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?  

 

Championship Wrestling USA Clipping - August 8, 1992 at the Portland Sports Arena - 1st Round TV Championship!

 Thanks to Curtis, @RetroGamingHippie3720 on YouTube,

for sharing this awesome clipping! 

If you have Portland Wrestling history to share, please

email me: sunyday76@aol.com

 

RIP Dory Funk Jr.

I know that Dory Funk Jr was a wrestling legend.  He was mostly before my time.

I had seen him in wrestling magazines and maybe heard his name a handful of times.

In 1991, I helped Steve Doll get an article in Wrestling Fury magazine.

They asked him to send photos for the article, and he asked me to help him choose.  

As we were going through lots of his photos, this one was at the top of his choices.

He told me that Dory Funk Jr was one of his childhood heroes and that he was honored to 

work with him in Japan.  A few months later, he excitedly told me about a match he had while

on another trip to Japan with Dory, Dynamite Kid, Terry Gordy, Steve Williams, and Andre the Giant. I was impressed by Andre, but for him it was clearly Dory who was the top legend in the ring. 

See the article:

Wrestling Fury Nov 1991

 

Portland Wrestling 4/8/89 Welcome to the Breakfast Club Brian Adams v Nord the Barbarian Strap Match ~ Video

 

One of the most iconic moments in the later days of Portland Wrestling. The Oregon Boxing and Wrestling Commission had banned all blood, and lots of other things, in wrestling, and the Booker (The Grappler) was open to ideas about new ways to wow the crowd. John Nord (The Barbarian) suggested the cereal and milk, and it seemed like as good an idea as any, so they went for it! They didn't tell Don Owen beforehand, so his anger in the interview after was probably genuine. He was very concerned with how much it would cost to clean the mat. Nord was known for hitting hard, and Brian was COVERED in black and blue bruises after the matches that night. Being the weird wrestling girl at school meant that on Monday everyone wanted to talk to me about it because it was such a big deal.

Diamond Timothy Flowers 92-93 Portland Sports Arena Photo- CWUSA

"Diamond" Timothy Flowers appearing at the Portland Sports Arena.  No year 

on the photo, but since Sandy Barr is announcing and I appear to be sitting ringside, I 

assume it is 1992 or 1993. He did some appearances in those years for Sandy Barr's 

Championship Wrestling USA.

 

Portland Wrestling Program - November 9, 1991 - DOUBLE MAIN EVENT! Coal Miner's Glove Match!

 Thanks to Curtis, @RetroGamingHippie3720 on YouTube,

for sharing this awesome program! 

 

Oregonian Clipping - August 1, 1987 - Loser Loses Hair Winner Takes All - Money, Belt & Hair

No doubt BOILING hot in the Portland Sports Arena on August 1, 1987.

But totally worth it to see these exciting bouts!

Art Crews lost his hair, and the newly minted Southern Rockers (2 weeks old),

did not win the titles.

 

WWF Comes To Portland - Match Line-Up & Photos - May 20, 1987 - I Got To Meet Matilda!

This was my first WWF show. I was chatting with DOA wrestler

 Sid Sylum about our first WWF shows, and I couldn't remember the card.  In those years, the shows were never televised and sometimes lacked the pizazz that WWF had on TV.  I honestly enjoyed a good ol' night at the Portland Sports Arena much more!  I was probably more thrilled to see Matilda

than anyone else on the card!  I took a picture with the Can Am Connection, 

but it didn't turn out! 😥

We hung around the parking lot after the show.  I didn't

get any British Bulldog autographs because I was too busy 

petting Matilda.  She was the real star!

I loved Miss Elizabeth and had a large poster of her on my wall.

I also liked Macho Man, but I remember thinking she could do better! 😂

Tito Santana