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I'm calling Wahoo and Dr. D vs. the Koloffs as a blood bath. Tully vs. JYD is going to be explosive.

Pacific Coast Wrestling show from the Kelowna Memorial Arena, Kelowna, October 2nd Pierre Carl Ouellet vs. Cactus Jack Another furious brawl between these two young up and comers where Ouellet ducked under a clothesline from Cactus Jack and backdropped him out of the ring. Ouellet then followed up with a running senton from the apron onto Cactus on the floor, then made it back into the ring in time to win by countout. Cannonball Grizzly vs. The Angel Of Death After the referee was knocked down, Teijo Khan ran into the ring and ambushed Grizzly from behind with a big kick to the back of the head. A staggered Grizzly was then easy prey for a Death Sentence (top rope flying clothesline) that got the win for AOD. Barry Windham vs. The One Man Gang Another knock down, drag out brawl, where Gang wrapped his chain around his arm and tried to clothesline Windham. Windham ducked under and Gang hit the referee instead. Once the ref recovered, he gave the match to Windham by DQ, but the two men kept at it long after the decision was rendered. Fit Finlay vs. Buddy Rose Once again, this feud kept rolling on in a chaotic match. Rose tried to summon in Teijo Khan and the Angel Of Death, but they wound up being intercepted in the aisle by Cannonball Grizzly and Pierre Carl Ouellet. During this distraction, Finlay hit Rose with a Tombstone Piledriver for the win. Pacific Light Heavyweight Title Match : Brian Pillman © vs. Chris Candido An intensely competitive title defense that saw Pillman prevail over the former champion after a hangman's neckbreaker. Pacific Television Title Match : Ed Gantner © vs. Hector Guerrero The Big Bull had his hands full with the always fiery Hector, but ultimately came through with the Bull Hammer (running forearm smash to the face).

Another wrestler active at this point, Visine spokes model Mongolian Mauler.

Pacific Coast Wrestling show from the Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver on Pacific Super Cards on ESPN / TSN , October 1st Doug Furnas vs. Chavo Guerrero After his shocking appearance at the previous night's show, Furnas made his in ring return tonight, overpowering Chavo and hitting the Volunteer Slam (running Canadian backbreaker into the corner followed by a slam to the mat) for the win. Ron Simmons vs. Sid Vicious Both of these two powerhouses went at it, fist and fire, and ended up being counted out while brawling outside the ring. Robbie Brookside vs. "Diamond" Timothy Flowers Brookside put up a courageous fight, but the leg injury suffered at the hands of the Sawyer Brothers proved to be too much to overcome, and Flowers took the match with a Piledriver Black Gold (Steve Blackman & Shane Douglas) vs. Joe & Dean Malenko The former Pacific Tag champs and the Brothers had a long, intense tag battle that went to the Malenkos when Dean pinned Shane following a Brainbuster Bret Hart vs. Hack Sawyer Bret threw everything he had at the younger Sawyer Brother and was finally able to get him to tap out to the Sharpshooter California & Submission Title Match : Bob Backlund © vs. Owen Hart Owen gave a furious challenge and came close to regaining the California Title on several occasions. But Backlund bided his time and was able to roll out of the way of an attempted Moonsault, then trapped Owen in the Crossface Chicken Wing to retain his titles.

