Oregon Wrestling Federation - 7/2/88 & 7/9/88 Brian Adams v The Terminator & Tiger Chung Lee

I don't know the exact dates on this.

My best guess is July 2 & 9.

I- JT Southern M- Brian Adams v The Terminator (Marcus Laurinaitis) I- Brian Adams & Mean Mike Miller M- Brian Adams v Tiger Chung Lee

 

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

Another fun night from OWF wrestling!

 

Oregon Wrestling Federation - OWF 6/18/88 - You Tube Video - JT Southern Interview

JT "Rock 'n Roll" Southern is gonna listen to his Aunt Pauline!

 

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.

 

JT "Rock 'n Roll" Southern in OWF 1988

JT "Rock n Roll" Southern, wrestled for Billy Jack Haynes OWF promotion

in 1988.  He was always super fun, and I remember him telling us kids jokes.

He always flirted with my mom, so she was a fan! 

 

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

 

My Portland Wrestling Collection Wall

This is my little wall of Portland Wrestling. Mostly 80s era. 

The hat, VHS, Sandy Barr's flea Market bag and sticker, and yellow Tom Peterson coloring book

 are all from Kerby Strom's shop @classicportlandwrestling. 

https://classicportlandwrestling.bigcartel.com/

The Portland Wrestling Encyclopedia, Roddy Piper and Grappler books

 are all available on Amazon and I highly recommend them all. 

Of course, this isn't the entire collection, but what I have room to display. 

Let me know what you think.

 

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

 

OWF Program - May 14, 1988

The second Saturday of the OWF promotion.

 

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!

 

OWF Program May 28, 1988

 

OWF Oregon Wrestling Federation First Night Poster May 7, 1988

Check out my other blog posts about the OWF.

This was a fun and exciting night!

Check out the videos on YouTube!

Oregon Wrestling Federation 1988 - Billy Jack Haynes Promotion

     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!

They made and passed these out during autograph sessions!

Some video games left over from when the arena was a skating rink.

JT Southern with my mom.