Pro-Wrestling on the Pacific Coast

This video is a little overview of the notable personalities, places and events along the Pacific Coast on the United States. It mainly focuses on the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.  From the boom days of Roy Shire in San Francisco and the peak of the Los Angeles promotion to the heydays of pro-wrestling in Hawaii and Don Owens' legendary Portland Wrestling in the Pacific Northwest, pro-wrestling has always been exciting and dynamic in these areas along the Coast.  

Opening Reel - Dutch Savage

A famous San Francisco Battle Royal; Pat Patterson*, Billy Graham and Ripper Collins; Bombs Away by Patterson, The Cow Palace, Jules Strongbow* in "Road to Zanzibar", Freddie Blassie* x2, Chavo Guerrero & Victor Rivera, Dean Ho* vs. Don Muraco; Mr. Moto* chopping Wilbur Snyder, Kenji Shibuya, Curtis Iaukea*, Iaukea vs. Wahoo McDaniel, Pedro Morales* attacking Johnny Barend; Ray Mendoza; Patterson, Graham*, Collins with Pepper Martin; Porkchop Cash; Alfonso Dantes & Francisco Flores; Don Muraco*, The Destroyer x2 with Buddy Austin; Pampero Firpo/Missing Link* x2; "Great Mephisto" Frankie Cain* & Archie Moore; Mephisto loading his boot; Hawaii Card; Hady's interview with Blears interrupted; Roddy Piper vs. Chavo; Patterson helping Dr. Ken Ramey out of the cage; Coloso Colosetti; Moondog Mayne* eating a goldfish; Don Carson vs. Ciclon Negro; Gordman & Goliath; Blassie & John Tolos* x3; Bob Roop attacking the father of Kevin Sullivan*; Pepper Gomez, Morales jumping onto Gomez's iron stomach, "Texas Red" Red Bastien*; More Battle Royal footage; Dick Lane; Barend, Beauregarde & Collins; Collins & Austin vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Shane; Peter Maivia clips & mag. cover; Rocky Johnson footage; Don Leo Jonathan; Bob Roop*; Rick Martel; Mr. Fuji; footage of Blears dropkicking Baron Michele Leone; Bockwinkel-Blears-Jumbo Tsuruta in Hawaii; The Olympic's marquee; Chavo tempts fate by spitting in Judo Gene LaBell's face; Mil Mascaras; Mr. Paul DeMarco & Lars Anderson* confront Renner; Pepper Martin's sleeper, a sleeping Lars, Jim Hady & Billy Whitewolf chasing Barend & his partner; Ray Stevens* & Hank Renner; Stevens & Patterson; Stevens' legendary corner bump with Andre the Giant; Blassie settles in

Portland Wrestling; Dutch Savage* & Renner; Dutch & Al Madril; Bull Ramos*; Ramos & Iron Shiek; Roddy Piper* with Buddy Rose, Ed Wiskowski and Killer Brooks and the wheelbarrow of belts; The Sheepherder*; The Von Steigers, Stan Stasiak's heart punch; Sam Oliver Bass; The Grappler*; Jesse Ventura* & Ramos; Andre & Jimmy Snuka; Billy Jack Haynes*; Rose & Wiskowski*; Mad Dog Vachon; Art Barr & promoter Sandy Barr; Al Madril*; Scotty the Body*; Dynamite Kid & Rip Oliver; Mayne & Tony Borne confrontation; Piper vs. Rose*; Jay Youngblood chops Rose; Piper & Don Owens.