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* DownerEnding: His death at 56 due to complications from blood sugar and diabetes because of becoming morbidly obese.



As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Rose The Other Wiki]].
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* ArchEnemy: His biggest feuds were with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and with Wrestling/JimmySnuka in Portland and with the Midnight Rockers (Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Marty Jannetty) in the AWA.

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* ArchEnemy: His biggest feuds were with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and with Wrestling/JimmySnuka in Portland and with the Midnight Rockers (Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Marty Jannetty) Wrestling/MartyJannetty) in the AWA.
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'''Paul Perschmann''' (1952-2009) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and trainer as '''"Playboy" Buddy Rose.''' He debuted in 1973 after training under Verne Gagne and Wrestling/BillyRobinson and competed primarily for the NWA Pacific Northwest territory in UsefulNotes/{{Portland}}, [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation the AWA]] and for Wrestling/{{WWE}}, as well as in UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}, UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco, and other territories in the US and Canada as well as for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. He has the dubious distinction of losing the first-ever ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}}'' match, as the masked Executioner to Wrestling/TitoSantana. Among his in-ring achievements, he was a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-t.html AWA World Tag Team Champion]] with "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers, a 12x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pnw/nwa/pnw-t.html NWA PNW Tag Team Champion]] and an 8x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pnw/nwa/pnw-h.html NWA PNW Heavyweight Champion]]. He retired in 2005 and passed away in 2009.

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'''Paul Perschmann''' (1952-2009) Paul R. Perschmann (November 27, 1952 – April 28, 2009) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and trainer as '''"Playboy" Buddy Rose.''' He debuted in 1973 after training under Verne Gagne and Wrestling/BillyRobinson and competed primarily for the NWA Pacific Northwest territory in UsefulNotes/{{Portland}}, [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation the AWA]] and for Wrestling/{{WWE}}, as well as in UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}, UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco, and other territories in the US and Canada as well as for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. He has the dubious distinction of losing the first-ever ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}}'' match, as the masked Executioner to Wrestling/TitoSantana. Among his in-ring achievements, he was a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-t.html AWA World Tag Team Champion]] with "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers, a 12x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pnw/nwa/pnw-t.html NWA PNW Tag Team Champion]] and an 8x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pnw/nwa/pnw-h.html NWA PNW Heavyweight Champion]]. He retired in 2005 and passed away in 2009.




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* PowerStable: (in PNW): "Playboy" Buddy Rose's Army, with Wrestling/TheSheepherders, [[Wrestling/RoddyPiper "Rowdy" Roddy Piper]], "Killer" Tim Brooks, Fidel Cortez and Rip Oliver.
* RealSongThemeTune: He and Doug Somers used Music/{{Madonna}}'s "Dress You Up" in the AWA.

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* PowerStable: (in PNW): "Playboy" Buddy Rose's Army, with Wrestling/TheSheepherders, [[Wrestling/TheBushwhackers The Sheepherders]], [[Wrestling/RoddyPiper "Rowdy" Roddy Piper]], "Killer" Tim Brooks, Fidel Cortez and Rip Oliver.
* RealSongThemeTune: He and Doug Somers used Music/{{Madonna}}'s "Dress You Up" in the AWA.
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* TranslatorBuddy: For Ed Wiskoski in promos, due to his tendencies toward SesquipedalianLoquaciousness.

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* TranslatorBuddy: For Ed Wiskoski in promos, due to his tendencies toward SesquipedalianLoquaciousness. Doubles as an [[{{Pun}} Incredibly Lame Pun]].
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'''Paul Perschmann''' (1952-2009) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and trainer as '''"Playboy" Buddy Rose.''' He debuted in 1973 after training under Verne Gagne and Billy Robinson and competed primarily for the NWA Pacific Northwest territory in UsefulNotes/{{Portland}}, [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation the AWA]] and for Wrestling/{{WWE}}, as well as in UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}, UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco, and other territories in the US and Canada as well as for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. He has the dubious distinction of losing the first-ever ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}}'' match, as the masked Executioner to Wrestling/TitoSantana. Among his in-ring achievements, he was a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-t.html AWA World Tag Team Champion]] with "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers, a 12x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pnw/nwa/pnw-t.html NWA PNW Tag Team Champion]] and an 8x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pnw/nwa/pnw-h.html NWA PNW Heavyweight Champion]]. He retired in 2005 and passed away in 2009.

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'''Paul Perschmann''' (1952-2009) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and trainer as '''"Playboy" Buddy Rose.''' He debuted in 1973 after training under Verne Gagne and Billy Robinson Wrestling/BillyRobinson and competed primarily for the NWA Pacific Northwest territory in UsefulNotes/{{Portland}}, [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation the AWA]] and for Wrestling/{{WWE}}, as well as in UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}, UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco, and other territories in the US and Canada as well as for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. He has the dubious distinction of losing the first-ever ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}}'' match, as the masked Executioner to Wrestling/TitoSantana. Among his in-ring achievements, he was a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-t.html AWA World Tag Team Champion]] with "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers, a 12x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pnw/nwa/pnw-t.html NWA PNW Tag Team Champion]] and an 8x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pnw/nwa/pnw-h.html NWA PNW Heavyweight Champion]]. He retired in 2005 and passed away in 2009.
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* BlondGuysAreEvil: As a heel.

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As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy_Buddy_Rose The Other Wiki]].


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\nAs usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy_Buddy_Rose org/wiki/Buddy_Rose The Other Wiki]].

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* [[EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether Everyone Went To Wrestling School Together]]: He and the future Wrestling/SgtSlaughter trained at the same time and had their first match against each other.