Pacific Wrestling Showcase from the Victoria Memorial Arena, Victoria, on ESPN / TSN, September 30th John Tatum vs. Al Snow Coast 2 Coast have been embroiled in a red hot feud with their former comrades the Bomb Squad, with both teams getting victories in tag team and six man matches but the belts remaining around the waists of Snow and Candido. Tatum was coming off being pinned by Snow in a title match, but that seemed to only make him all the more determined to avenge his loss. The two had a hotly contested battle, and it looked like history would repeat itself when Snow whipped Tatum into the ropes to set him up for the Snow Bomb. But Tatum was able to catch himself on the ropes, and when Snow looked up, he caught a Superkick to give the win to "Hollywood" John. A crowd pleasing win, but only time will tell if he can turn that momentum into a title victory. Rick Gantner vs. Aaron Reisberger More and more, Rick Gantner has been coming into his own outside the shadow of his big brother Ed. Perhaps in an effort to stand out more on his own, the young Bull came out sporting a new look, with a shaved head and studded vest giving him a very distinct appearance. His look may be new, but it was a familiar story in this match, with Gantner tearing into the rookie Reisberger with bludgeoning blows and crushing power moves. He finally put it to rest with the Hangman's Drop (two handed chokeslam) and once again, the younger Gantner Brother stood tall in the ring. Chavo & Hector Guerrero vs. Gary Young & Jim Neidhart With Young and Neidhart seeming to be constantly at odds, it's strange that they find themselves teaming together in this match. Mr. Bob Backlund was at ringside, keeping his traditionally stern gaze on his two wayward charges throughout the match. The two teamed well, albeit without much comradeship, and when Neidhart caught Hector in a scoop powerslam, Young was able to hold off Chavo long enough for the Anvil to get the pinfall. A convincing victory, although seeing their cold disposition to each other after the match, we're not about to call Young and Neidhart best friends just yet. Todd Morton vs. Angel Acevedo Since his unexpected return to PCW, young Todd Morton has had the support of both the fans and the Army, but has had a bit of a tough time getting victories. Angel Acevedo certainly didn't seem to be taking him seriously, and one can hardly blame him, given how dominant the Diamond Exchange have been of late. Leo Burke was at ringside to cheer on his young pupil, but this only seemed to increase the derision of the Cuban Assassin. It looked like it would be another Diamond Exchange victory when Acevedo had him set up for the DDT. But after losing to Gary Young's DDT last week, Morton had clearly been working on a defense, and was able to block it and bail out of trouble. Acevedo continued his attack and soon had Morton set up again, but the young man was able to block and escape again. Acevedo was getting more and more frustrated, but finally was able to get Morton hooked up for what he knew would be the end of the match. However, he waited too long, and Morton countered the DDT with a small package that just barely got the three count. Acevedo was agog in disbelief while the fans and Burke erupted in cheers for Morton's underdog victory. Acevedo tried to go after Morton after the match, but Morton slid out of the ring and celebrated with the fans. One can't imagine the Diamond Exchange are going to let this go unanswered. Steven Regal vs. Buzz Sawyer Speaking of the Diamond Exchange, last week , Buzz Sawyer was able to pin Robbie Brookside, one half of the Golden State Tag Team champs, in an 8 man tag match. This week, he faced Brookside's partner, Steven Regal, one on one. While Sawyer had a bit of an advantage with regards to experience, the two were actually quite evenly matched. Regal took him to the mat early on, attempting to use his scientific wrestling skills to tie him up. But Sawyer was a former state high school amateur champion, even facing Dan Severn in the national semifinals, and used his unheralded technical abilities to escape any trap Regal set for him. Sawyer then went to his more traditional wheel house of rough and tumble brawling. But the young Englishman proved to have knuckles just as hard as him, with Regal knocking Sawyer for a loop a couple of times with some well timed and placed punches. The match swung back and forth until Sawyer was able to counter an attempted Regal-Plex with his own German Suplex and get the pinfall. A hard fought victory, but one where both men impressed the fans. Dan Severn, Bret Hart, Owen Hart & Brian Pillman vs. Akira Maeda, Dean Malenko, Joe Malenko, & Mr. Hito Severn has fought a long and brutal war against Akira Maeda, and to that end he has brought in Bret Hart and the Snowbirds to take on the entirety of the Pride. As could be expected, the two sides had a titanic battle, with none of them men wanting to give an inch. However, the match did take a turn to the unexpected when someone appeared during the match and stood in the aisle. The spotlight eventually shone on them, revealing them to be …. DOUG FURNAS? The big Oklahoman was thought to have left both PCW and the Pride a few weeks ago, but here he was, large as life and giving a cold stare to his one time allies. The Pride looked as shocked as everyone else at his reappearance, but Furnas simply shook his head and returned to the back. His brief appearance rattled the Pride enough that they seemed to be off balance through the rest of the match, with Hito ending up being pinned by Bret Hart with a crucifix. Even with the loss, the big news from this match was the return of Furnas, and the mystery as to what this would mean for the Pride.

We might just be able to span both UWFs at the same time. Herbie Cookies all round!

Italian Stallion is showing as being both on Mid South's roster and a free agent

Also, both the Power Twins, Dave and Larry Power. Edit : and Solomon Grundy

Some more obscure ones : cagematch has both members of Herb Abrams' UWF mainstay tag team Wet & Wild, Wild Thing Steve Ray and Sunny/Sandy Beach as being active in this time.

Quick note on Baron Von Raschke. He is listed as retiring at the end of 1989. I was checking cagematch and they do have a scattering of matches for him through the early 90s, but more significantly, he does have over 10 matches in 1990 (he would have probably had more had the AWA not been running on fumes at that point). Would that put him as active at least for 1990?

