🎙️ Episode 10:“Sawyers, Shotguns, and Shadows”
Portland Wrestling Obscurities: Forgotten, Brief, and Barely Remembered

Some names barely made a mark in Don Owen’s House ofAction—but they still left us with stories worth telling. This week we look at four of the most mysterious, fleeting figures to ever set foot in the Portland Sports Arena.

Terry Sawyer – Ten weeks in 1978, feuding with KurtVon Steiger and losing to Bull Ramos and The Iron Sheik. Later billed elsewhere as Buzzsaw Sawyer, but here? Just another name lost in the shuffle.

Mike Gibrowski – Or did he even exist? A name in theresults sheet that may have been a misprint—or a forgotten stand-in. Portland history’s own phantom.

John Holmes – One match in 1986 against MoondogMoretti, remembered by no one—including Moretti himself. A rib? A ghost? Maybe both.

Dick Chaney – Three matches spread over four years, but his name alone made him a target for ribbing. A “shotgun dropkick” and a bullseye on his back gave him an oddly fitting legacy.

These weren’t champions. They weren’t icons. But they remind us that wrestling history is built on more than main events—it’s built on every name, big or small, that ever climbed into that ring.

📚 Inspired by The Encyclopedia of Portland Wrestlers by Mike Rodgers – available now on Amazon!
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