Random Photos From the Scan Pile

Just some more randomness from the scan pile.  

They aren't all great, but the memories are!

Top Gun wins Wrestler of the Year at the Wrestle-Media Awards 1988.

The Rockers at a WWF event in Portland, 7-6-89

"Golden Boy" Mike Golden

Tito Santana at WWF event in Portland 7-6-89

The Southern Rockers leave the Crow's Nest. 3-17-89

Melee in the ring!  Betelgeuse, Equalizer, Moondog Moretti, Al Madril, Ricky Santana, Rip Oliver 1990

Bart Sawyer 1990

Curtis Thompson 1990

Scotty the Body 1989

Brian Adams, "The American Ninja" 1988

Steve Doll CLOSE UP!

 

Portland Wrestling Full Episode - 10/28/89 - Steve Doll v Brian Adams, Rip Oliver v The Grappler, Scotty The Body v Bill Francis

Tonight's events! 10/28/1989 I- Scotty the Body, Veronica T- Grappler tries to buy off Jeff Warner M- Kangaroo Lord Johnathon Boyd(w/Baby Doll the Snake) v Country Carl Stiles (w/Chicken) FG- Al Madril, Bill Francis, Scotty the Body, Brian Adams, Steve Doll, Rex King, Betelgeuse M- Steve Doll (w/Ginger) Scotty brings her candy. v Brian Adams (Run In By Rex King) -This is one of my all-time favorite matches! I- Brian Adams, The Grappler, Jeff Warner, Barry Owen M- Johnathon Holiday v Rex King (w/Ginger) Scotty brings her flowers. I- Scotty the Body, Johnathon Holiday, Veronica, Bill Francis M- Scotty the Body(w/Veronica & Johnathon Boyd) v Bill Francis (w/One hand tied behind his back.) Boyd puts the snake around Francis. Betelgeuse saves him. I- Jonathon Boyd, Betelgeuse, Kevin the Little Juicer T- Rip Oliver, Barry Owen M- Rip "The Crippler" Oliver v The Grappler (Grappler has lots of weapons.) Run in from Betelgeuse, Steve Doll, Rex King, Carl Stiles become lumberjacks and throw the Grappler back in the ring. Al Madril, Johnny Holiday, Brian Adams, Scotty the Body join, and everyone starts fighting. I- Rip Oliver, Barry Owen, Mike Ethridge(Logger) M- Betelgeuse v Al Madril (Run in by Johnny Boyd w/Baby Doll snake) I- The Grappler, Johnny Boyd

 

Introducing The Southern Rockers - Wrestling Magazine Article by Ken Hamblin - Feb. 1989

 

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

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

 

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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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.

 

Scotty the Body Photos 1989-1990

I've been scanning in my photos lately, and I have a lot of Scotty!  

I always loved his outfits!

 

Portland Wrestling Full Episode 9/2/1989 - Sudden Impact Match - You Tube Video

1 Point Card from Sudden Impact Match

Betegeuse, Sexy Rexy King, Bodyguard Ray & Don Coss?

