🔥 On to Better Things: The Portland Chapters 🔥
Host Frank Culbertson, dives into three wrestlers whose Portland chapters were short, but unforgettable.
👊 David Schultz stormed into the Northwest in 1982, refusing to team with Buddy Rose and instead going head-to-head with him in brutal cage and chain matches. With his infamous line—“Don’t go jumping on the Doctor’s bus, because he doesn’t need you people”—Schultz made sure fans never forgot him, even after only four months in Portland.
🔨 Greg Valentine arrived in 1973, still early in his career. From strange beginnings against Ray Glenn, to teaming with Ripper Collins, to testing himself against Jimmy Snuka—Portland was a proving ground that shaped the man who later became “The Hammer” in the WWF.
💥 And then there’s Austin Idol, the one that got away. He got over instantly in 1978 with big wins and fan support, seemed headed for a showdown with Jimmy Snuka, and then—just like that—he was gone. Imagine what Portland fans missed: Idol vs. Buddy Rose… or Idol vs. a young Roddy Piper. The possibilities were endless.
These are the stories that make Portland Wrestling unique—short runs, wild feuds, and missed opportunities that shaped wrestling history.
🎧 Don’t miss Episode 2 of On to Better Things: The Portland Chapters.
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