Title History
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Fidel Cortez defeating Mike Popovich & Roddy Piper (September 12, 1980);
- NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team titles w/Fidel Cortez defeating Mike Popovich & Al Tomko for vacant titles (October 6, 1980);
- NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team titles w/Buddy Rose defeating Joe Ventura & Jay Youngblood (January 12, 1981);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/The Destroyer defeating Joe Lightfoot & Jay Youngblood (January 17, 1981);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/The Destroyer defeating Brett & Buzz Sawyer (June 8, 1981);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Buddy Rose defeating Steve Regal & Matt Borne (August 29, 1981);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Matt Borne defeating Iceman Parsons & Rocky Johnson (January 16, 1982);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Brett Sawyer (April 24, 1982);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Matt Borne defeating Curt & Larry Hennig (May 1, 1982);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Rocky Johnson (July ??, 1982);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Buddy Rose defeating Rocky Johnson & Brett Sawyer (July 30, 1982);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Brett Sawyer (August 28, 1982);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Assassin (aka David Sierra) defeating Steve Pardee & Brett Sawyer (September 11, 1982);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Assassin defeating Billy Jack Haynes & Stan Stasiak (January 1, 1983);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Assassin defeating Billy Jack Haynes & Stan Stasiak (April 2, 1983);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Assassin defeating Brian Adias & Buddy Rose (August 30, 1983);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Billy Jack Haynes (November 30, 1983);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Billy Jack Haynes (December 25, 1983);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Assassin defeating Pat McGhee & Curt Hennig (February 11, 1984);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Buddy Rose (May 12, 1984);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Billy Jack Haynes (November 3, 1984);
- WCCW (World Class) Television title defeating Buck Zumhofe for vacant title (February 4, 1985);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Bobby Jaggers defeating Scott Doring & Tom Zenk (January 26, 1986);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title won a Battle Royal (June 13, 1986);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Coco Samoa (September 20, 1986);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Assassin (December 13, 1986);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Mike Miller defeating Coco Samoa & Ricky Santana (March 6, 1987);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Ricky Santana (April 18, 1987);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Super Ninja defeating Coco Samoa & Mike Miller (July 25, 1987);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Larry Oliver defeating Al Madril & Ricky Santana (September 29, 1990);
- NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight title defeating Steve Doll (September 28, 1991);
Career Highlights
- Rip Oliver achieved his greatest success in Don Owens’ Pacific Northwest Wrestling promotion in Portland, Oregon..
- Rip Oliver was known for his “nagging” thumb injury, which caused him to continually tape it up before every match..
- ~~~Rip would enevitably use the taped-up thumb as a weapon and jab it into the throats of his babyface opponents..
- Rip Oliver appeared on an episode of WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event as “Super Ninja” to be squashed by Ultimate Warrior..
- January 23, 1986 – PNW: Bobby Jaggers & Rip Oliver defeated Scott Doring & Tom Zenk to win the tag team titles.
- September 6, 1986 – PNW: Rip Oliver defeated Tama Samoa.
- December 12, 1986 – PNW: Rip Oliver defeated The Assassin in a cage match to retain the heavyweight title.
- March 6, 1987 – PNW: Mike Miller & Rip Oliver defeated Coco Samoa & Ricky Santana to win the tag team titles.
- March 21, 1987 – PNW: Ricky Santana defeated Rip Oliver to win the heavyweight title.
- June 27, 1987 – PNW: Mike Miller defeated Rip Oliver to win the heavyweight title.
- July 16, 1987 – PNW: Rip Oliver & Super Ninja defeated Coco Samoa & Mike Miller to win the tag team titles.
- September 25, 1987 – Live Event: Rip Oliver defeated Omar Atlas.
- October 3, 1987 – Live Event: Rip Oliver defeated Sivi Afi.
- November 7, 1987 – Superstars: Jake Roberts defeated Rip Oliver.
- November 14, 1987 – Live Event: Rip Oliver defeated Scott Casey.
- November 15, 1987 – Wrestling Challenge: Randy Savage defeated Rip Oliver.
- November 28, 1987 – Saturday Night’s Main Event: Don Muraco defeated Rip Oliver in a dark match.
- September 2, 1988 – Live Event: Koko B. Ware defeated Rip Oliver.
- November 26, 1988 – Saturday Night’s Main Event: The Ultimate Warrior defeated Super Ninja to retain the Intercontinental title.
- October 7, 1989 – WWC: The Youngbloods (Chris Youngblood & Mark Youngblood) defeated Abbuda Dein & Rip Oliver to win the tag team titles.
- September 28, 1990 – PNW: Larry Oliver & Rip Oliver defeated Al Madril & Ricky Santana to win the tag team titles.
- November 3, 1990 – PNW: The Equalizer & The Grappler defeated Larry Oliver & Rip Oliver to win the tag team titles.
- March 5, 2020: Rip Oliver has passed away at the age of 67.