Portland Wrestling(11/13/1987) TWO TITLE MATCHES!!!
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“Portland Wrestling”
Taped live on 10/30/87 at the Portland Sports Arena in Portland, Oregon to air at 11 PM on KPTV and an edited tape of this show airs in syndication as “Big Time Wrestling” the next week on stations throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia.
Announcers: Don Coss & Stan Stasiak
Ring Announcer: Don Owen
Referees: Sandy Barr & David Manning
COSS: To start the program, I have promoter Don Owen here in the Crow's Nest. I understand that you have big news!
OWEN: Yes, I do have that, Don Coss. Last week, I informed Billy Jack Haynes that Dan Spivey was on a two week tour of the Caribbean. This past Wenesday, his travels took him to the Dominican Republic. He wrestled Dory Funk Jr. there for the Undisputed World Championship. We received the vidrotape of that bout via FedEx earlier today...
VTR:
We see Dory Funk attempting the spinning toehold, but Spivey kicks him off and Funk goes flying into the corner! Funk's head hits the ringpost and he staggers out of the corner, groggy and bloody! Spivey gets to his feet. Spivey kicks Funk in the abdomen...Funk doubles over...POWERBOMB BY SPIVEY! Spivey covers Funk! One...two...THREE!!!! DANGEROUS DAN SPIVEY IS THE NEW UNDISPUTED WORLD CHAMPION!!!
We cut to a tuxedo clad announcer standing in a locker room.
ANNOUNCER: My name is Hugo Savinovich. We have a new World Champion! Here he is, Dangerous Dan Spivey! Congratulations!
SPIVEY: All I can say is that I deserve this more than anybody! Funk was the best thing going 12 or 15 years ago, but time passed him by! It's time for old timers to stand aside and let a new generation of bigger, stronger, tougher, and faster athletes take over! It's my time and I'll hold this title for a long time!
HUGO: As champion, you are now responsible for the former champion's commitments. Dory was scheduled to defend against Billy Jack Haynes on Thanksgiving night in Portland. That's your match now!
SPIVEY: (rubs hands together) That's what I've been asking for! Haynes has no choice! Ol' Billy Jack has to step in the ring with me now! Call the hospital and reserve a bed next to your old buddy Wahoo!
HUGO: A very confident champion!
Cut to Crow's Nest...
OWEN: OK, Billy is here. You will wrestle the new champion at the Memorial Coliseum on Thanksgiving night! You get the stipulations you asked for-no disqualification, time limit, or countout! The match goes to a positive finish!
Billy Jack walks out...
HAYNES: Like I said last week, the hunter has become the hunted! After what you did to my best friend last week, Spivey, I want you more than I've ever wanted any opponent! How bad will it hurt if you lose the title to me, Danny? Not only do I want the World Title, I want to run you out of the Northwest and out of wrestling altogether!
One last thing- I flew off the handle last week. I used some language I'm not real prouud of. Thankfully, the guys in the TV truck bleeped it out. Also, I put my hands on you, Mr. Owen. I regret that most of all and I want to apologize to you and all of these fans. I don't apologize for what I plan on doing to you, Spivey!
OWEN: No apology is necessary, Billy! Consider it forgotten! Folks, we have a great program for you tonight! Two big title matches! Some new faces make their first appearance! First, I want you to see this tape. Scott Casey explains one of the huge matches on Thanksgiving Night!
VTR:
Cowboy Scott Casey is seated on a fence. It looks like he is at a ranch of some sort.
CASEY: Folks, Mr. Owen has asked me to take a few minutes and tell everybody about a Bunkhouse Brawl. He's going to have one of these at Memorial Coliseum on Thanksgiving night. There's a $10,000 prize for the winner and I hope the winner is yours truly! This thing originated on ranches back in Texas where I come from. All of the cowboys who worked on the ranch would stay in what they called a bunkhouse. It wasn't a very big building and when you put a few dozen men in close uarters like that, tempers are bound to flare and hard feelings are bound to develop. Well, every year, the ranchers would drive the cattle to market in a place like St. Louis or Kansas City, or Denver. The last thing you need is a bunch of cowboys at each other's throats out on the trail.
