Portland Wrestling June 30, 1984

[tracimarie69]

OMG, I loved Hacksaw Sawyer and Tommy Pritchard and Billy jack Haynes, my best friend and I used to go every friday night back in highschool to watch it live, Best ever, I sure miss the good ole days

[jlward]

Brett Sawyer had the same thing happen to him a couple of years earlier when he and Steve Pardee dropped the tag belts to Oliver and the Assassin.

[jkoff76]

Growing up in West Linn during the eighties, staying up late to watch taped delayed Portland Wrestling with Tom Peterson; did not get any better n' that!!

[razorbacker63]

looks like four jobbers.

[aceldamahotel]

What I loved most about this video is that it shows the great vibe that the scene had. Notice how at the end of the match, the ring is swarmed by fans. That was a normal happening in PDX. And how lifeless Don Owens always was when he talked. and the "hippie" ref doing his slow count for everyone, putting his hands under the shoulderblades to verify they were pinned. Good stuff.

Now I'm off to wake up with a Tom Peterson haircut. I'm not a man, I'm a putting green.

[metelbod]

I was waiting for a Tom Peterson commercial.

[tattoofu]

Pritchard probably bladed himself when he was thrown out of the ring. I actually saw Matt Bourne blade himself at the Portland Sports Arena. Love Portland Wrestling; what a great promotion. That's the great Stan Stasiak doing the in-ring interview.

[tattoofu]

Pritchard probably bladed himself when he was thrown out of the ring. I actually saw Matt Bourne blade himself at the Portland Sports Arena. Love Portland Wrestling; what a great promotion.

[bigroy38]

Tom Jones was Mr Ebony?

[mamacornettesmoney]

@bigroy38 Yes, that's Tom Jones.

[bigroy38]

@mamacornettesmoney Thanks.

[DefHimself]

The ref looks like some guy just walked in the ring from off the streets

[nothinmn2]

Dude you are awesome, where did you get all these videos!!! I just saw Irene, she never missed one

[RVANDAM420]

Mr. Ebony, that's funny. The refs attire is weird, but great blood!

[baseballcardvideos]

Mr.Ebony & Mike Miller vs. Tom Pritchard & Hacksaw Sawyer.

[Holygiant]

The spirit of 76!

[RKOyouALL]

Damn, Black Delirious

[CadillacL]

Is there more of Tommy in Portland>?

[musicguy64]

@CadillacL Yes, I have quite a bit more of Pritchard in Portland from 1984-early 1985....just don't have it on You Tube.

[CadillacL]

@musicguy64 Thanx, was curious. He's one of my favs (no offense to Brett)

[heavymetalsoldier]

Need to return to them days. Before Vince McMahon raped and pilliaged the wrestling landscape

[VolumedMusicMan]

How can you bust a gusher with a flimsy elbow pad? I know its the blade but in kayfabe world in doesn't look legit. LOL

[musicguy64]

@VolumedMusicMan  The gimmick was that the elbow pad was "loaded".... textbook kayfabe stuff.

[thinApe]

I don't like todays wrestling. Back in the days wrestling had this fantastic simple charme. Thanks for uploading all those Vidoes, musicguy.

[musicguy64]

@thinApe My pleasure.  If you ever find yourself wanting to purchase any Portland DVDs, let me know. I have the largest collection of anybody of the real thing!

[maziku]

they actually aired this on tv? thats awesome!

[lockenjr]

@maziku Yes it did and that is why they showed portland wrestling on tape delay at 11 pm instead of live at 830. They showed it live until 79 when the infamous dog collar match took place between piper's partner killer brooks and playboy buddy rose. that match is on here too.

[GamingPalooza]

can't believe wwe bans blood... gay... wrestling has always had blood

[vinegar4]

to my memory, all be it i was maybe 7 or 8 years old, Mr Ebony used to use the always dreaded "loaded elbow pad" much like the Iron Shiek used to use the "loaded boot." i grew up with this stuff..way back when they actually made it to the Seattle Arena every other wednesday night. good times.....

[derberzz]

Mr. Ebony busted him open with an elbow pad !!!!

