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Post by jacklarkin on Jun 16, 2016 8:06:05 GMT -5
October 4, 1986 River City Wrestling #255 Billings, Montana Opening Bout: Great Gama defeated Moe Malone by submission to the Calcutta clutch at 9:01 -Malone made Gama earn this one. It was tooth and nail in the first 6 minutes, but all Gama in the last 3. But the East Indian star had trouble finishing off Malone because of his size. It was the third time with the Calcutta clutch locked on before Malone could stand the pain no longer and couldn't break the hold. Interview: Great Gama refuses to give just dues to Moe Malone, saying he got lucky. But Gama can barely catch his breath and after a minute doesn't look like he's going to make it through the interview. His sometimes partner Steve Blackman comes out to join him. Blackman says Malone did a decent job and with some more experience might amount to something. However, Blackman says the finish was never in doubt. Promo: America has a new #1 movie, Paramount Pictures' Crocodile Dundee explodes onto the screen for its second week of release. He's survived the most hostile and primitive land known to man. Now all he's got to do is make it through a week in New York. Bout #2 Chris Markoff & Barry Orton defeated Jeff Gillies & Shawn Cummings by pinfall when Orton pinned Gillies after a piledriver at 5:05 -squash match Interview: Ben Bassarab comes to the ring with his RCW TV title. He is not in his usual calm, cool, and shy mood. He is angry at Manny Silva for making this battle too personal, for trying to hurt him last week at the battle royale. Bassarab says they need to finish this once and for all. Next week Bassarab offers to put the title on the line, in a steel cage match. Promo: Coming up this weekend on This Week in Baseball (TWIB) -Dave Righetti of the Yankees has 44 saves going into the season ending 3 game series with the Red Sox. Can he pick up 2 saves and set the major league record? -Baltimore loses to Detroit 6–3, assuring the Orioles of their first last-place finish since moving from St. Louis in 1954. -Don Mattingly sets a Yankees record with his 232nd hit of the season in a 6–1 win over the Red Sox Bout #3 Steve Blackman defeated Stoney Burke by pinfall after a roundhouse kick at 3:37 -squash match Interview: North American Women's champion Misty Blue Simmes will be watching the upcoming #1 contender match between Kai and Devine. She says she hopes that Candi wins it but it doesn't matter to her as a champion, she'll be happy to defend against the winner. Bout #4 LeLani Kai defeated Candi Devine by pinfall after a piledriver at 8:16 -another close competitive match but once again its Kai that stays in the hunt for a women's title shot Interview: Lelani Kai says she will succeed where so many have failed including Sherri Martel and Candi Devine, to wrestle away that North American women's title from Simmes. Promo: On tonight's Evening News -Fire aboard USSR nuclear submarine off Bermuda. Poor safety record of Soviet submarines -Preparations in Iceland for US-USSR summit -USSR dissident Yuri and Irina Orlov reported leaving for United States tomorrow as part of deal to free Nicholas Daniloff -Growing controversy over rise in high school health clinics. Baltimore health department spokesperson John Maupin explains decision not to issue contraceptives in school clinics. -Walt Disney's various productions and impact on United States culture reviewed; scenes shown. Roy Disney feels creativity ended with father's death. Chairperson Michael Eisner's effort to reanimate company examined [end of first hour] Interview: Superstar Billy Graham gives props to the Destroyer for his battle royale win last week, but says there can be no finer RCW champion then the Superstar. Graham then runs down Chris Lyon calling him every cowardly name in the book, yellow, spineless, chicken, then the cowardly Lyon from Wizard of Oz. He challenges Lyon to another match and this time to stay and fight instead of running away or getting himself disqualified. No sign of Chris Lyon but his friend and partner Kid Gallahad comes out to answer the charges and takes the match against the former WWWF World champion. Bout #5 Superstar Billy Graham defeated Kid Gallahad by submission to the bearhug at 7:13 -good solid outing for both men. Graham continued to shake off some ring rust, while Gallahad controlled early it was only a matter of time before the veteran struck back using his power advantage. Post-Match: Superstar Graham stays in the ring and says that cowardly Lyon's friend the scarecrow couldn't get the job done. So next week unless he can produce another friend, say the tinman, its time to put up. Graham challenges Lyon to a lumberjack match. Promo: Today on American Bandstand, in its 30th year on the air, host Dick Clark welcomes New Edition to the show. Bout #6 RCW Tag Team Title Match The Longriders defated Dan Kroffat & Brady Boone by pinfall when Wild Bill pinned Boone after a superplex at 7:37 [The Longriders retain the RCW Tag Team Titles] -an awkward match especially the first few minutes. Two fan favorite teams with Kroffat and Boone finally getting their proper title shot. Hogg is isolated for a while and kept in enemy territory but eventually gets free. Boone tries for his moonsault finisher too early and Hogg moves out of the way. Then its only a matter of time before the champions are able to finish the job. Interview: Manny Silva gladly accepts the title shot against Ben Bassarab next week in the steel cage. In fact he seems to be in a jovial mood, all smiles and handshakes for Ron Strong. He offers to bring Strong a souvenir after the title bout next week, one of Bassarab's ears, or maybe a spleen. Promo: New to our mail order store, the first ever set of RCW collectible trading cards. This 195 card set can be purchased as a set, or by packs.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight title Match Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) (champion) v The Destroyer Disalvo challenges Destroyer to a test of strength which Disalvo wins bringing Destroyer to his knees. The masked man though goes down to his butt and then rolls out of the fingerlocks. Disalvo asks for the test of strength again and this time they bang shoulder to shoulder, and again Destroyer drops to his knees. This time the champ brings up a knee and catches the masked veteran in the face. Disalvo locks on a half-nelson which he works, followed by a top wrist lock. That's a mistake though as Destroyer knows many counters and reverses it, and ends up with a hammerlock on the champ who gets a rope break. Disalvo uses the ref as a screen and catches Destroyer with a closed fist to the head. He then throws him out of the ring. While Lisa Caress distracts the referee Buddy Lane, Disalvo chokes Destroyer. Back inside the ring its bodyslams, elbowdrops, and a reverse chinlock. Destroyer battles back by attacking the abs of Dislavo trying to knock the wind from him with elbows and shoulderblocks. But when he goes for a double leg takedown the champ has too much game left and drops the challenger with a double axhandle. The champ uses a full-nelson, and then nails a gutwrench suplex for a 2 count. Disalvo goes for his finisher the running clothesline but the fans of Destroyer know that feeds right into his finisher the flying crucifix. Sure enough the masked man wraps himself around the arm and shoulder of the charging champion like an anaconda. But he can't pull him down and Disalvo drops Destroyer to the mat in a modified Samoan drop. Disalvo drags Destroyer to the middle of the ring and nails a piledriver. He pins, and gets 1, 2, Kickout!!! The champ nails a second piledriver, makes the pin, but he doesn't hook a leg, 1, 2, shoulder up!! Disalvo wastes time arguing with Buddy Lane. He whips Destroyer to the buckle and then takes his eyes off of him to argue with Lane some more. By the time he goes to rush the corner everyone in the building except Disalvo knows that he is playing possum. He charges but Lisa is screaming at him, so he stops short of making the mistake. But his eyes are on Lisa for an explanation and so the Destroyer is able to step out and nail Disalvo with a standing sidekick, followed by a faceslam, and into a Boston crab. But the champ is too strong for a crab, and he bridges out of it. The two men meet in the middle of the ring and exchange punches. Destroyer gets the better of it, so Disalvo resorts to eyerakes. He punishes the former champion with some hard shots and chokes. Finally Destroyer manages to roll-up the champion for a 2 count, then again for a 2 count, then a thrid roll-up for a 2 count. Disalvo is sent to the ropes by the champ and nailed with a flying forearm. The challenger covers for 1, 2, Kickout. Destroyer climbs to the top turnbuckle but with the ref looking at the champ instead Lisa is able to jump on the apron and push Destroyer off the top. Disalvo is on his feet first and goes for the running clothesline, but Destroyer is able to duck under. The champ comes off the far ropes for another try, but seems to think better of falling prey to the crucifix so he takes a powder and ducks under the ropes. The champ consults with Lisa and gets a bit of a neck massage while Lane tries to restrain Destroyer from leaving the ring. Finally with the Destroyer reaching out of the ring he is coldcocked by a right hand from Disalvo. The champ chokes him over the middle strand for good measure before going back into the ring. The champ presses his advantage with a scoop slam, backbreaker, and another piledriver but only gets a 2 count. The fans are then instrumental in rallying Destroyer out of a full nelson after over a minute in the hold. The two exchange punches again with the Destroyer winning, and then nailing 4 consecutive dropkicks, followed by 3 armdrags, 2 belly-to-back suplexes, and 1 DDT. He covers and gets 1, 2, Lisa Caress reaches into the ring and pulls Destroyer off her man to break up the count. Buddy Lane has seen it this time and calls for the bell. The Destroyer defeated Steve Disalvo by disqualification for outside interference at 16:21 [Steve Disalvo retains the RCW Heavyweight Title] Post-Match: Disalvo and Caress grab theit title belt and leave quickly. Destroyer and Lane are left fuming in the ring. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!!
October 11, 1986 River City Wrestling #256 Cheyenne, Wyoming Opening Bout: Non-title Match Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) defeated Irish Pat Barrett after a running clotesline at 3:02 -quick and easy victory for the champion Interview: Things turn nasty when Ron Strong interviews Steve Disalvo and Lisa Caress, calling him a cheat and her a jezebelle. Disalvo goes nose to nose with Strong who refuses to back down saying that Disalvo's title reign is now further tarnished and disgraceful. Disalvo has had enough and pushes Strong against the studio interview wall, which gives way, and crashes to the ground as does Strong. It looks like Disavlo is going to do some further damage to Strong but The Destroyer arrives on the set and begins to brawl with Disalvo. The two fight over into the spectator area, and Caress catches Destroyer with a lowblow from behind. Disavlo then smashes Destroyer's head off the steel guardrail. More RCW officials are on hand now and the battle is broken up. Promo: Scratch the seven year itch... Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg Manitoba on December 18th, 1986, River City Wrestling presents the 7th Anniversary Spectacular!! Bout #2 Moe Malone defeated Johnny K-9 by submission to the full-nelson at 5:35 -a big victory for Malone for a veteran of television like K-9. Interview: Moe Malone says he doesn't care what Great Gama and Steve Blackman say about him but he does care that he didn't beat Gama. So Malone says he will get himself a partner for next week and if Gama and Blackman have any guts they will wrestle in a tag team match. Promo: Music video set to "Take Me Home Tonight" by Eddie Money and featuring Bob Backlund, Destroyer, Ben Bassarab, Phillip Navarre, and the Longriders. Bout #3 Great Gama defeated Cowboy Gary Long by pinfall after a bridging back suplex at 4:43 -squash match Interview: Great Gama kind of sits on the fence about accepting the challenge of Moe Malone, saying he beat that big oaf and has nothing left to prove. Steve Blackman comes out and says that if Gama wants to manage him anymore then he's going to have to start putting his money where his mouth is. Blackman tells Malone that the'll be there for the match next week. Bout #4 Eight-Man Tag Match The Longriders, Brady Boone, and Dan Kroffat defeated Chris Markoff, Barry Orton, Kid Gallahad, and Steve Blackman by pinfall when Boone pinned Orton after a moonsault at 9:30 -a rare 8-man tag match for RCW. Basically it was nothing but trouble for the villians trying to get along and co-operate during this match. Gallahad got mad at Orton and Markoff for tagging off with each other on 3 consecutive tags. Blackman seemed disgusted with the tactics of all 3 of his partners and looked like he lost interest in the match all together. In the end when Boone was pinning Orton, Markoff entered the ring to break the pin but when he waived for the other two to follow they stayed put. This distracted Markoff and by the time he arrived it was too late to break up the pinfall attempt. [end of first hour]
Bout #5 North American Women's Title Match Misty Blue Simmes defeated Lelani Kai by disqualification for outside interference at 5:53 [Simmes retains the North American Women's Title] -after a rough start to the match Simmes had things under control. She was perched on the top rope for the superfly when the crowd started to go nuts. She paused to look and watched as a behemoth of a woman entered the ring. Caught like a deer in the headlights Simmes was press slammed off the top rope to the mat. The big woman then came off the ropes and nailed Simmes with a devastating splash. The woman stopped to mock the crowd with a salute before leaving the ring. Post-Match: Misty Blue Simmes is taken from the ring in a stretcher. Promo: TriStar pictures is proud to release to theatres this weekend "Peggy Sue Got Married" starring Kathleen Turner & Nicholas Cage. Peggy Sue faints at a Highschool reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school. Knowing what you know now, what would you do differently? Bout #6 Lumberjack Match Superstar Billy Graham defeated Chris Lyon by pinfall after an elbowdrop at 8:51 -Most of the RCW locker room came out as lumberjacks with the villians on one side and fan favorites on the other. Graham controlled early after a top wrist lock, a bodyslam, a reverse chinlock, some chops, another bodyslam, and a pair of elbowdrops but couldnt get the pin. Lyon went with a rake of the eyes to get some momentum. He choked Graham over the second rope, and then while distracting ref Kenny Jay a couple of the villians laid in some punches to the head of Graham until the fan favorites came over and chased them away. Lyon continued to work on Graham with a Boston crab, a standing surfboard, a splash from the second rope, and a slingshot suplex, but the most he could get was a 2 count. So he went to more blatant cheating including some chokeholds. The villians distracted Kenny Jay, then a couple of the fan favorites tried to complain to Jay but this just gave Lyon more time. Tempers flared and a mini-brawl ensued amongst the lumberjacks. Back inside Graham was on the comeback trail. He hit some terrific chops, backing Lyon to the ropes and then exploded with a gutwrench suplex. He applied his bearhug finisher and Lyon was just about done. Another mini-brawl broke out though between the lumberjacks and while Jay was distracted Kid Gallahad reached in and tripped up Graham to break the hold. He tried to pull out Lyon as well but Graham grabbed his feet. Gallahad was pulling on one arm of Lyon but it was a tug of war as Graham lay on the mat pulling on both feet of Lyon. A couple of the lumberjacks cinched around Gallahad's waist and tried for extra leverage. But Lyon was in such pain being pulled from different directions that he reached out and hammered the arm of Gallahad to get him to release. Graham sent Lyon to the buckle with a slingshot, then hit him with another gutwrench suplex. He followed up with an elbowdrop and picked up the pin. Music Video: A review of the Ben Bassarab TV title run and his current feud with Manny Silva set to "Blackout" by the Scorpions. Main Event CAGE MATCH RCW Television Title Match Ben Bassarab (champion) v Manny Silva Bassarab actually attacked Silva before the bell could even sound. Silva though was ready and the two began to battle. Silva still had on his silver satin warm-up jacket while Bassarab was wearing his title belt around his waist. Silva pumeled the champ with fists, and a big smile on his face, and then smashed Bassarab's head off the steel cage. He bodyslammed Bassarab on the mat and then slammed him off the cage wall. Silva then scooped him up and nailed a running powerslam. The challenger removed the title belt and was going to hit Bassarab with it, but referee Buddy Lane grabbed one end and struggled long enough with Silva until the champ could rear up with his foot and blast Silva right in the crotch. Bassarab then tried to go for the title belt but Lane quickly grabbed it and removed it from the cage. However, while he had his back turned Bassarab began to stomp the stuffing out of Silva and then pulled up on the top rope while giving him a boot choke. Bassarab pounded away at Silva, and then nailed a German suplex for a 2 count. The young Albertan went to work with elbows to the ribs, a hammerlock, short arm scissors, and then several armbreakers. But Silva turned up the intensity once again with punches, kicks, and then worked over Bassarab in the corner with chokeholds. He also began to loosen a turnbuckle cover. Bassarab caught Silva with an elbow to the gut, then went to work with dropkicks. The champ climbed to the top turnbuckle and hit a bodyblock but Silva rolled through and got 1, 2, kickout by the champ. Silva took control and pressed with a piledriver before running Bassarab's head across the steel cage. Bassarab was now bleeding profusely. In the corner Silva worked chokes again and even bit the bloodied forehead of Bassarab. He also took the opportunity to continue working on the turnbuckle cover. This time he had it completely removed and damaged so that despite his best efforts the best Buddy Lane could do was to simply place the cover sitting on top of the buckle. Silva worked a full nelson, slammed Bassarab to the mat. Laid in several kicks to the back, and then hit a second piledriver. He went for the pin but only got a 2 count. He tried for his wheelbarrow suplex finisher but Bassarab countered with a roll-up for a 1 count. Silva recovered with a clothesline just about taking the head off of Bassarab. He tossed the champion to the corner, knocking the lose turnbuckle cover to the mat. He then tried to ram Bassarab's head off of the exposed steel but Lane got his body in the way preventing Silva from doing the deed. Silva gave up and pulled Bassarab to the middle of the ring. Lane allowed himself to be distracted by Silva trying to show him how to put the turnbuckle cover back on. Silva walked away but Lane stayed trying to reattach the cover. Silva used his distraction to reach into his tights and pull out a roll of coins. He took a big swing at Bassarab but the champ ducked, spun the challenger, punched him, then took him over with a belly to back suplex. Lane saw the suplex, saw Silva bounce off the mat, and saw the coins scatter from his fist. Bassarab whipped Silva to the ropes, nailed him with a flying dropkick, tossed him off the ropes again, and nailed him with a crossbody block finisher. Silva though maanged to kick out. So the champ pounded Silva's head off the cage wall, then raked it across the cage until Silva was busted wide open. Bassarab then climbed half-way up the steel cage and flew off with a flying cross bodyblock. Bassarab was wearing a crimson mask as he hooked a leg and got the 1, 2, 3 !! Ben Bassarab defeated Manny Silva by pinfall after a flying crossbody block at 14:04 [Ben Bassarab retains the RCW Television title] That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!!
October 18, 1986 River City Wrestling #257 Fargo, North Dakota Opening Bout: Superstar Billy Graham defeated Bill Cody by submission to the bearhug at 4:09 -squash match Interview: Superstar Billy Graham is being interviewed by Ron Strong. He reflects on beating Chris Lyon last week, and then puts his hat in the ring to be the #1 contender for Steve Disalvo's title. He mentions being one of two former world champions in RCW and would like to tangle with Bob Backlund once again when he is back from injuries. As Graham poses for the crowd, suddenly Hoss Funk (Dory Funk Jr.) comes running in from the back. We had no idea he was even in RCW? Funk hammers at Graham from behind beating him down. He puts his face on the bottom buckle and stomps it a couple of times before RCW officials come in to break it up. Promo: On tonight's Evening News -American Eugene Hasenfus, survivor in crash of alleged CIA plane ferrying supplies to Nicaraguan Contras, recalled claiming he worked for CIA operative Max Gomez who is linked to Vice President George Bush. Bush's son, John E. "Jeb" Bush, said admittedly involved in private efforts to aid Contras. -Ramon Conte Hernandez, last remaining Bay of Pigs prisoner jailed in Havana, reported arriving in Miami, Florida, after negotiations by Senator Edward Kennedy for his release. -Soviet television footage of partial troop withdrawal from Afghanistan shown. USSR 's media blitz over withdrawal said aimed at pressuring United States and Pakistan to halt aid to guerrillas. -Opening of World Series tonight between New York Mets and Boston Red Sox noted; Tom Seaver's and Ron Darling's history with both teams noted. Bout #2 Non-title match The Longriders defeated Johnny K-9 & Shawn Summers by pinfall when Scott Hogg pinned Summers after a spinebuster slam at 5:40 -squash match Promo; Update on Misty Blue Simmes. We review last week's footage of her being attacked by a behemoth. We are told that the newcomer is from Russia without love, known as Commrade Orca. Simmes is said to have stayed the night for observation due to breathing difficulties brought on by bruised ribs. She was released early the next day and has been resting comfortably since. Interview: Commrade Orca is interviewed. Problem is she doesn't speak any English. Her interview in Russia goes right over the head of Ron Strong but given the names being tossed out like Misty and the derogatory tone of her voice when speaking about North Americans, its enough to illicit a nice round of jeers. Bout #3 Lelani Kai & Sherri Martel defeated Candi Devine & Tanya Tataryn by pinfall when Kai pinned Tataryn after a piledriver at 6:27 -Tataryn was the weak link in this match Interview: Lelani Kai and Sherri Martel try to co-exist behind the mic but they both try and best each other with their accomplishments in the AWA & WWF. Both want to position themselves as the #1 contender for the women's title. But when Ron Strong changes the subject to which lady would like to wrestler Commrade Orca suddenly neither has anything to say. Bout #4 Commrade Orca defeated Tamara Yallits by pinfall after a big splash at 3:34 -squash match - literally. Orca isn't very fast but she doesn't have to be. At around 5'10 and 300 pounds she is a monster in the ladies game. She nails Yallits to the mats with some big hamhock like blows. Then she finishes her with a bodyslam, elbowdrop, belly to belly suplex, and then the splash finisher. Yallits has to be helped from the ring. Promo: Coming to theatres this weekend, Tom Cruise and Paul Newman in a Martin Scorsese film, "Color of Money". Eddie "Fast Eddy" Felson, a former pool player forced into retirement by gangsters (as seen in "The Hustler",) finds himself, self-respect, and finally, redemption when he enters a relationship with young pool player Tom Cruise very similar to his own early career. As they travel together, Fast Eddy realizes how much he had lost, and can see the inevitable finale of their relationship as history begins to repeat itself. "The hustler isn't what he used to be, but he has the next best thing: a kid who is"
[end of first hour] Promo: Tribute video to The Destroyer set to "Home Sweet Home" by Motley Crue plays for two mintues before morphing into a video for Steve Disalvo set to "Public Enemy #1" also by Motley Crue. Those two men tangle in our main event tonight, in their rematch from two weeks ago for the RCW Heavyweight title. Bout #5 Challenge Tag Team Match Moe Malone & Dan Kroffat defeated Great Gama & Steve Blackman by pinfall when Kroffat pinned Blackman after a superkick at 7:27 -after some initial success Malone found himself in trouble for a good stretch of this match. But because of his size he was able to power out of several submission and pinfall attempts. Finally he made the tag and then he and Kroffat took turns controlling their opponents. Malone cleared Gama from the ring which left a dazed Blackman to fall victim to Kroffat's eductated feet. Interview: Dan Kroffat makes it clear that this was a one-time shot, that if he continues to wrestle as a tag team it will be with his partner Brady Boone. Moe Malone thanks Kroffat for helping him out and warns Gama and Blackman to stay out of his business from now on. Promo: The WWF returns to the Winnipeg Arena on November 1st, with the biggest main event in wrestling today. WWF champion Hulk Hogan will defend his title against the turncoat "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff. Also scheduled to appear include Tito Santana, the Killer Bees, Hillbilly Jim, Kamala, Greg Valentine, and Brutus Beefcake.
Bout #6 #1 Contenders Tag Team Match Chris Markoff & Barry Orton defeated Kid Gallahad & Chris Lyon by pinfall when Orton pinned Lyon after a bulldog from the 2nd rope at 8:56 -the only thing that made this match with four rulebreakers beating the tar out of each other even better for the fans was that it was officiated over by Jurgen Hermann. It was filled with double teams, four man brawls, and other cheating. Twice during the match the four men assembled inside the ring to negotiate a peace, each time it ended with handshakes and jeers from the crowd, and each time it was broken first chance by one of the participants. The end came when Markoff was able to jab his thumb into the throat of Gallahad and then send him out of the ring. They then double teamed Lyon, with Orton coming off the seond buckle to finish him off. Promo: Tonight on Saturday Night Live the guest host will be Malcolm Jamal Warner from the hit "The Cosby Show", with special musical guests Run D.M.C with their hit "Walk This Way". Promo: "Hotel" now in its 4th hit season returns with a new episode Wendesday night on ABC. In "Queen's Gambit" Continuing his efforts to take over the hotel, Charles Cabot evicts Peter from the hotel penthouse and searches the accounting records for evidence of wasteful spending. Charles's sister Jessica and family patriarch Uncle Jake align with Peter, forcing Charles to back down temporarily.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) and The Destroyer battled to a double countout at 7:35 [Steve Disalvo retained his RCW Heavyweight title] -This match had a far different feeling then their meeting two weeks ago. It started right after the bell with a brawl. There was no feeling out process, and very little strategy. Destroyer seemed willing to fight fire with fire and Disalvo held nothing back, flirting with disqualfication the entire match. They split their time evenly between inside the ring and outside. There never was a feeling that this match would have a legitimate finish and finally Buddy Lane just counted out the two men. Post-Match: Disalvo and Destroyer continued to brawl after the match. Despite Lisa Caress jumping on Destroyer's back and biting him, the masked man would only pull her off and refused to retaliate. This distraction was enough for the champion to nail Destroyer with a running clothesline. He then pulled the masked man onto the announce table and delivered a punishing piledriver which sent both men through the table. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. We are pre-empted next week for Halloween programming but will return the week following. See ya in two weeks!!
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Post by jacklarkin on Jun 17, 2016 8:25:15 GMT -5
November 1, 1986 River City Wrestling #258 Winnipeg, Manitoba Opening Bout: Phillip Navarre defeated Johnny K-9 by pinfall after the Coup de Grace at 4:37 -squash match Video Package: A Retrospective of the incredible career of Superstar Billy Graham set to "Jesus Christ Superstar". The former WWWF World Champion takes on Hoss (Dory) Funk a former NWA World champion in tonight's main event. Bout #2 Manny Silva defeated Joshua Littlebear by pinfall after a wheelbarrow suplex at 3:56 -squash match Video Package: A retrospective of the incredible career of Hoss Funk, better known as Dory Funk Jr., including his time as NWA World Champion, set to "La Grange" by ZZ Top. Funk takes on Superstar Billy Graham in our main event tonight. Bout #3 Kid Gallahad & Chris Lyon defeated Moe Malone & Shawn Cummings by pinfall when Gallahad pinned Cummings after a Gallahad lance at 8:20 -what might have been another squash match turned into a good and evenly fought contest. Moe & Shawn teaming for the first time seemed to have some chemistry as both seek to rise from the depths of the card. The match also showcased that Chris Lyon has seemingly taken a step back from going completely over the edge to crazy, as he seemed more like his cold, calculating, and vicious self. Interview: Kid Gallahad and Chris Lyon are interviewed and we get more evidence that Lyon is closer to being his old self. He says he has visited a shrink and has been diagnosed as manic depressive and is taking pills so he can get back to being his usual loveable and fair self. He says all this in a mocking fashion and the fans boo him for his efforts. Bout #4 Commrade Orca defeated Candi Divine by pinfall after a splash at 5:41 -Divine is an accomplished women's wrestler but was just no match for this new behemoth from Russia. Divine tried a stick and move attack but Orca while dazed, never fell, and once she got control of the match ended it pretty quickly with an elbowsmash, bodyslam, and then the splash. Promo: Coming to River City Wrestling, making his premiere next week, Cpl. Kirschner.
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Bout #5 RCW Tag Team Title Match The Longriders defeated Chris Markoff & Barry Orton by pinfall when Scott Hogg pinned Orton after a powerslam at 9:31 [The Longriders retain the RCW Tag Titles] -Markoff & Orton are a decent team but no one really believed they could take the titles from the very popular Londriders duo Interview: Bob Backlund is set to return from his injuries in December.
Bout #6 RCW TV Title Match Ben Bassarab defeated Steve Blackman by pinfall after botched outside intererence at 8:38 [Ben Bassarab retains the RCW TV Title] -Bassarab controlled most of this match although the challenger had his moments and was still very much in the hunt when his partner/manager Great Gama decided to try and use Blackman's nonchucks on Bassarab when the referee was knocked down. It backfired though as Gama was unfamiliar with the weapon and ended up hitting Blackman instead. Post-Match: Great Gama lifted Blackman to his feet and tried to apologize. Blackman though would have none of it, and getting a microphone he told Gama he was done with him. Ever since he came to River City Wrestling he has been acting like a smuck taking the short cuts, instead of the proper way like Ben Bassarab and Dan Kroffat. He tells Gama that again he's done with him. But he makes the mistake of throwing down the mic and turning his back on Gama who then attacks him from behind. Gama puts the boots to Blackman, and tries to lock on the Calcutta clutch but Blackman fights the hold, and then gets the upper hand on Gama, sending the sneaky East Indian heading for the hills. Blackman is cheered by the crowd as he leaves the ring.
Promo: Marty Goldstein comes out and calls out RCW champion Steve Disalvo (accompanied by Lisa Caress) and #1 challenger The Destroyer. Goldstein says Destroyer has yet to get a fair shot at the title and that has to change. Disalvo says he is done giving chance after chance to the old man, and will give him one more shot only, next week. Goldstein and Destroyer agree but under two conditions, first all wrestlers will be banned from ringside, and if they appear they will be suspended. Secondly, the Destroyer will get to pick what kind of match it will be. After some brief thought, the Destroyer says that Disalvo's main advantages are that he is big and strong, and that he cheats. He says Disalvo's muscles though are all show, and he has no stamina. Therefore, he wants an ironman match, most falls wins the title. Marty agrees and makes it a 30-minute iron man match that will take up the entirety of the second hour of next week's show. Disalvo is not happy but says he will break Destroyer in two early in the match and then will beat on him for the rest of the match, and there won't be anything or anyone to save Destroyer from total destruction.
Main Event Former World Champions Collide Hoss Funk defeated Superstar Billy Graham by pinfall after a flying elbowsmash and with his feet on the ropes at 7:30 -Funk controlled early by grounding Graham thus taking away his strength advantage. But the fans rallied SBG who got to his feet and started to take it to Funk. He missed an elbowdrop though off the second rope giving the wrestler better known as Dory Funk Jr the advantage back. Funk though couldn't finish off Graham legally so resorted to using the ropes for leverage and gaining an impressive although tainted victory. Post-Match: Graham chased Funk out of the arena, assuring us this encounter will not be their last. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!!
November 8, 1986 River City Wrestling #259 Brandon, Manitoba Opening Bout: Premiere of Cpl. Kirschner Cpl. Kirschner defeated Cory Reimer by submission to the Corporal Clutch (Cobra clutch) at 5:04 -squash match Interview: Cpl. Kirschner introduces himself to the RCW fans, and talks a bit about being the heir aparent to Sgt. Slaughter's patriotic legacy in the WWF. Promo: December 18th, 1986, River City Wrestling returns to the Winnipeg Arena for the 7th Annual Anniversary Spectacular!! Bout #2 Shawn Cummings & Moe Malone defeated Chris Markoff & Barry Orton by submission when Malone submitted Orton with a bearhug at 8:47 -huge upset win for this newly formed tag team. Orton and Markoff were not happy and berated the ref after the match, but didn't dare attack the physically imposing Malone. Interview: An ecstatic Shawn Cummings and Moe Malone are interviewed. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News: - "New York Times" discovery that President Reagan and a few top aides made arms deal with Iran, via Israel, for release of some United States hostages in Lebanon reported -Syrian President Hafez al-Assad's warning against intl. sanctions for Syria's backing of terrorism reported -Los Angeles public golf courses reported instituting concept which began in Denver as "go-go golf," designed to speed up game Bout #3 Handi-cap match Orca defeated Tanya Tataryn & Sheena Young by pinfall when Orca pinned both women simultaneoulsy after a big splash at 4:33 -Orca is just too big and too mean for these two, including a green rookie like Young, to handle. Promo; Women's champion Misty Blue Simmes comes to the ring before Orca has left. Simmes says she is not afraid of Orca's bullying tactics. and next week the fans will get to see what they have been waiting for, her fat butt kicked all over the ring. Orca pushes Simmes to the mat, and referee Buddy Lane holds back Simmes from retaliation telling her to save it for next week. Video Tribute: Footage of the Destroyer put to "I Am By Your Side" by Corey Hart.
Bout #4 Great Gama defeated Steve Blackman by pinfall after smashing Blackman into an exposed turnbuckle at 9:10 -Blackman wanted revenge for the sneak attack last week by Gama after Blackman effecively turned his back on the East Indian partner/manager. He seemed well on the way to getting it as his brawling and fighting skills were too much for the more ground orientated veteran to handle. However, Gama found what he needed after exposing a turnbuckle and unseen by the ref threw Blackman back first into the exposed buckle before pinning him. Interview: Superstar Billy Graham comes to the ring. He's furious with Hoss Funk for the way he cheated his way to victory last week in their match. SBG wants a rematch next week, and promises the fans that they will see the old Superstar, the one who would be doing the cheating not being cheated. Hoss Funk comes out and calls SBG, says his whiny punk nature is probably because his parents weren't married, and their was a parade of men one after another in his momma's life....and we're off with fists flying. The two men grapple and punch against the wall, with SBG having Funk pinned up, and slamming some knees into his guts. Funk tackles SBG to the concrete floor and the two roll around trading punches.
[end of first hour] Promo; Marty Goldstein calls out Phillip Navarre and Chris Lyon to the ring. The two glare at each other from across the ring. Goldstein says that since tonight will be the final match between Steve Disalvo and The Destroyer, RCW needs a #1 contender. So next week Navarre and Lyon will hook up to earn that spot. Kid Gallahad comes out, his nose out of joint, wanting to know why his partner is getting such an opportunity and he is not. Goldstein says Lyon is the more accomplished singles wrestler, but that Gallahad will also have a #1 contenders match for next week. He will face Dan Kroffat and the winner will be the #1 contender for the TV title. This seems to mullify Gallahad at least for the moment. Promo: Orion Pictures is proud to release to theatres this weekend the comedy-drama "Something Wild" starring Jeff Daniels and Melanie Griffith. A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up. Something Different, Something Daring, Something Dangerous
Main Event 30-Minute Ironman match RCW Heavyweight Title Match Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) (champion) v The Destroyer Match began tentatively with Disalvo trying to take time off the clock with side headlocks, stepping between the ropes for a break, taking a break outside the ring to confer with his manager etc. The crowd grew restless and jeered his tactics heavily. Then after a couple of exchanges with Destroyer able to take Disalvo down to the mat, the champion grabbed his title belt and left the premises. The crowd went nuts as referee Buddy Lane counted him out. The Destroyer defeated Steve Disalvo by countout at 5:05 [Destroyer 1 - 0 Disalvo] Marty Goldstein came down to the ring. He got on the mic and told Disalvo that if he is under the impression that he can not lose the title tonight this way, he is mistaken. The rules are whomever wins the most falls wins the title. He then orders Buddy Lane to begin his count again for the second fall. Lane counts and it really looks like Disalvo is not coming back, but he suddenly reappears running down to the ring, and sliding in, just beating the count of 10. Destroyer tries to put him into a front chancery but Disalvo breaks the hold and then punches Destroyer in the head. After a couple more punches, he follows with a whip to the buckle, big back bodydrop, elbowdrop, pin attempt 1, 2 Kickout. Disalvo continues to punish his challenger with a bodyslam, bootrake, but when he goes for a piledriver the Destroyer counters with a back body drop. The masked man takes control of the champ, and tries to take away more of his stamina with a bodyscissors. Disalvo finds out that even his arms aren't a match to break a hold applied by a strong pair of legs like those of his challenger. Destroyer continues to punish with armbreakers, backbreaker, atomic drop and goes for his finisher the flying crucifix only to have Disalvo counter with a Samoan drop, and get a surprise 1, 2, 3 !!! Steve Disalvo pins The Destroyer after countering a flying crucifix with a Samoan drop at 11:12 [Disalvo 1 -1 Destroyer] Disalvo goes right on the offensive and punishes Destroyer especially his previously injured back. He drops elbows, knees, comes off the second rope, standing surfboard, punishing suplexes, all to get a second fall but to no avail. However, every time Destroyer seems to get some momentum or an opportunity for offense he is held back by the pain in his back. We are announced at the 20:00 mark and we are still tied at one fall each. Disalvo takes Destroyer down with a spinning DDT from the second buckle, pins, 1, 2 Kickout! He sets him up and devastates him with a piledriver, 1, 2, but he doesn't hook the leg, kickout! Disalvo loses his temper and goes after the challenger with boots and chokeholds. Buddy Lane gets in his face holding him back, and this allows Destroyer some rest time. Disalvo tries to intimidate Lane but is warned he will get a disqualification, and that could cost him the title so he relents. Destroyer catches him with a legsweep knocking him to the mat. He then locks on a key-lock, and works the champ on the mat. Disalvo, finally manages to get to his feet but Destroyer still has him in an armbar. Disalvo tries to shake the masked man, throwing him to the ropes but Destroyer keeps putting on the brakes and holding on. Finally Disalvo breaks the hold with a kick to the knee, followed by a big clothesline. Both men catch their breath as we are announced at the 25:00 mark. The announcers bring up the point that if this match ends at a 1-1 tie then Disalvo would retain his title. Disalvo tries to waste time with side headlocks, and then a bearhug, and Destroyer finally breaks it up with an earringer. He comes off the ropes with a flying forearm but can't knock the champ down. He comes off the ropes again but this time the champ catches him, and goes for a tilt-a-whirl, but Destroyer spins out of it landing beside the champ and takes him down with a reverse Russian legsweep. He makes the cover, and gets a 2 count. We are now at the 27:00 mark. Destroyer pours on the pressure with a flying crossbody block, an inside cradle, a neckbreaker, and a bulldog from the second rope but can't put the champ away. He takes a risk and goes for his flying crucifix finisher one more time, and it looks like Disalvo is holding his ground, but finally Destroyer is able to lean far enough over to pull the champ down into the pinning position. He gets 1, 2, Lisa Caress reaches in and gives them a push, and they roll over to break the pin just in time. Destroyer is livid and distracted as Disalvo nails him from behind. We are now at the 29:00 mark. Disalvo bodyslams the Destroyer, and then goes for his piledriver finisher. Destroyer resists to Disalvo gives him an earringer, and then slams him with a couple forearm blasts to the chest. He sets him up again for the piledriver, but this time the Destroyer gets out with a back body drop and then covers the champ, 1, 2 , kickout. Time has expired. Steve Disalvo and The Destroyer battled to a 1 - 1 Draw in a 30:00 Ironman match [Steve Disalvo retains the RCW Heavyweight Title] Post-Match: The fans are furious, Ron Strong is mad about the interference of Lisa Caress, but the Destroyer just looks dejected as he watches Disalvo limp away with the title on one arm and Lisa on the other. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
November 15, 1986 River City Wrestling #260 Regina, Saskatchewan Opening Bout: Non-title match The Longriders defeated Jeff & Glenn Knight by pinfall when Wild Bill pinned Jeff after a superplex at 5:31 -squash match Interview: The Longriders say they have beaten all the big competitors that have come through RCW, and sent them all packing. Shawn Cummings and Moe Malone come out, and ask the Longriders based on their victory last week over Markoff & Orton for a title shot next week. The 'riders kind of chuckle but then say they mean no disrespect to the two youngsters. Wild Bill says that they don't really deserve a title shot, not yet anyway, but they will grant them one next week because quite frankly there is no other team left for them to beat. Promo; On December 18th, 1986 at the Winnipeg Arena, River City Wrestling presents the 7th Anniversary Spectacular!! Bout #2 #1 Contenders Match for TV Title Kid Gallahad defeated Dan Kroffat by pinfall after the Gallahad lance at 7:58 -Gallahad exerted some dominance in this match vaulting him convincingly into TV title contention Interview: Kid Gallahad is interviewed. Says in his thick Scottish brogue he is glad to be back wrestling singles, not that he has anything against his former partner Chris Lyon. Promo; Coming soon to River City Wrestling, the big man from Russia, Boris Zhukov!!
Bout #3 Non-title match Steve Disalvo defeated Joshua Littlebear by submission to the bearhug at 3:01 -squash match. Utter dominance by Disalvo. Interview: Steve Disalvo and Lisa Caress ponder how either a pair of nobodys like Phillip Navarre or Chris Lyon think they can take the title from him when he just finished taking care of the legendary Destroyer.
Bout #4 Steve Blackman & Cpl. Kirschner defeated Great Gama & Johnny K-9 by pinfall when Blackman pinned K-9 after a spinning heel kick at 8:03 -fairly even match with Blackman looking for revenge on Gama, and Kirschner looking to make a statement for America. Johnny K-9 turned out to be the weak link in the match and Gama refused a tag toward the end of the match that might have prolonged the contest. Interview: Cpl. Kirschner & Steve Blackman call Great Gama a coward, and Kirschner challenges Gama to a match next week. [end of first hour] Bout #5 North American Women's Title Match Misty Blue Simmes defeated Orca by countout at 12:02 [Misty Blue Simmes retained the North American Women's Title] -Simmes actually acquitted herself very well against the bigger challenger, using a hit and move attack. She was also able to work from outside the ring while keeping Orca inside the ring, attacking from the ring apron, the ring floor, and the top turnbuckle. Orca made a strong comeback though and seemed on the verge of winning the title when she made a mistake launching herself for a bodypress on the champ who ducked away. Orca fell between the ropes and was unable to get back into the ring before the count of 10. Post-Match: The champion Simmes made the mistake of turning her back on Orca, who returned to the ring and attacked Simmes from behind. She laid in some boots, before hitting a splash, and then turned Simmes over and nailed a splash from the second buckle onto her back.
Pre-Match: After a commercial break we returned to see Misty Blue Simmes being taken from the ring on a stretcher. Promo: In perhaps the strangest "coming soon" promo ever from River City Wrestling, the producers borrow the comic book concept from the video 'Take on Me" by Ah-Ha, and we get a glimpse of a newcomer to RCW by the name of Vendetta. As "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult plays we see images of the tall, black man with a medium but very athletic looking build, dreadlocks, and some white tears painted on his cheeks. The images transition from real to comic book, and we see drawings of him delivering a DDT, and pouncing on an opponent off the top turnbuckle. "Then the door was open and the wind appeared The candles blew then disappeared The curtains flew then he appeared...saying don't be afraid Come on baby...and she had no fear And she ran to him...then they started to fly They looked backward and said goodbye...she had become like they are She had taken his hand...she had become like they are Come on baby...don't fear the reaper"
Bout #6 #1 Contenders Match Phillip Navarre defeated Chris Lyon by pinfall after the Coup de Grace at 9:15 -more evidence tonight that Lyon is back to closer to his former self, wrestling a controlled and conniving style of match. He cheated the best he could but didn't risk DQ like he has in recent months. Navarre took a lot of punishment the first seven minutes were all Lyon, but the Frenchman would not give up. Finally he made a comeback and made short work of Lyon. Interview: Phillip Navarre is excited about getting the opportunity to wrestle against Disalvo. When asked about his strategy he says he honestly doesn't know, he has been concentrating on Lyon and before that his other opponents and he'll have to spend this week preparing. He admits that Disalvo is such a tremendous physical specimen and managed to outfox a veteran like the Destroyer, so its going to be tough going.
Main Event Hoss Funk defeated Superstar Billy Graham by disqualification for abuse of official at 9:40 -true to his word the fans saw the old SBG in this match, as he matched dirty tactic after dirty tactic with Dory Funk Jr (Hoss). However, when Funk managed some thumbs to the throat to keep SBG off balance, the Superstar lost his temper and began to blatantly choke Funk on the ropes. When referee Buddy Lane tried to get SBG off of Funk, the former WWWF champ let an errent elbow hit Lane square in the mouth. While it may have been unintentional it was the final straw for Lane who disqualified Graham. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
November 22, 1986 River City Wrestling #261 Calgary, Alberta Opening Bout: Cpl. Kirschner defeated Great Gama by submission to the Corporal Clutch at 6:10 -Kirschner dominated most of this match over the veteran Gama Promo: Marty Goldstein comes out, and says he will be out a couple times tonight to set up matches for the big year end Anniversary spectacular on December 18th. To start he calls out Bob Backlund. He asks Bob if he will be ready to return to the ring on Dec 18th, and when he receives a positive response, he says that he is making Bob Backlund the #1 contender for the Heavyweight title and will recieve his title shot that night. Bob thanks Marty and the fans of RCW, and shakes hands with Goldstein.
Bout #2 The Destroyer defeated Gene Swan by pinfall after a flying crucifix at 4:47 -squash match Promo: Boris Zhukov is coming to RCW.
Bout #3 Orca defeated Tanya Tataryn by pinfall after a splash at 2:58 -squash match Promo: Marty Goldstein comes out and gives us an injury update on Misty Blue Simmes while Orca is still in the ring. He says Simmes' back is hurting, but the champ wants a piece of Orca so bad she won't stay out and heel. But Goldstein says that as per doctors orders she will be out for a couple weeks yet. In fact Goldstein says he has booked her return to the ring to be the December 13th TV show, five days before the December 18th year end spectacular, so that she can avoid being stripped of the title under the 30 days rule. However, Goldstein says that although Orca is logically the #1 contender for the women's title, due to her actions last week in injuring Simmes with a cowardly attack after the match, she will have to wait until the Anniversary show to get her title shot. Instead on the 13th that title shot will go to either Sherri Martel or Candi Divine who meet next to determine the #1 contendership. Orca is mad and goes after Goldstein, but the voice of RCW management tells Orca that if she lays a finger on him she will not get her title shot on the 18th and will be suspended instead. Suddenly her English improves and she leaves the ring in a huff. Bout #4 #1 Contenders Match Sherri Martel defeated Candi Divine by pinfall after a bulldog at 8:12 -even match, lots of back and forth with the action spilling outside around the announce table. Promo: In perhaps the strangest "coming soon" promo ever from River City Wrestling, the producers borrow the comic book concept from the video 'Take on Me" by Ah-Ha, and we get a glimpse of a newcomer to RCW by the name of Vendetta. As "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult plays we see images of the tall, black man with a medium but very athletic looking build, dreadlocks, and some white tears painted on his cheeks. The images transition from real to comic book, and we see drawings of him delivering a DDT, and pouncing on an opponent off the top turnbuckle. [end of first hour]
Bout #5 RCW Tag Team Title Match The Longriders defeated Shawn Cummings & Moe Malone by pinfall when Hogg pinned Cummings after a spinebuster slam at 7:22 [The Longriders retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] -Cummings and Malone put up a good showing but were overmatched against the more experienced team, and they especially took advantage of Cummings lack of size. After the match the champs gave the challengers a tip of their hat. Interview: The Longriders again give props to their challengers but then bring up again how there are not a lot of established teams ready to challenge for the titles. The 'riders say they have some business elsewhere for a couple weeks so maybe between then and now some team will establish themselves as the #1 contenders so a good match could be had for the anniversary show.
Bout #6 RCW Television Title Match Ben Bassarab defeated Kid Gallahad by pinfall after a flying crossbody block at 9:49 [Ben Bassarab retains the RCW TV Title] -a good, uptempo match with both men hitting impact moves like German suplexes and flying elbowsmashes. In the end though Bassarab was just a bit better then the challenger.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Strangler Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) defeated Phillip Navarre by pinfall after a piledriver at 12:20 [Steve Disalvo retains the RCW Heavyweight Title] -Disalvo is a dominant enough champion that he probably could have won this match fair and square, but that makes it even more infuriating to the fans when he chooses to take short cuts instead. Early on he did a little run and hide on Navarre, and played to his chivalrous side by hiding behind Lisa only to Pearl Harbour him after pushing Lisa into his arms. After laying on the punishment but not finishing him off, Navarre made a comeback. But Disalvo was able to power out of the set-up for the Coup de Grace, and drive Navarre into the buckle. He followed up with a bodyslam, elbowdrop, bulldog from the 2nd rope, and the piledriver to finish off Navarre. Post-Match: As Disalvo celebrated with Caress, he was attacked from behind by Hoss Funk! The fans despite their dislike for Funk cheered him on as he laid the boots to Disalvo. When Lisa Caress became involved though Funk thought nothing of tossing her off his back and then throwing her out of the ring. This mistreatment of a lady brought Phillip Navarre back to the ring to chase away Funk. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
November 29, 1986 River City Wrestling #262 Edmonton, Alberta Opening Bout: Premiere of Neil Guay "Hangman" Neil Guay defeated Jeff Gillies by submission to the Hangman at 5:14 -didn't take long for Guay to be despised by the Alberta crowd, both for his tactics as well as his choice of French as a language, and his allegiances to Quebec. Promo: Paramount Pictures is proud to release to theatres this weekend, "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" starring William Shatner, and Leonard Nimoy. To save Earth from an alien probe, Kirk and his crew go back in time to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it, humpback whales. Can the latest episode in the Star Trek franchise unseat Crocodile Dundee from its spot as the #1 movie in America in its 10th week? They travelled back where 23rd century man had never gone before. To a mad, crazy, outrageous time. 1986. Bout #2 Steve Blackman defeated the Red Demon by pinfall after a roundhouse kick at 4:21 -squash match Interview: Steve Blackman is interviewed, and receives accolades from Ron Strong as well as the crowd for his recent adoption of the rulebook and turning his back on Great Gama. Strong mentions that after his loss to Blackman, Gama has packed his bags and left the territory. For some reason, probably lack of anything productive to do "Mad Dog" Manny Silva came out to give Blackman a hard time about becoming a sissified fan favorite. This lead to the eventual conclusion of an exchange of fists.
Bout #3 Non-Title Match Strangler Steve Disalvo defeated Randy Thatcher by pinfall after a DDT from the 2nd rope at 3:19 -what could have been a formible challenge from Thatcher instead turned into a squash match for the physically dominant champion. Interview: Ron Strong informs Steve Disalvo that Marty Goldstein has set a match tonight for the main event between Hoss Funk and Phillip Navarre to determine who should get a title shot next. Disalvo says thats insane as he beat Navarre clean last week and he wants a piece of Funk now for attacking him after the match. Strong says "don't shoot the messenger", and all Disalvo can do is fume.
Promo: On Tonight's Evening News: -President Reagan's continued defense of his covert arms sales to Iran, from which funds were diverted for Nicaraguan Contras -Major anti-government rally and police response in Seoul, South Korea -Pope John Paul II's continued tour of Australia, incl. his defense today of aboriginal rights -Revival of ballroom dancing featured Bout #4 Shawn Cummings & Moe Malone defeated Rick Renslow & Dave Wagner by pinfall when Cummings pinned Renslow after a flying dropkick at 8:31 -very even match, and somewhat entertaining. Renslow and Wagner, fresh from being an AWA opening act played the typical cheating heels, while Cummings played Ricky Morton making the hot tag to the physically impressive but hot tempered former bodybuilder, Mighty Moe Malone. Post-Match: During their post match celebration Cummings and Malone were attacked by their vanquished opponents who snuck a return to the ring to assure they would get another match. [end of first hour]
Bout #5 Premiere of Boris Zhukov Boris Zhukov defeated Cpl. Kirschner by pinfall after a headbutt at 8:06 -the match was supposed to be Zhukov against a preliminary wrestler, but Kirschner showed up to take the spot in the match, his outrage with Zhukov over the display of the USSR flag and Zhukov's anti-American comments. Despite a strong start in the match Kirschner was taken apart by Zhukov's power and ruthless attack. Promo: Coming to the Winnipeg Arena, December 18th; The 7th Anniversary Spectacular *Strangler Steve Disalvo?? to defend the RCW Heavyweight Title against Bob Backlund *Misty Blue Simmes (or Sherri Martel) to defend the North American Women's Title against Orca *Ben Bassarab to defend the RCW TV title against an unamed opponent *Hoss Funk former NWA World Champion *The Longriders to defend the RCW Tag Team Titles *Boris Zhukov *Vendetta *and much more Bout #5 The Destroyer defeated Kid Gallahad by countout at 5:38 -this match was all Destroyer against a formible foe in Gallahad. Finally after many failed attempts to mount an effective offense Gallahad took a powder and simply left the arena to a chorus of jeers. Interview: Destroyer is interviewed and says its no surprise that Gallahad took off, after all he was friends with Chris Lyon for a while, another coward. Surprisingly this brings out Chris Lyon himself who has been keeping a low profile lately. Lyon tells Destroyer his ears were burning, and he will make Destroyer pay for those comments. He challenges Destroyer to a match next week, which the masked man happily accepts. Promo: The address on screen to write for a free RCW Merchandise catalogue. Current items including year end clearance items include; ** "Throwdown", RCW's own strategic dice boardgame where you become your favorite RCW wrestler, or create your own to take to the top ** Misty Blue Simmes poster ** Brand new "The Destroyer" black and white bathrobe ** Sets of the 1986 1st edition RCW Trading Cards, now clearing to make room for the 1987 set ** Video tapes of RCW's biggest cards including Wrestling Summit 3 and the 6th Anniversary Spectacular ** Destroyer "Hall of Fame" Plaque ** Bob Backlund "In NYC" t-shirt ** much, much, more
Main Event #1 Contenders Match Hoss Funk defeated Phillip Navarre by submission to the spinning toe hold at 10:56 -After their brief encounter last week these two hooked up to decide who would get the title shot next at Steve Disalvo. Navarre controlled much of the early going with his power and youthful exuberance, but Funk's cheating ways and experience took over the match in its latter stages. Then at a critical time when Navarre was mounting a comeback, and on a referee bump, Steve Disalvo hit the ring and took out Funk from behind, and then attacked Navarre as well. He left the ring with both men down, but Funk managed to recover first and took the match shortly after from Navarre. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
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December 6, 1986 River City Wrestling #263 Medicine Hat, Alberta Opening Bout Orca defeated Ultravixen by pinfall after a splash at 2:35 -squash match, with Ultravixen providing a bit of eye candy but nothing more to the proceedings Promo; A taped interview with Misty Blue Simmes about her progress recovering from her back injury suffered at the hands of Orca. Simmes says her biggest challenge at this point isn't physical, its mental. Her seething hatred for Orca is preventing her from concentrating on her match next week against Sherri Martel, an accomplished wrestler that she does not want to take for granted. Bout #2 Steve Blackman defeated Manny Silva after a T-bone suplex at 7:46 -Wow, a big upset for Blackman. Silva controlled most of this match with his ultra aggressive rulebreaking style. Blackman's offense was few and far between. But when Silva went for his wheelbarrow suplex finisher, Blackman managed to block it, do a couple consecutive go-behinds to confuse his opponent and then hit a T-bone suplex for the win. Post-Match: Silva spit and sputtered in the ring, shaking the ring ropes and sending referee Jurgen Hermann scattering for cover. Promo: This weekend on WWF's "Wrestling Challenge", Adrian Adonis and Jimmy Hart will be guests on the Snake Pit; Gene Okerlund interviews Bonnie Steamboat; promos for Blackjack Mulligan and Outback Jack; a six-man tag match featuring Tito Santana; Kamala in singles action; the tag team of Don Muraco & Bob Orton Jr; and a huge six man tag main event.
Bout #3 Boris Zhukov & Neil Guay defeated Ben Bassarab & Cpl. Kirschner by pinfall when Zhukov pinned Kirchner after a headbutt at 9:03 -a talent filled throw together tag team match. The TV champion Bassarab faired all right but Kirchner had another rough outing. Guay and Zhukov showed no interest in each other before or after the bell but worked well together during the match. Interview: Boris Zhukov infuriated the crowd in broken English sputtering about the inferior Americans and Canadians like Bassarab and Kirchner. Says he will take either Bassarab's belt or Disalvo's belt very soon. The other half of the broken English duo, Hangman Neil Guay, tells the Albertan crowd how Quebec should seperate from Canada to get away from the rednecks and oilriggers out here. He starts into how he is going to cripple Ben Bassarab but we are short on time and mercifully the interview is cut.
Bout #4 Shawn Cummings & Moe Malone defeated Rick Renslow & Dave Wagner by pinfall when Malone pinned Renslow after a powerslam at 6:44 -a return match, but Renslow and Wagner faired no better then the first time Video: Highlites of former WWWF and RCW champion Bob Backlund set to Huey Lewis' hit single "Hip To Be Square". Backlund will be returning to the ring at the 7th Anniversary Spectacular to take on Steve Disalvo for the RCW Title. [end of first hour]
Promo; Marty Goldstein comes to the ring with two announcements. First scanning through the roster and recent ring results, while Boris Zhukov and Steve Blackman for instance have both been impressive, a stronger and more solidified challenge needs to be made for Ben Bassarab at RCW's premiere event of the year, the 7th Anniversary spectacular. Therefore, he is naming tonight's match between The Destroyer and Chris Lyon as a #1 contenders match with the winner taking on Bassarab at the big card for the RCW TV Title. Secondly, there is a lot riding on tonight's main event match which will be an RCW Heavyweight title defense between Strangler Steve Disalvo and challenger Hoss Funk. So a special guest referee has been named. That man will be none other then Bob Backlund!! Pre-Match: Hoss Funk comes to the ring. He says he wants to introduce RCW wrestling fans to his nephew J.J. Funk. J.J. comes to the ring wearing his black mask and carrying the family branding iron. Hoss says he's proud of his nephew and confident in his ability to beat anyone back in the dressing room. It's an open challenge and after about a minute of restless silence and jeers from the crowd, finally out comes The Longriders. The pair face off against the Funks, before Wild Bill accepts the challenge, and both Scott Hogg and Hoss are sent to the back.
Bout #5 J.J. Funk defeated Wild Bill Irwin by pinfall after hitting him with the branding iron at 7:04 -J.J. was outclassed by the power of Wild Bill but used enough cheating to stay alive until a chance presented itself to get away with using the branding iron on the head of Wild Bill undetected. Promo: Manny Silva is still despondent over his loss to Steve Blackman earlier tonight. He wants a rematch, says he'll kill eveyone if he doesn't get it, but then he says "pretty please".
Bout #6 #1 Challenger Match The Destroyer defeated Chris Lyon by pinfall after a flying crucifix at 14:46 -yet another match between these two staples of River City Wrestling. The last couple minutes told the story that these two know each other so well, as there was lots of counters and reversals before Lyon made the mistake of going for a nonchelant clothesline and the Destroyer countered with this finisher. Promo; December 18th, 1986 at the Winnipeg Arena, River City Wrestling is proud to present its 7th Anniversary Spectacular!! ** RCW Heavyweight Title Match; Steve Disalvo or Hoss Funk against Bob Backlund ** North American Women's Title match; Misty Blue Simmes or Sherri Martel against Orca ** RCW Television Title match; Ben Bassarab against The Destroyer ** much more Promo: Next week will be the premiere of the Haitian voodoo sensation, Vendetta!!!
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Special guest referee: Bob Backlund Strangler Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) defeated Hoss Funk by pinfall after a piledriver at 8:10 [Steve Disalvo retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] -Disalvo beat Funk from pillar to post the first couple minutes of this match. The fans then got solidly behind Disalvo when Funk began to play chicken and waste time. This brought him into confrontation with Bob Backlund. Disalvo controlled Funk again but his attempts at both a DDT from the 2nd buckle and a piledriver were both blocked by Funk. Finally the former NWA champ changed the momentum when breaking out of a bearhug by gouging the eyes of the champ. Funk chopped him down like a tree and then went to work on his arm on the mat. His armbars and armbreakers were not enough to put Disalvo away though and when he changed tactics to go after the legs Disalvo was able to kick his way out of it. He blasted Funk with a few hard kicks and Funk countered with a "near" low blow. This again brought Funk into conflict with Backlund. This time though Backlund got into Funk's face as the two argued face to face. J.J. Funk hit the ring using the distraction. He tried to attack Disalvo from behind with the branding iron but Disalvo saw it coming, blocked it, bodyslammed J.J., and then threw him over the top rope. Hoss went after Disalvo but the big champ caught him with a spear instead. He followed up with a bodyslam, DDT from the 2nd turnbuckle, and then his piledriver finisher. Post-Match: As Disalvo was presented with the belt he went nose to nose with Bob Backlund, his challenger on the 18th. J.J. and Hoss Funk then tried for some retribution but Backlund and Disalvo were too much and beat them away. As the Funks withdrew up the rampway they had one more surprise waiting for them; the Longriders. The tag team champs beat the Funks back towards the ring as we went off air. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
December 13, 1986 River City Wrestling #264 Brandon, MB Pre-Match: The RCW champion Strangler Steve Disalvo is in the ring with his valet Lisa Caress. He is scheduled to face Raider. Disalvo though gets on the mic and says this is not enough of a warm-up for his title defense against Bob Backlund in 5 days at the 7th Anniversary Spectacular. He says send down another stiff and lets make this a handi-cap match. From the back comes Jeff Gillies. But the champ says this is still not enough of a challenge. He says send another one out, and out comes Justin McKay. Finally the champ is ready to proceed. Opening Bout: Handi-cap 3 on 1 Bout Non-Title Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) defeated Raider, Jeff Gillies, and Justin McKay by pinfall when he pinned Raider after a piledriver at 3:33 -each man took his turn against the champ, and none of them could muster up any offense. Disalvo took Raider down with a DDT from the 2nd buckle but when he went for the pin the other two rushed in to break it up. That was a mistake though as Disalvo brutalized each with a running clothesline before throwing them out of the ring. He then hit Raider with a piledriver and made the pin. Promo: Bob Backlund came out and made sure everyone knew that he was not going to be as easy to beat as Disalvo's match just now. Backlund says he has trained hard and wants to win the title to bring back the prestige it had with holders like the Destroyer and Jim Brunzell, not like it is now being drug through the muck by Disalvo. Promo: Jill Devries, former Playboy Playmate and recently appeared in Tom Cruise's "Risky Business" will be making a special appearance at the 7th Anniversary Sptectacular.
Bout #2 Phillip Navarre defeated the Red Demon by pinfall after the coup de grace at 2:56 -squash match Interview: Phillip Navarre is interviewed and announces that he has been signed to wrestle at the 7th Anniversary show against Chris Lyon. He says he will be preparing hard for Lyon's unscrupulous methods and may come up with a counter or two of his own. Promo: Warner Brothers is proud to release to theatres this weekend, the new Clint Eastwood film, "Heartbreak Ridge". Eastwood plays Sgt. Tom Highway, A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant who clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude. Can Heartbreak Ridge unseat Star Trek IV at the top of the Box Office heap?
Bout #3 Moe Malone & Shawn Cummings defeated Boris Zhukov & Neil Guay by pinfall when Cummings pinned Guay after a sunset flip from the top rope at 7:40 -huge upset that seems to throw this young team of Malone and Cummings back into the tag team spotlight. Zhukov and Guay worked pretty well as a tag team but showed no interest in each other before the match again; just a throw together team. Interview: Malone and Cummings cut a short interview where they said that in light of that victory they may have to rethink their desire to wrestle as singles and take another stab at grabbing the tag team gold. Boris Zhukov returns to the ring. He says that he never got to choose his own partner, and that if he had a good communist partner instead of a capitalist then things would have worked out different. Cummings and Malone tell him to get a partner and meet them at the Anniversary show. Zhukov says he will call back to Mother Russia, KGB, and see what can be done. Video: "High School Confidential" by Rough Trade plays, a mixture of their real video for the song and clips of RCW's Lisa Caress, Misty Blue Simmes, Candi Divine, and Sherri Martel. The video is followed by a statement from lead singer Carole Pope who says she and her band will be at the 7th Anniversary Spectacular to warm up the crowd with a pre-event concert, and that she will also sing the national anthem.
Bout #4 North American Women's Title Match Misty Blue Simmes defeated Sherri Martel by pinfall after a Superfly at 6:44 [Simmes retains the North American Women's Title] -hard fought match, with Martel wrestling very dirty. She also tried to suck up to the ref for favoritism but that didn't work. Simmes first big comeback ended when she tried to scoop slam Martel but her recently injured back couldn't hold up the weight. Martel though instead of capitalizing on the situation left the ring to jaw with the announcers who she overheard saying that "Simmes could not support Sherri's weight". This delay cost her as Simmes returned fire with fists in the ring, and then hit a nice flying clothesline, a pair of dropkicks, and a neckbreaker to place her in the right spot to hit the Superfly when Martel staggered to her feet. Post-Match: Martel rolled out of the ring, but as Simmes arm was raised in victory and she had the belt in the other hand, Martel rolled back into the ring and attacked Simmes from behind. She worked over the back with kneedrops and used the belt to whip her lower back as well. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News -the latest in the Iran Arms Scandal, as Swiss government's refusal to freeze bank accts. controlled by Colonel Oliver North due to United States government's failure to supply necessary information -Growing criticism of President P.W. Botha's new wave of oppression in South Africa reported -Popularity of new television video games for adults and children discussed [end of first hour]
Footage: Misty Blue Simmes is shown being taken from the ring on a stretcher after that attack by Martel. Her status is now in doubt as to whether she will be able to defend against Orca at the 7th Anniversary Spectacular. Bout #5 Premiere of Vendetta Vendetta defeated Black Demon by pinfall after a DDT from the top-rope at 1:26 -squash match. They locked up. Vendetta powered Demon to the ropes. Instead of breaking clean Demon nailed Vendetta with a punch. The Haitian blocked the next punch, hit a knee to the gut, knee to the face, side russian legsweep. He followed up with a running baseball slide to the ribcage, hit his finisher and that was all folks. Post-Match: As Vendetta's hand was raised, Kid Gallahad came out to ringside. He went to the announce table and after giving Vendetta a golf clap, he said "Bravo...so that was the great next thing, Vendetta. Too bad you were wrestling this stiff...Navarre got the red demon, you got his brother the black demon, maybe we will see you up against the mauve demon next week? Tell you what Voodoo man, why don't you try me on for size on December the 18th at this little show we got going called the Anniversary Spectacular? Vendetta doesn't have a mic but nods his acceptance. Promo: Accompanied by footage from the 1979 Russ Meyer film "Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens" where she starred as Nurse Flovilla Thatch, we get a promo by seductive Sharon Hill who says she will be making a guest appearance at the 7th Anniversary Spectacular to get everyone's blood pressure rising.
Bout #6 Manny Silva and Steve Blackman battled to a double disqualification at 5:20 -this match got out of control quickly and spilled out of the ring. Silva used Blackman's nunchucks to choke him, and Blackman later battled back with a chair shot. The match had already been thrown out. The two men continued to battle around the announce table before officials could break it up. Post-Match: Marty Goldstein came out as the officials were having a hard time keeping the two men apart. He told them to knock it off or they would be suspended. But if they quit now they could have each other again at the Anniversary show, and although it is not RCW style, if they like weapons so much, then lets make them legal. It'll be a weapons match. Both men seemed to like this idea. Promo: Midget Madness returns to RCW, at the 7th Anniversary spectacular as the pint sized pugilists entertain in tag team action with Cowboy Lang & Tiger Jackson to take on Lord Littlebrook & Butch Cassidy. Fun for the whole family!!
