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Old 10-24-2011, 10:17 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by Destor View Post
1948-Portland, Oregon, promoter Don Owen’s cards are first aired on television.

(Portland Wrestling later known as Big TIme Wrestling)

http://www.pwi-online.com/pages/wrestlingframe.html

this is the earliest i can find
Portland Wrestling actually started around '52 or '53 in Portland, went regional for a few years, but never national. It ran for nearly 40 years in Portland, which is just crazy. Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW) had pretty much every wrestler that never won a major World Title perform in the territory over the years.

Hollywood Wrestling/Wrestling from Hollywood started airing in L.A. around '47 and went national in '52.
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