That's why that about a week before roundup time, the cowboys would all meet out behind the bunkhouse and have the dangdest fight you've ver seen! They'd settle all their differnces and get rid of all the bad blood. They'd come as they were-boots, jeans, spurs, big belt buckles, brass knuckles, branding irons, 2x4s, you name it-anything except guns or knives! That's the same thing as we'll have on Thanksgiving night. Over the top battle royal-come as you are, bring anything. It goes until there's only one man standing! I'm gonna fight like a tiger to try and be that man!
COSS: Wow! That's worth the ticket price in and of itself! More Portland Wrestling after these words from our sponsors!
COMMERCIAL
COSS: I'm joined in the Crow's Nest by the group of wrestlers known as Los Diablos...
GRAPPLER: Wrong as usual, Coss! We are under new management!
A large man in a pinstripe suit and cowboy boot, smoking a cigar enters the picture...
FULLER: My name is Ron Fuller. They call me the Tennesse Stud! I stand six feet nine inches tall and I weigh 275 pounds. I have held championships all over the Southeastern United States! I still compete in professional wrestling, but my main focus these days is business. Los Diablos was a name coined by Manuel Fernandez, the so called “Ragin Bull”. He is no longer involved with these outstanding athletes. I have purchased their contracts! These men are my STUD STABLE!!!
COSS: OK, I know your reputation. You've spent the last 15 years in Tennessee and Alabama. Why are you in the Northwest?
FULLER: Three primary reasons. First, look at this talent! The Grappler! Killer Brooks! The Real Thing! Abdullah the Butcher! Much more to come! Associating with these men is just good business, my friend! Second, these men were stabbed in the back by Fernandez! One of the first orders of business is to send the so called “Bull” out to pasture! Finally, and this is a personal matter, Ron Garvin! Ronnie, there's unfinished business between the two of us and I'm here to settle it once and for all!The Stud Stable will dominate the Northwest! You will be amazed!
COSS: You mentioned the Ragin Bull...he's in our next match!
“Ragin Bull” Manny Fernandez vs. Biff Wellington: The Bull faces a powerful young Canadian wrestler tonight. Wellington is tough and has a bunch of potential, but Manny's experience and speed prove to be too much. The Grappler and Fuller come out to ringside and observe during the bout. Fernandez gets the pin after hitting the flying burrito. Afterwards, the Grappler and Fuller make moves toward the ring! The Ragin Bull pulls a chain out of his tights and wraps it around his fist. The heels decide discretion is the better part of valor and make an exit.
Manny comes to the Crow's Nest...
COSS: Manny, you have a problem:You are outnumbered and you haven't made may friends in the area!
FERNANDEZ: I have one guy I can count on. Roll the tape!
VTR:
A rugged looking man is standing in front of a fireplace...
MANTEL: I've spent most of my life south of the ol' Mason Dixon. You folks might not recognize me. My name is Dutch Mantel. I come from Oil Trough, Texas. This here (holds up whip) is Shoo Baby. I've been wrestling for a long time. There's always been one friend who has always been there when I needed him-the good ol', bad ol' Ragin Bull! Maybe it's 'cause we were both in 'Nam, I don't know. Manny called me the other night and said he had trouble up there in Oregon! I said “Manny, I'll be there on the next thing smokin!” So, you'll see me real soon, along with Shoo Baby! So, all you jerks who picked a fight with Manny Fernandez, you picked a fight with the Dutchman, too! Hang on, brother, help is on the way!
Cut to Crow's Nest..
FERNANDEZ: Stud Stable or should I say Dud Stable, you're in big trouble! Nobody does it better than the Bull and his main man, Dirty Dutch Mantel! I told him, Dutch, don't bother packing a white hat, 'cause it's gonna get down and dirty up here in Portland! Dutch carries a bullwhip, but he can whip jackasses with it, too, and that just what we plan on doing!
COMMERCIAL
COSS: Our next match is for the PNW TV Title and Tom Prichard will defend that title against this man, Exotic Adrian Street!
STREET: Last week, it was a match for the tag team title and my partner let me down! Superstar Bill Dundee failed us! I don't need anybody on my side except for Miss Linda!
COSS: Tom Prichard is a really good wrestler...
