Pacific Northwest Wrestling Born and raised in
Portland, Oregon, C.W. Bergstrom made his debut in
Pacific Northwest Wrestling in December 1988, losing to
Art Barr in his very first match. A month later, he took part in a joint show with
World Championship Wrestling, losing to Mike Golden at the
Kaiser Convention Center in
Oakland, California on January 14, 1989. In March 1989, he began teaming up with
The Grappler and defeated Scott Peterson and Billy Two Eagles on March 12. He and Denton lost to
The Southern Rockers (
Steve Doll and
Scott Peterson) the next month. On April 21, he and
Scotty the Body entered the championship tournament for the then vacant
NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship but were eliminated by
The Southern Rockers (Steve Doll & Scott Peterson) who also defeated Al Madril and Joey Jackson and
Colonel DeBeers and
Nord the Barbarian to win the tournament. He also acted as a special guest referee in a televised match between Al Madril and Jeff Warner on January 27, 1990. Warner was disqualified when he attempted to use a foreign object that Madril had brought to the ring. Bergstrom lost to Denton twice later that year, including a disqualification loss in
Salem, Oregon on October 19, and lost to him in a tag team match with
Bill Francis against Denton and
Brian Adams in Portland on December 23, 1989. During the next year, he would lose to Denton on June 23 and, in a tag team match with Craig Valeri, lost to Denton and
The Equalizer on December 29, 1990. Throughout 1991, he faced Denton and the Equalizer with several tag team partners including Larry Oliver and
Bart Sawyer and also defeated Denton in
Estacada, Oregon on May 22. Later that year, he and
Mike Winner lost to Len Denton & Don Harris and, in
Vancouver, Washington on December 29, 1991. He was later involved in talks with the
World Wrestling Federation to bring in his character to feud with
The 1-2-3 Kid as
The Principal, but nothing ever came of it. The WWF would later use
Shane Douglas in a similar
in-ring persona during his
second stint with the company. On June 22, 1994, he appeared at a wrestling show for
Art Barr teaming with
Billy Jack Haynes and
Rey Misterio, Jr. in a 6-man tag team match against
Psicosis,
Ryuma Go and Col. DeBeers. This card was organized as a sort of reunion show featuring former PNW stars as well as Mexican
luchadores of
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.
Semi-retirement and the independent circuit Bergstrom would remain inactive during much of the 1990s, but returned to action in local independent promotions in the old Pacific Northwest territory. In July 1999, he headlined a wrestling event for promoter John Skinner at the Medford Armory losing to Steve "The Gigolo" Rizzano. This was the first wrestling event held in
Medford, Oregon in nearly a decade. Returning to Eugene four months later, he teamed with Lou Andrews and Big Daddy Thunder in a 6-man tag team match fighting to a double-disqualification against Len Denton, Bruiser Brian and Billy Two Eagles on November 13, 1999. He spent the next two years with Championship Pro Wrestling and NWA Oregon winning the NWA Oregon Heavyweight title three times. He won the NWA Oregon Heavyweight Championship from Colossus at the
Benton County Fairgrounds in
Corvallis on January 6, 2007. On January 31, Bergstrom defeated Heavyweight Champion Dr. Kliever at the Chehalem Armory Center in
Newberg. This was a fundraising event for the
Newberg High School water polo teams and, according to the Chehalem Park and Recreation District's Jim McMaster, this was the first wrestling event to be held in the city in over twenty years. That same year, he competed for BAW Championship Wrestling. Although losing to "Big Ugly" JD Bishop on April 20, he beat Drake Frost and
Alexis Smirnoff, Jr. during the summer. While in New Revolution Wrestling, he and Ritchie Magnett feuded with the NRW Tag Team Champions the
Pacific Coast Blondes (Cameron Starr & Hearthrob Hanson) facing them in a series of matches during the summer, including a
Canadian Lumberjack match in June 2007. Bergstrom defeated Tod Ruhl who submitted to a
cross arm breaker at the "Final Friday" supercard in
Gresham, Oregon on July 27, 2007. When Ruhl's valet Megan Nicole Desire attempted to distract the referee, Bergstrom pulled her into the ring. Bergstrom was immediately attacked by the Pacific Coast Blondes and Tod Ruhl, but was saved by Pete Storm who helped Bergstrom clear the ring. ==Championships and accomplishments==