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* [[EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether Everyone Went To Wrestling School Together]]: EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: He and the future Wrestling/SgtSlaughter trained at the same time and had their first match against each other.



* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Much of the Don Owen Portland library footage was considered lost at one point, until it was discovered after his death that Rose had taped years worth of Portland Wrestling footage that existed nowhere else.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Much of the Don Owen Portland library footage was considered lost at one point, until it was discovered after his death that Rose had taped years worth of Portland Wrestling footage that existed nowhere else.
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* UrExample: While competing under his real name, he was [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Kevin Von Erich]]'s first-ever opponent, on August 9, 1976 in Ft. Worth, Texas.

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* UrExample: While competing under his real name, he was [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Kevin Von Erich]]'s first-ever opponent, on August 9, 1976 in Ft. Worth, Texas. On June 28, 1977, he faced David Von Erich in David's [=Sportatorium=] debut.
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* TranslatorBuddy: For Ed Wiskoski in promos, due to his tendencies toward SesquipedalianLoquaciousness.

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* TranslatorBuddy: For Ed Wiskoski in promos, due to his tendencies toward SesquipedalianLoquaciousness.SesquipedalianLoquaciousness.
* UrExample: While competing under his real name, he was [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Kevin Von Erich]]'s first-ever opponent, on August 9, 1976 in Ft. Worth, Texas.
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* BadassTeacher: He and Ed Wiskoski (the AWA's Col. [=DeBeers=]) had a wrestling school, and likely their most famous student was [[Wrestling/LarrySweeney "Sweet 'n' Sour" Larry Sweeney]].

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* BadassTeacher: He and Ed Wiskoski (the AWA's Col. [=DeBeers=]) had a wrestling school, and likely their most famous student was [[Wrestling/LarrySweeney "Sweet 'n' Sour" Larry Sweeney]]. Sweeney acknowledged his training under Rose at ''CHIKARA Planet of the Grapes'', June 19, 2005, explaining how, after having lost his stable Sweet 'n' Sour International, he had gone to Portland to seek Rose's advice. This led to Rose directing him to the (nonexistent) tournament for the [[http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=416 ICW/ICWA Tex-Arkana Television Title]], which Sweeney claimed to have won.
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* AlliterativeName: His real name.
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* ArchEnemy: His biggest feuds were with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and with Wrestling/JimmySnuka in Portland and with the Midnight Rockers (Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Marty Jannetty) in the AWA.


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* CommutingOnABus: During his WWE run in 1982-1983, he would go back and forth between WWE and Portland.


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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: In Portland. He turned face in 1983 and heel in 1984.
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** The Beach Boys, with Avalanche (WCW's PN News)

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** The Beach Boys, with Avalanche (WCW's PN News)News)
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* {{Acrofatic}}: He moved very well and took some big bumps for a guy his size.

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* {{Acrofatic}}: He moved very well and took some big bumps for a guy his size. He described himself as being "built for go, not for show."


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* BlatantLies[=/=]InsistentTerminology: When he would be announced as weighing 237 lbs., he'd correct the announcer and say that he only weighed 217 lbs.


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* RealSongThemeTune: He and Doug Somers used Music/{{Madonna}}'s "Dress You Up" in the AWA.
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'''Paul Perschmann''' (1952-2009) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and trainer as '''"Playboy" Buddy Rose.''' He debuted in 1973 after training under Verne Gagne and Billy Robinson and competed primarily for the NWA Pacific Northwest territory in UsefulNotes/{{Portland}}, [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation the AWA]] and for Wrestling/{{WWE}}, as well as in UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}, UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco, and other territories in the US and Canada as well as for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. He has the dubious distinction of losing the first-ever ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}}'' match, as the masked Executioner to Wrestling/TitoSantana. Among his in-ring achievements, he was a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-t.html AWA World Tag Team Champion]] with "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers, a 12x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pnw/nwa/pnw-t.html NWA PNW Tag Team Champion]] and an 8x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pnw/nwa/pnw-h.html NWA PNW Heavyweight Champion]]. He retired in 2005 and passed away in 2009.


As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy_Buddy_Rose The Other Wiki]].


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* {{Acrofatic}}: He moved very well and took some big bumps for a guy his size.
* AlliterativeName: His real name.
* BadassTeacher: He and Ed Wiskoski (the AWA's Col. [=DeBeers=]) had a wrestling school, and likely their most famous student was [[Wrestling/LarrySweeney "Sweet 'n' Sour" Larry Sweeney]].
* BashBrothers[=/=]TrueCompanions: with Ed Wiskoski.
* BlondGuysAreEvil: As a heel.
* DemotedToExtra[=/=]{{Jobber}}: In his early 1990s run in WWE.
* DownerEnding: His death at 56 due to complications from blood sugar and diabetes because of becoming morbidly obese.
* [[EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether Everyone Went To Wrestling School Together]]: He and the future Wrestling/SgtSlaughter trained at the same time and had their first match against each other.
* FinishingMove: Las Vegas Jackpot (DDT)
* LoserLeavesTown: Sent Wrestling/RickMartel out of PNW in 1982 by winning one of these.
* PowerStable: (in PNW): "Playboy" Buddy Rose's Army, with Wrestling/TheSheepherders, [[Wrestling/RoddyPiper "Rowdy" Roddy Piper]], "Killer" Tim Brooks, Fidel Cortez and Rip Oliver.
* TagTeam:
** The Younger Generation, with Wrestling/JesseVentura
** The Beach Boys, with Avalanche (WCW's PN News)

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