STREET: He is despicable! A few weeks ago, he made some inapropriate comments toward Miss Linda and he insulted me! I will teach him a lesson here this week! I will thrash him within an inch of his life! I will take his title! I will humiliate him! He will never show his face in this town again!
COSS: I think you are underrating Tom Prichard...
STREET: And how many championships have you held, sweetheart? How long have you been a professional wrestler?
COSS: Your point is well taken, but this won't be an easy win!
STREET: Play my music and I'll go win this title!
TV TITLE MATCH: Tom Prichard © vs. Exotic Adrian Street (w/ Miss Linda): Street uses every dirty trick he knows and Linda interferes liberally. Despite that, Prichard seems to be in control most of the way. Linda hands Street a foreign object and Street slugs Prichard! Street covers Tom...NO! Not like this! One...two...THREE!!! ADRIAN STREET IS THE PNW TELEVISION CHAMPION!!!
Street prances around the ring. Linda enters ad she's getting something out of her handbag: It's makeup! She kneels beside Prichard and applies makeup, lipstick and eyeliner! Street is clapping and dancing with glee! To add further humiliation, Linda pulls a bra out of her bag and, with some help from Street, puts that on Prichard! Tom regains consciousness and gets to his feet! As Street and Linda run off with the championship belt, Tom rips off the bra and stomps it!
COSS: I'm hoping to get a word with the former champion...
Tom Prichard stalks into the Crow's Nest and throws the bra to the floor!
PRICHARD: Look at me, Coss! This is crap! I don't know what that creep hit me with, but he won't get away with it and neither will that witch of his! I've never hit a woman in my life, but Miss Linda, I might make an exception in your case! (Prichard smiles) No, I got a better idea! Lemme go make a phone call!(Prichard hurries off)
COSS; Well, he's up to something! We have the tag team title match up next!
COMMERCIAL
The PNW Tag Team Champions enter the arena for what should be one of their toughest challenges!
MAIN EVENT: PNW TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH(2/3 FALLS): Rock and Roll Express vs. Buzz Sawyer & Matt Borne(w/ Brett “Hack” Sawyer):
First Fall: With Hack(still wearing a cast and sling) cheering them on, Sawyer & Borne wrestle very aggressively and Ricky does his thing as face in peril. He finally manages the hot tag to Gibson. Gibson puts the champs up 1 fall to none as he pins Borne with the Gibson leglock.
Second Fall: This fall is more back and forth with both teams getting a bunch of offense in. The challengers are definitely playing the heels by this point. The “Mad Dog” evens it at a fall apiece as he pins Gibson after his patented powerslam.
Third Fall: The fans rock the house with a “Rock and Roll” chant and it seems to give Ricky and Robert new life. The Express controls the action and it looks like they are well on their way to defending the belts. In the end, Brett Sawyer is the difference. Hack has always been a fan favorite in the Northwest and the fans are shocked when he nails Ricky Morton with his cast leading to Buzz pinning Ricky for the belts! “MAD DOG” BUZZ SAWYER & MANIAC MATT BORNE ARE YOUR NEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!!!
COSS: Don Owen joins me here...
OWEN: I can't believe what Hack Sawyer just did, Don! I will make sure that Ricky and Robert get a rematch here on TV next week! Don't forget to get your tickets for Thanksgiving Night at Memorial Coliseum. Here's what we have thus far:
Undisputed World Title Match:
Dan Spivey vs. Billy Jack Haynes
Bunkhouse Brawl Battle Royal
$5,000 on a Pole
Jos LeDuc vs. Ken Patera
I'll be working on signing more matches all week and I should have the entire card next week on Portland Wrestling!
COSS: Don't miss next week's show!
DARK MATCHES:
Tiger Mask pinned Art Barr after a moonsault.
SD Jones, Iceman King Parsons, & Bad Leroy Brown best Steve DiSalvo, Kevin Kelly, & Mean Mike Miller as Iceman pinned Kelly after a butt bump.
Ron Garvin beat Kendo Nagasaki via DQ when Mr. Fuji nailed Garvin with his cane.
PNW Champion Billy Jack Haynes successfully defended the title by pinned Bad News Brooks(w/Ron Fuller) after an overhead press slam.
