PORTLAND WRESTLING: Stretcher Match!

[@kevinpresley3136]

What an awesome match!Portland always had great matches and great wrestlers.

[@hoaleboy702]

A classic story line for Portland wrestling. One of the best feuds in pro wrestling. Got to love Don Owen comments. These two guys had some of the most bloody matches. Never got old. Thansk to Tom Peterson for putting these matches on tv. Loved going to the Portland sports arena and racing home to watch it again on tv. Great times down there

[@donleedonnelly757]

These two tore it up and down the I-5 corridor from Brookings, Oregon to Bellingham, Washington

[@mystikka1gaming740]

GOD the good ol days of wrestling!!!!! My Childhood right here!! lol RIP to Rip Oliver one of the many greats to entertain us in the PNW.... WWE wants to say they have the best commentating crew.... maybe they need to watch this one man show!.... Don Coss..... and don't forget... A referee who could whip an ass or two if needed lol....

[@martinkobert4402]

MoonDog Mayne ruled the whole west coast In the 70,s

[@TheAlderon444]

Good old portland wrestling. Good guys and bad guys. Watch it live and go home and see it again on ch12. Wrestling today can't hold a candle to it.

[@paladin1726]

Tom Peterson is all heart. And two great stores to serve you! Don Owens is all eloquence

[@rowds]

It's Don Owen not Owens. Why did you add an s?

[@paladin1726]

@@rowds i haven’t lived in Portland in 25 years. At least I remember Andy Barr

[@rowds]

@@paladin1726 🤣 Yes, the father of Fart Barr.. Anyway I love how he put Tom Peterson over for supposedly getting this match on TV. Now go purchase your $300 VCR!

[@paladin1726]

@@rowds there had been so many times when we weren’t supposed to be able to watch the Main event on TV, but Tom Peterson (with two great stores to serve you) stepped in for us less fortunate and said I’ll sponsor this match! Air it on TV! Dude was a hero. Very sad over his bankruptcy. He was Best Buy before there was Best Buy.

[@reynaldoreyes9927]

Billy Jack Haynes vs The Crippler Rip Oliver fued started 10/29/82 Eugene, Oregon ( PNW house show) Haynes first day in PNW.Hayes departed PNW 12/26/83 Portland, Oregon Cage Haynes vs Oliver . Haynes arrived in CWF 1/9/84 (Florida) Ending the first chapter 1 of this Fued

[@OaktownABQ]

The more Don Owen talks before a match, the more I love it...LOL

[@jamie.777]

Entertaining 😅as all hell!! Love Don Owen

[@OaktownABQ]

@@jamie.777 Me too!

[@americasevilgenius]

I've seen the idea of the "stretcher match" executed in several different ways across different territories...I think this variation--with the wrestlers surrounding the ring and having to carry the guy back to the dressing room and the wrestler trying to fight his way off the stretcher--is the best variation I've seen.

[@HowardHello]

This is possibly the greatest thing I've ever seen.

[@craigstrachan]

Have this match on dvd . Awesome match . Nothing like an old school blood feud where 2 guys just beat the hell out of eachother to settle their differences .Back when wrestling and storylines meant something .

[@jeffpowell476]

That was one of the best feuds in the Pacific North West

[@thebronxbarbariannetwork6530]

This is awesome footage.i wish it aired in nyc back in the day.i used to read about the goings on in the pnw but now thanks to you tube i can watch the action.now i know why this promotion was great.

[@therehastobeme]

The Billy Jack Haynes / Rip Oliver feud had some of the most dramatic matches , the stretcher match being one their best

[@toddlecher4097]

i grew up with portland wrestling, watching an attending from 82-83 till the end in 1991. Dynamite kid was amazing before he hit WWF/WWE

[@HowardHello]

This match was BRUTAL!

[@paulinecorreia5538]

I like this wrestling. The matches are good@ so are the interviews.

[@drserious1970]

great clip

[@MadWeiner]

It's funny to see the kid slapping Billy Jack's back.I remember going to the Portland sports arena as a kid.We always tried to slap the wrestlers on the back:)

[@davidlilly9698]

Billy jack wins. Hell yeah.

[@greedyd5524]

I would like Rip to do a shoot video someday

[@tomvoigt]

too late for that, sadly. R.I.P.

[@FranBushardt]

Wether you like Oliver or Not, they said in the Rules that ANYTHING GOES!! Including BRASS KNUCKS!!

[@lonehorseman09]

who was the blond guy that looked like ken patera?

[@jamie.777]

Billy Jack was a BEAST

[@nassermj7671]

People kids should ~~~NOT~~~ be witness to bloody conflicts! SMH

[@rayjohnson4741]

Bj Haynes the man

[@grumpyoldfart3891]

These gentlemen were accomplished professionals. Well worked, choreographed and performed.

[@darrentocchet288]

Year?

[@therehastobeme]

Just curious of what Rip Oliver is doing today ? i know that Oliver had much of his fame with Don Owens promotion , but since then ?

[@jeffreywalker8221]

therehastobeme He worked on top on World Class and toured Japan often. He finished his career in Portland as a face working with his son Larry.

[@rowds]

It's Don Owen not Owens. Why do people keep getting his name wrong, I don't understand.

[@michaelconnors7668]

Instead of taking Rip Oliver back to the dressing room, the honest wrestlers should have taken him out the front door. That is how I would book a stretcher match.

[@nellbowie7986]

Billy Jerk Haynes

[@mercoid]

It’s a stretcher match.

[@MediaBLITZ74]

Rip Oliver - major heel. Ugh. I stopped watching PW because heels like Rip Oliver or The Grappler just couldn't hold a candle to the likes of Bull Ramos, The Kangaroo's, The Von Steigers, The Vachon's, and those that came before them. But PW was the nations best when at it's best.

[@skeeto420]

Oliver was one of the greatest heels to ever grace the PNW.

[@HowardHello]

Jesus... bodyslam on the outside!

[@coronaweeks4577]

Bad booking rip Oliver getting the off the stretcher makes him a baby face

[@jamie.777]

Hell of a match!!! Rip could sell!!!

[@mokthatibnignkakmod2565]

They should have done a "Strap-On" match instead and Oliver could have played Billys uncle and called him his little Elvis.

[@TheLeebo1962]

wow, from the few matches i saw, haynes knew fewer wrestling moves than luger.

[@jamie.777]

And he was 1000 times better than Lugar. Billy was smooth, and believable. Lex was a awkward stiff and scared 😱 of busier brody