Portland Wrestling Video - 5/14/88 - The Southern Rockers Pay For Kids Free + Scott Peterson v Al Madril

The Boxing and Wrestling Commission decided that everyone needs a ticket,

so the Southern Rockers are picking up the tab. Also, Al Madril v Scott Peterson.

 

The Southern Rockers (Steve Doll & Scott Peterson) First Tag Team Title win! - 11/7/1987 - And Title History

 

This is the Southern Rockers' first tag team title win. Steve Doll and Scott Peterson had been teaming together since July of 1987. Their first televised tag match has not yet surfaced. If you have any Portland wrestling locked on VHS, let me know! sunyday76@aol.com

Joey Jackson & Super Ninja

v

The Southern Rockers

Steve Doll & Scott Peterson

This footage aired on the Big Time wrestling version of Portland Wrestling, which aired in the Seattle area. Thanks to Rich Patterson for digitizing it and allowing me to share it on Southern Rockers Day (August 19, 1989). Rich has an external hard drive of over 500 hours of Portland Wrestling available for sale. For more info, email: portlandwrestlingvideo@yahoo.com You can get your own Southern Rockers Forever Shirt and Sticker! Etsy Portland Wrestling Fan Shop: (Fun T-shirts & Stickers) https://www.etsy.com/shop/PortlandWrestlingFan

Southern Rockers Title History x17 Titles

Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champions x11

    7x with Scott Peterson as The Southern Rockers

•  NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Scott Peterson defeating Joey Jackson & Super Ninja (November 7, 1987) 
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Scott Peterson defeating Avalanche & Mike Golden (May 7, 1988)
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Scott Peterson defeating The Terminator & The Grappler (July 9, 1988)
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Scott Peterson defeating Col. DeBeers & Buddy Rose for vacant titles (July 22, 1988)
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Scott Peterson defeating Avalanche & Buddy Rose (September 20, 1988)
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Scott Peterson defeating Abbuda Dein & The Grappler (January 7, 1989)
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Scott Peterson defeating Nord the Barbarian & Col. DeBeers for vacant titles (April 29, 1989)

    4x with Rex King as the Southern Rockers

•  NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating The Grappler & Scotty the Body (August 26, 1989)
  
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating The Grappler & Scotty the Body for vacant titles (September 16, 1989)
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating Brian Adams & Jeff Warner for vacant titles (November 11, 1989)
• NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating Brian Adams & The Grappler (January 27, 1990)

 USWA Tag Team Champions x4

3x with Rex King as The Southern Rockers

•  USWA World Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating Brian Lee & Robert Fuller (February 3, 1990)
• USWA World Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating Brian Lee & Robert Fuller (February 12, 1990)
• USWA World Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating Sweet Daddy Falcone & Brickhouse Brown (May 21, 1990)

     1x with Rex King as Simply Devine  

•  USWA World Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating The Moondogs (Splat & Spot) (April 12, 1993)

  World Wrestling Council (Puerto Rico)

WWC (World Wrestling Council) World Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating Doug Masters & Ron Starr (June 24, 1992)

 Music City Wrestling (Nashville, TN)

• MCW (Nashville) North American Tag Team titles w/Rex King defeating Shane Eden & Chris Michaels (May 30, 1998). Steve & Reno attack Rex, and Reno takes his place.

 

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 each year on August 19th will be Southern Rockers Day! I hope you'll wear your best zebra stripes and listen to some classic rock today. 

Lots more Southern Rockers content coming today!

A bunch of random Southern Rockers pics from the scan pile!

12-26-87

Pals

The Southern Rockers versus The Beach Boys 1988

We want Scott!  We want Scott!

Leaving the Crow's Nest 1989

Double drop kick on Scotty the Body 6 3 89

The Southern Rockers back together again!

Steve and Rex after returning from a tour in Japan 1990.

Steve Doll & Scott Peterson January 1989

Steve and Scott attending a Toy Drive at Lloyd Center Ice Rink, Dec 1988.

Southern Rockers promotional photo by Ken Hamblin.

Steve, Assassin and Scott. 

From the collection of Robert Haag

Steve Doll at the gym.

Southern Rockers twinsies!

Scott, Jody and Steve 2 16 88

Steve Doll & Rex King in USWA 1990

Tag Team Champs

Me with Steve & Scott 6 11 88.

Buddies

Scott returned for two weeks in 1990.

Tillamook Armory.

Rex, Jody & Steve

Sandy Barr's Flea Market Anniversary 9 5 89

Southern Rockers retain their titles!

Coconut Willie with Rex King and Steve Doll

Oregonian Clipping - August 1, 1987 - Loser Loses Hair Winner Takes All - Money, Belt & Hair

No doubt BOILING hot in the Portland Sports Arena on August 1, 1987.

But totally worth it to see these exciting bouts!

Art Crews lost his hair, and the newly minted Southern Rockers (2 weeks old),

did not win the titles.