September 2, 1989 Tonight's Card: Heavyweight Championship Tournament Betelgeuse Betelgeuse Steve Doll
Double DQ Jeff Warner Al Madril By DQ Al Madril The Grappler The Grappler Moondog Moretti Carl Stiles CW Bergstrom Carl Stiles Carl Stiles Scotty The Body Midnight Soldier (Unmasked) WINNER Rex King by DQ Rex King Scotty the Body Scotty The Body (No contestant.) M= Steve Doll v Betelgeuse M= Al Madril v Jeff Warner I= Steve Doll, Betelgeuse I= Scotty the Body, Jonathon Boyd, Barry Owen, Scotty's Mommy M= Grappler v Moondog Moretti M= CW Bergstrom v Carl Stiles M= Midnight Soldier v Rex King FG= Brian Adams is the Midnight Soldier, Al Madril, Grappler, Equalizer I= Betelgeuse, Rex King, Steve Doll (20th Anniversary of the Flea Market) M= The Grappler v Carl Stiles M= Rex King v Scotty the Body I= Southern Rockers, Steve Doll & Rex King, Bill Prescot I= Betelgeuse, Jeff Warner, Steve Doll, Rex King M= Scotty the Body w/Lord Jonathon Boyd v Carl Stiles, Grappler run in. I= Grappler, Scotty the Body, Lord Jonathon Boyd, Scotty's Mommy M= SUDDEN IMPACT MATCH (Judged by Scotty, Betelgeuse, Don Coss) Bill Francis v Nord the Barbarian (Run in by everyone.) M= Scotty the Body v Steve Doll I= Nord the Barbarian, The Grappler, Brian Adams attacks Don Coss (One flustered fuzzy bear of armpit hair.) Rex King, Carl Stiles, Betelgeuse

Portland Wrestling Full Episode 8/5/1989 - Who is the Matman? - You Tube Video

Portland Wrestling Full Episode August 5, 1989.

If you Google who Matman is, it says that it is Scott Levy (Scotty the Body); 

however, this guy is much smaller than Scotty.  If you compare the height between

the two compared to Sandy Barr, you can clearly see that he is smaller.

According to the Portland Wrestling Encyclopedia, by Mike Rogers, it may have 

been a protege of Bert Prentice and was also possibly played by Pat Tanaka.

Some fans remember that there was an interview that Scotty was definitely in the

outfit.  So it's hard to know for sure.

Tonight's lineup: M= Johnathon Boyd & The Grappler VS The Southern RockersSteve Doll & Scott Peterson I= Betelgeuse M= Col. DeBeers VS Carl Stiles I= Carl Stiles M= Loser Leaves Town Coal Miners Glove Match Scotty The Body VS Top Gun (Scott Peterson handcuffed to Johnathon Boyd) M= Rex King VS Al Madril (+Matman) I= Nord The Barbarian M= Betelgeuse VS Rip Oliver I= Scotty The Body, The Grappler, Johnathon Boyd I= Rip Oliver, Al Madril, Betelgeuse, Matman

Who is the Midnight Soldier? - Photos from 1989.

Brian Adams lost a Loser Leaves Town match and reappeared some weeks later as 

The Midnight Soldier.  It was pretty easy to tell it was him.  Not too many people are as

big as Brian Adams!  I also recognized the mask because he was wearing it while passing out 

candy at his apartment the previous Halloween! 

I recently saw a photo of Rip Oliver in the WWF as the Super Ninja, and he

is wearing the exact same mask!  Do you think there was

more than one?  (See photo at the bottom.)

WWF Super Ninja (Rip Oliver) 1988

 

The Southern Rockers Appear on AM Northwest 12/28/1989 - YouTube Video

On December 28, 1989, The Southern Rockers appeared on a local morning 

show called AM Northwest.  Steve Doll & Rex King came on to warn kids 

not to do wrestling moves on each other, and to answer some questions from

the audience.  My sister Brea and I went to the show, and you can see the 

lineup sheet from the TV station below the video.  Also on the show, which

wasn't recorded, was one of my favorite childhood authors, Stephen Cosgrove.

It was cool to see him, too.  

Jody & Carl Stiles September 3, 1989 - Sandy Barr's Flea Market 20th Anniversary

They had a big autograph session on Sunday, September 3, 1989.  

Steve Doll, Betelgeuse, Rex King, Carl Stiles, and supposedly Buddy Rose and the Grappler.

Super rare for Don Owen to allow the "bad guys"  to sign autographs.

We never went and looked for them, so I don't know if they were really there.

This is the only photo I ever got with Carl Stiles.

 

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 today is Southern Rockers Day! I hope you'll go over to YouTube and watch a Southern Rockers match to celebrate. Hopefully something from the Sports Arena!