7/25/1992 - Championship Wrestling USA Newspaper Clipping - Main Event Bart Sawyer v Mike Starr

 Thanks to Curtis, @RetroGamingHippie3720 on YouTube,

for sharing this awesome clipping! 

 

Portland WRestling Program - July 13, 1991 - Summer Extravaganza Tonight! - Memories from 1986-1991

 Thanks to Curtis, @RetroGamingHippie3720 on YouTube,

for sharing this awesome program! 

Some really fun memories from 1986-1991.

Fun Betelgeuse and Mean Mike Miller autographs!

See over 275 more programs archived here.

 

Portland Wrestling 3/17/1990 Complete Episode - The Southern Rockers Return for One Night Only! - You Tube Video

Portland Wrestling March 17, 1990

The Southern Rockers Return for One Night Only!!

They left Portland on January 27, 1990, to join the USWA.

They are the tag champions in the USWA.

Steve Doll will return to Portland on June 9, 1990, without Rex King.

C- Brian Adams, The Grappler, Al Madril, Equalizer C- The Geusers I- Johnathon Holiday, Southern Rockers (Steve Doll & Rex King), The Geuse Patrol (Betelgeuse & Big Juice) M- Scotty the Body v Ricky Santana I- Rip Oliver, Larry Oliver I- Scotty the Body (New TV Champion) M- Moondog Moretti v Bill Francis FG- Equalizer, Geuse Patrol, Grappler, Brian Adams T- Nord the Barbarian M- Curtis Thompson v The Spoiler I- Tony Borne I- Brian Adams, The Grappler, The Equalizer M- 8-Man Tag Southern Rockers (Steve Doll & Rex King), The Geuse Patrol (Betelgeuse & Big Juice) v The Grappler, Brian Adams, The Equalizer, Al Madril I- Southern Rockers (Steve Doll & Rex King), The Geuse Patrol (Betelgeuse & Big Juice), Bill Prescot

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

 

Portland Wrestling Newspaper Clipping - July 6, 1991 - Ron Harris v Steve Doll in a Lumberjack + Strap on a Pole Match

 

Portland Wrestling 4/30/88 - Mike Golden Tests Roddy Piper's Patience, The Southern Rockers v The Grappler and Al Madril

A bit of the show from April 30, 1988.

I- Roddy Piper, "Golden Boy" Mike Golden, The Grappler, The Assassin M- The Southern Rockers (Steve Doll & Scott Peterson) v The Grappler and Al Madril

 

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 Program - June 1, 1992 - Don Owen Retires! + Poster and Newspaper Clippings

On May 30, in front of a very small crowd at the Portland Sports Arena,

 Don Owen announces his retirement from professional wrestling.  The end of an era!

Barry Owen will not take over for Don, but instead, the company is sold to Sandy Barr.  Sandy 

changes the name to Championship Wrestling USA and runs his first show at the Sports 

Arena on Monday, June 1, 1992.

Steve Doll & Brickhouse Brown are named the tag champions, but I believe that

The Grappler and Steve Doll are the actual champions, and maybe Brickhouse stepped 

in for the Grappler.  As far as I know, Steve Doll & The Grappler were the final tag champions

of Portland Wrestling.  

Thanks to Curtis, @RetroGamingHippie3720 on YouTube, for sharing 

this awesome program! 

 

Portland Wrestling Program - Saturday, May 25, 1991 - Will Don Owen Kick Al Madril to Keep Him In Line?

Thanks to Curtis, @RetroGamingHippie3720 on YouTube, for sharing 

this awesome program! 

 

6/18/88 - The Southern Rockers v Buddy Rose & Al Madril - You Tube Video

Tonight's events...

 I- Matt Borne

M- The Southern Rockers (Steve Doll & Scott Peterson) v Playboy Buddy Rose & Al Madril (Assassin on commentary.)

I- Tony Borne, Matt Borne, The Southern Rockers, The Assassin

Portland Wrestling Program - May 4, 1991 - Southern Rockers & Bruise Brothers CLASH!

Thanks to Curtis, @RetroGamingHippie3720 on YouTube, for sharing 

this awesome program! 

 

Promo Poster - Monday, June 1, 1992 - TV Taping at the Portland Sports Arena

A great item from the Curtis collection!

This poster raises some questions.  As far as I know, Steve Doll & The Grappler were 

the final Portland Wrestling tag team champs in May of 1992 when Don Owen retired.

I can't find any records of other tag champs before 1993 for Championship Wrestling USA.

Who are the champs here?

