Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Championship
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Professional wrestling championship
PromotionPacific Northwest
Date establishedDecember 25, 1940
Date retiredMay 15, 1957
First champion(s)Billy McEuin
| Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||
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| Promotion | Pacific Northwest | ||||||||
| Date established | December 25, 1940 | ||||||||
| Date retired | May 15, 1957 | ||||||||
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The Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship that was contended for in the Pacific Northwest from the early 1940s until 1957.[1] When the title was retired in 1957, it was the top singles title in the Pacific Northwest area.
- 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 |
| N/A | The specific information is not known |
| — | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
| [Note #] | Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details. |
| # | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy McEuin | 1 | December 25, 1940 | 151 | Eugene, Oregon | House show | Defeated Billy Raeborn | |
| 2 | Herb Parks | 1 | May 22, 1941 | 21 | Eugene, Oregon | House show | ||
| 3 | Billy McEuin | 2 | June 12, 1941 | 84 | Eugene, Oregon | House show | ||
| 4 | George Wagner | 1 | September 4, 1941 | [Note 1] | Eugene, Oregon | House show | ||
| 5 | Gust Johnson | 1 | N/A | [Note 1] | N/A | House show | ||
| 6 | George Dussette | 1 | March 26, 1945 | 126 | N/A | House show | ||
| 7 | Jack Lipscomb | 1 | July 30, 1945 | 133 | N/A | House show | ||
| 8 | Joe Lynam | 1 | December 10, 1945 | 113 | N/A | House show | ||
| 9 | Bruno Angelo | 1 | April 2, 1946 | 86 | N/A | House show | ||
| 10 | George Dussette | 2 | June 27, 1946 | 74 | N/A | House show | ||
| 11 | Pete Belacastro | 1 | September 9, 1946 | [Note 1] | N/A | House show | ||
| 12 | Herb Parks | 2 | N/A | [Note 1] | N/A | House show | ||
| 13 | Jackie Nichols | 1 | August 28, 1947 | 108 | N/A | House show | ||
| 14 | Frank Stojack | 1 | December 14, 1947 | 136 | Yakima, Washington | House show | ||
| 15 | Gordon Hessell | 1 | April 28, 1948 | [Note 2] | N/A | House show | ||
| 16 | Frank Stojack | 2 | May 1948 | [Note 3] | N/A | House show | ||
| 17 | Jack McLaughlin | 1 | June 8, 1949 | [Note 1] | Vancouver, British Columbia | House show | ||
| - | Vacated | - | 1949 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vacated for undocumented reasons | |
| 18 | Tony Ross | 1 | August 21, 1949 | 50 | Vancouver, British Columbia | House show | Defeated Leo Kirikeno | |
| 19 | Buck Weaver | 1 | October 10, 1949 | 31 | N/A | House show | ||
| 20 | Al Szasz | 1 | November 10, 1949 | 66 | N/A | House show | ||
| 21 | Bob Cummings | 1 | January 15, 1950 | 167 | N/A | House show | ||
| 22 | Leo Wallick | 1 | July 1, 1950 | 174 | N/A | House show | [2] | |
| 23 | Frank Stojack | 3 | December 22, 1950 | 94 | Tacoma, Washington | House show | ||
| 24 | Andy Tremaine * | 1 | March 26, 1951 | 94 | Portland, Oregon | House show | ||
| 25 | Dale Haddock * | 1 | June 28, 1951 | 51 | Portland, Oregon | House show | ||
| 26 | Frenchy Roy * | 1 | August 18, 1951 | [Note 4] | Portland, Oregon | House show | [3] | |
| 27 | Frank Stojack | 4 | 1951 | [Note 5] | N/A | House show | ||
| 28 | Masked Marvel[Note 6] | 1 | December 1951 | [Note 7] | Seattle, Washington | House show | ||
| 29 | Roger Mackay | 1 | May 16, 1952 | 211 | Tacoma, Washington | House show | ||
| 30 | Frank Stojack | 5 | December 13, 1952 | 369 | Roseburg, Oregon | House show | ||
| 31 | Roger Mackay | 2 | December 17, 1953 | [Note 1] | N/A | House show | ||
| 32 | Carl Engstrom | 1 | 1954 | [Note 1] | N/A | House show | ||
| - | Vacated | - | 1954 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vacated for undocumented reasons | |
| 33 | Tommy Martindale | 1 | May 14, 1954 | 18 | Portland, Oregon | House show | Won tournament; Roger Mackey defeats Martindale, but Martindale refuses to hand over the belt and later loses it to Kurt Von Poppenheim | |
| 34 | Kurt Von Poppenheim | 1 | June 11, 1954 | 153 | Longview, Washington | House show | ||
| 35 | Luigi Macera | 1 | November 11, 1954 | 29 | N/A | House show | ||
| 36 | Kurt Von Poppenheim | 2 | December 10, 1954 | 76 | N/A | House show | ||
| 36 | Pepper Gomez | 1 | February 24, 1955 | [Note 1] | N/A | House show | ||
| - | Vacated | - | 1955 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vacated for undocumented reasons | |
| 37 | Larry Chene | 1 | February 24, 1956 | 84 | N/A | House show | ||
| 38 | Bull Montana | 1 | May 18, 1956 | 21 | N/A | House show | ||
| 39 | Kurt Von Poppenheim | 3 | June 8, 1956 | 212 | N/A | House show | ||
| 40 | Red Bastien | 1 | January 6, 1957 | 12 | N/A | House show | ||
| 41 | Kurt Von Poppenheim | 4 | January 18, 1957 | 38 | N/A | House show | [4] | |
| 42 | Luigi Macera | 2 | February 25, 1957 | 79 | N/A | House show | ||
| 43 | Ed Francis | 1 | May 15, 1957 | [Note 8] | N/A | House show | ||
| - | Abandoned | - | May 1957 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Title abandoned | |
Footnotes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The length of the title reign is too uncertain to calculate
- ↑ The exact date that Hessell lost the championship is uncertain, which puts his title reign at between 3 and 33 days.
- ↑ The exact date that Stojack won the championship is uncertain, which means that the title reign lasted between 8 and 38 days.
- ↑ The date French Roy lost the championship is uncertain, which means that the title reign lasted between 1 day and 134 days.
- ↑ The date Stojack won and lost the championship is uncertain, which means that the title reign lasted between 1 day and 134 days.
- ↑ The Masked Marvel was Buddy Knox.
- ↑ The exact date that the Masked Marvel won the championship is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 137 and 167 days.
- ↑ The exact date that the championship was abandoned is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 0 days ad 16 days.
References
- ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ↑ Hoops, Brian (July 1, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 1): Ric Flair stripped of WCW title, Von Erich win WCCW Tag titles". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
- ↑ Hoops, Brian (August 18, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (August 18): Brock Lesnar vs. CM Punk, Daniel Bryan vs. John Cena at WWE SummerSlam 2014". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ↑ Hoops, Brian (January 18, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/18): Ivan Koloff defeats Bruno Sammartino for WWWF title". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.