Main Event RCW Tag Team Title Match The Longriders defeated Hoss & J.J. Funk by disqualification for using a foreign object at 9:02 [The Longriders retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] -Hoss acquitted himself quite well in this match, and although J.J. did all right when handed the advantage by Hoss, he couldn't seem to turn the tide himself and was the weak link of the two. Finally, J.J. tried to use the branding iron to get the win but was caught by referee Buddy Lane and disqualified. Post-Match: Despite the disqualification the Funks still held the advantage 2 on 1 on Scott Hogg because Irwin was knocked out with the branding iron. They managed to then subdue Scott and after dipping the iron in black ink they branded both brothers with the mark of the double cross. Promo: The show ends with a 5 minute video montage showing the match-ups for the 7th Anniversary Spectacular played to several current top 40 hits, "This is the Time" Billy Joel, "Land of Confusion" Genesis, "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Wang Chung, and ending with "War" Bruce Springsteen. **RCW Title Match: Steve Disalvo v Bob Backlund **RCW TV Title Match: Ben Bassarab v The Destroyer **RCW Tag Title Match: The Longriders v Hoss & J.J. Funk **Weapons Match: Steve Blackman v Manny Silva **Women's Title Match: Misty Blue Simmes v Orca **Moe Malone & Shawn Cummings v Boris Zhukov and mystery partner **Phillip Navarre v Chris Lyon **Vendetta v Kid Gallahad **Midget tag team madness: Cowboy Lang & Tiger Jackson v Lord Littlebrook & Butch Cassidy ** Special appearances by Carol Pope and Rough Trade, Sharon Hill, and Jill Devries That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling See ya in 5 sleeps for the 7th Anniversary Spectacular!!
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7th Anniversary Show
December 18, 1986 River City Wrestling #265 Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg MB, Canada estimated attendance 3,600
Before the wrestling event the promoters brought in the Toronto based rock band Rough Trade, led by Carole Pope. They did a sizzling 35 minute set in the acoustically challenged Winnipeg Arena on a limited stage set-up. The music set was at follows; Birds of a Feather All Touch Shakedown For Those Who Think Young Weapons Crimes of Passion The Bitch is Back (cover) High School Confidential After the set Carole Pope returned to the stage to start things off with Oh Canada...
Opening Bout: Midget Madness Cowboy Lang & Tiger Jackson defeated Lord Littlebrook & Butch Cassidy by pinfall when Lang hooked up Cassidy at 7:54 -all your textbook midget shenanigans including getting inept referee Jurgen Hermann involved in the action. At one point Lang and Jackson had Hermann cover Littlebrook and almost make the 3 count for himself. The only thing that took away from this match was that Cassidy looked in rough shape, and there were some reports that he may have been working under the influence. Post-Match: After the villians left the ring, Mad Dog Manny Silva entered from the back with a scowl on his face and bad intentions in his heart. The fans were shocked as Silva punched Lang in the head dropping him like a bad prom date, before giving Tiger Jackson a powerlsam. Silva lay on top of him for a few seconds grinning whil Jackson's little legs stuck out in spasms. Silva then scooped up Lang and hit a wheelbarrow suplex. He was about to do the same to Jackson when Lord Littlebrook and Butch Cassidy in a show of little people unity returned to the ring and while Cassidy knelt behind him, Littlebrook pushed Silva over. This only seemed to anger the Hawaiian though, as he threw both midgets off of him and then hit them both with wheelbarrow suplexes. With a scowl and some colourful words for the fans at ringside Silva left the ring proud of his despicable actions as the 4 midgets lay incapacitated in the ring.
Bout #2 Vendetta v Kid Gallahad The Haitian looked like 100% pure concentrated rage, while Gallahad looked like his usual Scottish punk, refusing to make eye contact with his opponent, and jawing with referee Buddy Lane. At the sound of the bell they locked up and Vendetta tossed Gallahad to the mat. The Scottish rougue scrambled to his feet and slapped Vendetta across the face. The Haitian held his head to the side letting the sting set in before turning around and flooring Gallahad with a forearm shot to the head. He then dragged him to the middle of the ring, used his feet for a leg spreader, and dropped a headbutt to the "lower" abdomen. While Gallahad got on all 4's in pain, Vendetta came off the ropes and dropped a leg across the back of his opponents neck, driving him again to the mat. Pulling Gallahad to his feet he tried to send him to the buckle but Gallahad reversed it, sending Vendetta to the corner. He charged in but the Haitian showed his atleticism in leaping over Gallahad and then taking him down with a belly to back suplex. He followed this up with a top rope DDT and got the quick win. Vendetta defeated Kid Gallahad by pinfall after a top rope DDT at 1:01 Post-Match: Kid Gallahad threw a major temper tantrum, tossing items off the announce table, grabbing stuff from under the ring and tossing it into the air. Finally RCW officials were able to calm him and threaten him enough to make him leave.
Bout #3 Phillip Navarre v Chris Lyon Lyon caught Navarre off guard by attacking him before the opening bell. He flirted with disqualfication by ignoring referee Jurgen Hermann's directions and laid the boots to Navarre. He took the match outside and rammed Navarre's head off the announce table and then took him down with a reverse Russian legsweep. He rolled into the ring to break the count then left again, nailing Navarre with a flying forearm from the ring apron. Finally back inside Lyon slowed down the pace by locking in his Boston Crab. Slowly Navarre made his way to the ropes and got the break. Lyon though dragged Navarre back into the middle of the ring, never releasing the hold. Incredibly the inept Hermann did not make him break the hold. Once again Navarre had to inch his way to the ropes. This time in additon to one hand on the bottom strand he grabbed onto Hermann's ankle. This prompted the risk averse referee to call for an immediate break by a befuddled looking Lyon. Chris Lyon went right back to work on Navarre but not getting the submission seemed to take some of the steam out of his sails, and Navarre began to fight back. The action went back and forth for a couple minutes, before Navarre finally took solid control of the match. He attacked with double chops to the neck, a standing earringer, and a powerbomb. After working a full-nelson, he took the match to the mat and worked a crossface, but was still unable to gain the submission. Lyon took the match outside where the two battled savagely and Hermann seemed happy to just stand back and watch. Navarre crotched Lyon onto the guardrail and then clotheslined him into the stands. He brought him back though with a vertical suplex. Now Hermann stepped in and told Navarre to take it back into the ring. As he dragged Lyon to the ring, the crafty Lyon pushed Navarre off sending him into the ringpost. Back inside Lyon took a breather and then he and Navarre went at it again. Once again the Frenchman grabbed the advantage, and then hit a hotshot. He tried for the coup de grace but Lyon slipped out of it. Lyon tried to call a timeout, and unbelievably Hermann delayed Navarre trying to back him off. Finally the Frenchman had enough and tossed Hermann to the side. The ref called for the bell as soon as he got back up, but not before Navarre hit the coup de grace and looked like he would be the victor. Chris Lyon defeated Phillip Navarre by disqualification for abuse of official at 12:39
Pre-Match Boris Zhukov came out first and said he had a true Communist friend and partner, one who would know the right values to take them to victory against the capitalist pigs. He then brought out Chris Markoff, who has appeared in RCW in the past. Markoff got on the mic and said Zhukov was exactly right, and that the two of them would shine as an example of the communist system, and stop these "Perestroika" reforms of Gorbachev in their tracks, as the people of Mother Russia will rally behind them. Bout #4 Moe Malone & Shawn Cummings v Boris Zhukov & Chris Markoff -Cummings played Ricky Morton for the first few minutes of this match before tagging off to the former powerlifter Moe Malone. It was then Markoff's turn to take a one-sided beating for several minutes. The tide of the match was turned only thanks to some double teaming by the Russians. (Okay Markoff is actually from Yugoslavia). Once again it was Cummings being isolated by Zhukov and Markoff and they drew Malone into the ring on several occassions which then allowed a double team while Might Moe was being escorted out of the ring. Markoff knocked Malone off the ringapron with a forearm shot, and when Moe tried to enter the ring he was held back by ref Jurgen Hermann. This allowed Zhukov to climb to the top rope and Markoff held Cummings so that the big headed Russian could come off with a headbutt to deliver the final blow required. Boris Zhukov & Chris Markoff defeated Shawn Cummings & Moe Malone by pinfall when Markoff pinned Cummings after a double team at 7:48
Bout #5 Weapons Match Steve Blackman v Manny Silva The rules were simply it was an anything goes match, pinfalls count anywhere. Blackman brought with him his nunchucks, and Silva brought a steel chair which he proped up against the turnbuckle inside the ring. The two men went after each other even before the opening bell. Silva started strong and used the top rope to choke and burn Blackman. He then tossed Blackman head first into the steel chair. Blackman was busted wide open. The match spilled outside where Silva continued to beat Blackman from pillar to post. He made the mistake of trying to use the nunchuks, but ended up hitting himself instead. Blackman then caught Silva with a sidekick, followed by some karate chops, and a Northern lights suplex. Back inside Blackman used the bottom rope to choke Silva, and then hotshot him throat first. He tried for the pin but the Hawaiian was too tough for that. Blackman then locked on a full-nelson, that he worked until Silva walked up the turnbuckles and flipped over backward to get the release. Silva then worked a couple of hammerlocks on Blackman who continued to bleed. Blackman battled back, and the two men fought hard in the middle of the ring. Both men were hurt and scrambled to their respective corners to get their weapons. Meeting back in the middle of the ring Blackman swung his nunchuks but it was blocked by Silva who then kicked Blackman in the groin, and then smacked him over the head with the steel chair to get the win. Manny Silva defeated Steve Blackman by pinfall in a weapons match after hitting him with a steel chair at 6:56
Pre-Match: We are down to the last 4 matches of the evening and they are all title matches, because here in RCW its the titles that are important. Sharon Hill, former Playboy Playmate, comes out in an evening gown to be the special ring announcer for the women's title match. Bout #6 North American Women's Title Match Misty Blue Simmes (ch) v Orca -Orca of course goes right after the injured back of Simmes, but the champ uses her speed and anger to keep the Russian from having a clear shot. In fact the champ pours on the offense for the first 3 minutes, but when she goes for the Superfly finisher, Orca rolls out of the way. Now its the challenger's turn and she finally gets to work on the back. After some elbows, backbreakers, and a standing surfboard she nails a splash on the back. Orca turns Simmes over for the pin, gets 1, 2, Kickout!! Orca works a bearhug but Simmes refuses to submit. The challenger resorts to some illegal chokes in the corner, and on the break Simmes fires back with a chop to the throat. She takes the challenger down with a double leg takedown, and then goes to work on the ample midsection of Orca, trying to take her breath away. Simmes locked on a sleeperhold, and managed to get the challenger down to one knee, but Orca wasn't going down that easy. She got back to her feet and then drove Simmes backward into the buckle for the break. Simmes climbed to the top, grabbed Orca by the hair and was going to nail a bulldog, but Orca countered with a powerslam and that was all she wrote. Orca defeated Misty Blue Simmes by pinfall after a powerslam at 8:18 [Orca wins the North American Women's Title] Post-Match: Ring announcer Sharon Hill presented the title belt to Orca as the fans jeered. This seemed to upset the Russian behemoth who took her anger out on the nearest target, Sharon Hill. She scooped Hill up and bodyslamed her to the mat. She then came off the ropes and nailed the model/actress with a splash.
Bout #7 RCW Television Title Match Ben Bassarab (champion) v The Destroyer Two fan favorites lock-up for the TV title, but with so much more then that at stake. For the Destroyer it has been a tumulteous couple of years, from being inducted into the Hall of Fame, to being forced to leave the terriotory, to covertly returning without his mask as Tod Hestrerey, to winning his reinstatement last year at this event, to not being able to unseat Steve Disalvo, and working through a couple injuries in the process. This is a stepping stone back to the top, or a push to the exit. For Bassarab it was another defining year as he once again won the TV title in a tournament. He is seen as a young man who will forever toil at best in the mid-card, and perhaps one who can't win the big match. There has been no bigger match for him then this one coming up.
The two men shake hands before the bout, but tensions already mount when Bassarab tells the ref who patted down both men, to also check Destroyer's mask. They lock up, and Destroyer deftly takes Bassarab down with a side headlock. After working that for a bit he caught the dazed champ with a knee lift, then locked it on again standing. The champ tossed Destroyer off the ropes, but the masked man knocked him down with a shoulder. Destroyer came off the ropes for another shoulder but this time the young champ was ready and took Destroyer down with a drop toe hold. He then worked the toe hold until the champ could reach the ropes. Another couple of tentative lock-ups and exchanges saw neither man grab the advantage in a very tight match, that had the fans beginning to stir restless in their seats. Destroyer grabbed the first big advantage with a hanging vertical suplex, and then a couple kneedrops to the head trying to take advantage of the blood rush. He pinned but only got a 1 count. Destroyer locked on a sleeperhold but Bassarab crashed him backward to the buckle in short order. We are 10 minutes into this match. Bassarab worked a series of top wrist locks, and then forcing his foe to his knees dropped a leg across the extended elbow. He tried for a key-lock but the challenger grabbed onto the ropes. Destroyer showed a bit of anger when Bassarab did not break as fast as he wanted, and words were exchanged. Bassarab went to lock up but the masked man snuck in a forearm to the side of the head which drew some jeers from the crowd, and then he leaped up and took the champ down with bodyscissors. After working that hold he nailed two consecutive belly to back suplexes and got a 2 count. Looking to end the match the masked man nailed a pumphandle powerslam and got another 2 count. He then went for his finisher, the flying crucifix, and although he hit it the champ had it well read and managed to roll through it and grab the ropes. Destroyer tried to pull the champ off the ropes instead of breaking, and this caused some more heated words and then pushes from both men. Bassarab took the champ down with a double leg, but the champ managed to whip a kick into the gut of the champ and then take him down with a leg whip. The two then scrambled for position on the mat, rolling around, and rolled right out of the ring. Bassarab was able to recover first, and the masked man seemed to have some trouble and was just barely able to beat the 10 count back into the ring. As they locked up again it became obvious why, as the challenger was laboring, favoring his left leg. It appeared to be his ankle, which he has injured before and kept him out of action. We are 15 minutes into this match scheduled for 30 minutes. Bassarab hesitated asking the ref to check on the condition of Destroyer to see if he should continue, which just made Destroyer mad. When the two locked up Bassarab stayed away from attacking the challenger's injured leg, showing perhaps more respect for the Hall of Famer then wanted. This allowed Destroyer to take control of the match back, but his offense was limited largely to a ground attack as he could not plant well on the injured leg. Destroyer pulled out all the stops including a grounded Octopus hold and a belly-to-back wristlock, but neither could get the champ to give up the belt. Seeing his title slipping away Bassarab finally went after the injured leg of the challenger. He kicked the leg out from under Destroyer drawing some jeers from the crowd. He then worked a leg lock before trying for an ankle lock. As soon as he got the ankle twisted Destroyer was screaming in pain, drawing more jeers from the crowd. But they were too close to the ropes so the challenger was able to effect the break, and then rolled himself outside the ring trying to escape, but landed hard. When it became apparent on the subsequent count that the Destroyer might not be able to beat the 10 count the champ decided to help him out and try and slide him back into the ring. But the masked man would have none of it, and whipped Bassarab back first into the ring apron, and then suplexed him belly-to-belly. But in doing so he really twisted his ankle. Bassarab was able to once again get back into the ring by the count of 6, and this time had to pull the Destroyer into the ring by his head to beat the 10 count. He obviously wants a clear cut win and not a win tainted by a countout. We are 21 minutes into this match. Bassarab nailed two German suplexes, a legdrop, an elbowdrop from the second rope, but still could only get a 2 count. He then went for his flying crossbody block finisher but Destroyer moved out of the way; or at least partially, and both men went down hard. The slow 10 count was applied, and with the help of the ropes both men were up at 9 1/2. Bassarab launched himself across the ring, hitting the masked man with a crossbody block, but both men ended up flipping over the top rope and crashing in a heap on the floor. Once again the slow 10 count was applied, and this time the champ was the only one who could beat the 10 count, as the Destroyer's ankle just wouldn't support his weight as he tried in vain to get back into the ring. Ben Bassarab defeated The Destroyer by countout at 24:12 [Ben Bassarab retained the RCW Television Title]
Pre-Match: With the challengers, the Funks, already in the ring, the fans got a special treat when the Longriders were preceded to the ring by their special guest valet, Playboy playmate, Jill Devries!! After escorting the tag team champs to the ring she went to the announce table to do some special guest announcing. Bout #8 RCW Tag Team Title Match The Longriders (Wild Bill Irwin & Scott Hogg Irwin) v The Funks (Hoss & J.J.) The match began with Hoss insisting that J.J. start the match although the less experienced cousin really looked apprehensive. However, after a couple circles and ducks through the ropes the expectant beat down of J.J. never materialized as it was Funk who got off first with an eye gouge on Wild Bill. This brought Scott Hogg in which prompted Jurgen Hermann to escort him out which allowed the first of many double teams. In fact J.J. controlled the first 4 minutes of this match, but Hoss saw constant action as a part of double teams despite never tagging in. Finally when Wild Bill showed some signs of life J.J. tagged in his cousin. Hoss went right to work on Wild Bill and managed to isolate him once again. Finally though Wild Bill was able to make the tag, but Hoss also scrambled over and tagged in J.J. Scott Hogg took 7 minutes of pent up frustration out on J.J.'s face, and then hammered Hoss from the ring apron. After a side suplex he got a 2 count, and then only the ropes saved J.J. from a pin after a powerslam. Scott tagged in Wild Bill who put J.J. in a full nelson. He worked him like a rag doll. Then he yelled at J.J. to cry "Uncle" which his opponent did but with a cry for help, "Unlce Hoss". Hoss tried to enter the ring but was held back by Hermann. Wild Bill shook J.J. around and said,"not that Uncle, his real name". J.J. whimpered before finally crying out "Uncle Dory", and then after being told to repeat it he drew it out "Doorrrryyyyy", drawing a good laugh from the crowd and a release of the hold from Wild Bill who tagged in Scott. Hogg went to work on J.J. but made the mistake of getting too close to the corner and was suckered from behind by Hoss Funk. J.J. was soon able to make the tag and Hoss took Scott down to the mat. He punished him with several step over toe holds but couldn't get the big man to submit. Wild Bill was able to escape from referee Hermann long enough to nail Hoss in the back of the head with a clothesline. This started a 4 man brawl. In the midst of the brawl Hoss snatched one of the tag titles from the announce table and stood on the ring apron. Referee Hermann was down as a result of a ref bump. Hoss climbed to the top buckle and was about to come off of it and nail Wild Bill in the back, when Jill Devries had seen enough and left the announce table. The model got onto the apron and pushed Hoss off, sending him crashing to the mat. Wild Bill then took out the trash while brother Scott Hogg finished off J.J. with a spinebuster. Bill woke up the ref who counted the slow, 1, 2, 3 !!! The Longriders defeated the Funks by pinfall when Scott Hogg pinned J.J. Funk after a spinebuster at 12:58 [The Longriders retained the RCW Tag Team Titles]
MAIN EVENT RCW Heavyweight Title Match "Strangler" Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) (champion) 298 lbs, Boston MA v Bob Backlund 244 lbs., Princeton MN When referee Buddy Lane began the match in a traditional manner by displaying the belt to all 4 directions, it was snatched from his hands by Disalvo who arrogantly displayed it himself, before handing it not to Lane but to his valet. Despite all that nonsense and his actions so far in RCW, Bob Backlund still offered a handshake to Disalvo which the champ then mocked. Backlund kept his cool, but after some amateur style takedown moves to start the match the champ got going with some powerful axhandles to the back of the challenger. Disalvo punished Backlund's back, slamming his weight down on it several times when the challenger got to all 4's, and then put him in a camel clutch. The first 5 minutes of this match were all Disalvo before Backlund finally got back into it, firing away at Disalvo's jaw with his forearm blasts. Backlund then showed his powerful leg strength by scooping up Disalvo from a standing position and launching him up and over onto his back. The challenger worked a crossface chickenwing, an abdominal stretch, and some armbars and armbreakers. But while the champ was stunned he was never close to submitting. Lisa Caress jumped up on the apron to complain to Buddy Lane which was enough of a distraction to allow the champ to knee Backlund in the groin. We are 10 minutes into this match and Disalvo is back in charge. After working over the back some more with forearm shots and a surfboard, Disalvo nailed a running powerslam that may have given him a 3 count except for a very lazy pin that allowed Backlund to get a shoulder up. Disalvo tried to bridge Backlund and bring his knees down onto the challenger, but Backlund got his knees up into the gut of Disalvo instead. Backlund went to work with clotheslines, a vertical suplex, a flying forearm smash, and then a face first suplex which brought the fans to their feet but only yielded a 2 count. Backlund sensing blood went for his finisher, and nailed the atomic drop. But with Lisa Caress screaming instructions at him the champ had presence of mind to hold onto the top rope, and fall between the ropes to the floor below. Lisa Caress stood over the champ trying to protect him, but it was unecessary as always the sportsman, Bob Backlund stood back and watched the count applied. Just when it seemed the champ might let the count go to 10 he rolled into the ring. Backlund was all over him with a standing headscissors neck twist, followed by an earringer, a double legtakedown, flipping over into a pin, for 1, 2, Kickout!! Back on their feet Disalvo ducked a clothesline, fired back but Backlund ducked his clothesline, but when he went for a dropkick Disalvo moved out of the way. The champ grabbed Backlund by the head and pulled him up into a bodyslam, followed by a pair of elbowdrops. The champ was in full control now, nailing a DDT from the second rope, for 1, 2 Kickout!! Frustrated Disalvo dragged Backlund into the middle of the ring and hit a piledriver, for 1, 2, KICKOUT!! Backlund tried to chop Disalvo, but the desperation blows just bounced off the champ. Disalvo hit a second piledriver, hooked a leg, for 1, 2, 3 !! Huge win for the champ, not only beating his second former world champion in a month, but surviving his finisher as well. Steve Disalvo defeated Bob Backlund by pinfall after a piledriver at 18:45 [Steve Disalvo retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] Post-Match: After Disalvo was presented with the belt and celebrated with Lisa, Backlund came forward once again and offered a handshake. Disalvo looked for a second like he might accept but Lisa was all over him celebrating, so he just laughed at Backlund and turned his back. A great night of wrestling comes to an end, as does a banner year for River City Wrestling. That's it for the 7th Anniversary Spectacular. See ya next year!!!
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Post by jacklarkin on Jun 21, 2016 16:12:06 GMT -5
January 17, 1987 River City Wrestling #266 Calgary, Alberta The show opens with highlites from the 7th Anniversary Spectacular, mainly the title matches that saw Ben Bassarab, The Longriders, and Steve Disalvo all retain their belts, while Misty Blue Simmes lost hers to Orca. Set to "Livin' On A Prayer" Bon Jovi, "Big Time" Peter Gabriel, "Stranger in a Strange Land" Iron Maiden, and "Orion" Metallica. Interview: The Destroyer comes to the ring to talk about his loss to Ben Bassarab at the 7th. He says that Bassarab wrestled one heck of a match, was the better man that night, is a great TV champion, and may, MAY, one day be a great Heavyweight champion. Then Destroyer says he wants Bassarab to come out right now. After a short delay, Ben Bassarab comes out with the TV belt around his waist and a bad look on his face. Destroyer congratulates Bassarab and offers a handshake. Bassarab draws some jeers as it looks for a minute like he might not actually accept the handshake. Finally he does so, looking reluctant. Destroyer says he was disapointed though in Bassarab, after Destroyer's injury to his ankle Bassarab laid off attacking that area. Bassarab replies, speaking for the first time, saying he felt sorry for Destroyer and thats why he laid off. Destroyer tells Bassarab he can't afford to have those kind of feelings, and if he ever wants to be the big champion, instead of the small one (that draws a sour look from the TV champ), then he has to go for the jugular. Bassarab looks like he could do just that at any moment now! But both men hold back, and after staring at each other for a moment, Bassarab asks..."are you done now?". Destroyer says yes, and then Bassarab replies "good" and walks away. Opening Bout: Premiere of Richard Ryan "Boyscout" Richard Ryan defeated Moe Malone by pinfall with a school boy cradle (and a handful of tights) at 6:40 -Boyscout Richard Ryan makes his debut, a young looking guy, about 240 lbs from Minnesota. He actually dresses like a boyscout, or Eagle Scout, including the short pants, socks, uniform shirt, and scarf. Inside the ring he wrestled clean and scientifically, effectively taking away the power game from Moe Malone who is better off against an opponent who wants to rough things up. Then suddenly Ryan decides to cheat with a handful of tights to win the match, and quickly ran from the ring before Malone could react. Interview: Boris Zhukov and Chris Markoff come to the ring, with Zhukov pushing Markoff in a wheelchair. They boast about their victory against Malone and Cummings at the 7th, and refer to North Americans again as inferior and corrupt. Finally Ron Strong gets a word in edgewise, and asks why Markoff is in a wheelchair. Markoff says not to worry about it, its only temporary while he lets a nagging knee injury heel. The Russians then call out the RCW Tag champions the Longriders, who like Bassarab earlier do not look pleased to be called out. They repeat the inferior and corrupt routine. Finally Wild Bill says "I guess we won't settle this tonight as your friend is a gimp", but Zhukov says he will go one on one with Irwin who accepts. That match is set for later tonight. Promo: Guess who's playing doctor? Paramount Pictures is proud to release to theatres this weekend "Critical Condition" starring Richard Pryor. Eddie Lenahan (Richard Pryor) is sent to a hospital for a psychiatric review after being framed in a jewel smuggling scheme. But in a comediac turn Eddie is mistaken for a Doctor Slattery, and when the area is hit by a major storm Eddie takes over the duties of the doctor in charge. Bout #2 Non-title match Orca defeated Ultra Vixen by pinfall after a splash at 2:10 -squash match. Ultra Vixen provides some nice eye candy, but unfortunately for the male viewers she spent most of the match with Orca on top of her. Interview: "No One Like You" by the Scorpions plays. The fans cheer as two familiar faces come to the ring dressed in Iron Maiden and Judas Priest 3/4 sleeve concert shirts and skin tight Jordache jeans; its the return of the England sisters, Tawney and Corrie. They tell Ron Strong that its good to be back, and they have their sites set firmly on regaining what they established as the premiere title in women's wrestling, what started as the River City Wrestling Women's Title, and has now somehow morphed into the North American Women's Title. And they announce, that when they win that title back from Orca they intend to rename it back to the River City title. The fans cheer this sentiment. Ron Strong informs the crowd that word has been received that Misty Blue Simmes back injury is deemed to be serious, and that she is going through some rehabilitation before she will be back. It could be months before she returns. Strong then asks the girls, which one of them will be getting the title shot. They respond simultaneously "me", then "her". Strong reminds the girls that at one time they hated each other and were trying to rip each other's limbs off. They give an awkward laugh before assuring Strong that blood is thicker then water. To answer his question, Tawney says that they will both compete in warm-up matches over the next couple of weeks, and leave it up to the RCW commissioner Marty Goldstein to determine who the #1 contender will be. Bout #3 Neil Guay defeated Shawn Cummings by submission to the hangman at 6:18 -Guay's power, poise, and experience were the difference in this one as Cummings made a couple of bad mistakes being too aggressive that cost him the match. Interview: Neil Guay says that RCW is partial to western Canadian boys like Ben Bassarab and thats why he is champ. The Frenchman says Bassarab is too chicken to face some real competition. But just in case he will be here next week if Bassarab has the guts to face him. On Tonight's Evening News: -Tentative settlement in steelworkers' strike against USX, longest in industry's history -Ku Klux Klan violence against marchers near Cumming, Georgia, observing Martin Luther King Junior's death -President Reagan, in weekly radio address, reported asking Congress to approve his defense budget -Jalalabad, Afghanistan:Atmosphere here as USSR cease-fire, not recognized by guerrillas, continues. Alexander the Great's occupation of Afghanistan in 327 B.C. said last by foreign power until USSR 's. -Stars and Stripes skipper Dennis Conner's effort to win finals slot in America's Cup against Australia [end of first hour] Bout #4 Wild Bill Irwin defeated Boris Zhukov by disqualification for outside interference at 7:42 -Zhukov attacked Irwin before the opening bell and beat on him for the first couple minutes of the match. He managed to hit his headbutt finisher at one point but it sent Irwin right out of the ring giving him a temporary reprieve. The tag champion fought back and finally turned the momentum his way. This brought out Chris Markoff pushing himself in his wheelchair down to ringside. When Irwin climbed onto the top to finish Zhukov off with his superplex, Irwin was perhaps the only person in the arena who was surprised when Markoff left the confines of his wheelchair, entered the ring and attacked Wild Bill from behind. Post-Match: It was a short 2 on 1 beatdown, until seconds later Scott Hogg Irwin arrived on the scene to send the evil Russians heading for the hills. Interview: The Longriders are livid about the sneaky commie scum. They want a tag team match next week and are willing to put the titles on the line. Bout #5 Vendetta & Phillip Navarre defeated Chris Lyon & Kid Gallahad by pinfall when Navarre pinned Lyon after the coup de grace at 11:52 -kind of a follow-up match to the 7th where Vendetta beat Gallahad easy, and Navarre beat Lyon but by DQ. Navarre got a measure of revenge in this match getting the duke, but looks like hostilites between these 4 men is not over. Vendetta acquitted himself well and has become VERY popular with the fans in his short stint so far in RCW. Interview: Vendetta & Navarre are interviewed and Navarre says that while the victory was nice, he still wants Lyon next week one on one. Main Event #1 Contenders Match Bob Backlund defeated Manny Silva by pinfall after an atomic drop at 8:08 -Silva tried to play up to Backlund's naive side and offer a handshake at the start of the match. Backlund accepted but was on his guard, and sure enough when Silva went for a kick to the gut the former WWWF and RCW champion managed to grab the leg and walk Silva back to the ropes. Backlund controlled early, grounding Silva, working a side headlock and then headscissors. Silva though roared back with fists, bodyslam, backbreaker, and then a suplex off the 2nd buckle, for a 2 count. He tried for his wheelbarrow suplex but Backlund managed to block it. Backlund made a short lived comeback, until Silva whipped him into referee Buddy Lane, knocking the ref and Backlund out. Silva then left the ring and when he came back he had a steel chair from ringside. He stood poised to hit Backlund with it but suddenly the Destroyer slid into the ring and grabbed the chair on the backswing. He feigned hitting Silva with the chair, but left the ring instead. By the time Silva turned around he walked right into a forearm uppercut from Backlund. The Minnesota native whipped the Hawiian into the buckle, delivered a huge back body drop and then followed up with a running knee strike. By now Buddy Lane was back on his feet. Backlund hit his finisher and is once again the #1 contender for Steve Disalvo's title. That's it for the first edition of River City Wrestling in 1987. See ya next week!!
January 24, 1987 River City Wrestling #267 Medicine Hat, Alberta Opening Bout: Boris Zhukov & Chris Markoff defeated Rick Renslow & Dave Wagner by pinfall when Markoff pinned Renslow after a piledriver at 6:15 -Renslow and Wagner provided some decent competition for the Russians, but the end was never really in doubt. The announcers did make mention of the fact that we had a rookie referee Vic Gate making his first officiating job here in RCW. Fans may remember Gate from a few appearances in RCW as a wrestler. He had excellent mat skills but little charisma and never panned out. He has been added as the 3rd referee, and replaces Kenny Jay. Post-Match: The RCW tag champions The Longriders hit the ring for a little revenge from last week's Markoff-wheelchair incident. They lay a short beating on the Russians before they can roll out of the ring and run for the hills. Interview: The Longriders are still mad at those damn Russians, and offer them a title shot next week, just come and get it. Promo: An interview is shown with Terry Funk about his part in the upcoming movie "Over the Top" which stars Sylvestor Stallone trying to win both an armwrestling championship and the love of his son. A sneak peek is shown of "Over the Top" which will hit theatres nation wide on February 13th. Bout #2 Vendetta defeated Nacho Berrera by pinfall after a top rope clothesline at 2:19 -squash match, been a couple of years since we saw Berrera in RCW. Interview: Vendetta mentions that while Phillip Navarre has unfinished business with Chris Lyon, he (Vendetta) does not. The Haitiian says he wants one thing, to win the Heavyweight title, to prove to the Haitian people that he is worthy. Bout #3 Corrie England defeated Ultra-Vixen by pinfall after a swinging neckbreaker at 4:22 -squash match Interview: The England Sisters are interviewed once again and reiterate that they want a title shot at Orca, and will wait to hear from Marty Goldstein as to which of them should get it. Pre-Match: Shawn Cummings comes to the ring. He tells the audience that his partner Moe Malone has suffered a minor injury while training. That is why Malone is not out here right now calling out Boyscout Richard Ryan for cheating him out of a victory last week, with a handfull of tights. This brings out Boyscout Richard Ryan, who asks Cummings if he is making a challenge. When Cummings confirms that, Ryan says he is only too happy to do battle against Cummings now, and avenge the Boyscout honor for the lies Cummings has just told. Video: "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" by Samantha Fox is played to highlites of Misty Blue Simmes, Sherri Martel, Lisa Caress, the England Sisters, and Ultra Vixen. Bout #4 Boyscout Richard Ryan defeated Shawn Cummings by pinfall after a bodyslam (and with his feet on the ropes) at 6:45 -Cummings controlled most of this match except for when Ryan managed to turn things around twice after a chop to the throat, and a kick to the groin. Again Ryan used a surprise cheating technique to pick up the victory. Rookie referee seemed to also be upset about it after the match when Cummings told him what he had missed. [end of first hour] Interview: RCW Heavyweight champion Strangler Steve Disalvo comes out with Lisa Caress and the title belt. He seems to be getting more cocky each week. Disalvo says he is sick and tired of facing the over the hill wiener boy Bob Backlund. Disalvo says they are once again scheduled for the main event tonight for a title shot. The champ says the office must be hoping and praying that Backlund will one day luck back into a title, as he has lucked or cheated his way into success in the past. But tonight says Disalvo his luck comes to an end. The champ throws out a challenge. If Backlund wants a title shot tonight, fine, but in return there will be a special stipulation. If Bob Backlund loses tonight then he is gone from RCW. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News -Kidnapping today of Beirut Univ. profs. Americans Alan Steen, Robert Polhill, Jesse Turner and Mithileshwar Singh -Political crisis on eve of West German elections over United States extradition request for accused Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) hijacker Mohammed Hamadei and kidnapping of West Germans in Beirut, believed linked to Hamadei issue -Senator Jesse Helms' defense of President Reagan's Iran arms operation and diversion of funds for Nicaraguan Contras reported -Tomorrow's Super Bowl XXI in Pasadena between Giants and Broncos previewed and Giants Lawrence Taylor and Broncos John Elway profiled.
Bout #5 RCW TV Title Match Ben Bassarab defeated Neil Guay by pinfall after a flying crossbody block at 8:44 [Ben Bassarab retains the RCW TV Title] -Bassarab started strong, but soon Guay started to use his strength to beat down the champ with double axhandles, bearhugs, bodyslams, and measured elbowsmashes between the eyes. He also brought out the clawhold, and even moved it down to a stomach claw. Bassarab though survived all that, made a spirited comeback, and hit his finisher shortly after moving away in time to avoid Guay running him into the corner buckles. Post-Match: As Bassarab was handed the title belt he was attacked by J.J. Funk who hit the ring. With no history between these two the announcers went on the assumption that Funk was trying to get attention to get a title shot. After a short beatdown of the champ he brought out his branding iron and inked the Funk brand on the back of the fallen champ. Bout #6 Phillip Navarre defeated Chris Lyon by pinfall after the coup de grace at 11:51 -very satisfying and intense match-up with these two and a definitive ending to their mini-feud. There were no sustained advantages in the 11 minutes plus, with both men fighting hard in and around the ring. Chris Lyon got busted open half way through this match and by the end was wearing the crimson mask. Lyon got nearfalls after a slingshot suplex, and while applying an Indian deathlock, but both times Navarre managed to fight through. Solid match. Pre-Match: Bob Backlund comes out and says he has never backed down from a challenge, and does not need luck or cheating to beat a scoundrel like Disalvo. He says he will accept the stipulation that if he loses that he will leave RCW, because this way he says Disalvo has to actually beat him, and won't be inclined to take the easy way out and get disqualified intentionally to save his title. Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match If Bob Backlund loses he must leave RCW Strangler Steve Disalvo (champion) (/w Lisa Caress) v Bob Backlund Lock up and Disalvo tosses Backlund like a rag doll, then stops to pose. Several more variations of the same with Disalvo turning his back on Backlund. Finally Bob snaps and attacks Disalvo from behind but the champ is expecting it, having goaded Backlund into that move. He tosses the former champ to the corner and lays in some knees to the midsection. But Backlund fires right back with a forearm, spins Disalvo into the corner, lays in some more forearms, and then tosses him out of the corner. It's all Backlund for another couple of minutes until Lisa manages to get her man out of the ring. It looks like Disalvo may take the countout loss to hold onto his title, but he is torn, and decides to go back into the ring and get Backlund out of RCW for good. Backlund makes a mistake sending Disalvo to the ropes, and the champ reverses it and takes Backlund down with a thunderous clothesline. It's all Disalvo for a couple minutes with a mix of power moves and submissions including a twisting neck vise. Disalvo goes for the piledriver but Backlund blocks it. He pounds Backlund into the mat, and then goes for it again. This time Backlund counters with a back body drop, but Disalvo incredibly for his size counters that with a sunset flip, and gets 1, 2, 3 !! Steve Disalvo defeated Bob Backlund by pinfall after a sunset flip at 8:16 [Steve Disalvo retains the RCW Heavyweight Title] [Bob Backlund must leave RCW] That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!!
Breaking Kayfabe: A bunch more created wrestlers, or wrestlers based on real people, and pushing more obscure wrestlers. Boyscout Richard Ryan, based on a friend of mine. Moe Malone, as previously mentioned, was a local powerbuilder who wrestled a bit as a prelim for local AWA shows, and then local indys like West Four Wrestling Alliance (WFWA) I think. The Destroyer, of course created (loosely based on the Intelligent Sensational Destroyer & Mr. Wrestling II), was originally my friend Chris under a mask. THE legend of RCW. Boris Zhukov. AWA/WWF mid-carder. Chris Markoff. Fairly well known 70's, early 80's wrestler, a territory style guy. Ben Bassarab. As mentioned was style wise like Dynamite Kid and Chris Benoit, was in Stampede a bit ahead of Benoit, married into the Hart family, and at the time was just as good as Benoit. Oh what could have been. Orca. Based on a real "Russian" behemoth female wrestler who I read about in the Mags but never saw. Ultra Vixen. I think she was totally a created character, maybe based on the Russ Meyer film (I never saw it). Corrie & Tawney England. Based on a pair of sisters I knew and went to school with. Had a major crush on "Tawney". Neil Guay. Real life French Canadian wrestler, also appeared in AWA as Super Destroyer III. Shawn Cummings. Based on a friend of mine, but styled after Stan Lane/Shawn Michaels, sort of a beach boy gimmick. The Longriders. Real of course. Vendetta. Okay. So this one is a bit screwed up. This stint was a bit of creative retrofitting. The eventual Vendetta character who will star in this promotion in years to come will be inspired after watching the movie "Serpent and the Rainbow" in 1988 which had a voodoo theme to it. Best way to describe Vendetta now, looking back at him, is a cross between Booker T and "crow" Sting. Phillip Navarre. Created. Based somewhat on Rutger Hauer's character in Ladyhawke. Chris Lyon. One of the originals of RCW of course, my friend Chris (coupled with my Mom's maiden name Lyon which was so much cooler then Chris' last name). Kid Gallahad. Created. Kind of a combination of Dynamite Kid in the ring, with Roddy Piper's attitude out of the ring, and hailing from Scotland with the "brogue". I didn't consciously know at the time that Kid Gallahad as the name of an Elvis Presley movie about a fictional boxer of that name. I'm sure that's where I got the name from, just didn't realize it. Bob Backlund. Back in the days of kayfabe I think we were all fascinated with the disappearance of Bob Backlund after losing to the Iron Sheik, and the start of the Hulk Hogan era. Manny Silva. Again a bit of retrofitting, to introduce a created wrestler who will be a main eventer later in the feds history. Not sure he's based on anyone specific, but some of Jimmy Snuka, Manny Fernandez maybe...and a funny incident of a big friend of mine who while playing basketball had a bad habit of running down the court and patting the top of his head to keep his curly hair in place (that will be a Silva tick later in his career). Rick Renslow/Dave Wagner. AWA curtain jerkers. Nacho Berrera. Wrong spelling but supposed to be the AWA curtain jerker. Strangler Steve Disalvo. Real. Also wrestled as Strangler Steve Strong in the Quebec area. He had a short stint in WCW or WWF as Manotaur or something like that, don't remember the exact details off the top of my head.
Marty Goldstein. Has been involved in wrestling, and local media (had a city current affairs radio show that was very controversial), a real fun guy. Buddy Lane. Was a real wrestler. Jurgen Hermann. Misspelled but based on the inept Stampede ref, or rather supposed to actually be him I guess. Vic Gate. Will appear off and on through the RCW history; a real technician. Not based specifically on one person but just kind of a guy who I thought was maybe 10-15 years too late and in an earlier era would have been a good hand in a territory like St. Louis, Central States, or even the AWA.
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Post by jacklarkin on Jun 23, 2016 15:14:07 GMT -5
January 31, 1987 River City Wrestling #268 Lethbridge Alberta Opening Bout: Non-title Match Steve Disalvo defeated Hawaiian Punch by pinfall after a piledriver at 3:31 -squash match
Interview: Steve Disalvo and Lisa Caress get more cocky each and every week. Today they boast about sending Bob Backlund packing last week from RCW. Promo: Marty Goldstein makes a video statement. First off he says its sad to see Bob Backlund leaving RCW, but that he has decided to go ahead with a request by Bob to speak to the fans one more time later tonight, to say goodbye. Also, later tonight in the semi-main event we will have a unique match to determine the #1 contender for Disalvo's title. Four men will step into the ring, only two can be legal at any time, and whichever one can get a pinfall first in this 4 corners match will become the top contender for Disalvo's belt. The four men competing will be Phillip Navarre, Vendetta, Manny Silva, and Chris Lyon.
Bout #2 Kid Gallahad defeated Yuri Gordienko by pinfall after a Gallahad Lance (top rope dropkick) at 6:46 -what looked like it might be a squash match turned into a pretty even and hard fought contest. In the end though the superior athleticism of the young and fit Gallahad came through as he was able to dictate a fast paced match that the older Russian could not match.
Interview: Ron Strong is openly surprised when he interviews a humbled Kid Gallahad. The formerly brash kid with the strong Scottish brogue talks about his string of recent loses including the humiliation of losing to Vendetta in a minute at the 7th. He says its time to get back to basics and become a better wrestler. As he walks off Ron Strong wonders out loud if we are not seeing Gallahad turn over a new leaf?
Promo: Excerpts from an inverview held with Sylvestor Stallone and Terry Funk on their upcoming movie "Over the Top" to be released on Feb 13th. They also talk about their last project together which was "Paradise Alley" in 1978.
Bout #3 Tawney England defeated Ultra Vixen by pinfall after a hairplane spin at 3:21 -squash match just like last week when sister Corrie defeated Vixen.
Interview: Tawney & Corrie England say that maybe they still haven't proved that they have what it takes to beat a behemoth like the Russian champ Orca. So they throw out a challenge for Orca to find herself a partner and wrestle against them in a tag team match next week.
Promo: Golden Globe Awards tonight. Nominees for Best Picture - Drama are Children of a Lesser God, The Mission, Mona Lisa, Platoon, Room With a View, and Stand By Me. Nominees for Best Picture - Comedy/Musical are Crimes of the Heart, Crocodile Dundee, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Hannah and her Sisters, Little Shop of Horrors, and Peggy Sue Got Married.
Bout #4 Shawn Cummings & Dave Petro defeated Boyscout Richard Ryan & Chris Pepper by pinfall when Cummings pinned Pepper after a flying dropkick at 6:30 -Cummings gains a measure of revenge against Ryan, while his regular partner Moe Malone is still getting over an injury. Ryan had some early success in this match with Pepper, but as the match began to get away from him Ryan became disinterested and in the end walked away from the ring seconds before the final dropkick and pinfall.
[end of first hour]
Bout #5 RCW TV Title Match Ben Bassarab defeated J.J. Funk by pinfall after a flying crossbody block at 7:51 [Ben Bassarab retained the RCW TV Title] -not the most difficult title defense Bassarab ever had, but one he felt necessary after being attacked by Funk and branded after his victory last week against Neil Guay. Funk had his moments in this match but was outclassed by the champion who seems ready to move up that next level.
Post-Match: Last week it was Funk attacking Bassarab after he beat Guay, this week it was Guay's chance to return the favor. But Neil Guay did not come alone, he brought two friends with him identified as Armand Rougeau, and "Mr. Perpetual Motion" Richard Charland. They were joined by Funk in a 4 on 1 beat down of the champ that left him busted open. RCW officials did their best to arrive on the scene and break up the attack, but it was really some chair swinging by Kid Gallahad making a surprise save for his former nemesis Bassarab.
Interview: Richard Charland says that Les Quebecois are back to take over River City Wrestling. He says they have the Hangman Neil Guay, they have Armand Rougeau the greatest scientific wrestler in the world today, and himself, mister perpetual motion, the man that makes things happen in this country. He then switches over to French and says some derogatory things about Alberta, but just the use of French alone draws jeers from the Albertan crowd. Then suddenly everyone seems to realize that J.J. Funk is still in the ring hanging around. Charland says "your not French". J.J. replies, "No I'm a Texan, and since I've been here in Alberta I have found that it is pretty close to Texas in style...". Charland says "full of inbred hicks". Guay and Rougeau try and grab J.J. but he's too quick for them, diving out of the ring and heading for the backstage area to cheers from the crowd.
Bout #6 #1 Contender - 4 Corners Match Phillip Navarre defeated Vendetta, Chris Lyon, and Manny Silva by pinfall when he pinned Lyon after the coup de grace at 12:09 -random selection started Vendetta and Silva, and these two went intense right from the start, the top one on one battle of the match. Vendetta tagged out to Navarre but Silva refused to tag out at all, seemingly willing to take the loss rather then risk not being a participant at all in the decision. This gave Navarre and Vendetta a huge advantage as neither seemed to hesitate tagging the other in. This left a frustrated Chris Lyon on the outside looking in for the first 6 minutes. When things got serious and pin attempts were made Lyon got in to break them up. This led to our first 4 man brawl of the match. Somehow in that brujah Lyon managed to make a tag off the back of Silva and enter the match legally for the first time, with over 8 minutes gone. He grabbed an immediate advantage over Vendetta and tried for a couple of pinfalls but it was too early and Vendetta had too much gas in the tank. The Haitian managed to tag in Navarre who went to work on his recent nemesis Lyon. He pounded him for the 10 count perched on the turnbuckle, then suplexed him into the middle of the ring. He tagged out to Vendetta who hit a clothesline from the top rope and would have got the pin but Manny Silva entered the ring to break things up. Vendetta tagged out to Navarre who wore out Lyon a bit more with a release German suplex, a swinging neckbreaker, and a shoulderbreaker, went for the pin and got a 2 count. He went for the coup de grace but Lyon blocked it, and for 30 fleeting seconds the two did some chain wrestling with counters and blocks, before Navarre won the exchange with a DDT. He then followed up with his coup de grace, for 1, 2, Manny Silva entered the ring to break up the pin, but Vendetta dove over Navarre and Lyon to take Silva out with a clothesline, 3 !!
Post-Match: As Navarre celebrated in the ring, and Lyon shook out the cobwebs, Vendetta made his way up the aisle to the back. He was attacked from behind by a deranged looking Manny Silva. He rammed Vendetta from behind with a double axhandle, then did it again to drive him to the ground. He then lifted the guardrail and placed it across the chest of Vendetta and bounced up and down on it. By this time Navarre saw what was happening and ran to the scene chasing Silva away. Navarre checked on his friend and called for medical help.
Promo: The WWF returns to the Winnipeg Arena on February 28th as the Immortal Hulk Hogan takes on Jake the Snake Roberts for the WWF World Title.
Promo: Bob Backlund comes out to a huge ovation. He thanks the fans and officials of River City Wrestling for the respect and the class they showed during his stay here. He says never say never, and one day he may have the opportunity to come back. Turning his attention briefly to Steve Disalvo he tells him to be careful about getting himself too hyped up. The bigger they are the harder they fall, the higher up the further the fall. Backlund says Disalvo may not survive the impact of a fall based on those criteria. He waves goodbye to his fans.
Main Event RCW Tag Team Title Match The Longriders defeated Boris Zhukov & Chris Markoff by disqualification for use of a foreign object at 8:03 [The Longriders retain the RCW Tag Team Titles] -a disapointing match that never seemed to get going full speed, more to set up the next encounter. The 'riders once again showed their dominance as a tag team, but the Russians managed to cheat enough to keep in the game. Finally when they could not survive just by cheating anymore they took the easy way out, with Markoff entering the ring carrying the Russian flag and nailing Wild Bill in the back with the flag pole to get the intentional DQ. A four man brawkl ensued with the Russians getting the advantage only to be beaten to retreat by the tag champs.
That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling.
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February 7, 1987 River City Wrestling #269 Edmonton, Alberta Opening Bout: Rick Renslow & Dave Wagner defeated Justin McKay & Jeff Gillies by pinfall when Renslow pinned Gillies after a stuffed piledriver at 5:31 -maybe a necessary match to keep Renslow & Wagner a viable tag team, but a very boring 5 minutes. Promo; Vendetta, the Haitian voodoo man, returns next week, and promises there will be a pound of flesh extracted from Manny Silva for revenge. Bout #2 Dave Petro defeated Manny Silva by reverse decision at 3:33 -Silva won the match easily in a squash beating Petro with the wheelbarrow suplex. But Silva has all the compassion of a Judas Priest song, as he just kept pounding on Petro and ignoring the referee's directions. Then Silva wrapped the top and second ropes around Petro's neck to choke him. This was all the ref and called for the bell a second time. Finally enough RCW officials came out to stop Silva and the ref reversed his decision awarding the match to Petro. This was of little consolation to Petro who was being attended to by medical staff. Interview: Ben Bassarab, Kid Gallahad, and J.J. Funk come out to the ring to try and sort out their own issues and their mutual dislike for Les Quebecois. Bassarab says he doesn't trust Gallahad, and the Kid replies that with the edge being displayed lately by Bassarab it was maybe he that couldn't be trusted. Funk in the meantime warned both men they couldn't trust him, because he was a Funk, and would beat up people anytime he wanted, sometimes at random and for no good reason what so ever. Seemingly at an impasse, stare down, they were suddenly swarmed by Les Quebecois, Neil Guay, Armand Rougeau, and Richard Charland. Les Quebecois got the drop on them and got their licks in early, but when the tables began to be turned they hightailed it out of there, leaving their motely crew of enemies to fume and lick their wounds. Promo: "Unchained Melody" The Righteous Brothers provides the music, and RCW clips provide the contrasting carnage as we invite all lovers to share St.Valentine's Day with River City Wrestling next Saturday.
Bout #3 "Scout's Honor Match" Boyscout Richard Ryan defeated Shawn Cummings by pinfall after hitting him with brass knuckles at 7:41 -Scouts honor match rules were introduced by Ryan before the match and accepted by Cummings. Basically no illegal moves were allowed, instead of being a 5 count it would result in an automatic disqualification loss, for not breaking clean, for a closed fist punch, choke, anything. Of course Ryan applied several cheating moves whenever the situation enabled itself, it was the only way he could compete with the superior athletic ability of Cummings. In the end when even that wasn't enough he resorted to going to his shorts and using brass knux to pick up another tainted win. Interview: Ron Strong tried to interview Boyscout Richard Ryan but he was quickly chased away by Shawn Cummings. After a commercial break the interview resumed, but this time with Shawn Cummings who said that Ryan was going to get his next week, because his powerful tag partner Mighty Moe Malone was returning from injury and wants some revenge on Ryan.
Bout #4 Non-title Match The Longriders defeated Nacho Berrera & Chris Pepper by pinfall when Wild Bill pinned Pepper after a superplex at 5:23 -squash match Interview: The tag team champion Longriders are interviewed. They are furious with the Russians Boris Zhukov and Chris Markoff for hitting them with the Russian flag last week. The pain they say was very temporary, but the stench of that Commie flag on their skin will not go away until the Russians are sent packing back for Siberia. With that in mind the tag champs offer to put up their belts against the Russians next week, in a Flag match. [end of first hour]
Promo: "Over the Top" with Sylvestor Stallone and Terry Funk opens in theatres across the nation Feb 13th. Pre-Match: Yuri Gradienko is in the ring with Orca. Ron Strong asks him if he is there to act as an interpreter for Orca, and who her partner will be to take on the England Sisters. He tells Strong he is "wrong information. I da proud Soviet brother, of sister Commrade Orca..veill be her partner tonight". Strong says that is not the way things are done and sanctioned in RCW, but in broken English Gradienko reminds Strong of the England Sisters challenge for Orca to "find a partner". They did not specify gender..besides he quips...me no different, no vorse, den East German gurl swimmer. Strong is adamant this match will not happen but the England Sisters come out, put on a brave face and accept the challenge. Bout #5 Tag Team Match Orca & Yuri Gradienko defeated Tawney & Corrie England by disqualfication for outside interference at 8:02 -Orca started the match and went right to work on Tawney. But the England sisters used some double teams, and a sympathetic referee Vic Gate who turned his back on these tactics to steer Gradienko out of the ring, and give him a lecture as well. The England sisters controlled Orca using fast tags for the first 3 minutes of the match, until Orca just turned the tables with a simple clothesline. She worked over Tawny for a few seconds before making the tag out to Yuri. The man menaced her, letting her crawl for a tag but then pulling her back to the middle of the ring by her feet. He laid in a couple elbows to her spine, then locked on a camel clutch while taunting Corrie. The other England sister though was quick as she entered the ring and clotheslined Yuri off her sister. This started a 4 person brawl that Orca and Yuri easily won. Corrie found herself on the arena floor, and Tawney was alone in the ring. Once again they took turns punishing Tawney. Both England sisters were hurt. Referee Gate warned the Russians to either try for a pin or he would throw the match out!! But the Longriders didn't want to wait that long, still pissed off at Zhukov/Markoff, they saw red and hit the ring. Gate called for the bell. Post-Match: The tag team champs went to work on Yuri, and then threw Orca out of the ring. Wild Bill took Yuri down with a superplex and then handed him off to his brother Scott. However, Markoff and Zhukov hit the ring and nailed the Longriders from behind. The tag team champs though would not be denied and soon ejected Zhukov and Markoff from the ring as well.
Promo: The WWF returns to the Winnipeg Arena on February 28th as WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan takes on Jake "the Snake" Roberts in the main event.
Bout #6 Six-Man Tag Match Neil Guay, Armand Rougeau, & Richard Charland defeated Ben Bassarab, Kid Gallahad, & J.J. Funk by pinfall when Rougeau pinned Funk after a top-rope dropkick at 9:45 -the fan favorites actually controlled most of the match, except when Les Quebecois would cheat to gain an advantage. The Alberta crowd was very hot for this match, and really seemed to hate the Quebec team. Several times objects hit the ring and had to be kicked away by referee Jurgen Hermann, not a usual occurence in RCW venues. The end though came when there was some miscommunication between Bassarab and Gallahad, that spilled into a pushing match outside the ring. Left to the wolves it only took seconds for the pack to bring down the straggler, with Rougeau using Kid Gallahad's finisher to end the night for J.J. Funk on a bad note. Video: "Breaking the Law" Judas Priest provides the music and clips of RCW champion Steve Disalvo's dominance so far in River City provides the clips. Who can stop this monster?
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) (champion) v Phillip Navarre After a bit of a feeling out process Navarre started to show his slightly superior wrestling skills over Disalvo, taking control with armbars and leglocks. But he made the mistake of not grounding Disalvo and the champion roared back with some powermoves. With Navarre hurt he hit a running powerslam, followed by a running clothesline for a 2 count. He tried for a DDT from the second rope but Navarre countered by throwing Disalvo to the mat. After catching his wind Navarre whipped the champ to the ropes and nailed him with a spinebuster for a 2 count. He tried for the coup de grace but Disalvo pushed him off and then caught him with a shoulderblock. Then unexpectantly Manny Silva hit the ring taking out Navarre from behind with a clothesline, and then straddled him and laid in some haymakers. But Disalvo's smirk left his face when the mad man went after the champion with a kick to the groin, a wild uppercut, and then a clothesline knocking him out of the ring. Silva's attention returned to Navarre who he hit with the wheelbarrow suplex. He then wrapped the top and middle ropes around the Frenchman's neck and tried to strangle him until help arrived on the scene to aid Buddy Lane in resucing Navarre. No Contest at 7:38 [Steve Disalvo retains the RCW Heavyweight Title] That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!!
February 14, 1987 River City Wrestling #270 Billings, Montana Opening Bout: Shawn Cummings defeated Chris Pepper by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 5:58 -squash match, a bit long, but still a squash Interview: Shawn Cummings is joined in the ring by the returning Moe Malone. They promise bad things will happen to Boyscout Richard Ryan tonight. Promo: More of an interview with Sylvestor Stallone and Terry Funk about fun on the set of "Over The Top" featuring Stallone as a man battling for the love of his son and an armwrestling championship, which opened in theatres yesterday.
Bout #2 Richard Charland defeated J.J. Funk by pinfall after a piledriver at 7:14 -Charland controlled most of this match thanks to some early cheating. He used his low-tech, but high energy offense until J.J. finally made a spirited comeback. With some running clotheslines, bodyslams, and elbowdrops he had Charland in trouble. Hangman Neil Guay came down to ringside causing a distraction as Jurgen Hermann left the ring to send Guay to the back. Funk made the mistake of allowing it to distract him too long, and Charland nailed him from behind. A couple suplexes and a piledriver later and the leader of Les Quebecois had his victory. Interview: Les Quebecois (Richard Charland, Armand Rougeau, & Neil Guay) refuse to speak any English in this interview, infuriating the fans by talking only en francais. Rougeau has a title match later tonight against Ben Bassarab, but the only thing we can discern from his rant is that "idiot" sounds very similar in French as it does in English.
Bout #3 Moe Malone defeated Boyscout Richard Ryan by disqualification at 8:22 -Malone back from injury showed off his power during the match. Ryan attacked often but couldn't seem to do enough damage to Malone to keep him down for long. Resorting to cheating Ryan got caught using the ropes for leverage on a pin attempt, slipping the forearm into a choke on a sleeperhold, and using the ropes for leverage on an atomic drop. Referee Vic Gate was extremely frustrated by the tactics of Ryan. Ryan reversed a whip to the buckle, sent Malone there instead, then came off the ropes and gave him a bulldog. The Boyscout pinned got 1, 2, 3, but wait..right after counting the 3 Gate noticed that Ryan had a handfull of tights. He reversed his decision disqualifying Ryan for his tactics. Post-Match: Boyscout went ballistic and backed Gate into a corner. The ref pushed Ryan away, right into the arms of Moe Malone who gave him a crunching belly-to-belly suplex. Ryan laid there not moving. Interview: Vendetta & Phillip Navarre have a tag match tonight against the unlikely duo of Steve Disalvo & Manny Silva. Navarre refers to them as the psychopaths. Vendetta says they would like much more to be going after the title but first they have to teach Silva a lesson.
Bout #4 North American Women's Title Match Orca defeated Corrie England by pinfall after a splash at 10:09 [Orca retains the North American Women's Title] -Orca went to work the first minute with big chopping blows. But England came right back and got Orca off her feet. She then worked armbars, a crossface, and a front facelock. Corrie's sister Tawney spent the match at the announce table as a guest color commentator. Orca made a comeback but it didn't last long until Corrie was again able to chop her down. Corrie changed tactics and went after the legs, working them over with elbow and knee drops, pounding her kneecaps off the mat, and smashing them off the ring apron. This time when Orca made her comeback she was unable to stand. Corrie then grabbed the advantage back and applied a standing surfboard while Orca was on her knees. The champ though refused to submit and was finally able to knock Corrie off balance. Corrie came off the far ropes, but Orca was able to get to her feet and collided with Corrie. Both women went down, and Orca was the first to get back up. Corrie looked knocked out. Tawney left the announce table to check on her sister but was sent back to the table by ref Buddy Lane. Orca nailed Corrie with a splash on her back, turned her over, and nailed a splash on her front to get the win. Post-Match: Tawney rolled into the ring to check on her sister who was not moving. Orca looked like she was going to leave the ring, so Tawney made the mistake of turning her back. Suddenly Orca grabbed Tawney's head in both her hands and dragged her up. She forced Tawney to her knees and then drove her knee into Tawney's back. She then dropped an elbow on the back of her neck, before coming off the ropes with a devastating splash. Neither England sister was moving as the Russian champ left the ring to a chorus of boos. [end of first hour]
Interview: Steve Disalvo tries to have a prematch meeting with his partner Manny Silva, but the Hawaiian makes it clear that he is being forced into this tag match and will just as likely take out Disalvo as he will his opponents. Disalvo instructs his valet Lisa Caress not to stay at ringside for this match, as its too dangerous. Bout #5 Vendetta & Phillip Navarre and Steve Disalvo & Manny Silva was declared a no-contest at 0:00 -yeah, this match never got started. Manny Silva attacked Vendetta before the bell, and the 4 men spilled outside the ring. Disalvo and Silva had the advantage thanks to the sneak attack and they pummeled their opponents outside the ring, ignoring Vic Gate's instructions. With Vendetta laid out, and Navarre being double teamed, suddenly Silva attacked his own partner Disalvo from behind. He drove Disalvo head first into the barricade, then grabbed a chair and nailed Navarre, and then Disalvo. The match was thrown out and Silva left the area the last man standing. Video: "Stop To Love" by Luther Vandross a current top 40 hit provides the music and RCW provides the St. Valentine's Day footage of the lovely Lisa Caress, England Sisters, Misty Blue Simmes, and Sherri Martel. That then segues into, "War" by Bruce Springsteen which is set to footage of the carnage brought on by Orca the Women's champion. Promo: Theatrical trailer for "Over The Top" which opened in theatres yesterday.
Bout #6 RCW TV Title Match Armand Rougeau defeated Ben Bassarab by disqualification for outside interference at 13:23 [Ben Bassarab retained the RCW TV Title] -fast paced start with both men getting in high octane moves, and matching each other move for move. Armand hit dropkicks, a German suplex, snap suplex, spinning toe hold, flying elbowsmash, and a sleeperhold. For his part Bassarab hit dropkicks, snap suplexes, baseball slide, but got pushed off when he went for a superplex. Rougeau followed that up with an elbowdrop from the top, and got 1, 2 Kickout!! Rougeau now held the advantage for several minutes, trying to finish off the champ first with a series of full-nelsons, and then the sleeperhold. Bassarab managed to get a breather when he was knocked out of the ring. Back inside he went toe to toe with the challenger and then nailed a snap suplex for a 1 count. He tried for a Boston crab but was pushed off. The champ though came off the ropes with a running kneesmash nearly decapitating Rougeau, and got a 2 count. Bassarab saw the end coming and nailed a pair of German suplexes. However before he could get any further Neil Guay came out and distracted the ref while Richard Charland entered the ring and clotheslined Bassarab from behind. Kid Gallahad came running from the back and went after Charland. Of course by then Guay walked away and when Jurgen Hermann turned around Charland was gone and Gallahad was standing inside the ring. Rougeau was still down so Hermann put 1 and 1 together and got 3, and called for the DQ. Interview: Ben Bassarab was furious with Kid Gallahad for getting him disqualified, with Les Quebecois for their tactics, and with Hermann for his incompetency. Bassarab says he has a call in back to Alberta for some back-up in this war. This brings out Kid Gallahad and J.J. Funk. Gallahad tries to apologize but Bassarab won't listen, telling the two of them they aren't needed in this war. They try and tell Bassarab that its their war too but he won't hear it. Bassarab walks away, and Gallahad tries to pull him back. JJ then pulls Gallahad away as it looks like he and Bassarab may get into it. This infuriates Gallahad who pushes JJ, who pushes back. Then the two start throwing punches as Bassarab grabs his belt and leaves. Pre-Match: "No One Like You" by the Scorpions plays as the foxy looking England Sisters escort the tag team champion Longriders down to ringside for their match. Even though they are Canadian the sisters are decked out in star spangled biker jeans and leather for the occassion. Main Event RCW Tag Team Title Match Flag Match The Longriders defeated Chris Markoff & Boris Zhukov by capturing the Russian flag from a pole at 8:27 [The Longriders retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] -nothing special in this tag match, just a lot of brawling, and Scott Hogg Irwin started to bleed in the 2nd minute of the match and by the end was a horrible mess. Wild Bill carried most of the action as his brother looked wobbly, but Scott came in at the end to help Bill take out the Russians and capture the flag. Post-Match: The brothers then tossed the flag out of the ring, grabbed down the American flag, and received a standing ovation as the bloodied but not beaten Scott Hogg waived the flag in victory. The fans continued to cheer as the England Sisters came back out to celebrate with the biker tag team. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!!
February 21, 1987 River City Wrestling #271 Regina, Saskatchewan Opening Bout: Phillip Navarre defeated Rick Renslow by pinfall after the coup de grace at 5:28 -squash match Interview: RCW Champion Steve Disalvo along with his valet Lisa Caress are interviewed. Disalvo is furious at Manny Silva for attacking him last week, throwing him into the guardrail. He wants a piece of Silva tonight. This brings out Marty Goldstein followed shortly after by Phillip Navarre. Goldstein says that Navarre is the #1 contender and has not yet got his fair shot, and there is no way that Silva is getting that shot just because of his underhanded methods. Disalvo says fine, but reminds Goldstein that the reason Navarre can't seem to get a fair title shot is because of Silva's interference. Disalvo says to let him teach Silva a lesson tonight, and then Navarre can have his title shot on another day. Goldstein considers it before relenting. However, he says the match tonight between Disalvo and Silva will be a non-title match. And just to make sure that things get settled, he's making it a street fight! Disalvo and the fans love the sound of that. Navarre isn't happy about the situation but seems somewhat mollified by the knowledge that the next title shot will be his. Promo: March 14th, RCW presents its annual St. Patrick's Day Bash, from the Winnipeg Arena. That's only 3 weeks from tonight!!
