[4] Martin moved his family to the States to work for Leroy McGuirk's Tulsa, Oklahoma, office in the 1960s and soon made good friends with his future tag partner and ring general, Al Lovelock.

[4] One weekend while wrestling in between San Francisco and Los Angeles, wrestler-turned-actor Woody Strode invited Pepper to Hollywood for a late night romp.

They ended up waking director John Ford up at three in the morning, being ejected from his lawn and then drinking until eight o'clock with Hollywood tough guy Lee Marvin.

It was also while working in Los Angeles that wrestling legend Freddie Blassie would give Martin the chance to commentate the matches with Dick Lane, something that he attributes to helping him in his future acting career.

The doctor discovered a small vertical crack in his spine, but denying surgery, Martin had a pallet made up that he would lie on for the next six weeks to keep his back straight and allow it to heal.

[4] In the NWA Pacific Northwest territory, Pepper became a multiple time champion, but continued in his role as commentator, calling matches in Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and Eugene.

Officially, Martin was an NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Champion five times, exchanging the title with other wrestling legends Stan Stasiak, Mad Dog Vachon, Paul Jones, Tony Borne and the aforementioned Patterson.

Martin also became an eight time NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champion with Shag Thomas (4x), Luther Lindsay (2x), Paul Jones and Billy White Wolf.

Martin's TV appearances include Police Woman, The Mod Squad, I Dream of Jeannie, The Incredible Hulk, Mannix, and The Rockford Files.