Taped live on 10/30/87 at the Portland Sports Arena in Portland, Oregon to air at 11 PM on KPTV and an edited tape of this show airs in syndication as “Big Time Wrestling” the next week on stations throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia.
Announcers: Don Coss & Stan Stasiak
Ring Announcer: Don Owen
Referees: Sandy Barr & David Manning
COSS: To start the program, I have promoter Don Owen here in the Crow's Nest. I understand that you have big news!
OWEN: Yes, I do have that, Don Coss. Last week, I informed Billy Jack Haynes that Dan Spivey was on a two week tour of the Caribbean. This past Wenesday, his travels took him to the Dominican Republic. He wrestled Dory Funk Jr. there for the Undisputed World Championship. We received the vidrotape of that bout via FedEx earlier today...
VTR:
We see Dory Funk attempting the spinning toehold, but Spivey kicks him off and Funk goes flying into the corner! Funk's head hits the ringpost and he staggers out of the corner, groggy and bloody! Spivey gets to his feet. Spivey kicks Funk in the abdomen...Funk doubles over...POWERBOMB BY SPIVEY! Spivey covers Funk! One...two...THREE!!!! DANGEROUS DAN SPIVEY IS THE NEW UNDISPUTED WORLD CHAMPION!!!
We cut to a tuxedo clad announcer standing in a locker room.
ANNOUNCER: My name is Hugo Savinovich. We have a new World Champion! Here he is, Dangerous Dan Spivey! Congratulations!
SPIVEY: All I can say is that I deserve this more than anybody! Funk was the best thing going 12 or 15 years ago, but time passed him by! It's time for old timers to stand aside and let a new generation of bigger, stronger, tougher, and faster athletes take over! It's my time and I'll hold this title for a long time!
HUGO: As champion, you are now responsible for the former champion's commitments. Dory was scheduled to defend against Billy Jack Haynes on Thanksgiving night in Portland. That's your match now!
SPIVEY: (rubs hands together) That's what I've been asking for! Haynes has no choice! Ol' Billy Jack has to step in the ring with me now! Call the hospital and reserve a bed next to your old buddy Wahoo!
HUGO: A very confident champion!
Cut to Crow's Nest...
OWEN: OK, Billy is here. You will wrestle the new champion at the Memorial Coliseum on Thanksgiving night! You get the stipulations you asked for-no disqualification, time limit, or countout! The match goes to a positive finish!
Billy Jack walks out...
HAYNES: Like I said last week, the hunter has become the hunted! After what you did to my best friend last week, Spivey, I want you more than I've ever wanted any opponent! How bad will it hurt if you lose the title to me, Danny? Not only do I want the World Title, I want to run you out of the Northwest and out of wrestling altogether!
One last thing- I flew off the handle last week. I used some language I'm not real prouud of. Thankfully, the guys in the TV truck bleeped it out. Also, I put my hands on you, Mr. Owen. I regret that most of all and I want to apologize to you and all of these fans. I don't apologize for what I plan on doing to you, Spivey!
OWEN: No apology is necessary, Billy! Consider it forgotten! Folks, we have a great program for you tonight! Two big title matches! Some new faces make their first appearance! First, I want you to see this tape. Scott Casey explains one of the huge matches on Thanksgiving Night!
VTR:
Cowboy Scott Casey is seated on a fence. It looks like he is at a ranch of some sort.
CASEY: Folks, Mr. Owen has asked me to take a few minutes and tell everybody about a Bunkhouse Brawl. He's going to have one of these at Memorial Coliseum on Thanksgiving night. There's a $10,000 prize for the winner and I hope the winner is yours truly! This thing originated on ranches back in Texas where I come from. All of the cowboys who worked on the ranch would stay in what they called a bunkhouse. It wasn't a very big building and when you put a few dozen men in close uarters like that, tempers are bound to flare and hard feelings are bound to develop. Well, every year, the ranchers would drive the cattle to market in a place like St. Louis or Kansas City, or Denver. The last thing you need is a bunch of cowboys at each other's throats out on the trail.