Bout #2 Wild Bill Irwin defeated Yuri Gradienko by pinfall after a superplex at 6:00 -squash match Interview: The Longriders, Wild Bill & Scott Hogg Irwin seem happy to have the challenge of the Russians behind them and look forward to meeting some new challengers. They then bring out the England Sisters. After extolling their virtues for a minute they assure the girls that one of them will soon beat Orca for the Women's title. It appears that Tawney and Wild Bill might now be a couple?
Bout #3 Boyscout Richard Ryan defeated Hawaiian Punch by pinfall after a schoolboy at 3:37 -squash match, and the first time Ryan didn't have to cheat to win Interview: Boyscout Richard Ryan insists that depsite the neanderthal treatment he received at the hands of Malone & Cummings last week that he still has the upper hand against the duo in the win category. He says though that he is done wrestling those preliminary losers and is ready for some better action in RCW. Promo: The WWF returns to the Winnipeg Arena on February 28th with the main event pitting WWF champion Hulk Hogan against top contender Jake "the Snake" Roberts. Also in action will be the Can-Am Connection, Outback Jack, the Honky Tonk Man, Blackjack Mulligan, Demolition, and many more great ring stars. Promo: WrestleMania 3 is set for March 29th from the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit Michigan. Be part of history as the WWF tries to set a new indoor attendence record of over 90,000 screaming Hulkamaniacs!!
Bout #4 North American Women's Title Match Orca defeated Tawney England by pinfall after a splash at 6:51 [Orca retained the North American Women's Title] -Tawney gave it all she had, matching Orca brawling move for brawling move, including a nice kick to the gut followed by a DDT for a near fall. She also took the match outside on several occassions and dished out the punishment driving Orca hard into the announce table and the ring apron. However, unable to get the victory, and unable to use her hairplane spin as Orca was too heavy, she made a fatal mistake in going to the top rope. England came off for a cross body block, but Orca was able to maintain her footing and then powerslam England to the mat. One splash, followed by a second, and it was an easy 3 count for the win. Post-Match: Boris Zhukov and Chris Markoff hit the ring. Markoff held Tawney's arms behind her back while Orca kicked and punched her unmolested. Zhukov stood guard but couldn't stop them when the Longriders hit the ring to make the save, driving the Russians out of the ring. [end of first hour]
Bout #5 Kid Gallahad and J.J. Funk battled to a no-contest at 4:47 -tempers flared up last week with these two ending in a punch-up, and this match was the follow-up of that incident. They got it out of their system as best they could in a total brawl that spent as much time out of the ring as inside. However, the match wasn't thrown out because of their conduct, but rather because both of them were jumped by Les Quebecois, Richard Charland, Neil Guay, and Armand Rougeau. Funk and Gallahad were left laying. Interview: Manny Silva rants about his match tonight against Disalvo being a non-title match. But he says that dead men can't hold titles and after tonight that freak Disalvo will be a dead man.
Bout #6 RCW TV Title Match Everyone banned from ringside Ben Bassarab defeated Armand Rougeau by pinfall after a flying crossbody block at 9:53 [Ben Bassarab retains the RCW TV Title] -another excellent match between these two with all other performers banned from ringside, a stipulation which was actually respected throughout the match. Bassarab controlled early, then Rougeau controlled later. Nice mix of high flying moves with scientific. Rougeau poured on the offense but when he went for a top rope dropkick, Bassarab was able to dive out of the way. He tossed Rougeau into the corner, nailed a backbody drop. Followed up with a dropkick, then a snap suplex, then came off the ropes with his finisher to end the match. Post-Match: As Bassarab celebrated, Kid Gallahad came out from the back and confronted him. He asked Bassarab why he wasn't there to help him and Funk out earlier. Bassarab tells Gallahad he was getting ready for his own match, and besided he says he is not Gallahad or Funk's friend, or partner. In fact, he says he has a call in back to Alberta for a real friend of his to come out and help watch his back against Les Quebecois. Gallahad just shakes his head.
Main Event Streetfight Non-Title Match Steve Disalvo v Manny Silva For this streetfight a victory can come by pinfall or submission, and all holds are legal. Silva attacked Disalvo at the opening bell with a kick to the groin and then a blatant choke. Since all such moves are legal in a streetfight there wasn't anything Buddy Lane could do but watch and get ready to count the pinfalls. Silva used the tag rope to choke Disalvo then stood on the bottom rope to further choke Disalvo. He slowed things down with a double nervehold from behind, before delivering some karate chops to the side of the neck, then a neck vise. The big champion was solidly the fan favorite in this match, fought through the pain and got to his feet, only to have Silva bring him back down with a low blow. Silva worked a front chancery which he kept putting into a choke. Lane tried to get him to stop but Silva argued that the hold was legal in this match. Finally Disalvo started a comeback with a well timed punch to the throat. Silva came at him and received another punch. Slowly the champ turned things around and then really punished Silva with a powerslam. The Hawaiian rolled out of the ring to try and buy some time. But the champ from Boston rolled out after him and slammed him into the guardrail, before slamming the guardrail back onto Silva. Grabbing a steel chair from the crowd he smashed Silva on the head. Silva was busted wide open. Buddy Lane tried to get them to return to the ring but of course they didn't have to listen. Disalvo went under the ring and grabbed a wooden chair. He smashed the wooden chair over Silva's head sending wood everywhere. Silva even had a splinter coming out of his bloodied forehead. Disalvo went to work on Silva with a piece of broken wood trying to carve his initials into his forehead. Finally the big man dragged the Hawaiian back into the ring, nailed two running clotheslines, pinned, and got 1, 2, Kickout! Powerlsam followed by a DDT got another 2 count. When Disalvo went for a piledriver his bloodied opponent was swinging his fists wildly and caught referee Buddy Lane right in the crotch, sending him down. Disalvo hit the piledriver and would have got the 3 count but there was no ref to count. Disavlo tried to revive Lane but then got ambushed from behind by Silva. Silva rammed the champ's head into the ring post, then left the ring and smashed Disalvo's shoulder off the post two times. Back inside Silva went to work, using his leg muscles to choke Disalvo. Lane tried to make him break which made Silva go nuts. Lane got into it with Silva before the Hawaiian snapped. Silva punched Lane in the side of the head, and then wrapped his neck between the 2nd and top ropes and choked him. He left Lane tied up and went to work on Disalvo with a powerslam showing his own great strength followed by a wheelbarrow suplex. He seemed pleased to see Marty Goldstein come down to the ring and ordered the commissioner to make the count. But Goldstein refused and called for the bell and for some help to aid Lane who he had just got untangled from the ropes and now lay unconscious. Steve Disalvo defeated Manny Silva in a streetfight by disqualfication for abuse of official at 9:59 Post-Match: Silva grabbed Goldstein from behind with a look of menace, but before he could do anything Vendetta hit the ring and took Silva out with a football style tackle. The two traded punches but it was the well rested Vendetta who got the better of it. Steve Disalvo now recovered though and took out Vendetta from behind. He bodyslammed the Haitiaan into the buckles, hanging him up in the tree of whoa. He then went back to work on Silva with punches and then a DDT from the second rope. Phillip Navarre hit the ring and traded punches with Disalvo, knocking him back to the ropes. The champ had enough for one night and ducked out of the ring. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
February 28, 1987 River City Wrestling #272 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Opening Bout: The England Sisters defeated Ultra-Vixen & Shelly Salter by pinfall when Corrie England pinned Salter after flying headscissors at 5:28 -not much competition here for the England Sisters Interview: The interview begins with Ron Strong and the England Sisters, but then the Longriders come out to join them. They are raging mad again against the Russians for the way they treated Tawney and Corrie last week. The tag champions say they want revenge. Surprisingly Chris Markoff, Boris Zhukov, Yuri Gordienko and Orca come out to answer the challenge. Markoff says they will take on the capitalist pigs in 2 weeks, at the St. Patrick's Day Bash, in a big 8-man tag match. Wild Bill says it ain't fair as they have two women, and the Russians only have one..well sort of. Markoff says that is the only way they will compete. After consulting with his three partners Wild Bill agrees to the match, under one stipulation. If they beat the Russians then the girls get a 2-on-1 handicap match against Orca with the Women's title on the line. Markoff agrees but says that if the Russians win then he and Zhukov get another shot at the tag titles, but this time it will be fair and square as the match will take place in Mother Russia with a good commrade referee. Hesitantly the Longriders agree to the terms. This brings out Marty Goldstein. While he thanks all involved for doing his job for him and making matches, he agrees to sanction the match. Also tonight, he tells each team to choose a participant for a warm-up match. Promo: RCW uses footage from ABC's mini-series Amerika which aired betwen February 8th to 15th (starring Kris Kristofferson) showing life 10 years after the US is defeated and occupied by the USSR, to increase viewer tension over the upcoming match at the St. Patrick's Bash. Bout #2 Boyscout Richard Ryan defeated Dave Petro by pinfall after a schoolboy at 3:30 -squash match Interview: Richard Ryan is quite proud of himself and his two week winning streak, and his spirits refuse to be subdued even when Ron Strong points out his opponents' own lack of wins. Promo: "Drain the Life" by the Toastmen is used as a backdrop for the promo for tonight's WWF show at the Winnipeg Arena featuring Hulk Hogan defending his WWF World Title against Jake Roberts.
Bout #3 Armand Rougeau defeated Kid Gallahad by pinfall with his feet on the ropes at 7:09 -good match with Gallahad playing the injured underdog through most of it. Rougeau though made a mistake of going for his top-rope dropkick too soon and Gallahad moved out of the way. A minute later though Gallahad repeated the mistake, and this time when Rougeau went for a quick pin he put his feet on the ropes for extra leverage for a tainted win. Post-Match: J.J. Funk hits the ring and complains to referee Buddy Lane, telling him what just transpired. Lane listened and seemed to apologzie but was helpless as he hadn't seen it. Armand Rougeau had left quickly when JJ hit the ring. Now Gallahad and JJ were left in the ring facing each other. After their dust-ups of the past couple weeks we might have expected fists, but instead we got the two men burying the hatchet with a handshake. Interview: J.J. Funk and Kid Gallahad say they don't know what Ben Bassarab's problem is, or what or who this help is coming from back home in Alberta, bu tif he doesn't want their help then fine, he won't get it. But the two of them are not done with Les Quebecois either, and they warn Bassarab not to get in their way.
Bout #4 Orca defeated Wild Bill Irwin by disqualification for outside interference at 2:14 -After the Longriders had already selected their team member, the audience was shocked when the Russians sent down Orca. But it proved a devious move as Wild Bill refused to strike Orca, although he did try and get her in some basic moves like a headlock, and a sleeperhold. In the end though his limits made him an easy target and Orca was starting to take it to him when the England Sisters hit the ring and attacked Orca from behind. Post-Match: The inevitable 8 person brawl broke out between the Russians and the Longriders/England Sisters. The Russians got the better of it thanks to their overall team's physical advantage.
[end of first hour]
Bout #5 Shawn Cummings & Moe Malone defeated Yuri Gordienko & Ivan Gorky by pinfall when Malone pinned Gorky after a belly-to-belly suplex at 5:49 -Gordienko was already banged up from the brawl just a few minutes prio rto this match, and Gorky is a preliminary wrestler, so Cummings and Malone controlled the vast majority of this match. Pre-Match: After Les Quebecois Richard Charland & Neil Guay are already in the ring, Ben Bassarab comes out and announces his mystery partner is none other then Owen Hart of the famous Hart family (including former RCW tag champs Bret & Keith). Owen says the Frenchies are going to get it Alberta style, just like a bull ride; hard, fast, bumpy, and you'll end up on your back and scrambling from the arena for your life.
Bout #6 Ben Bassarab and Owen Hart defeated Richard Charland & Neil Guay by pinfall when Hart pinned Charland after an enzuigiri at 10:54 -this match went back and forth, with both teams having short advantages and all 4 guys holding their own. Guay tried to use a couple submission moves like the Hangman and a full-nelson, while his partner preferred moves of blunt force like running kneesmashes, and backbreakers. Bassarab and Hart kept fighting from behind and were not afraid to match their bigger opponents punch for punch. In the end Charland got a tag from Guay who had been working on Hart for a minute or so, and after a couple attempts to finish off Hart he tried for a whip to the ropes. Owen though reversed it, but Charland reversed that, but then showed his cards ducking his head for a backbody drop. Owen came with a boot up intending to rearrange Charland's nose, only to have the veteran catch the youngsters foot. But Hart had one more trick up his sleeve nailing Charland with an enzuigiri. The pinfall was so quick and unexpected that Guay reacted slolwy, and did not break up the pin in time. Post-Match: Les Quebecois are quickly joined by their third member Armand Rougeau in a 3-on-2 beatdown. Kid Gallahad and J.J. Funk came down to ringside but then seemed to think better of it and just stood and watched until security arrived to end the beat down. Promo: Tune in on Monday night for a new episode of Fraggle Rock. ("Ring Around the Rock"). It's Ma and Pa Gorg's 513th anniversary, and they must get married again. But where's the ring? and Tune in tonight for a new episode of Family Ties starring Michael J. Fox, ("Spring Reminds Me"), An old neighbor returns with news that Mallory's once-best friend (Rosalie) has died.
Pre-Match: In order to ensure that Phillip Navarre finally gets a fair shot at Disalvo's title, Goldstein calls Manny Silva and Vendetta down to the ring. He tells Silva that due to his actions last week, as he had already been notified last night, he is suspended without pay for this week and next. However, since it is obvious he was going to be here one way or another to disrupt this title shot, he has decided to let Silva come. However, at that point he orders several police constables to connect Manny Silva to Vendetta by handcuffs. They do so under a lot of duress from Silva. Promo Music Video: In two weeks time, at the Winnipeg Arena, RCW presents its St. Patrick's Day Bash. Promo is set to the music "The Final Countdown" by Europe and heavily features the Russians, the Longriders, the England Sisters, but also Les Quebecois, Ben Bassarab, Kid Gallahad, J.J. Funk, Steve Disalvo, Lisa Caress, Phillip Navarre, Manny Silva, and Vendetta
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Phillip Navarre defeated Steve Disalvo by disqualification for outside interference at 7:05 [Steve Disalvo retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] -Wow, it looked like we might have a new champion tonight. After Disalvo controlled the opening couple of minutes, Navarre really poured on the offense. He had Disalvo rocking on the ropes, literally and figuratively. Then all of a sudden mayhen broke out as Silva attacked Vendetta getting the jump on him and wrapping the handcuff chain around Vendetta's neck from behind. This was enough to distract referee Buddy Lane for a few seconds, time in which Lisa Caress entered the ring with a steel chair and nailed Navarre in the back. However, Lane saw the whole thing and called for the bell. Post-Match: The brawls continued unabated as Vendetta battled for his life against Manny Silva, while Disalvo keep up the beating of Navarre who began to show some signs of life again. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
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March 7, 1987 River City Wrestling #273 Fargo, North Dakota Opening Bout: Non-title Handicap Match Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) defeated Dave Petro & Hawaiian Punch by pinfall when he pinned Petro after a piledriver at 4:14 -squash match Promo; Marty Goldstein comes out with a huge announcement for next week's St. Patrick's Bash at the Winnipeg Arena (which of course will also be on TV). In addition to the huge 8-man tag match set up last week, there will be two grudge matches ~ inside a steel cage !! First off, Vendetta gets a chance to get his hands on the most hated man in RCW, Manny Silva. Second, Phillip Navarre finally will get a fair title shot at Steve Disalvo, because it like the Vendetta-Silva match, will be inside a steel cage !! And those matches must be won by pinfall or submission, there is none of that strange cage escape thing. Goldstein also announces that tonight's main event will feature Manny Silva stepping into the ring against a mystery opponent. All Goldstein will reveal about the opponent is that it is the first time he has been in an RCW ring, and that he may be even more crazy then Silva! Bout #2 Shawn Cummings & Moe Malone defeated Rick Renslow & Dave Wagner by pinfall when Cummings pinned Wagner after a flying dropkick at 7:25 -competitive match, but just filler Promo: Miami Vice returns this coming Friday night with an all new episode "Red Tape". Tubbs searches desperately for the source of information leaks about future busts. Guest stars include Annette Benning, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Viggo Mortensen. Promo: WWF's Saturday Night's Main Event next Saturday, March 14th.
Bout #3 Owen Hart defeated Richard Charland by pinfall after a brainbuster at 6:30 -excellent first solo match for Owen in RCW. Not only did he defeat Charland but he had to beat both Guay and Rougeau off the ring apron with dropkicks. Charland then tried to catch Owen from behind but he moved and then caught Mr. Perpetual motion with a brainbuster for the win. Interview: Owen Hart says he is here in RCW to help out his friend Ben Bassarab and he see's why now after what just transpired. When Ron Strong asks Owen about their unwillingness to help out or be helped by Kid Gallahad and J.J. Funk, Owen just shrugs it off saying that's Ben's call, and he's just here to help a friend out.
Bout #4 Scott Hogg defeated Chris Markoff by pinfall after a spinebuster slam at 8:13 -hard fought contest with Markoff controlling most of the "action", and keeping the pace slow. Hogg was on the receiving end through most of the match until he finally turned things around at about 7 minutes and used his power to win the match in short order. Interview: The Longriders are interviewed and we are reminded of the upcoming 8-man tag match next week with the Longriders & England Sisters taking on the Russians. The stipulations of course are that if the Longriders team wins then the England Sisters will get a handi-cap match against Orca with the women's title on the line, but if the Russians win then the 'riders will have to travel to Russia to defend their tag belts against Zhukov & Markoff. When asked point blank if Wild Bill is dating Tawney England, he just dances around the question which seems to annoy his brother who wants all the sordid details. [end of first hour]
Bout #5 J.J. Funk & Kid Gallahad and Armand Rougeau & Neil Guay battled to a double countout at 6:29 -this match never really shook out as fair, with constant double teams and 4 man brawls. Finally it spilled out of the ring and referee Vic Gate seemed more then happy to expediate the 10 count and end this fiasco. Post-Match: Richard Charland joined Les Quebecois to make it a 3 on 2, and they held the advantage on the beat down for a minute until Owen Hart came in to even the odds, and the fan favorites drove the villians away. Interview: J.J. Funk and Kid Gallahad appeal to Owen Hart to join them in a 3 on 3 battle against Les Quebecois. Owen hesitates saying he is only here to help out Ben Bassarab. But after some persuading he says he will do it. This brings out Ben Bassarab. He tells Owen that J.J. and Gallahad can't be trusted, their allegiances sway with the wind, and that's exactly why he called in Owen. Hart considers this and is stuck in the middle. Finally he tells Bassarab that he is a big boy who can take care of himself and wants to team with Funk and Gallahad. Owen tells Ben he is acting like an idiot. Fine Bassarab says, but he wants in as well then to watch Owen's back. With that Kid Gallahad challenges Les Quebecois to find themselves a partner and meet them in an 8-man tag match at next week's St. Patricks Bash.
Pre-Match: Boyscout Richard Ryan is high on his success against Dave Petro and Hawaiian Punch the last 2 weeks, and calls out anyone from the dressing room to take him on. The fans cheer loudly as number one contender Phillip Navarre takes up the challenge with an evil grin on his face. Bout #6 Phillip Navarre defeated Boyscout Richard Ryan by pinfall with the coup de grace at 4:00 -glorified squash match Interview: Phillip Navarre is being interviewed and is confident that he can take the title from Disalvo. When asked if the steel cage favors a strong brawler like Disalvo, Navarre replies that it favors the challenger because the champion can't rely on help or fleeing. The interview is rudely interrupted by Manny Silva. The two almost come to blows but Navarre finally agrees to let Silva take over the interview as he was going to leave anyway to prepare for his title shot next week (which is salt in the wounds for Silva). Manny Silva rants about how he is going to finish the job and kill Vendetta next week in a steel cage. He says he's a primitive animal, a mad dog, and fighting in a cage is exactly playing into his hands. He continues to rant but is abruptly cut off to go to commercial. Promo: Warner Brothers is proud to release to theatres this weekend, the sure fire hit "Lethal Weapon", starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. A veteran detective is partnered with a young detective with a suicidal death wish. Two Cops. Glover carries a weapon..... Gibson is one. He's the only L.A cop registered as a Lethal Weapon. Main Event Mystery Opponent Kamala defeated Manny Silva by countout at 6:21 -Silva actually looked frightened when the Ugandan giant came strolling to the ring as the mystery opponent, slapping his belly on the way. Silva played a bit of hide and seek but to his credit tried his best to take the fight to Kamala. However, after a few minutes of brawling he was getting worn down and Kamala still looked good to go. Bleeding from the forehead and the arm, Manny Silva made a decision to abandon the fight and leave the ring. He was met halfway up the aisle though by Vendetta who slammed him into the guardrail. Post-Match: Vendetta went to work on Manny Silva, using the guardrail and a steel chair to further bust open the Hawaiian madman. He was a bloody mess by the time Vendetta let him crawl away on all fours. Promo: The show ends with a two minute promo to "Final Countdown" by Europe with clips of the rivalries involved. Two big 8-man tag matches and two cage matches should make this a great card to see. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week for the big St. Patricks Bash!!
March 14, 1987 River City Wrestling #274 Winnipeg, Manitoba St. Patrick's Bash Opening music, "The Final Countdown" Europe There will be only 4 matches tonight, two in the first hour (both 8-man tag matches), and then two in the second hour (both steel cage matches). Pre-Match: Les Quebecois come to the ring (Richard Charland, Armand Rougeau, and Neil Guay). They reveal their tag team partner, saying he is not from Quebec and is not French, but like the French he comes from a culture of never say die, never retreat, never surrender. From the land of the Kamikaze, the land of the rising sun, Mr. Saito!! Opening Bout: 8-Man Tag Team Match Ben Bassarab, Owen Hart, Kid Gallahad, & JJ Funk v Richard Charland, Armand Rougeau, Neil Guay, & Mr. Saito Charland begins things against Bassarab, and after a lock-up walks him over to Les Quebecois corner. They try and ambush him but Bassarab throws elbows stunning Rougeau and Guay. Saito however grabs Bassarab around the waist and pulls him hard into the corner, allowing Charland a running boot to the midsection. Tossing him out of the corner Charland goes to work on the TV champ before tagging out to the power man Hangman Neil Guay. Bassarab plays Ricky Morton for a couple minutes, before sliding over and tagging in Owen Hart. Rougeau tags in Saito, and we have Saito and Hart locking up very cautiously. These two exchange everything but phone numbers with neither gaining a solid advantage and so they both tag out. Gallahad goes to work on Rougeau and then tags in Funk who presses the advantage. Charland has to make a save on a pin attempt and that creates an 8 man brawl. During that brawl Funk is double teamed and is the legal man so his team immediately is at a disadvantage. Charland tags out to Saito who goes to work with a hammerlock with an armbar, a triangle scissor lock, and then a face first bodyslam which infuriates the fans. He goes for the pin but only gets 2. He looks like he wants to keep working on Funk, but Guay is aggressively calling for the tag so he tags out. Guay stomps away at Funk, but misses an elbow drop, then goes for another, and once again there is no one home. Funk manages to tag out to Bassarab who goes to work on Guay with a boot to the midsection, a snap suplex, and then after Guay grabs his leg, an enzuigiri. He covers but Charland breaks up the pin attempt at 2. Both men tag out and the teams spend a couple minutes cycling guys in and out of the ring with both teams making frequent tags that get the fans on the edge of their seat. It breaks down into our second 8 man brawl with the villians once again taking the upper hand. Kid Gallahad played Ricky Morton but Richard Charland, then Armand Rougeau were unable to finish him off. Gallahad made a spirited comeback, but after Rougeau telegraphed a back body drop and Gallahad caught him with a kick to the face, he made the mistake of going to the top instead of making the tag. Mr. Saito was able to shake the ropes enough to delay him, and Rougeau was able to toss Gallahad off the top rope. Rougeau tagged in Saito who nailed Gallahad with a Salto Suplex for the win. Richard Charland, Armand Rougeau, Neil Guay, & Mr. Saito defeated Ben Bassarab, Owen Hart, Kid Gallahad, & J.J. Funk by pinfall when Saito pinned Gallahad after a Salto suplex at 15:36
Bout #2 8-Man Tag Match Wild Bill Irwin, Scott Hogg Irwin, Tawney England, & Corrie England v Chris Markoff, Boris Zhukov, Yuri Gradienko, & Orca Special stipulations for this match are that if the Longriders team wins then the England Sisters will get a 2 on 1 Handi-cap match against Orca next week with the Women's title on the line. However if the Russians win then the Longriders will have to travel to Russia to defend their tag belts against Markoff & Zhukov. The main story of this match is that it is basically a 4 on 2, with the Longriders refusing to tag in the England Sisters a move they consider to be valiant, but that obviously is not liked by the Sisters who find ways of becoming involved anyway. In the meantime the Russians see nothing wrong with tagging in Orca who holds her own against the men, and if anything it is Gradienko who is the weak link on the communist team. After a while though the tag champs wore down, with Wild Bill inside the ring and Scott Hogg gasping for breath on the ring apron. So Tawney made the blind tag off of Bill's back and entered the ring against Markoff. Bill tried to protest so had to be put out of the ring by Jurgen Hermann the referee. Tawney took advantage of this to nail Markoff with a kick to the groin, followed by a bulldog. Getting back to her feet Corrie warned her just in time as Zhukov tried to nail her with a running clothesline. Tawney though ducked under and Corrie caught Zhukov with a boot as he enteted the corner. Gradienko then entered the ring but Tawney caught him with a flying arm drag, only to be pulverized by Orca. Gate regained control of the ring and Tawney was in trouble. She almost got to a tag when Markoff did the same, but Orca managed to drag her back to the middle of the ring. She hit a splash on Tawney, went for the pin, 1, 2, pulled her opponent up!! She went for another splash, but Wild Bill tripped her up coming off the ropes. This touched off an all participant brawl which saw Corrie fly off the top rope and take out Zhukov. Tawney managed a tag out to Wild Bill who caught Orca in a sleeperhold. The behemoth tried to slam Wild Bill backward into the corner, but all 3 of Wild Bill's teammates stood in the corner to soften the blow. Wild Bill then switched his hands and nailed Orca with a bulldog. The Russians tried to break up the pin but were taken out by Wild Bill's teammates. The Longriders & The England Sisters defeated The Russians by pinfall when Wild Bill pinned Orca after a bulldog at 12:02 Post-Match: Tawney and Wild Bill celebrate with a nice clinch and a kiss, which may end any doubts as to the nature of their relationship. Scott Hogg then asks Corrie for a kiss, and she obliges, but only with a peck on the cheek.
[end of first hour]
Video: A video is played to "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne which alternates between the ring crew errecting the steel cage, and Vendetta, Phillip Navarre, Manny Silva, and Steve Disalvo preparing in the dressing rooms for their matches tonight.
Bout #3 Steel Cage Match Vendetta v Manny Silva Vendetta goes right at Silva as they enter the cage, attacking him before the bell. You can still see purple bruising around his neck from where Silva choked him between the top and middle ring ropes. The Haitian tosses Silva off the steel cage, then rakes his forehead across it busting Silva open in the second minute of the match. Not satisfied with this Vendetta nails Silva with a shoulder jawbreaker and as Silva lie on his stomach, head bleeding, he spits out what looks to be a tooth, and some blood from his mouth. Vendetta pulls him up by the hair but the tough Hawaiian sees red and fires back with an elbow to the gut of Vendetta, then a neckbreaker. Both men recover and then go at each other with punches and kicks. Silva takes control of the match and uses the steel cage to bust Vendetta open. He nails a piledriver and his pinfall only comes short of victory by a tenth of a second. He argues with Vic Gate over a perceived slow count which allows Vendetta to catch him with a diving clothesline. Vendetta attacks now with knife hand chops to the bloodied forehead, a rope rake, a pumphandle slam, and then a faceslam, rubbing Silva's head on the mat leaving a gruesome blood stain. Vendetta comes off the top buckle with a flying shoulderblock and gets a 2 count. He goes for it again, but this time Silva moves out of the way, then locks on a crossface chickenwing. Vendetta manages to get a rope break but Silva is back in control of the match. He nails a reverse russian legsweep, a reverse knee face driver off the 2nd buckle, and a belly to back suplex for a 2 count. Frustrated Silva goes for another piledriver but this time Vendetta backflips him. Vendetta comes off the ropes with a baseball slide catching Silva in the face. He covers for a 2 count. The Haitian then follows up with a front suplex, holds on, picks Silva up and nails him with a swinging neckbreaker. He covers, 1, 2, foot on the ropes. Vendetta changes tactics going to submission moves first trying a full nelson, then a cobra clutch but Silva refuses to be beaten. The two men exchange punches and kicks, and when Vendetta goes for another neckbreaker Silva pushes him off into the steel cage and then back drops him. Silva then catches him with a football tackle and follows up with some mounted punches. Vendetta's head bounces off the canvas with every punch. Silva then scoops up Vendetta on his shoulders and runs him head first into the cage wall. He follows up with an airplane spin tossing Vendetta's body off at the end bouncing him off the steel cage once again. With a look of carnage on his face Silva wrapped the top and middle ropes around Vendetta's neck, trying once again to choke him out with this very dangerous move. Referee Vic Gate would not stand for this and applied a quick count and made Silva break. Silva though was a man who was not going to be denied, applying choke holds until Gate made him break. He then applied a sleeperhold and kept moving the forearm down to choke his opponent. Vendetta was basically out on his feet. Silva nailed a wheelbarrow suplex but didn't go for the pin despite Gate telling him to do so. Silva nailed a second wheelbarrow suplex and then stood over Vendetta who was not moving. Mad Dog Manny Silva then pulled Vendetta up by the hair and put the sleeperhold on. Gate immediately called for the bell. Manny Silva defeated Vendetta by referee stoppage at 14:40 Post-Match: Vic Gate did his best to shield the unmoving body of Vendetta from further attack by Manny Silva who clearly had lost his mind. Silva continued to try and get at Vednetta until more wrestlers and officials arrived on the scene, and the cage could be opened for their intervention. Vendetta was removed from the ring in a somber moment on a stretcher, with a paramedic using a towel to clean the face of the fallen man, the white of the towel quickly turning blood red.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Steel Cage Match "Strangler" Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) (champion) v Phillipe Navarre Navarre started strong with some offense, but by the third minute of the match he was getting physically beat down by the bigger, meaner champion. A series of axhandles to the back, followed by a reverse chinlock, then a neckbreaker had the champ in control. Disalvo kept pressing his advantage but didn't get Navarre to the state of being beaten, with the determined Frenchman doing enough to keep it going. The first big turning point in the match occured during a referee knockdown, with Buddy Lane down on the mat, Lisa Caress tried to distract Navarre. When Disalvo charged though the challenger moved out of the way, and Disalvo went head first into the cage wall. When he got up Disalvo was busted wide open. Navarre went to work on Disalvo, driving his knee into the shoulder repeatedly, before putting him in an armbar, wrenching the arm away from the shoulder. He tried for a shoulderbreaker but couldn't control the big Disalvo and both men went down in a heap. The challenger then went after the knee with a crucifix kneebar, and then a pair of kneebreakers. He came off the ropes and nailed the hobbling champ with a clothesline. He tried for a second one but this time the champ extended his elbow and caught the challenger in the face. Disalvo spent his advantage recovering instead of pressing, and the two locked up in the middle of the ring. Navarre went with a duck around, ducked a couple of elbows, but when he tried for a belly to back, the champ used his leg to block it, then gave the challenger a quick and undetected mule kick to the groin. He then tried for a DDT but Navarre pushed him off, right into Buddy Lane who went down for the second time in the match. The fans jeered as Mad Dog Manny Silva came down to the ringside area with a fire extinguisher. He pushed Lisa Caress to the ground, walked to the announce table and took the RCW heavyweight title belt. Throwing the belt to the ground he smashed at it with the edge of the extinguisher. By now both Navarre and Disalvo were distracted standing at the edge of the cage yelling at Silva. Manny turned to them and turned the fire extinguisher on them, spraying a cloud of chemical fog into the ring! You could barely make out as the two competitors bumped into each other, and then you could see Disalvo nail Navarre with a DDT. By now referee Buddy Lane had stirred, and from a few feet away counted a slow, 1, 2, 3 !!! Steve Disalvo defeated Phillip Navarre by pinfall after a DDT at 13:35 [Steve Disalvo retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] Post-Match: Even though he won, Steve Disalvo looked mad enough to have been a beaten man. He helped his valet off the ground, then retrieved his damaged title belt. Silva had taken off by now and Disalvo was enraged. That's it for this special edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
March 21, 1987 River City Wrestling #275 Brandon, Manitoba Opening Bout: Shawn Cummings defeated Jeff Gillies by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 4:41 -squash match Promo: Marty Goldstein comes out to give us a few updates from last week's card, and he doesn't look happy. First of all he says that Vendetta is injured. He suffered a concussion at some point in the match and wrestled with that condition, a very serious and unfortunate occurence which can result in brain damage. There is no time frame available right now as to when he will return. In regards to that he would love to suspend Manny Silva both for his actions against Vendetta, as well as interrupting and corrupting the title match, but also for his vandalism of the RCW Heavyweight title belt that not only belongs to Steve Disalvo, but really belongs to all the fans and wrestlers in River City Wrestling. However, the fans themselves, as well as Phillip Navarre and Steve Disalvo have come forward and demanded that Silva pay for his transgressions the River City way ~ in the ring. So it shall be. It was a hard decision whether to put Silva in a ring tonight against Disalvo or Navarre. However, he does not want to reward Silva for his actions, and Navarre did lose last week, no matter how tainted. So the decision is that in tonight's main event there will be an "Anything Goes Match" between Phillip Navarre and Manny Silva, with the winner to become the #1 contender for Disalvo's Heavyweight Title. Finally Goldstein warns Disalvo to stay out of this match or he will be stripped of his title.
Bout #2 Boris Zhukov defeated Moe Malone by pinfall after a headbutt at 6:08 -pretty competitive match, and its not often that Zhukov is out muscled as was the case in this one. However, Zhukov used that freakish big, hard head of his to be the deciding factor in the match. Interview: In his best broken English Boris Zhukov explains that Chris Markoff has been sent back to the satellite Yugoslavia where he belongs, and that he was not really a Russian, which is why they lost last week. Zhukov says he will be better off on his own and still has the support of his homeland, the Kremlin, and the KGB. Promo: Last week Warner Brothers took the #1 spot at the box office with the buddy cop film "Lethal Weapon". Will that hold the top spot for a second week or can Warner Brothers take the top spot for the second straight week with a new movie. "Burglar" starring Whoopi Goldberg & Bob Goldthwait. A first rate comedy about a second story woman.
Bout #3 Richard Charland & Armand Rougeau defeated Brent Heeter & Dean Dobbin by pinfall when Charland pinned Heeter after a piledriver at 5:50 -squash match, first time on TV for the local Manitoba boys Heeter from Roblin Manitoba, and Dobbin the real local boy from Brandon. Interview: Les Quebecois Charland and Rougeau are joined by their third member Neil Guay. They say they are still going after Bassarab's TV title but they also have a new goal, the tag titles held by the Longriders. Bout #4 Kid Gallahad & J.J. Funk defeated Yuri Gordienko & Ivan Gorky by pinfall when Gallahad pinned Gorky after a Gallahad Lance at 7:03 -competive match, but the Russians just were no where near the athletes of their opponents, especially Gallahad. Interview: Gallahad & Funk also throw their names in the hat to be considered as top contenders for the tag belts held by the Longriders. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News: - Jimmy Carter's controversial visit to Syria, and his criticism of President Reagan's middle East policy - Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger's claim that early deployment is feasible despite previous indications to the contrary; the Star Wars program -Controversies surrounding Governor Evan Mecham (Arizona) since he took office in January reviewed; cancelling Martin Luther King Junior holiday, soliciting lists of homosexuals in state government in order to fire them -Contribution to evangelist Oral Roberts following his threat to die unless funds were raised
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Bout #5 North American Women's Title Match Handi-Cap Match Orca defeated Tawney & Corrie England by disqualification at 7:16 [Orca retained the North American Women's Title] -it's a good thing there were two of them, as even then the match was pretty even throughout, although as predictable the champ began to wear down. However the behemoth Orca was too much and took over the match against Tawney England. She hit her with a splash, and would have got the pinfall but Corrie entered the ring to break it up. She hit another splash, another break up. A third splash, and this time as soon as she stepped foot into the ring, referee Jurgen Hermann had seen enough and called for the bell disqualifying the England Sisters. Interview: TV champion Ben Bassarab is interviewed. His new attitude, with more of an edge continues. He admits disapointment that Kid Gallahad was pinned to lose the 8-man tag match last week, but that's why he likes single wrestling better, he only has to rely on himself. In light of those comments, Ron Strong asks about his involvement with Owen Hart and whether that will continue. Bassarab gets agitated, saying that he hears that the next match in the program will be a #1 contender match for a shot at his TV title, and that the competitors will be Mr. Saito and Owen Hart. He says it doesn't matter who wins it, friend or foe, no one is taking this TV title from him. Promo: WWF presents WrestleMania 3 from Pontiac, Michigan. Be part of history as the WWF sets a new indoor attendence record, and champion Hulk Hogan meets his biggest, greatest, and most personal challenge yet in the 8th Wonder of the World, Andre the Giant!!
Bout #6 #1 challenger match for TV title Mr. Saito defeated Owen Hart by pinfall after a Salto suplex at 8:23 -very good match, lots of back and forth and Hart surprised the fans as he didn't seem to mind initiating brawls both inside the ring and outside. One has to wonder though if this did not feed right into the hands of Saito who won the match with his finisher. Video: Highlites of the Longriders, The England Sisters, Ben Bassarab, and Kid Gallahad are shown to the song "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship. Interview: RCW Heavyweight champion Steve Disalvo is so upset, that he can't even string together a complete sentence. After several failed attempts he lets his valet Lisa Caress speak instead. Lisa shows the camera the damage that was done to the RCW heavyweight title belt by Manny Silva, as well she says she has a bruised butt but won't show the fans that. Disalvo finally able to compose himself enough to speak properly says he is mad that it is Navarre, the French loser, who gets his hands on the Hawaiian Punch Drunk Silva first. Disalvo says he calls himself Mad Dog, but he's going to take him to the pound, neuter him, and turn him into a wimpering poodle. Lisa gives him a hug to make him feel better.
Main Event #1 Contenders Match Anything Goes Match Phillip Navarre v Manny Silva Silva tries to attack Navarre as he enters the ring but the Frenchman is ready for it, tripping Silva and pulling him out of the ring. Outside they brawl, and Navarre throws Silva into the guardrail. They continue to brawl outside the ring, all around the announce table. Finally when the match goes back inside Navarre pushes his advantage with a series of running clotheslines, then an elbowdrop from the second rope. After he only gets a two count, he leaves the ring and comes back with the ring bell. He climbs to the second rope again coming off, but Silva puts a boot up and drives the ring bell right back into the face of Navarre, who is momentarily knocked out. Silva manages to get to his feet first and jams the ring bell into the gut of Navarre and then clocks him with a sweeping motion in the side of the head. The force of that blow knocks Navarre out, and he falls over the second rope. Silva then takes the top and middle strand and goes for his dangerous and patented choke with the ropes. Even though it is anything goes referee Vic Gate steps in and stops Silva from doing this. This gets Silva extremely mad, but when he pushes Gate, the ref pushes back and warns him he'll throw the match out. By now Navarre is recovering and the two men brawl again, first inside the ring, then outside, then into the crowd, then into the aisle way. They brawl all the way to the back, where they disappear from the view of the crowd and cameras for about 15 seconds. When they come back Navarre has Silva in a fireman's carry and the Mad Dog's head is busted wide open!! Navarre carries Silva to the ring and rolls him back in. He goes for the pin and gets 1, 2 Kickout!! Navarre whips Silva to the buckle, nails a backbody drop, gets another 2 count. He then goes for the coup de grace but Silva blocks it sending Navarre to the buckle. The two men collide and go down hard. Silva is up first and catches his opponent with a running kneelift. Next he nails a German suplex, then his wheelbarrow suplex finisher. Vic Gate counts 1, 2 Kickout!!! Silva complains about a slow count, and he may have a point as it was a bit slow and Gate appears to have taken an unprofessional disliking to the Hawaiian. Navarre battles back with punches but Silva catches him with precision in the throat, then works the kidneys, before dropping Navarre to his knees with a kick to the back of the leg, and then gives him a bulldog the rest of the way down. He follows up with a hotshot, and then applies a triangle choke. Navarre manages to reach the ropes but Silva refuses to break the hold. Finally he breaks under threat of the match being thrown out. Silva then bodyslams Navarre to the mat. He gets the ringbell again, climbs to the top rope, his face a crimson mask, and comes off driving the ring bell into the throat of Navarre. He covers, but there is no ref to count!! Vic Gate has slid out of the ring, throwing his arms up in disgrace, and walks out!! Manny Silva is stunned, and doesn't know what to do. No contest ? 13 minutes or so??? Silva lets his guard down, and pays for it as Steve Disalvo comes from the audience into the ring and nails Silva with a running clothesline from behind. He follows up with a second running clothesline, and then a piledriver for good measure. He calls for his title belt which Lisa Caress passes to him, and then he drives it into the head of Silva. The champ stands there with a mixture of cheers and jeers, damaged title belt held high, and his top two challengers both laid out and bleeding. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!!
March 28, 1987 River City Wrestling #276 Lethbridge, Alberta Opening Bout: Non-title Match The Longriders defeated Tony Leone & Jack Kruger by pinfall when Wild Bill pinned Kruger after a superplex at 5:20 -squash match Promo: Marty Goldstein apologizes to fans for what happened at the end of last week, with the referee Vic Gate walking out of the match and refusing to count the pin for Manny Silva. Despite Silva's actions which have been terrible, he deserved to have won that match, and so Goldstein is making him the #1 contender. He will get his title shot against Steve Disalvo in tonight's main event. Furthermore, all attempts to contact Gate have been unsuccessful so he is officially fired, which brings RCW back to two officials, Buddy Lane and Jurgen Hermann. Bout #2 Premiere of Bobby Bold Eagle & Sunny War Cloud Bobby Bold Eagle & Sunny War Cloud defeated Dave Wagner & Rick Renslow by pinfall when War Cloud pinned Renslow after a double tomahawk at 7:11 -Eagle & War Cloud are the stereotypical native pro wrestlers including coming to the ring with a headress of feathers and doing the little rain dance before the match. Wagner and Renslow gave them all they could handle in a very competitive match. Bout #3 Moe Malone defeated Sonny Rodgers by submission to the bear hug at 4:45 -squash match Bout #4 Boris Zhukov defeated Shawn Cummings by pinfall after a headbutt at 6:40 -Cummings had his moments but he is still a step below the level of a Zhukov. [end of first hour] Pre-Match: Ron Strong is joined by Owen Hart. Hart has a plaque that he wants to present to his good friend TV champion Ben Bassarab. The TV champ comes out to accept. Hart says the occassion is that Bassarab has hit the one year mark as TV champ. The two shake hands and Bassarab thanks Owen for the "recognition". He also reminds Owen, and the fans, that he is the only 3 time TV champion. His lack of humility doesn't really go over well with the fans. Mr. Saito comes out with Hangman Neil Guay. Mr. Saito is the #1 contender for the TV title having beaten Owen Hart last week for that honor. Guay and Saito generally menace the duo, until an impromptu tag match is created. Bout #5 Ben Bassarab & Owen Hart defeated Neil Guay & Mr. Saito by pinfall when Owen pinned Guay after a necksnap from the top rope at 10:20 -Mr. Saito had more the dismeanor of a guy wanting to scout out and dissect the TV champ Bassarab then someone who wanted the duke. Guay worked the majority of the match and wore down quick against the two dynamic opponents.
Bout #6 #1 contenders match Armand Rougeau & Richard Charland defeated Kid Gallahad & J.J. Funk by pinfall when Charland pinned Gallahad after a piledriver at 11:16 -excellent, high octane match, with plenty of quick tags and a fast tempo for all 11 minutes plus. In the end a bit of double teaming helped Les Quebecois overcome their worthy opponents to take the title shot Interview: Les Quebecois, Charland, Rougeau, & Guay of course promise to take the titles from the Longriders, who they say are the protected golden boys of pro wrestling, just like the English speaking politicians of Alberta.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match
Steve Disalvo (champion) (/w Lisa Caress) v Mad Dog Manny Silva Not surprisingly this match started with a torrid pace of punching and kicking. Disalvo got the better of the challenger and went to work with knee lifts, more punches, kicks, a bodyslam, a backbreaker, and an elbowdrop from the 2nd buckle for a 2 count. He thern put Silva in a painful standing surfboard, before trying to finish him off with a DDT. But Silva was able to grab the top rope to avoid the DDT. Silva fired back now with punches, kicks, a bodyslam, a brief armbar, then more punches and kicks. He nailed the wheelbarrow suplex but Disavlo was a bit too big to hit it cleanly, and so it didn't have full impact, and the champ kicked out after a 2 count. Disalvo then took over repeating much of the offense he already displayed. This time he went for a piledriver finisher only to have Silva counter with a backbody drop. Silva then repeated most of he offense he had already shown. This time as Silva was pressing a masked man wearing black jeans and a white sweater came down to ringside. This distracted referee Buddy Lane, then Manny Silva. After a couple minutes of this distraction Silva finally left the ring to confront the masked man who looked like a pretty big hombre on his own, a bit taller then Silva and about the same weight. After the masked man stared him down and refused to leave Silva began throwing punches. But the mysterious man fired right back with punches, and an elbowsmash right between the eyes, followed by an atomic drop, then a clothesline. By this time Lane had called for the bell. No Contest at 10:18 [Steve Disalvo retains the RCW Heavyweight Title] Post-Match: Looking like his work was done the masked man began walking away. Steve Disalvo let his guard down, taking the title belt and arrogantly displaying it to the crowd. The masked man quickly returned, entering the ring, and sucker punched Disalvo from behind. He laid in a couple more punches, then nailed the champ with a piledriver. The mask stayed on as the show ended. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!!
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April 4, 1987 River City Wrestling #277 Calgary, Alberta Opening Bout: Phillip Navarre defeated Rick Renslow by pinfall at after the coup de grace at 4:03 -squash match Interview: Short interview with Phillip Navarre who is trying to regroup after losing his title shot against Steve Disalvo. Promo: Former Women's champion Misty Blue Simmes has finally been cleared to return to the ring. She has some warm-up matches in the Memphis area this week and will be back in an RCW ring next week to challenge Orca for the North American Women's Title. Bout #2 Bobby Bold Eagle & Sunny War Cloud defeated Tony Leone & Sonny Rodgers by submission when Eagle made Leone submit to the Indian Deathlock at 5:35 -fairly competitive match. The Native tag team is 2-0 now in RCW but really hasn't faced stiff competition yet. Interview: Bobby Bold Eagle & Sunny War Cloud give the usual interview about putting other tag teams on notice they are here to win and to gain the tag team gold. They answer a couple questions about their Native heritage by Ron Strong, who then interrupts them at one point having to point out that the Indian Death Lock is named after East Indians not Native Americans. This seems to throw the young duo into a quandry and the interview just fizzles out from there. Promo: Manny Silva rants about his mistreatment by RCW officials, accusing them of sending down the masked man to interfere last week and to ruin his shot at the RCW Heavyweight title. He also says the match was thrown out because he had to do the dirty work of ejecting the hood, and he gets screwed out of his title shot just because they couldn't do their own dirty work. He demands a re-match of course. Finally Silva begins to say that at least with this taped promo, unlike the interviews, they won't run out of time and cut... Bout #3 Boris Zhukov defeated Moe Malone by pinfall after a headbutt at 7:46 -competitive match after Zhukov defeated Malone's smaller tag team partner Shawn Cummings last week. In fact Malone looked to have Zhukov in trouble in a bearhug after working over his back for a while. However, the Russian got an opportunity while in the clinch to use his headbutt which stunned Malone and got him to break the hold. Zhukov then nailed Malone with a second, then a third headbutt and made the pin. Interview: Boris Zhukov breaks out his best broken English to throw out a challenge to either the TV champion Ben Bassarab or the Heavyweight champion Steve Disalvo, both of whom he calls chicken capitalist pigs. Promo: What will be #1 at the box ofice this Easter long weekend? Blind Date? Platoon? Lethal Weapon? Tin Man? Hoosiers? Well Warner Brothers wants it to be none of the above as they release to theatres this weekend Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol. Starring Steve Guttenberg and Bubba Smith. Take off with the original cast... and some new civilian recruits as they take to the streets and the skies to fight crime.
Bout #4 Kid Gallahad defeated Jack Kruger by pinfall after a Gallahad lance at 2:55 -squash match Promo: On Tonight's Evening News: -Pope John Paul II’s visit to southern Chile following Santiago appearance is marked by major anti-government demonstrations -Trade and acid rain issues facing President Reagan and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney at their summit this weekend -Defection of Army Private Wade Roberts and wife to USSR -Groups lobbying Congress to begin daylight savings time earlier -Growing popularity of pool among women examined [end of first hour] Promo: Marty Goldstein has a message for Manny Silva. Basically it's that Silva continued to interfere in title matches between Phillip Navarre and Steve Disalvo, and now that it has happened to him he's crying a river. Goldstein says "tough beans". Silva had his title shot, didn't win the title and its time for a new #1 contender. Goldstein says that to be fair if Silva wants another title shot then he will be in the #1 contender match next week against none other then the "masked man". And yes Goldstein says he knows who the masked man is, and why he's here in RCW, and that he is worthy of being a #1 contender. Bout #5 Owen Hart defeated Neil Guay by pinfall after an enzuigiri at 6:10 -surprisingly Hart had little trouble combatting the size advantage of Guay Interview: Owen Hart says that his friend Ben Bassarab has all he can handle right now with Mr. Saito, and doesn't need the distractions of people like Boris Zhukov who don't deserve title shots anyway. So Hart tells Zhukov to stick his challenge where the sun don't shine and to bring his oversized freaky head to the ring next week. Video: Highlites of Misty Blue Simmes matches in RCW, put to "Stayed Awake All Night" by Krokus. Simmes returns next week, and hopes to end the title reign of the Russian commrade, Orca.
Bout #6 RCW Tag Team Title Match The Longriders defeated Richard Charland & Armand Rougeau by pinfall when Scott Hogg pinned Rougeau after a spinebuster slam at 8:34 [The Longriders retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] -Les Quebecois were formible opponents but the tag champs are on top of their game these days and are one of the best tag teams in the world. Their opponents will have to do a real good job of cheating or stealing to get the belts. Post-Match: Hangman Neil Guay joins his other Quebecois compatriots and they attack the tag champs, getting the better of them 3 on 2. Interview: After a commerical break the tag champs have returned to the ring. They throw down their tag belts and tell Les Quebecois to come and get them. The challenge goes unheeded, so they tell them that despite being beaten like a red headed stepchild today, they can have another title match next week, but one of the two has to be Neil Guay.
Main Event RCW Television Title Match Mr. Saito defeated Ben Bassarab by countout at 10:21 [Ben Bassarab retains the RCW TV Title] -the fans were solidly behind the local Albertan champion in this one, despite his attitude taking a turn for the worse lately. He tried to get things started well against Saito, but the more experienced and powerful Japanese star just waited him out playing defense, and wrestling counters. By the 4th minute Saito was in charge and went on the offense. He used a shoulderbreaker to set up a nerve hold. Bassarab survived that but was caught in mid-air by the challenger when trying for a crossbody. Saito held him up in a bearhug, but when the champ wouldn't submit he slammed him to the mat and got a 2 count. Saito though telegraphed a backbody drop and Bassarab lept over him, came off the far ropes, slid again between his knees, then rolled him up, and was only a blink of an eye from getting a pinfall. He went to work on Saito with a pair of dropkicks, a single leg takedown then a well placed heel to the lower abdomen. He gave Saito a slingshot into the corner then rolled him up for another very near fall. Saito though roared back and caught the champ with a quick lariat. After some kicks, he bounced him off the mat with a belly-to-bely and got a 2 count. Saito went to work again with the bearhug, and then threw the champ clear over the top rope. When Bassarab tried to get back into the ring Saito kicked him off the apron. He tried it a second time but Bassarab jumped back in time. Buddy Lane warned Saito to stay back or be disqualified and he applied the count. It looked for all the world that Bassarab's only concern was Saito and would have no trouble getting back into the ring. By the six count he had his arm on the middle strand and was preparing to get back into the ring. However, he just didn't. Lane continued the count and to everyone's surprise Bassarab just didn't enter the ring. When Saito figured out what was happening he tried to get past Lane to break the count but it was too late. Bassarab was heavily jeered by the crowd when despite being announced as the loser, he took his title belt and left. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!!
April 11, 1987 River City Wrestling #278 Edmonton, Alberta Opening Bout: Mr. Saito defeated Jeff Gillies by pinfall after a Salto suplex at 3:35 -squash match Interview: Mr. Saito is outraged about the tactics of Ben Bassarab to save his title last week. Promo: CBS' Read More About It, and the Opening of Price is Right
Bout #2 Kid Gallahad & JJ Funk defeated Bobby Bold Eagle & Sunny War Cloud by pinfall when Funk pinned War Cloud after a slingshot suplex at 6:09 -fairly competitive match with two fan favorite teams exchanging handshakes before and after the match. Gallahad and Funk are simply a notch above their competitors. Interview: Mad Dog Manny Silva is outraged. He wants to know who this masked man really is, and why Marty Goldstein is in cahoots with him. His tirade is cut short when a vivacious looking redhead shows up wearing a skimpy nurse's outfit and hands Manny Silva a bouquet of flowers. She tells a stunned Silva that they are from her boss. For once when Strong says that we are out of time Silva doesn't have anything left to say. Promo: CBS' Wednesday Nights; Mike Hammer, Magnum P.I., Houston Knights, followed by a commercial for Pizza Hut
Bout #3 Phillip Navarre defeated Dave Wagner by pinfall after the coup de grace at 4:04 -squash match Interview: Phillip Navarre says he doesn't know who this masked man from last week was, but at this point he trusts the judgment of Marty Goldstein to handle the situation. In the meantime he is working hard to get himself back into title contention.
Promo: On CBS this Thursday night on "Knots Landing" the new episode called "Breakup" will air. Pre-Match: Misty Blue Simmes is already in the ring waiting for her title shot at Orca. But when the Russian comes down she is obviously not ready to wrestle as she is in a Russian military outfit, not wrestling gear. She hands a note to Ron Strong who then informs Simmes that Orca does not understand why she would be a #1 contender in her first match back. Orca refuses to defend her title against Simmes until she can win a warm-up match, against her commrade Red Menace. Simmes is annoyed but there doesn't seem to be much she can do about it. Bout #4 Misty Blue Simmes defeated Red Menace by pinfall after a superfly at 1:45 -Red Menace was OBVIOUSLY to the fans actually Ultra Vixen and had to be escorted almost at gun point down to the ring by an intimidating Orca. Vixen would never be a match for Simmes on a good day, never mind when she is distracted. This was a squash. Post-Match: Simmes decided to go the extra step and start to remove the mask of the Red Menace with the flowing blonde hair hanging out. But before she could take it off the fans errupted as Orca tried for a sneak attack. But Simmes heard her coming and caught her coming through the ropes with a forearm to the head, then a dropkick sending her forcefully back down to the arena floor. Orca decided to leave rather then try again.
[end of first hour] Bout #5 Boris Zhukov defeated Owen Hart by pinfall after a headbutt at 7:52 -Hart had the Russian on the run for most of the match, using his speed and scientific repetoire to control the bigger opponent. However he couldn't put Zhukov away and the Russian rallied after Hart missed a top rope dropkick, and a minute later hit his finisher to win the bout. Interview: Owen Hart is interviewed by Ron Strong. He says he's mad at himself for that loss but would like a rematch to prove he is the better wrestler. Hart says he doesn't want to make excuses but he has been distracted by the actions of his friend Ben Bassarab. Owen says he has tried to reach Ben all week but the TV champ has not returned his calls, so he has no choice but to do this here and now. He says that Ben's actions last week were of cowardice, and not a champion... Ben Bassarab comes out in his hometown of Edmonton, to a mixed reaction. Ben asks the crowd why they would cheer a Calgarian insted of an Edmontonian? He then tells Owen that the reason he was counted out last week was because as he tried to get back into the ring he felt something pull in his groin area. He was caught off guard and in pain and didn't even realize at first he was counted out. When Owen says why didn't he just say something, Ben replies that it's not smart for a champion to advertise that he has an injury that can be exploited. Sarcastically he thanks Owen though for advertising it for him. Owen looks skeptical but ready to let it go. But they are attacked from behind by Boris Zhukov and Mr. Saito. The two foreigners stomp away at the Albertans, eventually kicking them out of the ring. Video: Currently #14 on the charts, "That Ain't Love" by REO Speedwagon is set to RCW highlites featuring Orca and Misty Blue Simmes.
Bout #6 RCW Tag Team Title Match Longriders (champions) (/w Tawney England) v Neil Guay & Richard Charland Looked to be another uneventful challenge for the tag champions, the only thing new being former women's champion Tawney England now acting as the ringside valet for the tag champions. However, after 6 minutes of fighting an uphill battle, Richard Charland while coming off the ropes suddenly came up lame, falling to the mat and clutching at his knee. After a brief stoppage Charland was helped out of the ring, and Armand Rougeau came down to the ring, insisting he be the replacement. Referee Jurgen Hermann encouraged the tag champions to accept the substitution, but the tag champs were not happy about it. They looked like they were going to refuse and began to leave the ring when they were attacked by Guay and Rogeau. After a short 4 man brawl, the "match" seemed to start again with Wild Bill in the ring against Rougeau. With a fresh man the chances of Les Quebecois seemed to be elevated. In the end they used a distraction as referee Hermann was escorting Wild Bill out of the ring, the challengers hit a doomsday device on Scott Hogg to pick up the win. Neil Guay & Armand Rougeau defeated the Longriders by pinfall when Rougeau pinned Scott Hogg after a doomsday device at 10:15 [Neil Guay & Armand Rougeau win the RCW Tag Team Titles] [] Post-Match: Even as Les Quebecois were being presented with the belts and the Longriders were protesting, matchmaker Marty Goldstein was running down to the ring. Taking a mic he snatched away the tag belts from Les Quebecois. Jurgen Hermann was upset telling Goldstein this has burned him before, and that the bylaws are that a referee's decision is final. Goldstein nods and agrees that Guay and Rougeau won the match, thanks to cheating, but that because of the substitution it's not clear whether this was a title match. Goldstein says he is going to take the tag belts with him until next week when he will render his decision. Consider the tag belts to be held-up. Les Quebecois, joined by Richard Charland whose limp seemed to be on and off, protested and tried to grab the belts from Goldstein. The Longriders and England though were right there and started to go after Les Quebecois, driving them from the ring. Promo: Tonight on WCCO's Twin Cities News...plus commercials for Old Dutch Chips, Burger King, and Hour Magazine.
Main Event #1 Contenders Match Manny Silva v "Masked Man" Silva actually started the match off somewhat cautiously trying to feel out his opponent insead of a reckless attack as he usually employs. This meant a slow first couple minutes, but then soon enough it degenerated into a pier 6 brawl inside and outside the ring. The masked man used an atomic drop followed by a clothesline to grab a big advantage. He had Silva set up for a piledriver but was attacked from behind by Steve Disalvo. No Contest at 6:14 Post-Match: Disalvo leveled the masked man, then hit him with a piledriver of his own. Silva tried to attack the champ but was also leveled by Disalvo, and given a piledriver. With his two top challengers laid out at his feet the champion unmasked the mysterious newcomer, and revealed him to be none other then, Dr. D David Schultz!!! Promo: Next week on River City Wrestling we will have 6 tag team matches, as there are too many scores to settle to book any singles action. So tune in next week to find out what is to become of the tag team titles, and all the rest of the action on a special edition of RCW called "Tag Team Turmoil". That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
April 18, 1987 River City Wrestling #279 Regina, Saskatchewan Welcome to Tag Team Turmoil Opening Bout: Kid Gallahad & J. J. Funk defeated Tony Leone & Sonny Rodgers by pinfall when Gallahad pinned Rodgers after a Gallahad lance at 5:32 -squash match Promo: Marty Goldstein comes out to render his decision on the tag team title belts he held up last week. He says that the title match was supposed to be against Guay and Charland, and once Rougeau was substituted in, it was no longer an RCW sanctioned bout. Therefore his decision is to give the titles back to their rightful owners the LongRiders. The fans cheer this decision. However, to be fair, Goldstein says that he will give Les Quebecois another shot at the titles tonight, and they can choose whichever 2 out of the 3 of them they wish. Goldstein also drops a bomb, that this will be a steel cage match! He also sets up one other tag match while wringing his hands with glee. Steve Disalvo and Manny Silva will have to team together to get their hands on Dr D David Schultz and his partner for tonight, Phillip Navarre. Bout #2 Orca & Red Menace defeated Misty Blue Simmes & Shelly Salter by pinfall when Orca pinned Salter after a splash at 6:05 -Orca did her best to avoid locking up with Simmes, but took full advantage of Salter instead. The Red Menace (Ultra Vixen) played very little role in this victory, it was almost completely the women's champion. Interview: Misty Blue Simmes dismisses the tag team loss. She says she earned her title shot last week, and has received word it will happen next week. Promo: 20th Century Fox is proud to release to theatres this weekend, "Project X" starring Matthew Broderick and Helen Hunt. A young inductee into the military is given the task of looking after some chimpanzees used in the mysterious "Project X". "Following orders isn't the only way to become a hero." Bout #3 Triangle Tag Team Match Bobby Bold Eagle & Sunny War Cloud defeated Shawn Cummings & Moe Malone, and Rick Renslow & Dave Wagner by pinfall when War Cloud pinned Cummings after a tomahawk chop from the top rope at 8:38 -the story of this match was the attitude change of Eagle and Cloud which really caught the fans and their opponents off guard. They cheated at just the right time to pull out the win. Post-Match: Ron Strong tries to get an interview with the victorious tag team to get them to explain their actions, but Eagle & Cloud just brushed by him without a word. Interview: Les Quebecois are brought out to fill the allocated time. They of course do not like Goldstein's decision to take away their title belts, calling it an English conspiracy. When the topic of which of the 3 will not participate in the match is brought up, they refuse to divulge any information. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News -Reaction in Tokoyo to United States trade tariffs imposed in retaliation against Japan's dumping of semiconductors on United States markets - Impact of dollar-yen relationship on declining US sales of Japanese autos -Impact of US-Japan trade dispute on United States housing market [end of first hour] Interview: The Longriders, with Tawney England, make it clear to Ron Strong they don't care who they face from Les Quebecois, they are a bunch of cheats and cowards, and they are going to get their skulls busted open tonight. Video: Posion's "Talk Dirty To Me" provides the music (currently #28 on the charts and moving up), and RCW wrestlers Les Quebecois, Longriders, David Schultz, Manny Silva, Steve Disalvo, and Phillip Navarre provide the action. Bout #4 Steve Disalvo & Manny Silva defeated Phillip Navarre & Dr. D David Schultz by pinfall when Disalvo pinned Navarre after a piledriver on a steel chair at 10:02 -Disalvo and Silva managed to put their difference aside for the most part, surprising the fans by working well as a team, even if the tags were a bit harder then required. On the other hand a rift seemed to open between Navarre and Schultz at around the 5 minute mark, and the announcers reminded the fans that Schultz did not leave RCW on good terms after turning on Bob Backlund. In the end with Schultz struggling with referee Buddy Lane, Silva managed to slip a steel chair behind the feet of his partner who then nailed Navarre with a piledriver on the steel to end the match. Post-Match: Manny Silva immediately nailed Disalvo with an elbowdrop before he even got off of Navarre. Silva then nailed him with a belly-to-back suplex before leaving the ring. Inteview: Dr. D David Schultz points to what just happened as to why he has returned to RCW and what he is up against. He says that he made a terrible mistake last year in turning his back on his best friend Bob Backlund, but he means what he said them, he never set out to stab him in the back; it just kinda happens that way. Schultz though says he wants no similar confusion this time with Navarre or anyone else. Dr D says he has no friends here and thats the way he likes it. Finally when asked why he has returned to RCW he says to avenge his friend Bob Backlund and take the belt off of that cheat Steve Disalvo.
Bout #5 Ben Bassarab & Owen Hart defeated Boris Zhukov & Mr. Saito by pinfall when Bassarab pinned Zhukov after a flying crossbody block at 9:02 -pretty solid and even match, with Owen playing Ricky Morton for a stretch and Saito getting some solid licks in on Bassarab as well. The end came though on a blind tag, as Zhukov dropped Owen with a headbutt thinking he was the legal man, only to be nailed with a flying crossbody block by Bassarab to pick up the win. Interview: Ben Bassarab and Owen Hart seem to have put aside their differences. Owen says he wants a rematch next week against Zhukov, while Bassarab wants to give Saito a rematch next week and promises the fans he will act more honroable this time around.
Main Event Steel Cage Match RCW Tag Team Title Match The Longriders defeated Richard Charland & Neil Guay by pinfall when Wild Bill pinned Charland after a superplex at 10:35 [The Longriders retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] Once again the tag champions prove they are the premiere tag team in RCW, controlling most of this match. Armand Rougeau did his best to be a pest on the outside of the cage but RCW officials had him escorted away. The only solace to be found for Les Quebecois in this one was that Wild Bill was a bloodied mess by the end of the match. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
April 25, 1987 River City Wrestling #280 Winnipeg, Manitoba Opening Bout: Kid Gallahad defeated Nacho Berrera by pinfall after a Gallahad lance at 4:53 -squash match Interview: The victorious Kid Gallahad is interrupted by an enraged Manny Silva, and Gallahad opts to leave rather then argue with the maniac. Manny Silva says there is no way that tonight's main event title match between Steve Disalvo and David Schultz should be allowed to happen, as he was at a disadvantage not knowing it was Schultz under the mask when they wrestled. He demands a rematch. Marty Goldstein shows a ton of guts to come out and confront Silva. He tells the Hawaiian to leave the arena, and to leave the main event alone. Goldstein makes it clear that if Silva interferes with the match then he will be suspended from RCW for good.
