Portland Wrestling(11/20/1987)
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“Portland Wrestling”
Taped live on 11/20/87 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
DON COSS: Welcome to Portland Wrestling! We are only days away from Thanksgiving and the huge card at the Portland Memorial Coliseum! Promoter Don Owen has joined me in the Crow's Nest. You have put together a huge event for the great fans in the Northwest!
OWEN: This has to be one of the biggest events ever. I have just signed some new matches for Thanksgiving, so listen closely...
MAIN EVENT
UNDISPUTED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH!
NO DQ! NO TIME LIMIT! NO COUNTOUT!
DANGEROUS DAN SPIVEY © VS. BILLY JACK HAYNES
BUNKHOUSE BRAWL BATTLE ROYAL
$5,000 ON A POLE MATCH
KEN PATERA VS. JOS LEDUC
BOD SQUAD, AKIO SATO, & TARZAN GOTO
VS.
ICEMAN PARSONS, BAD LEROY BROWN, COWBOY SCOTT CASEY, & SAM HOUSTON
OWEN: Tom Prichard came to me and asked for a special match on the Thanksgiving card. Let's hear from Tommy...
VTR:
Tom Prichard is standing in a blackened studio, microphone in hand.
PRICHARD: Adrian Street and Miss Linda, you probably think you've gotten away with Stealing my TV Title belt from me and humiliating me after the match! Linda, you probably think I'll never get revenge on you 'cause I was raised in Texas and we don't put our hands on a lady! Well, you're right, old gal, I don't strike women! But I got a friend who does! She's a good ol', bad ol' Texas gal named Wendi Richter! Take a good look at what she can do, Linda!
VTR:
As the music plays, we see a video featuring Wendi Richter. We see Wendi wrestling various opponents in various territories and Wendi hanging out at a honky tonk. We see Wendi chugging beers. Arm wrestling(and beating) several male opponents at the honky tonk. Then, we see Wendi riding a mechanical bull. Wendi lasts the 8 seconds, then hops off the bull and addresses the camera.
WENDI: My ol' buddy Tom called me the other day. He said there was a guy named Adrian Street up there in Portland. Tom says he can kick Street's tail and I believe him. Only problem is that Street is like a lotta guys these days-he has some floozy interfering in his matches! Tommy is too good of a man to beat up a woman! That's no problem for me! There's no way a gal from England can handle an American woman! Especially not a Texas gal, 'cause we're the toughest of them all! So, I'm spending Thanksgiving in Portland! Y'all come and see me, you hear? (blows a kiss at the camera)
COSS: Wow! That certainly spices things up!
OWEN: She's one of the finest lady wrestlers in the world! That definitely evens the odds for Tom Prichard! Another wrestler who had an idea for Thanksgiving night was Ron Garvin. Ronnie has been in a feud with Kendo Nagasaki and here's what he has in mind...
VTR:
Ron Garvin stands in a blackened studio. There is a cage standing beside him.
GARVIN: OK, let me tell you people a story. Several years ago, back in 1979, I was wrestling in a promotion in Tennessee and Kentucky. I had a problem with a wrestler you've probably seen on cable, none other than “Macho Man” Randy Savage! Back then, he had a pipsqueak manager named Steve Cooper who kept sticking his ugly nose in my business! I asked some buddies of mine for a good idea about how I could get rid of the outside interference. A guy from Danville, Kentucky finally came up with the solution to my problem: this cage! We put that weasel in the cage and that solved my problem!
Well, 8 years later, I got the same problem! I got a guy named Kendo Nagasaki! I know I can beat him in a straight up wrestling match, no doubt in my mind! Only problem is another weasel manager- ol' Charlie Chan himself, Mr. Fuji! Tell ya what I did, Fuji! I drove all the way back to Danville, KY! My ol' pal still had the weasel cage stored in his garage. I put it in the back of my pickup and drove it all the way from Kentucky to Oergon! Thanksgiving night, we stick Mr. Fuji in this cage and I take care of the Black Ninja! You get what you deserve for trying to put my eye out! The weasel goes in a cage and justice will be served, Kendo!
OWEN: That's what Garvin asked for and I signed the match! You'll see it on Thanksgiving night!
COSS: Thanks for the update! Fans, I wouldn't want to miss this huge card at Memorial Coliseum ! Get your tickets ASAP! We're expecting a complete sellout!
COMMERCIAL
COSS: “Tennessee Stud” Ron Fuller has joined me here in the Crow's Nest. Your Stud's Stable has an important match coming up in just a few moments- The Grappler and Bad News Brooks will take on their former associate “Ragin Bull” Manny Fernandez and his friend from Texas, Dutch Mantel!