[daredevilpre]

I like how Stan Stasiak keeps looking at Sawyer like "Don't get my Hawaiian shirt bloody, kid."

[Sargebri]

Almost every match I've seen Pritchard in he bladed. His forehead probably looks like a topgraphic map after all these years.

[tunzagunz4506]

d von dudley and new jack bladed a ton as well

[CombatSportFan]

That was a fantastic ref bump. Usually I can see them coming, but that one was so fluid and looked almost legit. Perfectly done.

[hansumjoe]

did black wrestlers ever blade?

[gonzomoya420]

yeah Abdullah the butcher always blades

[yardlet6]

@hansumjoe Abdullah.

[obscurityknocks]

Thank you for uploading this; Portland Wrestling is a fond memory for me, my brothers and my dad.

[lockenjr]

me too, i would give anything fro kptv 12 to still air this every sat night in fact I l lo ng for the days when kptv 12 aired state wide. Life was cool yet still simple then. I got 12 channels on my local cable then vs satelite now and it seemed like the quality was better then. oh well those days are gone forever. Those were the days my friend we thought theyd never end.

[AngelofAnguish]

Thank God for YouTube! NOW, I can watch all the "old school" wrestling I want.

[soln4suhreborn]

I remember Tom Prichard from his stints in Memphis/CWA and Mid South Wrestling,never knew he competed in Pacific NW of the NWA.

[RichieEastside]

Did he ever play football? something about that name sounds familiar from football around that time

[onemorebrando]

Mr. Ebony's unitard outfit is sweet.

[jesseroman3]

Ah! The peverbial "Crimson Mask"!!!

[reanimate21]

I like the '76 commercial with the dad from Small Wonder, lol.

[OaktownABQ]

Does anyone know the identity of Mr. Ebony?

[rce56]

Believe it is Tom Jones.

[Tudeburger]

Does anyone remember the date the Midgets came to Portland in 1984 I remember it was a big deal cause Little Mr. T was gonna be there and I missed it. Summer, I think June of 1984

[CadillacL]

Did they have a return match? I'd love to see, if so.

[lockenjr]

not sure but about a month after this I saw a rematch of the two when portland came to my hometown. So they must have been feuding all summer. This was my first match live.

[Tharrild]

real blood = real medical staff ....... der?!?!?

[louielogs]

After Pritchard and Hacksaw first won the NW Tag Titles, they came to the wring the next Sat. night carrying a boom box that was playing Billy Squire's "Everybody Wants You". Great stuff

[louielogs]

Don't forget to vist Sandy Barr's Flea Market!!

[54spiritedwill54]

The guy really bladed himself...

[ps2champ]

im from portland and i herd that ric flair use 2 wrestle here

[lockenjr]

He has had matches in portland for the wwe and wcw/nwa. He also wrestled couple of matches on portland wrestling itself/ but to answer your question. No he never actively wrestled on the portland roster.

[okrabay]

did they run shows all over the north west or just a weekly show in portland?

[musicguy64]

All over the Northwest...usually six nights a week. Thursday was Salem, Friday was Eugene and Saturday was Portland. Once a month or so, there would be a big "Tuesday special" card in Portland.

[okrabay]

what size crowds they they get in those towns?

[eskikasar]

When I was a kid the place this was filmed sold out fairly often. I have no idea how large the armory was

This was filmed from 8-9:30 if I remember correctly, then broadcast from 10:30-midnight after their 10 o'clock news so there wasn't a lot of post-production. I missed a lot of SNL back then.

[lockenjr]

Huge crowds in every town unlike any other territory ever. People in the northwest from the 70's to the early 90's were insane like for portland wrestling. saturday night live flopped in the northwest during those decades because it could not draw against portland/big time wrestling.

[flubberdubber]

there will be blood

:P

[eskikasar]

There was always blood, and in the pre-AIDS days, it was everywhere.

[videofanatic9]

refereee has hippy clothes :D

[Rain4h]

That hippy is Sandy Barr, Art Barr's dad.

[chuckgan]

He is also Jesse Barr (aka Jimmy Jack Funk) dad.

[babydollkiller]

Shame i missed out on this federation. seems alot of the matches I watch have been good and quite entertaining ...

