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Old 10-24-2011, 09:44 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by ddpBANG View Post
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.
Portland wrestling had been around since the Mid 20's.
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Originally Posted by DLVH84 View Post
Big Time Wrestling was in Dallas, which evolved into World Class Championship Wrestling.
True, but wrong Big TIme Wrestling.

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Originally Posted by CSL View Post
yes but Portland had a TV show named Big Time Wrestling that was nothing to do with WCCW
yes
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