9/30/89 Portland Wrestling Wrecking Crew Get Betelgeuse Steve Doll v Al Madril Rip Oliver v The Grappler

September 30, 1989 (Joined In Progress) Fun night with lots of action! M= Steve Doll v Al Madril FG= Al Madril, Betelgeuse, Nord the Barbarian, Brian Adams Football Gear/Kendo Stick On A Pole Match M= Bill Francis & Carl Stiles v The Wrecking Crew, Big Brian Adams & Nord the Barbarian I= Bill Francis, Barry Owen Tape from Last Saturday Night= Rip Oliver attacking the Grappler Tape from Last Saturday Night= Rip Oliver calls out the Grappler. They fight throughout the arena. Grappler throws my soda in Rip Oliver's face! M= Rip Oliver v The Grappler? (Or some guy in a mask.) The whole locker room does a run-in. I= Rip Oliver, Barry Owen

The Southern Rockers v Mike Golden & The Avalanche - 3/12/88 - You Tube Videos

Classic Southern Rockers match from 1988!

Those hot pink tights were my favorite. 

That dastardly Mike Golden is up to no good once again!

Who Is The Mat Man? 1989 - Portland Wrestling Mystery

The Matman Mystery....

In 1989, a masked wrestler named Matman joined Portland Wrestling. At first, we just had an interview. Everyone agrees that Scotty the Body was donning the mask and cape that night.

In July of 1989, Moondog Moretti had a match with the Matman, who was, in Moondog's words, "The Shits!" It has been said that Bert Prentice was in Portland at the time, and he had a "friend" or protege with him that took the Matman gimmick to the ring for the first time. No one knows who that might have been. Matman came to the rescue of Rex King on the 8-5-89 episode, and it was clearly a different wrestler. The general consensus is that Pat Tanaka was under the mask this time.

Many members of the Fans of Portland Wrestling group on Facebook thought it might have been Ricky Santana, instead of Pat Tanaka, but Ricky confirmed, in the comments, that it was never him.

Thanks to Mike Rogers for covering this interesting topic in

The Encyclopedia of Portland Wrestlers book.

I was scanning some photos and came across this one. This is marked 6-17-89 on the back, but that date could be wrong. That's not a Scotty the Body chin. Is it a Pat Tanaka chin? Or is this the Bert Prentice protege?

The full episode with Matman.

8/5/89

 

ARTICLE - Southern Rockers Do It With Style - Wrestling Scene Magazine 1988 - by, Ken Hamblin

The Southern Rockers didn't get much magazine coverage.  This

article was written by Northwest photographer and journalist Ken Hamblin.

Thanks for covering the Rockers Ken! 

 

Portland Wrestling 10/14/89 Wrecking Crew Turn On Nord the Barbarian & Trouble For The Southern Rockers

I don't have the whole show for this event, but this is about 11 action-packed minutes!

A small part of the show from October 14, 1989. I- Steve Doll, The Grappler, Nord The Barbarian, Brian Adams (Attack Steve. Cut Steve's hair.) M- Rex King(w/Steve Doll & Ginger) v Scotty The Body(w/Lord Johnathon Boyd) M- Brian Adams (w/The Grappler) v Nord the Barbarian (Cuts Nord's beard.) I- Nord the Barbarian & Barry Owen

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Steve Doll & Rex King in USWA 1990 Photos

 In 1990, when Steve Doll returned to Portland from the USWA, I took these photos to get them signed. I got them from a pen pal of mine who lived in Tennessee. He looked at them closely and said, "JODY!! Did you follow me to Tennessee?? Why didn't you come say hi?". I laughed and told him no, that I got them from a pen pal. He didn't know about the network of wrestling pen pals and thought it was pretty cool. That's Brickhouse Brown in the ring with Rex King.

Halloween 1989! We Won The Costume Contest at the Sports Arena!

Halloween 1989! My friend and I dressed as the Beach Boys (Avalanche and Buddy Rose). Mom made us some big board shorts, and we got some beach-themed t-shirts, stuffed them with pillows, and took a giant beach ball to the ring with us! We thought we were so funny! It was the first time I got to step inside the ring, and that was a REAL thrill! The contest was chosen by crowd noise, so when it came to our turn, I was really hamming it up and trying to get the crowd to cheer for us. Don Coss had to stop me! 😂 Buddy Rose walked by us on the way to the crow's nest and said he thought the costumes were great! We won tickets for next Saturday night.

 

Steve Doll v Playboy Buddy Rose 2/3 Falls 6/11/1988 - You Tube Videos

Steve did a great job of selling the hurt leg from fall to fall in this match!

Great setup for a feud with Buddy and Al Madril. 

Photos from an autograph session earlier that day!