George Wells

Down now, here comes Tiger Chung Lee and Iron Mike Sharpe into the ring, trying to separate these two guys.

Here's Danny Spivey as well, along with George Wells and a whole host of others.

Finally, they got these two separated.

And look at this.

Lance Von Erich, Ricky Vaughn, and the Dingo Warrior.

Of course, the Ultimate Warrior, Jim Hillwig, teamed together to beat the world class world tag team champions of Matt Bourne and Master G. George Wells was replacing Buzz Sawyer in this matchup.

match to win the title so you know in a sense in wrestling lingo ultimate warrior had won a world tag team title before he ever went to wwf and we don't think much about it but world class certainly struggling but if you're putting together a a universal concept of kayfabe pro wrestling well ultimate warrior had won a world tag team title before he got to wwf It's sad to know that only recently it was found out that Master G, George Wells, had died several years ago.

That news only coming out not long ago.

Speaking of tragic news, Also, on November 17th, 1986, and I did a whole true crime special on this, and again, I talked about the Southeastern Championship Wrestling Action News Podcast that runs every Wednesday for free at whenitwascool.com.

Speaking of super heavyweights on that same show, Big Bubba, Fred Ottman, Typhoon, Shockmaster, beat Jerry Lawler by DQ.

Go down to world class, Fort Worth, Texas, Lance Von Erich, Ricky Vaughn, and the Dingo Warrior, of course, the Ultimate Warrior, Jim Hillwig, teamed together to beat the world class, world tag team champions of Matt Bourne and Master G, George Wells, which was replacing Buzz Sawyer in this matchup.

match to win the title so you know in a sense in wrestling lingo ultimate warrior had won a world tag team title before he ever went to wwf and we don't think much about it but world class certainly struggling but if you're putting together a a universal concept of kayfabe pro wrestling well ultimate warrior had won a world tag team title before he got to wwf It's sad to know that only recently it was found out that Master G, George Wells, had died several years ago.

That news only coming out not long ago.

Speaking of tragic.

The world-class TV champion Crusher Yurkov.

Yes, Bam Bam Bigelow went to a draw with Steve Simpson.

Dingo Warrior beat Master G in a chain match.

Thank you.

And now, Mike, before I open the envelope, we've recently found out that George Wells passed away in early 2020 from health issues related to kidney failure and diabetes.

His family just confirmed this news.

Mike, tell our listeners about George Wells.

Well, George Wells came to Portland in February of '79, and this period was one of the high spots in Portland wrestling history.

Wells had been active in the Canadian Football League.

He was in one of the most famous matches in Portland wrestling history, the Roddy Piper, Killer Brooks, Buddy Rose, Ed Whiskowski on one team, and they wrestled Ron Starr, Adrian Adonis, Hector Guerrero, and George Wells.

Wells had wins here in the Northwest over Bobby Kincaid, Johnny Boyd, Hector Guerrero, Johnny Eagles.