Editing Washington Reign (section)

=== 1997 competition ===

Contemporary NPPL records from 1997 document a professional team competing under the name '''Bushwacker Reign''', also recorded as '''Bushwackers Reign'''.

At the NPPL Las Vegas Open, Bushwacker Reign finished fourth in the professional preliminary rankings and qualified for the semi-finals.

The team did not advance to the final round.[6]

Bushwacker Reign also appeared in the professional 10-man preliminary competition at the 1997 NPPL World Cup.[7]

The precise organisational relationship between Washington Reign and Bushwacker Reign, including any association with the California-based [[Bushwackers (paintball team)|Bushwackers]], has not been conclusively established.