Pacific Coast Wrestling Show from the UCSB Event Center, Santa Barbara, September 25th Pierre Carl Ouellet vs. Cactus Jack Jack knocked Ouellet and himself out of the ring with the Cactus Clothesline, then followed with a running elbow drop off the ring apron to the floor. Cactus was able to make it back into the ring to get a countout win. Billy Jack Haynes vs. Curtis Hughes The powerhouse Oregonian and the big roughneck had a hard hitting war that Billy Jack was able to take with a shoulder breaker on Hughes. Chavo & Hector Guerrero vs. Art Barr & Eddie Guerrero Eddie hit a Frog Splash on his older brother Chavo to win the match. Shane Douglas vs. Jim Neidhart The Anvil forced young Douglas to submit to the Anvilizer (modified Cobra Clutch) The Southern Boys vs. The Midnight Express A hotly contested match where Jim Cornette tried to turn the tide for his men by throwing in the tennis racquet to Bobby Eaton. It was intercepted by Smothers, but when Tracy then used it on Eaton, the ref saw it and disqualified the Southern Boys. Pacific Light Heavyweight Match : Brian Pillman © vs. Dean Malenko Pillman and Malenko had a long light heavyweight classic that ended when Pillman trapped Malenko with a Victory Roll to successfully defend his title. Pacific Tag Team Title Match : The Bomb Squad (Chris Candido & Al Snow) © vs. Coast 2 Coast (John Tatum & Jack Victory) These two teams had a furious war where on a number of occasions, it looked like Coast 2 Coast would take the title. The match wound up going to the champs when Snow was able to pin Tatum with the Snow Bomb (sitout side slam spinebuster).

Pacific Coast Wrestling show from the LA Sports Arena, Los Angeles, on Pacific Super Cards on ESPN / TSN, September 24th "Diamond" Timothy Flowers vs. Leo Burke These two rivals had their first match against each other in several years. As can be imagined, they tore into each other with a white hot fury in a battle that ended with Flowers hitting the Piledriver for the win. Bret Hart vs. Mr. Hito These two knew each other well from their times in Stampede together and had a tense technical battle that Bret won by submitting Gary Hart's Japanese Enforcer with the Sharpshooter. Mando Guerrero vs. Rick Gantner The young Bull continued his run of impressive matches by overpowering Mando with the Hangman's Drop (two handed chokeslam) Dan Severn vs. Joe Malenko This was another tightly matched technical showdown with the Beast and the Southern Shooter going hold for hold with each other. Severn was ultimately able to block an attempted German Suplex and counter with a belly to back suplex for the win. Barry Windham & Ron Simmons vs. One Man Gang & Sid Vicious When the ref was knocked down, Gang wrapped his chain around his arm and hit a loaded clothesline on Windham to get the dirty pinfall Pacific Heavyweight Title Match : Nick Bockwinkel © vs. Curt Hennig Bock seemed a bit off his guard in this match, with him having to backpedal throughout from Hennig's offense. He was able to kick out of a number of pinfall attempts and score some takedowns and shots of his own, but Hennig was relentless. When the match wound up going to a 60 minute time limit draw, the champ seemed even more drained afterwards than in previous such draws he had. Bockwinkel could be heard snarling, "No rematch! No rematch!", as he left the ring.

Looks like I completely spaced on posting this trade when it happened. PCW sent Pat Tanaka and Paul Diamond to Windy City for Tracy Smothers and Steve Armstrong.

