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Rip Oliver
Nickname: The Crippler; The Logger
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 245 lbs
From: Portland, OR
Birthday: Oct 6th
Pro Debut: 1976
Aliases: Rick Oliver, Super Ninja, The Gestapo
Feds Worked For: MSW, NWA, WCCW, WWF, AWA, Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO/NE), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Continental Wrestling Association (AR/GA/KY/TN), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), New Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), NWA St. Louis (MO), Oregon Wrestling Federation (OR), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (OR/WA), Stampede Wrestling (Canada), World Wrestling Council (Puerto Rico)
Career Highlights: -NWA Canadian Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Fidel Cortez and Buddy Rose)
-NWA Pacific Northwest Champion (12x)
-NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champion (16x; 5 w/ The Cuban Assassin; 2 each w/ The Destroyer, Buddy Rose, and Matt Borne; 1 each w/ Fidel Cortez, Bobby Jaggers, Mike Miller, Super Ninja, and Larry Oliver)
-OWF Champion
-PNW Champion (12x)
-PNW Tag Team Champion (3x; 1 each w/ Buddy Rose, Fidel Cortez, and The Destroyer)
-WCCW Television Champion
Affiliates: Dynamite Kid, Fidel Cortez, The Destroyer, Buddy Rose, Matt Borne, The Cuban Assassin, Bobby Jaggers, Mike Miller, Super Ninja, Larry Oliver, The Clan
Notable Feuds: Billy Jack Haynes, Scott Casey, Iceman Parsons, Mike Von Erich
Other Facts: -Real name was Larry Richard Oliver
-Son of pro wrestler Ray Oliver
-Father of pro wrestler Larry Oliver
-Usually billed from Portland, OR, but sometimes he was billed from his actual hometown of Homosassa, FL
-Competed as Super Ninja in WWF. Not to be confused with Super Ninja that competed in UWF in 1987.
-Was known for his "nagging" thumb injury, which caused him to continually tape it up before every match. He would inevitably use the taped-up thumb as a weapon and jab it into the throats of his opponents
-Ranked # 155 in the 1991 PWI 500
-Was forced to retire after being injured by Crush in October 1991
-Passed away March 5, 2020 due to heart failure at the age of 67.
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Upcoming Events
- NAW · May 10 6:30pm · Salina
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- UWO · May 11 6:00pm · Tuttle
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- NAW · May 10 6:30pm · Salina
- NAW · May 11 6:30pm · Watts (Chewey)
- UWE · May 18 6:00pm · Tahlequah
- UWO · May 11 6:00pm · Tuttle
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- Jimmy Hart and Matt Riddle · Aug 10 10:00am · Cox Business Convention Center · Tulsa
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- Jake Hager and Jimmy Hart · Oct 5 10:00am · A. J. Horton Event Center · McAlester
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