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

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60th Anniversary Wrestling Extravaganza
PromotionNWA Pacific Northwest Wrestling (Don Owen Sports)
DateMay 21, 1985
CityPortland, Oregon
VenuePortland Memorial Coliseum
Attendance13,000+

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

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No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Cowboy Lang defeated Little TokyoSingles match
2Mega Maharishi defeated Billy Two EaglesSingles match
3Jerry Grey defeated Rocky VenturoSingles match
4Karl Steiner defeated Steve SimpsonSingles match
5Bobby Jaggers and Ricky Vaughn defeated Timothy Flowers and Chris ColtTag Team match
6Sgt. Slaughter defeated Kendo NagasakiSingles match
7Curt 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 Championship12:46
8Rick Martel (c) defeated Mike MillerSingles match for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship08:14
9Ric Flair (c) vs. Billy Jack Haynes ended in a time limit drawSingles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship39:00
10Roddy Piper defeated Buddy RoseSingles match39:00
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Superstar Extravaganza

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Superstar Extravaganza
PromotionNWA Pacific Northwest Wrestling (Don Owen Sports)
DateJanuary 21, 1986
CityPortland, Oregon
VenuePortland Memorial Coliseum
Attendance8,000+

The PNW Superstar Extravaganza was the second of the two events. It took place on January 21, 1986, also at the Memorial Coliseum.

Results

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No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Scott Doring vs. Ole Olson ended in a drawSingles match
2Nick Kiniski defeated Timothy Flowers by disqualificationSingles match
3Billy Two Eagles vs. Gary Royal ended in a drawSingles match
4Billy Jack Haynes and Brady Boone defeated Moondog Moretti and Karl SteinerTag Team match
5Steve Pardee defeated Rip Oliver by disqualificationSingles match
6Jerry Sampson defeated Chris Colt by disqualificationSingles match
7Little Mr. T defeated Little TokyoSingles match
8The Road Warriors and Magnum T. A. defeated Timothy Flowers and The Russians (Ivan Koloff and Nikita Koloff)Six-Man Tag Team match18:24
9Tom Zenk defeated Bobby Jaggers (c)Singles match for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship
10Ric Flair (c) defeated Dusty Rhodes by disqualificationSingles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship28:53
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

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  1. ^ "Kayfabe Memories". 6 July 2004. Retrieved 2007-05-07.