Beaver County Times – July 25, 2002
By Anthony Conchel

“Playboy” Buddy Rose applies a rear chinlock on an opponent in a match recently in Marion, Ohio.
Playboy Buddy Rose has changed as much as the face of wrestling has over the past couple of decades.
No longer a portly fellow working with Pretty Boy Doug Sommers in the old AWA, the much slimmer Rose lives in Parkersburg, W. Va., works a full-time job “turning wrenches” and helps a small promotion called Southern Championship Wrestling, based in Lancaster, Ohio. Continue reading →