That's why that about a week before roundup time, the cowboys would all meet out behind the bunkhouse and have the dangdest fight you've ver seen! They'd settle all their differnces and get rid of all the bad blood. They'd come as they were-boots, jeans, spurs, big belt buckles, brass knuckles, branding irons, 2x4s, you name it-anything except guns or knives! That's the same thing as we'll have on Thanksgiving night. Over the top battle royal-come as you are, bring anything. It goes until there's only one man standing! I'm gonna fight like a tiger to try and be that man!
COSS: Wow! That's worth the ticket price in and of itself! More Portland Wrestling after these words from our sponsors!
COMMERCIAL
COSS: I'm joined in the Crow's Nest by the group of wrestlers known as Los Diablos...
GRAPPLER: Wrong as usual, Coss! We are under new management!
A large man in a pinstripe suit and cowboy boot, smoking a cigar enters the picture...
FULLER: My name is Ron Fuller. They call me the Tennesse Stud! I stand six feet nine inches tall and I weigh 275 pounds. I have held championships all over the Southeastern United States! I still compete in professional wrestling, but my main focus these days is business. Los Diablos was a name coined by Manuel Fernandez, the so called “Ragin Bull”. He is no longer involved with these outstanding athletes. I have purchased their contracts! These men are my STUD STABLE!!!
COSS: OK, I know your reputation. You've spent the last 15 years in Tennessee and Alabama. Why are you in the Northwest?
FULLER: Three primary reasons. First, look at this talent! The Grappler! Killer Brooks! The Real Thing! Abdullah the Butcher! Much more to come! Associating with these men is just good business, my friend! Second, these men were stabbed in the back by Fernandez! One of the first orders of business is to send the so called “Bull” out to pasture! Finally, and this is a personal matter, Ron Garvin! Ronnie, there's unfinished business between the two of us and I'm here to settle it once and for all!The Stud Stable will dominate the Northwest! You will be amazed!
COSS: You mentioned the Ragin Bull...he's in our next match!
“Ragin Bull” Manny Fernandez vs. Biff Wellington: The Bull faces a powerful young Canadian wrestler tonight. Wellington is tough and has a bunch of potential, but Manny's experience and speed prove to be too much. The Grappler and Fuller come out to ringside and observe during the bout. Fernandez gets the pin after hitting the flying burrito. Afterwards, the Grappler and Fuller make moves toward the ring! The Ragin Bull pulls a chain out of his tights and wraps it around his fist. The heels decide discretion is the better part of valor and make an exit.
Manny comes to the Crow's Nest...
COSS: Manny, you have a problem:You are outnumbered and you haven't made may friends in the area!
FERNANDEZ: I have one guy I can count on. Roll the tape!
VTR:
A rugged looking man is standing in front of a fireplace...
MANTEL: I've spent most of my life south of the ol' Mason Dixon. You folks might not recognize me. My name is Dutch Mantel. I come from Oil Trough, Texas. This here (holds up whip) is Shoo Baby. I've been wrestling for a long time. There's always been one friend who has always been there when I needed him-the good ol', bad ol' Ragin Bull! Maybe it's 'cause we were both in 'Nam, I don't know. Manny called me the other night and said he had trouble up there in Oregon! I said “Manny, I'll be there on the next thing smokin!” So, you'll see me real soon, along with Shoo Baby! So, all you jerks who picked a fight with Manny Fernandez, you picked a fight with the Dutchman, too! Hang on, brother, help is on the way!
Cut to Crow's Nest..
FERNANDEZ: Stud Stable or should I say Dud Stable, you're in big trouble! Nobody does it better than the Bull and his main man, Dirty Dutch Mantel! I told him, Dutch, don't bother packing a white hat, 'cause it's gonna get down and dirty up here in Portland! Dutch carries a bullwhip, but he can whip jackasses with it, too, and that just what we plan on doing!
COMMERCIAL
COSS: Our next match is for the PNW TV Title and Tom Prichard will defend that title against this man, Exotic Adrian Street!
STREET: Last week, it was a match for the tag team title and my partner let me down! Superstar Bill Dundee failed us! I don't need anybody on my side except for Miss Linda!
COSS: Tom Prichard is a really good wrestler...
