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    American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Playboy Buddy Rose. He wrestled primarily for the AWA, WWF, and for promoter Don Owen in...
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  • Pacific Northwest. He is the father of Nick Wayne. Finley was trained by Buddy Rose and Ole Olson in Portland, Oregon. He began his wrestling career in 1985...
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    the Portland, Oregon area during his career. His teaming with "Playboy" Buddy Rose was famous across the West Coast, holding the Pacific Northwest Tag Team...
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    himself as a promising young performer against the likes of "Playboy" Buddy Rose, Greg Valentine and Killer Khan. Eventually, he was paired-up in tag team...
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  • Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) twice with Bobby Jaggers and Buddy Rose. He worked in Vancouver until 1982. Also in 1979, he made his debut in...
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    Association (AWA) in the mid-1980s as part of a tag team with "Playboy" Buddy Rose, managed by Sherri Martel, and twice held the AWA World Tag Team Championship...
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    Family, and it wasn't long before Patera joined the fold. Heenan managed Buddy Rose From December 1984 to January 1985 and appeared with him on Piper's Pit...
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  • Director. In 1971, a grown Buddy returns to his former family home and reflects on his youth during The Great Depression, when Rose came to live with his family...
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  • many wrestlers such as Rocky Johnson, Brett Sawyer, Billy Jack Haynes, Buddy Rose, Bobby Jaggers, Stan Stasiak, Larry Hennig, Curt Hennig, Brian Adams,...
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    being openly acknowledged as Kerry Von Erich by announcers), defeating Buddy Rose, who coincidentally was his first opponent in his career. While WWF announcers...
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    the tag team title five times (twice each with Bull Ramos and "Playboy" Buddy Rose, and once with Jerry Oates). He later moved to his hometown promotion...
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    wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Buddy Matthews as a member of the stable House of Black and is a former one-time...
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  • Buddy Rose became famous for drawing more money than any other wrestler in the history of Portland Wrestling.[citation needed] In 1982 and 1983, Rose...
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  • Championship with victories over both Lord Jonathan Boyd and "Playboy" Buddy Rose. In the early 1980s, Piper ventured to the Mid-Atlantic territory where...
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  • and organist Bernard Rose (disambiguation), several people Buddy Rose (1952–2009), American professional wrestler Charles Rose (disambiguation), several...
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    Brooklyn Brawler, "Dangerous" Danny Davis, "Iron" Mike Sharpe, and "Playboy" Buddy Rose. His last high-profile match with the WWF was during the April 28, 1990...
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    to hold the seven candles. The following year, US Organization member Buddy Rose-Aminifu crafted the first kinara. Early photographs of the first kinara...
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    (Hawaii version) (1 time) NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Buddy Rose Championship Wrestling from Florida NWA Florida Global Tag Team Championship...
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  • appear. The first match was between Tito Santana and The Executioner (Buddy Rose). Santana won the match after applying a figure four leglock on The Executioner...
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    matches at both Royal Rumble and WrestleMania VI. Televised victories over Buddy Rose and Zukhov followed in the spring of 1990, although he sustained defeats...
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    In 1982, Johnson feuded with Don Muraco, Greg Valentine, Mike Sharpe, Buddy Rose, and Adrian Adonis. He was then paired with Tony Atlas as a tag team....
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  • teaming with André the Giant and Roddy Piper to defeat The Sheepherders and Buddy Rose in Vancouver on March 10, 1980, before retiring from the ring that year...
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    Abie's Irish Rose (1928) - Abie Levy Varsity (1928) - Jimmy Duffy Someone to Love (1928) - William Shelby Red Lips (1928) - Hugh Carver / Buddy Close Harmony...
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  • Executioners (professional wrestling), the name of several WWE tag teams Buddy Rose or The Executioner, American wrestler Terry Gordy or The Executioner,...
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  • the team of "Playboy" Buddy Rose and "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers, whom she managed to win the AWA World Tag Team Championship. Rose and Somers then engaged...
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    won contests over Rocky Cole and Scicluna, but was counted out against Buddy Rose, which led to a draw in a rematch. He opened the following months with...
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    Portland territory, Pacific Northwest Wrestling, where he was aligned with Buddy Rose and Ed Wiskoski. He would also make trips to Vancouver's All-Star Wrestling...
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  • at SummerSlam. Before the pay-per-view began, Shane Douglas defeated Buddy Rose in a dark match. Hercules attacked Shawn Michaels prior to the first televised...
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    a taped interview with Mayne's scheduled August 19 opponent Buddy Rose included Rose's hyperbolic threat that by the end of their match, Mayne would...
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  • Superstars. On the December 10, 1990 edition of Prime Time he wrestled Buddy Rose and succeeded in bodyslamming his 317 lb opponent. Much like Steve Lombardi...
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