Pacific Wrestling Showcase from the Olympic Auditorium , Los Angeles , on ESPN / TSN, September 23rd Todd Morton vs. Gary Young Ever since his return to PCW, Todd Morton has been keen to prove himself, both to the fans and to his new compatriots in the Army. Another man looking to prove himself is Gary Young, owing to the new arrival in to the Knights Templar of Jim Neidhart and the resulting friction in the ranks caused by Young's jealousy. Both men were joined by their respective mentors, and their expressions were a study in contrasts. While Leo Burke was clearly proud of Morton's efforts in the ring, Mr. Bob Backlund looked sternly judgmental of Young. This was not helped by Young struggling in the early stages , as Morton was full of enthusiasm and vigor, baffling Young with his rapid fire offense. Young took control after a stealthy low blow on Morton, which led to a sour look from Backlund. Young then proceeded to beat on poor Morton until hitting a DDT for the win. He hit a second one after the match and looked like he was going to inflict more damage before he was stopped, both by Burke rushing into the ring and a summons from Backlund. Again, the two leaders couldn't have been more different, as Backlund was clearly disappointed in Young despite the win, while Burke was concerned but supportive as he helped Morton back to his feet. Texas Red vs. The Angel Of Death The Angel Of Death has cut an impressive figure in PCW ever since his recent arrival as part of the Playboy Club. But Texas Red, returning after being temporarily put out of action by Big Bubba Rogers, was not intimidated, and the two had an intense hard hitting bout. Strangely, part way through the match, Percy Pri- , errr, Paul Bearer came to ringside and observed the match. Red seemed annoyed at this unwanted presence, but otherwise focused on his opponent, managing to put away the big man with an incredibly impressive Tombstone Piledriver. After the match, Red gave Bearer a dirty look as he left the ring, but Bearer simply continued to observe him before leaving on his own. Jeff Jarrett vs. Rick Gantner The young Bull Rick Gantner has been working hard to establish a name for himself, with his big brother Ed focusing on singles action as TV champ. Tonight , he was facing a game Jeff Jarrett, and the two engaged in a game of cat and mouse. Jarrett used his speed and agility to try to keep one step ahead of Gantner, but when Gantner was able to land a shot, he made it count. Gantner was finally able to catch Jarrett in a side slam, then followed up with the Hangman's Drop (two handed choke slam) for the win. A well earned victory, but both men came out having impressed the fans. Cannonball Grizzly vs. Teijo Khan With one of his men still recovering from a Tombstone received earlier and the other still in the ring, Buddy Rose was clearly nervous at ringside, constantly looking over his shoulder. Cannonball Grizzly was giving him a lot to be nervous about, coming out extremely aggressively with a grudge against the Playboy and giving Rose significant looks throughout. But Teijo Khan had plenty of aggression of his own, and the two big beasts tore into each other in a bone jarring showdown. They went at it with such ferocity that , when the ref tried to get in between them, he got knocked to the mat by both of them. When he called for the double DQ, the two kept going at it, but when Pierre Carl Ouellet rushed out to back up Grizzly, Rose gave the order to Khan and the two high tailed it back to the locker room. Black Tiger & British Steel (Steven Regal & Robbie Brookside) vs. "The Cuban Assassin" Angel Acevedo, Buzz Sawyer & Hack Sawyer In their short time back in PCW, "Diamond" Timothy Flowers' Diamond Exchange have quickly established themselves as a force to be reckoned with , scoring a series of decisive victories. They certainly weren't taking on easy competition, and definitely not tonight, as they faced the former Light Heavyweight champ and current Golden State Tag Team title holders. With Flowers at ringside cheering them on, the Diamond Exchange faced an uphill struggle against the British Invasion until Hack Sawyer stole the advantage with a nasty clip from behind to Brookside's leg. They continued to work over his injure leg until Buzz put him away with a Power Slam for the dirty victory. It doesn't look like anything is going to put a halt to their momentum any time soon.

I have him as turning 20 in 1988, with a birth date of September 24th , 1968.

Latest bunch. AWA late season tag team the Top Guns, Ricky Rice and Derrick Dukes, both showing active with matches in Cagematch. This one is a bit fiddly. Long time northeastern ICW mainstay Eric Sbraccia. The Wikipedia article has him starting in 1984 and lists several title reigns in the 80s. Cagematch has nothing from him at all, Wrestlingdata has very little but does list one match in 1986.

Was trying to get more information on DeMento and Mahoney to confirm but my computer was being stupid and couldn't bring the web pages up. Looking at early ECW rosters and east coast indies and have a few more, going by the Wikipedia debut dates, if they don't qualify for other reasons I understand. Tom Brandi, Bill Demott, both members of the Cream Team (Dino Casanova and Rip Sawyer), Chris Hamrick, Dr. Luther, Steve Gillespie/Dr. Hannibal Edit : OK, DeMott is a bit of a strange case. Wikipedia has his debut as 1988, where others have it as 1990. Here is the direct quote from the Wikipedia page. DeMott was trained by Johnny Rodz in his New York City wrestling school beginning in 1988. From there he began working at small independent promotions using the name Big Sweet Williams. In 1992 DeMott began wrestling for the Americas Wrestling Federation and started using the name Crash the Terminator. A bit of a grey area, can't find any matches in Cagematch from that early period. Any judges ruling on this is fine with me, just want to give people options.

Last one for the night : Phil Theis, AKA Damien DeMento/Mondo Kleen.

Adding to the list of early ECW guys, I see also as active DC Drake, Tough Tony Stetson, and Johnny Rotten AKA Johnny Grunge.

So was John Rechner, AKA Abudda Dein/Singh, Boo Bradley, Balls Mahoney, Xanta Klaus, etc.

I see that future occasional ECW wrestler and manager Damien Kane would have been active during this time.

