Dutch Savage
The 1970s continued to be good to Portland Wrestling, with the addition of such superstars as Buddy Rose, Matt Borne, Ed Wiskowski, Roddy Piper, Jesse Ventura, Lonnie Mayne, Jimmy Snuka and Stan Stasiak. In 1976, Dutch Savage bought into Don Owen Sports and began promoting PNW cards in the state of Washington. The Owens' promotion faced opposition from several "outlaw promotions" throughout the 1970s, but remained strong. Eventually Owen's reputation as a honest, well-paying promoter drew a more national level of talent to the PNW territory. As the roster grew, so did the number of shows: in addition to Sports Arena tapings and a regular weekly stop in Salem, Oregon, it was not uncommon for the territory to run spot-shows every night of the week. For several years during the 1970s and 1980s, PNW's "Portland Wrestling" program was syndicated in an edited 60-minute version known as "Big Time Wrestling", and was shown on stations throughout the Pacific Northwest. The television production was rather basic even by 1970s standards: it only went color in 1972, and even then would occasionally be in black and white if KPTV was airing a Portland Trail Blazers home game on Saturday night, as the station had only one color production truck.