FULLER: I want to lodge a formal protest before I address the Ragin Bull and his Yosemite Sam looking buddy! Tonight, here at the Portland Sports Arena, the great Abdullah the Butcher will defeat that musclehead Billy Jack for the PNW Championship! And promoter Don Owen doesn't see fit to televise the match! What a crock of bull, Don Coss!
COSS: I can explain that: Mr. Owen is leery about putting the Butcher's matches on TV. His matches are usually gory and, even in a late night time slot, we don't want to risk losing sponsors or being taken off the air!
FULLER: What a crock of bull! It don't matter none! That Manny Fernandez is a traitor and he's gonna shed some blood when the Grappler and the Killer get him in that ring! I got some even better news! My 6'6, 275 pound cousin Gentleman Jimmy Golden is on his way and he'll be here for the Bunkhouse Brawl and he's bringing the biggest surprise you people here in the Northwest have ever seen! I'm a goin down to the ring right now and the Stud Stable is gonna take care of business, boy!
“Ragin Bull” Manny Fernandez & “Dirty” Dutch Mantel vs. Bad News Brooks & The Grappler(w/ “Tennessee Stud” Ron Fuller): The Bull and the Dirty Dutchman take it to the heels and dominate the action early on! Fuller turns the tide when he hands the Grappler a foreign objcet that he uses to load his mask and dish out a series of headbutts that cut Fernandez! True to Fuller's word, the Bull bleeds and eventually, referee Sandy Barr stops the bout and awards it to the heels. Fernandez and Mantel are irate and end up in the Crow's Nest...
FERNADEZ: That was crap, Don Coss! Everybody saw that jerk load his mask! I Got him on Thanksgiving night and here's what I want! Grappler, you put your mask up! After I beat you, you take off that mask and we show the world your ugly mug! Do you have the guts?
Ron Fuller and the Grappler approach...
FULLER: Here's your answer, you backstabber! YES! The Grappler will put his mask on the line!
GRAPPLER: WHAT??
FULLER: IF..IF... and it's a big IF! If you put your hair up! Hair vs. mask! That includes that goofy looking moustache! What do you say, Manny? Do you have the guts?
FERNANDEZ: I accept your deal, you redneck! I'm warning you people- you might not wanna bring small children because the Grappler's face is a scary sight!
MANTEL: Ha! Ha! That's right, Bull!
GRAPPLER: You're gonna be a bald headed geek, you lowlife!
COSS: Wow! Thanksgiving night just keeps getting bigger and bigger!
COMMERCIAL
Jos LeDuc vs. Chris Carter & Ricky Ataki: LeDuc tunes up for his pole match against Ken Patera by demolishing two opponents in a handicap match. LeDuc forces each of his opponents to submit to his powerful bearhug.
COMMERCIAL
Ken Patera vs. “Wildman” Jack Armstrong & George South: Not to be outdone, Patera also does a handicap match. Patera forces South to conced to the swinging full nelson, then puts Armstrong away with a bearhug.
COMMERCIAL
Steve DiSalvo & Kevin Kelly vs. Brickhouse Brown & Joe Cruz: DiSalvo & Kelly, the so called “Bod Squad” Have their hands full with the electrifying Brickhouse. Things go downhill for the faces when Cruz tags in. Disalvo pins Cruz after a piledriver.
COMMERCIAL
Ron Garvin, Cowboy Scott Casey, & Sam Houston vs. Akio Sato, Tarzan Goto, & “Black Ninja' Kendo Nagasaki (w/Mr. Fuji): An action packed bout. Mr. Fuji makes the difference here as he nails Houston in the back with his cane, leading to Goto pinning Sam. Coss and Stasiak point out that Fuji will be in a cage for the Garvin-Nagasaki bout on Thanksgiving nd he won't be a factor at all!
COMMERCIAL
VTR: Don Coss and Billy Jack Haynes are seated in a blckened studio.
COSS: Billy, I've asked you here for a sit down interview. I'm curious and many fans are curious about this situation with Dan Spivey. He came into the Northwest a while back and he has been gunning for you since he got here. He obviously has a vendetta against you and it seems personal. Less than a week before you wrestle him for the Undisputed World Title on Thanksgiving night at the Memorial Coliseum, I thought I'd ask: What is Spivey's problem with Billy Jack Haynes?
