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Episode 238: 1982 Portland Wrestling Review

This week STICK TO WRESTLING is joined by longtime Portland Wrestling fan and popular returning guest Frank Culbertson as we discuss and review Portland Wrestling from 1982! We discuss:

–Rocky Johnson apparently leaving without notice for the WWF.
–Brett Sawyer gets his first major push as PNW champion.
–Buddy Rose has a run in the WWF and Rip Oliver replaces him as the new lead heel.
–Longtime announcer Frank Bonnema passes.
–Billy Jack debuts and has “future superstar” written all over him.
–Ric Flair makes his first run ever in the territory as NWA champion.

This is the final STICK TO WRESTLING of 2022, so what are you waiting for? Download and listen to this wicked good podcast today!

STICK TO WRESTLING…give us sixty minutes and perhaps indeed, we’ll give you a rawbone wrestling podcast!

Produced by Lou Kipilman

Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network

Episode 210: The Four Minute Giveaway

This week STICK TO WRESTLING is joined by Frank Culbertson, who is a lifelong fan of the Portland Wrestling territory! We discuss that promotion, and we hit the following points:

–Who should be on Portland’s Mount Rushmore?

–What were the territory’s schedule and payoffs like?

–Should Brett Sawyer have had a bigger career?

–When did the territory start to drop off?

–What was it like when Portland switched to a Memphis booking style?

–Should the Portland territory have expanded to Northern California after Roy Shires stopped promoting?

Plus we discuss the recently released “Katie Bar The Door” book on Portland Wrestling history and McAdam throws some serious shade at former Oregon State Athletic Commissioner Bruce Anderson, so what are you waiting for? Download and listen to this wicked good podcast today!

STICK TO WRESTLING: Give us sixty minute and perhaps indeed, we’ll give you a wicked good and rawboned podcast.

Produced by Lou Kipilman

Stick To Wrestling with John McAdam is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network