1970s WRESTLING, Portland Oregon, Bull Ramos, Jimmy Snuka. PNW, Ray & Migdalia Etheridge

Excerpt of a rare interview with Apache Bull Ramos, which is part of a half-hour documentary, "IN YOUR FACE", available from Amazon.com ("Portland Wrestling"), or from their video website:
http://createspace.com/272823
The documentary includes rare and candid interviews with Jimmy "Superfly" Snooka, Dutch Savage, Tough Tony Borne, "The Royal Kangaroos", Lord Jonathon Boyd and his cousin Norman Frederick Charles III, Bull Ramos, Johnny Eagles, and promoter Elton Owen...all superstars of the 70s from the great Pacific Northwest.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• 1970s
• oldtime
• Dutch Savage
• Jimmy Snuka
• Snooka
• Apache Bull Ramos
• Royal Kangaroos
• Jonathon Boyd
• Tough Tony Borne
• Johnny Eagles
• Elton Owen
• Documentary
• Ray & Migdalia Etheridge
• Golden West Films

[lockenjr]

oh my god that is the earliest portland clip around... I did not think any shag thomas existed as the great sandy barr thankfully replaced shag in 75

[Rayandmigdalia]

The "In Your Face" documentary has some "extra feature" footage...old, dark, grainy, 8mm home movies shot in Vernonia Oregon in 1968 that actually has Shag WRESTLING.

[yardlet6]

Bull Ramos RIP.

[lockenjr]

Well I grew up in oregon although we did get san fran wrestling and okay yes shires and labell did not either but then again they were not around as long as don either I am just saying that startin in the early 70's they could have archived them really cheap. Back then wrestling was territorized so Portland is what I knew so if you want to make up a list of other promoters around the country go ahead. It seems it was just the west coast guys. Were talking 25$ a week not thousands.

[jrekdal]

None of the promoters around the country saved the footage. Don't single Don out for this.

[jrekdal]

Shag died in 82. He would occasionally fill in for Sandy Barr in the late 70's. Great memories.

[lockenjr]

couple grand a year tops I see what your saying but not really. It doesnt justify kptv 12 was willing to store and archive especially in the mid 70s on when it became simpler. no excuse...

[FerretJohn]

Actually it was 72, the year Shag died (July 25th, heart attack, age 47)

[FerretJohn]

Not that simple. They saved some, but archiving 52 weeks of shows a year for 40 years is quite a bit of money and only the major networks or the major promotions have that kind of storage room. And nobody foresaw an interest in wrestling nostalgia back then.

[lockenjr]

man what the fuck were the owens thinking not archiving this shit didnt they think people might want to see history... You know the owens were not a broke family and for them to not pay the 25 a week or whatever to have kptv 12 keep these is just fukin ludacrous and out of order.

[redblazingfish]

Very nice find may order this