STREET: He is despicable! A few weeks ago, he made some inapropriate comments toward Miss Linda and he insulted me! I will teach him a lesson here this week! I will thrash him within an inch of his life! I will take his title! I will humiliate him! He will never show his face in this town again!
COSS: I think you are underrating Tom Prichard...
STREET: And how many championships have you held, sweetheart? How long have you been a professional wrestler?
COSS: Your point is well taken, but this won't be an easy win!
STREET: Play my music and I'll go win this title!
TV TITLE MATCH: Tom Prichard © vs. Exotic Adrian Street (w/ Miss Linda): Street uses every dirty trick he knows and Linda interferes liberally. Despite that, Prichard seems to be in control most of the way. Linda hands Street a foreign object and Street slugs Prichard! Street covers Tom...NO! Not like this! One...two...THREE!!! ADRIAN STREET IS THE PNW TELEVISION CHAMPION!!!
Street prances around the ring. Linda enters ad she's getting something out of her handbag: It's makeup! She kneels beside Prichard and applies makeup, lipstick and eyeliner! Street is clapping and dancing with glee! To add further humiliation, Linda pulls a bra out of her bag and, with some help from Street, puts that on Prichard! Tom regains consciousness and gets to his feet! As Street and Linda run off with the championship belt, Tom rips off the bra and stomps it!
COSS: I'm hoping to get a word with the former champion...
Tom Prichard stalks into the Crow's Nest and throws the bra to the floor!
PRICHARD: Look at me, Coss! This is crap! I don't know what that creep hit me with, but he won't get away with it and neither will that witch of his! I've never hit a woman in my life, but Miss Linda, I might make an exception in your case! (Prichard smiles) No, I got a better idea! Lemme go make a phone call!(Prichard hurries off)
COSS; Well, he's up to something! We have the tag team title match up next!
COMMERCIAL
The PNW Tag Team Champions enter the arena for what should be one of their toughest challenges!
MAIN EVENT: PNW TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH(2/3 FALLS): Rock and Roll Express vs. Buzz Sawyer & Matt Borne(w/ Brett “Hack” Sawyer):
First Fall: With Hack(still wearing a cast and sling) cheering them on, Sawyer & Borne wrestle very aggressively and Ricky does his thing as face in peril. He finally manages the hot tag to Gibson. Gibson puts the champs up 1 fall to none as he pins Borne with the Gibson leglock.
Second Fall: This fall is more back and forth with both teams getting a bunch of offense in. The challengers are definitely playing the heels by this point. The “Mad Dog” evens it at a fall apiece as he pins Gibson after his patented powerslam.
Third Fall: The fans rock the house with a “Rock and Roll” chant and it seems to give Ricky and Robert new life. The Express controls the action and it looks like they are well on their way to defending the belts. In the end, Brett Sawyer is the difference. Hack has always been a fan favorite in the Northwest and the fans are shocked when he nails Ricky Morton with his cast leading to Buzz pinning Ricky for the belts! “MAD DOG” BUZZ SAWYER & MANIAC MATT BORNE ARE YOUR NEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!!!
COSS: Don Owen joins me here...
OWEN: I can't believe what Hack Sawyer just did, Don! I will make sure that Ricky and Robert get a rematch here on TV next week! Don't forget to get your tickets for Thanksgiving Night at Memorial Coliseum. Here's what we have thus far:
Undisputed World Title Match:
Dan Spivey vs. Billy Jack Haynes
Bunkhouse Brawl Battle Royal
$5,000 on a Pole
Jos LeDuc vs. Ken Patera
I'll be working on signing more matches all week and I should have the entire card next week on Portland Wrestling!
COSS: Don't miss next week's show!
DARK MATCHES:
Tiger Mask pinned Art Barr after a moonsault.
SD Jones, Iceman King Parsons, & Bad Leroy Brown best Steve DiSalvo, Kevin Kelly, & Mean Mike Miller as Iceman pinned Kelly after a butt bump.
Ron Garvin beat Kendo Nagasaki via DQ when Mr. Fuji nailed Garvin with his cane.
PNW Champion Billy Jack Haynes successfully defended the title by pinned Bad News Brooks(w/Ron Fuller) after an overhead press slam.
Working on it now.