Portland Wrestling Documentary
Oct 16, 2007 17:52:32 GMT -5
Post by LWPD on Oct 16, 2007 17:52:32 GMT -5
Portland Wrestling Documentary
tinyurl.com/ynthpz
This was a PBS Documentary on Don Owens Portland, Oregon based promotion circa the mid 70's. Note the stark difference in the attendance demographics one will find today. This features fan reactions from the old 'Kayfabe Era'...with the focus being on the build and sell to a Dutch Savage/Iron Sheik Coal Miners Glove match. Be on the look out for a promo from a young Jesse Ventura.
LWPD (while some thirty years removed from the scene it's easy to be critical of the naivety of some of the fans from this era...beneath the surface there is a level of commonality with 'smart' fans of today...many of whom are just as 'devout in their belief' in the veracity of tabloid pro wres journalism peddled on a multitude of paid by the click pro wres sites...and even 'pay for' third party nonsense news outright...they are just as 'invested' in their brand of fandom as the Crabby Granny section at the weekly house shows of yesteryear were...and just as Grand Ma paid to 'hate' the heel of the week...the time proven formula is carried forth today...with those 'creating' emotions and illusions...profiting from them)
"You dirty Nazi German...you dirty old swine...oh shut up you dirty liar.."
-a very angry kayfabe era pro wres fan from 30 years ago confronts the source of her fury...today she could just use her keyboard
"We've got a big match with the Sheik...I've thrown down the gauntlet...he's picked it up...he uses some sort of gimmick in his boot..I don't know what it is...but I intend to put an end to it tonight...if people don't like blood...you don't like to see a guy crippled up or hurt...I think you ought to leave the theatre ...for the simple reason that it's gonna get sort of grimey...and I for one don't like losers money...I definitely don't like the Sheik...and I've never lost one of these (shows the Coal Miner's Glove)...if I happen to maim him...or make a vegetable out of him for the rest of his life...that's his own tough luck...and that's about all I got to say...what remains to be seen is what's gonna happen in that ring...so lets stick it up the poll...with the best man left standing..."
-Dutch Savage...and the art of a money promo
Charleston was once the rage
Uh huh
History has turned the page
Uh huh
-Sonny & Cher 'The Beat Goes On'
tinyurl.com/ynthpz
This was a PBS Documentary on Don Owens Portland, Oregon based promotion circa the mid 70's. Note the stark difference in the attendance demographics one will find today. This features fan reactions from the old 'Kayfabe Era'...with the focus being on the build and sell to a Dutch Savage/Iron Sheik Coal Miners Glove match. Be on the look out for a promo from a young Jesse Ventura.
LWPD (while some thirty years removed from the scene it's easy to be critical of the naivety of some of the fans from this era...beneath the surface there is a level of commonality with 'smart' fans of today...many of whom are just as 'devout in their belief' in the veracity of tabloid pro wres journalism peddled on a multitude of paid by the click pro wres sites...and even 'pay for' third party nonsense news outright...they are just as 'invested' in their brand of fandom as the Crabby Granny section at the weekly house shows of yesteryear were...and just as Grand Ma paid to 'hate' the heel of the week...the time proven formula is carried forth today...with those 'creating' emotions and illusions...profiting from them)
"You dirty Nazi German...you dirty old swine...oh shut up you dirty liar.."
-a very angry kayfabe era pro wres fan from 30 years ago confronts the source of her fury...today she could just use her keyboard
"We've got a big match with the Sheik...I've thrown down the gauntlet...he's picked it up...he uses some sort of gimmick in his boot..I don't know what it is...but I intend to put an end to it tonight...if people don't like blood...you don't like to see a guy crippled up or hurt...I think you ought to leave the theatre ...for the simple reason that it's gonna get sort of grimey...and I for one don't like losers money...I definitely don't like the Sheik...and I've never lost one of these (shows the Coal Miner's Glove)...if I happen to maim him...or make a vegetable out of him for the rest of his life...that's his own tough luck...and that's about all I got to say...what remains to be seen is what's gonna happen in that ring...so lets stick it up the poll...with the best man left standing..."
-Dutch Savage...and the art of a money promo
Charleston was once the rage
Uh huh
History has turned the page
Uh huh
-Sonny & Cher 'The Beat Goes On'