Oregon Wrestling Federation 6/25/88 - Brian Adams v The Terminator & JT Southern v Corporal Kirschner - YouTube Video

Another fun night from OWF wrestling!

 

OWF 5/28/88 Ricky Santana v Corporal Kirschner, Brian Adams, Mean Mike Miller, Billy Jack Haynes

OWF 5/28/88 Just a few minutes from the show, I- Brian Adams, Mean Mike Miller I- Billy Jack Haynes M- Ricky Santana v Corporal Kirschner (sorta) Body Bag Incident I- In Ring Billy Jack Haynes

 

OWF - Oregon Wrestling Federation Line Up Sheet - Program - June 18, 1988

I don't have a program, other than this single page, that is marked June 18, 1988.

By this point, things were beginning to fall apart, and there is a chance that this is 

all that was made.

Notice at the bottom that they were trying to rent out the Civic Center and planning

a teen nightclub in the Civic Center as well. Trying to generate a little more revenue.

 

OWF - Oregon Wrestling Federation Program - Jackson County, Oregon - Sunday, May 22, 1988

 

OWF Battle of The Giants on Tour Poster - Billy Jack Haynes on Dark Side of the Ring

Vice TV did an episode of Dark Side of the Ring about Billy Jack Haynes.

Honestly, there wasn't anything shocking in the episode if you have been

following along his crazy life story.  

Here is a link to all the OWF items I currently have on the site.

OWF was Billy Jack's short-lived promotion from 1988.

 

OWF - June 11, 1988 - Volume 6 - The Mean Man!

 

OWF - May 7, 1988 - Opening Night of Billy Jack Hanyes' Promotion in Oregon City

 Just watching a great YouTube playlist of OWF.
     It was quite the controversy when Billy Jack Haynes decided to open his own wrestling promotion in Don Owens territory.  At one time, the US was split into wrestling territories and promoters, for the most part, respected someone else's territory.  Billy Jack decided, not just to run shows in the Portland area, but to run them on Saturday nights in Oregon City.  The two arenas were about 20 miles apart and would surely attract the same crowds.  I  always thought that it might have worked out a little better for Billy if he would have run his big show on Friday night instead.  Don Owens ran shows in Eugene on Fridays, which was about 90 miles away, and mostly entertained a different crowd of people.  Billy Jack decided he wanted to go head-to-head with Don Owens and he really only lasted a couple of months before things started to go seriously downhill.
     I heard many stories of Billy not being able to pay the guys what he promised them.  We went to a few dark matches mid-week and there were very small crowds.  One night there were only 15 people.  They guys still put on a show, to their credit.
     He really did bring in some exciting wrestlers, and I remember the shows being a lot of fun.  We went most every Saturday Night that summer.  That first night, May 7, 1988, I had tonsil surgery the day before, but I had to be there.  My mom knew she couldn't argue with me about it.  I was a pretty good kid, but don't mess with my wrestling!