In 1989, KGON radio did a promotion with one of their DJs, Bill Prescott. Bill and the
Southern Rockers announced a contest. If you could get a photo of the Grappler without his
mask on, you could win a date with Steve Doll & Scott Peterson to ride in a Limo and go
see Bon Jovi in concert. Oh boy, did I try! Keep in mind that I was 13, so what I could do was
limited. I did convince my mom to follow him home a few Saturday nights, but he didn't go home.
He went directly to the club, as many wrestlers did on Saturday nights. They often went to the
Cattle Company on McLoughlin in Milwaukie. Of course, we couldn't follow him in there, but my mom followed him in one night and he never took off the mask!! DAMMIT!!
At the Portland Wrestling Expo in February,
I asked him about the gimmick, and he said that it was Roddy
Piper's idea and that it really got out of hand. People would follow him when his family was in the car and come up to his house and take pictures in the windows to try and get him. I don't think
they really thought that whole thing through!
Another girl named Jody won the contest. Ugh!
I wanted to win so bad!!
I did go to the concert, but not with Steve Doll. 🤪
