Jody & Ricky Santana at the Portland Wrestling Expo 2

So cool to finally get a photo with the legendary @ricky.santana.5205. We never got a photo back in the Sports Arena days. Well, we did once, but it didn't come out. So many fun photos got lost to bad film, or bad developing, or user error, back in the day! I also got to sit with Ricky at the Hall of Fame dinner. He had some really fun stories to tell. Thanks for the great memories Ricky! I could never properly express how much those Saturday nights meant to me.

 

Portland Wrestling Expo Guests - Random Pics from the Scan Pile!

 

Ricky Santana US MALE 1990

Ricky Santana in the Bodybag OWF, 1988.

The Equalizer, Dave Sullivan

Scott Peterson, Steve Doll & The Assassin

The Assassin

Jody & The Assassin

Equalizer v Steve Doll

Grappler & The Equalizer high-fiving!

The Grappler & Brian Adams

The Equalizer

Ken Patera at a WWF event in Portland's Memorial Coliseum, 1988

Ricky Santana

Brian Adams & The Grappler

Top Gun

Equalizer & Bart Sawyer

Article - Wrestling All Stars September 1988 - Crazy Chris Colt's Mafia by, Ken Hamblin

Another fun article by the great Ken Hamblin!

Right-click to enlarge and print.

 

Portland Wrestling Program - October 25, 1975

Thank you so much to Reed for sending me a scanned copy of his 1975 Portland Wrestling program.  It was great to meet you at the recent Portland Wrestling show!

I love how the programs in the 70s are almost a little magazine in themselves.

If you'd like to help add to this archive, please email me: sunyday76@aol.com

I'd love to share your programs, photos, memorabilia, and stories. 

 

Well-Dunn Goofy Snippet From WWF Magazine in 1994

 

Steven Dunn & Harvey Wippleman Backstage Photo

 This great behind-the-scenes photo was shared by a contributor on @bookprowrestlers on Facebook.

Steven Dunn & Masa Horie USWA Photo

The end of Simply Devine/Well Dunn week. I didn't share any of the video from the USWA here, but from Mid-April to mid-July, they competed there as Simply Devine before joining the WWF and getting the name change. They weren't as goofy and fun in the USWA. Still great, but... That video can be found on YouTube. I think that if the WWF had allowed them to develop these characters, like they did in USA Wrestling, people would have been able to enjoy the team more. I assume it's why they signed them in the first place, right? There's a lot of fun Well Dunn stuff from Smoky Mountain in 1994, too. They did a whole series against the Thrill Seekers, Chris Jericho and Lance Storm. Always more to share, but I will be back to our regularly scheduled programming later today.

 

St. John's Bachelor's Club Wrestling Poster - Dec. 2, 1938 - Elton Owen & Gorgeous George

Someone on the Fans of Portland Wrestling Facebook group shared this poster that they 

recently found at St. Jon's Bachelor's Club.  This is a great piece of Portland Wrestling history

and shows Herb Owen as the promoter.  Elton Owen was wrestling, and so was George Wagner.  George was later known as Gorgeous George. I love the name Mouthy Donavan!