Bout #2 Richard Charland defeated Dave Petro by pinfall at 4:08 -squash match
Bout #3 Bobby Bold Eagle & Sunny War Cloud (/w Joe Lightfoot) defeated Shawn Cummings & Moe Malone by pinfall when Cloud pinned Cummings after a flying bulldog and some outside interference at 6:48 -gone are the feathered headresses, boots, and tomahawks, replaced by leather jackets and a street gang look. Also new to the changed attitude of Eagle & Cloud is a manager Joe Lightfoot. Their manager was instrumental in helping them win as they were being beat until a well timed trip turned the tables. Interview: Eagle, Cloud, and Lightfoot decry the stereotype of native wrestlers and how they are abused by promoters and fans. They say they will no longer play that game, and insist on being called the Three Little Indians, to remind fans of the racially insenstive song Ten Little Indians.
Bout #4 Owen Hart defeated Boris Zhukov by pinfall after a sunset flip at 6:01 -hard fought contest, with Hart controlling more of this match then in their first meeting. Zhukov though took control of the matches late stages but made the mistake of telegraphing a backbody drop and Hart took the match. Interview: Boris Zhukov calls what just happened a fluke, and also blames a fast count and a handfull of tights. He says they are tied 1 to 1 though, and he refuses to let it rest here. He challenges Hart to a decisive match next week to settle things. Owen Hart comes out personally to accept, and says to make sure that the winner isn't by fluke let's make it a best 2 out of 3 falls.
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Bout #5 North American Women's Title Match Orca defeated Misty Blue Simmes by pinfall after a splash at 11:16 [Orca retains the North American Women's Title] -pretty long match for a women's bout, but Simmes controlled much of the early going with weardown holds with a slow pace. When she picked the pace up Orca rebounded after catching Simmes in mid-air after a failed superfly attempt. Orca spent the next few minutes beating on Simmes who just would not be pinned. Finally Orca took a chance going to the second buckle to do her splash, and Simmes had nothing left in the tank to get out of the way. Interview: Orca, in broken English, made it clear the title was a North American title and that she considered herself to have beaten all opponents from this area. Basically she made it clear that until new worthy opponents come up that she would not be back in RCW to defend her title.
Bout #6 RCW Television Title Match Ben Bassarab and Mr. Saito battled to a 15 minute TV time limit draw [Ben Bassarab retained the RCW TV Title] -this was a match told in 3 acts. The first act had the beleagured as of late champion take it right to the Japanese star. He hammered him with every piece of offense he could muster, but could not put Saito away, and managed to tire himself out. The second act was Saito's big comeback, although at a slower more methodical pace it was none the less punishing. He worked the champions' back over with bearhugs, suplexes, and knee drops. However the young champion managed to stay alive and work through the pain. The third act was a back and forth flurry of about 4 minutes with neither man holding the advantage for more then 20 seconds, and the action alternating between inside the ring, outside the ring, and on the apron where they stood toe to toe before crashing to the ground below. In the end neither man held the advantage when time expired. Post-Match: In what could be seen as the epilogue, neither man paid attention to the bell or the announcer, and continued to brawl. Finally after a couple minutes enough RCW officials were on the scene to break things up.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) (champion) v Dr. D David Schultz The two men locked up in the middle of the ring and just started to throw haymakers at each other. Disalvo won that exchange but when he went for an atomic drop he ate an elbow to the bridge of his nose. Schultz went to work on the champ but when he tried to push the champ out of the ring they got tangled up, and it was Schultz who ended up outside the ring. Lisa distracted Schultz long enough for Disalvo to jump from the apron and deliver a double axhandle to the back of the champ. Disalvo then bodyslammed and kicked at Schultz before taking the match back inside. The champ tossed Schultz to the buckle face first then exploded at him with a running clothesline from behind. He made the cover and came within an eyelash of the 3 count. Disalvo then locked on the Boston crab and it was a tough job by Schultz to slowly make his way to the ropes for a break. Dr. D managed to sneak a punch in on the champ on a rope break, and then went to work with some knee lifts, and then a belly to belly suplex. Schultz went to work with stomps before locking on the cobra clutch. Disalvo though managed to get to the ropes shortly for the break. While the match continues the announcers inform us that because of the length of the Saito - Bassarab match we have run out of time, at the 7 minute mark of this match. However, the rest of the match will be shown in its entirety at the start of next week's program. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
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May 2, 1987 River City Wrestling #281 Thunder Bay, Ontario Opening Bout: Conclusion of Last Week's Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match (continued) Steve Disalvo v David Schultz Picked up at the 7 minute mark with Schultz on the offense Dr. D continutes to work on the champ but his attempts at a cobra clutch are thrwarted by the superior strength of the champ. Schultz returns to brawling but this time the champ is his equal and the match spills out of the ring. As they brawl the champ tries to pick up the ring bell but Schultz grabs his hands and forces him to drop it. Schultz then smashes the champ's head off the announce table before taking the match back inside. He attacks the champ by knocking him off his feet then applying a claw hold to the ribcage area. He lowers the champ down to his shoulders then wakes him up with a boot rake across the forehead. The champ is back up, then back down after a double leg, then receives the heel of Schultz' boot to the lower abdomen. It's all Schultz until he whips Disalvo to the ropes and both men respond with clotheslines, taking each other down. Schultz is up first at the count of 6 but the champ is playing possum and moves out of the way when Schultz tries to drop an elbow. The champ applies a half-nelson smearing the challenger's face into the mat, cutting off his air supply. Back to a standing position he locks in a full nelson, and manages to block a mule kick attempt. Finally when Schultz is not looking like he will submit Disalvo turns it into a full nelson slam and gets a 2 count. The champ goes for a piledriver but Schultz counters with a back body drop. He comes off the rope with a knee and goes for a pin but only gets a 2 count. Lisa Caress jumps up on the apron as a distraction that Schultz falls for. It allows Disalvo to attack him from behind, after donning a pair of brass knux. But Schultz moves out of the way in time, and Disalvo bumps Caress off the apron instead. Schultz rolls up the champ from behind and gets the 1, 2, KICKOUT!! As the two men scramble to their feet Disalvo is able to lash out with a right jab, and the brass knux do their job knocking Schultz out. Because of the quickness of the attack, and some nice shielding, referee Buddy Lane does not see the foreign object and counts 1, 2, 3 !!! Steve Disalvo defeated David Schultz by pinfall after a punch with brass knuckles at 13:20 [Steve Disalvo retains the RCW Heavyweight Title] Interview: It's a week later and Steve Disalvo and Lisa Caress look a little worse for wear but have not lost that cocky edge of the champion either. He says he realizes that both David Schultz and Manny Silva still want title shots, and despite the fact that he has beaten both of them "cleanly", he has to defend the title against someone. So he proposes that Schultz and Silva lock up next week in a #1 contenders match to decide who he will face next. Video: "Heat of the Night" by Bryan Adams provides the backdrop as we chronicle Ben Bassarab's year as TV champion and his recent change of attitude to a more edgy style. Bout #2 Hangman Neil Guay defeated Hugh Wallander by submission to the Hangman at 4:03 -squash match, and the first time we have seen Wallander Interview: Ben Bassarab sets up his TV title defense against Mr.Saito in tonight's main event. After last week's 15 minute time limit draw this week's match has been alotted 30 minutes. Bout #3 Phillip Navarre defeated Armand Rougeau by pinfall after the Coup de Grace at 5:20 -fairly easy win for Navarre who seems to be just waiting for his chance to get pushed back into the title scene. Interview: Kid Gallahad & JJ Funk say they are on the verge of a decision. If they can't get back into title contention for the tag titles tonight they will likely once again go their own way into the singles ranks.
Bout #4 #1 Contenders Match Bobby Bold Eagle & Sunny War Cloud (/w Joe Lightfoot) defeated Kid Gallahad & JJ Funk by pinfall when Eagle pinned Funk after a brainbuster at 8:42 -Gallahad and Funk controlled most of the first 6 minutes of this match and appeared to be the better team. Eagle & War Cloud continually complained to referee Buddy Lane about their opponents cheating making up phantom hairpulls etc. Finally a well timed trip by Lightfoot and some double teaming while Gallahad protested allowed the "Three Little Indians" to steal the victory. Interview: The Three Little Indians openly admit to cheating, but defend themselves saying they grew tired of trying to play it by the white man's rules, when Buddy Lane was obviously biased, and their opponents continued to cheat with immunity. Lightfoot warns the tag team champs that the Indians are off the reservation. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News -"New York Times"' discovery that Colonel Oliver North persuaded China (PR) and Poland to sell Contras weapons at same time they were supplying Sandinistas -Recovery of final victim in recent Bridgeport, Connecticut, building collapse [end of first hour]
Bout #5 Best 2 out of 3 Falls Owen Hart v Boris Zhukov Zhukov attacks Hart just before the bell rings giving him the upper hand that he pushes for a couple minutes until Hart fires back with dogged determination. He sends Zhukov over with a towering backbody drop, then nails a splash from the second rope for a 2 count. He tries for a suplex but Zhukov blocks it, goes for his own, but Hart manages to counter it, drop beside him, take him down with a side Russian legsweep and pick up the pin for the first fall. Owen Hart pins Boris Zhukov after a side Russian legsweep at 4:32 Owen Hart 1 - 0 Boris Zhukov The wrestlers are sent to their neutral corner for a one minute rest period but Zhukov again tries to attack Hart before the bell. This time the young Calgarian is ready for it and sends Zhukov to the buckle and comes within an eyelash of picking up a quick fall. He works over the Russian for a minute before getting hit with a big clothesline. Zhukov goes to work on Hart using the bottom rope to choke him, the top rope to rake his forehead, a spinebuster, some kneedrops. But when he goes for his headbutt finisher Owen is able to get his hand in the way to save himself, but his hand takes the punishment and will limit him the rest of the match. Owen makes his comeback but when he goes for a one armed bodyslam he can't get the beefy Russian up, and the Commie nails him with a quick headbutt, then a second one as Owen is on his knees, and picks up the pin. Boris Zhukov pins Owen Hart after a headbutt at 9:42 Boris Zhukov 1 - 1 Owen Hart Zhukov starts the third fall in control, and pounds away, wearing down the smaller but determined Owen Hart. When he goes for the headbutt however Hart blocks it, takes Zhukov down with a double leg takedown, goes for the Boston crab, but is kicked through the ropes to the floor. Zhukov goes to follow but Hart catches him and hotshots his neck off the middle rope, then enters the ring by climbing to the top rope and coming off with a flying dropkick for the win. Owen Hart pins Boris Zhukov after a top rope dropkick at 13:06 Owen Hart defeated Boris Zhukov 2 falls to 1 Promo: NHL Playoffs Round 2 of the playoffs continue tonight with the big grudge match, Game 7 between the Montreal Canadiens and their Provincial rivals the Quebec Nordiques, with Montreal having the home ice advantage. Also tonight, Philadelphia Flyers host the New York Islanders in Game 7. Tomorrow night will see the Toronto Maple Leafs visit the Detroit Red Wings for their game 7, with the winner of that series to go on and face the juggernaut the Edmonton Oilers who are resting comfortably after eliminating the Winnipeg Jets in 4 straight games.
Main Event RCW Television Title Match 30-minute time limit Ben Bassarab (champion) v Mr. Saito Bassarab offered Saito a handshake before the bout but Saito refused. They locked up and Saito backed Bassarab to the corner with a top wrist lock. It looked like he would break clean, but at the last second thumped the champ with a blow to the chest, more as an insult then to do any real damage. They locked up again and Bassarab took Saito down after a go-behind but Saito wrestled his way to the top and held the champ in an armbar. The match continued at a slow but methodical pace with Saito for the most part getting the better of Bassarab. But then the champ made inroads and began to counter Saito's offense and hit some moves of his own like flying dropkicks, and snap suplexes. After Bassarab countered a Saito suplex attempt with one of his own, the challenger seemed to give the champ respect, grudgingly giving him a bow. But when Bassarab bowed back the sneaky challenger kicked him in the face. It was all Saito now as he punished the upstart champ, and seemed to think it was now or never. But he could not put Bassarab away, even finally hitting his Salto suplex but the champ got his foot on the ropes to get a break. Now Bassarab made a real comeback, not afraid to use closed fists, and hitting his aerial attack on the slower challenger. Saito tried to leave the ring, but Bassarab grabbed him to drag him back, only to be fed an elbow to the mush by the challenger. Saito tried for his Salto suplex again but the champ blocked it, hit a German suplex and picked up the big win. Ben Bassarab defeated Mr. Saito by pinfall after a German Suplex at 17:40 [Ben Bassarab retains the RCW Television Title] That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!!
May 9, 1987 River City Wrestling #282 Sudbury, Ontario RCW goes further East then it has in the past, all the way to Sudbury for the first time. Opening Bout: JJ Funk defeated Terry Fielding by pinfall after a bulldog at 3:57 -squash match as Funk takes down a local boy Interview: JJ Funk doesn't like being cheated out of the tag team title shot last week by Three Little Indians, but says its time to move on, and go for a singles title. Bout #2 Non-Title Match Strangler Steve Disalvo defeated Jeff Gillies by pinfall after a running clothesline at 1:14 -quick squash match Interview: Steve Disalvo openly admits that the reason he wanted tonight's main event between Manny Silva and David Schultz was for them to rip each other apart; and then he can pick up the pieces with an easy title defense against the winner next week. Disalvo then excuses himself saying he has to catch a flight to attend the Tom Cruise & Mimi Rogers wedding tonight. Promo: Tri-Star pictures releases to theatres this weekend Gardens of Stone starring James Caan, James Earl Jones, Anjelica Houston, and D.B. Sweeney. A touching, insightful look at stateside military life during the Vietnam War at Ft. Meyer and Arlington National Cemetery (the Garden). A veteran sergeant takes a young soldier under his wing and tries to prepare his men for the deadly environment of war. It was a dangerous time to be young. An impossible time to be a hero.
Bout #3 Shawn Cummings & Moe Malone defeated Neil Guay & Armand Rougeau by pinfall when Malone pinned Rougeau after a spinebuster slam at 7:00 -a bit of an upset in this match, keeping Cummings & Malone alive in the tag team scene, and further evidence that Les Quebecois is losing steam fast in RCW Interview: Neil Guay and Armand Rougeau are joined by a visibly upset Richard Charland. He spits and sputters his way through the interview, blaming Ontario's hatred for Quebec on the loss, before he throws a challenge out to anyone in the dressing room to come take him on. That challenge is accepted by Kid Gallahad. Promo: Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive" provides the background music as we show a tribute package to the RCW tag team reign of the Longriders, Wild Bill & Scott Hogg Irwin. Bout #4 Richard Charland defeated Kid Gallahad by pinfall after a hip toss with his feet on the ropes at 7:55 -after controlling early Mr. Perpetual Motion Richard Charland seemed to run out of gas. Gallahad went to work but telegraphed his Gallahad Lance and Charland was able to move out of the way, hip toss Gallahad, and then make the pin with his feet illegally on the ropes for leverage. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News -many killed in a plane crash near Warsaw Poland -Group within PTL Club reported calling for referendum on continued leadership of Jerry Falwell
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Bout #5 Mr. Saito defeated Phillip Navarre by pinfall after a Salto suplex (and some salt in the eyes) at 7:36 -Navarre's hopes of getting back into the title scene took a serious setback with this loss, even if it was tainted. Interview: Mad Dog Manny Silva is his usal irrate self, railing aginst anyone and everyone. He promises to not only beat Schultz tonight but to cripple him too. He says he will do the same to Disalvo next week, and says it will be fun to cripple a friend of Tom Cruise's. Ron Strong laughs at Silva saying he doesn't believe that BS from Disalvo does he? Silva looks surprised like he hadn't stopped to think about it. Before he could respond though Strong cuts him off, as we are out of time. Promo; Paramount Pictures is proud to release to theatres this weekend the comedy, "Hot Pursuit" starring John Cusak. Bout #6 RCW Tag Team Title Match The Longriders defeated Bobby Bold Eagle & Sunny War Cloud by pinfall when Wild Bill pinned Cloud after a superplex at 6:10 [The Longriders retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] -even with Joe Lightfoot outside running interference, made easier by the inept officiating of Jurgen Hermann, the champs had little trouble taking this match from the challengers. In the end they had also dragged Lightfoot into the ring and had all 3 opponents laid out. Interview: Dr. D David Schultz says he talked to Bob Backlund on the weekend, and tried to mend fences, but as can be expected Backlund is still fuming at him, and doesnt trust him. Schultz says he understands that, and wants to thank the fans for the cheers he has received. He promises to beat Silva so he can get his hands on Disalvo and take him out of RCW, and maybe then Backlund can come back.
Main Event #1 Contenders Match Dr D David Schultz v Manny Silva Starts as a brawl and degenerates from there, spending more time outside the ring then inside. Silva is busted wide open early and blood streams down his face through much of the match. Schultz puts Silva in a cobra clutch and then runs his head into the ringpost. Silva responds later by coming off the top rope with a double stomp onto the head of Schultz. This violence continues unabated until referee Buddy Lane goes down after a bump. Silva introduces a chair into the fray, but neither man can get a clear shot as they wrestle for control of the chair. Steve Disalvo hits the ring from the back with a chair of his own and nails Schultz in the back. Looks like he might hit Silva as well but the Hawaiian has his own chair and is ready, so Disalvo leaves the ring, and leaves Silva in the catbird seat. He covers, but there is no ref to count. A referee comes running down from the back, so Silva cover, and the ref counts 1, 2, 3 !!! Silva, his face a bloodied mess sits triumphant on his haunches as his hand is raised. He doesn't flinch when the fans errupt into cheers even though he should know they are not for him. He looks at the man holding up his arm, and is not sure what to make of it when he recognizes its Vic Gate, the former wrestler and fired official. Gate then surprises him with a knee to the face, pulls Silva up to his feet. At this point the reason the fans were cheering has entered the ring. Vendetta has returned!! And he grabs Silva, turns him around, and nails him with a DDT!! Vendetta and Gate both leave the ring. Buddy Lane, Manny Silva, and David Schultz are all laid out. Lane stirs first getting himself to his knees and surveying the damage. Then Schultz stirs next, crawls over and makes the pin on Silva, 1, 2, Kickout!! Schultz pulls Silva to his feet, corkscrew neckbreaker!! And this time he gets the duke. Wild match. David Schultz defeated Manny Silva by pinfall after a corkscrew neckbreaker at 9:25 That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
May 16, 1987 River City Wrestling #283 Winnipeg, Manitoba Opening Bout: Joe Lightfoot defeated Hawaiian Punch by submission to the Native Indian Deathlock at 2:55 -squash match Post-Match: After making his in-ring debut Lightfoot is joined by Bobby Bold Eagle and Sunny War Cloud in a 3 on 1 beatdown on the hapless and defenseless Hawaiian, until the Longriders come in and break it up. Interview: Joe Lightfoot tries to explain to Ron Strong the subtle differences to the Indian Deathlock that he does, and thats why he claims it is a Native Indian Deathlock, not an East Indian Deathlock. Strong doesn't seem to be able to tell the difference.
Bout #2 J.J. Funk defeated Rick Renslow by pinfall after a bulldog at 5:48 -fairly competitive match but not really ever in doubt either Interview: Manny Silva of course is irrate over how he got screwed out of his title shot last week because of the interference of Vendetta and Vic Gate. He demands that Marty Goldstein come out and face the music, which he does. Marty once again says its a case of the pot calling the kettle black, that Silva has constantly interfered in RCW matches, and he is getting his just desserts. In fact Goldstein tells Silva that he received help first from Steve Disalvo and the whole match turned into a farce. Marty finishes by telling Silva that Vendetta wants him in a bad way for injuring him, and that the Haitian and Vic Gate will be around later to make a statement. Promo: The WWF returns to the Winnipeg Arena on May 29th. See Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat battle for the Intercontinental Title. Also watch the Hart Foundation take on the British Bulldogs with the WWF Tag Team Titles at stake. These matches and much, much more!!
Bout #3 Premiere of Mike Lozansky Mike Lozansky defeated Dave Wagner by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 5:26 -fairly impressive debut for the fast on his feet youngster from British Columbia. Interview: Mike Lozansky is sometimes nicknamed "the Bullet" because of his speed in the ring, and says he has come here from BC because this is where the competition is. Promo: Columbia Pictures is proud to release to theatres this weekend, the star studded movie of the year, "Ishtar". Warren Beatty & Dustin Hoffman star as two terrible lounge singers who get booked to play the Ishtar Hilton. Somehow they become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime. Don't miss the first sure fire blockbuster hit of the summer!!
Bout #4 Phillip Navarre & Owen Hart defeated Mr. Saito & Neil Guay by pinfall when Navarre pinned Guay after the coup de grace at 9:40 -four talented performers, but a match that didn't do much to further any feuds. Guay seemed to have the role of weak link, and Navarre looked very impressive in this match after a couple straight underperforming outings. Interview: The victorious team is interviewed. Phillip Navarre is still mad at the way Saito used salt in his eyes to cheat to victory last week, and despite this tag team victory tonight is still looking for another one on one encounter. Owen Hart is asked about his plans and how after defeating Boris Zhukov in a hard fought 2 out of 3 falls how he feels that it is Zhukov getting the title shot at Bassarab tonight. Owen seems a bit upset, after being there to help his friend Ben, and beating Zhukov, he would have expected the title shot, only to arrive at the arena tonight and find out the opposite. Owen tries to shrug it off saying generally the promoters prefer to have a fan favorite take on a rulebreaker because thats what the fans want to see, but its obvious that he's still a bit upset. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News -President Reagan's defense of private Contra aid funding operations as Iran/Contra hearings continue -Robert McFarlane suggests former CIA director William Casey's possible knowledge of his pending death may have influenced his Iran/Contra scheme -Congress investigators' focus on Colonel Oliver North in investigation of Iran/Contra scheme -Resurgence of dinosaur toys [end of first hour]
Interview: The much anticipated appearance by Vendetta and Vic Gate. Vendetta starts things off telling how he had to recover from his injuries, and also that he had a bad concussion that took some time to get over. While he was recovering he could think of only one thing, vengeance on Manny Silva for trying to choke and kill him with the ropes. But he lacked focus, until his new friend and trainer Vic Gate came along. At this point the interview is turned over to Gate. Vic says that he grew so frustrated with his "neutral" role as a referee, and tired of seeing the tactics employed by the rulebreakers around here that he didn't care that he got fired, in fact he felt liberated. He had heard that Vendetta was training for a return, and remembers seeing the youngster and thinking that this kid has the raw athletic skills, the drive, and the charisma to be the next great thing. The one thing he was lacking was a focused scientific repetoire, and that was the one thing Gate says he could help him out with. Vendetta takes over saying Gate came to him and they began to train for his return to the ring, and now the Haitiian says he is better then ever with a whole toolbox full of moves he didn't have before. But progress takes years in pro wrestling, and so he will continue to work with Gate to improve. In the meantime he reiterates that he wants a piece of Manny Silva, in fact he wants all the pieces.
Bout #5 Richard Charland defeated Kid Gallahad by pinfall after a piledriver at 9:19 -return match after Charland cheated to win last week. This time Charland still cheated his way to victory but at least the finish was clean! Interview: Richard Charland seems to indicate that Les Quebecois may be done as a group in RCW but now he is able to focus his time on himself, where it belongs.
Bout #6 RCW Television Title Match Ben Bassarab defeated Boris Zhukov by pinfall after a flying cross bodyblock at 8:38 [Ben Bassarab retained the RCW Television Title] -Zhukov is always a threat in a match with that devastating headbutt of his but after his loss to Owen Hart not sure that many felt he would take the title here tonight. The announcers again touched on the oddity of Zhukov getting this title shot after losing to Owen last week. Interview: Ben Bassarab gets visibly upset when asked about the budding controversy of that title shot, and Owen Hart maybe being the #1 contender. Bassarab says he just wrestles whomever the matchmakers throw at him, and he does it without complaint. He also points out that true to his word he took on and beat Mr. Saito, an international wrestling star, last week, fair and square just like the fans demanded. After a short pause he just looks at Ron Strong and the camera and says "what do you guys want from me? I've had it up to here with all this crap", and then promptly leaves.
Promo: The Stanley Cup finals start tomorrow night with the Philadelphia Flyers travelling to Edmonton to take on the Oilers. Both teams looked impressive in the conference finals with the Flyers taking out the Canadians in 6 games, while the Oilers took out the upstart Red Wings in 5 games. In fact the Oilers' record in the playoffs is a spectacular 12-2. This should be a great series as it features the top two teams from the regular season with the Oilers having finished first overall with 106 points, and the Flyers second with 100 points. The Oilers of course are led by Wayne Gretzky who led the league in goals (62) and points (183), while the Flyers have their own goal getter in Tim Kerr who finished second overall in goals (58), and is a physcial force as well, in true Flyer fashion. The Oilers also feature, Jari Kurri, Mark Messier, Esa Tikkanen, Glenn Anderson, Paul Coffey, Kevin Lowe, and of course Grant Fuhr. The Flyers will try and counter with Peter Zezel, Dave Poulin, Brian Propp, Mark Howe, Rick Tocchet, and the combative goaltender Ron Hextall.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) (champion) v Dr. D David Schultz Lisa refuses to leave the ring, getting into an argument with Buddy Lane, enough to distract Schultz so that Disalvo can ambush him from behind. Disalvo knocks him to his knees, works him over, and then puts him into a full-nelson while he is still on his knees. Slowly Schultz works his way to his feet and then over to the ropes. But the champ doesn't break clean, nailing the challenger in the back of the head instead. Disalvo continues to work over Schultz with a low-tech assault before picking it up a notch with a powerslam, for a 2 count, then a pair of running clotheslines, for another 2 count. He tries for a DDT from the second buckle but Schultz blocks it and counters with an atomic drop. Schultz has to collect himself and can't take advantage as Disalvo gets in a kick, and then a bulldog for another 2 count. Disalvo continues to pound away at the challenger, but when he goes for a piledriver Schultz manages to block it by bearing down, and then flips the champ up and over. This time Schultz is able to sustain his attack and begins to take the match back. He works slow at times with a top wrist lock, and later an abdominal stretch, but also hits some elbowsmashes, elbowdrops, and a neckbreaker for a 2 count. Lisa Caress reaches in and grabs onto his ankle, just long enough to break his momentum, and when he grabs the champ to execute the next move, Disalvo catches him with a knee to the gut instead. The champ follows up with a pair of kneelifts to the face, then a clothesline off the ropes for yet another 2 count. Then he sets him up for the piledriver, and nails it, for the 1, 2, 3 !!! Steve Disalvo defeated David Schultz by pinfall after a piledriver at 7:44 [Steve Disalvo retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
May 23, 1987 River City Wrestling #284 Calgary, Alberta Opening Bout: Shawn Cummings defeated Ivan Gorky by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 6:04 -Cummings had a fairly easy time with Gorky Interview: Dr. D David Schultz makes it clear he is not done with Steve Disalvo. He challenges Steve Disalvo for another title shot. Bout #2 Bret & Owen Hart defeated Sonny Rodgers & Tony Leone by pinfall when Bret pinned Leone in a figure-four leglock at 7:20 -the return of Bret Hart to RCW, previously he held the tag titles with his brother Keith Interview: Bret & Owen Hart seem to be tickled pink over being reunited tonight, but Bret makes it clear its for the one night only, as he is still wrestling with the Hart Foundation. He warns Owen that something is getting into Ben Bassarab's head, and that blood is thicker then water. Bout #3 Vendetta defeated Neil Guay by pinfall after a DDT at 5:50 -the Hatian is back, better and more aggressive then ever. He showed a few new moves learned from Vic Gate. Post-Match: Manny Silva hit the ring right after the decision, and went to work on Vendetta after taking him out from behind. He pounded away at the Haitian, then locked him in a half nelson and grounded him, screaming at him to go away, and to stay away from him. The crowd exploded when Vic Gate hit the ring and dropped a knee into the kidney area of Manny Silva, forcing him to break the hold. Silva decided he had done enough damage and left. Interview: Vic Gate does much of the initial talking as Vendetta still needed to recover. He spoke of how hard Vendetta worked, and continues to work, with one goal in mind; to make Manny Silva pay. Vendetta finishes the interview by repeating pretty much the same sentiments, that he wants his revenge.
Bout #4 Rick Renslow defeated Mike Lozansky by countout at 7:31 -Renslow controlled early, but Lozansky made a comeback and had the match under his control. The match spilled in and out of the ring, and Renslow's tag partner Dave Wagner who lost to Lozansky last week, snuck down to hide beside the ring apron. At the right time he grabbed a hold of Lozansky's ankle and kept him from getting back into the ring, which gave Renslow the win. Interview: RCW Heavyweight champion Steve Disalvo, along with Lisa Caress, says that he thought he was done with David Schultz. In fact, since he beat him fair and square its time to move on to new opponents. He calls Schultz yesterday's news. This of course brings out David Schultz himself, followed quickly by Marty Goldstein scrambling to try and catch up. Goldstein basically says he has to agree with Disalvo, and even though the match was not exactly "clean" none the less Schultz had his chance and its time for a new #1 contender. But then amazingly Disalvo offered Schultz one more shot, if he would agree to a stipulation. Since Schultz came to RCW to avenge his good friend Bob Backlund's loser leaves town loss, then he too should face that consequence. Disalvo says he will give Schultz one more shot, and if he loses then he leaves town. Schultz agrees but wants another stipulation that if he wins, then Bob Backlund is reinstated to RCW!! The fans cheer this suggestion. Disalvo, says, okay, but its one or the other. Either its a title shot and Schultz leaves town if he loses, or its a non-title shot with Schultz leaving town or Backlund getting to come back. Marty Goldstein agrees to all that saying it will be tonight's main event and Schultz will have to decide which set of stipulations to choose. It's his title shot or his shot to bring back the friend he turned on.
[end of first hour] Bout #5 Phillip Navarre defeated Mr. Saito by pinfall with a schoolboy pin at 9:27 -Navarre does a great job in avenging his tainted loss a couple weeks ago to Saito. Navarre controlled early, Saito controlled the bulk of the match, then Navarre controlled late. He telegraphed a backbody drop though and Saito went for a sunset flip, but Navaare used his balance and strength to roll forward and grab the extended legs of Saito and make the pin. Interview: The Longriders come out and Scott Hogg talks about how sneaky and underhanded the Three Little Indians are. Wild Bill says they like all that, but they are also dishonrable which is not a good thing. He calls the beat down last week on Hawaiian Punch to be disgusting. They call out Hawaiian Punch, who comes out looking pretty nervous. They ask the young man if he is ready to fight back, Longrider style. Punch says yes, so the 'riders challenge the Three Little Indians to an impromptu Six man tag match. Bout #6 Wild Bill Irwin, Scott Hogg Irwin, & Hawaiian Punch defeated Joe Lightfoot, Bobby Bold Eagle, and Sunny War Cloud by pinfall when Punch pinned Lightfoot after a Bolo Punch at 8:15 -the Longriders controlled most of this match, but gave the youngster the chance to finish it. Interview: Dr. D David Schultz says that this was a very difficult decision, his shot at a title, or Backlund being able to get back into RCW. Schultz says he's not even sure if Backlund is ready, willing, and able to come back. As it sounds like he is leaning towards taking the title shot he is roundly jeered. But he suddenly says that he has learned a valuable lesson about friendship, and now its time to pay that back, he chooses the option to try and reinstate Bob Backlund.
Main Event Non-Title Match **Schultz must leave town v Bob Backlund gets reinstated** Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) v David Schultz Disalvo jumps the gun, looking a bit agitated, but Schultz is a real veteran and anticipates the attack, tossing Disalvo into the corner and laying in some head shots. The champ slips out of the ring for a breather. Back inside they lock up and Disalvo sneaks in a thumb to the throat, and then a bodyslam. But when he goes for an elbowdrop Schultz rolls out of the way, and then puts the champ into an armbar. For the next couple minutes Schultz shows great patience working over one of the tree trunk like arms of the champ, and it has its desired effect. Back on their feet Schultz has no problem out brawling Disalvo who is favoring the one arm. Even with Lisa Caress jumping onto the apron his momentum is not taken away. However, when he goes for his corkscrew neckbreaker finisher, Disalvo is able to counter, turning him around into a front chancery and taking him to the mat. Disalvo works both a front chancery and then a sleeperhold, slipping both moves in and out of being a chokehold. Finally unable to stand it anymore Schultz fought back with a rake of the eyes, a rake of the nails down the back, and then a rake of the head across the ropes. Then for good measure as he was being read the riot act by referee Buddy Lane, he fishooked the mouth of Disalvo. Schultz went to work with elbows and knees, a kneeling surfboard, a bow and arrow submission, a pair of backbreakers, and then finally a Boston crab that the champ was able to power out of after about 30 seconds. Again Disalvo took a powder out of the ring. Schultz followed but Disalvo was able to get the drop on him, and then drive him into the guardrail, followed by a clothesline of such force it knocked both men into the crowd. Disalvo took a fan's beer and tossed it into the face of Schultz, before grabbing a hotdog and smearing it again across his face. Schultz tried for an elbow but his eyes were closed and Disalvo managed to side step it and then take Schultz back over the guardrail with a clothesline. Back inside the ring Disalvo nailed an atomic drop and yelled "that's one for your boy Backlund" and then hit Schultz with a running clothesline. He made a cover but only got a 2 count. The champ then went for a swinging neckbreaker, but Schultz blocked it, counterd into a neckbreaker of his own. Both men were down, and slow to get up but Lane gave them time due to the stipulations of the match. Disalvo went running at Schultz for a clothesline, but the Doctor moved out of the way, and then followed Disalvo into the corner driving his head into the back of Disalvo. He then slammed his shoulder into the lower back a few times before taking him out of the corner with a side suplex. He covered and got a 2 count. Schultz went for the Boston crab again, and once more the champ was able to get out, this time reaching the bottom rope. Lisa Caress handed Disalvo something. Schultz went for his corkscrew neckbreaker finisher, but Disalvo was able to block it, send Disalvo to the ropes and nail him with a fist to the head with a pair of brass knux, and was able to use his body to shield it from Buddy Lane. Disalvo covered, 1, 2, KICKOUT!!! The champ stared down at disbelief. The face of Schultz that looked back up to him was covered in crimson blood. He sent Schultz to the ropes and nailed him with a clothesline, then came off the far ropes and gave Schultz a running kick to the head. He covered and got 1, 2, KICKOUT!! Disalvo dragged Schultz into the middle of the ring. He set him up for a piledriver but Schultz blocked it, tried to flip the champ, but he was too big, and pounded Schultz to the mat. He got the doctor back into position and this time was able to hit the piledriver, and covered and got 1, 2, 3 !! Steve Disalvo defeated David Schultz by pinfall after a piledriver at 15:32 [David Schultz must leave River City Wrestling] Post-Match: A bloodied David Schultz salutes the fans who cheer him, as he wipes the blood from his head and waves good-bye. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
May 30, 1987 River City Wrestling #285 Edmonton, Alberta Opening Bout: Richard Charland defeated Dave Petro by pinfall after a piledriver at 4:35 -squash match Promo: A young wrestler named Chris Champion sends in a promo saying he is coming to RCW next week, but not only as a wrestler but also as a TV journalist. He will be hosting a regular interview segment called "Championship Material", because only the top caliber wrestlers deserve to be in the ring with him. He promises a "bombshell" of an announcement during his first segment next week! Bout #2 Joe Lightfoot defeated Hawaiian Punch by submission to the Native Indian Deathlock at 6:03 -Lightfoot required timely assistance in the form of a trip from Three Little Indians mate Bobby Bold Eagle to get the win over Hawaiian Punch who is beginning to make a name for himself as more then just a sugar loaded kids beverage. Interview: Vendetta and Vic Gate are featured. The Hatiaian voodoo man is very excited that he has received word, tonight is the night. The main event will be him against Manny Silva. Pre-Match: Bullet Mike Lozansky calls out Dave Wagner & Rick Renslow. He says the only way they can beat him is to double team him, to outnumber him. But he has a surprise partner tonight for a tag team match if they have the guts. They agree to the match, and then the place goes nuts when they hear "Whole Lotta Shakin" by Jerry Lee Lewis, and see wearing a white rhinestone jumpsuit and carrying a ghetto blaster, the one and only Rock 'n Roll, Buck Zumhoffe!! Bout #3 Mike Lozansky & Buck Zumhoffe defeated Dave Wagner & Rick Renslow by pinfall when Lozansky pinned Wagner after a double team flying dropkick at 7:20 -Lozansky played Ricky Morton for a bit, but then made the hot tag to the fan favorite Rock 'n Roller Buck Zumhoffe who went to work on both opponents. He then tagged out to the youngster who took it home. Interview: Rock 'n Roll Buck Zumhoffe gives a frenetic interview, interrupted a few times with a blast of classic rock and roll from his boom box. Mike Lozansky can only stand to the side and watch, before getting in a few words about their big win over Wagner and Renslow. Bout #4 Owen Hart defeated Bobby Bold Eagle by submission to the Sharpshooter at 5:22 -fairly easy match for Hart who just had to battle through constant cheating by his opponent but not a lot of real skill or athleticism. Post-Match: Joe Lightfoot and Sunny War Cloud hit the ring, and a 3 on 1 beatdown was on of Owen Hart. They swarmed him, surrounding him, running around him, taking kicks at him before finally taking him down with a bulldog from behind. But before they could do more damage the crowd errupted as Bruce Hart appeared from the back to save his brother, stopping on the way to the ring to pick up a steel chair. The Three Little Indians decided they could find seats of their own and headed through the crowd rather then face the metal of Bruce Hart. [end of first hour] Promo: Marty Goldstein comes to the ring and calls out RCW Television champion Ben Bassarab. First he congratulates Bassarab on achieving a year with the TV title, and on his recent victories against men like Manny Silva, Mr. Saito, and Boris Zhukov. He says he senses some frustration in Bassarab though as of late, frustration that is manifesting itself into anger towards friends and fans. Goldstein suggests that maybe Bassarab is ready to try and take the next step. He says that after David Schultz, Manny Silva, and Phillip Navarre have all failed to take the strap from Steve Disalvo, that everyone expects it will take a goliath to take down the champ. Goldstein says maybe everyone should be looking for a David instead of a goliath, and that a giant slayer is standing right in front of him. The fans cheer as Goldstein continues to lay it on thick. He says Bassarab has been the forgotten man in the title picture but that changes as of right now. Goldstein says Ben Bassarab is the new #1 contender for the RCW Heavyweight title, and will get his title shot next week!! Bassarab looks happier then he has in a long time. However, Goldstein reminds Bassarab that he still has a match next against Kid Gallahad and of course has to win that match to remain the #1 contender. Bassarab offers Goldstein a handshake, which is accepted. Bout #5 RCW Television Title Match Ben Bassarab defeated Kid Gallahad by pinfall after a superplex at 9:19 [Ben Bassarab retained the RCW TV Title] Bassarab still high from the big news controls the first couple minutes in this match-up of fan favorites who have a similar repetoire of moves. But then Bassarab flips off the second rope and lands awkwardly on his ankle. Gallahad seizes control over the match and it begins to look more and more like Bassarab may have very bad luck that takes away his title shot, and maybe even his TV title. However, Gallahad takes too long on top setting up his Gallahad Lance finisher, and Bassarab follows him up and wins the match with a superplex. Interview: Manny Silva is a bit calmer then most times, but still comes across as psychotic, in describing how he plans to choke Vendetta out again, this time finishing the job.
Bout #6 Phillip Navarre & Shawn Cummings defeated Boris Zhukov & Yuri Gordienko by pinfall when Cummings pinned Gordienko after a flying dropkick at 7:11 -Gordienko was the weak link in this match, and the impromptu tag team of Navarre and Cummings showed no weakness. Video: "Screaming For Vengeance" by Judas Priest provides the music as we see clips of Manny Silva trying to choke out Vendetta using the top and middle rope strands, as well as Silva doing the same thing to assorted other opponents.
Main Event Vendetta defeated Manny Silva by countout at 5:32 -an extremely unsatisfactory outcome considering the pre-match build up. Vendetta channelled his anger well, using it but also keeping it under control. He battered Silva from pillar to post, with the Hawaiian getting in only a few scattered scraps of offense. Given the opportunity Silva exited the ring and kept on going, never looking back. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!!
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June 6, 1987 River City Wrestling #286 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Opening Bout: Wild Bill Irwin defeated Nacho Barrera by pinfall after a flying bulldog at 3:40 -squash match. No way was Barrera in physical shape to take a superplex so Irwin finished him off with a bulldog instead Interview: Wild Bill Irwin is joined by his brother Scott Hogg Irwin. They say they are enjoying a bit of a break in the schedule, doing some partying, some biking, and waiting to hear who the new #1 contenders will be for their tag titles. Promo: Women's wrestling will return to RCW next week, with a special tag team match featuring 3 newcomers to RCW. Tawney England will team up with Despina Montega to take on Madusa Micelli and Mad Dog Debbie!! Bout #2 Phillip Navarre defeated Yuri Gordienko by pinfall after a coup de grace at 5:02 -not much competition for Navarre in this one Interview: Phillip Navarre is interviewed and is happy that his friend Vendetta is back and hope he gets his vengeance on Manny Silva. The interview though is interrupted by "Chariots of Fire" Vangelis, and then coming out in a purple robe, trying to look prestigious, the returning Kevin Kelly, and he is accompanied by Madusa Micelli wearing a white evening dress. Kelly gets into the face of Navarre, telling him he is taking over the interview. Navarre of course will have none of it, but when Micelli turns on the charm Navarre reluctantly cedes to the lady and leaves. Kevin Kelly says he is back in RCW and this time he is not leaving until he has the heavyweight gold. He introduces his valet Madusa who he also claims will capture the women's gold in the near future. Video: "Jammin' Me" by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers provides the music as we watch highlites of some of RCW's aerial flyers including Ben Bassarab, Mike Lozansky, Buck Zumhoffe, Kid Gallahad, Owen Hart, and Shawn Cummings. Bout #3 Shawn Cummings defeated Boris Zhukov by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 9:34 -longer match, went back and forth as Cummings acquitted hiself quite well. In the end though it was still a surprise and a shocker when Cummings pulled out the upset win. Promo; "Championship Material" Chris Champion comes to the ring to a chorus of jeers and some catcalls. His special set is done up like a talk show. He tells the fans that he is not just the next great wrestling legend, but he is also the greatest wrestling journalist around today. Better then Liz Hunter, better then Stu Saks, better then Dave Meltzer (who?), and even better then Peter King. But he's not one to make false claims so he will provide the proof. He calls out the tag team champions, the Longriders!! The fans cheer the Longriders as they come to the set wearing their biker leathers, carrying the tag team straps, and although they look angry they also seem a bit apprehensive. The fans can smell that something is about to happen. Champion has to persuade them to have a seat on the couch, and accept some Perrier water from his personal assistant Mitzi (which they promptly empty onto the Persian rug at their feet). Champion though puts this aside, and asks them how they are feeling. Wild Bill repeats what they said earlier about taking a breather. Champion lets them speak long enough to bury themselves before dropping the bombshell. He asks Scott Hogg how his knee is, you know the one you got scoped at the doctors clinic? Hogg goes white, and Wild Bill gets angry and gets to his feet, dragging Champion over his desk. He yells at him, "how did you know about that". Champion says he has contacts, he is the premiere wrestling journalist in the world today. Wild Bill calms down, but the Longriders stay standing now. Champion asks them if they will be able to defend their titles before the 30 day rule takes effect, reminding them they have only two weeks after today. Wild Bill tells Champion to mind his own business, that they will be fine, and they storm off. Champion adds one other piece of information, that this is news to everyone including Marty Goldstein who must be fuming backstage right about now. Chris Champion ends his show telling fans that he not only is the world's leading wrestling journalist, he is also Championship Material. Promo; On Tonight's Evening News -Rome meeting of President Reagan and Pope John Paul II, discussing United States-USSR relations, arms control and Mikhail Gorbachev -President Reagan’s priority at economic summit expected to be Dollar's drop -Iran reported expelling British diplomats in retaliation for Britain’s recent expulsion of Iranians in retaliation for brief kidnapping of British diplomat in Iran -Opposition in Texas to outlawing drinking while driving examined
[end of first hour]
Bout #4 Six Man Tag Match Mike Lozansky, Buck Zumhoffe, & Hawaiian Punch defeated Richard Charland, Rick Renslow, and Sonny Rodgers by pinfall when Lozansky pinned Charland after a flying dropkick at 9:08. Interview: Vendetta and Vic Gate are furious over what occured last week, with Manny Silva leaving the main event and avoiding the vengeance that the Hatian had planned. He wants to up the ante, and considering what happened last week, he challenges Silva to a rematch next week, inside a steel cage. Vendetta says that Silva calls himself the Mad Dog, then he should be able to be at home in a cage. Its time to show that his bite is as bad as his bark. Promo: Don't miss tonight's new episode of "Win, Lose, or Draw" with guest stars including Martin Sheen, and Ned Beatty. Watch as two people lead their team of 3 including 2 celebrities in a game of pictorial charades.
Bout #5 Sunny War Cloud & Bobby Bold Eagle defeated Owen Hart & Bruce Hart by pinfall when War Cloud pinned Bruce after a reverse roll-up at 6:14 -The Hart brothers were holding their own in this match as you would expect, but were undone by a timely trip from Joe Lightfoot which set up the win. Interview: The Hart Brothers are irrate at the Three Little Indians and make sure they know that this issue is not finished. Interview: Mad Dog Manny Silva surprises the crowd by accepting the match against Vendetta. He says he had a family member in the crowd, because his dear mother was sick. This cousin of his was to flag him down if his mother took a turn for the worse in the hospital. Silva claims to have seen the signal so immediately left the match. When Ron Strong, with tongue planted firmly in cheek, asked Silva how his Mom is doing, he says fine. Turns out that it was not the signal, his cousin was just waving at a peanut vendor. So he accepts the challenge next week to a steel cage match. Promo: Paramount Pictures is proud to release to theatres this weekend, "The Untouchables" starring Kevin Costner & Sean Connery. AL CAPONE. He ruled Chicago with absolute power. No one could touch him. No one could stop him. - Until Eliot Ness and a small force of men swore they'd bring him down. Can "The Untouchables" unseat Beverly Hills Cop 2 at the top of the box office charts? "Never stop fighting till the fight is done"
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match "Champion v Champion" Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) (champion) v Ben Bassarab Disalvo started strong pounding away at the lighter challenger. But Bassarab showed a lot of fortitude in absorbing the punishment and once Disalvo was winded he made his comeback. For 5 or 6 solid minutes he absolutely controlled the champion, with headbutts, chops, German Suplex, snap suplex, dropkicks, and an elbow drop from the second rope, but couldnt get a 3 count. He went for his flying cross body block finisher and Disalvo caught him, and for a second it looked like he would slam him, but the champ couldn't get his footing and went down. Bassarab covered, 1, 2, Lisa Caress entered the ring and pulled Bassarab off the champ. Ben Bassarab defeated Steve Disalvo by disqualification for outside interference at 9:03 [Steve Disalvo retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] Post-Match: Although he had his hand raised Bassarab remained in the ring, on his knees, looking down at the mat shaking his head. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
June 13, 1987 River City Wrestling #287 Regina, Saskatchewan Opening Bout: Kevin Kelly (/w Madusa Micelli) defeated Hawaiian Punch after a sidewalk slam at 4:13 -squash match, marks the in ring return for Magnificent Kevin Kelly Post-Match: Madusa enters the ring and joins Kelly. She takes advantage of Punch being laid out to use a lipstick and start to colour on his face. This brings out Phillip Navarre to protest, directly with Madusa though, making the mistake of turning his back on Kevin Kelly. But as Kelly tries to pearl harbour him from behind, Navarre side steps the attack and throws the Magnificent one out of the ring.
Bout #2 Chris Champion defeated Hoyt Daill by pinfall after a superkick at 7:01 -no one including Champion had heard of Daill before, and so it was a bit of a surprise when the 6'6, 340 pound pig farmer came to the ring. He provided a stiff challenge for Champion. Post-Match: Chris Champion says there is no formal "Championship Material" segment for today's show (he pauses to allow the fans to mourn). However, he says since he just kicked the daylights out of Regina's mayor (pause for crowd reaction), he feels he does owe them something. So he calls out Scott Hogg Irwin, another pig farmer, and challenges him to a match right now; unless of course as was reported last week on Championship Material he is too hurt to compete. After a short delay he gets the Longriders all right, but Wild Bill is leading the charge and goes right after Champion, who decides to take a powder out of the ring rather then face Wild Bill. Marty Goldstein comes to the ring. He demands an answer from the tag team champions, is Scott Hogg injured? Wild Bill tells Marty that they will be ready to defend their tag titles next week to meet their 30 day rule. Marty says they better or they will be stripped of the titles.
Bout #3 Strangler Steve Disalvo defeated Nolan Christopher by pinfall after a piledriver at 2:29 -squash match, Christopher looked to be 160 pounds soaking wet Interview: Strangler Steve Disalvo and Lisa Caress are interviewed. He tries to sell the fact that he would have kicked out last week against Bassarab anyway, his title was never in doubt. Lisa claims Bassarab was holding onto the tights so she had to stop the robbery. This brings out Ben Bassarab with a determined look on his face. He tells Disalvo that last week he was beat. That was the closest anyone has come to taking the title from him, including all the bigger men who have tried before. He laughs at Disalvo, which irrates him more then anything else could, and says he has his number. Bassarab says he gets his rematch next week, and that steps will be put in place to make sure Lisa Caress is kept in her place.
Bout #4 Richard Charland defeated Mike Lozansky after a backbreaker (and with his feet on the ropes) at 7:31 -good showing for Lozansky as he really had the veteran rocking and reeling, but Charland isolated the lower back of Lozansky early and kept coming back to it. However, he would not have got the pin if he hadn't put his feet on the middle strand for extra leverage.
[end of first hour]
Bout #5 Madusa Micelli & Mad Dog Debbie defeated Despina Montega & Tawney England by pinfall when Micelli pinned Montega after a bridging German Suplex at 8:55 -good match with a strong pace throughout. Mad Dog Debbie seemed a bit lost at times but Madusa more then made up for that as she dominated the match when she was inside. Interview: Madusa Micelli is interviewed and says her main responsibility right now is to help her man the Magnificent Kevin Kelly get the Heavyweight gold. Pursuing the women's title and her own glory is just a side project.
Bout #6 Boris Zhukov defeated Buck Zumhoffe by pinfall after a headbutt at 4:47 -surprisingly Zumhoffe didn't provide much of competition here for Zhukov. Interview: Boris Zhukov wants a rematch against that young American punk Shawn Cummings who beat him last week by fluke. Interivew: The Hart Brothers are steamed at Three Little Indians, specifically Joe Lightfoot and want all 3 in the ring next week where they can keep an eye on them, in a 3 on 3 handi-cap match.
Pre-Match: Manny Silva comes to the steel cage with a big grin on his face. He doesn't seem surprised when they announce Vendetta, and he doesn't show. After a couple of minutes the fans get hostile and efforts to have someone in the back find the Haitian go uneffective. Manny Silva gets on the mic and says that Vendetta was obviously too chicken to show up tonight and face him. He calls for his immediate suspension. Vic Gate comes to the ring to give Silva a piece of his mind. He tells the Hawaiian that if Vendetta is not here it must be some sort of emergency. Silva asks like what? A TV to steal, or they found his Dad drunk again? Gate slaps Silva, but surprisingly Silva holds his temper in check. Instead he offers to let Gate take Vendetta's spot in the cage match, to which he agrees. Main Event Cage Match Vic Gate v Manny Silva Gate does all right to start, his scientific repetoire is impressive and he shows why Vendetta has been eager to work with him. But once Silva turns it into a streetfight in the cage he falls to pieces. Silva outbrawls him, and hits him with powermoves that go unanswered. By the 5 minute mark Gate is at this mercy, wearing the crimson mask. Silva locks in a camel clutch as Gate grimaces through the crimson grille, blood running down his lips. Silva tosses Gate off the ring ropes and then grabbing him by the hair throws him into the cage wall. He uses his boot to rake the bloodied forehead of his opponent. Silva nails a wheelbarrow suplex and Gate is not moving, but still the attack continues unabated as the fans jeer. Suddenly Vendetta comes limping down to the ring, carrying a set of bolt cutters. Silva can do nothing but watch as the obviously banged up and battered Vendetta cuts his way into the cage. Silva catches him with a running knee, but Vendetta answers back with a headbutt to gain space, and then nails Silva with the bolt cutters, knocking him out. Vendetta drags Silva back to his feet and nails him with a DDT. Manny Silva defeated Vic Gate by disqualification for outside interference at 8:51 Post-Match: Vendetta seeks help from the back for Gate who is still laid out and bloodied. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
June 20, 1987 River City Wrestling #288 Grand Forks, North Dakota Opening Bout: Hawaiian Punch defeated Manny Silva by countout at 3:31 -what promised to be a squash match featuring the two RCW wrestlers from Hawaii, ended surprisingly in Punch's favor when Vendetta came down to ringside. The darkman of RCW didn't even have to enter the ring. Just by standing there he caused Silva to leave the ring, even though he had the match well in hand, and hightail it out of there. Interview: Vendetta is joined in the ring by Vic Gate. The Haitian apologizes to the fans for missing his match last week, but the real story is that he was attacked backstage by two thugs, distinctly Hawaiian in nature. After doing some checking with the hands backstage, it turns out these two were guests of none other then Manny Silva. Vendetta, looks really angry now as he begins to vent. He rips into Silva for bringing his friend Vic Gate into this. After he calms down he says they still have a contract according to the RCW brass for an unfulfilled steel cage match, and that match will occur next week! Bout #2 Madusa Micelli defeated Despina Montega by pinfall after a bridging German suplex at 5:13 -fairly dominant win for Madusa Interview: Manny Silva is irrate as usual, that he has to face Vendetta in the steel cage next week. He says the loser had his turn but chose not to show up. When faced with the facts of the situation he says he doesn't know about any attack, that he can't control his rabid fans, and that it was more likely Vendetta's drunk father...we're out of time! Video: "Shakedown" by Bob Seger is used as music as we see highlites of various RCW stars including Steve Disalvo, Ben Bassarab, Vendetta, Manny Silva, Kevin Kelly, Phillip Navarre, the Longriders, and the Hart Brothers.
Bout #3 Mike Lozansky defeated Richard Charland by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 6:56 -the youngster gets his revenge and a big win over Mr. Perpetual Motion Interview: Ben Bassarab reveals that to keep things fair tonight the RCW officials have agreed to neutralize Lisa Caress by having her handcuffed at ringside to a women of Bassarab's choice. He introduces his choice, Tawney England! Promo: On Tonight's Evening News; -Findings of House Armed Services Committee's investigation of Iraqi attack on USS Stark in Persian Gulf -"Al Shiraa", Lebanese magazine which broke story of Iran arms operation, reported claiming some United States hostages have been moved from Beirut to Iran for interrogation by Iran's minister of internal security -Hiroshima baseball player Sachio Kinugasa reported breaking Lou Gehrig's record - Renewed popularity of surfing examined, and increased sales of surfing attire
Bout #4 Shawn Cummings defeated Boris Zhukov by disqualification for abuse of official at 5:10 -rather then be embarrased with a second straight loss to the youngster, Zhukov got himself intentionally disqualified, then used the fact the ref was knocked down as an opportunity to assault Cummings with a choke sleeper. Promo: "Championship Material" with Chris Champion Chris Champion calls out the Longriders, and they are joined on the set by Marty Goldstein. Champion asks them who their opponents will be for tonight's mandatory title defense. Wild Bill looks defiant and says his brother isn't ready to go, but they will fight anyway, against anyone, even if he has to go it alone. Marty though shakes his head, and says sorry but Scott Hogg's knee has not been cleared by the doctors, and the titles can not be defended by a substitute or by one man only. He can't even just go stand on the ring apron without clearance. The 'riders look very pissed off but then seem to get it together. Wild Bill says "we understand" and shake hands with Marty. They thank the fans for this wonderful run that began on February 22nd of last year, just down at Fargo. Sixteen months, a new record for RCW Tag Team title longetivity. With that they hand the belts over to Marty Goldstein and in a somber mood begin to leave the ring. But Champion tells them to hang on a minute, they might want to see this. Champion says that since the fans seemed to love them so much, he has taken the liberty to go out and find a suitable replacement team. Ladies and gentlemen, your next RCW Tag Team champions, please meet and greet, Riggs and Wolff, the Terminators!!! These two guys in biker gear, looking like a somewhat smaller, "lessor" version of the Longriders (or the Road Warriors) come to the ring. They shake hands with Champion and sneer at Goldstein and the 'riders. The Longriders just turn and leave the ring. The Terminators give some information about how they may not be brothers but they have tagged for a few years now, throughout the world, but primarily in the American Mid-west. They say they will dominate the RCW better then even the Longriders because they aren't a pair of gimps that get injured every time they step on a crack in the sidewalk. With that they step forward and ask Marty to give them the tag team titles, with Champion cheering them on. Marty begins to back peddle but trips on his own feet. As the Terminators stand above him ready to pounce the crowd errupts as the Longriders run back into the ring and throw the Terminators out. Chris Champion flies over the top rope to escape. The Longriders help Marty back to his feet to a rousing ovation from the fans.
[end of first hour] Bout #5 Tag Team Handi-cap match, 3 on 2 Bruce & Owen Hart defeated Joe Lightfoot, Bobby Bold Eagle, & Sunny War Cloud by pinfall when Owen pinned Lightfoot after a flying bodyblock from the top rope at 8:58 -this match was back and forth with Buddy Lane doing an excellent job of enforcing the rules. Owen had a stretch early playing Ricky Morton, and then the Harts worked over Cloud for quite a while. The end came after a few quick tags by both teams, and a 5 man brawl, which saw the Hart Brothers send Cloud through the ropes with a double dropkick. Owen nailed Lightfoot with the bodypress from the top rope, but as Lightfoot struggled to try and flip through it he received a hand from Eagle who turned them. But then Bruce entered the ring and flipped them back over. Lane elected to ignore it and put the count on, and Bruce took out Eagle when he tried to interfere again. Interview: The triumphant Hart Brothers say they are excited to hear that the tag team titles are up for grabs, but of course they feel bad for the Longriders. They say they aren't scared of the Terminators and welcome inclusion in any kind of tournament or contest that RCW might have to crown new champions. Promo: 20th Century Fox is proud to release to theatres this weekend, "Predator" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers, and featuring Jesse "the body" Ventura. In a part of the world where there are no rules, deep in the jungle where nothing that lives is safe, an elite rescue squad is being led by the ultimate warrior. But now, they're up against the ultimate enemy. Nothing like it has ever been on earth before. It kills for pleasure, it hunts for sport. But this time, it picked the wrong man to hunt. Promo: A special interview segment taped from the set of "Predator" with Jesse Ventura as he talks about his change of career from wrestling to acting, his friendship and competition with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the state of today's wrestling.
Bout #6 Magnificent Kevin Kelly (/w Madusa) defeated Phillip Navarre by pinfall after a reverse neckbreaker at 7:30 -Kelly looked really good in this match beating one of RCW's top dogs without any outside interference, and with a clean finish after his new finishing move. The announcers say this pretty much puts him "lady in waiting" for the top contender spot. Interview: Kevin Kelly & Madusa gloat, a lot.
Interview: RCW Champion Steve Disalvo is actually concerned about his title defense tonight against Ben Bassarab. He says he is not worried at all about losing the title but can't handle the idea that his valet, Lisa Caress is going to be handcuffed at ringside to Tawney England!!!
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Lisa Caress to be handcuffed at ringside to Tawney England Steve Disalvo (champion) v Ben Bassarab Disalvo seemed so pissed off about the handcuffing that he ignored the opening bell and Bassarab rolled him up and came with in an eyelash of a 3 second victory. He whipped the champ to the rope and nailed a dropkick. Off the ropes again but this time the champ got off first with a clothesline. He followed up with another running clothesline and got a 2 count of his own. It was all Disalvo now as he punished the smaller challenger with one power move after another but still the spunky Edmonton native refused to be pinned or to submit while in the full nelson, or the surfboard. Finally Disalvo made a mistake sending Bassarab to the ropes, and the challenger took a powder instead. Tawney dragged Lisa over to Ben so she could give him some advice, and this brought over Disalvo, and the girls became tangled up with the guys. Bassarab vaulted off the back of Lisa and drop kicked Disalvo just as Tawney gave him a legwhip as well. Back inside Ben pushed his advantage with a vertical suplex (not quite all the way up), dropkicks, front layout suplex, and a facebuster, but could not put the champ away. Suddenly Madusa Micelli came from the back and attacked Tawney England!! There was seemingly no motive for this attack and everyone was caught off guard. Madusa struck with a clothesline, and then laid the boots to her while Lisa cheered her on. RCW officials came out to break it up, but inside the ring it distracted Bassarab who left to help out. But before he could help out Disalvo was on him from behind driving him to the mat, then throwing him into the ringsteps. Back inside the big man hit with a full nelson slam, a running clothesline, and then a piledriver to pick up the win. Steve Disalvo defeated Ben Bassarab by pinfall after a piledriver at 9:01 [Steve Disalvo retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] Post-Match: Steve Disalvo grabs his title belt, and as the RCW officials unlock Lisa, he takes her by the wrist and they quickly leave the ringside area to a chorus of jeers. After Bassarab recovers he goes over to help Tawney England to her feet and escort her to the backstage area. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
June 27, 1987 River City Wrestling #289 Fargo, North Dakota Opening Bout: Phillip Navarre defeated Sonny Rodgers by pinfall after the coup de grace at 4:01 -squash match Interview: Phillip Navarre is disappointed after his loss last week to Kevin Kelly but says he would welcome a rematch. Promo: Marty Goldstein comes out to announce that over the next two weeks there will be a 16 team tournament for the vacant RCW Tag Team Titles. The teams entered already are; The Terminators: Riggs & Wolff The Hart Brothers: Bruce & Owen Buck Zumhoffe & Mike Lozansky Boris Zhukov & Yuri Gordienko Shawn Cummings & Hawaiian Punch Richard Charland & Neil Guay Rick Renslow & Dave Wagner Sonny Rodgers & Tony Leone Bobby Bold Eagle & Sunny War Cloud with 7 more teams yet to be added
Bout #2 Mike Lozansky & Buck Zumhoffe defeated Boris Zhukov & Yuri Gordienko by pinfall when Zumhoffe pinned Gordienko after a flying bulldog at 6:30 -even match, as both teams look to jockey for position for the vacant tag team belts Interview: Buck Zumhoffe & Mike Lozansky are sure that their combination of experience and youth will lead them to the tag team titles. Promo: Wild Bill Irwin comes to the ring. He wants a piece of Chris Champion. Champion answers the challenge but brings with him the Terminators who we saw last week for the first time. It looks like we might have a 3 on 1 beatdown until the Hart Brothers suddenly run onto the scene to even the odds. The dust settles and a six-man tag match is arranged for later tonight.
Bout #3 Richard Charland defeated Hawaiian Punch by pinfall after a piledriver at 5:05 -Charland is still a notch or two above Punch's ability. Interview: Richard Charland assures us that with Hangman Neil Guay on his way back from Quebec they will win the tag team tournament. Promo: A new tag team from Regina, Saskatchewan will be appearing for the first time in RCW. Called the "Queen City Killers", they are Jett Black & Alex Cambridge. They claim they will make up for their lack of experience with their athleticism, training, heart, and speed.
Bout #4 Madusa Micelli defeated Tawney England by pinfall after a superkick at 7:10 -excellent match, back and forth action, with Micelli breaking every rule in the book and getting away with all of it thanks to the referee Jurgen Hermann's incompetence. Promo: Huge news as a recorded statement by the Midnight Rockers, Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty say they are coming back to RCW to compete in the tag team tournament.
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Bout #5 Kevin Kelly defeated Shawn Cummings by pinfall after a reverse neckbreaker at 6:38 -Cummings gave it all he had but Kelly is just too much of a specimen. Interview: Kevin Kelly & Madusa gloat a lot more. Promo: The Lightning Express; Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner are coming to the RCW Tag Team Title tournament. Interview: Joe Lightfoot says he thought it best to keep Bobby Bold Eagle & Sunny War Cloud together while he got his own partner, Flyin' Brian Jewel.
Bout #6 Six Man Tag Match Chris Champion, Terminator Riggs, & Terminator Wolff defeated Bruce Hart, Owen Hart, & Wild Bill Irwin by pinfall when Riggs pinned Bruce after a powerslam at 9:42 -Champion did his best to avoid Wild Bill, and actually avoid being in the ring at all unless his team had the advantage. Irwin let his temper get the best of him on a couple occassions leaving his team out gunned while he was arguing with the ref. In the end Champion tried to go for the pin but was dragged off by his own partners who wanted the glory for themselves. Promo: A blast from the past, formerly half of the RCW Tag Team champions, the Roughnecks, Stan Rodgers, is coming to the RCW Tag Team Title tournament, and he has himself a top notch partner. Baron von Raschke!!
Promo: Spread over the next two weeks, will be the 16 Team Tag Team Tournament with a random draw to determine the brackets. So far the following teams have registered; The Terminators: Riggs & Wolff The Hart Brothers: Bruce & Owen Buck Zumhoffe & Mike Lozansky Boris Zhukov & Yuri Gordienko Shawn Cummings & Hawaiian Punch Richard Charland & Neil Guay Rick Renslow & Dave Wagner Sonny Rodgers & Tony Leone Bobby Bold Eagle & Sunny War Cloud Joe Lightfoot & Brian Jewel Queen City Killers: Jett Black & Alex Cambridge Midnight Rockers: Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty Lightning Express: Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner Stan Rodgers & Baron von Raschke that leaves two spots remaining open. One of those two spots will belong to Chris Champion and a surprise partner. The last spot remains open at this time.
