June 2000

Chad Hawke was scheduled face Bart Sawyer, but after the ring announcer introduces him, Buddy Wayne enters the ring, says something to Hawke and takes his place in the match. A combination of the lacklustre action, the dark arena and subdued commentary means that it’s a real slog to watch this Portland footage. They up on the outside and Sawyer rams Wayne shoulder first into the stage. He picks up a chair, but plays to the crowd for too long and Buddy boots him in the mid-section, snatches the chair and then cracks it over his head. Wayne applies a sleeper, Sawyer’s arm drops twice but not for the third time. I’m completely confused now as to whether ‘Smart’ Bart is …

Wayne jumps Gordy the moment he steps through the ropes and before he’s even had the chance to remove his ring robe. There’s a bit of urgency about this which makes a pleasant change for this promotion. I spoke to soon, as after only fifteen seconds the commentator starts to talk about The Grappler and says that they want to show us some tape of a few weeks ago when he bought ‘the Breakfast Club’ back to Portland. We leave the Wayne/Gordy match to go to a tag encounter between Brian Cox & Mark Large against Juggernaut and an unnamed partner. The Grappler and Blake Cruel interject themselves into the match and jump Cox and Large. They hit them with milk cartons, s…

A PCW heavyweight title match that could, according to the commentator, be held in Madison Square Garden or the Superdome, but they’ve got it right here at the Rosemont Theatre in downtown Portland! Roselli is the current champion after defeating Cox in their previous encounter. Drop toe hold escape from a hammerlock by Cox and he’s biting the foot of Roselli. ‘Iron’ Mike is whipped into the corner but he’s able to get a big boot up on the charging Cox. He grapevines the leg and grabs the rope for added leverage, getting a pinfall attempt in the process. Eventually the ref clocks what he’s up to and forces him to break the hold. Cox ducks a clothesline and responds …