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Oct 23, 2026
Frank CulbertsonHOST
They attacked opponents with them.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
And eventually, two Portland wrestling sponsors decided enough was enough.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
Tom Peterson, Friendly Joe Cahan.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
Two men who weren't wrestlers.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
Lonnie Main, Dory Funk Jr., Mad Dog Michon, Dale Lewis, Don Leo Jonathan.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
And the Kangaroos kept surviving.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
But before there could be a bounty, before there could be broken televisions, before Portland Wrestling could have its most wanted tag team, there had to be the Royal Kangaroos.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
This is the cream of the crop, the main eventers, the money draws, and the territory legends.
Lisa HughesNARRATOR
Step into the squared circle, where the bell echoes through decades, where main events become legends and tag teams tore the house down.
Lisa HughesNARRATOR
From the undercard to the top of the card, this is Portland Wrestling at its finest.
Lisa HughesNARRATOR
One ring, one city, a thousand stories.
Lisa HughesNARRATOR
This is Ringside in Rose City.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
Hey, thanks, Lisa.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
Great intro, as always.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
I'm Frank Culbertson, joined, as always, by the preeminent Portland wrestling historian, author, referee, and the man with a mountain of information surrounding him, just ready to fall over and make a ton of noise, and he is...
Frank CulbertsonHOST
Mike Rogers.
GilHOST
1979, the Sheepherders arrive.
GilHOST
In 1979, Miller and Williams became established in the Pacific Northwest Wrestling Territory.
GilHOST
They were now known as the Kiwi Sheepherders, and their wrestling style was becoming increasingly violent.
GilHOST
They wore rugged gear, they fought aggressively, they bent the rules, and they loved getting into confrontations with the crowd.
Jonny FairplayHOST
Nick Wayne, there we go.
Jonny FairplayHOST
I knew Buddy Wayne in Portland Wrestling.
Jonny FairplayHOST
Oh, okay, I didn't know that.
Jonny FairplayHOST
Yeah, he used to cut Reavis for quitters,
Bob SmithHOST
Welcome back to the Outdated Wrestling Hour.
Bob SmithHOST
This time out, we welcome back Mike Leotta, Wrestle Weekly, and he's gonna look again at Portland Wrestling.
Bob SmithHOST
You know, I spent a lot of time in Oregon, you know that? My formative years, college days.
Bob SmithHOST
I can't tell you the number of days I spent at the 99 W Drive-In Theater.
Joe PuccioHOST
Sure.
Bob SmithHOST
Knows a lot about wrestling, really into it.
Bob SmithHOST
He's one of the proprietors of, of Wrestle Weekly, along with Scotty Richardson, and we're gonna talk about new things that we didn't talk about last time, about Portland wrestling, and we're just gonna veer off and talk about old school wrestling in general.
Bob SmithHOST
Another fine contribution from him.
Gerald GlassfordHOST
But I'm going to give you always, my friend, I'm going to tag you in and you go ahead and grab the mic away from the interviewer and push him to his side and say you know what i'm going to talk about my first territory first
John OrlandoHOST
yeah i'm going to talk about a territory that um intrigued me and there's a reason why because it seemed to be very mysterious and i'm talking about portland wrestling also known as pacific northwest wrestling um i always found it odd because it was one of those It was one of the promotions I didn't get.
John OrlandoHOST
And just to recap for people that did not pay attention the last time that we did a Territories episode, I was blessed that living just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, there was an independent TV station that played a lot of stuff.
John OrlandoHOST
WWF, NWA, AWA, World Class, IWCCW, UWF.
John OrlandoHOST
That wasn't on cable.
John OrlandoHOST
That was over the air.
John OrlandoHOST
So for me, the fact that we didn't get Portland Wrestling for whatever, I kind of just always wanted to know what was going on.
John OrlandoHOST
And so whenever I would take a look at an after mag and there was articles in there about Portland, I was just glued to it because, again, it was something so mysterious.
John OrlandoHOST
Yeah.
John OrlandoHOST
I'm gonna talk about a territory that, um, intrigued me, and there's a reason why, because it seemed to be very mysterious, and I'm talking about Portland Wrestling, also known as Pacific Northwest Wrestling.
Gerald GlassfordHOST
Mm-hmm.
John OrlandoHOST
Um, I always found it odd because it was one of those, it was one of the promotions I didn't get.
John OrlandoHOST
That wasn't on cable.
John OrlandoHOST
That was over the air.
John OrlandoHOST
So for me, um, the fact that we didn't get Portland Wrestling for whatever, I kind of just was always wanted to know what was going on.
John OrlandoHOST
And so whenever I would take a look at a, an APTER mag, and there was articles in there about Portland, I was, I was just glued to it, because again, it was something so mysterious.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
For years, Portland wrestling fans hated them.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
They were arrogant.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
They were vicious.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
Karl Von Steiger was Lorne Corlett.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
And the dreaded German brothers were actually two guys from Winnipeg.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
Welcome to professional wrestling, because professional wrestling has never really asked one question, is the story true? It asks another question, do the people believe it? And Portland wrestling fans believed in the Von Steigers.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
They believed they were arrogant.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
They believed they were dangerous, and most importantly, they believed somebody needed to beat them.
Lisa HughesNARRATOR
[upbeat music] Step into the squared circle where the bell echoes through decades, where main events become legends and tag teams tore the house down.
Lisa HughesNARRATOR
From the undercard to the top of the card, this is Portland wrestling at its finest.
Lisa HughesNARRATOR
One ring, one city, a thousand stories.
Lisa HughesNARRATOR
This is Ringside in Rose City, and here's your hosts, Frank Culbertson and Mike Rogers.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
I'm Frank Culbertson, alongside the man, the myth, the singer of the song...
Mike RogersHOST
Mike Rogers.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
Now, for those who might be just joining us, Mike is in my estimation, and that is only my estimation, and that's all that matters, he's the pre-eminent historian on Portland wrestling.
Frank CulbertsonHOST
He's written five books on Portland wrestling, been awarded the MILB Historian of the Year Award, has literally bags of photos from the Portland sports arena, and is the man who most recently is known for singing this:
Ray RussellHOST
I'm gonna read these, uh, down the line.
Ray RussellHOST
Rick Oliver, who would be Rip Oliver in Portland Wrestling later, scoring a victory.
Ray RussellHOST
This is kind of ironic.
Ray RussellHOST
Rip Oliver over Mike Miller in the opener-
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