 

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

 

Portland Wrestling Program - Saturday, March 26, 1988 - Kids Free Tonight - Southern Rockers Defend Tag Team Titles

Thanks to Nick from Captain's Corner for selling me this program!

Take a look at the program archive to see any of the 250+ fully scanned

programs.  Have one that isn't in the archive?  Willing to scan or take nice 

flat photos of it to add to the archive?  Please message me at sunyday76@aol.com.

 

This Week In Portland Wrestling History - 3/13/1992 Eugene Card Clipping

From the Eugene Register Guard, March 13, 1992.

Friday nights in Eugene were a staple in Portland Wrestling.

I hear that the dressing room was so small that only 2 guys could change

at one time, and everyone else would have to sit in folding chairs in the hallway.

Portland Wrestling Poster - Hillsboro Armory, Thursday, January 17, 1991 - Tag Team Championship On The Line!

Another promo poster from 1991. I've been watching the last 20 Portland Wrestling shows from 1991, and they had some really fun stuff going on. Thanks to Rich Patterson for that footage. Also, thanks @evadsully (The Equalizer) for sharing the posters!!

#Portlandwrestling #theequalizer #davesullivan #stevedoll #scottnorton

 

Portland Wrestling Poster - Wednesday, December 12, 1990 - Chehalis, WA

Another great poster from the collection of @evadsully! (The Equalizer) Thanks for letting me share these!

Fun show from 1990.

 

The Southern Rockers v "Moondog" Ed Moretti & CW Bergstrom - Portland Wrestling 4/13/1988 You Tube Video

 A fun match with 4 legends of Portland Wrestling!

M- Fall One The Southern Rockers (Steve Doll & Scott Peterson) v "Moondog" Ed Moretti & CW Bergstrom I- Steve Doll & Scott Peterson, Jimmy Jack Funk M- Fall Two The Southern Rockers (Steve Doll & Scott Peterson) v "Moondog" Ed Moretti & CW Bergstrom 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

Portland Wrestling 12/8/1990 - Bunkhouse Battle Royal Steve Doll Scotty...

This is a little bit from this card with an unsatisfying ending.

It's better to have some of it than to have none of it, right? M- Jesse Barr V Brad Anderson Steve Doll on commentary M- Bunkhouse Battle Royal that ran over TV time. Bart Sawyer, Larry Oliver, Scotty the Body, Jesse Barr, John Rambo, Equalizer, Grappler, Al Madril, Brad Anderson, Dirty White Boy We ran out of time with lots of match still to go!

Portland Wrestling 5/19/90 Full Episode Billy Jack Haynes v Rip Oliver, ...

Tonight's show is an exciting one! An epic battle between Billy Jack Haynes

and Rip Oliver, Steve Doll is coming back to town on June 9, the Wrecking

Crew face the Juicers, The US Male feel bad and give their belts back to 

the Juicers!

I= Scotty the Body & Ginger (Steve Doll returns June 9th) M= Wrecking Crew (The Grappler & The Equalizer) v The Juicers (Betelgeuse & Big Juice) FG= Al Madril, The Equalizer, The Grappler, Taylor Made T= Grappler v Scotty w/ Ginger v Taylor Made Grappler slaps Ginger T= Flash Norton v Brian Adams (Norton wins title.) M= Scott Norton w/Betelgeuse on his shoulders v Al Madril I= Brian Adams, Billy Jack Haynes M= Billy Jack Haynes v Rip Oliver (Run In Brian Adams, Scott Norton) I= Scott Norton, Rip Oliver, Barry Owen M= US Male (Curtis Thompson & Ricky Santana) v Larry Oliver and Bill Francis I= US Male (Curtis Thompson & Ricky Santana), The Juicers FAKE BELTS T= US Male winning the Tag Team Titles from the Juicers M= Scotty the Body v Brian Adams (The Grappler subs) + Ginger, Taylor Made One of Scotty's girls tries to enter the ring. I= Scott Norton, Rip Oliver

Northwest Wrestling Bulletin - First Issue - October 1983

Fun insights into Portland Wrestling in 1983.

I love the mini feature on Miss Irene Dial, also known as Ringside Rosie.

This is from the collection of Retro Gaming Hippie.  Check out his awesome YouTube 

channel about his fun, nostalgic 80's and wrestling finds.  Thanks to him for trusting me

with some great finds!  If you have some photos, programs, or other fun Northwest 

Wrestling memorabilia to share, email me sunyday76@aol.com.

This is the Northwest Wrestling Bulletin.  I'm not sure how many of these were

made, but it is an amazing piece of Northwest Wrestling history.

This will be included on the Wrestle-Media page.

Check out those too!