Pro-Wrestling on the Pacific Coast

[mkl62]

I hope that there is some footage out there of Buddy Austin. In 1963, he and The Great Scott held what is now the WWE Tag Team Championship.

[sportofwrestling]

Moondog Ed Moretti has done two interviews with us at sportofwrestling. com and both interviews focused on Roy Shire and his promotion in San Francisco, we talked about all the greats, as well as how the promotion got started, and eventually went out of business. Both interviews are available for members, and memberships are just $5.00 a month

[wrestlingscout]

@sportofwrestling I actually heard your plug on B&V and was thinking I'd check it out sometime.

[sportofwrestling]

@wrestlingscout Thanks man. I appreciate it. We are going through some major upgrades right now.

This video that you posted and your whole page are amazing, good stuff!

[kingsfan1001]

My favorite was the feud between Blassie and Tolos. I still remember watching the incident on Channel 13 when Tolos threw the powder into Blassie's left eye and (so the story went) partially blinded him. Blassie came back a few months later and fought Tolos at the LA Coliseum. Thanks to a pair of brass knuckles that Black Gordman slipped to Blassie, he managed to carve up Tolos' face!

[wrestlingscout]

@kingsfan1001 When I started making these it was mostly to compile a little video and try to give people a glimpse into a specific area, but I get so much wonderful feedback from people who feel nostalgia when they watch them. It really makes my day.

[kingsfan1001]

@wrestlingscout I actually used to tape (on cassette tape) some of the wrestling shows in the early 1970s when I was about 10 years old. This was before VCRs were prevalent. I think that I still have these tapes buried in the garage! Tolos and Blassie were the best interviews. Dick Lane would ask them a question and then just let them do what they did best- rant and rave and get the fans all riled up. It was great. I knew that it was all fake but I still loved it! Thanks for posting.

[ringtalk3]

Much thanks 4 some great memories.

[bmet47]

King Curtis passed away Dec. 4 in Honolulu at age 73

[tornmask]

Los Angeles California East Coast Wrestling was the program to watch back in the days on the (spanish) ch- 41 "Lucha Libre Profesional" Sat. 6pm circa 1970-1978! x0D

[tornmask]

the GREATEST WRESTLERS that ever Lived!..GOD BLESS THEM ALL! :0)

[ejbell100]

How many times did Pepper Gomez fall for the old I'm gonna climb up this ladder and jump on your cast iron stomach, whoops I landed on your throat routine? I saw Ray Stevens do that to him on TV once on the old channel 2 from Jack Londen Square in Oakland with Walt Harris doing the play by play..

[rennanbrown10]

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[1400deadwood]

Great clips!

[57rg]

Wow... thanks so much for putting this together. I grew up in NY and was very familiar with these great wrestlers because of channel 41 from Patterson New Jersey. They would broadcast live every saturday at 5pm from the Olympic Auditorium. This was truly the golden age of wrestling. Great entertainment and the promo interviews were fantastic. Loved to see Gordman and Goliath, Bull Ramos, Mil Mascaras, Pampiro Firpo. And lastly the late great Kenji Shibuya. RIP Kenji, you were so much fun to see.

[etothedubl]

@57rg Remember Kenji's cousin, Saito?

I remember him only saying::

"I chop, chop, chop!"

Good times!

[tornmask]

the GRESTEST WRESTILNG of ALL TIMES!...WOW!..those were the Good Old Days of Professional Wrestling! =o)

[bumblebeemoi]

Blassie biting Tolos at 1:46...incredible!

[hcjc57]

The SF Big Time Wrestling promotion was at it's peak when Shires ran it. BTW, Lord James Blears' daughter Laura was a pro surfer and even got naked in Playboy in the mid-70's - my right hand thanks her dearly (LOL)!

[lockenjr]

until one night in the summer of 79 when shires was trying to screw the wrestlers out of some money. The late grea Playboy Buddy Rose got into the ring with don owen the portland promoters blessing and exposed shires to the whold crowd in the cow palace and shortly after that he folded. while buddy was in the ring shires bitch wife told ed wiskowski aka col debeers that buddy would be blackballed then ed informed her that buddy had the other west coast promoters blessing to do it thn she cried

[wrestlingscout]

I intend to do Canada, which will include Vancouver. The Pacific Northwest is so unique because of the overlap with Canada. Not to mention things like AWA in Winnipeg, Stu Hart running Montana, Mid-Atlantic stars in Toronto and the Detroit-Windsor-Toronto ties. I'd really like to give Canadian promotions their due in a Canadian video.

[lockenjr]

awesome man. bc was tied to portland until tomko screwed the deal...

[coors445]

@wrestlingscout this is great-look forward Canadian stuff thanks much

[lockenjr]

That was a great presentation man really great.... LIke I said early would have liked some vancouver in there but you did say united states on your preview so awesome job... And from LA to Portland it is all gone now and it is fucking sad that egos along the way killed it..

[MWMTalent]

OMG! I just relived my youth. The only thing missing was Dick Lane shouting "whooooaaahhh nellie!" Thank you for posting this awesome video!!!

[wrestlingscout]

@MWMTalent - yeah, I'd looked a little for some Dick Lane, but it was tricky because he did so much non-wrestling stuff. I try to mainly include audio and video from youtube, so everyone can easily access it if they're curious.

[Snailbarf]

haha reminds me how pro wrestling was the last, well, anything, to switch completely to color photos. 1983 they were still about half black and white photos c'mon give me a break lol.

[rowdyronn]

Love your Videos My Brother.....They bring back great memories from my youth :-)

[lumpagogo]

If only we had some individ footage of Professor Roy Shire.

[wrestlingscout]

There is footage of him later on, but I don't know if he worked much in San Fran. It's funny how the erudite Professor was replaced by a tobacco-spitting, foul-mouthed cowboy.

[lumpagogo]

You talking 'bout Ronald Wilson Reagan, scout?

[lockenjr]

roy shire was a bitch thou buddy rose exposed him for the fraud he was and in 79 he was finished...

[lumpagogo]

That not nice, lockie. That not nice at all.

[eslubin]

another quality production on your part

[OaktownABQ]

Great job! Thanks for posting this and sharing it with us!

[lockenjr]

nice ending I am a portland wrestling nut. it was the best and san fran was pretty good itself. I might have added some vancouver footage since you were doing a west coast homange but great stuff.

[ronvonhesse]

excellent pics and hardening vocals..... aughyeah!

[landmine950]

Great Vid!~ Good work!