I met Paul Linnman...

[Gaucho Gringo]

How can anyone forget them along with Frank Bonnema.

 

[CoastRange57]

Don't forget the Portland Wrestling and Rowdy Roddy Piper!!!

Remember the unwritten rules you quote you post

These guys were doing so much blow in those days to get that jacked up....

Roddy blasting Snuka in the head with a coconut will never get old. 2:00

 

[Gaucho Gringo]

Also the old timers Tony Borne, Dutch Savage and Shag Thomas.

 

[CoastRange57]

We were so deprived, we actually watched the test pattern as long as it was being broadcast.

Oh yes, a different world.

Damn old black and white TV had a hard time with the horizontal hold rolling along on the time, put some foil between the rabbit ears to try and get better reception.

When I was about 12 or so, my Mom hated Portland wrestling but would go to bed so I could watch it with the volume turned down. If I had a friend or two over, we would carry the TV upstairs to watch it. Damn thing never worked real good after that.

You had to have seen Tom Peterson on late night with his 1 am wake up commercials when we were completely wasted on the couch, late 70's.

 

[Stomper]

I used to work with Rowdy Roddy Piper's FIL, Virgil Dietric at the Oregonian production plant.

 

[CoastRange57]

Also the old timers Tony Borne, Dutch Savage and Shag Thomas.

Shag Thomas was quite the ring referee, and had the belly on him, but saw him kick the sh*t out of one guy on there one night..he dropped that guy like a sack of potatoes. About the only time I ever saw him put the smack down on anybody.

 

[Stomper]

Who can forget referee, Sandy Barr?!

 

[Gaucho Gringo]

Shag also owned a bar around NE 15th & Alberta named Shag;s Arena. In my wild and crazy days the early 70's I went there with a wild and crazy girl I was dating at the time. We were the only white people in there but it was back in a more restrained day so nothing happened. It was a very interesting place.

 

[Captain O]

Don't forget the Portland Wrestling and Rowdy Roddy Piper!!!

I never could stand that guy.

 

[etrain16]

Remember the unwritten rules you quote you post

These guys were doing so much blow in those days to get that jacked up....

Roddy blasting Snuka in the head with a coconut will never get old. 2:00

Man, those were some crazy dudes. One of my favorites back then was Billy Jack Haynes. Sometime back in the 80's, he opened a gym in Oregon City and had Hulk Hogan there to help dedicate it - that was big news in Oregon City back then, and yes, I was there for it.

 

[mkwerx]

I used to waych Portland Wrestling with my grandparents religiously. We were bummed when it ended. My grandmothers fav 'wrastler' as she pronounced it was Superfly Snuka. Personally I liked Piper more.

 

[Stomper]

Playboy Buddy Rose.... LOL

 

[etrain16]

Playboy Buddy Rose.... LOL

He's gone now. Died back in 2009, only 57 years old.

 

[Ura-Ki]

Good Ol' Billy Jack Haynes! Man, that guy was awesome!
I think I remember Hulk being here, it was about the time he started getting really popular! Andre the Giant was always a fun one to watch, so sad he passed away!
Always loved watching the British Bull Dogs tag team, those guys were real athletes with what they were able to do in the ring, and even though we all know most of it was fake, man, did it look cool!!!

 

[Stomper]

The Bushwackers..... I remember the one guy would stand there slightly dry-humpin' the thin air... LOL

 

[CoastRange57]

The Von Steiger Brothers Karl and Max??

 

[Stomper]

The Von Steiger Brothers Karl and Max??

Maybe that was the guy's... I recall buzz-cuts, un-shaven, crazy eyes, thick-set (not "fat").... was a LONG time ago.

 

[Ramjet12]

Jesse Ventura and Bull Ramos. Classic Portland Wrestling. We went to Sandy Barr's flee market a few times.
Don't forget the Tom Peterson commercials. Knock...Knock....Kcock...Wake up!

Tom Peterson - Wikipedia