Main Event Cage Match Vendetta v Manny Silva Silva produces a small chain to start the match, wrapping it around his fist. But Vendetta takes the match to him, and then the two men fight over the chain. Vendetta wins the battle and uses it to hammer Silva and bust his head open in only the 2nd minute of the match. Referee Buddy Lane is letting it all go. Silva makes a comeback and uses Vendetta like a battering ram, putting him headfirst into the cage, and then raking his head across the metal. 4 minutes into the match and both men are bleeding quite heavily. Silva wastes too much time taking a turnbuckle cover off and Vendetta nails him from behind. After a bodysalm, double kneedrop, reverse neckbreaker, and a backbreaker, Vendetta hangs Silva up in the tree of whoa. He then takes a running start, and dropkicks Silva right in the head!! He takes Silva down and covers for a 2 count. Again Silva makes a comeback and the two battle it out, tooth and nail in the middle of the ring. Then it floats to the corner where Silva tries to climb the cage to escape the revenge seeking Haitian. But Vendetta climbs aftter him and they trade punches from the 2nd rope. Vendetta wins, tries to bulldog Silva off the cage, but the Hawaiian holds on and Vendetta crashes to the mat. Silva then goes for a splash but Vendetta rolls out of the way. Both men get up slowly and then trade wild haymakers which are all ducked. Vendetta gives Silva a kick in the gut, and then goes for a DDT but Silva pushes him off and nails him with a clothesline. Silva goes to work on Vendetta for about 4 minutes of non-stock punishment but Vendetta absorbs it all and keeps fighting. Vendetta then takes over the match and ends up nailing his DDT, but only gets a 2 count. He goes for a piledriver but Silva blocks it, and backbody drops Vendetta. Silva goes to work disecting with knees and elbows, until he went for one too many elbowsmashes and Vendetta used both arms to brace, and catch the elbow of Silva, then twist him into an armbar. Vendetta ran Silva into the cage wall, and then took him down with a devastating looking hammerlock suplex and got the 1, 2, 3 !!! Vendetta defeated Manny Silva by pinfall after a hammelock suplex at 14:03 That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
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Post by jacklarkin on Jul 6, 2016 16:06:13 GMT -5
July 4, 1987 River City Wrestling #290 Winnipeg, Manitoba Tonight's show will feature the first two rounds; round of 16 & Quarterfinals of the RCW Tag Team Title Tournament, to crown new champions since the Longriders had to forfeit the titles due to an injury to Scott Hogg Irwin. The Semifinals and Final will be shown on next week's program. Round 1 - Round of Sixteen Bout #1 Richard Charland & Neil Guay defeated Baron von Raschke & Stan Rodgers by pinfall when Charland pinned Rodgers after a piledriver at 5:11 [match shown in its entirety] -The fans got a kick out of seeing former Roughneck Stan Rodgers in action again, although somewhat out of shape, and seeing Baron von Raschke in an RCW ring for the first time. Bout #2 The Terminators Riggs & Wolff defeated Buck Zumhoffe & Mike Lozansky by pinfall when Riggs pinned Zumhoffe after a doomsday device at 8:40 [approximately 5 minutes shown on TV] -tough first round matchup for the Terminators, but they used their power and some double teams to come out ahead. A good portion of the crowd cheered for the Terminators even though they are blatant rulebreakers. Bout #3 Queen City Killers: Jett Black & Alex Cambridge defeated Boris Zhukov & Yuri Gordienko by pinfall when Black pinned Gordienko after the QCK at 6:07 [approximately 5 minutes shown on TV] -the QCK finisher happens as Cambridge tags out to Black, but then hits a German suplex anyway, holding it in a bridge while Black the legal man comes off the top rope with an elbow drop to the sternum, and then covers for the win, while Cambridge goes over to make sure Zhukov can not break up the pin. A big surprise win for the young QCK from Regina. Black is all speed and about 170 lbs soaking wet, while the slightly bigger Cambridge is more of a technician but also goes to the air with frequency. Bout #4 Dave Wagner & Rick Renslow defeated Dave Petro & Chris Pepper by pinfall when Renslow pinned Pepper after a swinging neckbreaker at 4:08 [only the match's finish shown on TV] -easy draw for Wagner/Renslow, boring match, thankfully short Bout #5 Sunny War Cloud & Bobby Bold Eagle defeated Joe Lightfoot & Brian Jewel by countout at 3:23 [match shown in its entirety] -luck of the draw saw the two native teams face each other, but as Lightfoot took the opportunity to speak before the match he said it wasn't luck but another white man screwing the natives. He refused to tag in from his bewildered partner Jewel who fought the match alone until he got tossed out of the ring by Eagle and decided he had enough of this, and simply left, getting his team counted out. Bout #6 The Hart Brothers: Bruce & Owen defeated Sonny Rodgers & Tony Leone by submission when Owen submitted Leone to the sharpshooter at 4:25 [match shown in its entirety] -squash match Bout #7 The Midnight Rockers: Marty Jannetty & Shawn Michaels defeated Chris Champion & Kevin Kelly by pinfall when Michaels pinned Champion after a superkick at 7:27 [match shown in its entirety] -best match of the night so far. Champion brought out Magnificent Kevin Kelly as his tag partner. After a slow start against the Rockers who are an established team, they took the match over and had it won. But Champion made the mistake of being too cocky and playing to the crowd. He didn't see Jannetty down and out get pulled over to his corner by Michaels, who then made the tag, and when Champion turned around he was hit with the superkick. Kelly entered the ring but Michaels threw him right out again before covering Champion for the win. Bout #8 The Lightning Express: Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Shawn Cummings & Hawaiian Punch by submission when Armstrong made Punch submit to the figure-four at 6:30 [match shown in its entirety] -a high octane match between two fan favorite teams
[end of first hour]
Round 2 - Quarterfinals Bout #9 The Terminators: Riggs & Wolff defeated Richard Charland & Neil Guay by countout at 6:34 [match shown in its entirety on TV] -An out of control brawl between two tough rulebreaking teams. The end came when all 4 men were brawling outside the ring, and after getting hammered over to the ring apron Wolff had the presence of mind to roll back into the ring and was the only one to beat the 10 count back into the ring. Since he was the legal man, his team picked up the win. Bout #10 Queen City Killers defeated Dave Wagner & Rick Renslow by pinfall when Black pinned Wagner after the QCK at 9:15 [match shown in its entirety on TV] -another good win for the young Regina tag team. They had a bit of trouble against the size and strength of their opponents but were miles above them in atleticism which won through in the end Bout #11 The Hart Brothers: Bruce & Owen defeated Sunny War Cloud & Bobby Bold Eagle by pinfall when Owen pinned Cloud after a somersault splash from the top rope at 12:39 [approximately 8 minutes shown on TV] -hard fought and even contest, with manager Joe Lightfoot getting himself banned from ringside half way through after getting caught putting Cloud's foot over the bottom rope to break a pin. He's lucky his team wasn't disqualified, but he didnt see it that way claiming it was prejudice on the part of referee Buddy Lane. With Lightfoot gone the Hart Brothers stopped having to fight uphill and took the match over. Bout #12 Midnight Rockers and Lightning Express battled to a double countout at 10:09 [match shown in its entirety on TV] Maybe the fastest paced match ever seen in River City Wrestling as these 4 men went full tilt from bell to bell. Rockers controlled the match a bit more then the Express who seemed to lose their cool first, taking things to the floor where all 4 men were brawling and got counted out. This stunk for the fans but the good news was that the Hart Brothers would receive a semi-final bye and progress right to the finals. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
July 11, 1987 River City Wrestling #291 Winnipeg, Manitoba The tournament for the vacant RCW Tag Titles continues with one semi-final match, while the Hart Brothers advance into the finals with a bye. Opening Bout: Tag Team Tournament Semifinal match The Terminators Riggs & Wolff defeated Queen City Killers by pinfall when Riggs pinned Black after a doomsday device at 11:31 -top notch match pitting power against finesse, David versus Goliath. But this time Goliath was just too strong and able to bend the rules enough to take advantage of two-on-ones despite best efforts of referee Buddy Lane to keep this match fair. Promo: "Championship Material" with Chris Champion Guest: The Hart Brothers Champion calls out the Hart Brothers. He gives them a hard time about getting a bye into the finals and says that being well rested is their only hope of beating a superior team like the Terminators. He goes on to say either the Lightning Express or the Midnight Rockers would have beat them. Having taking enough verbal abuse the Hart Brothers stand up from the "late night" style set couch, and begin to shout back at Champion. They call him a do nothing who likes to stick his nose into other people's business. Champion challenges them to take on another semi-final match tonight to make things even. The Harts say they would do it, they don't care, but Champion is not the one who is going to tell them to do anything... It's all a rouse as the Terminators hit the ring and attack the Hart Brothers from behind. They lay in a good beating to soften them up both physically and mentally before their final match. Champion looks down at the Hart Brothers and says, "I guess it should be even now."
Bout #2 Joe Lightfoot defeated Brian Jewel by submission to the Native Indian Deathlock at 6:04 -Jewel wanted a little revenge for the spot Lightfoot put him in last week as his tag partner, but Lightfoot got the better of him. Interview: RCW Heavyweight Champion Steve Disalvo, and his valet Lisa Caress are none too happy having to defend their title against Vendetta in tonight's main event. Disalvo complains that Vendetta has not been around long enough to be considered a #1 challenger and surely a more worthy opponent like Shawn Cummings, Buck Zumhoffe, or the Red Demon could be found? When asked about the uncanny resemblence in dynamics between himself and Lisa Caress, and Kevin Kelly and his valet Madusa, Disalvo just looks at Ron Strong and says "huh?". Video: "Girls, Girls, Girls" by Motley Crue, currently #13 on the charts, provides the music while RCW shows highlites of Tawney England, Madusa Micelli, and Lisa Caress.
Bout #3 #1 Contenders Match for the TV Title Manny Silva defeated Phillip Navarre by pinfall after a wheelbarrow suplex at 10:50 -hard fought contest with Navarre controlling early and the announcers commenting on Silva's uncharacteristically low interest level. But eventually he just got plain mad and nasty and was too much for Navarre to handle today. Interview: Ron Strong attempts to interview Manny Silva, but the Hawaiian is too hot under the collar to speak into the mic, coherently, or in complete sentences. One could only gather from the minute long tirade that Silva does not care that he is the #1 contender now for the TV belt, he doesnt want that belt, he wants only to cripple Vendetta. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News: -Federal Aviation Administration and Canadian officials reported launching investigation into alleged cover-up attempt by Delta crew involved in near miss with Continental flight over Atlantic this week -"Newsweek" poll reported indicating Colonel Oliver North's favorable standing with American public after 1st week of testimony at Iran/Contra hearings -Demonstration at Young Republicans convention in Seattle protesting Colonel Oliver North and Iran/Contra operation and conventioneers' response -Reburial in Detroit of Pvt. Eddie Slovik, only US soldier shot for desertion since Civil War -United Nations celebration of birth of world's 5 billionth resident, Matej Gaspar, in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, to illustrate planet's growing population crisis -Kansas City Royals baseball player Bo Jackson reported playing football with Raiders during off season
[end of first hour]
Promo: The Theme From Moonlighting by Al Jarreau currently #24 on the charts plays in the background as Kevin Kelly does his best Bruce Willis, and Madusa Micelli does her best Cybill Sheppard impression in a cheezy promo designed to insult Tawney England as being Canadian trailer trash, in comparison to themselves as the jetsetters. Bout #4 Girl's Strap Match Madusa Micelli defeated Tawney England by submission in the strap match at 4:58 -each girl had a leather strap wrapped around their own wrist, the girls were not hooked together, and the way to win was to get your opponent to submit while being strapped. It was a short, vicious match, that saw England in control for most of it but Micelli used a superkick, and then an exposed turnbuckle to turn the tide of the match. She whipped England across the butt repeatedly until she got the submission. Interview: The charasmatic Vendetta gets the crowd revved up for his title match tonight against Steve Disalvo. He promises that between the old Vendetta, and the new additions to his repetoire thanks to the continued work of Vic Gate, that the fans will see a new champion tonight, one they can finally be proud of.
Bout #5 Tournament Final - For the Vacant RCW Tag Team Titles The Terminators defeated the Hart Brothers by pinfall when Wolff pinned Bruce after the doomsday device at 9:17 [The Terminators win the RCW Tag Team Titles] -Terminators started strong beating down the smaller Harts. But Owen turned the match around and controlled Riggs, with leglocks and then a front chancery. He tagged out to Bruce who kept up the momentum with a suplex, and an elbow drop from the 2nd rope. He tried for a figure-four but was kicked off, right into the corner where Wolff clobbered him from behind. Both men were down, and both made a tag in. Owen went to work, but when he tried to send Riggs to the ropes it was reversed and the Terminator nailed Owen with a clothesline. He then choked him with his boot, nailed a shoulderbreaker and got a 2 count. He worked the shoulder with an armbar and some pounding shots before tagging in Wolff. Owen made a comeback but this brought Riggs back in, which brought Bruce in and we had a 4 man brawl. This favored the Terminators when Riggs backdropped Owen over the top rope, and this allowed them to hit their finisher stolen from the Road Warriors and win the belts. Post-Match: The Terminators were presented with the tag team titles. Chris Champion came down to congratulate them, but left the ring in a hurry when they just growled at him in response. Promo: 20th Century Fox is proud to release to theatres this weekend, "Revenge of the Nerds 2: Nerds in Paradise", starring Anthony Edwards and Curtis Armstrong. Get out your white socks! This time our suave college heroes hit the road for fun and fraternity in Florida. Another opportunity for brains to triumph over brawn. How can the girls possibly resist their geeky charms?
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Steve Disalvo and Vendetta wrestled to a no-contest at 9:30 [Steve Disalvo retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] These two went at it tooth and nail with neither having a long advantage in the first 7 minutes. Finally Disalvo began to dominate, and tried to finish off Vendetta with a pair of running clotheslines, a sidewalk slam, a DDT from the 2nd buckle, and a flying bulldog, but none would get the 3 count. As he stood there frustrated though Manny Silva suddenly entered the ring with a steel chair and smacked Vendetta across the back, then the head, then the back, then the head, then the back again for good measure. Post-Match: Steve Disalvo looked disgusted but left the ring, snatched up his belt, and led Lisa Caress away as she watched in horror at what was happening next. Manny Silva nailed Buddy Lane over the head with the chair when he tried to get Silva to stop the attack. Silva then choked Vendetta with the edge of the chair. The Queen City Killers, Vic Gate, and Brian Jewel all arrived to help but each one was given a chair shot by Silva and laid out. Finally Silva wrapped the top and middle ropes around Vendetta's throat. It looked like the Haitian may have got his hand in the way between the constricting ropes and his throat, and that may have been the only thing that saved him. Vendetta was being choked out, his face a crimson mask, bodies were everywhere. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
July 18, 1987 River City Wrestling #292 Edmonton, Alberta Opening Bout: Mike Lozansky defeated Sunny War Cloud by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 5:10 -surprisingly quick win for the Bullet who keeps impressing more and more every week. Interview: Mike Lozansky appreciates the accolades he is receiving from the fans and hopes he can continue to climb the ladder here in RCW. Promo: Marty Goldstein comes out with a huge update. After last week's fiasco he's had enough of Manny Silva. No more fines, no more grudge matches, no mas, no Manny Silva. For his lawlessness including his constant interference in matches that don't concern him, his insanely dangerous method of choking opponents with the top two ropes, and his attack on Buddy Lane last week with a steel chair - he is gone from RCW for good!! The fans greet this with a loud ovation. However, the bad news is that Vendetta will once again require time to rest his larynyx which was injured by the Silva attack. He is likely gone for 1 or 2 months. This also means that as of right now there is no clear cut #1 contender for the RCW Heavyweight Title.
Bout #2 Bobby Bold Eagle defeated Hawaiian Punch by pinfall after a suplex off the second rope at 7:40 -Eagle makes it 1-1 on the night for the Three Little Indians Interview: The Three Little Indians blame the white man for what happened at the tag team tournament and for having turned Brian Jewel into just another whitey wannabe loser. They don't care who the tag champs are, the Harts or the Terminators, they are going to come get what is owing to them. Promo: Orion Pictures is proud to release to theatres this weekend the sci-fi film, "RoboCop", starring Peter Weller. In a dystopic & crime ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him.
Part man. Part machine. All cop. The future of law enforcement.
Bout #3 Shawn Cummings defeated Richard Charland by countout at 6:37 -huge win for Cummings who had Charland rocking and reeling but couldn't put him away with his dropkicks. Charland also survived both a Boston crab and a slingshot suplex, before being dropkicked out of the ring and deciding he had enough for the night. Rather then return to the ring he simply staggered away. Interview: Shawn Cummings gets the crowd going by telling them that together they just proved that you can't mess with a Western Canadian boy, especially if you are a pansy Quebecois. He leads them in a rendition of "Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na, hey-hey-hey, good-bye" sung for Charland who had walked out.
Bout #4 The Queen City Killers: Jett Black & Alex Cambridge defeated Boris Zhukov & Yuri Gordienko by pinfall when Black pinned Zhukov after the QCK at 8:03 -rematch from the tag tournament that saw the Russians fair no better, and this time Zhukov who had berated Gordienko about the loss, was on the receiving end of the double team QCK. Interview: The Queen City Killers say that growing up in Regina, they are probably the first batch of young wrestlers who actually grew up watching the RCW product, and idolizing guys like The Destroyer, Bonecrusher, Chris Lyon, and Mike Valiant. Video; "Animal" by Def Leppard is the music, set to hihglites so far of The Queen City Killers in action, as well as backstage footage of them preparing for their matches, meeting their fans, and playing around with guitars of their own.
[end of first hour]
Promo: The Betty Glover Library Workout Tape [you've got to see this to believe it!!] chalk full of great music and fashion, and taking full advantage of the aerobics craze
Bout #5 RCW Television Title Match Ben Bassarab defeated Chris Champion by pinfall after a flying cross bodyblock at 12:25 [Ben Bassarab retained the RCW Television Title] -terrific match that saw Champion take some stalling and heel tactics straight out of the book of Larry Zbyszko, but also saw him employ some impressive martial arts attacks including knife hand chops, and savate and scissors kicks. He almost won the belt twice after scissors kicks but both times the champ got a shoulder up. Bassarab made a strong comeback and took to the air to keep the challenger off balance. A flying knee from the 2nd buckle, flying headscissors, and an elbow drop from the 2nd buckle set up a German suplex, and then the finisher. Post-Match: Chris Champion was visibly upset after the loss, pounding the mat, complaining about a fast count, and kicking the bottom rope. The fans taunted him with chants of "baby" before he left in a huff. Footage: The last six minutes of a match featuring Madusa Micelli v. Bambi, courtesy of AWA and ESPN.
Bout #6 Kevin Kelly defeated Phillip Navarre by pinfall after a reverse neckbreaker at 6:02 -impressive win for Kelly, an impressive specimen himself, but no real reason for this rematch as Kelly has proved himself superior. Interview: Kevin Kelly basically challenges Steve Disalvo, while Madusa challenges Orca. The "bronzed" couple is looking for some gold to wear.
Main Event RCW Tag Team Title Match The Hart Brothers: Bruce & Owen defeated the Terminators by disqualification for double teaming at 8:10 [The Terminators retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] -typically the Terminators used their power and double teaming to keep the Harts off balance for most of this match. But in the last couple minutes the Harts were able to fight fire with fire, meet force with force, took the legs out from the tag champs, and had them gasping for air due to the increased pace. The new tag champs sensing they were in danger of losing stopped any semblence of following the rules and refused to leave the ring, so referee Buddy Lane counted to 5 and then disqualified them. The fans were not happy with the result, and probably the high number of unsatisfactory main events as of late, and poured down jeers from the seats. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
July 25, 1987 River City Wrestling #293 Calgary, Alberta Opening Bout: Non-title Match Steve Disalvo defeated Buck Zumhoffe by pinfall after a running clothesline at 4:12 -even Zumhoffe did not provide much competition for the champ. The only real drama in the match came when Kevin Kelly's valet Madusa came out to watch the action. If looks could kill then Lisa Caress would be on an epsiode of Law & Order. Right after the match Disalvo spotted her and left the ring to confront her but she walked away before he could get there. Interview: Steve Disalvo says he is bored with the competition, or lack thereof in RCW. He says its not his fault that Vendetta and Manny Silva went on a path of mutual assured destruction, and Bassarab and Navarre have come up short. When asked about Kevin Kelly the champ says that he is a wannabe who needs to prove himself some more. Pre-Match: After the interview Steve Disalvo and Lisa Caress pulled up chairs at ringside and waited. The reason turned out that it was Kevin Kelly who had the next match. When he and Madusa came out instead of entering the ring they walked over to where Disalvo sat and stared at his title belt. Disalvo got to his feet and the two men just stared at each other for a good 20 seconds before inside the ring referee Jurgen Hermann began the 10 count for a countout. Bout #2 Kevin Kelly defeated Bernie Stihl by pinfall after a reverse neckbreaker at 1:04 -squash match, Kelly sending a message to Disalvo who watched the whole match standing up, then left for the back with his title belt. Interview: Kevin Kelly & Madusa say that the champs Steve Disalvo and Orca are ducking them, but they can only hide for so long. Kelly refers to himself and Madusa as this year's model compared to Disalvo and Caress who are now no longer under warranty.
Bout #3 Queen City Killers: Jett Black & Alex Cambridge defeated Rick Renslow & Sonny Rodgers by pinfall when Black pinned Rodgers after the QCK at 5:25 -third straight one-sided match tonight although Renslow had a few good moments of offense Interview: The Queen City Killers, Jett Black and Alex Cambridge say they have proven themselves to be top contenders for the tag belts, and will wait for the result of the Hart Brothers and Terminators rematch tonight to see who they are gunning for next.
Promo: "Championship Material" with Chris Champion guest: Ben Bassarab Champion is still bitter and embarrassed at losing to Bassarab last week even though he tries to appear normal. He asks Bassarab what's next for him, as he has held the secondary title for over a year now, and has exhausted his attempts to win the big one. He points out that Bassarab has also held the tag titles, it is only the Heavyweight title that stands between him and a sure spot in the hall of fame. Bassarab says he doesnt care about accolades like that, its a long career yet he hopes, and he will still have shots at the big title. Champion laughs and says that was spoken like a man who has given up, maybe waiting for Disalvo to lose his title to a new champion, maybe someone smaller. Bassarab takes some offense to this but Champion just laughs and tells him to sit down. Champion acts like a lightbulb just went on and suggests to Bassarab that maybe holding that TV title is what is holding him back. It acts like a security blanket, so he won't wrestle with the same sense of urgency and recklessness that he would if he didn't have it. It also means he has to split his training up. Champion suggests to Bassarab that he should relinquish the title, he has held it long enough, has nothing left to prove, and to put his full efforts back to winning the Heavyweight title. Bassarab seems to think about it for a minute before saying there is nothing Champion would like more then for him to give up this title, well it isnt going to happen. Champion though won't give up on the idea and he calls out Steve Disalvo. The champion comes to the ring with a snear on his face. When Champion puts the situation to Disalvo the big man rubs his hands together, nods his approval, and seems to think it over. Finally the champ says there might be something to that, and he would be willing, out of the goodness of his heart, to give Bassarab one more shot at the title, since there is no clear #1 challenger anyway, if he were to show the dedication of giving up his title. Bassarab says neither one of them wants him to win the belt, so they can stop playing games. Champion though won't give up and calls Bassarab chicken too cowardly to grab life by the horns. Bassarab finally relents and says that there might be some merit to what he is saying. He tells Champion he will think about it and give him and Disalvo their answer next week! Bout #4 Chris Champion defeated Jeff Gillies by pinfall after a superkick at 3:41 -squash match [end of first hour]
Bout #5 Six-man tag match Mike Lozansky, Brian Jewel, & Shawn Cummings defeated Joe Lightfoot, Bobby Bold Eagle, & Sunny War Cloud by pinfall when Lozansky pinned Lightfoot after a flying dropkick at 9:47 -the Three Little Indians controlled most of this match as both Jewel and Lozansky had turns playing Ricky Morton. But the good guys made a spirited comeback at the end to win the bout. Interview: The Hart Brothers announce that they have been granted a rematch for the RCW Tag Titles in tonight's main event against the Terminators. The Harts say they really had the champs number last week and thats why they got themselves intentionally disqualified to save their titles. But tonight will be different because Marty Goldstein has put in a special condition on the match. If the Terminators get themselves disqualified, or walk out of the match, then they will be stripped of their tag titles!! Ron Strong points out that the titles can not change hands by disqualification or countout. The Harts say that is correct, but that doesn't mean they can't be stripped of the titles for not defending them fairly, and that is what will happen if there is a repeat of last week. Pre-Match: Boris Zhukov is already in the ring. Marty Goldstein comes to the ring. He says that originally it was going to be Hawaiian Punch against Zhukov but a last minute substitue has arrived in town. Goldstein says he is so happy to have this guy, to improve the level of competition in RCW that he has come out himself to make the introduction. At 385 pounds, he is Big John Studd!!! Bout #6 Premiere of Big John Studd Big John Studd defeated Boris Zhukov by submission to the bearhug at 4:33 -Zhukov left the ring at the start and refused to lock up. Finally Studd left the ring to go after him and Zhukov caught him coming back into the ring. For the first minute it looked like Studd would not live up to the hype, but then he fired back with big hamhock forearms. He surprised Zhukov with a variety of attacks including a double underhook suplex, a side suplex, and a hiptoss off the top rope. The Russian lasted only about 20 seconds in the bearhug before giving up. Interview: Ron Strong interviews John Studd. He asks him if he's turned over a new leaf wrestling the likes of Boris Zhukov, and if he has gone away from using that controversial heartpunch. Studd just laughs. He says he doesnt care if he's wrestling Zhukov or Zumhoffe or Zebraman, he wrestles like he wrestles, he fights like he fights, and he loses to no man. And rest assured you will see the heartpunch again. When askes what has brought him to RCW, he drops a bombshell. He says he has come to collect a bounty!! When asked by a stunned Strong who the bounty is on, Studd just walks away.
Main Event RCW Tag Team Title Match The Terminators will be stripped of their titles if they lose by DQ or countout The Terminators: Riggs & Wolff (champions) v The Hart Brothers: Bruce & Owen Bruce started the match and had a hard time with the power and double teams of the champions. Owen got the hot tag in and seemed to fair better lifting the tempo of the match and almost single handedly winning the titles. But eventually he was taken down after a blind tag, Riggs ducked and Wolff hit Owen with a thundering dropkick. They tried for their doomsday device but Bruce entered the ring and took out Wolff who was holding Owen over his knee. The Terminators though then pounded on Bruce, and chucked him over the top rope. Owen fought back one on two while Buddy Lane tried to restore order. Bruce managed to recover and drag Wolff by the leg out of the ring. Buddy Lane left the ring to try and restore order outside where Bruce and Wolff were exchanging chair shots. Chris Champion appeared, ran into the ring and nailed Owen in the back with a steel chair, then left the ring. Lane eventually turned around and saw Riggs nail Owen with a backbreaker, so he returned to the ring and counted the 1, 2, 3 !!
The Terminators defeated the Hart Brothers when Riggs pinned Owen after a backbreaker and some outside interference at 7:31 [The Terminators retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] Post-Match: The Terminators pose with their title bouts and call for Chris Champion to return to the ring. Wolff offers a handshake to a smiling Champion, but then spins him right into the arms of Riggs who nails him with a belly-to-belly suplex. They lay the boots to him and then chuck him through the ropes to the floor below. The crowd gives the Terminators a mixture of cheers and jeers as they resume their celebration. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
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Post by jacklarkin on Jul 7, 2016 8:17:57 GMT -5
August 1, 1987 River City Wrestling #294 Regina, Saskatchewan Opening Bout: Madusa Micelli defeated Candice Pardue by pinfall after a bridging German suplex at 4:54 -Pardue is an impressive specimen as a former bodybuilder but did not have the repetoire, experience, or aggression level to compete against someone of Madusa's capabilities. Promo: "Championship Material" with Chris Champion Guests: Ben Bassarab, Marty Goldstein, Steve Disalvo, & Lisa Caress Bassarab goes through his thought process this week on whether or not to vacate the title to take one more shot at Disalvo. The fans seem split but slightly more vocal telling him to keep his title. Goldstein assures Bassarab that he will be given every opportunity to earn more title shots, and points out that at 16 months and still going this run as champ is reaching epic proportions. Disalvo tells Bassarab that if he is too small and weak to run with the big dogs to keep his second place title, kind of like the Miss Congeniality winner at a beauty pageant. Everyone thinks your a dog, but they give you a reward because you would make a great friend. Bassarab does not seem to be swayed by Disalvo's bait, and remains calm. However, he says nothing said today has changed his mind which he made up this morning with a clear head. Bassarab hands the TV Title belt to Marty Goldstein, and says that he officially relinquishes the belt in return for one more fair title shot at Steve Disalvo. The fans cheer Bassarab, and Disalvo just smiles at him. Everyone seems to be waiting to hear from the host Chris Champion but they notice he can't keep his eyes off the belt that Goldstein is holding. Marty asks Champion if he thinks he is "Championship Material", and then suggests that maybe his guests next week should be the Terminators.
Bout #2 Big John Studd defeated Shawn Cummings by pinfall after the heart punch at 4:11 -Cummings gave a yeoman's effort but was no match for this monster of a man. He once again impressed the audience with his ability to hit a chickenwing suplex, but then hushed the crowd when he nailed the heartpunch and Cummings dropped like a rock to the mat. Post-Match: The paramedics are called to check on Cummings who doesn't appear to be breathing. Interview: After a commercial break Ron Strong is livid with John Studd for almost killing Cummings, noting that if he had been older and less fit then he might well have died. Studd calls Strong a drama queen, and offers to demonstrate the heartpunch on Strong, who declines. When the interview turns once again as to why Studd is in RCW and who the bounty is on that he says he wants to collect, Studd once again refuses to answer the question. He says the targeted party will know soon enough. Pre-Match: Kevin Kelly comes to the ring with Madusa. He says that last week he showed Steve Disalvo what killer instinct is really about when he disposed of his unworthy opponent Bernie Stihl in just over a minute, instead of carrying him to five minutes like Disalvo did with Zumhoffe. However, Kelly says he is a perfectionist, whether it be in delivering his reverse neckbreaker, or in his choice of women, or in his body development, and that match last week was not perfect. He set a goal to beat Stihl in under a minute but came up short. So he wants another chance, and calls out Bernie Stihl. The youngster comes out looking very worried, and doesn't want to take the match. So Kelly throws in a sweetner. If Stihl can last a minute with him then he will get a nice big, wet, juicy kiss and hug from Madusa after the match!! Stihl changes his mind and takes the match. Bout #3 Kevin Kelly defeated Bernie Stihl by pinfall after a reverse neckbreaker at 1:05 -Kelly pounced on Stihl even before the opening bell, nailed a powerslam and almost got the 3 count in the first 10 seconds of the match. He made a mistake though and whipped Stihl to the ropes. The youngster grabbed onto the ropes and then left the ring. Kelly realizing the effects of the stalling tactics went after him, and he and Madusa chased Stihl around the ring. They had him between them so the rookie rolled into and through the ring, followed by Kelly which also broke up the ref's count. By the time they caught up to him Kelly punished him with a couple of punches, a pair of elbows to the bridge of the nose, a bodyslam, and then his finisher, for the win. Everyone waited anxiously for the official announcement. Post-Match: When the ring announcer said "one minute and five seconds" the place went nuts, as did Kelly. But true to their word Madusa stepped forward to liplock with the eager looking Stihl. But just as they were about to kiss Madusa gave him a knee to the groin, and Kelly then drove him to the mat driving his knee into the back of Stihl's head. He continued to kick away at the smaller man with Madusa cheering him on until Owen Hart hit the ring to make the save. Interview: Owen Hart calls Kevin Kelly a no class bully, and Madusa a tramp. He challenges Kelly to a match next week. On the topic of the tag titles he says he is done for now chasing the cheating Terminators, but says he has unfinished business with Chris Champion too if there paths ever cross again. He wishes the Queen City Killers luck in beating the Terminators for the belts. Video: "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2 provides the music, while RCW shows highlites of the Ben Bassarab TV Title reign, his victories over Kelly Kiniski, Kid Gallahad, & Dan Kroffat to win the title tournament in March 86; and victories during his reign over Chris Lyon, Great Gama, Steve Blackman at WS3, Manny Silva (in a cage), Kid Gallahad, the Destroyer at the 7th Anniversary Spectacular, Neil Guay, J.J. Funk, Armand Rougeau, Mr. Saito, Boris Zhukov, and Chris Champion, as well as his failure to take the big title in matches against Bob Backlund, and Steve Disalvo. Bout #4 Premiere of Nick Mercury Nick Mercury defeated the Raider by pinfall after a hotshot at 6:09 -Mercury is like so 1984 with his pastel colors, his white framed sunglasses, no socks and white suit, but he's still a fan favorite with his high energy attack having very little trouble with the Raider. Interview: Ron Strong welcomes "cool" Nick Mercury to RCW. Mercury says its only appropriate that he uses a hotshot as his finisher as he is going to hotshot his way to the top of River City. He mentions that he has his sites set on the vacant RCW TV title. When asked who his rolemodels are, or who he emmulates, instead of wrestlers he decides to answer with Val Kilmer and Don Johnson. [end of first hour]
Bout #5 Queen City Killers: Jett Black & Alex Cambridge defeated Sunny War Cloud & Bobby Bold Eagle by pinfall when Black pinned Cloud after the QCK at 10:14 -the native pair had some momentum early on, and then the match went back and forth before the younsters pulled out a quick doubleteam to pick up the win. Interview: The Queen City Killers say they have been granted a title shot next week against the Terminators. Promo: Warner Brothers is proud to release to theatres this weekend, Jason Patric, Dianne Weist, Corey Haim, and Corey Feldman in the youth horror/comedy flic, "The Lost Boys". After moving to a new town, two brothers are convinced that the area is frequented by vampires. Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire.
Bout #6 Chris Champion defeated Buck Zumhoffe by pinfall after a superkick at 7:12 -Zumhoffe totally controlled the first 5 minutes of this match, and made Champion look silly. That ended though when Champion grabbed the ropes and Zumhoffe's dropkick hit nothing but air. Champion dominated the last 2 minutes of the match with a swinging neckbreaker, savate kicks, a jawbuster, and then his finisher. Post-Match: After the match Chris Champion was set up to be interviewed by Ron Strong. But as the interview started music got turned on in the ring by the recovered Zumhoffe, on his ghetto blaster, and he left the ring to celebrate with the fans. Angered by this interruption Champion went over and blindsided Zumhoffe and then nailed him with a superkick once again. Interview: Mike Lozansky came out and challenged Chris Champion to a match next week for what he just did to his friend Buck Zumhoffe.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Strangler Steve Disalvo (champion) (/w Lisa Caress) v Ben Bassarab There was an air of electricity in the arena as Bassarab looking focused and stoic came into the ring and waited the champion. After instructions and the pat down the bell rang, and immediately the champ's shenanighans began. It started with a couple refusals to lock up, some meaningless complaints by Lisa Caress, then complaints that Bassarab had pulled his hair when they did lock up. Finally Disalvo let the frustrated Bassarab have his title shot, and he began by pounding the smaller challenger. He drove him down to the mat with several forearm hammers to the back, then a double stomp. Disalvo used his boot to rake the head and then choke Bassarab. He picked him up to deliver a bodyslam, but the challenger deftly hung on and rolled up Disalvo, for a 2 count. Back on their feet Disalvo pounced with a kick, then a clothesline, followed by a running clothesline for a 2 count. Disalvo continued to punish the challeger with kneedrops, a backbreaker which he held onto, a Canadian backbreaker, and finally a standing surfboard. Bassarab refused to submit though and when Disalvo went for a DDT from the second rope, Bassarab drove foreward instead putting his shoulder into the gut of the champ, then flipping him to the mat. Bassarab stalled for time, then countered a clothesline attempt with a duck under and a reverse roll-up for another 2 count. Bassarab took over the match now with kicks, dropkicks, several hiptosses, a back bodydrop, but when he went for his flying crossbody block finisher Disalvo caught him in the air and threw him to the mat. Too beat to take advantage Disalvo rested for a few seconds before taking a powder out of the ring. After a couple feigned attempts to get back into the ring before complaining that Bassarab was too close, he decided to just leave the arena throwing up his hands. Lisa Caress went to fetch the title belt while he walked up the ramp. It was just a ploy though and as an enraged Bassarab ran up the ramp to clobber Disalvo the champ turned around in time and gave him a hard backbody drop onto the floor. The champ then dragged the challenger back into the ring and continued his assault on the back. He set up Bassarab as if for a piledriver but instead held him up while he pounded away at his back, before driving him into the mat and getting a 2 count. The champ went to work with a backbreaker, more stomps, a bow and arrow submission, and then another two backbreakers for good measure. He covered but Bassarab managed to get a foot on the bottom rope. The challenger made one last attempt at a comeback, using his fists, but then a simple dropkick while connecting with the champ caused him to land on his back, and he was hurt again. The champ pounced with a hanging vertical suplex for a 2 count and then locked in the Boston crab. Bassarab survived about 20 seconds in the move as he made his way to the ring ropes, but before he could get the break the champ sat up and pulled the challenger to the middle of the ring again. Not his normal finishing move the Boston crab was effective none the less due to Disalvo's strength and the injured state of Bassarab's back. The challenger survived another 20 seconds in the crab before Buddy Lane lifted his arm up three times, and it fell three times to hush the cheering crowd. Steve Disalvo defeated Ben Bassarab by submission to the Boston crab at 14:57 [Steve Disalvo retained the RCW Heavyweight Championship] Post-Match: As Disalvo celebrates, the crowd comes to their feet when Big John Studd comes to the ring. Disalvo stops in his tracks and gets into a defensive posture as Studd enters the ring and just stares at him. The crowd goes nuts as the tension builds. But their disapointment is audible when Studd points towards Bassarab and tells Disalvo to pick him up and hold him. Disalvo smirks as he pulls Bassarab to his feet and pins his arms behind his back. The fans jeer as Studd takes his time before pulling back and then clobbering...Disalvo. The fans cheer but is it a mistake or on purpose. That question is put to rest when Studd hits Disalvo again with a double axhandle chop, and again, and then a headbutt. Studd then delivers a punishing belly-to-belly suplex. Finally he stands Disalvo up, while Lisa Caress is shrieking from the ring apron, and gives him the devastating heart punch! Disalvo is down and out. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!!
August 8, 1987 River City Wrestling #295 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Opening Bout: Nick Mercury defeated the Red Demon by pinfall after a hotshot at 5:15 -squash match Interview: Nick Mercury is asked why he has come to RCW and replies that he fell in love with a girl in a restaurant, she turned out to be the daughter of a kidnapped scientist, but lost her to a childhood love who she last saw on a deserted island and turned out 15 years later to be the leader of the Nicaraguan underground. So he has come to RCW to forget about all that, but thaks Ron Strong for bringing back those painful memories. When asked if he has any advice to the youngsters out there who aspire to be pro wrestlers, Mercury stares into the camera and says always remember, people change, hairstyles change, and interest rates fluctuate, or like they say in German; Die Sauerkraut ist in mein Lederhosen. Promo: Marty Goldstein announces that a 16-man tournament will be held next week to fill the vacant RCW TV Title, and that the hall of fame committee has been asked to rank the top 16 contenders for that belt and then the tournament will follow a traditional 1 v 16 format. Goldstein says that the round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals will be held next week but the final match will be held the week after. Goldstein also announces that Ben Bassarab's name is being considered for ranking. Bout #2 Boris Zhukov defeated Justin McKay by pinfall after a headbutt at 3:07 -squash match Interview: Boris Zhukov wants into the TV title tournament. He believes that if he can control the TV then he can control the capitalist expansion. He says he hopes he gets the draw against Ben Bassrab to put him in his place. Promo: September is rapidly approaching, and in River City, September is Battle Royale night. This year RCW is promising the fans twice as much fun as in the past.
Bout #3 Bobby Bold Eagle & Sunny War Cloud defeated Brian Jewel & Shawn Cummings by pinfall when Eagle pinned Jewel after an armcapture suplex at 7:50 -fairly even match but the Natives pick up a much needed win as they have been on the slide as of late. Promo: "Championship Material" with Chris Champion guests: The Terminators The tag team champions come out looking like they are in a nasty mood. But to his credit Chris Champion does not back away. He laces into the Terminators, saying he brought them into RCW, he helped them on the way to the top, and he helped them when they needed it two weeks ago against the Hart Brothers. And the thanks he gets is a beating? Riggs though makes it clear for Champion. They owe him nothing, he didn't train them, he didn't work out every morning in the gym with them, he didn't loan them money, he did nothing for them. And as far as why they beat him down, the stipulations of the match were if they got disqualified they would forfeit the belts. Riggs stabs Champion in the chest with his finger and says he almost got them disqualified, he could have cost them the title, and that was the way they had of telling him to mind his own business. With that the tag champs turn to leave, but Champion makes the mistake of puting his hands on Wolff, turning him around. The Terminators react with anger and Champion is on the end of another two on one beating, including a doomsday device.
Bout #4 John Studd defeated Joe Lightfoot by pinfall after a heartpunch at 4:11 -squash match Interview: There is no longer evading the subject of the bounty that John Studd says he is here to collect. He reveals the price tag is $10,000 and that he will collect if he hurts Disalvo long enough to have him stripped of the RCW title. Studd will not reveal who put the bounty on Disalvo's head or if he even knows who put the bounty out. Studd calls out Disalvo to come to the ring, but their is no response from the champion.
[end of first hour] Bout #5 Mike Lozansky defeated Chris Champion by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 8:32 -Champion gave it a good effort but he was still banged up after his beatdown from the Terminators and never really had 100% to give to this match Interview: Mike Lozansky acknowledges that Champion was not 100% in this match but that is what makes someone a "champion", being able to fight through it. He says he would welcome a rematch under even terms, but right now wants to prepare for next week's TV title tournament that he hopes to win. Pre-Match We were all set to have Owen Hart take on Kevin Kelly, when Kelly got on the mic and said that it wasn't just Hart that he had pissed off it was Bernie Stihl too. Kelly says that Stihl should have the chance to avenge himself, and offers to make this a handicap match. Owen can hardly say no to this change without looking like a heel, but everyone realizes that this is actually in Kelly's favor that Stihl might be the weak link. Bout #6 Handi-Cap Match Kevin Kelly defeated Owen Hart & Bernie Stihl by pinfall when he pinned Stihl after a reverse neckbreaker at 4:20 -Owen started the match and took it to Kelly for the first three minutes. Then true to script he tagged out to Stihl who had a couple of shots at Kelly, went to tag out but Kelly clobbered him from behind to prevent that from happening. Kelly went to work on Stihl with some stomps, a vertical suplex, a shoulderblock coming off the ropes, then hit his finisher to pick up the win. Interview: Owen Hart tries to put a positive spin on the loss, but wants another one on one match against Kevin Kelly.
Main Event RCW Tag Team Title Match
The Terminators: Riggs & Wolff defeated The Queen City Killers by pinfall when Riggs pinned Cambridge after a doomsday device at 10:12 [The Terminators retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] Typical small guys versus big guys match, with the heels taking full advantage of their size as well as ability to cheat. Both Jett Black and Alex Cambridge had extended time playing Ricky Morton, and their comebacks were short and unsustained. In the end the Terminators really dominated the match. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
August 15, 1987 River City Wrestling #296 Brandon, Manitoba RCW Television Title Tournament Round of 16 A-Side #16 Rick Renslow defeated #1 Ben Bassarab by forfeit 0:00 -Ben Bassarab the former champion did not show up and therefore forfeited his spot in the tournament #8 Shawn Cummings defeated #9 Sunny War Cloud by submission to the Boston crab at 7:19 -very even match but War Cloud could not handle the high octane offensive burst that Cummings put on in the last couple of minutes. #4 Chris Champion defeated # 13 Alex Cambridge by pinfall after a victory roll at 6:20 -after Champion controlled the Queen City Killer in the early goings with some martial arts but mostly some cheap shots, Cambridge made a comeback and all but had this match won. Champion managed to move out of the way of a splash attempt in the corner, and then rolled up Cambridge for the win. # 12 Terminator Riggs defeated # 5 Buck Zumhoffe by pinfall after a powerslam at 8:31 -tough going recently for Zumhoffe continually facing these monstrous opponents (Disalvo, Studd, now Riggs). None the less a big upset for one half of the tag champions.
B-Side # 15 Jett Black defeated # 2 Owen Hart by pinfall after a jumping neck snap at 7:23 -a wonderful match-up of two high flyers saw Hart control the majority of the match until Kevin Kelly seized an opportunity on a ref bump to come down to the ring apron and clobber Owen Hart from behind. The QCK wasn't happy about the interference but could do little else then to hit a couple of moves and take the tainted win. #7 Mike Lozansky defeated #10 Joe Lightfoot by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 3:35 -very fast match for a very fast wrestler, the bullet. #14 Nick Mercury defeated # 3 Boris Zhukov by pinfall after a hotshot at 6:26 -major upset although not much was known yet about Mercury. One thing that can be said though is that he marches to the beat of his own drummer, as he donned an NCAA style headgear to protect himself from Zhukov's headbutt, and it was allowed by the referee because there is no specific rule to prevent it. This frustrated Zhukov and his anger led him right into the hands of his younger and smaller opponent. # 11 Terminator Wolff defeated # 6 Bobby Bold Eagle by pinfall after a powerslam at 4:18 -the other half of the tag team champions advanced in the tournament, and the last of the Three Little Indians all went down to defeat.
Quarterfinals A-Side # 8 Shawn Cummings defeated # 16 Rick Renslow by pinfall after a slingshot suplex at 5:30 -fairly easy match for Cummings # 4 Chris Champion defeated # 12 Terminator Riggs by pinfall after a superkick at 7:34 -a good measure of revenge for Champion as he beat one of the tag champs who punked him out.
B-Side # 7 Mike Lozansky defeated # 15 Jett Black by pinfall after an inside cradle at 2:01 -another real fast match for "the Bullet", but even though their match was only two minutes long these two agile wrestlers went full tilt for the entire two minutes in a series of wrestling sequences that drew a standing ovation at the completion. The two also shook hands at the end of the match. # 14 Nick Mercury defeated # 11 Terminator Wolff by pinfall after a hotshot at 0:34 -a second straight upset victory, a second straight quick bout, and a real fluky win for Mercury who caught Wolff coming at him off the ropes, nailed him with the hotshot which was his first and only offensive move of the match and picked up the pin
SemiFinals # 4 Chris Champion defeated # 8 Shawn Cummings by pinfall after a superkick at 6:37 -Cummings did a real good job throughout the match of avoiding the superkick and seemed to be fighting from behind the entire bout. The end came though after Champion used the ref to screen him and then caught Cummings unaware with his finisher. # 7 Mike Lozansky defeated # 14 Nick Mercury by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 15:40 -well after both men had short quarterfinal matches they went the distance on the semifinal match. Back and forth these two went at it like they shared the same playbook. It only got nasty the last couple of minutes and Lozansky shot over Mercury from the ring grabbed him as he stood on the ring apron and slammed him down to the mat. Back inside he hit his finisher to advance to the finals. Final Match Next week for the vacant RCW TV Title # 4 Chris Champion v # 7 Mike Lozansky That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
August 22, 1987 River City Wrestling #297 Winnipeg, Manitoba Opening Bout: Madusa Micelli defeated Ultra-Vixen by pinfall after a German suplex into a bridge at 4:46 -squash match Interview: Madusa says that so far Orca has been ducking her, and so she is going to hunt her down just like in the movie Orca, but with a much different ending. Madusa says that gold looks good on her, as it will after she disinfects the belt because its probably been lost in one of Orca's fat rolls. Video: "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake provides the music while RCW shows clips of the last couple years annual September Battle Royales. This year, coming for September 1987 RCW's annual battle royale will be twice as much fun as ever before.
Bout #2 Buck Zumhoffe defeated Hoyt Daill by pinfall after an inside cradle at 5:56 -Zumhoffe thought he might catch a break from all the big guys he as been facing as of late, but had to be discouraged when out came the 6'6 340 pound pig farmer. But this time Zumhoffe was able to use his experience and speed to overwhelm his opponent. Interview: The frenetic Buck "Rock 'n Roll" Zumhoffe is eager to get his stay in RCW back on the tracks of success. Promo: Universal Pictures is somewhat proud to release to theatres this weekend, a comedy bordering on insanity, "Born in East L.A." , starring Cheech Marin. This time Cheech is not just on the wrong side of the law. He's on the wrong side of the line.
Pre-Match: Boris Zhukov demanded a rematch against Nick Mercury, who obliged coming to the ring wearing that collegiate headgear. But this time referee Buddy Lane was reluctantly ready with a ruling that the headgear was not allowed without a doctors note which Mercury did not have. So he was forced to remove the headgear. Bout #3 Boris Zhukov and Nick Mercury battled to a double countout (inside the ring) at 5:05 -Zhukov dominated early, Mercury made a high impact comeback, then Zhukov turned the momentum around again. Zhukov tried to whip Mercury to the ropes but the youngster put on the brakes and tried to send the Russian to the ropes, but Zhukov collded with Buddy Lane. Mercury slipped out of the ring and came back wearing a black and yellow striped mask. He worked over Zhukov, and when Lane recovered he counted 1, 2 Kickout!! Then Lane noticed the mask but must have decided he could do nothing about it since masks are not illegal. Zhukov complained to Lane, but then Mercury jumped him from behind with the sleeper. Zhukov backed Mercury to the ropes and then sent him over the top rope to the floor below. While the Russian continued to complain to the referee Mercury grabbed a foreign object and loaded the forehead of his mask!! Back inside he nailed Zhukov with a kick to the gut, then a headbutt with the loaded mask...and both men went down and out. In fact Buddy Lane counted to 10 and both men were counted out of the match. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News: -cause of recent Northwest crash in Detroit, Michigan, said still undetermined -Emergency landing of Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) passenger plane in Illinois detailed -Maintenance workers at Denver, Colorado, airport reported discovering grenade detonator in cargo hold of Continental plane -Verdict in espionage trial of accused USSR spy Marine sergeant Clayton Lonetree and background to case -Conflict between hikers and mountain cyclists in California Interview: Nick Mercury was interviewed after the commercial break. He denies loading his mask, says he shouldn't have drank so much Jolt cola as he didn't know the extra caffeine would do that. At this point Boris Zhukov returns and attacks Mercury. He lays the boots to him until RCW officials swarm the ring to break it up.
Bout #4 RCW Tag Team Title Match The Terminators defeated The Queen City Killers by pinfall when Riggs pinned Black after the doomsday device at 7:25 [The Terminators retain the RCW Tag Team Titles] A rare first hour defense of the tag titles, in a rematch with the QCK. The Terminators again had little problem overwhelming the younger and smaller team. One has to wonder who will step up to challenge these two big men. [end of first hour]
Interview: Strangler Steve Disalvo and Lisa Caress are very upset that he is going to have to defend his title tonight against that ape bounty hunter Big John Studd. In fact Caress is in tears (crocodile tears perhaps would be a better description). Disalvo says this is no normal match when you step into the ring with a man who does not want to win the match, but just wants to cripple you. He tells Goldstein to put a stop to this farce and investigate who put this bounty on him, or else he can't be held responsible for what happens to Studd tonight. Disalvo says that Studd is too old and fat to be getting into a match like this and promises that he will be taken out of the ring in one oversized body bag. Bout #5 Kevin Kelly defeated Owen Hart by pinfall after a reverse neckbreaker and some outside interference at 8:12 -Owen Hart had Kelly beaten from pillar to post, but could not put him away largely due to the power of Kelly. Owen kept trying riskier move after riskier move. Finally Kelly was able to grab the ref and distract him while Madusa jumped up on the apron and knocked Hart off the top turnbuckle to the mat below. A couple moves later and Kelly had the tainted win. Interview: Owen Hart is hot, and wants a rematch against Kevin Kelly. Interview: Big John Studd has a message for Steve Disalvo. Don't worry about him, worry about yourself because if he uses the heartpunch tonight, not only will Disalvo lose his title, he'll be the one coming out of the ring with a toe tag. And Studd says he will be $10,000 richer.
Bout #6 RCW TV Title Match - Tournament Final Chris Champion defeated Mike Lozansky by pinfall after a superkick at 9:56 [Chris Champion wins the RCW Television Title] -Champion played mind games with Lozansky early on, ala Larry Zbyszko, refusing to lock up, complaining about phantom hair pulls, etc. He also used several choke holds and thumbs to the throat that he tried to then explain to referee Jurgen Hermann were legal martial arts moves. Even Hermann was not inept enough to fall for that tactic. Finally Lozansky got rolling about the four minute mark and attacked with his aerial full-tilt style. Champion though caught him leaping from middle buckle and turned it into a powerslam for the 2 count. Champion then went to work with stomps, kicks, a high back body drop, vertical suplex, flying elbowsmash, but when he went for the superkick finisher Lozansky ducked out of the way. The Bullet then took over again, with a double axhandle coming off the ropes, an elbow drop from the second rope, an armcapture suplex, and a swinging neckbreaker. He then sent Champion off the ropes for the flying dropkick, but Champion grabbed onto the top rope and Lozansky ate canvas. He got up right into the superkick and a new champ was crowned. Post-Match: Chris Champion went ballistic, celebrating by himself, posing in all 4 corners, dropping to his knees, kissing the belt, even a couple of tears coming down his face. The fans just jeered him. He waved to the back to try and get the guys to come out and celebrate but there were no takers.
Pre-Match: As we come back from a commercial break, Champion is still celebrating and carrying-on in the ring. Finally Big John Studd comes down for his match, and Champion seeing the look on his face wisely exits the premises. Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Strangler Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) (Champion) v Big John Studd Disalvo ducked away from a couple lock-up attempts and kicked away at the legs of Studd. The challenger though grabbed the champ by the back of the neck and forced him into a lock-up, and then fired him into the corner. Studd pressed his strength advantage early and Disalvo looked like a fish out of water trying to stay mobile. Things seemed to turn around a bit for the champ though when he managed to fight his way out of a bearhug after almost a minute in the hold. Disalvo struck with a running clothesline from behind, then came off the ropes and did the same from a frontal attack, but Studd stayed on his feet. Incredibly Disalvo then hit a standing dropkick and this time the big man went down. Disalvo went to work with an armbar, then a half-nelson with Studd on his backside. The big man though got back to his feet, only for the champ to take him back down with a top wristlock. The two men had a test of strength with Studd pushing up from his back and Disalvo pushing down. The fans were pretty evenly split in their support but a few more cheering for Studd then the champion. Studd lifted his knees up and knocked Disalvo to the side. He went to work with stomps, a hiptoss, a giant kick to the back, then a side suplex. Lisa Caress jumped up on the ringapron but Studd just ignored her. He grabbed Disalvo by the head and pulled him up to his feet. By this time Lisa Caress actually entered the ring and began to hit Studd in the back with her arms. It didn't have any effect on him and rather then toss the match out Buddy Lane escorted her out of the ring and banished her to the back. Studd slammed Disalvo to the mat, and then when the champion got to his feet he was going to hit him with the heartpunch. But wisely Disalvo backed into a corner instead of turning around and facing the challenger. Studd pursued the champ into the corner as Disalvo reached into his trunks and put on a pair of brass knux, while Lane was still busy with Caress. Disalvo reared back and kicked out at Studd from the corner and then hit him with a clothesline. He then straddled the bounty hunter and held his head with one hand and laid in five straight shots with the brass knuckles, leaving Studd's head a bloody mess. Buddy Lane saw the last couple of shots, saw the brass knux, and called for the bell. Big John Studd defeated Steve Disalvo by disqualification for use of a foreign object at 10:27 [Steve Disalvo retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] Post-Match: Disalvo stepped back to look at his carnage and incredibly watched as Studd pushed down on one knee to get himself back on his feet. He kept coming at Disalvo like a punch drunk, and Disalvo nailed him three more times with the brass knux before finally leaving the ring. John Studd remained in the ring, blood streaming down his face, staring at Disalvo as he backed his way up the ramp. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!!
August 29, 1987 River City Wrestling #298 Grand Forks, North Dakota Pre-Match: Owen Hart comes out. He says he expected to wrestle against Kevin Kelly, the self-proclaimed "magnificent" one tonight, but instead he finds out he is taking on Justin McKay. Hart calls out Kevin Kelly, and somewhat surprisingly he answers the call. Kevin Kelly comes into the ring and tells Hart if he wants a fair match he'll have to wait until next week when his valet Madusa Micelli is back from hunting down that whale Orca. Hart says if Kelly is a man he will do this now, one on one, and not need his skirt to help him out. Kelly says he doesn't need her to help him out, its that he is under emotional distress from being worried about her. Hart tries to bait him some more into the match but he won't have anything to do with it and leaves to a chorus of jeers. Opening Bout: Owen Hart defeated Justin McKay by submission to the sharpshooter at 2:45 -squash match Promo: Boris Zhukov comes out and in his broken english explains to Ron Strong how he has been foolish with Nick Mercury the last times they wrestled. But now he has a contract for Mercury to sign, they will fight again tonight, in a "no tricks" match. Nick Mercury comes out and reads through the contract while Zhukov fumes and yells at him to sign it. Mercury asks him a couple of questions in legalese to confound him and make fun of his limited English skills. Finally though Mercury whips out a pen and signs the contract. Zhukov laughs and says "you dead man waking". Commercials including Miller Lite Commercial with Bob Uecker Bout #2 Non-Title Match The Terminators: Riggs and Wolff defeated Bernie Stihl & Jeff Gillies by pinfall when Riggs pinned Stihl after a doomsday device at 1:35 -squash match for the tag champions Post-Match: The Terminators complain that those two stiffs were not enough of a warm up for them so they order down two more. Bout #3 Non-title match The Terminators: Riggs and Wolff defeated the Raider & Dave Petro by pinfall when Riggs pinned Petro after the doomsday device at 1:13 -squash match. The tag champs beat the crap out of Petro, then threw him into the corner to tag in Raider, but Raider would have none of it and left the ring. The disgusted tag champs hit their finisher and called it a night. Interview: The Terminators say they have surpassed the reign of the Longriders already and proclaim themselves the most dominant tag team in the history of River City Wrestling. Promo: The Fall Tradition continues in River City Wrestling as we present the annual Battle Royale. This year as promised it wil be twice as great, as we have not one but two battle royales, with a unique concept. The first battle royale will take place on September 12th and will be made up entirely of fan favorite wrestlers. The second battle royale will take place the following week on September 19th and will be made up entirely of rulebreakers, the villians of RCW. Then the two winners will meet in a best 2 out of 3 falls to determine a decisive winner who will then be the #1 contender and receive a Heavyweight title shot in the near future. Everyone loves a parade....and everyone loves a battle royale. Commercials including Miller Lite spot with Joe Piscopo Bout #4 Shawn Cummings defeated Rick Renslow by submission to the Boston crab at 5:10 -Cummings had limited difficulty with the hairy Renslow Interview: Shawn Cummings says he might have been partying a little too hard this summer at all the great beaches around the Winnipeg area, the bars in Calgary, and the great music festivals across the mid-west, and his career has stalled. It's time to get back to school and pick it up a notch, with his training to try and win the battle royale, and barring that get back into TV title contention. Promo: "Championship Material" with Chris Champion guest: Chris Champion (!?!) Yes the egotiscal one had himself as a guest. In fact he kept switching chairs from behind the desk to ask himself a question, to the guest chair to answer it, even switching sometimes to interrupt himself. He then asked himself to sing a few bars of "We are the Champions" and after some coxing by himself, switching back and forth, finally he relented. Looking bashful despite the chorus of jeers he sang the Queen classic. But when he dared ask himself about the match tonight against Mike Lozansky his first title defense, he got mad, and tried to slap himself. The production crew cut the promo at this point and went to commercial. Commercials including one for Coors Light, the Silver Bullet. Bout #5 #1 Contenders Match Bobby Bold Eagle & Sunny War Cloud defeated the Queen City Killers by pinfall when Bold Eagle pinned Black after a double underhook faceslam at 7:49 -fairly even match but the QCK do not seem to have the same zip as they did in past weeks before losing to the Terminators. Interview: Joe Lightfoot comes out to join Eagle & War Cloud. The Three Little Indians say that maybe RCW will finally call a match straight down the middle as they don't like the freak Terminators any better then the Indians. More Commercials, and yes another beer spot, Coors Light
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Promo: Anniversary Party Lisa Caress has a little party set up for Steve Disalvo in the ring, complete with cake, a present (the "Reign in Blood" album from Slayer), and something sexy under her raincoat that she only lets Disalvo take a peek down into. She has brought in some uncomfortable looking people including Ron Strong, Mike Stone, Justin McKay, Bernie Stihl, the Raider, and both the Red and Black Demons to celebrate with them. The anniversary that they are celebrating was this past week Disalvo passed the 1 year mark as RCW Heavyweight Champion!! All the celebration comes to a sudden stop when the predictable happens and Big John Studd comes to the ring. All the other wrestlers and announcers immediately scatter. Studd grabs the Slayer album and breaks it over his knee, and is then nailed by Disalvo with a clothesline. He goes for a punch but Studd blocks it grabbing the champ's fist and squeezing, and then nails the heartpunch! The champ drops like a rock to the mat, and a hysterical Lisa Caress attempts to shield him from Studd. Suddently another man, a newcomer to RCW hits the ring. While certainly not as big as Studd or even Disalvo this guy has a sort of animalistic nature and compact power that does not go along with the name on the back of his tights "Wojo". Wojo though nails Studd from behind and then gives him a half decent belly to back suplex. Disalvo has recovered now, still holding his chest though and he helps Wojo as the two throw Studd out of the ring. Incredibly through this entire ordeal the "Happy Anniversary" cake remains intact. Commercial break and time to sell some more beer, this time a Budweiser Commercial starring Oingo Boingo Promo: When we return from commercial Steve Disalvo introduces his real anniversary present, his new hired bodyguard The Great Wojo. He tells us to watch this tape of him from another territory. Footage: The Great Wojo v Rick Steiner
Bout #6 "No Tricks" Match Nick Mercury defeated Boris Zhukov by disqualification for use of a foreign object at 4:43 -Mercury was getting his butt handed to him by Zhukov, but took an opportunity to introduce a roll of coins, stick a wet one to his own forehead and lay down, and plant the roll of coins in the palm of Zhukov's hand. When referee Buddy Lane got up from being bumped out, he saw the carnage and disqualified Zhukov. Promo: On September 12th, 1987, in Winnipeg at the fan favorites battle royale the enigma known as Vendetta will make his return to action. Promo: Boris Zhukov calls out Marty Goldstein to complain that Nick Mercury broke the rules of his contract and should be suspended. But when they look at the contract Mercury's signature is no where to be found. Zhukov is steamed while Goldstein laughs and asks Zhukov if the KGB ever uses disappearing ink. Commercial break, are you a Bud Man?
Bout #7 The Great Wojo defeated Buck Zumhoffe by submission to the Canadian backbreaker at 4:12 -must have seemed like deja vu all over again to Buck Zumhoffe thrown into the ring with another big, tough customer. Interview: Nick Mercury comes out and confirms that he used disappearing ink on that rube Zhukov's contract. When Ron Strong suggests that a scientific wrestler like him should not resort to cheating to beat a guy like Zhukov, Mercury laughs and says, "people who live in stucco houses, shouldn't throw quiche". When Strong asks him if we've seen all his tricks yet he replies, "no, if I haven't got it, I haven't invented it yet". Referee Buddy Lane in a rare appearance of this sort comes out to confront Mercury. He tells the newcomer that he does not take kindly to being made a fool of and if he tries it again he will disqualify him quicker then a Miami minute. Mercury looks confused and says no problem it wont happen again. Then as Lane goes to walk away Mercury goes after him, catching up to him he pats him on the shoulder. Lane spins around, and is greeted with a handshake offer from Mercury. The two shake hands and Mercury watches Lane walk away...with a "kick me" sign stuck to his back. One more set of commercials, and one more beer commercial "give me a light" Main Event RCW TV Title Match Chris Champion (champion) v Mike Lozansky Lozansky starts strong and after a monkey flip from a lock-up, he goes to work with an armbar, then a top wrist lock, then while still holding the wrist pounces off the second buckle with a legdrop across the shoulder. Lozansky works from the mat for a couple minutes then takes to the air. He has the match under control and the title in doubt until Champion counters with the Roman-Greco thumb to the eye. He buys time outside the ring and then catches Lozansky with another thumb to the eye from the ring apron. He smashes Lozansky's head off the buckle before entering the ring and taking him down with a double leg takedown and then a half-nelson into a pin, for a 2 count. Champion then puts Lozansky into a sleeperhold and seems like he might have him until Lozansky slams Champion back into the buckle and then nails a jawbreaker. Both men are down...wait a minute... Ben Bassarab, former RCW TV champion who forfeited the belt, failed to win the Heavyweight title, and then did not show up for the TV title tournament, comes to the ring...and he's stumbling slightly, not sure on his feet. Ron Strong seems to think maybe some one did a number on him. Bassarab grabs a mic and enters the ring, with Buddy Lane trying to talk some sense into him. Bassarab fumbles with the mic before slurring about how he is here for his title shot, his rematch, for his title. He seems to be drunk!!! Everyone is worried and embarrased, and Marty Goldstein comes running down to the ring. He tries to talk Bassarab to leave the ring but the Edmonton native calls Goldstein a fat shyster who talked him out of his title, and says he hates Goldstein. Goldstein says he's in no shape to be in a ring and needs to leave before he hurts himself. But Bassarab is now starting to get belligerent. But he does leave the ring, only to go snatch the TV title from the announcers table, and shaking off Lane and Goldstein gets back into the ring, fumbling to put the belt around his waist. This is as much as Chris Champion can handle and he nails Bassarab with a superkick to the jaw which knocks him out!! This enrages Mike Lozansky who punches away at Champion then nails a Northern Lights Suplex and has Champion pinned. Buddy Lane calls for the bell. This match is declared a no-contest, with the official time being 9:17 [Chris Champion retains the RCW Television Title] Well that's it for a very crazy episode of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!!