[PsychoJack2u2]

Portland Wrestling used had some great matches. The blood was real. They came to Stevenson and I voluntered to help set up the ring. I met Jessie Ventura, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, Dutch Savage, Lonnie Mayne, Tony Borne, The Apache Bull Ramos, The Kangaroos. I still recall 5 of us trying to pick up a ring post and Tony Borne using one arm. The commercials Country John Denton "come on down and kick a tire or two"

and of course Tom Peterson with his crew cut hair and "free is a very good price"

[blueriderccx]

musicguy, can you put any videos up of matches or storylines involving matt borne please?

[fungasuta]

lol @ 04:14, the guy pokes himself in the eye. roflmao

[theblackcrowe2003]

I love Sandy Barr

[RichieEastside]

Wow that guy really carved himself a gusher.

[jasper7cool]

2:15- 2:20 omg for the first time i maby think wreseling can be fake sometimes!!!!!!!!!!!

[DEP717]

Man.. commercials and everything. TThanks, footage of a bygone time indeed. Also amazing as an East Coast kid at the time watching the WWF to compare, WWF was so much different and glam-er. This was more "oldschool" and nasty bleeding, man.... that was a "Vampire match"

[blackienvincecock]

not forget the good ol uswa wccw they were good

[xms32]

Thanks for the post. Does anyone have any footage of rip oliver and the assassin?

[AndreSm95]

Don Owens' "Portland Wrestling" was some of the BEST of the Pro Wrestling in the 1980's!

Thank you for posting!

Excellent footage!

[viciousbastard]

Good seeing PRITCHARD FUCKIN BLEED

[ggggwwwwdddd]

Does anyone know whatever happened to Hacksaw Sawyer. I know he brother Buzz died but never heard about Hack.

[mrdavidjames]

WOW!! this brings back alot. I grew up in Tacoma and would go to the Bicentennial Pavilion to the live shows. But what I remember the most is...how DAMN HARD it was to stay awake until 11:30 on saturday nights to watch this. BIG TIME WRESTLING. Where is Stan Stasiak?? and his heart punch??

[jrekdal]

That is Stan on the play by play with Don Coss too.

Great stuff.

[jrekdal]

RIP Sandy Barr

[brownladd81]

Portland Pro Wrestling/NWA Pacific Northwest wrestling was the 3rd longest (and still is) weekly telivised program in history behind Face the Nation and Meet the Press. Don Owen's promtion was the last NWA affilition left after Crockett Jr. had to sell his in 1991.

[ConE500]

Best bloody match I've seen was the 'Cowboy' James Storm vs 'Wildcat' Chris Harris match at the last TNA PPV, that's goota be match of the year.

[GoblinGirl]

The guy really bladed himself...

[wndebu]

is that jim duggan ?

[musicguy64]

Nope, Duggan never wrestled in Portland. It's Mike Miller, Mr. Ebony (Tom Jones), Tom Pritchard & Brett "Hack" Sawyer.

[boo888]

This was one great classic match! Thanks for posting musicguy.

[Zoms]

What ever happened to Mike Miller?

[hahnbird]

According to obsessedwithwrestling:

April 19, 1986 - Crockett Cup: Wahoo McDaniel & Mark Youngblood defeated Mike Miller & Bobby Jaggers in the 1st round..

Mean Mike Miller was a bouncer at Club 205 for awhile in the 1990's..

[hawkeystud]

Miller was also bouncing at Jody's a few years back. Seems he has a spot for the booby bars now. Mr Ebony passed away a few years ago. RIP

[callmeror]

this is the good wrestling i remember as a kid. please post more, thanks

[zaius316]

Is that Stan The Man Stasiak doing the post match interview?

[musicguy64]

Yep, that's Stan.

[drcdiva]

I love seeing Sandy again...I had forgotten those long sideburns!

[jolaji]

I love it! You got to post more.

[1cpw]

That was a definite five alarm blade job. Also, was that guy in the comercial the dad on Small Wonder, it look like him.

[adamfirestorm]

Geez, he's gonna need a whole pack of bandaids on that one! Great classic stuff.