Before WWF, pro wrestling was handled by regional promoters. We had "Portland Wrestling" here in the Oregon and SW Washington area, and they traveled to various locations in the Pacific NW including my hometown of Coos Bay. As a kid I would wait by the locker room to see the wrestlers and try getting autographs. I got autographs from several wrestlers who went on to much greater fame in the WWF.... guys like Rowdy Roddy Piper, Playboy Buddy Rose, Dusty Rhodes, Jimmy "superfly" Snuka and the Iron Shiek. Those were the days...........