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September 5, 1987 River City Wrestling #299 Fargo, North Dakota Opening Bout: Non-title Match The Terminators defeated Buck Zumhoffe & Jeff Gillies by pinfall when Riggs pinned Gillies after the doomsday device at 3:26 -squash match Promo: September 12th - "the Fan Favorites Battle Royale" featuring the return of Vendetta, and just added special guests Baron von Raschke and Brad Armstrong. September 19th - "the Villians Battle Royale" September 26th - The two battle royale winners will face each other in a best 2 out of 3 falls match to see who wins a Heavyweight Title match Promo: "Championship Material" with Chris Champion guests: Steve Disalvo, Lisa Caress, & The Great Wojo Champion places the seeds of intrigue into the bounty hunter situation by asking Disalvo who he thinks may have placed the bounty on his head. Disalvo doesn't appear to have thought about it much and is kind of caught off guard. He says he doesnt care who placed it, he just wants to send a message by beating up on Studd so no one else dare come try to collect it. Tonight's main event will pit Big John Studd against Steve Disalvo for the RCW Heavyweight title, but as Champion points out Studd does not need to win the title to accomplish his goal, he needs to injure Disalvo. Finally Disalvo seems to get interested in who might have placed the bounty on his head. However, he will have the Great Wojo in his corner tonight instead of Lisa Caress who is feeling the stress of the situation. Disalvo warns Studd that there is a price on his head too, and that the Great Wojo will collect it tonight. Bout #2 Boris Zhukov defeated Hoyt Daill by pinfall after a headbutt at 5:20 -squash match Interview: Owen Hart comes out to announce that Kevin Kelly can't duck him any longer. He has a contract for a match against the "magnificent one" tonight. Ron Strong takes the opportunity to ask about Ben Bassrab's behaviour last week, but rather then answer the question Hart says he is Bassarab's friend, not Mommy, and he would prefer to concentrate right now on his match with Kelly. Promo: Today's sponsor, Chevrolet "The Heartbeat of America" Bout #3 Nick Mercury defeated Joe Lightfoot by pinfall after a hotshot at 6:06 -good job by Mercury of handling the more experienced Lightfoot Interview: Nick Mercury insists that he is done with Boris Zhukov and is looking forward to the challenge of next week's battle royale. Video: Nick Mercury has been kind enough to provide the production crew with a homemade video of himself strutting around town in pastels, set to "Sharp Dressed Man" by ZZ Top. Bout #4 Bobby Bold Eagle & Sunny War Cloud defeated Shawn Cummings & Brian Jewel by pinfall when Eagle made Jewel submit to the sleeperhold at 5:40 -fairly even match but the Indian duo are on their way to a title shot Interview: Bobby Bold Eagle & Sunny War Cloud are joined by Joe Lightfoot. They announce that they have a title shot next week against the Terminators and promise all their treaty people that they will come out of that match as the champions. [end of first hour] Bout #5 Kevin Kelly defeated Owen Hart by pinfall after a reverse neckbreaker at 10:48 -very even match, with Owen controlling perhaps a bit more of the action then Kelly. No outside interference from Madusa this time as she has still not returned from her quest to beat Orca. Kevin Kelly vaults his name to the top of the contender ladder. Interview: Kevin Kelly gloats, and without Madusa there he has twice as much time to impress himself. Video: "Crazy, Crazy Night" by Kiss provides the music, while RCW provides highlites of past fall battle royales. Bout #6 RCW Television Title Match Chris Champion defeated Mike Lozansky by pinfall after a superkick at 7:15 [Chris Champion retained the RCW TV Title] -Lozansky seemed to have Champion's number tonight, he was just faster, better on the mat, better technically, and had seen enough of Champion's underhanded tactics to anticipate and counter them. But then once again Ben Bassarab looking like he had one too many drinks came down to the ring. This time though Owen Hart must have been waiting for this and intercepted Bassarab, getting between him and the ring and talking hm down. However this provided just the distraction that Champion required and he was able to capitalize by nailing Lozansky from behind with the superkick. Post-Match: Bassarab tried to swipe the title belt from the announce table but Owen was able to talk him out of it. Ron Strong tried to get a mic to Bassarab but Owen told him to get lost, and walked his friend to the backstage area. Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Strangler Steve Disalvo (/w The Great Wojo) (champion) v Big John Studd Studd goes right after Disalvo at the opening bell and skirts the disqualification rules daring referee Buddy Lane to disqualify him or maybe just not caring. He choked and punched Disalvo at will. Finally the champion began to fight back with fists of his own, backing Studd away with punches, backing him across the ring, then clotheslining him as he bounced off the far ropes, and then again as he lay across the ropes. Disalvo took the match over with a front face lock, and then a bearhug but didn't really seem to know what to do with the huge man. More punches and clotheslines, and then what was a pretty credible bodyslam of the huge man. With Studd on the mat for some reason Disalvo called Wojo into the ring. Disalvo held Studd's arms down and told Wojo to come off the ropes which he did; but instead of attacking Studd the Great Wojo nailed the crouched Disalvo with a boot to the face. Big John Studd defeated Steve Disalvo by disqualification for outside interference at 8:34 [Steve Disalvo retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] Post-Match: The Great Wojo continued to attack Disalvo, riding him on the mat with a full nelson. Big John Studd was up now and the 2 on 1 attack began in earnest, and not surprisingly no one was coming down to put a stop to it. They bloodied the champ on his knees, and when Lisa Caress came down to the ring they intimidated her to cower into the corner. The fans actually cheered when "the Magnificient" Kevin Kelly came down to the ring. He had a steel chair and he began laying chair shots into both men. He stunned them long enough so he could drag Disalvo out of the ring, and the two men left up the ramp together with Lisa Caress. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
September 12, 1987 River City Wrestling #300 Winnipeg, Manitoba Promo: "Championship Material" with Chris Champion guest: Kevin Kelly The magnificent one comes to the ring and takes a seat on the couch after shaking hands with Champion. The host immediately asks him why he had a change of "heart" and helped out Steve Disalvo last week. Kelly said he might have his difference with Steve Disalvo, but he wants to take the title off of a warm body, not a cold one. He claims that Disalvo was so greatful for the save that he agreed in front of witnesses to give Kelly a title shot in return for Kelly being his tag partner tonight against Studd and Wojo. Next the discussion turns to the travels of his valet Madusa Micelli, and Kelly says let's just call her out. guest: Madusa Micelli Madusa surprises the crowd by coming to the ring wearing the North American Women's Title. She gives Champion a short hug before announcing that she hunted down and speared that whale Orca and has brought the title back to RCW!! The fans actually cheer for Madusa. However the new champion says there is no competition right now in RCW so she's not sure who she will be defending the title against. guest: Velvet McIntyre The red haired vixen comes to the ring, for her first appearance on an RCW show. She says she is just what Madusa ordered, some competition. She tells Madusa to be careful what you wish for, you just might get it, and get more then you can handle. The two women get into some finger pointing and a pushing match ensues. Velvet nails Madusa with a one-legged dropkick and then rolls out of the ring before Kevin Kelly can grab her. Opening Bout: Baron von Raschke defeated Rick Renslow by submission to the clawhold at 3:27 -the fans were really cheering hard for the popular Baron. Interview: Baron von Raschke says he's happy to be back in front of a Winnipeg crowd, wants to win the battle royale and beat that bum Disalvo, flashes the clawhold, and says that is all the people need to know. Promo: The WWF is returning to the Winnipeg Arena on Thursday night, September 24th Paul Orndorff will take on King Kong Bundy, Greg Valentine & Dino Bravo will take on the Rougeau Brothers, Don Muraco will face Bob Orton, and also in action will be Randy Savage, the Hart Foundation, Ted Dibiase and many more superstars of the squared circle. Pre-Match: As Chris Champion and Boris Zhukov were introduced to wrestle for the TV Title, for the 3rd straight week Ben Bassarab came out, and as last week he was intercepted by Owen Hart. Marty Goldstein also came to the ring and between the two of them they talked him down. Bassarab grabbed a mic and said he's sorry for his antics of the past two weeks but he's sober now and wants his title shot - now, not later. Goldstein says he isn't the top contender and needs to make his way up again. He offers Bassarab a spot in tonight's fan favorite battle royale and Bassarab accepts. Bout #2 RCW TV Title Defense Chris Champion defeated Boris Zhukov by pinfall after a superkick to the chest at 8:32 [Chris Champion retained the RCW TV title] Zhukov controlled most of the bout but Champion kept fighting back, and nailed Zhukov in the head with his superkick finisher. But Zhukov's abnormal head shook off the effects so Champion had to do it again, this time to the middle of the chest to pick up the win. Post-Match: Ben Bassarab hits the ring, and tackles Champion to the ground. He pounds on him and the two get tangled up and roll around the mat until RCW officials, and wrestlers including Owen Hart come out to break it up. Commercial break for the Demtel Rabbit, a state of the art machine to connect multiple televisions and videos, etc, to allow viewing of different TV shows or videos from other TVs. Bout #3 RCW Tag Team Title Match The Terminators defeated Bobby Bold Eagle & Sunny War Cloud by pinfall when Wolff pinned Eagle after a powerslam at 9:25 [The Terminators retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] -the Indians had their moments but got worn down as the match progressed and the power of the tag champs took over. It was a clean and hard fought win for the champs. Interview: The Terminators insist that now that they have dominated the tag team scene, they will use their team ability next week to dominate the villians battle royale. When asked which one of them would win after that, they seemed to get into a disagreement only to stop abruptly and laugh at Ron Strong, "psych". Bout #4 Brad Armstrong defeated Joe Lightfoot by pinfall after a reverse russian legsweep at 6:15 -Battle royale guest Armstrong had little trouble with Lightfoot. [end of first hour]
Bout #5 Steve Disalvo & Kevin Kelly and John Studd & The Great Wojo battled to a double countout at 8:49 -lots of mayhem to get the fans razzed up and into this one, but all semblence of order went out the window in the last minute as the two teams brawled outside the ring. The final straw came when all four men began to brawl each other, regardless of which team they were on. In fact when Buddy Lane finally called for the bell it was Kelly brawling with Disalvo, and Studd brawling with Wojo. Interviews: Short pre-battle royale interviews are held with; Ben Bassarab Vendetta Baron von Raschke Nick Mercury The Queen City Killers & Brad Armstrong Main Event 14-man over the top Battle Royale in order of elimination 14. Brian Jewel (elim by Cambridge & Jett) 0:53 13. Dr. Gold (elim. by Vendetta) 1:19 12. Shawn Cummings (elim by Bassarab) 2:20 11. Buck Zumhoffe (elim. by Daill) 3:29 10. Hoyt Daill (elim. by Raschke/Mercury) 3:43 9. Owen Hart (elim. by Bassarab) 5:05 8. Jett Black (elim. by Vendetta) 5:39 7. Alex Cambridge (elim. by Vendetta) 6:06 6. Nick Mercury (elim. Armstrong/Raschke) 8:45 5. Baron von Raschke (elim by Armstrong/Bassarab) 9:55 4. Mike Lozansky (elim. by Vendetta) 11:58 3. Brad Armstrong (elim. by Bassarab/Vendetta) 14:06 2. Ben Bassarab (elim. by Vendetta) 15:50 Winner: Vendetta @ 15:50 Notes: Dr. Gold was an interesting character we had not seen before, wrestling under a mask and wearing a surgical gown. Bassarab seemed to work with Owen Hart as a tandem until the moment arose when he could take advantage of Hart's trust and eliminate him. Throughout the match Bassarab drew jeers from the crowd for his tactics and soon became a target inside the ring, but still managed to survive to the final two. The win by Vendetta was a very popular one with the crowd, as was the appearance of Baron von Raschke. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
September 19, 1987 River City Wrestling #301 Winnipeg, Manitoba Annoucement: It is with deep regret that RCW informs its fans that former RCW tag champion, Scott Hogg Irwin, passed away suddenly on September 5th, 1987. He will be missed everywhere by fans, and family, including his brother and best friend Wild Bill Irwin. May he rest in peace. Opening Bout: Brad Armstrong defeated Terminator Riggs by pinfall after a reverse Russian legsweep at 8:57 -excellent opening match for the evening, which saw Riggs control the first 6 minutes of this match with his superior strength and bullying tactics. But Armstrong made the spirited comeback, and after some dropkicks had Riggs dizzy enough to hit the finisher and pick up the win Interview: The Terminators are very upset about that result, and Terminator Wolff challenges Brad Armstrong to show up again next week and fight him. Promo: Paramount pictures is proud to release to theatres this weekend "Fatal Attraction" starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close. A married man's one night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family. On the other side of drinks, dinner and a one night stand, lies a terrifying love story. Bout #2 Ben Bassarab defeated Shawn Cummings by pinfall after a flying cross bodyblock at 6:34 -hard match and high paced, but as soon as things did not go smoothly for Bassarab he began to cheat, drawing the ire of the crowd. He used the tag rope to choke his opponent and took the bout outside the ring on a couple of occasions to hit snap suplexes on the floor. Post-Match: Bassarab was getting jeered as he left the ring victorious and headed to the back. The suddenly he stopped as if he changed his mind, and walked back to the ring where a still dazed Cummings was leaving through the ropes. Bassarab nailed him with a punch to the head, dragged him out of the ring, snap suplexed him, then bodyslammed him. Owen Hart came running down and nailed Bassarab with a running forearm shot. He unleashed some mounted punches until Bassarab brought a knee up into the crotch of Hart. He then gave Hart a snap suplex on the floor before leaving the ringside area. Interview: After a commercial break an obviously hurt Owen Hart grimaces through an interview. He says he doesn't know exactly what has come over Bassarab but he no longer considers him a friend. He says Bens new friends are self-pity and a bottle of Crown Royal. Owen says that if Bassarab isn't too yellow show up next week and settle this like men in the ring, one on one. Bout #3 The Queen City Killers: Jett Black & Alex Cambridge defeated Buck Zumhoffe & Nick Mercury by pinfall when Black pinned Mercury after the QCK at 7:10 -funny moment before the match when Zumhoffe was blasting Tutti Frutti from his ghetto blaster, so Mercury produced his own ghetto blaster from under the ring, popped in a casette tape and began to play some Rick Springfield. The fans seemed to prefer Zumhoffe's music choice. High paced match fought clean, and in the end it was the teamwork of QCK that made the difference over the thrown together opponents. The teams shook hands again after the match. Video: "Slow 'an Easy" by Whitesnake plays as we get clips from RCW and around the globe of female wrestlers Madusa and Velvet McIntyre. Bout #4 Vendetta defeated Hoyt Daill by pinfall after a top rope clothesline at 5:16 -squash match Interview: Vendetta makes it very clear, he doesn't care who emerges from tonight's villians battle royale, he will be ready next week to take the next step to being the RCW Heavyweight champion. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News -Conclusion of first week of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork -President Reagan's optimism over expected signing at 2nd summit with Mikhail Gorbachev of arms control treaty recently agreed to in principle between United States and USSR [end of first hour] Bout #5 Velvet McIntyre defeated Ultra Vixen by pinfall after a single leg dropkick at 4:19 -squash match. Post-Match: During the match, North American Women's champion Madusa Micelli came down to the announce table to do some color commentary. She said a lot of derogatory things about Velvet's ability and pretended like she was an unknown, despite her success over the past few years. After the match was over McIntyre came over and yelled at Madusa about the things she said, and the two went chest to chest. Velvet said she wanted a shot at the belt, but Madusa said she hadn't earned it yet and would have to beat a better wrestler then Ultra Vixen to get it. Velvet said, fine, I will beat you next week in a non-title match to get my title shot. Madusa could hardly say no at this point. Promo: Promotional video showing scene from "Body Slam" starring Dirk Benedict, Tanya Roberts, Roddy Piper, Lou Albano, and Sam Fatu. M. Harry Smilac (Dirk Benedict) is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent and booking gigs for his band, Kicks. When making arrangements for a campaign fund-raiser, he mistakes Rick Roberts (Roddy Piper), a professional wrestler, for a musician and hires him. At that moment he becomes a wrestling manager and starts to book matches for him and his teammate Tonga Tom (Sam Fatu). The team is a success, and Harry decides to take his wrestlers and his band on a "Rock n' Wrestling" tour Interviews: Pre-battle royale interviews with the following; Big John Studd Great Wojo The Terminators Three Little Indians Kevin Kelly Chris Champion Main Event Villians/Rulebreakers Battle Royale in order of elimination 14. Joe Mirto (elim. by Studd) 0:23 13. Tom Stone (elim by Wojo) 0:41 12. Rick Renslow (elim. by Studd) 1:10 11. Rick Guntner (elim. by Wojo) 1:16 10. Kevin Kelly (elim. by Lightfoot/Eagle/War Cloud) 3:04 9. Chris Champion (elim. by Lightfoot/Eagle/War Cloud) 3:39 8 & 7. Boris Zhukov & Great Wojo (elim. by Studd/Wolff/Riggs) 5:52 6. Joe Lightfoot (elim. by Riggs & Wolff) 7:22 5. Sunny War Cloud (elim. by Riggs & Wolff) 8:45 4. Bobby Bold Eagle (elim. by Studd) 10:03 3. Terminator Wolff (elim. by Studd) 12:47 2. Terminator Riggs (elim. by Studd) 13:01 Winner: Big John Studd @ 13:01 That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!!
September 26, 1987 River City Wrestling #302 Calgary, Alberta Opening Bout: Queen City Killers defeated Tom Stone & Joe Mirto by pinfall when Black pinned Mirto after the QCK at 4:51 -squash match Interview: The Queen City Killers are interviewed because they won the match, not because they really had anything to say, and appear to be out of the tag title picture at the present time. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News -United States transfer of captured Iranians to Omani officials for repatriation -Senator debate over President Reagan's refusal to invoke War Powers Act in Persian Gulf -Unions' effort to boost morale of striking NFL players -Gene Upshaw said considering offer by Fox Network to broadcast game played by striking players. -"New York Times" said claiming White House acknowledges Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork may possibly not be confirmed Bout #2 #1 contender for the TV Title Nick Mercury defeated Bobby Bold Eagle by pinfall after a hotshot at 5:56 -competitive match but Mercury really used it as a platform to showcase his high octane attack Interview: Nick Mercury is really jazzed and thinks its marvelous that he will be getting a shot at Chris Champion's TV title. Mercury says when he is done with Champion his career won't be worth a pack of dead rats in a tampon factory. Video: "Rock Myself To Sleep" by April Wine is set to highlites of RCW's "rockers"; Buck Zumhoffe, Nick Mercury, Mike Lozansky, Brad Armstrong, and the Queen City Killers. Bout #3 Brad Armstrong defeated Terminator Wolff by pinfall after a reverse Russian legsweep at 4:20 -maybe not a huge surprise that Armstrong would pick up the win despite the size difference, but the quick nature of the win did come as an eye opener. Post-Match: Terminator Riggs who also lost to Armstrong last week came down and took out BA from behind. It was a two on one beatdown. The tag champions with their pride wounded nailed the doomsday device and left Armstrong lying. Interview: As Armstrong is helped out of the ring the tag champ Terminators say that is what happens to cheaters who hold the trunks on pinfalls. They tell Armstrong that if he shows his face in RCW again they will mangle it, and not in a match, wherever they see him. Bout #4 Non-title match Velvet McIntrye defeated Madusa Micelli by pinfall after the one legged dropkick at 6:03 -this match went back and forth with neither woman holding the advantage for more then half a minute. McIntrye was able to bridge away from a superkick attempt, take Micelli down with a legsweep, then when the champ got back up take her down again with the finisher. Interview: Velvet McIntrye says Madusa can no longer claim that she has not beaten anyone worthy, and that next week she wants her title shot. And in case anyone still thinks she can't handle herself watch the following footage. Footage: Velvet McIntyre v Wendi Richter [end of first hour] Promo: "Championship Material" with Chris Champion guests: Steve Disalvo & Lisa Caress Chris Champion again brings up the issue with the champ, "who put the bounty on your head?". Again it looks like Disalvo doesn't care or hadn't thought about it, until badgered by Champion. Finally, he grabs the TV champion by the neck and drags him across the table. He says it looks like Champion is way too concerned about this, and he wonders if he knows something he isn't letting on? Champion says no, he just wants to help. Disalvo tells him, fine, look into it, and warns Champion that if he doesn't get him an answer soon then he is going to treat Champion like he is the one who put the bounty out. Promo: Tommorow night on Fox 7:00 21 Jump Street: "Besieged" Hanson and Hoffs go undercover in order to put a crack ring out of business. Penhall, working on the same case, returns to squad car and becomes convinced that his new partner, Sgt. James Addabbo, killed a drug pusher. 8:00 Werewolf: "Friendly Haven" Eric is convinced that Skorzeny is responsible for the killings of some hunters in a small town and not Bigfoot like the townspeople think. 8:30 Married with Children: "Poppy's By the Tree" In the second season opener, the Bundy's go to a sleazy, dumpy motel in Dumpwater Florida. Trouble heads their way when an axe murderer, who hates tourists, arrives. Followed by the "Tracy Ullman Show" and "Duet" Bout #5 Kevin Kelly & Ben Bassarab defeated Owen Hart & Shawn Cummings by pinfall when Kelly pinned Cummings after a reverse neckbreaker at 9:17 -Bassarab did not want to lock up with Hart and avoided him. Hart controlled Kelly, tagged out to Cummings who further worked on the Magnificent one, tagged out to Hart who made several pin attempts but could not get the 3 count. He tagged out to Cummings who finally lost the advantage when he walked into a big boot in the corner. Kelly tagged out and Bassarab entered the ring for the first time in the match 4 minutes in to a huge jeer from the crowd. Hart immediately entered the ring to get to Bassarab but was held back by Buddy Lane. This allowed Bassarab to chop Cummings in the throat and then choke him over the top rope. The Edmontonian hit his typical offense with an elbowdrop from the 2nd rope, a pair of snap suplexes, a German suplex, and then tagged out to Kelly. Kelly could not put Cummings away and eventually missed an elbow drop that allowed Cummings to roll away and tag out to Hart. Owen went to work on Kelly who had no choice but to tag in to Bassarab. Ben immediately did a run and hide routine and caught Owen with a knee trying to get back into the ring. He worked over Hart who then managed to tag in to Cummings. After a very short flurry by Cummings he got too close to the enemy corner and Kelly clocked him in the back of the head with a fist. Bassarab hit a German suplex, tagged out to Kelly who hit a big boot to the face, then his finisher to win the match. Commercial break including today's sponsor, the Amiga 1000 Personal Computer from Commodore. Interview: After a commercial break we return to the ring where Owen Hart throws out a challenge for the turncoat Ben Bassarab to meet him one on one in the ring next week. Main Event Best 2 out of 3 Falls Winner Gets Title shot against Steve Disalvo Vendetta v Big John Studd The two battle royale winners hook it up. Vendetta tries to rumble with Studd to no avail, after some initial success the bigger man levels the Haitian fan favorite. Studd goes right after the back of Vendetta, punishing it before nailing an impressive underhook backbreaker drop and getting a 2 count. Studd then punishes him further with a Canadian backbreaker and covers for a 2 count. A long Boston crab is barely survived by Vendetta who leaves the ring for a breather. Studd follows and tries to throw Vendetta into the guardrail, but its reversed. Studd crashes into the steel barricade and is then clotheslined by Vendetta, almost flipping backward into the crowd. Back inside Vendetta makes the mistake of going for a backbody drop but his back is still injured and Studd too big, and he just sort of crashes to the mat under the weight. Studd recovers, nails a double underhook suplex, then locks on a Boston crab again. Vendetta refuses to submit, but eventually his hand is raised and falls, once, twice, three times. Big John Studd defeated Vendetta by submission to the Boston crab at 5:47 John Studd 1 - 0 Vendetta Referee Buddy Lane has to enforce the 1 minute rest period and keep Studd at bay. Finally as the bell rings Studd goes charging in. But Vendetta expects it and rocks Studd with a forearm to the jaw, and then slams his head into the top turnbuckle 10 times. He comes off the ropes with a clothesline but the big man will not go down. Vendetta climbs to the top, maybe taking too much time, but still manages to nail a top rope clothesline, and this time Studd goes down. Vendetta covers, 1, 2, kickout. Vendetta works him over for a couple minutes before going for a DDT, but Studd exerts his power refusing to go down, and clobbers Vendetta across the back, followed by a high knee lift, then a running forearm smash. The big man takes control of this match again and he has not forgotten the back as he goes to work on his opponent's weak spot. He rams his head repeatedly into Vendetta's lower back while pushed into the corner, holds a standing surfboard, and nails a pair of backbreakers but can't finish him off. He sets up for a powerslam but Vendetta wiggles away, landing beside Studd and takes him down with a wicked legsweep. It looks like it might have popped something in Studd's knee as he grasps at that area. Vendetta goes right to work with stomps, leglocks, and then a figure four on his monstrous legs. It is doubtful that Vendetta will get the hold on but once he locks it in Studd submits very easily within seconds. Vendetta defeated John Studd by submission to the figure-four leglock at 13:11 Vendetta 1 - 1 John Studd As the two men lock-up to begin the 3rd and final fall it looks like a match between two wounded soldiers, Vendetta walking stiffly and trying to massage his own back while he circles Studd who is limping badly on that knee. Vendetta feigns a lock-up only to lash out and kick the knee of Studd. He tries for a single leg takedown but Studd is too big for that and lifts his injured knee right into the face of the Haitian. He walks off the injury before grabbing Vendetta from behind and putting him in a side headlock. He works that hold for a minute as Vendetta tries in vain to push him off before finally forcing a rope break. Studd though does not break clean and punishes Vendetta with a meaty chop across the chest, and gets smacked across the face in return. This errupts into a brawl that spills outside the ring. They fight to the guardrail where Vendetta drives his shoulder into Studd's leg, ramming the injured knee into the guardrail but at the same time hurting his own shoulder. Once again both men look like wounded ducks as they climb back into the ring. Studd grabs Vendetta in a double choke, and then at the 5 count hoists him into the air and slams him to the mat in a devastating display of power. He reaches down to pull up Vendetta by the hair but his opponent lashes out with a foot and kicks him right in the injured knee. But Studd falls heavily onto Vendetta driving his forearm into the Haitian's jaw. It looks like a fluke knockout as Buddy Lane counts, 1, 2 shoulder up!! Vendetta rolls away from Studd, then when the giant pursues he pushes him into the corner and drives his shoulder into Studd. He tries to monkeyflip Studd out of the corner but the huge man holds onto the ropes and sends Vendetta flying backward. Studd runs out of the corner for a clothesline, but Vendetta ducks away and takes Studd down with a droptoehold, which he holds onto with a toehold. Studd makes his way to the ropes for a break. They jostle on the ropes and Lane gets between them which lets Studd sneak in a forearm shot to the jaw of his opponent. Studd nails a side suplex and covers for a 2 count. He then punishes the back some more with elbow drops and stomps before placing Vendetta into a Boston crab. This time though he is too close to the ropes and Vendetta is able to effect the rope break after a few seconds. They fight out of the corner exchanging punches, two of Vendettas to meet each one thrown by Studd. Finally Vendetta grabs Studd's arm, twists it behind his back, rides him into the buckle, and rolls him up for 1, 2, kickout. Studd staggers to his feet, and Vendetta nails a standing dropkick to the injured knee. Studd drops to one knee, and Vendetta coming from behind locks onto the head and nails a DDT on Studd from his kneeling position. He covers and gets 1, 2, 3 !! Vendetta defeated John Studd by pinfall after a DDT at 21:07 Vendetta defeated Big John Studd two falls to one That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
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October 3, 1987 River City Wrestling #303 Edmonton, Alberta Opening Bout: Kevin Kelly defeated Joshua Stroud by pinfall after a reverse neckbreaker at 3:44 -squash match. Stroud was heralded as a former USFL football player, with a good physique but still very green in the ring. He did not fair well against Kelly and looked awkward thoughout the match. Interview: When questioned about his promised title shot at Steve Disalvo now looking doubtful because Vendetta is the new #1 contender, Kevin Kelly said not to worry about him. His shot is ironclad and guaranteed and he doesnt care if it is Disalvo or Vendetta, he has been assured by Marty Goldstein that he will be next in line to get a title shot. Madusa Micelli is with Kelly and she says that she did not wrestle her usual match last week against Velvet McIntyre. Madusa insists she was on a scouting mission, and yes she got surprised, but when the title is on the line tonight she will be another animal all together. Promo: MTV's "New Grooves Top 10" counting down each week's Top 10 New Wave/Progressive Rock sounds, like "Girlfriend in a Coma". Bout #2 Boyscout Richard Ryan defeated Brian Jewel by pinfall after a schoolboy pin at 5:50 -Ryan makes a return to RCW, much to the displeasure of the crowd Interview: Velvet McIntyre says Madusa is full of hot air, and that last week was no fluke. Now that the North American Women's title is starting to get wide notoriety more competition is flowing in to challenge for that title. Madusa had an easy ride so far, but that is going to change tonight. Promo: See what everyone is talking about around the water cooler, catch the second episode of the new hit show "Thirtysomething". "The Parents are coming, the parents are coming", Tuesday night. Hope's anxiety over her parents' impending visit taxes everyone's patience. Bout #3 Queen City Killers defeated Hoyt Daill & Tom Stone by pinfall when Black pinned Stone after the QCK at 6:03 -a glorified squash match Interview: Ben Bassarab is interviewed by Ron Strong and he actually pulls out a bottle hidden in a brown paper bag. Bassarab seems drunk again! Owen Hart comes out and just kind of looks at Bassarab and says "Ben what are you doing?". Bassarab just stammers for a few seconds before nailing Hart in the head with the bottle. Owen is busted wide open and Bassarab lays in punches to the forehead until RCW officials enter the ring and drag him off. Bout #4 Brad Armstrong and Bobby Bold Eagle fought to a no-contest 0:12 Post-Match: In fact the bell had just rung when the Terminators hit the ring, and followed up on their threat last week. They began to pound away at Armstrong and had him set up for the doomsday device when Tim Horner hit the ring, knocking Wolff off the top rope and then dropkicking Riggs out of the ring. The Terminators looked on in shock as the Lightning Express reunited in the ring. Footage: We show footage from a Georgia Championship Wrestling match a couple years ago, featuring Brad Armstrong taking on his now tag team partner Tim Horner. [end of first hour] Interview: Brad Armstrong says he knew that the Terminators would try something stupid and cowardly like that, so he called up his old friend Tim Horner and they were ready for those tactics. Horner says his partner proved that one on one he was the better man, and now together they will prove they are the better tag team, and that size is not everything in the ring. Promo: "Championship Material" with Chris Champion guests: Steve Disalvo, Lisa Caress, Vendetta, Vic Gate, Marty Goldstein, and Buddy Lane. Instead of being set up like a late night talk show, the ring is set up for a contract signing with a headtable which includes all the guests. The match has been set-up for next week, the referee assigned is Buddy Lane. Disalvo gives Lane the 3rd degree but Lane stands up to his questions and shows no weakness or fear. Vendetta signs the contract first. The champ goes to sign the contract but not before taunting Vendetta saying that when he is done he will be going to take a vacation in one of those all inclusives in the Dominican Republic. Disalvo says that side of the island knows how to pander to wealthy and famous Americans, not like their poor cousins over in Haiti who just want to run around and kill each other. Vendetta errupts and tries to get to Disalvo but is held back by Vic Gate and Buddy Lane. Things settle down, but instead of signing the contract Disalvo says he wants to be clear that this is the only title shot he will be giving Vendetta. He writes in that clause on the contract. Marty says fine, but then he's going to cross off the automatic rematch clause for the champion if he loses. Disalvo has no choice but to save face and accept that. It is crossed off, both men sign and initial and we have ourselves a main event next week. Bout #5 North American Women's Title Match Madusa Micelli defeated Velvet McIntyre by pinfall after a clothesline and with her feet on the ropes at 7:50 [Madusa Micelli retained the North American Women's Title] Madusa tried to out tough McIntyre early but Velvet answered every tough tactic with one of her own. Then the champ changed strategy and avoided and frustrated McIntyre, even feigning leaving the arena twice. Finally McIntyre took over, pressed the advantage until Madusa caught her with a thumb to the throat and tossed her out of the ring. Madusa followed and smashed Velvet's head off the ring apron, gave her an atomic drop and then rolled her back inside. Madusa tried to come off the top rope with a double axhandle but Velvet caught her with a punch to the gut. McIntyre took over with a suplex and flying headscissors. She pressed her advantage but when she went for the one legged dropkick Madusa was able to move, and swat her away. Velvet got to her feet but was clotheslined by the champ who then made the pin thanks to some illegal leverage from the middle ring ropes. Post-Match: Velvet complained to referee Buddy Lane about what just happened. While Lane was apologetic he could do nothing. But Marty Goldstein returned saying he had just seen what happened and calls for a rematch next week. Promo: Tune in Tuesday night for another new episode of "Growing Pains" starring Kirk Cameron and Alan Thicke. In "Michaelgate", Mike is nominated for Student Body President, unaware he's only there as a means to ensure his competition will win. Bout #6 Owen Hart defeated Ben Bassarab after an enzuigiri at 8:29 -Ben started the match with a quick slap to the face of his former friend followed by a drop toe hold. He worked a side headlock and then an abdominal stretch. There were some punches exchanged on a rope break and Hart took over, pounding Bassarab in the corner. He nailed a jumping neck snap and almost got the 3 count. A vertical suplex into a float over for the pin got a 2 count. Ben snuck in a low blow when the ref was shielded from view, then drove Hart's head into the mat. He worked an armbreaker, almost getting his own shoulders pinned in the process, and then took Owen off the ropes for a powerslam, and another 2 count. Owen's head sported some bandages from his cut suffered by that bottle shot earlier in the show by Bassarab. The bandages now were becoming soaked in blood. Bassarab went to the top, but Owen recovered and followed him up. He took Ben off with a superplex, and if he wasnt hurt as well and slow to cover he would have got the 3 count. Owen used a leg spreader on Bassarab and then worked a leg lock, then a body scissors. The two men then went into some criss cross moves off the ropes that saw Bassarab hip toss Owen, only for Hart to then take him down with headscissors, that Bassarab promptly popped out of, went for the headlock, but Owen countered with a hammerlock. Once again the action went to the top, this time it was Owen going up too early. Ben tried to take Owen down with a superplex but Owen blocked it and pushed Ben to the mat. He tried for a bodypress but Bassarab rolled through it, powerslamming Owen to the mat. He got 1, 2, KICKOUT!! Back on their feet Ben rocked Owen with a forearm, then sent him to the ropes. His dropkick hit nothing but air because Owen grabbed onto the top rope. Owen tried for a kick but his leg was caught in mid-air by Bassarab, but then Hart lashed out with the enzuigiri and picked up the win. Interview: His head now openly bleeding, leaking from the blood soaked bandages, Owen Hart said this wasn't about winning or beating Ben, it was about sending a message, hopefully a wake up call. Owen calls Ben one of the finest guys he has ever met, and is willing to forgive him if he can find his way once again to do what is right in this world. Main Event RCW Television Title Match Chris Champion and Nick Mercury battled to a double countout at 5:07 [Chris Champion retains the RCW TV Title] Not a very satsifactory main event for the fans after such a good previous match on the show. Tempers flared and things boiled over rather quick between these two which resulted in a knock-down drag-out fight outside the ring that forced Buddy Lane to count both men out. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
October 10, 1987 River City Wrestling #304 Regina, Saskatchewan Opening Bout: Owen Hart defeated Joe Mirto by pinfall after an enzuigiri at 3:23 -squash match Interview: Owen Hart was being interviewed, talking about his next step which he hopes is either a TV title shot or better yet a shot at the winner of Vendetta and Steve Disalvo later tonight for the Heavyweight Title. He says he thinks he deserves.. Ben Bassarab appears and attacks Owen Hart from behind. He again has a bottle inside a paper bag that he smashes over the head of his former friend busting him wide open. He lays the boots to Hart until RCW officials can arrive on the scene to break it up. Bout #2 Kevin Kelly defeated Brian Jewel by pinfall after a reverse neckbreaker at 2:12 -squash match Interview: Kevin Kelly with Madusa Micelli at his side says that was not good enough for him. How is he supposed to get into fighting shape for his guaranteed title shot against the winner of Disalvo-Vendetta with weaklings like that. He says send someone else down, like the greenhorn from last week. Bout #3 Kevin Kelly defeated Joshua Stroud by pinfall after a reverse neckbreaker at 1:27 -squash match Post-Match: Kevin Kelly says that was pathetic and he isn't leaving the ring until he gets another warm-up match. The fans errupt when Bullet Mike Lozansky comes down to the ring. Kelly though looks unimpressed saying Vendetta goes about 260 and Disalvo is 300, so how is this 99 pound Greg Gagne like built loser going to challenge him? He finds out though as Lozansky rocks him with a forearm to the chin and the bell is rung. Bout #4 Mike Lozansky defeated Kevin Kelly by pinfall after a series of dropkicks at 5:29 -huge upset victory for the Bullet. He attacked first and controlled the first two minutes until Madusa managed to distract referee Jurgen Hermann and allow Kelly to low blow Lozansky. In fact Kelly probably would have had the pinfall if Hermann hadn't insisted in prolonging his warning and lecture to Madusa instead of turning around and making the count. Kelly tried to put away Lozansky with some elbows, clotheslines, backbreakers but couldn' tdo it. He went for his finisher but Lozansky managed to counter with a top wrist lock to buy himself some time. He began a comeback, getting himself some distance, coming off the ropes and using his speed to increase the impact of his moves. The finish came not as one dropkick but the final one of a series of 7 which saw Kelly knocked to his knees first, then taken out with a dropkick to the head. Madusa tried to enter the ring to break up the pinfall but Velvet McIntrye came down and pulled her out. The two then brawled over to the announce table where McIntryre smashed her head off the table then took her down with a bodyslam. Interview: Kevin Kelly and Madusa are livid over their loss as we return from a commercial break. But before they can spend more then a few seconds venting, Marty Goldstein comes to the ring. He says that because Kelly insisted on 3 matches instead of his alloted one they are running short on time. So their interview is cancelled and the next match will begin; Madusa defending her title against McIntyre. Madusa protests, saying she is still wobbly from having her head smashed into the table, but Goldstein says tough luck, you made your bed now you can lay in it...so to speak. Bout #5 North American Women's Title Match Madusa Micelli defeated Velvet McIntyre by pinfall after a superkick at 7:43 [Madusa Micelli retained the North American Women's Title] Velvet beat the champ from pillar to post. She did such a good job of disecting the champ that the fans began to get restless and worried when after 5 minutes she still did not get a pinfall. Sure enough Madusa caught her telegraphing a dropkick and hung onto the ropes. The champ then bought some more time with a chop to the throat, a thumb to the eye, and then a rake of the fingernails across the back. Madusa went to work with a half nelson, then a hairpull to the mat, a bootrake across the head, and a nice pair of kicks to the back. She then sent Velvet over the top rope...or so she thought, making the mistake of turning her back to her red headed opponent. Velvet though managed to land on the ring apron, climb to the top, and come off landing on Madusa with a flying crossbody block. But she had too much momentum and Madusa flipped her over. They scrambled to their feet got locked up back to backwith Velvet winning the leverage contest and bringing Madusa over into a pin, for 1, 2 rollout. Back on their feet, Madusa ducked away from a clothesline and then kicked backward catching Velvet on the back of the thigh. She then took her down with a side Russian legsweep, waited for her to get to her feet and hit the superkick to pick up the win. Interview: An out of breath Madusa says if that is the best they have to throw at her then she will reign for a long time. She refuses to admit that Velvet had her number last week and she had to cheat to win, and tonight she was pushed to her limit. [end of first hour] Promo: "Championship Material" with Chris Champion guest: Nick Mercury Mercury and Champion battled to a double countout last week for Champion's TV title so he invited his challenger out for a little Q&A since they are signed for a rematch next week. But Champion doesn't give Mercury a chance to speak, he either talks about himself or asks Mercury questions and then interrupts him before he can answer. Much to his credit though, rather then lose his temper Mercury just laughs, throws down his mic, gets off the couch and goes to leave the ring. Champion though keeps at Mercury telling him to make like Punky Brewster and disappear, and then tells Mercury he's past his prime just like Miami Vice. This makes Mercury stop in his tracks, and walk back to where Champion is standing in front of his desk with a smirk on his face. Champion offers the mic to Mercury, but when he tries to grab it Champion pulls it away and says "I don't think...". He's interrupted for once by Mercury who ducks under and takes Champion down with a double underhook, bouncing him off the top of the desk. He pushes Champion over the desk, then leaps on top of him. He lands a few good punches before Champion saves himself by rolling out of the ring. Mercury grabs the mic and says "Miami Vice is not past its prime, but you Champion are way past your best before date. Your title reign expires next week and I will be taking the trash to the curb." Bout #6 Buck Zumhoffe & Shawn Cummings defeated the Queen City Killers by pinfall when Cummings pinned Black after a slingshot suplex at 7:23 -a mild upset in a match between two fan favorite teams that began with handshakes, and ended with handshakes. Interview: Buck Zumhoffe and Shawn Cummings say they understand that Brad Armstrong and Tim Horner have some business to finish with the Terminators, but whoever ends up with the tag belts better be looking over their shoulders before they get rocked and rolled. Bout #7 RCW Tag Team Title Match Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated The Terminators by disqualification for abuse of official at 8:10 [The Terminators retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] Armstrong and Horner had the champions on the run, and defeated even though Armstrong had a long stint earlier in the match playing Ricky Morton. But the tag champs decided to take the easy way out and Riggs pulled referee Jurgen Hermann away when Horner was trying to pin Wolff, so Hermann did the champs a favor and disqualified them. Post-Match: Unhappy with the result the challengers kept up the attack on the champions. They double teamed Riggs sending him over the top rope, then gave Wolff a double dropkick that sent him between the ring ropes right on top of Riggs. Interview: Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner are hopping mad, and they demand a rematch of course. Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Steve Disalvo (champion) (/w Lisa Caress) v Vendetta The lock up in a test of strength, won by Disalvo who works the double wrist lock until Vendetta is able to step through and bring the champ down with a hip toss. The next lock up sees Vendetta duck around instead, but Disalvo backs him into the corner and then instead of breaking clean feeds the challenger a back elbow to the kisser. Disalvo lays in some punches to the abdomen, then some shoulderblocks in the corner. He then throws Vendetta across the ring into the turnbuckle, then nails a running clothesline catching Vendetta from behind on the rebound. He covers for 1, 2, Kickout. Disalvo argues with Buddy Lane, then delivers a bodyslam, followed by an elbowdrop to the sternum and another 2 count. The champ works a reverse chinlock from one knee until the challenger gets to his feet and fights his way out of it. Vendetta comes off the ropes but the champ catches him and delivers a ring shuddering spinebuster slam. He covers without hooking the leg and gets 1, 2 kickout. Frustrated the champion sends Vendetta to the ropes and hits him with a clothesline, and follows with two elbowdrops, and gets 1, 2, foot on the ropes. Lisa Caress calls for the piledriver, so by the time the champ goes for it the challenger knows whats coming. When Disalvo tries to place the challenger's head into position Vendetta ducks down and then showing off his leg strength drives upward taking Disalvo up in the air on his shoulders, spins around, and then drops him backward, meaning Disalvo lands face first. Both men are down and make their way to their feet just in time to beat the 10 count. Some brawling ensues with both men teeing off on each other's face, and then taking the match outside for more of the same. Back inside Vendetta nails Disalvo with a dropkick to the gut, and follows up with some standing kicks, and then a bodyslam of his own. He covers but only gets a 1 count. The challenger continues his attack with two legdrops, a running clothesline, and then a shoulderbreaker. He covers but again only gets a 1 count. We are 10 minutes into the match. Vendetta tries for a DDT but Disalvo blocks it, walks them over to the corner. He goes for a punch on the break but Vendetta blocks it, spins Disalvo around and lays in three shoulderblocks to the midsection. He then monkeyflips the champ out of the corner, but when he goes to pursue he is tripped up by Lisa Caress. Vendetta makes the mistake of leaving the ring to pursue Caress and ends up getting blindsided by Disalvo's clothesline. The champ bodyslams Vendetta on the announce table and then carries him back to the ring apron. He drops the challenger ribs first onto the edge of the ringapron, and then repeats the move before rolling him back into the ring. Disalvo is all over Vendetta like a dog on a porkchop bone, nailing a gutbuster, then some stomps to the midsection, followed by a reverse bearhug where he put his shoulder into the challengers back, and drove his clenched fists into the gut as well. Vendetta was eventually able to escape that by dropping down but then the champ worked a hammerlock until the challenger reached the ropes. In the middle of the ring the champ puts Vendetta into a double chokehold until the count of 4 and then pulls him off his feet and slams him to the mat. He covers, but Buddy Lane won't count because Vendetta has not yet made a break. He breaks and covers but again Lane won't count telling Disalvo to go first to a neutral corner! Disalvo touches a far ringpost then comes over to make the pin but Vendetta surprises him (and probably no one else in the arena) when he reverses it and rolls up Disalvo, for a 2 count. Disalvo is furious but this means distracted and Vendetta goes to work with some kicks, then gives the champ a bulldog into the mat. He covers and gets a 2 count. Vendetta then locks on a cobra clutch that Disalvo is able to break by getting to the ropes. Disavlo rocks him with a punch to the head on the break and we get another brawl, which goes outside again, then inside, then outside, then back inside. We are 16 minutes into the match. Disalvo goes for a belly to belly suplex but Vendetta blocks it, and then takes Disalvo over with an armcapture suplex. He covers but only gets a 2 count. The challenger picks up the pace with some criss cross moves off the ropes nailing the champ with a flying dropkick, a drop toe hold, and a flying cross body block for a 2 count again. Lisa Caress jumps up on the apron to distract the challenger and it seems to work. But when Disalvo comes running over the challenger deftly grabs the top rope to duck down, and this sends Disavlo flipping over the top rope and taking Caress down hard at the same time. Buddy Lane applies the count to the champ, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Vendetta breaks the count by leaving the ring. He rolls Disalvo into the ring and is momentarily distracted when he notices Caress still laying out. He goes over to check on her and once he decides she is okay he gets back into the ring, barely beating the new 10 count applied by Buddy Lane. Disalvo is on him now with punches, but when he goes for a kick to the gut Vendetta catches his foot, walks him backward, and then flips him onto his back. The champ scrambles to his feet but Vendetta catches him with a big boot to the face, followed by a clothesline. He locks him into the front face lock and then drops him with the DDT. He covers, for 1, 2, 3 !!! NEW CHAMPION Vendetta defeated Steve Disalvo by pinfall after a DDT at 20:42 [Vendetta wins the RCW Heavyweight Title] Post-Match: Vendetta graciously accepts the title belt from Buddy Lane, and the accolades that pour down on him from the crowd. He leaves the ring and celebrates with his fans to end the show. What a night for this great young man, a true rags to riches story for the man born in Haiti. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
October 17, 1987 River City Wrestling #305 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Opening Bout: Madusa defeated Nia Lareto by pinfall after a superkick at 3:03 -squash match, Lareto's first match on TV Interview: Brad Armstong and Tim Horner are being interviewed by Ron Strong, and they call out referee Buddy Lane back to the ring. They tell him that in tonight's main event they take on the Terminators for the RCW tag titles. Last time they faced those overgrown cowards they saved their titles by intentionally getting disqualified for pulling Jurgen Hermann off a pin. Armstrong says they tried to get a no-dq match set up but were told it would have to be a non-title match. Horner chimes in that to hurt the Terminators the most would be to take those straps from them. So Armstrong asks Buddy to use a higer degree of lattitude tonight, on both sides, let the teams fight it out, best team takes the titles home, and not to let them get themselves intentionally disqualified. Buddy says he understands what they are going through, and sympathizes, but thats a matter for the powers that be, not the referee. He says he has to officiate by a standard set out by River City Wrestling. But he does tell them he will do what he can within the rules to make sure the best team walks out with those belts, and not to worry because he can take care of himself. Video: "Notorious" by Loverboy provides the music as RCW shows clips of Madusa wrestling against Velvet McIntyre, Tawney England, and Candace Pardue. Bout #2 Buck Zumhoffe & Shawn Cummings defeated Boyscout Richard Ryan & Joe Mirto by pinfall when Zumhoffe pinned Mirto after a backbody drop and a victory roll at 3:45 -squash match with Mirto being the weak link and Ryan looking disinterested at best Interview: Again Buck Zumhoffe & Shawn Cummings say they want a title shot and are waiting in the wings for the winner of the Terminators - Lightning Express showdown. Cummings says he is learning a lot from Zumhoffe who is a great mentor and friend to many of the young guys on the road. Promo: 20th Century Fox invites you to check out the hit that's got the whole family talking, "The Princess Bride", entering its 2nd weekend in full release, and starring Cary Elwes, and of course Andre the Giant. Scaling the Cliffs of Insanity, Battling Rodents of Unusual Size, Facing torture in the Pit of Despair. - True love has never been a snap. Preview scene from The Princess Bride. with Andre the Giant in action. Bout #3 Mike Lozansky defeated Hoyt Daill by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 5:18 -pretty good showing for the big man Daill but not good enough against the Bullet who looks like he is headed to the top of the RCW ladder. Post-Match: As Lozansky is leaving the ring he is stopped by an invading Kevin Kelly. He tells Lozansky to stay put and not try and run and hide. He calls Lozansky's win last week a fluke, and demands a rematch. Lozansky has fun tormenting Kelly telling him there is no reason for a rematch, he has nothing to gain, so forget it. Kelly says Lozansky is chicken. The Bullet just laughs and sarcastically says "yeah I'm chicken, now excuse me while i take my winning record to the back." Kelly is furious and says what will it take. Lozansky finally relents and says he will give Kelly a rematch, but it has to have the Magnificient One's title shot on the line. If Lozansky wins again he gets the next title shot, not Kelly. Suddenly Kelly doesn't look so cocky and says no way, until Lozansky calls him chicken. The match is set for next week, Lozansky against Kelly with the title shot on the line. Bout #4 Ben Bassarab and Jeff Gillies battled to a no-contest at 0:40 -Owen Hart returned the favor to his former friend destroying his match and attacking him before it really even began. After entering the ring and nailing Bassarab from behind, he hit a German suplex, then threw him over the top rope. He pulled a section of metal rain gutter from under the ring and used it to smash open the head of Bassarab. The announcers speculated that the "gutter" had a double meaning. Post-Match: RCW officials came out to break up the brawl, but not before Bassarab's head was a red bloody mess. Marty Goldstein came out and entered the ring with a mic, staying away and above the carnage out of the ring. He screamed into the mic that he had enough of these two, and it was time to settle things. Obviously there is not enough room in River City for both of you, so next week in Winnipeg, in the main event it will be Ben Bassarab versus Owen Hart in a Streetfight, with the loser having to leave RCW. Replay: Due to the abbreviated nature of the first hour's matches today RCW was able to use the last 12 minutes of the hour to show the finish of last week's main event which saw Vendetta defeat Steve Disalvo for the RCW Heavyweight Title. [end of first hour] Promo: "Championship Material" with Chris Champion guests: Vendetta, Kevin Kelly, Madusa Champion gvies begrudging congratulations to Vendetta for ending the over one year reign of Steve Disalvo. He asks him how someone so young thinks he has a hope of holding that belt with so many veterans gunning for him. Vendetta replies he will hold the belt the same way he won it; honestly, with pride, the cheers of the fans, and the grace of God. Kevin Kelly gets into the mix promising to end his reign on his first title defense, with the reverse neckbreaker. Steve Disalvo and Lisa Caress come to the ring. Disalvo calls this whole thing a steaming, stinky, pile of horse crap. He says as the former champion he should be the one getting a title match next, especially with Kelly having to wrestle Lozansky next week. Chris Champion reminds Disalvo about the stipulation he signed, that he waived his automatic champion's rematch. Disalvo just fumes, then for no apparent reason flexes his muscles which causes Kelly to flex his muscles in return. While this is going on Vendetta leaves the ring. Bout #5 Bobby Bold Eagle defeated Brian Jewel by submission with the Native Indian Deathlock at 4:05 -filler match Interview: The always entertaining and cheesy Nick Mercury gives his best Sonny Crockett meets Val Kilmer interview explaining how he is going to party hard after winning the TV title from Chris Champion next. He tells Champion, "its a losing proposition, but one you can't refuse, its the politics of wrestling, you'll have the ex-champion blues". Bout #6 RCW Television Title Match Chris Champion defeated Nick Mercury by pinfall after a superkick at 6:44 [Chris Champion retained the RCW TV Title] -hard fought and even contest, with Champion breaking out some old school cheating moves like a sleeperhold slipping down to a choke, grabbing the ropes for extra leverage on an abdominal stretch, and trying to uncover a turnbuckle. In the end the bare turnbuckle did come into play as Mercury tried to whip Champion into it, but Champion reversed that, and then caught the challenger with his finisher. Promo: There is a new tag team coming to River City Wrestling. "Top Guns" Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes. We get clips of this young and promising duo while we hear the "Top Gun Anthem" by Harold Faltermyer/Steve Stevens. Main Event RCW Tag Team Title Match The Terminators: Riggs & Wolff defeated The Lightning Express: Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner by pinfall when Wolff pinned Armstrong after a doomsday device at 9:37 [The Terminators retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] -The Lightning Express controlled the vast majority of this match, having the tag champs on the ropes for the fist 7 minutes. Finally the Terminators adjusted their strategy to trying to slow down and frustrate the Express, using rest holds, rope breaks, and leaving the ring. The Express made a mistake of being too aggressive going for a double tope and missing. This made Armstrong the legal man an easy target for the doomsday device and the pinfall. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!!
October 24, 1987 River City Wrestling #306 Winnipeg, Manitoba Opening Bout: Non-title match Vendetta defeated Tom Stone by pinfall after a DDT at 3:19 -squash match Interview: Vendetta thanks his fans and Vic Gate for getting him where he is today in pro wrestling, and his parents and God for getting him where he is as a man today. He says he still has a long ways to grow yet on both accounts. Bout #2 Strangler Steve Disalvo defeated Brian Jewel by pinfall after a running clothesline at 4:10 -squash match Interview: A much calmer Steve Disalvo, if you ignore his incessent ringing of his hands together, says he is at peace with having to wait his turn to get his title back. He says he will just train that much longer, lift that many more weights, and beat that many more people up until his time comes once again to rule over River City. Pre-Match: Chris Champion comes to the ring. He says he is sick and tired of hearing Disco Buck Zumhoffe and Summer's a Cumming out here every week saying they are the #1 contenders when the only tag teams they have beat are a joke. He calls out "Chief", and out comes Bobby Bold Eagle to the ring. He asks Eagle if he will be his partner to beat those two idiots and then go on and take the tag titles. Except he says it all very slow to Eagle as if he doesn't understand English. Eagle finally replies, "okay Cowboy". Bout #3 Shawn Cummings & Buck Zumhoffe defeated Chris Champion & Bobby Bold Eagle by pinfall when Cummings pinned Eagle after a slingshot suplex at 6:28 -good competitive match but Cummings and Zumhoffe worked better as a team then their throw together opponents. Bout #4 Six Man Tag Match The Terminators: Riggs & Wolff, & Boyscout Richard Ryan defeated the Queen City Killers: Black & Cambridge, & Nick Mercury by pinfall when Riggs pinned Black after the doomsday device at 7:40 -filler match. Mercury looked strong throughout the match as did the Terminators. Ryan and Black both played Ricky Morton for a stretch. Post-Match: After celebrating with their partner, everyone in the arena except for Richard Ryan realized that the Terminators were actually mocking him, raising his arm etcetera, and then they clotheslined him from behind and left him laying after a doomsday device. [end of first hour] Promo: Owen Hart comes to the ring. He is signed in the main event tonight, a loser leaves town streetfight against his former friend Ben Bassarab. But he says thats not enough, its not about one of them leaving town, its about getting Ben the real kind of help he needs. He wants to add a stipulation to the match. If Bassarab loses he has to complete an alcohol treatment program before he can wrestle again. Ben Bassarab comes out looking cocky. He says Owen should worry more about himself and less about others. He asks Owen if he needs a kleenex to wipe away his tears before his mascara runs. Finally Bassarab says he has nothing to fear, so he will accept that stipulation if Owen will accept his. If Owen Hart loses the match then he will publically in this ring, before leaving town, publically disavow his family, and his family name. He will never again wrestle as Owen Hart, he will wrestle as Owen Bassarab, and he will never again team with any of his brothers. Owen doesn't want to accept the conditions but seems to have no choice, so he agrees. Bout #5 Heavyweight title shot on the line Kevin Kelly defeated Mike Lozansky by pinfall after the reverse neckbreaker at 6:55 -not much to be said other then no upset this time out. Another good showing by Lozansky but not good enough to get the win against a bigger and stronger opponent. Interview: Kevin Kelly says he is ready for Vendetta next week, and not the fans, not Vic Gate, not his parents, and not even God himself will be able to save the 10 pounds of gold from changing hands. Main Event Loser Leaves Town - Streetfight Owen Hart v Ben Bassarab The match rules for this streetfight is a pinfall or submission only, no touching the buckles, no dq, no countout, falls count anywhere. Extra stipulations for this match as well were added earlier in the night. If Bassarab loses he has to go to rehab, while if Owen loses he denounces his family and must wrestle as Owen Bassarab. Anger fills the air as these two lock up, and like two good Canadian boys it's a hockey style fight, as they clinch and each one tries to lock up the other's right so they can trade punches right hand against left hand. They grapple to the ropes where Owen gets an elbow to Bassarab's nose, but then receives a knee to the gut. They trade punches and Owen double legs Bassarab out of the corner. After a couple more minutes of brawling Bassarab goes to work on Owen's throat, with chops, chokes, then using the bottom strand to choke him with. Now with Owen's hands protecting his throat Bassarab nails a spinebuster then a German suplex and gets a 2 count. He goes for the flying cross body block but its too close to the ropes, both men go down and roll out of the ring. We have the first extended brawl outside the ring and its anything goes as they trade chair shots and Owen bulldogs Bassarab off the announce table to the floor below. The brawl goes into the stands before finally returning to the ring. As both men grab some air they are both wearing the crimson mask. The announcers stress that it is too bad it has come to this since both men are such fine technical wrestlers it would have been a great scientific match. Owen goes to work on Bassarab's knee with some kicks and then a crucifix kneebar, and when that doesn't get a submission he goes to a pair of kneebreakers. He tries for a figure-four but Bassarab kicks him off and then catches him with a partial monkeyflip followed by a headscissors which he works down to the neck area. When this fails to get results he tosses Owen over the top rope and then nails him with a head tope through the ropes. Bassarab slams Owen onto the announce table but when he goes to return the earlier favor of a bulldog off the table, Owen pushes him off to the ground below, and then nails him with a flying elbowsmash. Owen rolls Bassarab into the ring and goes for the pin but only gets a 2 count. Owen punishes Bassarab with a stump puller, and then an inverted face lock. When this doesnt get a submission he picks the pace up with some criss cross moves, a pair of flying dropkicks, a snap suplex, a German suplex, and then a piledriver, but still only gets a 2 count. Owen's head has almost stopped bleeding at this point while Bassarab's continues to flow and he is a bloody mess. We are just under 15 minutes into this bout. Owen tries a couple different pinning combinations for a surprise, a back slide, then a side cradle but Bassarab kicks out of both, and then kicks Owen right in the groin to quickly turn the tide of the match. He then puts Owen in a front face lock, then after 30 seconds of that hold pulls him up and drops him down on his front. Bassarab follows up with a cobra clutch and when Owen doesn't submit turns it into a cobra clutch suplex. Bassarab goes to work with a pair of dropkicks, a standing headscissors neck twist, then flying headscissors into a headscissors hold. Owen handstands out of it and puts Bassarab into a headlock, pulls him up, is walked over to the corner, walks up the turnbuckles and then bulldogs Bassarab to the mat. He covers for a 2 count. Owen then brings the crowd to their feet when he manages to lock on the sharpshooter. Somehow Bassarb manages to survive almost a minute in the hold and reaches the ropes. But Owen refuses to break despite Buddy Lane's count. It's no disqualification so he can't be forced to break. Bassarab tries to pull himself up by grabbing the second rope but that just puts more pressure onto his back and he has to drop down. Bassarab finally manages to crawl far enough over so his body is hanging out of the ring, and this pulls Owen into the ropes so he breaks. Owen follows Bassarab out of the ring and hits a German suplex, a pair of running clotheslines, bounces his head off the announce table, the ring apron, and then the ringsteps. He rolls Bassarab back into the ring. Owen nails a flying cross body block for a 2 count, a piledriver, for another 2 count, then finally a top rope dropkick, and this time gets the 1, 2, 3 !!! Owen Hart defeated Ben Bassarab by pinfall after a top rope dropkick at 22:51 [Ben Bassarab must leave RCW] Post-Match: Owen does not celebrate following his win. He wipes the blood from his head and looks down at the bloodied and beaten Ben Bassarab his former friend. He offers a hand-up but its unclear whether Bassarab even has his wits about him or can see through the crimson visage. Finally as medical help arrives to check on Bassarab, Owen takes his leave walking slowly away. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. There is no RCW next week because of Halloween programming. So see ya in two weeks time!!
