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 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 5/22/88 Rip "The Crippler" Oliver v Hercules Haggerty & "Gorgeous" Joey Jackson v Brian Adams - You Tube Video

The third TV taping of OWF at the Oregon City Civic Center. M- Rip "The Crippler" Oliver v Hercules Haggerty(Fred Ottman) Run In by Billy Jack Haynes, Brian Adams, Mike Miller, Steve Gatorwolf, M- "Gorgeous" Joey Jackson v Brian Adams(Crush)

 

OWF 5/14/88 - Brian Adams v Blackstudd Williams + "Mean" Mike Miller Interview

Fun video from the second week of Oregon Wrestling Federation matches. 

OWF.

 

KGW 5/88 News Story Billy Jack Haynes Oregon Wrestling Federation - You Tube Video

 

KGW did a story on the new Oregon Wrestling Federation in May of 1988.

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

 

Amazing Garage Sale Finds! - Portland Wrestling & OWF Programs & Roddy Piper PWI Magazine

I was garage saling on Friday and came across a sale with these awesome items!

I so RARELY find Portland Wrestling items in the wild! 

I have the Portland (3-19-1989) and three of the OWF(1988) scanned and in the archive already.  The one with Billy Jack on the cover is new to me.  

I will also be scanning and sharing the Roddy Piper article from Pro Wrestling

Illustrated in 1992.  Some of these will end up in my ebay store. 

The funniest part is that I was watching the show (3-19-1989) from 

the Portland Program just the night before!  

 

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!