1
Reign 1
Hillbilly Ned
372 days
Dec 25, 1977 – Jan 1, 1979
Tournament final
15 reigns8 championsMost reigns: Blackjack Lynch (4)Longest reign: Hillbilly Ned (372 days)
Imported from the surviving PCW TITLE HISTORIES source. Explicit gaps and vacancies are preserved inline and are not counted as reigns.
Recorded history is partial. The surviving title history contains explicit gaps or incomplete periods; this is recorded history, not a claim of complete lineage.
This is a historical championship. An open-ended final reign means the surviving source does not provide an end date.
Longest Reigns
Top 4 individual reigns2
Reign 1
Boris Ostrovsky
221 days
Nov 25, 1976 – Jul 4, 1977
3
Reign 2
Blackjack Lynch
150 days
Jul 4, 1977 – Dec 1, 1977
4
Reign 1
Blackjack Lynch
144 days
Jul 4, 1976 – Nov 25, 1976
Tournament final
Recorded History
Known records preserved to date · scroll horizontally on smaller screens| Date | Champion | Won From / Outcome | Event | Location | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 1976 | Blackjack Lynch | Defeated previous champion | Tournament final | 144 days | Premier Championship Wrestling legacy source: Blackjack Lynch defeated Boris Ostrovsky in a tournament final - 4th of July 1976 | |
| Nov 25, 1976 | Boris Ostrovsky | Blackjack Lynch | 221 days | Premier Championship Wrestling legacy source: Boris Ostrovsky bested Lynch - Thanksgiving 1976 | ||
| Jul 4, 1977 | Blackjack Lynch Reign 2 | Boris Ostrovsky | 150 days | Premier Championship Wrestling legacy source: Lynch regained the title from Ostrovsky - 4th of July 1977 | ||
| December 1, 1977 | VACANT | Championship vacated | — | 24 days vacant | Title was vacated on December 1st, 1977. | |
| Dec 25, 1977 | Hillbilly Ned | Won vacant championship | Tournament final | 372 days | Premier Championship Wrestling legacy source: Hillbilly Ned beat Scotty O'Riley in a tournament final - December 25th, 1977 | |
| Jan 1, 1979 | Blackjack Lynch Reign 3 | Hillbilly Ned | Unknown | Premier Championship Wrestling legacy source: Blackjack Lynch regains the title from Ned - New Year's Day 1979 Lineage break after this reign: GAP IN HISTORY. Do not infer continuity to the next known champion. | ||
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| 1984 | Oliver Strickland | Defeated previous champion | Unknown | Premier Championship Wrestling legacy source: Oliver Strickland listed as champion in 1984 Lineage break after this reign: GAP IN HISTORY. Do not infer continuity to the next known champion. | ||
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| Early 2004 | "Sweet" Lou Orton | Defeated previous champion | Unknown | Premier Championship Wrestling legacy source: "Sweet" Lou Orton listed as champion in early 2004 | ||
| March 2004 | Jackson Haynes | "Sweet" Lou Orton | Unknown | Premier Championship Wrestling legacy source: Jackson Haynes defeats Orton in March 2004 | ||
| Nov 25, 2004 | Blackjack Lynch Reign 4 | Jackson Haynes | Unknown | Premier Championship Wrestling legacy source: Blackjack Lynch defeats Haynes on Thanksgiving of '04 Lineage break after this reign: GAP IN HISTORY. Do not infer continuity to the next known champion. | ||
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| 2007 | Captain Joe Flint | Defeated previous champion | Unknown | Premier Championship Wrestling legacy source: Captain Joe Flint listed as champion in 2007 | ||
| early 2008 | Rex Summers | Captain Joe Flint | Unknown | Premier Championship Wrestling legacy source: Rex Summers defeats Flint in early 2008 | ||
| June '08 | Captain Joe Flint Reign 2 | Rex Summers | Unknown | Premier Championship Wrestling legacy source: Flint regains the title from Summers in June '08 | ||
| August '08 | Rex Summers Reign 2 | Captain Joe Flint | Unknown | Premier Championship Wrestling legacy source: Summers wins the title back from Flint in August '08 | ||
| September '08 | Captain Joe Flint Reign 3 | Rex Summers | Unknown | Premier Championship Wrestling legacy source: Flint regains the title again in September '08 | ||
| November 2008 | VACANT | Championship vacated | — | — | Captain Joe Flint was forced to vacate due to injury in November 2008. | |
| Nov 27, 2008 | Rex Summers Reign 3 | Won vacant championship | Tournament after vacancy | Unknown | Premier Championship Wrestling legacy source: Flint is forced to vacate due to injury in November '08, Summers wins the title in a tournament on Thanksgiving Night '08 | |