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November 7, 1987 River City Wrestling #307 Calgary, Alberta Opening Bout: Premiere of Magnificent Mimi Magnificent Mimi defeated Ultra Vixen by pinfall after a spinning heelkick at 4:11 -squash match for Mimi's first appearance, an athletic, pretty, and martial arts inclined competitor Interview: Magnificent Mimi gives a bit of a background bio of herself and makes it clear she is here to challenge Madusa for the North American Women's title. Bout #2 Owen Hart defeated Tom Stone by submission to the sharpshooter at 3:43 -squash match Interview: Ron Strong tries to congratulate Owen Hart on his victory over Ben Bassarab last week, but Owen takes a somber tone. He says not to forgot that he lost a good friend out of this to the path that Ben chose to take, and he's hoping that therapy will bring him back. Moving on Hart says he has his sites firmly set now on taking the TV title from the cocky and annoying Chris Champion. Bout #3 Steve Disalvo & Joe Mirto defeated the Queen City Killers by pinfall when Disalvo pinned Cambridge after a piledriver at 4:17 -Mirto wanted to start the match off but Disalvo just stared him down. It was basically a handi-cap match as Disalvo never bothered to tag in Mirto even when he ran into a bit of trouble for about a minute. After the match when the ref went to raise both Disalvo and Mirto's hands, Disalvo just stared down both Buddy Lane and Joe Mirto instead. Interview: Steve Disalvo wishes Vendetta good luck tonight against Kevin Kelly. He wants his title back, but he also wants to hurt Vendetta, so being able to do both at one time would be preferable. Promo: "Top Guns" Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes give another "we're coming to RCW" promo, which also shows some of their match highlites from throughout the mid-west. Bout #4 Mike Lozansky defeated Bobby Bold Eagle by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 6:31 -good competitive match but Lozansky was superior, and keeps himself in the running for the top titles in RCW [end of first hour] Promo: "Championship Material" with Chris Champion Guests: Owen Hart & Mike Lozansky Champion calls out both these guys for another edition of his segment. He starts with Owen saying that he heard Owen wants a shot at the TV title, but he has to wonder who he has beaten to deserve a title shot. After listening to Hart's rebuttal he turns to Lozansky and asks the Bullet if he doesn't think he should be the #1 contender. Mike says that with all due respect to Owen, he never really felt like he was done with the TV title, never felt he got a fair match. Champion baits them both to the point they go nose-to-nose. Champion settles them down and says he would be more then happy to defend against the better man, so he tells them to wrestle for it next week, and the winner will get a TV title shot. Lozansky and Hart agree to these terms. Bout #5 Non-title match Madusa defeated Sandra Lennox by pinfall after a superkick at 3:59 -squash match Interview: Madusa says she's never heard of this Magnificent Mimi before, and that it really pisses her off because it's her boyfriend Kevin Kelly who is truly the Magnificent one of RCW. Madusa says she is going to hurt Mimi because of her arrogance. Video: "Faith" by George Michaels provides the music while RCW chronicles the short, often injury interrupted, and fast rising career of RCW champion Vendetta. He defends in tonight's main event against Kevin Kelly. Bout #6 RCW Tag Team Title Match The Terminators defeated Buck Zumhoffe & Shawn Cummings by pinfall when Wolff pinned Zumhoffe after hitting him with a chain at 8:34 [The Terminators retained the RCW Tag Team Title Match] The Terminators dominated most of this match, with Cummings having a long stretch playing Ricky Morton. Finally the challengers made the spirited comeback after a hot tag. However, the tag champs were determined to hold onto their titles, so while Riggs argued with Cummings and ref Jurgen Hermann on the ring apron, his partner Wolff used a chain that Riggs had passed him to catch Zumhoffe in the head. That was all that was needed for the win. Interview: After a commercial break we come back and Buck Zumhoffe (holding a bloody bandage on his head) and Shawn Cummings are as you would expect, hopping mad and demanding a rematch next week. Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Vendetta defeated Kevin Kelly by disqualification for outside interference at 7:51 [Vendetta retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] After Kelly had some initial success he ran into problems with his limited offense. Vendetta was able to shake off some of the power moves because of his own size and athletic prowess and stamina. He fired back at Kelly with punches and kicks, but also mixed in with suplexes, and other wrestling moves. He had Kelly set up for the DDT finisher when Kelly's valet Madusa entered the ring and nailed Vendetta in the back of the head with her North American Women's Title. Post-Match: Magnificent Mimi entered the fray going after Madusa. But Kevin Kelly grabbed her by the hair from behind and put her into a full nelson. Madusa laid in a kick to her gut, Kelly released her, and then Madusa nailed her with a superkick. Kevin Kelly then lifted the champ to his feet and nailed a reverse neckbreaker. Kevin Kelly and Madusa stood over their fallen foes, celebrating. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
November 14, 1987 River City Wrestling #308 Regina, Saskatchewan Pre-Match: In a very unusual occurence, Joe Mirto was in the ring to take on Bobby Bold Eagle, and Mirto had the audacity to call out Steve Disalvo who had been his partner last week. His beef with Disalvo was that he disrespected him, not tagging him in, and then showing him up at the end of the bout. Mirto asks Eagle to step aside and let him take on Disalvo instead. Steve Disalvo comes to the ring and is very amused by the whole thing. Eagle refuses to step aside so Disalvo throws him over the top rope. Opening Bout Steve Disalvo defeated Joe Mirto by pinfall after a piledriver at 0:50 -squash match. Punch, punch, kick, punch, kick, whip to the buckle, clothesine. Bodyslam, running clothesline, running clothesline, piledriver, 1, 2, 3. Interview: Steve Disalvo gives Mirto credit for having more guts then brains. He says that last week Kevin Kelly proved nothing, Vendetta proved nothing. After watching that boring fiasco of a main event he should be the #1 contender again, and then the champ. Ron Strong asks how he feels about the main event tonight being a mixed tag match with Kevin Kelly & Madusa taking on Vendetta & Magnificent Mimi. Disalvo answers by walking away in disgust. Promo: Get ready RCW fans because we are almost at the end of the year, and that means the 8th Anniversary Spectacular!! This year the season ending big event comes to you live from the Winnipeg Arena on December 17th. Bout #2 Non-title match Chris Champion defeated Brian Jewel by pinfall after a superkick at 4:13 -Jewel had something going in the first couple minutes, but as soon as he got the advantage Champion went to work quickly and deadly. Interview: Chris Champion tries to remain sincere in his hopes that the best man wins tonight between Owen Hart and Mike Lozansky and he is looking forward to defending his title belt against the winner. Promo: TriStar pictures is proud to release to theatres this weekend, "The Running Man" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonsa, Jim Brown, and Jesse Ventura. A wrongly-convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a TV game show. The year is 2019. The finest men in America don't run for President. They run for their lives. Bout #3 Nick Mercury defeated Boyscout Richard Ryan by pinfall after a hotshot at 5:28 -fairly even match, but filler, with the result never really in doubt. Interview: Kevin Kelly & Madusa insist that Vendetta did not have Kelly in a DDT, he was choking him out, and the referee Buddy Lane refused to do anything so Madusa was forced to take matters into her own hands. They tell Mimi she should have stayed out of their business and tonight they will make her pay. Promo: "Top Gun Anthem" provides the music again from Harold Faltermayer & Steve Stevens, while RCW shows clips of the Top Guns, Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes in action. Bout #4 Premiere of the Top Guns "Top Guns" Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes defeated Hoyt Daill & Tom Stone by pinfall when Rice pinned Stone after a double dropkick at 6:40 -well there was a lot of glitz and a lot of energy in the long awaited premiere of the Top Guns, but maybe not as much in ring substance as some fans would like to have seen, judging on the mediocre reaction they received after the bout. Interview: The Top Guns tell The Terminators that like 1987, their time is almost up. If Cummings and Zumhoffe don't manage to take the straps tonight, the Top Guns tell them that tapping on their shoulders will be the Top Guns ready to finish the deed. [end of first hour] Promo: Tonight on the evening news; -Response of Nicaragua president Ortega to diplomatic cold shoulder from President Reagan -Attempts by United States arms negotiator Max Kampelman to finalize medium and shorter-range missiles treaty between United States and USSR Bout #5 #1 Contenders Match for the TV Title Mike Lozansky defeated Owen Hart by pinfall after a bridging reverse roll-up at 9:15 -tremendous match between these two high flyers that began with a handshake. After a first minute of chain wrestling and counters, Owen grounded Lozansky for a bit with a side headlock, then an armbar. Things picked up again with a couple of criss cross sequences as both men traded hiptosses, and counters with legwhips. Lozansky worked over the legs of Owen, softening him up, but when he tried to lock on a figure-four Owen kicked him into the corner. Owen made the first big misake of the match telegraphing a dropkick from the top buckle so Lozansky was able to move out of the way. But after not getting a quick pinfall Lozansky made the second big mistake of the match telegraphing a back body drop, and having it turned into a reverse neckbreaker. Lozansky though refused to be pinned and after a series of chain wrestling, Lozansky got behind his opponent, pushed him into the ropes, rolled him up from behind, bridged back and got the big win. Post-Match: Mike Lozansky and Owen Hart shook hands in the ring. A frustrated looking Chris Champion watched on from the announce table where he had come half way through the match to add his commentary. He got on the house mic and told Owen he should kick Lozansky's butt for that pin, he was holding the tights. Owen just shook his head saying that isn't how it happened. Even more frustrated Champion grabbed his belt and looked like he was going to invade the ring. But when Lozansky and Hart backed up a step to allow him to enter, he decided better of it and left. Promo: Interview with Jesse "the Body" Ventura and scenes from the movie "The Running Man", as he talks about wrestling, making the transition to movies, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and what its like to be a Hollywood star. Bout #6 RCW Tag Team Title Match The Terminators defeated Buck Zumhoffe & Shawn Cummings by pinfall when Riggs pinned Cummings after a doomsday device at 7:03 [The Terminators retained the RCW Tag titles] -Zumhoffe and Cummings actually showed better throughout this match then they had in their previous attempt. No advantages were held by either team for more then a few seconds which created a match with a pretty frenetic pace. The end came after a ref bump, a four man brawl, and a two on one attack on Cummings. Post-Match: With Zumhoffe knocked out of the ring the enraged tag team champs continued to work over the youngster Cummings. They gave him not one but two more doomsday devices before finally leaving the ring. Post-Match: After a commercial break we return to the ring to see them taking Shawn Cummings off on a stretcher. In fact due to this being a taped show we see that the ring ropes have been taken apart and the house lights are turned on, as every precaution is being made not to move the neck of Cummings. Buck Zumhoffe is visibly shaking as he watches his partner receive medical attention. Interview: Vendetta and Magnificent Mimi are interviewed backstage due to the ropes being put back on inside the ring. There is a somber tone to the interview as Vendetta expresses his disgust with what the Terminators did. He says thats why the casual kind of threats thrown out by Kelly and Madusa that they are going to "hurt" Mimi can not be taken lightly. Mimi says she is confident she can take care of herself, but after Kevin Kelly showed last week he is willing to hurt a women, she is glad that Vendetta is her partner tonight. Main Event Mixed Tag Match Vendetta & Magnificent Mimi v Kevin Kelly & Madusa Kevin Kelly refused to start the match and sent in Madusa which meant that Mimi would have to start. Twice Mimi handled Madusa frustrating the North American Women's champion, but when she tried to tag out to Kelly he refused, giving her advice instead. But the advice worked as Madusa brought Mimi into their corner where Kelly held back the arms of Mimi and Madusa kicked her in the gut. This brought Vendetta into the ring but as Buddy Lane put him out it allowed Madusa a chop to the throat, and then a chokehold. Madusa worked over Mimi but couldn't get the pin, and finally after ducking away from a superkick Mimi caught Madusa with a savate kick, then rolled over to make the tag to Vendetta. By the rules of an RCW mixed tag this meant that Kelly had to come in, but he stalled for time first. When Vendetta finally got his hands on the challenger he went to work with chops, kneedrops, a bodyslam and then smashed his head off of each turnbuckle. When he smashed Kelly into the corner though where Madusa stood, the cowardly Kevin Kelly made the blind tag in. Vendetta protested but Mimi had to return to the ring. This time though she was ready and took Madusa down with a football tackle followed by a series of mounted punches. A whip to the corner and then a monkeyflip. Madusa though recovered and when Mimi came charging at her she nailed Mimi with a clothesline. Madusa went to work and tried to get a pinfall with her feet on the ropes but Vendetta knocked them off. This brought in Kevin Kelly and we had a four man brawl. Madusa tried to use the distraction to bring out a pair of brass knux but her punch was blocked by Mimi and then brought Madusa down with a backslide, and would have got the 3 count but Buddy Lane was too slow to get over and count. Madusa made the tag out to Kevin Kelly and the men returned to action. Kelly went to work with a kick to the "lower abdomen", and the kicked at the back of Vendetta's thighs to take his legs out from under him. He then worked a nerve hold with the RCW champion forced down to his butt, and then a front facelock. It looked like he had the champ worn down enough to hit the reverse neckbreaker finisher but Vendetta was able to counter it with a swinging neckbreaker of his own. Madusa tried to get at Vendetta but Mimi used her own partner's back as a launching pad and flew across the ring to nail Madusa with a tremendous looking flying forearm. Both girls rolled out of the ring. Vendetta nailed Kevin Kelly with two well measured elbowsmashes between the eyes, then nailed his DDT finisher to pick up the win. Vendetta & Magnificent Mimi defeated Kevin Kelly & Madusa in a mixed tag match by pinfall when Vendetta pinned Kevin Kelly after a DDT at 10:27 That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
November 21, 1987 River City Wrestling #309 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Opening Bout: Magnificent Mimi defeated Shelly Salter by pinfall after a spinning heel kick at 4:09 -fairly even match but the end was never in doubt Interview: Magnificent Mimi and Vendetta are interviewed together. Mimi says she proved she can take out Madusa and has been granted a title match next week. She also says she can understand that Madusa would try to cheat, but she is disgusted that Kevin Kelly would have stooped to physically holding back a woman to help Madusa win. Vendetta thanks Mimi for an excellent match last week, one that he calls "fun". But he says the fun ends tonight, when in the main event he will defend his RCW Heavyweight title against Kevin Kelly. He also announces one more thing. In order to combat the interference of Madusa at ringside he has received a managerial license for tonight so that Mimi can be in his corner. Promo: Buck Zumhoffe is broken up, and fighting back the anger and tears informs us that his young partner Shawn Cummings suffered a broken neck at the hands of the Terminators last week. The doctors assure him he will be able to walk again, but may require more surgery after spending almost 24 hours under the knife last week. Zumhoffe says even if things go well for Cummings it is possible he may never wrestle again, and certainly is going to be out somewhere between 18 and 24 months at the least. Grave news indeed. But Zumhoffe says he isn't done with the Terminators and has a match against Riggs next. Bout #2 Buck Zumhoffe defeated Terminator Riggs by disqualification for outside interference at 5:16 -after being dominated in the early going by Riggs who jumped him before the opening bell, Zumhoffe had just made a comeback when the other Terminator (Wolff) entered the ring and attacked "Rock 'n Roll" from behind. Post-Match: The fan favorite dressing room empties as Owen Hart, Mike Lozansky, Nick Mercury, and The Queen City Killers all come out to drive the Terminators from the ring as they attempt to set up Zumhoffe for a doomsday device. As the Terminators walk to the back, they are greeted by two more fan favorites, the Top Guns. They exchange punches and kicks before the Terminators finally flee through the crowd. Interview: The Queen City Killers: Jett Black & Alex Cambridge are in the ring and they say they are sick and tired of watching the Terminators run rough shot over these make shift teams in RCW. They want another title shot to end this tyranny. But then the Top Guns, Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes come to the ring and say, not so fast. They may be new to RCW but unlike the QCK they haven't had their shot yet, and they want it. They challenge the QCK to a match tonight to determine a new #1 contender for the tag titles. The QCK accept. Promo: RCW presents the 8th Anniversary Spectacular from the Winnipeg Arena, on December 17th. All the RCW titles will be defended. There will also be plenty of special guests, including one of the world's greatest, most feared, and most unpredictable wrestlers who will be announced later tonight. Bout #3 Nick Mercury defeated Nolan Christopher by pinfall after a hotshot at 3:56 -squash match. Christopher seemed to have put on about 5 pounds since we saw him last, looking a spry 165 pounds now. Interview: Nick Mercury says he is just chillin' right now, kind of slacking without a lot of challengers. But as he looks across the RCW landscape he's amused to see all this talk about the Top Guns against the Terminators, its like the clash of the best action movies ever. When Ron Strong asks him how he thinks it will end, Mercury says, "Goose dies...and...I'll be back" Promo: "The Running Man" was #1 at the Box Office in its premiere last week, so if you haven't checked out icon Jesse Ventura taking on Arnold Schwarzenegger in this futuristic game of death, you'll want to check it out this weekend to see what everyone is talking about. Here is the theatrical trailer. "He's playing for a prize. The Prize is his life." Bout #4 Owen Hart defeated Bobby Bold Eagle by pinfall after a German suplex at 5:47 -competitive match, but filler none the less Interview: Kevin Kelly and Madusa are interviewed. Madusa says Mimi proved nothing last week, except that she needs a man to bail her out when she's in trouble. She assures Mimi that no man will help her next week. Kelly says tonight he will nail his deadly reverse neckbreaker on Vendetta and not only end his title reign but all the feeling in his body from the 4th vertebrae down. [end of first hour] Bout #5 #1 Contenders Match Top Guns: Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes defeated the Queen City Killers: Jett Black & Alex Cambridge by pinfall when Rice pinned Cambridge after a double dropkick at 7:57 -high energy match that went back and forth with no huge advantages held by either team. Ricky Rice looked especially strong in this outing. The end came when the QCK went for their QCK finisher, but Derrick Dukes knocked Black off the top buckle, and then he and Rice nailed a double dropkick on Cambridge and picked up the 3 count. Interview: The Top Guns say that finally the Terminators are going to meet a pair of guys who are every bit as much teammates as they are to each other. Derrick Dukes calls them a couple of Road Warrior wannabees, and Ricky Rice promises that their tag title reign will be terminated next week. Promo: Today in College Football, "Game of the Century II' will feature the # 1 ranked Nebraska at 10-0 against the Oklahoma Sooners ranked #2 at 10-0. Oklahoma will not have starting QB Jamelle Holieway. Nebraska is so confident that star linebacker Broderick Thomas has even promised a Husker victory. Bout #6 RCW TV Title Match Chris Champion defeated Mike Lozansky by pinfall after a belly-to-back suplex and his feet on the ropes at 7:03 [Chris Champion retained the RCW TV Title] Lozansky controlled the first couple minutes of the match but couldn't get the pinfall. Champion took over the next couple minutes but Lozansky had the superkick well scouted and avoided it on three occasions; once by hanging onto the top rope, once by ducking, and once by getting his arms up and taking the force on the forearms. The last time drove him out of the ring favoring his arms. This made him somewhat easy prey for Champion, but even after whipping him around ringside, and then nailing a suplex inside the ring, he still had to drape his feet undetected by inept Jurgen Hermann over the middle strand to get the pin. Post-Match: Owen Hart of all people came to the ring to complain to Hermann about the tactics of Champion. Lozansky though seemed to think Owen was trying to get himself back into the title picture, but then seemed to calm down when he saw what Hart was really arguing about. Chris Champion then snuck back onto the ring apron, and Owen Hart who was standing close enough to the ropes received the TV title to the back of the head from Champion standing on the ring apron knocking him out. Champion left before Lozansky could get his hands on him. Promo: Young singing sensation Tiffany will undertake a series of concert appearances in shopping malls to promote her debut album, and new single "I Think We're Alone Now". Promo: Big announcement for the 8th Anniversary Spectacular. Never before in an RCW ring, one of the wildest, toughest, most insane and undpredictable wrestlers in history will be coming to the Winnipeg Arena. Brusier Brody!! Taped Footage: Bruiser Brody takes on Nicolai Volkoff from St. Louis wrestling. Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Vendetta (champion) (/w Magnificent Mimi) v Kevin Kelly (/w Madusa Micelli) Madusa provided the distraction at the outset going after Mimi which was just a decoy and allowed Kelly to attack Vendetta from behind. He risked disqualification early on with some blatant chokeholds, obviously feeling that he might now win this match straight up. The challenger then went to power moves including a backbreaker, neckbreaker, stump puller, abdominal stretch, and finally a powerslam but only got a 2 count. Uncharacteristically Kelly went to the top rope, but it took too much time and Vendetta caught him, slamming him down to the mat. The champion still needed a breather to recover though and Kelly caught him with a knee to the gut as they locked up. The challenger went back to work with two high knee lifts, then a choke against the ropes before literally slapping Vendetta down the ropes. He continued to defy referee Buddy Lane by openly putting his boot against the throat of the fallen Vendetta and using the top rope for leverage as he boot choked him. Then when Lane backed him up to have a discussion Madusa came over to continue the choke. This came to an abrupt end though when Mimi came over and tackled Madusa to the ground. This catfight though distracted referee Buddy Lane which allowed Kelly to go back to the boot choke, then as Lane directed Mimi to her corner Madusa passed Kelly a pair of brass knuckles. But emulating Mimi's move from last week Vendetta ducked the punch attempt, went back to back with Kelly and slid him down for a near fall. Kelly had no choice but to toss the foreign object back out of the ring to Madusa who stashed it away. Kelly went back to work but Vendetta was able to reverse a whip to the ropes, then caught Kelly with a clothesline. He followed up with a pair of standing side kicks, then a big back body drop. A German suplex netted the champ a 2 count, but when he went for another he ate a back elbow from Kelly, followed by a mule kick to the groin which went undetected. Kelly came off the far ropes and nailed a running boot to the hanging head of the champion. He covered and got 1, 2, foot on the ropes!! Kelly continued to work on the champ but the champ began to block moves, and then fire back with some punches. The two men stood in the ring and exchanged punches and kicks, and Vendetta won, backing Kelly to the corner. On the break Kelly tried to lash out, but Vendetta blocked the punch, gave him an elbow between the eyes. He went for the DDT but Kelly was able to push him off. Kelly then went for a knee clip but Vendetta heard him coming, lept up into the air, landed to the sides of Kelly, and put him into a Boston crab. Kelly was too fresh for that though and managed to scamper to the ropes for a break. Vendetta though had all the momentum and was not going to be denied. He worked over Kelly with forearms, a pair of bodyslams, boot rake of the forehead, a belly-to-belly suplex, and then the DDT. Madusa tried to get into the ring to break the count but Mimi pulled her out and then delivered a nice flying headscissors to get her out of the way. Inside Vendetta covered and got 1, 2, 3 !! Vendetta defeated Kevin Kelly by pinfall after a DDT at 14:41 [Vendetta retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] Post-Match: Vendetta and Magnificent Mimi celebrated in the ring as Vendetta strapped on his title and pointed to the waist of Mimi where she might have the North American Women's title displayed at the end of next week. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!!
November 28, 1987 River City Wrestling #310 Fargo, North Dakota Opening bout: Steve Disalvo defeated Jett Black by pinfall after a running clothesline at 4:23 -Disalvo easily handled the smaller but faster of the two Queen City Killers Post-Match: Steve Disalvo wasn't happy with that effort and challenged Black's tag partner to come out and face him next. Bout #2 Steve Disalvo defeated Alex Cambridge by pinfall after a piledriver at 4:55 -Cambrdige actually controlled the first two minutes of this match, which just made Disalvo prolong the punishment of the rest of the bout. Interview: Steve Disalvo sends a message to Vendetta, he's coming back for his title. Interview: Owen Hart and Mike Lozansky are both pissed off at Chris Champion. Owen says he has no problem with Lozansky getting the title shot as he won it fair and square, but that Champion is not giving Lozansky his fair title shot. Owen says he still wants to get his hands around Champion's throat, title shot or no title shot, wrestling match or no wrestling match, it doesn't matter. Chris Champion comes out and says that its not his fault that Lozansky couldn't get the job done, couldn't seal the deal. He says he has an offer they can't refuse. He will find himself a tag team partner later tonight and will take on Hart and Lozansky in a tag match. If they win then Lozansky will get his title shot, but if Champion and partner win then Champion will not have to defend his title again until the 8th Anniversary show. Hart and Lozansky agree to the terms. Promo: RCW presents the 8th Anniversary Spectacular on December 17th, at the Winnipeg Arena, with special guest Bruiser Brody!! Bout #3 Buck Zumhoffe defeated Hoyt Daill after a second rope splash at 6:36 -a real good test for "Rock 'n Roll" as the big man Daill punished Buck's back throughout the bout. Interview: Buck Zumhoffe says he's not done with the Terminators by a long shot after what they did to his partner Shawn Cummings. Buck says he's getting himself a new partner and is going after the Terminators whether they hold the belts after tonight or not. Video: "Helter Skelter" by the Beatles is used as we see some St. Louis Wrestling Club footage of Bruiser Brody. Bout #4 Bobby Bold Eagle defeated Jeff Gillies by submission to the Native Indian Death Lock at 3:31 -squash match Promo: The Stampede International Tag Team Champions, Bruce Hart & Brian Pillman are coming as special guests to the 8th Anniversary Spectacular where they will put their titles on the line. Bout #5 Boyscout Richard Ryan defeated Nick Mercury by pinfall after a schoolboy rollup at 5:50 -After Mercury won the first bout between these two, it looked like he had the second one well in hand as well until a mysterious looking figure in a tattered cloak and hood, and with a black theatre mask under the hood, showed up at ringside. He didn't interfere in the match but just walked straight to the apron and his eerie presence distracted Mercury long enough for Ryan to roll him up for the win. The cloaked figure immediately turned and left. Video: A couple minutes of Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper" plays as we see highlites of Vendetta's last few matches. [end of first hour] Promo: Championship Material with Chris Champion guests: Vendetta and Steve Disalvo Chris Champion proclaims that the powers that be have finally made it official, now that Vendetta has beaten Kevin Kelly, that Steve Disalvo is once again the #1 contender for the RCW Heavyweight title. Champion also announces that Vendetta will defend his title against Steve Disalvo at the 8th Anniversary Spectacular, in the main event. But as the champ and challenger jaw at each other Disalvo challenges Vendetta to put the title on the line sooner. Vendetta asks if tonight is soon enough? How about right now? This brings out matchmaker Marty Goldstein, telling them to keep their skirts on. He says RCW has a lot invested in this title match for the big show and he can't afford to give it away for free (this draws jeers from the crowd). But Goldstein also admits that these two will likely implode if they have to wait, so next week they can lock it up in a one-on-one encounter, but its going to be a non-title match. Disalvo doesn't like it but says he'll accept it because after he cripples Vendetta he will be awarded the title. Bout #6 North American Women's Title Match Madusa Micelli defeated Magnificent Mimi by pinfall after a superkick at 7:17 [Madusa Micelli retained the North American Women's Title] Once again when push came to shove, with her back up against the wall, Madusa performed and cheated her way to victory. Interview: Madusa says no one is going to take this belt from her, she has beaten everyone thrown at her and will beat anyone else stupid enough to try. Bout #7 Chris Champion & Kevin Kelly defeated Mike Lozansky & Owen Hart by pinfall when Kelly pinned Hart after a reverse neckbreaker at 7:32 -Kevin Kelly was Champion's surprise partner for this match, and it was obvious that Kelly still held hard feeling for both his opponents as he was ruthless in this bout carrying most of the match. Now Champion does not have to defend the TV title until he meets Lozansky at the 8th Anniversary Spectacular. Interview: The Terminators show their limited vocabulary and grunt their way through a 30 second interview where they threaten to hurt the Top Guns tonight, very badly. Main Event The Terminators: Riggs & Wolff defeated The Top Guns: Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes by pinfall when Riggs pinned Rice after a doomsday device at 9:30 [The Terminators retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] A good showing for the Top Guns, even though Dukes had an extended time playing Ricky Morton. They used their speed and moves to keep the champs off balance but their high risk moves were also their undoing as they were thrwarted going for a slingshot suplex with the other man coming off the far ropes and nailing a running legdrop. Wolff stood on the apron and lowered the top rope sending Rice to the floor below. They then doubleteamed Dukes, sent him to the floor, retrieved Rice, nailed him with the doomsday device and picked up the win. Post-Match: The Terminators continued to work on Ricky Rice. His partner Derrick Dukes tried to make the save but he was thrown out of the ring. Finally Buck Zumhoffe came running into the ring with his boom box and used it as a weapon nailing both Terminators in the head. The tag champs took a powder, grabbed their belts, and left licking their wounds. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
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December 5, 1987 River City Wrestling #311 Grand Forks, North Dakota Opening Promo: The 8th Anniversary Spectacular comes to the Winnipeg Arena on December 17th. Already signed in the main event will be the RCW Heavyweight Champion, Vendetta, defending his title against the man who he took it from, Strangler Steve Disalvo. Ron Strong says they have some special announcements in regards to the 8th Spectacular, but to help him make those announcements is one of RCW's pioneers, one of the originals, Mike Valiant!! The fans who remember him cheer for Valiant who was a member of the Triumverate before going on to feud with Chris Lyon. He was a former RCW Tag Team champion. Valiant thanks the fans for welcoming him back and then calls out their first guest, Buck "Rock ' n Roll" Zumhoffe. Buck gets right to the point and announces his partner to face the Terminators at the 8th Spectacular for the tag team belts will be none other then Baron von Raschke!! Video Tape: We get a short promo sent in by the Baron who promises to end the reign of The Terminators, and that is all the people need to know. Moving on, Mike Valiant says that Madusa Micelli was complaining she had no more competition for her women's title so RCW has gone out and signed a top notch talent, and a former North American Women's Champion to challenge Madusa at the 8th Spectacular, Hollywood!! Video Tape: The former GLOW Girl says she is returning to RCW to reclaim her women's title and that finally not only is Madusa going to take on someone more glamorous then her, but also more vicious and dirty. Ron Strong says that as already announced newly crowned Stampede International Tag Team Champions Bruce Hart & Brian Pillman will appear at the 8th Spectacular to defend their titles. And tonight we will have a match to determine who those challengers will be as the Queen City Killers will take on the Top Guns. Mike Valiant then announces that matchmaker Marty Goldstein has announced an opponent for Bruiser Brody at the 8th, none other then Owen Hart. That promises to be a fantastic matchup. Ron Strong and Mike Valiant are then interrupted by TV title holder Chris Champion. Strong says, yeah we know you don't have to defend that title until the 8th when you will face Mike Lozansky. Champion though says he has something even bigger then that to announce. At the 8th Anniversary spectacular he will have a special edition of "Championship Material" with some information that will change the landscape of River City Wrestling.
Promo: 8th Anniversary Spectacular Main Event - RCW Heavyweight Title Match Vendetta (c) v Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) Special Attraction Owen Hart v Bruiser Brody RCW Tag Team Title Match The Terminators (c) v Buck Zumhoffe & Baron von Raschke RCW TV Title Match Chris Champion (c) v Mike Lozansky North American Women's Title Match Madusa Micelli (c) v Hollywood Stampede International Tag Title Match Bruce Hart & Brian Pillman (c) v Queen City Killers OR Top Guns Special edition of "Championship Material" And more matches yet to be added
Opening Bout: Mike Lozansky defeated Joe Mirto by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 4:03 -squash match Interview: Strangler Steve Disalvo says he wants tonight's main event non-title match against Vendetta to be a no-disqualification match. Disalvo says its bad enough that Vendetta has to hide behind a non-title clause but he shouldn't be allowed to hide behind some sissy rules either. Promo: "Three Men And A Baby" starring Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg, and Tom Selleck tries to hang onto the top spot at the box office for the second straight week. Have you seen the feel good movie of the season yet? Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends. They changed her diapers. She changed their lives. Bout #2 Terminator Wolff defeated Nick Mercury by pinfall after a powerslam at 6:15 -Mercury had Wolff beat after making a comeback from an earlier beating. He climbed to the top rope but then that mysterious cloaked figure ran down to ringside and tossed Mercury off the top buckle while Terminator Riggs had already come out to distract the ref. Interview: Nick Mercury says he has no idea who that cloaked dude is, some kid who's played too much Dungeons and Dragons and now thinks he's some sort of tough dude. Well Mercury says he will be here next week, and then again at the 8th Anniversary Spectacular and will be waiting for him. He wants to meet the dude one on one. Bout #3 Non-Title Match Chris Champion defeated Shayne Tustin by pinfall after a superkick at 7:19 -Tustin's first appearance in RCW, and while green looked to be in great shape and may have a future in wrestling. Interview: Ron Strong tries to grill Chris Champion for more information reagarding his big announcement at the 8th Spectacular, but for a change Champion was playing his cards close to his vest. He promises though he will be making some new friends, and that some old enemies will be left with egg on their face. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News; -Upcoming US-USSR summit between President Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev reported Protesters shown outside White House and Soviet embassy. Opposition by conservatives to medium-range missile treaty to be signed at summit reported -Shopping by mail-order catalogues featured -Tim Brown, of Notre Dame reported winning college football's Heisman Trophy with Syracuse Univ.'s Don McPherson runner-up [end of first hour] Video: "Hazy Shade of Winter" by the Bangles provides the music while RCW shows highlites of previous main events from the anniversary spectaculars; -1st>The Destroyer defeated the Mummy to retain the RCW Heavyweight Title, only for the Mummy to attack him after the match with a lead pipe causing an injury that would make the Destroyer be stripped of the title after over a year as champion -2nd>Junkyard Dog defeated Greg Valentine in a bloody dog-collar match as RCW brought in these two guys as a special guest main event -3rd>Chris Lyon defeated the Destroyer in a steel cage match to retain the RCW Heavyweight title, and the start of the break in the Triumverate as Mike Valiant and Clarke Roenick refuse to enter the ring and celebrate with Lyon. -4th>Chris Lyon with Tawney England in his corner defeated Mike Valiant with Superstar Billy Graham in his corner by submission to retain the RCW Heavyweight title. -5th>Jim Brunzell defeated Dynamite Kid by pinfall to retain the RCW Heavyweight title and then celebrates in the ring with Da Crusher -6th> Dr. D David Schultz defeated Bob Backlund by pinfall to win the RCW Heavyweight title while the two were still friends. -7th> Steve Disalvo defeated Bob Backlund by pinfall to retain the RCW Heavyweight Title. Bout #4 Winner gets shot at Stampede International Tag Titles The Top Guns (Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes) defeated The Queen City Killers (Jett Black & Alex Cambridge) by submission when Rice made Cambridge submit to the figure-four leglock at 7:36 -fairly even match that went back and forth, and stayed clean but intense. It started and ended with a handshake. But towards the end the Top Guns presed their advantages and really stood out as the better of the two teams. Interview: The Top Guns say they really don't know much about "Bad Company" Bruce Hart and Brian Pillman but they have found some tapes to study and will be ready to show them what RCW wrestling is all about on the 17th. Bout #5 Owen Hart defeated Kevin Kelly by pinfall after a top rope somersault splash at 8:04 -Hart controlled most of this match but Kelly was hard to put away and then cheated his way back into the thick of things. He pressed his advantage with a standing bearhug, belly to belly suplex, kneedrops, and a powerbomb but couldn't get the pin. He then hooked on an abdominal stretch which he used the ropes for extra leverage on and off when ref Jurgen Hermann was not looking. Finally Mike Valiant left the ring announce table where he was doing gues commentary and gave the cheating arm of Kelly's an elbowsmash. This turned the match to the favor of Hart who finished it off a minute later. Interview: Owen Hart thanks Mike Valiant for his help in the match and says hopefully he is now done with Kevin Kelly and can turn his attention towards Bruiser Brody. Owen calls Brody a disgrace to wrestling (actually drawing some jeers from the crowd as their is a substantial pro-Brody contingent), and he doesn't think theres any reason for this match other then to pad the pocketbook of Marty Goldstein. Strong asks Owen if he's scared of Brody? Owen says he's not scared of any man, but yeah there are some guys he doesnt think much of, who are here not to build up the sport but to tear it down, and one of those guys is Bruiser Brody. Promo: "Helter Skelter" by the Beatles provides the music, Bruiser Brody and the St. Louis Wrestling club provides the carnage. Pre-Match: Vendetta comes to the ring to accept Steve Disalvo's challenge to make this non-title match tonight into a no-disqualification match. But his words are interrupted when Kevin Kelly comes out and attacks Mike Valiant at the announce table. After a moment of hesitation Vendetta leaves the ring to go the rescue but no sooner then he gets his hands on Kelly he is attacked from behind by Steve Disalvo. Vendetta and Disalvo brawl around ringside while Kevin Kelly pounds away at Mike Valiant. Finally Owen Hart complete with still wet hair from the shower and no-shirt comes down to make the rescue for Valiant. Main Event Non-title, No Disqualification Match Strangler Steve Disalvo defeated Vendetta by pinfall after a piledriver and some outside interference at 8:54 -8:54 was the official time but it doesnt include the minute and a half before Buddy Lane was out and called for the bell when Disalvo was devastating Vendetta. When the match finally got inside the ring Disalvo worked over the champion unmercifully. For the first 5 minutes he pounded away at him with power move after power move, and three times he put on the Boston crab. Finally Vendetta, with one hand hanging onto the ropes to keep him up, used his other leg to kick away at the legs of Disalvo, then tackled him to the mat. After some mounted punches he worked a side bodyscissors while he regained his strength. He never had the chance to use it though as a new face in RCW, one that ring announcer Ron Strong informed us belongs to Lethal Larry Cameron of Stampede wrestling hit the ring. The muscular black man nailed Vendetta with a running boot to the back. Cameron and Disalvo then double teamed the champion and then Cameron left and Disalvo hit the champ with two running clotheslines, but couldn't get the pinfall. He then nailed a piledriver but couldn't get the 3 count. He then hit a DDT from the second rope but again still couldn't get a 3 count. Finally he hit a second piledriver to get the win. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
December 12, 1987 River City Wrestling #312 Brandon, Manitoba Promo: RCW presents the 8th Anniversary Spectacular from the Winnipeg Arena, December 17th. Interview: Mike Valiant comes to the ring to interrupt the first match before it begins. He says he may have retired but he's still in good enough shape to beat a coward like Kevin Kelly if he wasn't jumped. So he says he wanted a match against Kelly at the 8th Anniversary Spectacular and that request has been granted by Marty Goldstein. Opening Bout: Non-title match Madusa Micelli defeated Shelly Salter by pinfall after a German suplex into a bridge at 5:16 -squash match but Micelli did demonstrate a second finishing move in addition to her superkick on the eve of her match with Hollywood Interview: Madusa Micelli says she's not afraid of some powderpuff actress from Hollywood, and says there won't be a casting couch inside the ring for Hollywood to use to get "ahead". The champ promises to hold onto her North American Women's title on the 17th and beyond. Interview: Vendetta comes to the ring with something on his mind. He says that with Lisa Caress at ringside, and now Larry Cameron coming around and sticking his nose into the business, he wants to guarantee his back is watched. And the best way for that to happen is to have the match inside an unpenetrable steel cage. Vendetta says he wants to have the main event for the Heavyweight title at the 8th Anniversary spectacular against Steve Disalvo to be contested inside a steel cage!! Bout #2 Non-title match The Terminators defeated Shayne Tustin & Joshua Stroud by pinfall when Riggs pinned Tustin after a powerslam at 6:40 -both Tustin and Stroud are game young competitors with raw athleticism on their side, but eventually the veterans used their experience and cheating to lead them to victory Interview: Strangler Steve Disalvo comes out and surprises the crowd by accepting the steel cage addition to the title match at the 8th Anniversary Spectacular. However, in return he wants to make a match for the main event tonight, a six man tag match featuring himself, Lethal Larry Cameron, and Kevin Kelly against Vendetta, Owen Hart, and Mike Valiant. It will be an opportunity to do some damage, both physically and mentally to their opponents of the 17th. Video: "Hazy Shade of Winter" by the Bangles provides the music while RCW shows highlites of previous main events from the anniversary spectaculars; -1st>The Destroyer defeated the Mummy to retain the RCW Heavyweight Title, only for the Mummy to attack him after the match with a lead pipe causing an injury that would make the Destroyer be stripped of the title after over a year as champion -2nd>Junkyard Dog defeated Greg Valentine in a bloody dog-collar match as RCW brought in these two guys as a special guest main event -3rd>Chris Lyon defeated the Destroyer in a steel cage match to retain the RCW Heavyweight title, and the start of the break in the Triumverate as Mike Valiant and Clarke Roenick refuse to enter the ring and celebrate with Lyon. -4th>Chris Lyon with Tawney England in his corner defeated Mike Valiant with Superstar Billy Graham in his corner by submission to retain the RCW Heavyweight title. -5th>Jim Brunzell defeated Dynamite Kid by pinfall to retain the RCW Heavyweight title and then celebrates in the ring with Da Crusher -6th> Dr. D David Schultz defeated Bob Backlund by pinfall to win the RCW Heavyweight title while the two were still friends. -7th> Steve Disalvo defeated Bob Backlund by pinfall to retain the RCW Heavyweight Title. Bout #3 Mike Lozansky defeated Red Demon by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 2:33 -squash match, Red Demon offered no resistance what so ever Post-Match As referee Buddy Lane raised the hand of Lozansky in victory the Red Demon took out a pair of brass knux from his tights and Pearl Harboured Lozansky from behind. After that he delivered a series of punches to the head of a bloodied Lozansky. As Buddy Lane pulled the masked man away the Red Demon ripped off his mask to reveal Chris Champion, the TV title holder and Lozansky's opponent for the 8th Spectacular. Interview: Baron von Raschke and Buck Zumhoffe come out and the Baron comments on how he intends to bring a little law and order to RCW, to stop things like what just happened to that poor kid. Then Zumhoffe spouts out about how the Terminators should have finished him off like they did to Cummings because he has got back up, bigger and stronger then ever before, and has himself a partner who knows how to take care of business. Raschke seconds that notion bringing back memories of partnering with Greg Valentine and the Crusher to name just two, and how he and Buck are going to take care of the Terminators for good. Zumhoffe ends the interview by saying the match is dedicated to his friend Shawn Cummings who with the grace of God will wrestle again one day. Bout #4 The Top Guns defeated Hoyt Daill & Tom Stone by pinfall when Ricky Rice pinned Stone while applying the figure-four leglock at 4:29 -squash match Promo: "Bad Company" Bruce Hart and Brian Pillman send in a tape saying they were not too happy with comments made last week by The Top Guns. They are pissed off that River City Wrestling seems to think they are somehow superior to Stampede and that Bad Company is coming to Winnipeg to show the fans that Stampede is far superior. Pillman says that what should have been a friendly contest just got moved into the sphere of hostility, which is just fine with them. Video: "Bad Company" by Bad Company provides the music while Stampede wrestling provides highlites of Bruce Hart and Brian Pillman beating Makhan Singh & Jerry Morrow for the Stampede International Tag Team Titles. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News -OPEC's plans for oil prices and production -Return of Mikhail Gorbachev to USSR from summit. Element of risk at home for Gorbachev due to treaty. Upstaging of President Reagan by Mikhail Gorbachev during summit. -President Reagan's hopes for treaty cutting strategic weapons and his reaffirming of support for SDI/Star Wars -Impact of US-USSR summit and policies of Mikhail Gorbachev on future of Berlin reported; scenes shown of Berlin Wall [end of first hour] Pre-Match: Nick Mercury came to the ring and said as promised he is here waiting for the troublemaker in the cloak to show up and take him on, one on one. He tells the Gary Gygax loving loser to put down his D20 and come to the ring. The call is answered but not by one cloaked figure but by 2. After entering the ring one of the cloaked figures leaves the ring and stands in the corner, so it looks like we have a match. Not sure what else to do Mercury locks up with the first cloaked figure. Bout #5 Nick Mercury v -Mercury was all over the cloaked figure. He pounded away at him, but lost momentum when he seemed a little obsessed with pulling the cloak over his opponents head. It revealed a set of chunky, pasty legs, and blue tights and wrestling boots, but the cloak was too tight around the head to easily come off. The cloaked figure snuck in a thumb to the eye and then applied some chokeholds. But Mercury battled back and after a pair of dropkicks was going for a hotshot when the other cloaked figure grabbed his feet from under him and pulled him to the mat. After the bell for the disqualification the cloaked figure walked away, and when Mercury tried to leave the ring to go after him he was attacked from behind by his opponent. The cloaked figure from the match again tried to choke out Mercury but again the youngster fought his way out of it. This time he managed to hit his hotshot and then pull the cloak over his head to reveal, Joe Mirto. Nick Mercury defeated Joe Mirto (cloaked) by disqualification for outside interference at 3:59 Post-Match: Mercury menaced and threatened Mirto, but the curtain jerker professed that he had been paid to wrestle and pulled out a small medieval looking gold coin from a cloak pocket. He says he has no idea who that guy was and that he never actually talked to him. With that Mercury keeps the coin and tosses Mirto over the top rope. Mercury gets the mic and says he will still be around, tonight, tomorrow night, and the next night. So any time this..this..rogue...of a loser wants to get it on, he'll be here. Bout #6 Baron von Raschke & Buck Zumhoffe defeated Big Green & Bobby Bold Eagle by submission when Raschke submitted Big Green with the clawhold at 6:50 -Big Green is, well, a big, green rookie who looked promising. In fact he and Eagle controlled Zumhoffe for a couple of minutes which allowed the hot tag in for Raschke to clean house and pick up the win. Post-Match: The Terminators hit the ring and attacked Raschke and Zumhoffe giving them a beat down. Big Green made the mistake of trying to help the Terminators so they beat him down too. Promo: "Helter Skelter" by the Beatles, Brusier Brody by the St. Louis Wrestling Club. Main Event Six Man Tag Match Steve Disalvo, Larry Cameron, & Kevin Kelly defeated Vendetta, Owen Hart, & Mike Valiant when Disalvo pinned Valiant after a piledriver at 7:54 -this match was absolute chaos, with the rulebreakers more concerned with hurting their opponents then winning the match. Vendetta, Disalvo, and Cameron all looked strong in this match while Valiant was far and away the weak link which doesn't bode well for his match against Kevin Kelly in 5 days. Promo: December 17th, 1987 from the Winnipeg Arena, in Winnipeg Manitoba, River City Wrestling proudly presents the 8th Anniversary Spectacular. Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match - CAGE MATCH Vendetta (c) v Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) Special Attraction Owen Hart v Bruiser Brody RCW Tag Team Title Match The Terminators (c) v Buck Zumhoffe & Baron von Raschke RCW Television Title Match Chris Champion (c) v Mike Lozansky North American Women's Title Match Madusa Micelli (c) v Hollywood Stampede International Tag Team Title Match Bad Company: Bruce Hart & Brian Pillman (c) v Top Guns: Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes Coming out of Retirement Bout Mike Valiant v Kevin Kelly (/w Madusa) Brian Jewel v Lethal Larry Cameron Nick Mercury's challenge to the "cloaked figure" Chris Champion's promise of shocking news at a special edition of "Championship Material" That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling See ya next week!!
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December 17, 1987River City Wrestling #313 Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg Manitoba estimated attendence 3,100 Opening: The Canadian rock band "Prism" played a special concert for the fans before the matches started. Their set was as follows; Armageddon Spaceship Superstar Take me to the Kaptin Virginia Young and Restless You Walked Away Again Don't Let Him Know Comin' Home Night To Remember The boys from Vancouver finished their set with the appropriate "Night To Remember" and then returned shortly after to kick things off by singing the Canadian National Anthem. Opening Bout:Brian Jewel v Lethal Larry Cameron Cameron refused to lock-up and wanted Jewel to stand by while he posed for the crowd. Unfortunatley inept referee Jurgen Hermann decided to allow Cameron to do just that even though the bell had already rung. Eventually though Jewel could take no more and attacked Cameron from the side. He hit him with forearms and drove him into the corner. Whip to the ropes, clothesline knocks Cameron to the mat. Jewel picks up the newcomer and rocks him with a forearm uppercut. He whips him to the ropes but telegraphs a back bodydrop. Cameron instead of taking advantage though stops inches in front of Jewel and poses again for the crowd. Jewel thinking he had dodged a bullet tried to whip Cameron to the buckle but the muscular black man reversed it and sent Jewel head first into the corner and then took him over with a side suplex on the rebound for a 2 count. A couple of punches and kicks, a jumping clothesline, and then a powerslam and that's all he needed to pick up a decisive victory. Lethal Larry Cameron defeated Brian Jewel by pinfall after a powerslam at 3:15 Pre-Match: Nick Mercury comes to the ring with referee Buddy Lane. He says he has heard reports that the cloaked one has been seen backstage tonight. He challenges the coward to put down his Dungeon Master's Guide for 2 minutes and come to the ring so he can do some hit points of damage to him. The lights to the arena go out. About 10 seconds later they go on and the cloaked figure with the black opera mask on underneath is standing behind Mercury. The fan favorite in pastel colored tights seems to sense him and turns around. He rocks the cloaked one with a punch, and another, sending him reeling back to the corner. Buddy Lane steps in to seperate the two while calling for the bell. Bout #2 Nick Mercury v As Lane steps away the cloaked one lashes out with a chop to the throat, a sucker attack which finds its mark on Mercury. A double leg takedown follows, and then a half-nelson, turns him over for a 1 count. Mercury tries to scramble to his feet but his opponent lashes out again this time with a legwhip and takes Mercury down. He covers again for a 1 count. The cloaked one puts on a chickenwing and holds Mercury for a good 30 seconds but can't get the submission so he releases the hold. The mysterious one applies an arm wringer which sets up the heel kick and a pin attempt for a count of 2 this time. The cloaked one follows up with three straight hip tosses followed by a backbody drop from a still position. This time its Mercury though that lashes out with a legwhip and takes his opponent down. Nick mounts him and lays in a series of closed fist punches, causing Buddy Lane to pull him away and try to calm him down. While he was doing this the cloaked figure pulled the cloak up his arm, turned around a bracer that he was wearing and tapped it to show the crowd it was loaded. He swung at Mercury who blocked it and caught him with a palm thrust strike, then a fireman's carry into a slam. He covered and got a 2 count. Mercury applied a front facelock, then a sleeperhold on two occassions but couldn't get the submission. He tried to use his advantage by pulling down the hood of his opponent which revealed only short jet black hair and an earring. He tried to remove the opera mask but was thrwarted by a punch to the solar plexes. Mercury though got the next shot in with a knee to the gut, whipped him to the ropes, and took him over with a powerslam. He covered and got a 2 count. They then did a criss cross sequence which ended when the cloaked figure just slipped out of the ring. Mercury followed but then the cloaked figure just slipped back inside the ring. He caught Mercury with a knee coming into the ring, then followed up with a bulldog, a hanging vertical suplex, a tiltawhirl backbreaker, and a 2 count. Mercury battled back and the two exchanged punches and kicks until the cloaked figure caught him with a thumb to the eye. He whipped Mercury to the ropes and devastated him with a clothesline using his loaded forearm. As if Mercury was going to get up the cloaked one felt it necessary to drag him to the middle of the ring and nail him with a single-arm DDT and then covered for the win. defeated Nick Mercury by pinfall after a single arm DDT and use of a foreign object at 7:27 Post-Match: The Cloaked figure swung by the announce table. Standing on the table he grabbed a mic and in a caustic voice said three words, "I am Rogue". Rogue defeated Nick Mercury by pinfall after a single arm DDT and use of a foreign object at 7:27 Bout #3Mike Valiant (/w Hollywood) v Kevin Kelly (/w Madusa Micelli) In a surprise move Valiant brought out Hollywood to manage him in the match and to keep an eye on Madusa who she will face later on tonight. At first referee Jurgen Hermann tried to send her to the back but apparently she had the right paperwork and was allowed to stay. Kelly though used all the fuss to attack Valiant from behind just before the bell could ring. Valiant still had on his shiny gold satin warm-up jacket, as Kelly whipped him to the ropes and knocked him down with a big shoulderblock. He repeated this, and then banged Valiant off the mat with a bodyslam, covered for a 2 count. He worked a front facelock while the lovely Hollywood banged on the ring apron to get Valiant and the fans awake. Valiant fought back with elbows to the midsection, but then came off the ropes and collided with Kelly again and went down. Kelly punished Valiant right up until the 5 minute mark when finally the man making his return from retirement made his comeback. He went after the legs of Kelly with kicks, and then elbows and knees to the quads, and a legspreader. But then Valiant tried to change the strategy and after a dropkick went for a piledriver, but Kelly was able to backdrop Valiant over instead, even with banged up legs. Valiant went recklessly after Kelly in the corner and paid for it eating a big boot, then was rocked with a clothesline. Kelly went for a legdrop but Valiant moved out of the way. When the fan favorite came off the far ropes though he was tripped up by Madusa a move that went undetected by the ref, but not so by Hollywood. The two women got tangled up outside the ring, but inside Kelly took full advantage of the outside interference. After a high knee lift, he nailed a bodyslam, a backbreaker, and then his reverse neckbreaker finisher to get 1, 2, 3. Kevin Kelly defeated Mike Valiant by pinfall after a reverse neckbereaker at 8:58 Special Edition of "Championship Material" with Chris Champion Guests: Marty Goldstein, Steve Disalvo, and Lisa Caress Champion called his guest out to the ring, saying they had no advance notice that they were going to appear. Champion first says he has a bone to pick with Goldstein. Why does he have to defend his TV title tonight here when it is not a televised event? Goldstein says that Champion will defend the belt whenever and wherever RCW tells him to. Champion asks Goldstein if thats because he has absolute power in RCW as the matchmaker. Goldstein says no, he has a board of directors and a championship committee to answer to. Champion nods taking this all in. Goldstein asks if that's it, if he can go now. Champion tells him he should stick around as he will find the next part interesting too. Champion says he made a promise a couple months back to Steve Disalvo to find out who put the bounty on his head that brought in John Studd and then the Great Wojo to try and take him out. Well tonight he is here to say that he now knows who put the bounty on him. Disalvo demands to know who, but Champion demures. First of all Champion says he is still lacking the proof but knows how to get it. Secondly he says that the answer is so profound, so shocking that it will only serve to distract Disalvo from the job at hand tonight, winning the title belt. Disalvo flips out, tossing his large armchair into the ropes, then grabs Champion in a double chokehold. He then regains his composure and just gives Champion a push to the mat. Disalvo says that Champion better not be pulling his chain or he's going to kill him. Champion promises the answer and proof in January. Bout #4 Stampede International Tag Team Title Match Bad Company: Bruce Hart & Brian Pillman v Top Guns: Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes The match started with a round of handshakes and a nice applause from the crowd. Tempers flared early though between Hart and Rice as Hart didn't think Rice gave him enough room after a rope break. With every hook-up this match gained in intensity and the two teams began to take a severe disliking to each other. It went back and forth but after a flying dropkick to the chin Rice tried to pin Hart, only to have Pillman drag him off to break the pin. This started a 4 man brawl that spilled outside the ring. Bad Company gained the advantage during that brawl and then pressed the advantage isolating Ricky Rice for a couple minutes but not able to put him away. Finally after an elbow to the chin, and a somersault to escape, Rice tagged out to Dukes. But as Dukes chopped and kicked away at Hart he made the blind tag out to Pillman who took advantage of the situation to clip the knee of Dukes from behind. He went to work on the leg and knee of Dukes before tagging out to Hart who did the same. They followed this up with several quick tags where the departing member would hold down the leg and the incoming member would jump off the second rope with a knee drop to the knee of Dukes. Hart then locked on the figure-four, but returning an earlier favor was Rice by breaking it with a boot to the chest of Hart. This sparked a two on one beat down on Rice, which ended with tossing him over the top rope. Hart tagged out to Pillman who continued to work over the knee of Dukes before tagging in his partner who again tried to lock on the figure-four. But Dukes countered by kicking Hart off and then tried to crawl over to make the tag to Rice but was caught before he could do that. Pillman was tagged in and it would take a second comeback for Dukes before he could make the tag. Rice came in a house on fire and went to work on Pillman. He put Pillman in the Boston crab. Bruce Hart came in to break it up but was headed off by referee Buddy Lane. This though allowed Dukes to enter the ring and drop a knee to the back of Pillman while in the crab. Pillman continued to fight the crab and got the break by getting to the ropes. However, 30 seconds later and he was back in. Again Hart tried to enter the ring and again Lane headed him off. Dukes paused before crawling through the ropes to take advantage and make it a double team, and then when he decided to enter the ring he was grabbed by Stu Hart, Bruce's father who had climbed over the steel barricade. He pulled Dukes down and tossed him head first into the ringsteps. This distracted Buddy Lane and allowed Bruce to enter the ring and catch Rice in the back of the head with a big boot. He followed up with a Russian legsweep and then Pillman made the cover to get the 1, 2, 3. Bad Company defeated Top Guns by pinfall after outside interference at 14:25[Bad Company retained the Stampede International Tag Titles] Promo: Marty Goldstein comes to the ring looking pissed off. He says that's the second straight match that ended thanks to some outside interference. Goldstein says he doesnt know what the hell Stu Hart was doing sticking his nose into that match, he shouldn't disrespect RCW and its fans by doing something like that. Goldstein warns everyone that the next person who interferes in a match tonight will be suspended from RCW for the entire 1988 year. Promo: Coming to River City Wrestling in Janaury 1988, the world's strongest man Ted Arcidi. Bout #5 North American Women's Title Match Madusa Micelli (champion) v Hollywood Mike Valiant and Kevin Kelly tried to come down and stay with the ladies but they were both sent to the backstage area by referee Jurgen Hermann. Micelli tried to attack Hollywood before the bell but Hollywood was ready for it and moved out of the way, then gave the champ a double axhandle to the stomach. A hairtoss to the mat, a quick kick to the back, then a backbreaker like move pulling the torso of the champ downward onto both of Hollywood's knees, and the challenger was in charge. She nailed a dropkick, a back bodydrop, and a vertical suplex but only got a 2 count. The challenger made her first mistake going for a splash in the corner with Madusa moving out of the way. The champ almost cheated her way to a win by making the cover with her feet on the second buckle, but incredibly it was actually caught and disallowed by referee Hermann. Hollywood battled back, but after a criss cross sequence Madusa caught her with a drop toe hold and then a facelock. Madusa kept trying to work in a chokehold, then nailed a vertical suplex, then a German suplex into a bridge for 1, 2 Kickout!! Madusa complained to Hermann about a slow count which allowed the challenger to gather her wits. The two ladies battled in the middle of the ring with kicks and punches, then rolled around together trying to gain the high ground. Madusa moved out of the way of a dropkick then bridged her challenger for 1, 2, kickout. The champ then went for a Samoan drop but Hollywood countered by fighting her way out, dropping behind the champ, putting her in an inverted facelock, working her down until Madusa's head was between Hollywoods' thighs, then lifting her up and nailing her with a nasty looking inverted piledriver. She covered and got 1, 2, 3 !! Hollywood defeated Madusa Micelli by pinfall after an inverted piledriver at 6:50[Hollywood won the North American Women's Title] Bout #6 RCW Television Title Match Chris Champion (champion) v Mike Lozansky Collar elbow hook-up to start but Champion smacks Lozansky across the face. Referee Buddy Lane steps between them though when Lozansky looks to use a closed fist. They lock up again and Lozansky powers Champion to the ground, who then gets up and complains about a phantom hair pull. Next lock-up and Champion uses the ropes to get a break. Lozansky grows frustrated but controls it well and soon enough grounds Champion and works him with an armbar. He then has the chance to return the favor of the slap by issuing several hard and legal slaps to the side of the face of the champ. But when Champion gets to his feet he's mad and goes right at the challenger with closed fists, and then a choke hold. Lane tries to reign him in but Champion has the advantage now and works over the challenger with some more hard rights, followed by a belly-to-belly suplex, a couple of savate kicks, then a reverse russian legsweep for a 2 count. Champion then keeps it on the mat with a front facelock, before turning it into a reverse neckbreaker and another 2 count. He then resorts to stomps and chokeholds again. Lozansky fires back with fists and makes a comeback. Lozansky goes to work with a pumphandle suplex, a slingshot into the top turnbuckle, and a roll-up for a 2 count. Champion takes a powder out of the ring and stalls for time. After a full minute of stalling he caught Lozansky with a chop to the ear from the ring apron, and then a shoulder to the gut. Climbing to the top rope though he got caught and Lozansky tossed him off to the mat below. Lozansky dropped a fist from the 2nd buckle for a 2 count. He then went to work with an elbowsmash clothesline, and a Giant swing, to disorient the champ further. Lozansky dropped an elbow from the 2nd buckle and then went to the top. He came off the top with a splash but Champion was able to move out of the way at the last second. Both men were slow to get to their feet and both recovered at about the 8 count. Champion tried to catch Lozansky with a superkick,but the Bullet arched backward to duck under the kick, and then took Champion down with a leg sweep. But when he went for a dropkick when Champion got back up, the champ moved out of the way. Champion then nailed a running clothesline, a front face mat slam, and covered for a 2 count. He went for the superkick again, a second time, but again Lozansky managed to duck away. Lozansky went to work but couldn't hold the advantage for more then a minute before Champion took it back with a chop to the throat, followed by some palm strikes, and kicks. Champion then nailed Lozansky with a flying bulldog and made the cover, 1, 2, Champion grabbed the tights as Lozansky tried to kick out, 3. Chris Champion defeated Mike Lozansky by pinfall after a flying bulldog and a handfull of tights at 14:59[Chris Champion retained the RCW Television Title] Bout #7 RCW Tag Team Title Match The Terminators: Riggs & Wolff v Buck Zumhoffe & Baron von Raschke They didn't waste any time as they started with a four man brawl that Raschke and Zumhoffe actually won until they tried to whip their opponents into each other. The Terminators stopped short, then Riggs whipped Wolff into the corner where he squashed Zumhoffe. The tag champs then double teamed Raschke and gave him a hotshot off the top rope. Finally referee Jurgen Hermann managed to get things sorted out. Zumhoffe was the legal man and was worked over by the Terminators for the next four minutes of the match before finally getting a tag in to Raschke. The fan favorite Baron went to work on Riggs, then Wolff when he tried to enter the ring. He smashed their heads together, tossed one into the corner, and then threw the other one in for a collision. Raschke went to work with kicks and punches before bringing the fans to their feet by locking on the clawhold on Riggs. Wolff though entered the ring and caught Raschke from behind to break the hold. This brought in Zumhoffe for our second four man brawl, this time it spilled outside the ring. When order was restored Riggs had the advantage over Raschke, and then tagged in Wolff. After a bearhug and some punches, Wolff nailed a powerslam and covered the Baron, 1, 2, kickout!! The Terminators used quick tags and cut off the ring to keep Raschke in trouble, until finally when they went for one more quick tag Raschke put Wolff into a hammerlock and drove him into his partner, the two big men smashing heads. Raschke covered Wolff, but Lane refused to count saying they had tagged out when they smashed into each other. Raschke didn't realize this but Riggs had as he jumped off the 2nd buckle and landed on the back of Rascke. He then continued to work the back with another bearhug, some punches to the lower back, and a pair of back breakers. He couldn't get the pin though and eventually Raschke tagged in Zumhoffe. Buck picked up the pace of the match taking Wolff down with a pair of dropkicks, then a clothesline from the 2nd buckle, then a baseball slide inside the ring, and a drop toe hold off the ropes, making a cover for only a 1 count. Zumhoffe tagged in to Raschke who went with kicks and punches to soften his opponent before once again putting on the clawhold. This time as he had it locked on Wolff, Riggs ran in but Raschke caught him in a clawhold with his other hand long enough for Zumhoffe to come in and dropkick Riggs down and then roll him out of the ring. In the meantime Raschke had worked Wolff down to his back and referee Buddy Lane counted the 1, 2, 3!! Buck Zumhoffe & Baron von Raschke defeated the Terminators by pinfall when Baron pinned Wolff while in the iron clawhold at 17:16[Buck Zumhoffe & Baron von Raschke won the RCW Tag Team Titles] Post-Match: The tag champs accepted their new belts and then went out to celebrate with the fans while the Terminators looked on in disbelief. Bout #8Owen Hart v Bruiser Brody Match started with Owen trying to lock up and Brody giving him a chop to the head instead. Brody went to work right away and choked Owen across the middle strand, ran his head along the top strand, drove his shoulder into him in the corner a few times, and then a one-armed bodyslam, for a 2 count. Owen though fought back with a standing dropkick while Brody was on pause mode "huss". Owen took him down with a drop toe hold, then worked a series of armbars and front facelocks. Owen then picked up the pace with a pair of flying dropkicks, a flying forearm smash, flying headscissors, and an elbowdrop from the second rope for a 2 count. He then worked over the back of Brody for a minute before trying to lock on the sharpshooter but Brody kicked his way out of it. The crazy man from Albuquerque New Mexico then grabbed Owen by the trunks and threw him out of the ring. He followed Owen outside where he slammed his head off the ring apron, gave him a bodyslam, and then tossed him into the guardrail. Brody took the match back inside and went to work with stomps, an atomic drop, a pair of forearm smashes, and then his stalling piledriver for a 2 count. Brody got very agitated when Owen kicked out so he tried for the pin again pulling Owen down by the hair but only got a 1 count. He tried again and this time Owen kicked out before the 1 count. Brody then tried to throw Owen out of the ring again but this time Owen landed on the apron with Brody unaware. He climbed to the top rope and Brody turned around and got nailed by a dropkick from the top rope for 1, 2, KICKOUT!! Owen tried for another flying dropkick but this time Brody hung onto the ropes and Owen hit the mat. Brody then dragged Owen to the corner, left the ring and then pulled Owen shoulder first into the ringpost twice, entered the ring to break the count, then did the same thing, entered the ring to break the count, then pulled Owen to the floor again. Brody gave Owen a one armed bodyslam outside the ring and a kneedrop. But back inside on the cover he only got a 2 count. So Brody once again tossed Owen out of the ring and followed. Buddy Lane tried to restrain the wild man but was pushed away. Outside Brody grabbed a chair and swung it at Owen, but luckily the Calgary native saw it coming and dived out of the way. He swung again and Owen had to roll out of the way. Owen then scrambled and grabbed his own chair as both men swung and smashed chairs. Owen then rolled back inside and challenged Brody to enter the ring. However Buddy Lane called for the bell and Brody decided to just drop his chair and leave the arena instead. Owen Hart defeated Bruiser Brody by disqualification for use of a foreign object at 10:15 Pre-match: Referee Jurgen Hermann comes down to the ring but is followed afterward by Buddy Lane. After a short heated discussion Lane sends Hermann to the back, and as head referee will officiate this match himself, breaking the alternating pattern that the refs usually follow. The announcers say that it just shows the importance of the upcoming match. MAIN EVENT RCW HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE BOUT STEEL CAGE MATCH - PINFALL OR SUBMISSION ONLY Vendetta (champion) v Strangler Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) Collar elbow hook-up and Disalvo tosses Vendetta back against the ropes. The two circle and when they go to hook up again Disalvo slaps the champ across the face. Vendetta just straightens his neck back around and the two men have a staredown until Buddy Lane gets them going again. Disalvo feigns another punch, but as Vendetta flinches the Strangler instead just pulls his hand back to fix his hair, and laughs at the champ. Boot to the gut by the champ, forearm uppercut and this match kicks into gear. Vendetta keeps the challenger bouncing off the ropes and hits him with a flying fist, a spinning heel kick, and a flying bulldog, but only gets a 2 count. He tries to bulldog Disalvo into the steel cage but is thrown off by the challenger and bounced off the cage wall himself. Disalvo clotheslines the champ then drives his shoulder into Vendetta's midsection three times, hammering the champ against the cage wall each time. Vendetta grabs the cage with both his hands and lashes out kicking Disalvo in the chest, then nails him with a flying clothesline. Both men are down and quickly back to their feet. Top wristlock by Vendetta, but Disalvo grabs a handfull of his hair and pulls him back to the mat. The challenger drops a knee to the sternum and then takes the opportunity to use a closed fist to the nose of the champ. Dragging him back up by his hair he puts him in a full nelson, giving him the rag doll treatment for almost a full minute before a rope break. Disalvo bodyslams the champ, boot rake, then drags his head across the steel cage drawing blood. He goes for the piledriver but Vendetta fights it and the challenger uses his knee to drive the champ head first into the mat instead. He puts on a half-nelson, until Vendetta regains his feet and counters with a hammerlock. A rope break occurs and both men take a little distance before circling each other, Vendetta now wearing the crimson mask. We are around the six minute mark in the match. The two men exchange punches and kicks and Vendetta finds himself backed into the corner. He fights his way out though and delivers an atomic drop to the challenger, then a standing dropkick. Disalvo though is still on his feet and goes for a running clothesline but the champ counters with a drop toehold, knocking Disalvo head first into the cage wall. Vendetta goes to work with an impressive vertical suplex on the big man, a backbreaker, a standing surfboard, and an abdominal stretch. He weakens the challenger but not close enough for a win. After a dropkick, and a running clothesline the champ hooks up for the DDT but Disalvo counters with a kick, and throws Vendetta off. When the champ tries to hook up again Disalvo catches him with a thumb to the eye, then a rake of the nails across the back, and then smashes his head into the cage wall. He lifts the champ across his shoulder to drive him head first into the cage wall, but Vendetta counters by dropping behind him, driving Disalvo into the wall, and covering for 1, 2, kickout! We are now about 11 minutes into the match. Vendetta goes for a bodyslam but looks too weak and Disalvo adjusts in mid-air lands beside the champ and bulldogs him to the mat. Disalvo is first on his feet at the count of 5, pulling Vendetta up by the throat, and then chopping him twice across the chest, and then applying an illegal double choke. Vendetta chops away at the arms of the challenger to no avail as Disalvo risks DQ before finally relinquishing the hold. Lane buys the champ a few seconds by getting in the way and warning Disalvo, but its not enough as the champs feeble punch bounces off the challenger. Disalvo whips Vendetta to the ropes and sends him heels over head with a wicked looking running clothesline. He covers for a 2 count. Disalvo lifts Vendetta onto his shoulders and after an abbreviated airplane spin he drives him into the mat, for another 2 count. A full-nelson turned into a slam is next for another 2 count. Frustrated the challenger batters the champ with fists and then bangs his head off the cage wall 5 times before covering for another 2 count. In the middle of the ring Disalvo then nails Vendetta with a piledriver. That should be all she wrote as Disalvo covers for 1, 2, KICKOUT, Disalvo should have hooked a leg. He then goes for another piledriver, but Vendetta slams his head into the lower midsection of Disalvo instead, and then clips his leg out on his way down. Disalvo lashes out as both men lay on the ground and catches the champ with a vicious looking boot to the face. He crawls over and covers for 1, 2, kickout. We are now around 15 minutes into the match. Disalvo gets to his feet but when he tries to pull Vendetta up something appears wrong with the challenger's leg as it almost buckles him to the mat. He releases the champ and tries to walk it off but still appears quite hobbled. Walking over he hammers forearms into the back of the champ before choking him over the second rope. Vendetta is bleeding profusely now from the head, blood having now dripped all down his chest as well. The challenger covers for another 2 count. Frustrated Disalvo whips the champ into the ropes but his bad plant leg gives out and he hits the mat. A disorientated champ runs right into the challenger his knee catching him in the head, and both men are down. Lane applies a slow count and both men use the ropes to get to their feet at the count of 9. They meet in the middle of the ring, and Vendetta shoots on Disalvo taking him down with a single leg and then taking the match to the mat with a leglock. After working over the legs and knees of the challenger for a couple minutes he locks on the figure-four. Disalvo is in a lot of pain but manages to slowly make his way to the ropes for a break. Vendetta does not break clean and risks DQ as Buddy Lane lectures him. Disalvo tries to get to his feet as the champ circles him but his knee won't support him. The champ goes for a sidekick but Disalvo catches the leg and twists Vendetta to the mat. He then works legholds of his own for a couple minutes until locking on his own figure-four. Vendetta tries to get to the ropes but is having a difficult time moving the bigger challenger. Finally he is able instead to turn it over, reversing the pressure and making the challenger scream in pain. They roll out of the move and Vendetta uses the ropes to get to his feet. Buddy Lane is concerned about the blood being lost by the champ and insists on spending a few precious seconds checking him out before allowing the match to continue. In the meantime Lisa Caress was able to slip a roll of coins to her man through the cage wall. We are now about 22 minutes into the match. Jurgen Hermann comes running down to the ring and is trying to get Lane's attention to warn him about the roll of coins but Lane is too concentrated on the match to heed the warning, but Vendetta seems to understand. Vendetta kicks away at the challenger and finally Disalvo is able to get to his feet using the cage wall for support. He lashes out with his loaded fist at Vendetta, but partly because of his unstable footing and partly because of Vendetta moving out of the way, the punch hits Buddy Lane instead knocking him out. Vendetta retrieves the busted open roll of coins and throws it at the wall sending them scattering. Disalvo hobbles over and clotheslines the champ, both men going down. As they lay there Jurgen Hermann had the officials open the cage door and he goes in to referee and to try and revive Lane. With both competitors down and out, one bleeding heavily from the head, the other with a bad knee, and two referee's in the ring, the crowd could sense this great match might be coming to an end soon and came to their feet with cheers reigning down. Disalvo crawled over and covered Vendetta but there was no ref to count. Disalvo looked up but did not have the strength to go get Hermann where he was checking over Lane. Instead he just laid across the champ until Hermann saw and came over to count the 1, 2, shoulder up! Cover, 1, 2, shoulder-up. Punch to the head, cover, 1, 2, shoulder up. Punch to the head, school boy pin with the knees on the shoulders, 1, 2, Vendetta rolled his legs up to grab Disalvo by the shoulders and pull him down into a pin, 1,2, kickout. From their knees the men exchanged punches, but Vendetta then rolled backward to gain space and got to his feet. Disalvo did the same, heavily favouring the injured knee. Vendetta tried to shoot again on the challenger but Disalvo timed it right, and drove Vendetta to the mat putting him in a front chancery. He worked the hold, putting it down to a chokehold whenever Hermann wasn't checking. Finally Hermann caught him and forced a break. Disalvo tried to put the same hold on again but Vendetta countered with a hammerlock and dragged the challenger to one knee. Vendetta then pulled the challenger backward driving Disalvo's back into the champs' knees. Vendetta tried for a figure-four to end the match but Disalvo was able to counter by reaching up and clocking the champ, then pulling him down to the mat in a roll-up. Hermann counted 1, Vendetta tried to roll-out but Disalvo grabbed a handfull of tights for leverage, 2, again Vendetta tried to roll-out but Disalvo still had the tights, 3, NO, No, Buddy Lane revived and crawled over out his hand under Herman's to block the count, pointing out the tights to the other ref. The match was made to continue as Disalvo banged his hands off the mat in frustration and Hermann helped Lane get to his feet and then left the ring, leaving Lane to again call the match. Vendetta caught Disalvo distracted from behind and rolled him up, 1, 2, kickout. Disalvo headbutted Vendetta then punched him in the head, all from his knees, covered 1, KICKOUT with authority. Disalvo though punched Vendetta in the midsection, then a couple more times in the head. Back on his feet he set the champ up for another piledriver to end the match but as he came down his leg gave out and the two men just crashed to the mat with Vendetta laying on top of Disalvo, for the 1, 2, shoulder-up! The fans were going absolutley crazy at this point. Once again Lane took a few seconds to check on the head of the champ and called for a ringside doctor but in the meantime allowed the match to continue. Both men got to their feet and exchanged punches, before Disalvo rocked Vendetta with a punch right to the throat. He then elbowed the champ twice between the eyes, and with Vendetta backed into the cage wall clotheslined him for extra measure. Vendetta was on his way down to the mat but the challenger propped him up, grabbed him by the hair and tried to throw him head first into the cage wall, right where the cage door was. But Vendetta countered at the last second sending the champ head first instead, bouncing on the top rope his head made contact with the cage door. The door which had now been opened and closed, and opened again as the ringside doctor prepared to enter was not latched. Disalvo's head knocked the door flying open, sending the good doc to the ground, then as the challenger's head lay over the top rope the cage door bounced back and hit him hard again. Disalvo flew backward to the mat. Vendetta covered, and got the 1, 2, 3 !!! Vendetta defeated Steve Disalvo by pinfall after throwing him into the cage door at 31:18[Vendetta retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] Post-Match: Mike Lozansky, Vic Gate, and Buck Zumhoffe all came out to help support Vendetta as he walked to the back, head hung down, bleeding profusely, belt laying across his shoulder with Gate holding it there so it wouldn't fall. Back inside Lisa Caress tried to help a despondant Steve Disalvo to his feet. That's it for another great year of River City Wrestling. See ya in 1988!
