to win the 50th State Big Time Wrestling tag-team championship. They would lose them on June 14, 1978 in Honolulu, HI to John Tolos and Steve Strong. Later that summer Rose entered a tournament to crown the vacant NWA San Francisco United States Heavyweight Title. He won it on September 16, 1978 when he defeated Dean Ho, securing his first singles championship. Meanwhile, in the PNW, Rose and Wiskoski were finally beaten for the PNW Tag-Team titles by Dutch Savage and Johnny Boyd on November 21, 1978. By 1979 Perschmann was now a mainstay of the PNW and one of their top attractions. At some point in the year Rose & Wiskoski regained the Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title. On May 8, 1979 in Portland, OR he wrestled PNW Heavyweight Champion "Rowdy" Roddy Piper to a draw, the start of a feud which Piper credits in his autobiography as establishing his name in the business. Three days later Rose regained the Big Time Wrestling United States Title by pinning Ron Starr. However his efforts to win the PNW's primary title remained unsuccessful, as he was unable to defeat Piper or latter champion Stan Stasiak. However on November 17, 1979, Rose finally broke through when he defeated Stasiak to win the PNW Heavyweight Championship. His first title reign saw defenses against Roddy Piper, Ron Bass, King Parsons, and Don Leo Jonathan. He would finally lose the title on March 22, 1980 to Rick Martel. While he was initially unable to regain the championship, he feuded with Martell, Piper, and The Sheepherders for much of the year. On July 28, 1980 he and Wiskoski defeated The Sheepherders in a loser leaves town match; on August 8 Martell & Piper defeated them to win the vacant PNW Tag-Team Championship. On August 16, 1980 Rose defeated Martel to regain the PNW Northwest Heavyweight Championship, and following this triumph by defeating Roddy Piper in a loser leaves town encounter on September 20 in Portland, Oregon. He successfully defended the title that winter against Jonathan Boyd and Sivi Afi before losing it to Jay Youngblood in early 1981. Rose would get a measure of revenge by defeating Youngblood in a loser leaves town match on May 12, 1981. On October 6, 1981 he capture the Northwest Heavyweight Championship for a third time, defeating Steve Regal in Portland. Regal would regain it eighteen days later in a