HAYNES: Most people know my story: I came up on the streets and I was headed down the wrong road. Professional wrestling saved me. I started training to be a wrestler and I was hungry and I worked really hard to get into wrestling. Dan was a guy who I met when I was training to be a wrestler. We were both being considered by a promoter for a contract with his company. Finally, he decided to put Danny and me in the ring, winner got the contract. It was the hardest fight I've ever been in. I was lucky to win, but just barely. Spivey has always held that against me. We were good pals before then, but he swore that he'd get revenge for that! He swore that he'd put me out someday! Thanksgiving night will be tough! Somebody might not walk out of the Coliseum! It could be me! I need each and every Billy Jack fan to be there and be behind me! It will be like a fight to the death!
COMMERCIAL
The PNW tag team champions come to the ring! Brett “Hack” Sawyer leads the way, holding his left arm high in the air, displaying the plaster cast that brought Buzz Sawyer & Matt Borne the belts last week. Then, we hear...
Probably the most popular team in the world makes their entrance and the Portland Sports Arena rocks!
MAIN EVENT(2/3 falls) PNW TAG TITLE MATCH: “Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer & “Maniac” matt Borne(w/Brett “Hack” Sawyer) vs. Rock & Roll Express:
First fall: Back and forth action for ten minutes. Borne puts the champs up one fall to noneas he reverses a rolling reverse by Gibson with two handfulls of tights.
Second fall: More seesaw action. The challengers even things up as Borne has Gibson up for a bodyslam, but Ricky dropkicks his partner in the back, causing Borne to fall to the mat with Gibson pinning him. 1-1.
Third fall: The deciding fall is all Ricky and Robert until Brett clocks Morton with his cast and Buzz gets the pin.
After the bout, Don Owen joins Don Coss in the Crow's Nest.
OWEN: I have an announcement. I feel like we have the two top teams in the country right now-Rock and Roll Express and Borne & Sawyer. Neither team needs outside interference to win. On Thanksgiving night, Rock and Roll will get a rematch, but this time, Brett Sawyer won't be allowed at ringside! In fact, nobody will be allowed at ringside for that match!
COSS: Big news! Get your tickets at all Ticketmaster outlets as well as the Coliseum box office and here at the Sprts Arena! We'll see you next week!
DARK MATCHES:
Tiger Mask pinned Eric Embry after a moonsault.
Undisputed World Champion “Dangerous” Dan Spivey pinned SD Jones after a bulldog(non-title).
PNW Champion Billy Jack Haynes beat Abdullah the Butcher(w/Ron Fuller) after a clothesline. Abdullah used an object to carve Billy up and Haynes was a bloody mess when he got the duke.
Taped live on 11/20/87 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
DON COSS: Welcome to Portland Wrestling! We are only days away from Thanksgiving and the huge card at the Portland Memorial Coliseum! Promoter Don Owen has joined me in the Crow's Nest. You have put together a huge event for the great fans in the Northwest!
OWEN: This has to be one of the biggest events ever. I have just signed some new matches for Thanksgiving, so listen closely...
MAIN EVENT
UNDISPUTED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH!
NO DQ! NO TIME LIMIT! NO COUNTOUT!
DANGEROUS DAN SPIVEY © VS. BILLY JACK HAYNES
BUNKHOUSE BRAWL BATTLE ROYAL
$5,000 ON A POLE MATCH
KEN PATERA VS. JOS LEDUC
BOD SQUAD, AKIO SATO, & TARZAN GOTO
VS.
ICEMAN PARSONS, BAD LEROY BROWN, COWBOY SCOTT CASEY, & SAM HOUSTON
OWEN: Tom Prichard came to me and asked for a special match on the Thanksgiving card. Let's hear from Tommy...
VTR:
Tom Prichard is standing in a blackened studio, microphone in hand.
PRICHARD: Adrian Street and Miss Linda, you probably think you've gotten away with Stealing my TV Title belt from me and humiliating me after the match! Linda, you probably think I'll never get revenge on you 'cause I was raised in Texas and we don't put our hands on a lady! Well, you're right, old gal, I don't strike women! But I got a friend who does! She's a good ol', bad ol' Texas gal named Wendi Richter! Take a good look at what she can do, Linda!
VTR:
As the music plays, we see a video featuring Wendi Richter. We see Wendi wrestling various opponents in various territories and Wendi hanging out at a honky tonk. We see Wendi chugging beers. Arm wrestling(and beating) several male opponents at the honky tonk. Then, we see Wendi riding a mechanical bull. Wendi lasts the 8 seconds, then hops off the bull and addresses the camera.
WENDI: My ol' buddy Tom called me the other day. He said there was a guy named Adrian Street up there in Portland. Tom says he can kick Street's tail and I believe him. Only problem is that Street is like a lotta guys these days-he has some floozy interfering in his matches! Tommy is too good of a man to beat up a woman! That's no problem for me! There's no way a gal from England can handle an American woman! Especially not a Texas gal, 'cause we're the toughest of them all! So, I'm spending Thanksgiving in Portland! Y'all come and see me, you hear? (blows a kiss at the camera)
COSS: Wow! That certainly spices things up!
