World Heavyweight Championship (Pacific Northwest)

World Heavyweight Championship (Pacific Northwest version)
Details
Date established 1946
Date retired May 21, 1952

The World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship of the Pacific Northwest defended in the states of Oregon, Washington, and California from 1946 until 1952, when it was unified with the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

Title history

Key
Symbol Meaning
No. The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event The event in which the championship changed hands
# Wrestler Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Babe Sharkey 1 1946 [Note 1] N/A N/A Billed as champion on arrival; previously held the Maryland version of the title  
2 Dave Levin 1 1946 [Note 2] N/A House show    
3 Babe Sharkey 2 July 3, 1946 60 Portland, Oregon House show    
4 George Becker 1 September 1, 1946 336 Portland, Oregon House show    
5 Enrique Torres 1 December 11, 1946} 1,442 Los Angeles, California House show    
6 Baron Michele Leone 1 November 22, 1950 546 Los Angeles, California House show    
7 Lou Thesz 1 May 21, 1952 0 Los Angeles, California House show Unified with NWA World Heavyweight Championship as a result of the match  

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The exact date Babe Sharkey began to defend the championship is unknown, putting the title reign at between 1 day and 3,835 days.
  2. ↑ The exact date Levin won the championship is unknown, putting the title reign at between 1 day and 3,835 days.

See also

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