 

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

 

Candy Jones - Portland Wrestling Fan! - Photos and Story

Candy Jones and I were Portland Sports Arena fans around the same time.  She's even got some photos that prove we were probably standing very close together on a certain night! 😊  She shared some of those great photos on the Fans of Portland Wrestling Group on Facebook recently, and I asked if I could share them here too.  Hopefully, we can get her to share more of her amazing collection in the future.  

If you have photos or stories and want to share, email me at Sunyday76@aol.com! 

Scott Peterson on his way into the arena.

Steve Doll headed to the ring!  Candy usually sat ringside! (This is me being jealous!)

Steve Doll standing by the ring.

Scott Peterson

Scott Peterson, Steve Doll and Top Gun in the ring at the auto show.

Brian Adams and Scott Peterson standing by the locker rooms.

This is my photo from that same night!  

Candy in the hospital at 13 with two surprise visitors.

The nurse saw her wrestling t-shirt and photos and made a call that got Steve and Top Gun to come visit.  Candy says that Steve recognized her and said, "Oh my goodness, Candy, I didn't realize it was you, sweetheart."  Steve was always so great with the fans!

Candy and Art Barr at the Sports Arena.

June 13, 1987 - Steve Doll Debuts in Portland Wrestling - Video, Photo, Clipping and Program

 

Steve Doll started his career in Mid-South wrestling in October of 1985. In September of '86, he started wrestling in World Class, and then came to Portland on June 13, 1987. He didn't have much time on the microphone before Portland, so the interview is a little awkward, but it didn't take him long to find his style and build a HUGE fanbase here in the Northwest! June 13, 1987. Steve Doll debuts in Portland Wrestling. I was already a big fan. I'd seen Steve on World Class some months before. We'd just gotten cable on a day when I was home sick from school. I was flipping around the amazing number of 36 channels, and came across World Class on ESPN. My previous favorite wrestler was Steve Simpson, and I heard his name, so I stayed to watch. I saw Steve wrestle for the first time, and suddenly I had a new favorite! I was conveniently sick every Wednesday so I could watch at 1pm, until we got a VCR and I could record it. We went to the Sports Arena on the kids' free night that was closest to my birthday. When we got there, I got my program and looked inside and saw the little graphic that said, "We welcome newcomer Steve Doll!" I was so excited! My favorite wrestler, here!! I'd missed the announcement the week before. I got the chance to talk to him and get his autograph. He told me that it was the first autograph he signed in Portland! I excitedly told him that he was my favorite wrestler and I had been watching him on World Class. He was all smiles and seemed really excited to be there. He won his match against the Mighty Sputnik as well as the Battle Royal that evening.

From the Oregonian 6/13/1987

Steve won the Battle Royal!

10-7-88 Going To the Mat, A Beginner's Guide to Pro Wrestling - Oregonian Feature Article

This crap article was published in the Oregonian on October 7, 1988.

The reporter was clearly not a wrestling fan.

Portland Wrestling 6/4/88 - Scott Peterson v Avalanche - It's My Birthday! - Video, Photos, Program, Story

 

In 1988, my mom wrote a letter to Steve Doll asking him to come to my birthday. Yes, she did that! I don't know what she wrote in the letter, and she doesn't remember, but whatever it was must have touched his heart.

I remember sitting in the house with my friends, wondering why we weren't outside, but my mom insisted that we sit inside and watch a movie. She made sure I was sitting by the front door, and I noticed when a little yellow '77 Mustang pulled up in front of the house. I immediately recognized it as Steve's car. A blonde gal got out and was walking up to the door, and I said, "Someone is here, and she has a car like Steve Doll." My mom said that it was for me, and I should go talk to her. Huh? When I opened the door, she handed me a manila envelope and said, "I'm sorry that Steve couldn't make it. He had a charity event today." My mom came over and told her that I didn't know anything about what was going on. She introduced herself as Steve's wife and said that she had brought some birthday gifts for me from Steve, and that he wished he could be there. 😇 She also said that there would be two front row tickets for me at the ticket window that night at the Sports Arena. (My first time ever sitting ringside!) And, to make sure that I went by the autograph table so that he could tell me "Happy Birthday" in person. My mom thanked her, and she went on her way.

To say that I was in shock was an understatement. I just stood there by the front door staring at the envelope and watching Steve's car drive away! What just happened!!??!! I opened up the envelope to find these three photos and a signed boot bandana.

Steve wasn't just nice. He went out of his way to be kind. Not just to me. I witnessed his kindness on many occasions. It's part of why he'll always have a very special place in my heart.

My front row ticket!

This photo was taken ringside, which wasn't something that happened often at the Sports Arena. There was no time to stop for photos or autographs between matches. When I came across this photo, I was confused. I turned it over, and it was marked 6-4-88.  I had completely forgotten that Scott Peterson, among other wrestlers, came over to wish me a happy birthday, and I asked if my friend Michelle, who absolutely loved Scott, could get a picture. He was happy to. I'm so glad I have all of these photos and ephemera, or I would never remember anything!!