WRESTLER PROFILES

[Rip Oliver Gallery]	Wrestler: Rip "The Crippler" Oliver Real Name: Birthday: Hometown: Portland, Oregon Marital Status: Height & Weight: Trained by: Debut: 1980 Previous Names: Super Ninja (WWF) The Gestapo Finishing Move: Favorite Moves: Notable Feuds: Scott Casey Iceman Parson Mike Von Erich Billy Jack Haynes
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);
Rip Oliver achived 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..