OWEN: She's one of the finest lady wrestlers in the world! That definitely evens the odds for Tom Prichard! Another wrestler who had an idea for Thanksgiving night was Ron Garvin. Ronnie has been in a feud with Kendo Nagasaki and here's what he has in mind...
VTR:
Ron Garvin stands in a blackened studio. There is a cage standing beside him.
GARVIN: OK, let me tell you people a story. Several years ago, back in 1979, I was wrestling in a promotion in Tennessee and Kentucky. I had a problem with a wrestler you've probably seen on cable, none other than “Macho Man” Randy Savage! Back then, he had a pipsqueak manager named Steve Cooper who kept sticking his ugly nose in my business! I asked some buddies of mine for a good idea about how I could get rid of the outside interference. A guy from Danville, Kentucky finally came up with the solution to my problem: this cage! We put that weasel in the cage and that solved my problem!
Well, 8 years later, I got the same problem! I got a guy named Kendo Nagasaki! I know I can beat him in a straight up wrestling match, no doubt in my mind! Only problem is another weasel manager- ol' Charlie Chan himself, Mr. Fuji! Tell ya what I did, Fuji! I drove all the way back to Danville, KY! My ol' pal still had the weasel cage stored in his garage. I put it in the back of my pickup and drove it all the way from Kentucky to Oergon! Thanksgiving night, we stick Mr. Fuji in this cage and I take care of the Black Ninja! You get what you deserve for trying to put my eye out! The weasel goes in a cage and justice will be served, Kendo!
OWEN: That's what Garvin asked for and I signed the match! You'll see it on Thanksgiving night!
COSS: Thanks for the update! Fans, I wouldn't want to miss this huge card at Memorial Coliseum ! Get your tickets ASAP! We're expecting a complete sellout!
COMMERCIAL
COSS: “Tennessee Stud” Ron Fuller has joined me here in the Crow's Nest. Your Stud's Stable has an important match coming up in just a few moments- The Grappler and Bad News Brooks will take on their former associate “Ragin Bull” Manny Fernandez and his friend from Texas, Dutch Mantel!
FULLER: I want to lodge a formal protest before I address the Ragin Bull and his Yosemite Sam looking buddy! Tonight, here at the Portland Sports Arena, the great Abdullah the Butcher will defeat that musclehead Billy Jack for the PNW Championship! And promoter Don Owen doesn't see fit to televise the match! What a crock of bull, Don Coss!
COSS: I can explain that: Mr. Owen is leery about putting the Butcher's matches on TV. His matches are usually gory and, even in a late night time slot, we don't want to risk losing sponsors or being taken off the air!
FULLER: What a crock of bull! It don't matter none! That Manny Fernandez is a traitor and he's gonna shed some blood when the Grappler and the Killer get him in that ring! I got some even better news! My 6'6, 275 pound cousin Gentleman Jimmy Golden is on his way and he'll be here for the Bunkhouse Brawl and he's bringing the biggest surprise you people here in the Northwest have ever seen! I'm a goin down to the ring right now and the Stud Stable is gonna take care of business, boy!
“Ragin Bull” Manny Fernandez & “Dirty” Dutch Mantel vs. Bad News Brooks & The Grappler(w/ “Tennessee Stud” Ron Fuller): The Bull and the Dirty Dutchman take it to the heels and dominate the action early on! Fuller turns the tide when he hands the Grappler a foreign objcet that he uses to load his mask and dish out a series of headbutts that cut Fernandez! True to Fuller's word, the Bull bleeds and eventually, referee Sandy Barr stops the bout and awards it to the heels. Fernandez and Mantel are irate and end up in the Crow's Nest...
FERNADEZ: That was crap, Don Coss! Everybody saw that jerk load his mask! I Got him on Thanksgiving night and here's what I want! Grappler, you put your mask up! After I beat you, you take off that mask and we show the world your ugly mug! Do you have the guts?
Ron Fuller and the Grappler approach...
FULLER: Here's your answer, you backstabber! YES! The Grappler will put his mask on the line!
GRAPPLER: WHAT??
FULLER: IF..IF... and it's a big IF! If you put your hair up! Hair vs. mask! That includes that goofy looking moustache! What do you say, Manny? Do you have the guts?
FERNANDEZ: I accept your deal, you redneck! I'm warning you people- you might not wanna bring small children because the Grappler's face is a scary sight!
MANTEL: Ha! Ha! That's right, Bull!
