is the Fox television affiliate serving the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. ... Cable access television is a general term covering a number of special services provided by cable television companies to communities in the United States. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Alumni

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Champions

PNW champions (when the company closed in 1992)

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Current Portland Wrestling champions

External links

• Pacific Northwest Title Histories