PNW Wrestling Extravaganza
The PNW Wrestling Extravaganza were two professional wrestling supercards held by the NWA Pacific Northwest, also known as Portland Wrestling in the U.S. state of Oregon, at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland.
60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza[]
| 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza | |
|---|---|
| Promotion | NWA Pacific Northwest Wrestling (Don Owen Sports) |
| Date | May 21, 1985 |
| City | Portland, Oregon |
| Venue | Portland Memorial Coliseum |
| Attendance | 13,000+ |
The PNW 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza was the first of the two events. It took place on May 21, 1985 at the Portland's Memorial Coliseum.
Don Owen was the National Wrestling Alliance promoter for the Pacific Northwest territory, having in 1942 taken over the family business his father started in 1925.[1] In honor of the Owen family's 60 years of promoting wrestling in the Northwest, they promoted the 60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza.
This event took place just less than 2 months after the first WWF WrestleMania. While this card didn't draw the media attention that WrestleMania did, this event was notable in many ways. The card was unique in that it featured active stars from each of the three major promotions in the United States at that time, AWA, NWA and WWF. In addition to having AWA World Heavyweight Champion Rick Martel, AWA World Tag Team Champions The Road Warriors and NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair on the card, it featured two wrestlers from the WWF who had just recently competed (against other competitors) in the WWF's first WrestleMania; they were the WWF's most prominent heel, Rowdy Roddy Piper (who established himself in PNW and was one of the territory's most popular stars while he competed there) and Playboy Buddy Rose (who wrestled in WrestleMania as the masked Executioner). Piper was greeted with a standing ovation, as he entered the ring to wrestle Portland's number one Heel, Playboy Buddy Rose. Don Owen gave credit to Rose & Piper for drawing the Largest Gate ever in Northwest History. Credit a strong supporting cast of legendary wrestlers as well.
Results[]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cowboy Lang defeated Little Tokyo | Singles match | |
| 2 | Mega Maharishi defeated Billy Two Eagles | Singles match | |
| 3 | Jerry Grey defeated Rocky Venturo | Singles match | |
| 4 | Karl Steiner defeated Steve Simpson | Singles match | |
| 5 | Bobby Jaggers and Ricky Vaughn defeated Timothy Flowers and Chris Colt | Tag Team match | |
| 6 | Sgt. Slaughter defeated Kendo Nagasaki | Singles match | |
| 7 | Curt Hennig and Larry Hennig defeated The Road Warriors (Animal and Road Warrior Hawk) (with Paul Ellering) (c) by disqualification. | Tag Team match for the AWA World Tag Team Championship | 12:46 |
| 8 | Rick Martel (c) defeated Mike Miller | Singles match for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship | 08:14 |
| 9 | Ric Flair (c) wrestled Billy Jack Haynes to a time limit draw. | Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship | 39:00 |
| 10 | Roddy Piper defeated Buddy Rose | Singles match | 39:00 |
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Superstar Extravaganza[]
| Superstar Extravaganza | |
|---|---|
| Promotion | NWA Pacific Northwest Wrestling (Don Owen Sports) |
| Date | January 21, 1986 |
| City | Portland, Oregon |
| Venue | Portland Memorial Coliseum |
| Attendance | 8,000+ |
The PNW Superstar Extravaganza was the second of the two events. It took place on January 21, 1986, also at the Memorial Coliseum.
Results[]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Doring wrestled Ole Olson to a draw. | Singles match | |
| 2 | Nick Kiniski defeated Timothy Flowers by disqualification. | Singles match | |
| 3 | Billy Two Eagles wrestled Gary Royal to a draw. | Singles match | |
| 4 | Billy Jack Haynes and Brady Boone defeated Moondog Moretti and Karl Steiner | Tag Team match | |
| 5 | Steve Pardee defeated Rip Oliver by disqualification. | Singles match | |
| 6 | Jerry Sampson defeated Chris Colt by disqualification | Singles match | |
| 7 | Little Mr. T defeated Little Tokyo | Singles match | |
| 8 | The Road Warriors and Magnum TA defeated Timothy Flowers and The Russians (Ivan Koloff and Nikita Koloff) | Six-Man Tag Team match | 18:24 |
| 9 | Tom Zenk beat Bobby Jaggers (c) | Singles match for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship | |
| 10 | Ric Flair (c) defeated Dusty Rhodes by disqualification | Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship | 28:53 |
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References[]
- ^ "Kayfabe Memories". 6 July 2004. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- Online World of Wrestling: Portland Results
- Portland Results - 1985 at Old School Wrestling (May 21)
- 1985 in professional wrestling
- 1986 in professional wrestling
- Pacific Northwest Wrestling shows
- Events in Portland, Oregon
- 1985 in Portland, Oregon
- Professional wrestling in Oregon
- 1986 in Portland, Oregon