The Cream of the Crop #8 — Rip Kirby & Beauregard: The Men Who Lit the Fuse

Opublikowano: 2026-10-02

In 1969, Portland Wrestling had a problem. The promotion had moved from the old Portland Armory into the Portland Sports Arena, but the crowds weren't what they had been. The money wasn't what it had been. Don Owen needed a spark. He found two. Roger “Rip” Kirby and Beauregard. Kirby arrived in Portland that spring alongside Pat Patterson. Patterson soon left. Kirby stayed—and within months became one of the most hated men in Northwest wrestling. Athletic, arrogant and dangerous, Kirby terrorized opponents with the wooden post holding one of...