GRAPPLER: You're gonna be a bald headed geek, you lowlife!
COSS: Wow! Thanksgiving night just keeps getting bigger and bigger!
COMMERCIAL
Jos LeDuc vs. Chris Carter & Ricky Ataki: LeDuc tunes up for his pole match against Ken Patera by demolishing two opponents in a handicap match. LeDuc forces each of his opponents to submit to his powerful bearhug.
COMMERCIAL
Ken Patera vs. “Wildman” Jack Armstrong & George South: Not to be outdone, Patera also does a handicap match. Patera forces South to conced to the swinging full nelson, then puts Armstrong away with a bearhug.
COMMERCIAL
Steve DiSalvo & Kevin Kelly vs. Brickhouse Brown & Joe Cruz: DiSalvo & Kelly, the so called “Bod Squad” Have their hands full with the electrifying Brickhouse. Things go downhill for the faces when Cruz tags in. Disalvo pins Cruz after a piledriver.
COMMERCIAL
Ron Garvin, Cowboy Scott Casey, & Sam Houston vs. Akio Sato, Tarzan Goto, & “Black Ninja' Kendo Nagasaki (w/Mr. Fuji): An action packed bout. Mr. Fuji makes the difference here as he nails Houston in the back with his cane, leading to Goto pinning Sam. Coss and Stasiak point out that Fuji will be in a cage for the Garvin-Nagasaki bout on Thanksgiving nd he won't be a factor at all!
COMMERCIAL
VTR: Don Coss and Billy Jack Haynes are seated in a blckened studio.
COSS: Billy, I've asked you here for a sit down interview. I'm curious and many fans are curious about this situation with Dan Spivey. He came into the Northwest a while back and he has been gunning for you since he got here. He obviously has a vendetta against you and it seems personal. Less than a week before you wrestle him for the Undisputed World Title on Thanksgiving night at the Memorial Coliseum, I thought I'd ask: What is Spivey's problem with Billy Jack Haynes?
HAYNES: Most people know my story: I came up on the streets and I was headed down the wrong road. Professional wrestling saved me. I started training to be a wrestler and I was hungry and I worked really hard to get into wrestling. Dan was a guy who I met when I was training to be a wrestler. We were both being considered by a promoter for a contract with his company. Finally, he decided to put Danny and me in the ring, winner got the contract. It was the hardest fight I've ever been in. I was lucky to win, but just barely. Spivey has always held that against me. We were good pals before then, but he swore that he'd get revenge for that! He swore that he'd put me out someday! Thanksgiving night will be tough! Somebody might not walk out of the Coliseum! It could be me! I need each and every Billy Jack fan to be there and be behind me! It will be like a fight to the death!
COMMERCIAL
The PNW tag team champions come to the ring! Brett “Hack” Sawyer leads the way, holding his left arm high in the air, displaying the plaster cast that brought Buzz Sawyer & Matt Borne the belts last week. Then, we hear...
Probably the most popular team in the world makes their entrance and the Portland Sports Arena rocks!
MAIN EVENT(2/3 falls) PNW TAG TITLE MATCH: “Mad Dog” Buzz Sawyer & “Maniac” matt Borne(w/Brett “Hack” Sawyer) vs. Rock & Roll Express:
First fall: Back and forth action for ten minutes. Borne puts the champs up one fall to noneas he reverses a rolling reverse by Gibson with two handfulls of tights.
Second fall: More seesaw action. The challengers even things up as Borne has Gibson up for a bodyslam, but Ricky dropkicks his partner in the back, causing Borne to fall to the mat with Gibson pinning him. 1-1.
Third fall: The deciding fall is all Ricky and Robert until Brett clocks Morton with his cast and Buzz gets the pin.
After the bout, Don Owen joins Don Coss in the Crow's Nest.
OWEN: I have an announcement. I feel like we have the two top teams in the country right now-Rock and Roll Express and Borne & Sawyer. Neither team needs outside interference to win. On Thanksgiving night, Rock and Roll will get a rematch, but this time, Brett Sawyer won't be allowed at ringside! In fact, nobody will be allowed at ringside for that match!
COSS: Big news! Get your tickets at all Ticketmaster outlets as well as the Coliseum box office and here at the Sprts Arena! We'll see you next week!
DARK MATCHES:
Tiger Mask pinned Eric Embry after a moonsault.
Undisputed World Champion “Dangerous” Dan Spivey pinned SD Jones after a bulldog(non-title).
PNW Champion Billy Jack Haynes beat Abdullah the Butcher(w/Ron Fuller) after a clothesline. Abdullah used an object to carve Billy up and Haynes was a bloody mess when he got the duke.
Working on it now.