Japanese Websites Confused about the Southern Rockers!

 I recently came across this Japanese wrestling website that had some pretty funny inaccuracies about the Southern Rockers.  

Where did they get the name "Jose Vargas Sanchez"?  It's funny that they mentioned that some sources say Dallas, TX. He was born there.  He did spend the last 15 or so years of his life in Hendersonville, TN, so they were partly right.  

Apparently they thought that Rex King and Scott Peterson were the same person.

I'd love to see some of their Japanese tag matches, but I haven't been able to find them anywhere on the web yet.  

The Southern Rockers (Steve Doll & Scott Peterson) First Tag Team Title win! - 11/7/1987 - And Title History

 

This is the Southern Rockers' first tag team title win. Steve Doll and Scott Peterson had been teaming together since July of 1987. Their first televised tag match has not yet surfaced. If you have any Portland wrestling locked on VHS, let me know! sunyday76@aol.com

Joey Jackson & Super Ninja

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The Southern Rockers

Steve Doll & Scott Peterson

This footage aired on the Big Time wrestling version of Portland Wrestling, which aired in the Seattle area. Thanks to Rich Patterson for digitizing it and allowing me to share it on Southern Rockers Day (August 19, 1989). Rich has an external hard drive of over 500 hours of Portland Wrestling available for sale. For more info, email: portlandwrestlingvideo@yahoo.com You can get your own Southern Rockers Forever Shirt and Sticker! Etsy Portland Wrestling Fan Shop: (Fun T-shirts & Stickers) https://www.etsy.com/shop/PortlandWrestlingFan

Southern Rockers Title History x17 Titles

Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champions x11

    7x with Scott Peterson as The Southern Rockers

•  NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Scott Peterson defeating Joey Jackson & Super Ninja (November 7, 1987) 
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Scott Peterson defeating Avalanche & Mike Golden (May 7, 1988)
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Scott Peterson defeating The Terminator & The Grappler (July 9, 1988)
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Scott Peterson defeating Col. DeBeers & Buddy Rose for vacant titles (July 22, 1988)
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Scott Peterson defeating Avalanche & Buddy Rose (September 20, 1988)
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Scott Peterson defeating Abbuda Dein & The Grappler (January 7, 1989)
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Scott Peterson defeating Nord the Barbarian & Col. DeBeers for vacant titles (April 29, 1989)

    4x with Rex King as the Southern Rockers

•  NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating The Grappler & Scotty the Body (August 26, 1989)
  
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating The Grappler & Scotty the Body for vacant titles (September 16, 1989)
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating Brian Adams & Jeff Warner for vacant titles (November 11, 1989)
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating Brian Adams & The Grappler (January 27, 1990)

 USWA Tag Team Champions x4

3x with Rex King as The Southern Rockers

•  USWA World Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating Brian Lee & Robert Fuller (February 3, 1990)
• USWA World Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating Brian Lee & Robert Fuller (February 12, 1990)
• USWA World Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating Sweet Daddy Falcone & Brickhouse Brown (May 21, 1990)

     1x with Rex King as Simply Devine  

•  USWA World Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating The Moondogs (Splat & Spot) (April 12, 1993)

  World Wrestling Council (Puerto Rico)

WWC (World Wrestling Council) World Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating Doug Masters & Ron Starr (June 24, 1992)

 Music City Wrestling (Nashville, TN)

• MCW (Nashville) North American Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating Shane Eden & Chris Michaels (May 30, 1998). Steve & Reno attack Rex, and Reno takes his place.

 

Happy Southern Rockers Day! August 19, 1989

  Technically, the Southern Rockers, Steve Doll & Scott Peterson, started tagging on Portland Wrestling TV on July 18, 1987. Steve & Scott won the Pacific Northwest tag titles on 7 occasions. Just over 2 years later, Scott Peterson decided to leave the business, and Rex King joined Steve Doll. They won the Pacific Northwest titles four times. As well as winning the tag titles in the USWA, Music City, and the World Wrestling Council. They even went to the WWF after changing their name to Well Dunn. On Scott's last night as a Southern Rocker, August 19, 1989, they threw a big party at the sold-out Sports Arena and declared that Southern Rockers Live Forever! I just can't let the memory of this great tag team, or these great wrestlers, fade away! So, I've decided that each year on August 19th will be Southern Rockers Day! I hope you'll wear your best zebra stripes and listen to some classic rock today. 

Lots more Southern Rockers content coming today!

A bunch of random Southern Rockers pics from the scan pile!

12-26-87

Pals

The Southern Rockers versus The Beach Boys 1988

We want Scott!  We want Scott!

Leaving the Crow's Nest 1989

Double drop kick on Scotty the Body 6 3 89

The Southern Rockers back together again!

Steve and Rex after returning from a tour in Japan 1990.

Steve Doll & Scott Peterson January 1989

Steve and Scott attending a Toy Drive at Lloyd Center Ice Rink, Dec 1988.

Southern Rockers promotional photo by Ken Hamblin.

Steve, Assassin and Scott. 

From the collection of Robert Haag

Steve Doll at the gym.

Southern Rockers twinsies!

Scott, Jody and Steve 2 16 88

Steve Doll & Rex King in USWA 1990

Tag Team Champs

Me with Steve & Scott 6 11 88.

Buddies

Scott returned for two weeks in 1990.

Tillamook Armory.

Rex, Jody & Steve

Sandy Barr's Flea Market Anniversary 9 5 89

Southern Rockers retain their titles!

Coconut Willie with Rex King and Steve Doll

Championship Wrestling USA Program - Saturday, March 19, 1994 - It's War!

 Thanks to Curtis, @RetroGamingHippie3720 on YouTube,

for sharing this awesome program! 

 

Portland Wrestling Match - 10/28/89 - Steve Doll v Brian Adams - One of my favorite matches!

This is one of my all-time favorite matches. It's probably not anyone else's favorite, but it is mine. From Brian pretending to vomit when Steve was coming to the ring, Steve's matador routine, the butt shaking that the crowd loved, and the secret drop kick. All fun! I remember seeing this match at the Sports Arena and thinking that Steve and Brian were probably having so much fun out there. They were good friends and neighbors. They lived in the same apartment complex. They often rode together and went to the gym together. Years later, they even became brothers-in-law when Steve married Brian's wife's sister. I've heard stories about Brian not wanting to stay at Steve's house in Hendersonville, TN because he thought it was haunted!

 

Portland Wrestling Program - November 30, 1991 - Cage Match & Lumberjack Match!

 Thanks to Curtis, @RetroGamingHippie3720 on YouTube,

for sharing this awesome program! 

 

Portland Wrestling 5/6/89 - Betelgeuse has moves. Buddy Rose does not! Funny match segment. - YouTube Video

 

Just a snippet of a match between Buddy Rose and Betelgeuse. Betelgeuse shows off his skills, but Buddy needs a little work!

My Portland Wrestling VHS collection was digitized by Rich Patterson. Thanks Rich! He has an external hard drive of over 500 hours of Portland Wrestling available for sale. For more info, email: portlandwrestlingvideo@yahoo.com Fans of Portland Wrestling group on Facebook:   / 90520880828  

Uncle Milt's Pizza Menu & Event Schedule April 1992

In 1991, Portland Wrestling formed a partnership with Uncle Milt's Pizza in Vancouver, WA.

Over the next couple of years, many great events happened there, even title changes

and spectacular matches.  Not sure why exactly.  My thoughts would be that they were trying to 

establish a home location outside of Oregon in case the wrestling commission shut down the ability to have wrestling entirely.  Or, they were considering selling the Sports Arena?