EPISODE · Sep 12, 2025 · 3 MIN
Portland Wrestling Obscurities: Forgotten, Brief, and Barely Remembered - Episode 12
from Portland Wrestling · host Frank
🎙️ Episode 12: “Geronimo,Cordoza, Ivanhoff, and Red Fox”They weren’t headliners. They weren’t champions. Some barely lasted a single night in Don Owen’s House of Action. But they all laced up their boots and stepped into the ring in Portland.In this episode, we shine a light on four names you’veprobably never heard of:Geronimo — a short run in 1971, never winning a match but part of the long tradition of Native gimmicks.Pablo Cordoza — three matches in 1972, all losses, then gone without a trace.Serge Ivanhoff — maybe really Ivan Crnkovic, a Canadian part-timer who got one match in Portland under a new alias.Billy Red Fox — one match, one draw, and a mystery that lingers.These are the fleeting names, the wrestlers who slippedthrough the cracks but still belong to the story of Portland Wrestling.📚 Inspired by The Encyclopedia of Portland Wrestlers by Mike Rodgers — available now on Amazon.📅 New episodes every Tuesday and Friday!🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your wrestling history fix.🔔 Don’t miss the next deep cut from the archives of Portland Wrestling.Because even in obscurity… there’s always a story.
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🎙️ Episode 12: “Geronimo,Cordoza, Ivanhoff, and Red Fox”They weren’t headliners. They weren’t champions. Some barely lasted a single night in Don Owen’s House of Action. But they all laced up their boots and stepped into the ring in Portland.In this episode, we shine a light on four names you’veprobably never heard of:Geronimo — a short run in 1971, never winning a match but part of the long tradition of Native gimmicks.Pablo Cordoza — three matches in 1972, all losses, then gone without a trace.Serge Ivanhoff — maybe really Ivan Crnkovic, a Canadian part-timer who got one match in Portland under a new alias.Billy Red Fox — one match, one draw, and a mystery that lingers.These are the fleeting names, the wrestlers who slippedthrough the cracks but still belong to the story of Portland Wrestling.📚 Inspired by The Encyclopedia of Portland Wrestlers by Mike Rodgers — available now on Amazon.📅 New episodes every Tuesday and Friday!🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your wrestling history fix.🔔 Don’t miss the next deep cut from the archives of Portland Wrestling.Because even in obscurity… there’s always a story.
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