I could imagine that Dr. Death vs. Nikita battle would have been a crazy hard hitting match.

Zenk and Putski is a pairing that is going to get the ladies' hearts aflutter. Glad to see how you are continuing to use my man Busick. Can't wait to see the next (final?) round of Lawler vs. Rick.

Pacific Coast Wrestling show from the Selland Arena, Fresno, September 18th Pierre Carl Ouellet vs. Cactus Jack Having lost both his partner Big Jos Leduc and his membership in the Playboy Club, Ouellet is looking to establish himself as a credible singles competitor. Meanwhile, across the ring, Cactus Jack has fought hard in recent matches but has had a hard time getting wins. The result is two men both with something to prove and prove themselves they did in a down and dirty fight where both men held back nothing. They went at it, fist and fire, until the action spilled outside the ring and they were both counted out. You can bet that they will both be itching for another shot at each other. Super Strong Maching vs. Gary Young Another man with something to prove is Gary Young, trying to reestablish himself in the eyes of his mentor Mr. Bob Backlund and the rest of the Knights Templar. To that end, he want after Super Strong Machine hard, tearing at his mask and pulling out every dirty trick that he had. Machine kept his poise and waited for his chance, punishing Young with a series of jarring suplexes until hitting the Devil Windmill Suplex for the win. Todd Morton vs. Jim Neidhart Young Morton put in a spirited effort against the Anvil, fighting his way out of attempts at both the Anvilizer and the Camel Clutch. Neidhart was not about to be shown up in front of his home town Fresno crowd, and was able to pin Morton with a running powerslam, but did help Morton up afterwards in acknowledgement of the tough fight he had been given. Bret & Owen Hart vs. Buzz & Hack Sawyer The two sets of brothers went at it hard, in a very fast paced and hard hitting match. The Sawyers went to the gutter when Hack clobbered Owen from behind with his brother's chain, just out of eyesight of the ref. Buzz then capitalized with a German Suplex on Owen to get the tainted win. I can't imagine that the Harts are going to let this slide. Pacific Light Heavyweight Title Match : Brian Pillman © vs. Robbie Brookside Hot off his Golden State Tag Title defense the night before, Brookside gave a considerable challenge to Pillman in an intense match with plenty of near falls. Pillman took a page out of Brookside's book and was able to pin the young Englishman with a crucifix. Pacific Television Title Match : Ed Gantner © vs. Jeff Jarrett The plucky young Jarrett was difficult to keep down, but in the end, the big Bull was able to overpower Jarrett and defeat him with the Bull Hammer (running forearm smash to the face).

Pacific Coast Wrestling show from the Cow Palace , San Francisco, on Pacific Super Cards on ESPN / TSN, September 17th Rick Gantner vs. Hector Guerrero The younger Gantner Brother went all out and pinned hector following the Hangman's Drop (two handed chokeslam) Barry Windham, Dan Severn, Dingo Warrior, & The Southern Boys vs. One Man Gang, Akira Maeda, Mr. Hito & The Malenko Brothers This was an absolute war, which would be no surprise , given the personalities involved. While there were plenty of brutal showdowns between Windham and Gang, as well as Severn and Maeda , it wound up being Tracy Smothers who got the pinfall after hitting the Jawjacker on Hito. Golden State Tag Team Title Match : British Steel (Steven Regal & Robbie Brookside) © vs. Art Barr & Eddie Guerrero The Wild Things gave the champions a real run for their money in an exciting match that ended with Regal successfully hitting the Regal-Plex to defend their titles Cannonball Grizzly vs. Buddy Rose The Playboy did everything he could to duck and dodge, stick and move against his much larger and angrier opponent, but with the big Grizzly bearing down on him, he went to familiar tactics and had Teijo Khan and the Angel Of Death bail him out and attack the former member of the Playboy Club. As the ref called for the DQ, the new Playboy Club continued their triple team until Fit Finlay and Pierre Carl Ouellet rushed out and ran them off. Pacific Tag Team Title Match : The Bomb Squad (Chris Candido & Al Snow) © vs. Black Gold (Steve Blackman & Shane Douglas) This was a rematch from Phoenix Firestorm, a hotly contested match with Black Gold determined to regain their titles. They gave it their best shot, but the Bomb Squad emerged triumphant when they hit the Detonator (wheelbarrow suplex by Snow followed by a top rope flying legdrop by Candido) on Douglas. Curt Hennig & Ron Simmons vs. Nick Bockwinkel & Sid Vicious Simmons was able to hold of Vicious while Hennig was able to block a belly to back suplex by Bockwinkel and counter with a rollup to pin the champ.