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Post by jacklarkin on Jul 19, 2016 8:10:15 GMT -5
January 16, 1988 River City Wrestling #314
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Promo: Put to the music of the #1 song from 1987, "With Or Without You" by U2 Highlites of the 8th Anniversary spectacular from December 17th, 1987 including Vendetta retaining over Steve Disalvo in a bloody steel cage encounter; Baron von Raschke & Buck Zumhoffe taking the tag titles from the Terminators; Hollywood taking the women's title from Madusa; and Chris Champion holding onto his title by cheating his way to victory over Mike Lozansky. Promo: Chris Champion says as promised at the 8th Anniversary Spectacular he will unveil the results of his investigation tonight into the bounty hunter incident that brought first Big John Studd then the Great Wojo into RCW looking to injure or otherwise take the title from Steve Disalvo. Who could have done such an immoral thing? Champion says he will unveil his investigative results of the suspects tonight. Opening Bout: Premiere of Ted Arcidi Ted Arcidi defeated Kent Kaminski by submission to the bearhug at 3:00 -Kaminski got a few blows in early but once Arcidi grabbed the advantage it didn't take the "world's strongest man" long to finish off his rookie opponent. Interview: Ted Arcidi sputters his way through an interview making it as clear as mud that he is here to get rid of some bad guys, and that he likes to break things. To make his point clear he produces a metal bar which after some talc and warm-up he manages to bend over the back of his neck. Interview: We immediately bring in another newcomer, this gentleman Mike Jackson, has been toiling in the southern states where he has a great reputation of knowing his way around a mat, but has not yet had a lot of success in the win/loss column. He's here in RCW to change just that. For some reason this brings out Lethal Larry Cameron who tells Jackson to go back to the south with the rest of the rednecks. He also is of the opinion that Jackson is a brother's name, like Reggie Jackson. Mike tells Cameron to back off or do his talking in the ring which Cameron agrees to do. Bout #2 Premiere of Mike Jackson Lethal Larry Cameron defeated Mike Jackson by pinfall after a powerslam at 3:35 -during the commercial break as the men went from the interview set to the ring Cameron attacked Jackson from behind. After giving him a beating RCW officials declared the match to no longer be contested, but Mike Jackson insisted on it going forward anyway. It was a brave move but being already banged up he was no match for Cameron. Promo: Chris Champion says one investigative path took him to Ben Bassarab, who as you might recall at the time was having trouble ascending that ladder from the TV title to the Heavyweight title. Having an underhanded way of getting the belt off of the bigger, stronger Disalvo would have been great for Bassarab. He had proven his ability to win title tournaments having won twice to get the TV title. It was also shortly after this he showed his true colours and lack of self-control, so it was not out of his character at all to commission such a bounty. But did he do it? Keep watching for more details. Interview: Mike Lozansky comes out. He says everyone knows he was cheated by Chris Champion who grabbed a handfull of tights to make the pin at the 8th Spectacular. But he's not going to cry over spilt milk. Lozansky says he's going to go to the ring every chance he gets until he gets the #1 contender spot again, and then he will do everything he can do to win the belt. But before he can leave Ron Strong tells him to hold on, he has an announcement to make from Marty Goldstein. Strong produces a slip of paper and announces that next week Mike Lozansky will once again get a title shot at Chris Champion, and that Goldstein says if Champion can't hold onto that belt fair and square then it will be stripped from him. Strong shakes Lozansky's hand and wishes him luck, saying everyone is rooting for him. Bout #3 Kevin Kelly defeated Shayne Tustin by pinfall after a reverse neckbreaker at 4:44 -fairly easy match for Kelly although Tustin had his moments Interview: The Magnificent One Kevin Kelly informs us that after some soul searching he has decided to stay in RCW for the time beeing. He says he enjoyed kicking around an old cripple like Valiant but that he hopes to take on some less inferior opponents so he can prove that he is the top contender for the RCW Heavyweight title which remains his only goal. He also says that he will no longer suffer under the distraction of the has-been, high maintenance Madusa Micelli, as the two have parted ways after she melted down following her loss of the Women's title at the 8th Spectacular. Kelly says we probably won't be seeing her anytime soon - which means we get to see more of him alone. Promo: Chris Champion tells us about another prime suspect in Bounty Hunter Gate; surprisingly the champion Steve Disalvo himself. This line of thinking says that Disalvo was weary of having to face #1 contender after #1 contender that RCW sent after him. He wanted a break, and yet he also wanted bigger recognition and status. There was some thought that he hired these gentlemen himself to come in and give a good show of it, but not to actually hurt him or to take the belt from him. Champion says as one person in the investigation put it, "do you really think that Studd would not have accomplished this goal, and then all of a sudden just left RCW, if he hadn't actually been paid not to actually go ahead with it?". Food for thought says Champion, stay tuned for more. Bout #4 Premiere of Steve Regal Steve Regal defeated Super Uke by pinfall after a flying forearm smash at 5:59 -took a while for the 6'1 220 pound lightweight from Pompano Beach Florida to overcome his bigger but less skilled opponent. This former AWA lightweight champion and tag champion with Jimmy Garvin though made it clear he would do whatever it takes in the ring to win the bout. Interview: "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal doesn't let Ron Strong get a word in edge wise, in fact he takes the mic from him and gives out a 60 second resume of his wrestling accomplishments including being one half of the greatest tag team upset of all time taking the AWA straps from the Road Warriors, and having beaten one half of the current RCW tag champs Buck Zumhoffe from one end of the mid-west to the other. He tells the fans to hold on tight as he is ready to inject 10,000 killowatts of power right into their living room sets. Promo: Chris Champion takes us down another path of investigation. He says the shadow of doubt had been thrown onto the Hart family, Stu and/or Owen. The motivation for Stu is partly revenge against RCW because of them operating in Alberta and taking food from his table, and then to add insult to injury using his own boys to do it with. It could also be to pave the way for his son Owen Hart to rise to the top, much like Ben Bassarab the Calgary-style didn't really bode well to beat a monster like Disalvo, so perhaps father and/or son believed this was the only way to the top. Stay tuned for more. [end of first hour] Video: "Hollywood" by Streetheart provides the music while we see clips of new North American Women's champion Hollywood from both River City Wrestling and from G.L.O.W. Promo: Nick Mercury comes to the ring carrying an "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Master's Guide" in his hands, and is followed by two other guys (Bert Meijer & Al Dusha) one carrying a "Player's Handbook" and the other "Deities & Demi-Gods". They sit at a table with M&M's and Doritos and Coke at the ready. Mercury] When we last left our heroes you had just climbed down the staircase to the 3rd level of the dungeon and opened the big double set of oak doors, after checking for traps, and not finding any. Your torch illuminates a rough cut octagonal room with 6 huge support pillars, carved by... Meijer] Oh, oh, those aren't pillars those are living statues..I prepare to attack. Mercury] *sounding annoyed* okay then, I guess I will allow that...yes...good call 9th level Ranger....Rogue, you see the statues come to life and the Ranger is already getting ready to do battle, roll a d6 for surprise. Dusha] *rolls*, a 6 Mercury] good you are not surprised Rogue. Ranger roll for inititiave. *Mercury also rolls a die* 3 Meijer] *rolls* 6 !! We win, I attack two handed, with a longsword and dagger, taking the -2 on the secondary hand...*rolls 2 d20's*...let's see I hit armor class -7 and -15 Mercury] hit and hit, damage? Meijer] *rolls more dice* 23 points with the sword and 9 points with the dagger, both on the same opponent please Mercury] It appears badly hurt, but does not bleed, nor does it fall...Rogue what do you do? Dusha] How many others are there? Mercury] 5 Dusha] Can I back stab any of them? Mercury] No they see you Dusha] Is my dagger +4 against dragons of use against them? Mercury] Only as a regular dagger, what do you do? Meijer] Did anyone bring any graph paper? Try the doritos they're good. Mercury] Rogue? ROGUE what do you want to do? Dusha] I'm thinking...okay...what color is my backpack? Mercury] *really annoyed* okay i'm going to count down from 3, and if you don't do anything I'm going to assume you are surprised...3, 2, Dusha] I attack Mercury] With what? Suddenly as the fans begin to boo, the cloaked figure "Rogue" hits the ring swinging a blackjack. He nails Dusha in the side of the head, then knocks the table over onto Meijer sending him tumbling. He tries to hit Mercury but his adversary moves out of the way and catches Rogue with a kick to the gut. He goes for the hotshot but Rogue fights back with a knee to the groin. Rogue then starts to kick and punch away at Mercury and apply a boot choke. Meijer recovers and grabs Rogue from behind, trying to suplex him over, but Rogue catches him with an elbow to the head. In the meantime Mercury rolls out of the ring to safety. Rogue grabs one of the books in the ring and starts to tear out pages. Bout #5 Mike Valiant defeated Hoyt Daill by submission with the figure-four leglock at 7:30 -the big man Daill definetly had his moments in this match but not enough to beat the ring savvy veteran Mike Valiant. Interview: Mike Valiant makes it clear he is not coming out of retirement but does indeed want one more shot at redemption, one more shot at beating Kevin Kelly. Promo: Chris Champion introduces us to one more suspect in the Bounty Hunter-Gate, Steve Disalvo's valet Lisa Caress. As Champion puts it, she could not be ignored in the investigation. Her exact motives may not have been clear but she is a woman and they are impossible to predict, control, or figure-out. So it became clear to me I would have to rule her out before I could rule anyone else in. Champion tells us to stay tuned for more. Bout #6 RCW Tag Team Title Match The Terminators defeated Buck Zumhoffe & Baron von Raschke by pinfall when Riggs pinned Zumhoffe after a powerslam at 8:19 [The Terminators win the RCW Tag Team Titles] -the rematch from the 8th Anniversary spectacular and the former champs surprise the new champs by picking up the intensity another notch. They attacked the champs before the opening bell starting a four man brawl. They managed to isolate Zumhoffe early in the match, take some beatings from the Baron and still battle back. Another 4 man brawl at the end with Wolff fighting Baron outside the ring, so when a hurt Zumhoffe finally went for the tag his partner was not available. Riggs nailed the powerslam and picked up the win and the belts. Promo: Chris Champion says he has the final two suspects to unveil, none other then Bob Backlund and Dr. D David Schultz. Just before the bounty hunters arrived on the scene to try and take the belt from Disalvo, Schultz had just failed to do the same and lost a loser-leaves town match. Schultz also made it clear that the reason he came back was for redemption from and for his friend Bob Backlund. Champion suggests that when this failed Schultz may have hired a bounty hunter for revenge or perhaps it was Backlund who hired the bounty hunter and had been the one to send Schultz here in the first place. That's it for the suspects, now stay tuned at the end of the show, after the main event when Champion promises to shock us all with the truth.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Vendetta (champion) v Strangler Steve Disalvo (/w Lisa Caress) It was never really explained why Disalvo would receive another title shot after losing in the cage, but here we are anyway, one more time. Disalvo did not hesitate to go right after Vendetta, who by now was prepared for the attack. The two banged away with fists and kicks in a wild brawl that favored Disalvo at first with his power, but then was overcome by Vendetta's tenacity and heart. Disalvo then played a little decoy hidding behind Caress and then pushing her at the champ, and then following up with a sucker clothesline. He then rammed the champs back into the announce table a couple of times. Back inside the ring it was two belly to belly suplexes followed by a bearhug clinch first on the mat, then on their feet. Vendetta summoned the power of his fans before finally breaking out with an earringer. He hammered the challenger with forearms, and an impressive vertical suplex for a 2 count. A series of side kicks, a spinnning heel kick, and then a back body drop yielded another 2 count. The champ went for the DDT finisher but he was pushed off by the challenger and then collided with referee Buddy Lane. With Lane out Disalvo called for Caress to hand him the title belt, which she did, but the whole process took too long. By the time Disalvo tried to come off the top rope with the belt the champ had already signalled to the fans he was playing possum and stuck up a boot which nailed the belt and hit Disalvo in the head. Vendetta kicked the belt out of the ring, and then as Lane recovered he hit the challenger with a DDT, and got the decisive victory. Vendetta defeated Steve Disalvo by pinfall after a DDT at 7:50 [Vendetta retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] Post-Match: Vendetta held the title high at all four corners as it is obvious that he is the most popular champion since The Destroyer, surpassing the kind of ovations that even Jim Brunzell and Bob Backlund have received. Promo: Chris Champion thanks the fans for their patience. He wanted to make sure they all understood that he exhausted all leads before settling on a primary suspect. He has done that now. All the suspects he ran down during the show, are all innocent, none of them in fact sent the bounty hunter. However, while he knows who sent the bounty hunter he is waiting for one more crucial piece of evidence to arrive and he will have that by next week. So the fans will have to wait for next week to find out who was at the head of Bounty-Gate. So tune in next week for not only a very special edition of "Championship Material" that will change the face of River City Wrestling forever, but also will be his FINAL episode of "Championship Material" ever. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
January 23, 1988 River City Wrestling #315 Brandon, Manitoba Promo: Back at the 8th Anniversary spectacular, Buck Zumhoffe and his new partner Baron von Raschke defeated the Terminators for the RCW Tag Team Title belts. However, last week in the rematch the Terminators were able to take those belts back. Tonight will be the rubber match. It will be the last time these two teams face each other for the belts before another #1 contender is named. Tonight it will be the Terminators trying to do what they could not do at the 8th Spectacular, hold onto the tag titles against Buck Zumhoffe & Baron von Raschke. And just to make sure the best team wins; we're making it two out of three falls! That will be your main event of the evening. Opening Bout: Non-title match Vendetta defeated Big Green by pinfall after a DDT at 4:49 -squash match Interview: Vendetta gives a brief interview thanking the fans for their support and also raising their awareness about poverty in the 3rd world, especially in his home country Haiti. Promo: Marty Goldstein announces an 8 man tournament to name a #1 contender for the RCW Heavyweight title to face Vendetta. The opening round will occur tonight with the semi-finals and finals to go next week. This week's match-ups will be as follows; * Ted Arcidi v Steve Regal * Mike Jackson v Larry Cameron * Mike Lozansky v Chris Champion * Mike Valiant v Kevin Kelly The Lozansky versus Champion tussle will be the already scheduled return bout for the TV title. The match will serve two purposes tonight, TV title match and tournament quarterfinal. Bout #2 Rogue defeated Al Dusha by pinfall after a guillotine legdrop at 2:24 -squash match. Dusha was one of the two guys who was in the ring with Nick Mercury last week, mocking Rogue with a game of dungeons and dragons. Rogue removed his cloak to reveal a pasty body covered with many tattoos of cryptic writing and medieval warfare. His trunks appeared to be made of brown leather as were his boots, and he also wore cloth bracers on his forearms which were carefully checked by the ref before the opening bell. Immediately after the match Rogue put the cloak back on. Interview: Rogue summons a surprised looking Ron Strong to the ring. Strong puts a microphone in front of the enigmatic newcomer and asks if he has something to say about himself and his problems with Nick Mercury. After a short delay he speaks in a heavily accented English, in a raspy voice. "Oi, by George, da mobility wants to know what Rogue 'as gigged. Well prick up dem ears cause I admit a man who frequented da ken and partook of da rot gut. But I 'ave also been a knight of the road, and a resurrection man. Mercury, a fancy pants he is, and to speak plain a lully prigger and a no good napper of naps. Now i tell you fair bene cove, an aunt 'e is, some air and exercise should fair him well. Half a fortnight get us a bandog and i will make this vowel, it will be a wry neck day for Mercury. I am no cull, that is not my gamon, Mercury will 'have the hempen fever, that is my salmon." With that Rogue turns and walks away. Ron Strong says "hey that rhymed". Video: "Gods of War" by Def Leppard provides the music as we see highlites of the 8th Anniversary Spectacular Bout #3 Quarterfinal Match - #1 Contenders Tournament Ted Arcidi defeated Steve Regal by pinfall after a belly to back suplex at 6:37 -"Mr. Electricity Steve Regal started strong, with a stick and move attack, and taking advantage of Arcidi's inexperience by using stalling tactics to frustrate him. However, when he was unable to keep Arcidi down all those tactics came back to haunt him as the "World's strongest man" came back with a vengeance. After applying a reverse bearhug he hit the suplex for the win. Interview: A frustrated and flustered "Mr Electricity" Steve Regal tries to explain away his loss to Arcidi, saying he shouldn't have to wrestle against circus freaks. Besides he doesn't care about the Heavyweight title, he's aiming to start with the Television title. Then he utters the precious line, "I'm no heavyweight for crying out loud, I'm a lightweight..wait..I didn't mean.." but Ron Strong laughs and says "and with that, we're all out of time." Bout #4 Quarterfinal Match - #1 Contenders Tournament Lethal Larry Cameron defeated Mike Jackson by pinfall after a powerslam at 8:09 -This time, unlike last week Jackson comes into the match at full health, not having been beaten down before the opening bell. Jackson used his superior wrestling skills to control the first half of this match, grounding and frustrating Cameron, but not doing enough damage to put him away. When Cameron took over though he was able to use his size to inflict a great deal of damage to his opponent and take the match. Promo: Coming to River City Wrestling, from the land down under, next week will be none other then Outback Jack! [end of first hour] Promo: "Championship Material" with Chris Champion guests: Strangler Steve Disalvo, Lisa Caress, & Marty Goldstein Chris Champion begins in the ring on his set alone. He again runs down all the avenues his investigation went, before settling on the final. The last piece of documentation he needed to prove it was a credit card slip for Big John Studd and The Great Wojo's travel to RCW. He now has that and is prepared to announce just who was responsible for putting the bounty on Steve Disalvo. But first Chris Champion reminds the fans that this will be his last episode of "Championship Material" and more on that later. He also reminds the fans that in mere minutes, later this hour, he will be defending his Television title one more time against Mike Lozansky. Chris calls out Steve Disalvo to the ring and he brings along Lisa Caress. Before Champion can get too far into it though Lisa tears a strip off of him for suspecting her, in fact she only stops berating Champion when Disalvo finally says "shut-up Lisa", which draws cheers from the crowd. He reminds Champion what he told him several months ago, if he doesnt figure out who hired the hitman then he would take his wrath out on Champion. This makes the host somewhat uncomfortable looking. Champion though stalls some more by calling out matchmaker and commissioner Marty Goldstein, saying that the front office will want to act immediately on the information he has acquired. Goldstein comes to the ring but does not look happy to be there at all. Finally Champion gets into again his investigation, and how he had no leads until he was going through the office one day ~ this prompts Marty Goldstein to come to his feet to object about the larceny of Champion's acts. But Champion tells him to sit down because RCW should have been doing this job on there own but failed to act. Champion says he took a look over the files of Big John Studd and Great Wojo and then put them back, finding nothing unusual. He then continued his investigation into other people. It was not until later after talking to some other talent that came and went from RCW that Champion came to the conclusion that there was something off from the file. Marty Goldstein had paid the travel vouchers of Studd and Wojo. Goldstein says thats not unusual for RCW to pay for performers travel into the territory. Yes says Champion, except for two things. First, Studd and Wojo were not signed to come into the territory, they came on their own, as outlaws. Secondly, and he verified this with a second trip through the office, usually RCW pays the expenses with a company cheque. Goldstein says that sometimes he pays expenses, as he did with their plane tickets, and RCW reimburses him. Champion stands to his feet and yells at Goldstein, don't lie, I've talked to Gene Kiniski, I've talked to Bulldog Bob Brown, and I've even talked to Big John Studd, and he says he didn't know who put the bounty on the head of Disalvo, but was promised by you Goldstein, that if collected it would be paid the same as his travel. You told him by RCW, but thats not how he was paid on his travel, and no one at RCW executive that spoke knew anything about it. Champion turns to Disalvo and says, "it was him, it was Goldstein". Disalvo stands up in anger, but looks in shock. He goes to grab Goldstein but the matchmaker takes a step away and warns Disalvo that Champion is lying and if he touches him he will be sued and suspended. Disalvo pauses long enough for Goldstein to leave the ring and walk away. Ron Strong at the announce table suggests that Goldstein will have time to clear his name, that he was being intidmidated by Disalvo and Champion and was in a no win situation. Mike Stone says that he might as well resign because he'll never get this stink off of him. Bout #5 Quarterfinal Match - #1 Contenders Match Kevin Kelly defeated Mike Valiant by pinfall after hitting him with brass knuckles at 7:32 -this was a rematch from the 8th Spectacular, and Valiant once again brought out every dirty trick in the book and had Kelly rocking and reeling. Kelly had his moments though, nailing a powerslam after catching Valiant going for a bodypress, and nailing a bodypress of his own off the top rope, but neither big move got him the 3 count. The match turned into a brawl outside the ring where dispite giving up a lot of height and weight Valiant outbrawled his opponent. However, as Kelly went to enter the ring to follow Valiant back in he pulled out a pair of brass knuckles. Valiant turned back to try and bounce Kelly's neck off the top rope but the Magnificent One caught him by surprise with a swift jab with the brass knuckles. Referee Buddy Lane was shielded from the shot and didn't see a thing, but that was enough to pick up the tainted win. Interview: Kevin Kelly bores the women and infuriates the men by posing a lot and then talking a lot about himself. Video: "Hollywood" by Streetheart provides the music while RCW and GLOW provides highlites of Hollywood's career and her win to become the North American Women's Champion. Footage: Hollywood v Sally the Farmer's Daughter, courtesy of GLOW wrestling. Bout #6 RCW Television Title Match Quarterfinal Match - #1 Contenders Tournament Mike Lozansky defeated Chris Champion by pinfall after outside interference at 6:20 [Mike Lozansky wins the RCW Television Title] Lozansky started strong and had Champion on the defensive early and often. However, Champion managed to slow things down for a while and work a side headlock, a sleeperhold which slipped into a choke, and mixed in some martial arts kicks for good measure. Lozansky though fired back with fists of fury, dropkicks, and a nice faceplant after a crisscross segment. But a whip to the buckle segment was reversed several times before Champion sent Lozansky straight into referee Jurgen Hermann. Champion put his hands on his knees to recover while watching Lozansky down and Hermann down. Suddenly Rogue hit the ring with a steel chair. He motioned Champion to pull Lozansky to his feet and hold him, which Champion did. But Rogue in a clear double cross took the chair and smacked Champion over the head instead. He left the ring and Hermann was the first on his feet. He slowly counted to 10, but broke it off as Lozansky managed to crawl over to Champion and cover, for the 1, 2, 3 !! New champion, and he gets a big ovation from the crowd. Interview: A very happy Mike Lozansky thanks RCW and the fans for having faith in him in his rookie season and giving him this opportunity. He is then told about what happened and it seems to dampen his mood. He promises that Chris Champion will get a fair rematch as soon as possible. He denies having any involvement with Rogue, and has no idea why he did what he did.
Main Event RCW Tag Team Title Match Best 2 out of 3 Falls The Terminators (champions) v Buck Zumhoffe & Baron von Raschke The Baron and Rock 'n Roll started strong with quick tags and the Baron controlled the match. But the Terminators set the tone for the match with some double teams and using their superior power to take down Buck. However Buck made a spirited comeback and tagged in the Baron who knocked Riggs down, sent Wolff to the floor, then put the claw back on Riggs to get the submission. Raschke & Zumhoffe win the first fall by submission when Baron submits Riggs with the clawhold at 5:08 Raschke & Zumhoffe 1 - 0 Terminators The Terminators raced into their opponents corner when it was supposed to be a one minute break between falls. They knocked Zumhoffe off the ring apron and then double teamed Baron. They then controlled the match, and the Baron for a couple minutes before he chopped his way out of it and tagged out to Buck. Zumhoffe went to town but chrisscrossed the ropes one too many times and took a boot from the illegal man standing on the apron. The Terminators then hit Zumhoffe with the doomsday device. They went for the pin but the Baron came in to break it up. The Terminators attacked him 2 on 1, and the Baron fought for his life lashing out and hitting and kicking everything in site. Unfortunately in the mayhem one of those people he hit was Buddy Lane, who when he got to his feet called for the disqualification. The Terminators win the second fall by disqualifcation when the Baron was diqualified for abuse of official at 9:30 Raschke & Zumhoffe 1 - 1 Terminators The final fall was punctuated by several four man brawls, and once again the Terminators were able to hit Buck with the doomsday device, but once again the Baron came in to break up the tag. This time he was able to put a double clawhold on both Terminators. However the tag champs were able to power their way out of it with a double kick to the Baron's gut, then a double clothesline. They threw Baron out of the ring, but when they turned around Zumhoffe flew off the top buckle at Riggs. However, Riggs was able to withstand the impact of the attempted top rope flying body press, and turn it into a powerslam. He picked up the 1, 2, 3. The Terminators win the third fall by pinfall when Riggs pinned Zumhoffe after a powerslam at 12:46 Terminators 2 - 1 Raschke & Zumhoffe [The Terminators retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
January 30, 1988 River City Wrestling #316 Grand Forks, North Dakota Opening Bout: Top Guns: Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes defeated The Tulip & Red Demon by pinfall when Rice pinned Tulip after a side Russian legsweep at 4:04 -squash match Interview: The Top Guns want to be the #1 contenders, and they want another shot at taking the titles from The Terminators. Bout #2 Steve Regal defeated Troy Galveston by submission to the figure-four leglock at 5:23 -fairly easy match for Regal although the young Galveston showed he has potential Interview: Steve Regal starts by explaining his comments last week, not that he's a lightweight because he lacks credibility but rather his natural weight class is of a lightweight. That out of the way he turns his attention to another lightweight Mike Lozansky who currently holds the TV title. Regal claims that Lozansky has had everything handed to him on a golden platter in his rookie year, that after all the years Regal has humped up and down the road, he should be given an automatic title shot. This brings out an old nemesis of Regal's, Rock 'n roll Buck Zumhoffe, who tells Regal that Lozansky has earned everything he has in RCW. He calls Regal a cry baby, and suggests that if Regal wants a shot at Lozansky he should come through him first. Regal agrees to a match next week. Bout #3 Premiere of Outback Jack Outback Jack defeated Spudpicker Larkin by pinfall after a Kangaroo Kick (mule kick) at 6:10 -Jack carried Larkin to six minutes only because he worked a slower pace and played to the crowd. The result of the match was never in doubt. Interview: Outback Jack gives another "I'm happy to be here" speach. Bout #4 North American Women's Title Match Hollywood defeated Tammy Horsefell by pinfall after a sunset flip at 5:12 [Hollywood retained the North American Women's Title] Good, fast paced match with Horsefell obviously out of shape and Hollywood in peak physical fitness. Post-Match: They were just settling in for Ron Strong to interview Hollywood when Corrie England came out of the crowd, entered the ring, and attacked the former Women's champion attacked Hollywood from behind. She laid down some boots, mounted punches, flying dropkick, and then a hairplane spin. She spit on Hollywood for good measure before leaving the ring. [end of first hour] Promo: Marty Goldstein came to the ring to mostly jeers from the crowd. After a long pause he told the crowd that he deserved that. He says that he has faithfully served RCW for half a decade and had invested himself so much in the future and the image of River City Wrestling, that he lost perspective and composure. Goldstein says he is now ready to admit that yes, he hired John Studd and then the Great Wojo to come in and take the title off of Disalvo, preferably by injuring him. The commissioner says he began to get frustrated watching a guy with obvious talent having to cheat to hold the title. He felt that Disalvo was dragging the RCW name through the mud. Goldstein however says David Schultz was not brought into RCW by him, and had nothing to do with the bounty. Furthermore, he says in an effort to get back at Chris Champion for exposing him he bribed Rogue, with promised favors, to cost him the TV title last week. He says his actions were wrong and misguided. Goldstein says he will wait for the decision of RCW executive as to what his future will hold. With that he apologizes one more time to the fans, executive, and other wrestlers of RCW. However, as Goldstein is leaving to go up the rampway he is attacked by Chris Champion. The save is made after a good 30 seconds of a vicious beating by Ted Arcidi who was preparing for his match next. Bout #5 Semi-Final match - #1 contenders tournament Lethal Larry Cameron defeated Ted Arcidi by pinfall after a powerslam at 5:54 -Cameron started strong taking it to Arcidi, but this brawl filled match then tilted in favor of the World's strongest man, who worked over Cameron with shots to the back, suplexes, and a bearhug applied twice to wear down Cameron. It didn't work though as Cameron showed his own strength and after a brief victory powerslammed Arcidi to pick up the win. Interview: Lethal Larry Cameron gives his best Mohammad Ali style interview telling everyone how great he is, and how he will be the next RCW heavyweight champion. He then says he is not done talking and will stay out to do guest commentary during the other semi-final match next. Bout #6 Semi-Final - #1 Contenders Tournament Non-title match Mike Lozansky defeated Kevin Kelly by pinfall after a top rope dropkick at 8:41 -very hard fought match, surprisingly Lozansky was busted open outside the ring early in the match, apparently from a well placed Kevin Kelly punch. Lozansky then spent the rest of the bout trying to avoid being pinned, in a David v Goliath type struggle. In the end he prevailed after Kelly wasted too much time and missed a knee drop from the second buckle. Lozansky nailed two flying dropkicks then went to the top for the finish. Post-Match: For the second time tonight, the first being Hollywood, we had a wrestler attacked right after winning their bout. This time the attack came from Lethal Larry Cameron who left the announce table and dragged Lozansky out of the ring by his feet. He hammered Lozansky a couple of times, powerslammed him on the floor and then nailed him with the Television title belt. Cameron and Lozansky will meet for the #1 contenders spot in possibly a matter of minutes, and it doesn't look like Lozansky is in shape to battle the monstrous Cameron. Bout #7 Nick Mercury and Rogue battled to a no-contest at 4:04 -the match had barely started, but for its short length was a no holds barred barroom brawl of a match. Then just as things went in Rogue's favor, Chris Champion hit the ring with a steel chair and assaulted Rogue. When Mercury tried to pull him off, Champion laid out Mercury with the chair as well. Interview: Chris Champion says that's what Rogue gets for screwing him out of his title last week, and if Marty Goldstein shows his ugly face around the arena again tonight then he's going to get more of the same. Ron Strong asks Champion if this means he does not accept Goldstein's apology, and Champion says he'll only give that answer to Goldstein face to face. Main Event Finals - #1 Contenders Tournament Non-title Bout Lethal Larry Cameron defeated Mike Lozansky by pinfall after a powerslam at 8:05 -Lozansky's TV title was not on the line in this match, as it was not in the semi-final. Lozansky fought a game fight but was pretty banged up from the earlier attack by Cameron. Both the back and the right arm were worked on by Cameron, but it was the back that was the primary target for punishment. Lozansky kept making comebacks but they never materialized into anything significant as he just did not have the strength and power to take out Cameron. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
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February 6, 1988 River City Wrestling #317 Winnipeg, Manitoba Opening Bout: Non-title Match The Terminators defeated Bert Meijer & Al Dusha by pinfall when Riggs pinned Dusha after the doomsday device at 6:07 -Meijer and Dusha are both big boys with Meijer coming in around 285 lbs, and Dusha at around 275 lbs, but they have little experience or skill. Fairly easy pickings for the Terminators. Interview: North American Women's Champion, Hollywood is extremely mad at Corrie England for having attacked her after her match last week. Hollywood says she understands that England is a former RCW Women's champion and maybe she's been sitting around home at her trailer park thinking the world has passed her by as the title is now more prestigious and defended all across North America. Well tonight even though England has failed to win even one warm-up match, she's going to get her title shot. Hollywood says it will be sweet to tease Corrie with the title only to snatch it back. Promo: Universal pictures is proud to release to theatres this weekend "The Serpent and the Rainbow" from director Wes Craven. Bill Pullman is Dennis Allan is an scientist who visits Haiti on the strength of a rumour of a drug which renders the recipient totally paralyzed but conscious. The drug's effects often fool doctors, who declare the victims dead. Could this be the origin of the "zombie" legend? "Don't bury me...I'm not dead!" Bout #2 Non-Title Match Mike Lozansky defeated Kent Kaminski by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 5:02 -squash match for the TV champion Interview: Mike Lozansky says he will eagerly be watching the next match which will be a Three-Man match with Chris Champion, Rogue, and Nick Mercury all competing for the #1 contenders spot to his TV title. He says it doesn't matter to him who wins, and as much as he'd like to get his hands on Champion or Rogue, he wishes his friend Mercury luck in the match and would love to face him as well. Promo: A prestigious and glamourous looking "Fabulous" Bryan St. John is shown on videotape. He introduces himself to RCW fans, saying they may remember him from a visit several years back when he teamed with Stan Lane. St.John says that was before Stan Lane dumped him to partner with Steve Keirn as the Fabulous Ones. St. John says in the meantime he has been in and out of wrestling, and is now returning with RCW being his first stepping stone to bigger things. St. John says he is looking to get back the future that belongs to him, that he deserved before the Fabulous Ones ripped him off. Bout #3 Three-Man Match - All 3 men are legal Rogue defeated Chris Champion and Nick Mercury by pinfall when he pinned Mercury after a flying bulldog at 7:38 -complete mayhem for the first 4 minutes with all 3 men getting in their shots. Champion left the ring and tried to get back in with a steel chair but Buddy Lane forced him to abandon it. However with Lane's back turned it allowed Rogue to nail Mercury with a kick to the groin, followed by a facebuster. He then took out a foreign object and loaded his leather bracer that he wore on his forearm. As Champion got back into the ring Rogue devastated him with a forearm shot. Champion fell out of the ring and Rogue followed. He took the opportunity to take Champion over to the announce table and then remove the foreign object and toss it under the table. He slammed Champion's head off the announce table then went back to the ring. Mercury was getting to his feet but Rogue took him out from behind with a flying bulldog and picked up the tainted victory. Interview: Rogue is interviewed immediately following his match by a bemused Ron Strong. He has put back on his cloak and has the hood up as he speaks in his raspy voice. "gaze 'pon the provendors...the fallen...the hempen knights. Lozansky is but a 'nave and naive at that. In seven nights he will cry beef as I crash upon him and prad lay his gold. Lay there is no hike, draw latches and lully priggers git clear, Rogue be barrow man, and Rogue ain't nu cull. Lozansky you ar' a jack in the box and in seven days it shall be revealed to all." Promo: Tommorrow night on the "Wide World of Disney", a single surburban mother finds fame after performing at an open mike night at a local nightclub.Soon she is in Hollywood with a whole new identity "Mistare" - just one problem, she can't have kids; in "Rock and Roll Mom". Bout #4 Top Guns: Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes defeated Rick Renslow & Hoyt Daill by pinfall when Rice pinned Renslow after he was hit with a double flying elbowsmash at 7:12 -Daill and Renslow were able to muster up some decent competition for the Top Guns, but the result was never really in doubt, with the Top Guns on a collision course with the Terminators. Interview: The Top Guns are told by Ron Strong that they have been named the #1 contenders for the tag titles and will get their title shot next week against the Terminators. The Top Guns assure the fans, and warn the Terminators, that they are in to see a different tag team then last go around. They will be prepared for the champions underhanded tactics, and will better utilize their speed and team work. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News; -Campaign '88, how the Democrats and Republicans are doing in Iowa and New Hampshire -the effect of public sniping between George Bush and Bob Dole on the Republican party -first snow in 15 years in New Orleans [end of first hour] Interview: The RCW Heavyweight champion Vendetta comes out to a huge ovation from the crowd. He is asked about his title defense tonight against Lethal Larry Cameron. Vendetta says he hasn't forgotten last year when Cameron interfered against him in his match against Disalvo, and that seems to be the common theme for Cameron. Despite his size he's nothing but a coward and a bully who likes to attack people... As if it was a prophecy at that moment Larry Cameron comes running into the scene and knocks Vendetta down. He proceeds to give him a beat down, stomping and punching him until RCW officials can arrive and seperate him from the champion. Cameron then spits at the champion as he is being hauled away. Bout #5 North American Women's Title Match Hollywood defeated Corrie England by pinfall after a victory roll at 8:56 [Hollywood retained the North American Women's Title] This was a real hair pulling, nail raking, slapping contest. Buddy Lane looked very uncomfotable thoughout the match having to police this one and get into body contact with the women, but he seemed willing for the most part to let them scrap it out. It alternated between in the ring and out of the ring, with neither women holding the advantage for more then 30 seconds. Hollywood finished with a flurry sending England to the buckle, nailing a back body drop, flying dropkick, hair bulldog, slingshot into the corner, then the victory roll for the win. Interview: Lethal Larry Cameron comes out and sends Hollywood scampering to the back. He says he is taking over this interview segment, and tells Ron Strong to beat it. Cameron says how dare Vendetta call him names like a bully and a coward. He's no coward and if Vendetta has something to say about that he's welcome to come to the ring. After a 15 second delay and nothing happens, Cameron says "I thought so" and throws down the mic. But as he climbs out of the ring and starts to walk up the aisle, Vendetta comes jogging down and the two get into an exchange of kicks and punches. Vendetta gets the upperhand, and slams Cameron's head off the announce table. But Cameron fires back with a chop to the throat and then sends Vendetta head over heels into the steel barricade. RCW officials arrive on the scene again to break things up. Bout #6 Steve Regal defeated Buck Zumhoffe by submission to the figure-four leglock at 6:01 -Regal gets a solid victory over long time rival Zumhoffe. Interview: Steve Regal says that's what he's talking about, and that's why he considers himself to be in line for a title shot against Mike Lozansky. Forget about Rogue, Chris Champion, and Nick Mercury; Regal guarantees the fans that they are feasting their eyes on the next RCW TV champion. Promo: The fans are surprised when Ron Strong brings down to the ring for a special interview, "Canada's greatest athlete" Gene Kiniski !! Gene thanks the fans for their show of support tonight and tells them that he is there on behalf of River City Wrestling's board of directors. In the wake of the allegations against Marty Goldstein by Chris Champion, and in light of the proof that has been provided, a decision has been made by River City Wrestling to remove Marty Goldstein from his position of power here in RCW. The fans boo the announcement as Marty has been a solid supporter of RCW, and for the most part a popular figure in the wrestling community. Kiniski allows the fans to speak their mind before assuring them he knows how they feel, and that this may not be a permanent deal. Gene acknowledges that Marty has done so much for RCW, is such an intrigual part of the company that he may be able to get past this. However, what he did was a terrible abuse of power, and showed the signs of a man who has lost his perspective. Kiniski says that as part of the fall out of last week Steve Disalvo has packed his bags and left town, sick of the b.s. he was served here. The fans cheer this. Again Kiniski allows them to cheer before saying that despite all his flaws Disalvo was fun to watch and made the company more interesting. Also, Chris Champion is pretty much out the door as well and will leave with a very sour taste in his mouth. Kiniski says that RCW had a great reputation in the wrestling industry as a fair place to work, but that reputation has been suddenly tarnished by this bounty hunter affair. As a result the board of directors of RCW have named him, Gene Kiniski as interim commissioner, and the search for a permanent replacement has begun. Kiniski ends it by thanking the fans again for their support, apologizing on behalf of the RCW board of directors for the misguided actions of Goldstein, and finally promises that next week he will return with some good news for them on a different issue. Video: "Wanted Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi provides the music, while RCW shows highlites of John Studd and the Great Wojo trying to take the title from Steve Disalvo, the arrival of Larry Cameron in the territory, and the victory of Vendetta over Steve Disalvo for the RCW title.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Vendetta (champion) v Lethal Larry Cameron These two were at each other before the opening bell sounded. It started as a brawl, then spilled outside the ring, then back inside for more brawling. Finally Vendetta came out with the upper hand and worked over the arm of Cameron including some hammerlocks, and banging it off the top buckle, and stomping away at the elbow. He lifted Cameron into the air in a hammerlock in an effort to gain the submission but Cameron would not give up. Cameron snuck in a kick on a rope break, and used his one good arm to punch the champ in the throat. Cameron tried for a bodyslam but could only use one arm, and lost the balance. Vendetta knocked him down with a clothesline, but when he came off the far ropes he walked right into a spear from Cameron. The lethal one went to work with some mounted punches before putting the champ into a bodyscissors which he worked to give his arm a rest. Vendetta fought his way out of the hold, but was tossed out of the ring by the challenger. Cameron followed him out and they brawled around ringside again, with Cameron now able to use his injured wing again. The challenger gained the upper hand nailing the champ with another spear. Back inside he worked over the champ with a bodyslam, backbreaker, stomps, back bodydrop, kneedrops to the lowerback, but when he went for the powerslam the champ countered by dropping behind Cameron. He wrapped his arms around the challenger as if to put on a full nelson but instead brought the champion down backward, driving his knees into the back of Cameron. Vendetta now made a comeback going to work and dominating the challenger. After a couple minutes of beating and a couple near falls, Cameron fled the ring to the ground below. He refused to come back in, but rather then accept the 10 count Vendetta wanted to go after him. Buddy Lane though tried to stop him and this allowed the challenger to reach and grab the legs of the champ, pulling him to the mat, and then yanking him out of the ring. Cameron then stumbled over and grabbed a steel chair and took a running shot and dropped the champ like a bad habit with a steel chair shot to the head. Vendetta defeated Larry Cameron by disqualification for use of a foreign object at 11:31 [Vendetta retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] Post-Match: Larry Cameron continued to beat down on Vendetta, but when he tried to swing the chair at the champ again Buddy Lane got in the way and Cameron stopped short of hitting him. Relegated to only using his feet and hands Cameron still laid a beating to the champ who was bleeding from the head thanks to the earlier chair shot. Once again RCW officials, including Gene Kiniski, came down to break up the attack. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
February 13, 1988 River City Wrestling #318 Thunder Bay, Ontario Opening Bout: Buck Zumhoffe defeated Kevin Kaminski by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 4:21 -squash match to get the Rock 'n Roller back on track Interview with Buck Zumhoffe Bout #2 Outback Jack defeated Hoyt Daill by pinfall after the Kangaroo kick at 5:07 -squash match, the man from down under is back Interview with Outback Jack Bout #3 Nick Mercury defeated Steve Regal by pinfall after a hotshot at 7:50 -very competitive match to help set the pecking order of those in line for TV title shots. Mercury showed he was one step up the rung from the recently arrived Mr. Electricity. Interview with Nick Mercury who is so stuck in 1984. Bout #4 Kevin Kelly defeated Ted Arcidi by pinfall after a neckbreaker at 6:34 -actually it took two applications of Mr. Magnificent's finisher to win the match because Arcidi has such a thick neck. This was another match to set the pecking order of those looking to get title shots, this time in the Heavyweight division. Interview with Kevin Kelly who really thinks a lot of himself. Promo: Interim commissioner Gene Kiniski comes to the ring to announce the good news he promised last week. In four weeks time we will be having an introduction ceremony for another edition in the River City Wrestling hall of fame at a special edition of RCW wrestling. Kiniski says its not for sure because the Hall of Fame committee reserves the right to not nominate or elect anyone to the hall, as they exercised last year. However Kiniski says that as a memeber of that board he can tell the fans that the deserving candidates are beginning to accumulate fast. He will try and get the fans a quick update next week but won't name names. Then hopefully the following week they will make the announcement and the following week will be the big induction ceremony. One last piece of business though in relation to that is that Marty Goldstein has been removed from the Hall of Fame committee because of his actions this year. It is ironic because he is one of only two men in the Hall of Fame, and will be replaced on the committee by the only other member of the Hall of fame, the Destroyer. The fans cheer for the naming of the Destroyer. [end of first hour] Interview: Lethal Larry Cameron comes out and rails on RCW champion Vendetta for being a pansy champion, a panty-waist who hides behind the referee and the rule books. He says the champ showed himself to be nothing more then a punk. He then challenges the champ to another title match next week, this time a streetfight, with no rules, anything goes. Vendetta comes out and gets in the challengers face. He says he'll fight Cameron any way he wants, as long as they both know the rules going in. Vendetta says that after the match Cameron is going to have to wear diapers. Bout #5 Premiere of Bryan St. John Bryan St. John defeated Super Uke by pinfall after a spinebuster slam at 3:39 -squash match, St. John looked a bit rusty at times, like a guy who can't live up to his own billing, but outclassed the bigger Uke. Interview: Bryan St. John says that was pathetic, that he should have to wrestle against such a pig as Super Uke, a fat, greasy, Canadian pig. He says wrestlers should be like pro athletes in other sports, role models, who know how to wear a suit and tie. This brings out Outback Jack who calls St. John a primma donna, and says the great thing about wrestling, what the fans love, is to see the real variety and personalities of the wrestlers. He says the fans are getting to see the real personality of St. John, a primma donna. St. John responds by slapping Jack across the face, which the Australian replies with a double axhandle to both sides of the neck, dropping St. John on his backside. Bout #6 RCW Television Title Match Mike Lozansky defeated Rogue by disqualification for use of a foreign object at 8:04 [Mike Lozansky retained the RCW Television Title] Rogue showed us for the first time his true repetoire and tenacity wrestling against the young champion tooth and nail. Rogue preferred to try and ground Lozansky and use scientific holds with the occasional illegal and aggressive move in the mix, while Lozansky fought the whole match for a bit of room, and to pick up the speed. A couple of times when the champ got the advantage the challenger would just leave the ring, and after a breather get back in and force a hook-up which again slowed the match down. In the end though Rogue went for the shortcut loading his bracer with a small metal plate and leveling the champ. But somehow referee Jurgen Hermann actually picked up the tactic, and tried to check the bracer of Rogue. When the challenger refused Hermann called for the bell and disqualified the medieval mat grappler. Post-Match: Rogue proceeded to beat down Lozansky and when Hermann tried to get in the way he slammed the referee to the mat as well. This brought out RCW officials to break it up.
Main Event RCW Tag Team Title Match The Terminators (champion) and The Top Guns battled to a double countout at 8:09 [The Terminators retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] While the tag champs came out ahead in this one because they left with their titles, it was a huge moral victory for the challengers who lived up to their promise to fight fire with fire. Everytime the tag champs tried to thug it up two on one, the Top Guns rose to the occassion getting around ref Buddy Lane and fighting back to back. The Terminators still managed to hold down Derrick Dukes for a while until he got the hot tag to Ricky Rice who then went to town on the champions. The end came with a massive four man brawl outside the ring which once again brought a full compliment of RCW officials down to ringside. Post-Match: When the RCW officials couldn't contain the brawl the locker room emptied with Buck Zumhoffe, Nick Mercury, Outback Jack, Ted Arcidi, and Super Uke trying to pull them off. Then this emptied the rulebreaker dressing room with Kevin Kelly, Steve Regal, Hoyt Daill, and Kevin Kaminski coming out to join the brawl. This went on for the last 5 minutes of the show in the wildest brawl ever seen on RCW television. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
February 20, 1988 River City Wrestling #319 Kenora, Ontario Opening Bout: Non-title match: Mike Lozansky defeated The Tulip by pinfall after a flying bulldog at 3:02 -squash match Interview: Mike Lozansky is interviewed and told by Ron Strong that Nick Mercury has been named the #1 contender for the TV title. Lozansky says it should be a treat wrestling a man with class next week instead of the likes of Chris Champion and Rogue. Commercials including one for Winnipeg's Las Vegas Amusements. Bout #2 Kevin Kelly defeated Scott Rexsteiner by pinfall after a reverse neckbreaker at 5:14 -squash match Interview: Once again Kevin Kelly proves he really thinks he is the Magnificent One, and loves to tell everyone about it. Commercials including one for Pizza Hut featuring Winnipeg Jet collector cups. Bout #3 Buck Zumhoffe & Mike Jackson defeated Steve Regal & Hoyt Daill by pinfall when Zumhoffe pinned Regal after a flying dropkick at 7:34 -good fast paced match but Daill had a bit of trouble keeping up. Zumhoffe and Jackson worked much better together then did their opponents, with both teams being put together for the first time. Interview: Buck Zumhoffe & Mike Jackson both said things seemed to click together out there, and although both have their sites set on individual goals they say they would consider teaming again if the situation arose. Commercials including one for Winnipeg's Elvis' Pawn Shop. Bout #4 Bryan St. John defeated Outback Jack by pinfall after a spinebuster slam at 6:00 -surprisingly St. John handled the bigger Aussie quite well, beating the size and power with his cunning and skill level. Solid victory for St. John which should boost him in the ratings. Interview: Bryan St. John says he has something to prove to RCW, Stan Lane, Steve Keirn, and the whole world and tonight was the first step. He says the fans will soon bow to him whenever he comes into their sight. Promo: Gene Kiniski comes to the ring to announce that due to his actions last week in attacking Mike Lozansky and the referee, Rogue has been suspended for 1 month. In the meantime Kiniski says he has been meeting via telephone with the other Hall of Fame committe members and although it is not official, it seems likely that there will be an induction this year. Ron Strong tries to get him to reveal those under consideration but Kiniski will have none of it. So Strong goes ahead and starts naming people who he thinks deserve some recognition but Kiniski just keeps his poker face. The people mentioned by Strong include Jim Brunzell, Bob Backlund, Chris Lyon, The Longriders, the Roughnecks, and Ben Bassarab. Commercials including one for Winnipeg's Elegant Blinds & Draperies. [end of first hour] Interview: Lethal Larry Cameron says he will kick Vendetta's butt tonight in their streetfight and take the heavyweight title. Cameron says that the champion is nothing more then a poser, that he will wilt under the violence of a streetfight. Promo: The Top Guns fought fire with fire last week and while they were unable to take the tag titles away from The Terminators they earned respect going toe to toe in a double countout. Now this week they will again have a chance to earn respect as they will face off against the tag champs in individual matches. Regardless of the outcome, matchmaker Gene Kiniski has already signed these two great teams to another title match next week. Bout #5 Ricky Rice defeated Terminator Wolff by pinfall in the figure-four leglock at 8:28 -Wolff pounded away at Rice for the first 6 minutes of this match and things did not look good for the feisty Rice. But once he turned the match in his favor he got his second wind while Wolff looked totally spent. Rice nailed Wolff with a 2nd turnbuckle bulldog, a facebuster, a slingshot over the top rope, and a piledriver before putting him in the figure-four. While he couldn't get the tag champion to submit he did get the 3 count when Wolff was in too much pain to notice his shoulders were down and being counted. Interview: Vendetta is interviewed about his upcoming streetfight with Cameron tonight. He is surrounded by RCW officials who don't want to see anymore confrontations between champion and challenger like occured last week.Vendetta says Cameron is nothing short of a street punk, and he thinks a street fight gives him the advantage he is over confident. Vendetta says the streets he grew up in Port-au-Prince Haiti make the mean streets of Chicago look like the Paris Hilton. Vendetta says he brings a positive message forward for his people unlike Cameron who is living his life as a lie. Commercials including one for Old Dutch Chips. Video: "Stranger in A Strange Land" by Iron Maiden provides the music while RCW shows clips of Vendetta, Larry Cameron, Rogue, Terminators, Outback Jack, and Ted Arcidi. Bout #6 Terminator Riggs defeated Derrick Dukes by pinfall after a powerslam at 6:45 -this match followed the same sort of path as the previous match with Riggs having dominated the first 4 minutes but unable to get a pin on the determined Dukes. When the Top Gun got things going though he was not allowed to finish things as Wolff came down and distracted referee Jurgen Hermann which allowed Riggs to get in a low blow, then the powerslam for a tainted win. Post-Match: Ricky Rice came down and went right after Wolff. He went to town on him but was taken out from behind by Riggs. It was a two on one and they brought Rice into the ring for the doomsday device. But Dukes recovered just in time and the Terminators aborted the move, sliding out of the ring to safety. Interview: The Top Guns say they proved last week they are as tough as the champions, and they proved this week they are better wrestlers. So the only thing left to prove is that next week they can take the tag titles from the big champions.
Main Event Streetfight RCW Heavyweight Title Match Vendetta (champion) v Lethal Larry Cameron (challenger) Vendetta started strong beating on Cameron and backing him against the guardrail before tossing him into the ring. But Cameron took over when he caught Vendetta coming into the ring with a knee to the gut. He then used the middle rope to crotch the champion and then bodyslammed him against the turnbuckles. Cameron pounded away at the champion and nailed his powerslam finisher but the champ managed to kick out at the last possible instance. Cameron wasted time arguing with referee Buddy Lane and it allowed Vendetta to recover enough to trade punches with Cameron. Once again though the challenger got the upper hand with a low blow before throwing the champ out of the ring. Cameron nailed him coming off the ring apron, then tossed him across the announce table taking out Ron Strong and Mike Stone. He grabbed a steel chair and taking a run at the champ nailed him in the head. Cameron rolled the champ back inside and took his time seemingly wanting to pin him 1, 2, 3, in the middle of the ring. But once again the champ was able to kick out at the last possible instance. Cameron went for another powerslam but Vendetta countered by dropping behind him and then took him down with a legsweep. The two men exchanged punches, kicks, and then held simultaneous chokes. Vendetta grabbed the upper hand with some well placed elbows to the face, followed by an inverted atomic drop, and a running clothesline for a 2 count. He went for his DDT finisher but Cameron was able to counter by driving the champ to the buckle. He blasted his shoulder into the gut of the champ several times but when he tried to whip him out of the corner the champ held on. Several times Cameron tried to kick the champ to loosen him up and then toss him out of the corner, but each time the champ stubbornly held on. When Cameron gave him some room Vendetta left the ring, dropped down from the apron and walked over to the announce table. He grabbed his heavyweight title and dared Cameron to come after him. Cameron did just that and when Vendetta tried to kick him, Cameron absorbed the blow, and pulled Vendetta down onto the table by his ankles. The two men exchanged punches as the Heavyweight title hit the ground. Finally Vendetta out punched the challenger grabbed his title belt and nailed Cameron with a running shot. He rolled the challenger back inside where he hit him with a vertical suplex, then a flying clothesline off the top rope for a 2 count. A whip to the ropes, big boot to the face, and another 2 count. He then nailed his DDT finisher and this time the challenger could not respond to the 3 count. Vendetta defeated Larry Cameron by pinfall in a streetfight at 11:11 [Vendetta retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
February 27, 1988 River City Wrestling #320 Regina, Saskatchewan Opening Bout: Buck Zumhoffe & Mike Jackson defeated Mark Kobald & Murray McMullen by pinfall when Jackson pinned McMullen after a flying cross bodyblock at 3:14 -squash match Interview: Buck Zumhoffe & Mike Jackson have no immediate plans to remain a tag team. Promo: The Terminators work out in the gym in preperation for their title defense tonight against the Top Guns. Bout #2 Lethal Larry Cameron defeated Troy Galveston by pinfall after a powerslam at 5:16 -Cameron seemed to have underestimated Galveston who controlled much of the match, or perhaps he was still thinking about his loss last week in the streetfight to Vendetta. Either way he put it together at the end and punished Galveston. Then he kept punishing him after the match risking disqualification. Interview: Larry Cameron comes close to losing his cool and punching out Ron Strong and refuses to answer any questions about his match last week with Vendetta. Promo: The Top Guns, Derrick Dukes and Ricky Rice, are shown practicing their moves in a darkened gym. They are determined that tonight is the night that they will take the tag straps from the Terminators. Bout #3 Steve Regal defeated Scott Rexsteiner by submission to the figure-four leglock at 6:50 -another match where we almost saw an upset from a youngster who the veteran might have taken a tad too easily. Rexsteiner earned the support of the fans throughout the match, and their respect at the end when he lasted over a full minute in the figure-four before finally submitting. Interview: Steve Regal says Mike Lozansky is ducking him and hiding his TV title by taking on his friend Nick Mercury instead of facing real competition. Regal says that once he gets his hands on Lozansky he'll make him cry uncle in the figure four. Regal reminds us that he is the one who beat the Road Warriors for the AWA World Tag Titles. Ron Strong informs Regal that he has indeed been named the #1 contender and will get his title shot next week against the winner of tonight's match between Lozansky and Mercury. For once Regal seems pleased. Bout #4 Bryan St. John defeated Outback Jack by pinfall after a spinebuster slam at 7:23 -rematch from last week but with the same result, after St. John gave an old school clinic on cheating tactics, including standing on Jack's throat while having a conversation with referee Jurgen Hermann about how he had used a closed fist on Jack earlier. Interview: Ron Strong asks Bryan St. John if he will be going after the TV title held by young Mike Lozansky which elicits a sour puss look on the face of St. John who says he will settle for nothing less then the Heavyweight title. St. John says again it will only be a stepping stone to bigger and better things to get back the career that was stolen from him by The Fabulous Ones. [end of first hour] Promo: The fans come to their feet by an unexpected appearance by the legendary Destroyer. After a standing ovation, an obviously emotional Destroyer reminds fans that he has joined the RCW Hall of Fame committee. And that tonight he wants to have a conversation with Chris Lyon (the name is greeted with a mix of cheers and jeers). Chris Lyon comes out to the ring wearing a Motley Crue t-shirt and jeans. Destroyer says its no secret that Lyon should be the leading contender to get a spot in the Hall of Fame this year. The only thing holding him back is his past behaviour and attitude. Quite frankly this is a showcase for the RCW and if they induct a guy they don't want to be spit on for doing so. He turns the mic over to Chris Lyon. Chris says that the Destroyer was the backbone that this company was built on. He was the hero the people came to see. Early on Lyon says he saw the writing on the wall, and yes he was jealous, but more so he just wanted a spot on the marquee. Well there are only two spots on the marquee and if he wanted the other one opposite the great Destroyer, then he had to be the greatest rival he could be. Lyon says he is proud of his career and his accomplishments and says that without him Destroyer would not have reached the heights he did. Lyon reminds the fans that he is a two time RCW wrestler of the year, and while Destroyer was a 3-time receipient, both men had fairly equal careers in title reigns, and length of reigns, and points out that he is not only a 3 time RCW Heavyweight champion but also a two time tag team champion. Destroyer again says his record is fantastic, but how does he feel about RCW and getting into the hall of fame. After a couple seconds of reflection Lyon says it would be an honor to be in the Hall of Fame, and that he is ready to finally come home. He offers a handshake to the Destroyer, which the masked man accepts to a large pop from the crowd. Destroyer tells Lyon he has his vote, but he can't speak for the others. The announcement will be made next week, and the induction the week following. Bout #5 Kevin Kelly defeated Ted Arcidi by pinfall after two reverse neckbreakers at 7:20 -once again it took Kelly not one but two apllications of his finisher to put away the tough Arcidi. Interview: Ron Strong informs Kevin Kelly that he has now been named the #1 contender and will receive a title shot against Vendetta in two weeks, as the main event at the Hall of Fame card. Kelly says its about time he received his just dues, and that Vendetta's promising career is about to be cut short. Then Kelly says its awful how they keep drudging up the past, these crippled old guys like the Destroyer and Chris Lyon, whose biggest accomplishment was they packed them into an elementary school gym. Strong says it was those guys who built the foundation that created work for Kelly today. But the egotistical Kelly says no one cares about the past, and its pathetic that he has to be having an interview right now when he can still smell the Ben-Gay and mothballs from those two old men. He says he might have to plug his nose while he wrestles Vendetta if they hold the induction ceremony prior to his match in two weeks. Strong calls him disgusting and ends the interview. Video: "Pump Up the Volume" by MARRS provides the music while RCW shows footage of current fan favorite Heavyweight champion Vendetta's in ring success as well as news clips from his war torn and impoverished homeland of Haiti. Bout #6 Television Title Match Mike Lozansky defeated Nick Mercury by pinfall after an inside cradle at 8:35 [Mike Lozansky retains the RCW TV title] -Mercury controlled early with a series of hiptosses and a standing headlock before Lozansky took over with a series of leglocks and bodyscissors. Then the match between these two fan favorites went from the mat to the air, and they matched dropkick for dropkick and crossbody for crossbody. The end came when Mercury sent Lozansky into the corner and charged in, but the champ vaulted up and over the challenger, dropping behind and then rolled him up for the 1, 2, 3. After the match the two competitors shook hands in the middle of the ring. Interview: Mike Lozansky, as the winner of the match, was set to be interviewed but he invited Nick Mercury to stay as well and say a few words. Lozansky thanked Mercury for the match and reminding him of why he got into wrestling in the first place; the majestry and beauty of the sport. Mercury returned the compliment and then when asked by Ron Strong what was next for him, Mercury said he was eagerly awaiting the return of Rogue from suspension in 3 weeks as they have unfinished business. Other then that he will try and get himself back into title contention so he can have another match with Lozansky. Ron Strong informs Lozansky that there is no rest for the wicked, and next week he will once again have to defend his TV title, this time against the less then noble Steven Regal. Lozansky says he will be on his guard for the Floridian's dirty tactics but looks forward to the challenge. Video: "One More Time" by Streetheart provides the music as RCW shows historical footage of The Destroyer and his arch-nemesis Chris Lyon.
Main Event RCW Tag Team Title Match The Top Guns (Derrick Dukes & Ricky Rice) defeated The Terminators (Riggs & Wolff) by pinfall when Rice pinned Wolff after a flying cross bodyblock off the top rope at 10:15 [The Top Guns win the RCW Tag Team Titles] -hard fought contest with the Top Guns determined not to be out manned and matching fire with fire. Brawls went from inside the ring to outside the ring. Then the tag champions seemed to get gassed while the challengers were able to pick it up a notch and dominate the last 3 minutes of the match. Dukes sent Wolff up and over with a back bodydrop and tagged out to Rice who climbed to the top. Dukes then surprised Riggs knocking him off the ring apron with a flying dropkick while his partner came off the top and finished off Wolff for the win. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
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March 5, 1988 River City Wrestling #321 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Opening Bout: Kevin Kelly defeated Shayne Tustin by pinfall after a reverse neckbreaker at 4:35 -squash match, but Tustin continues to look good and keeps progressing. Interview: Kevin Kelly says that a new "Magnificent" era is dawning in RCW next week when he beats Vendetta for the Heavyweight title. Promo: "We Are the Champions" by Queen plays as we see footage of The Destroyer and Marty Goldstein, the only two members so far in RCW's Hall of Fame. Tonight a 3rd member will be named. Bout #2 Buck Zumhoffe defeated Mark Kobald by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 2:00 -squash match, Kobald looks to be about 160 pounds soaking wet Interview: Buck Zumhoffe says he enjoyed watching the match last week between Lozansky and Mercury, and feels that he should be part of that picture. Promo: North American Women's champion Hollywood says she will be back in Winnipeg next week to defend her title against Brandi Mae. She encourages all her fans to get out that night and support her. Bout #3 Lethal Larry Cameron defeated Outback Jack by pinfall after a powerslam at 7:20 -probably Jack's best match since he arrived in RCW, but he has been a total bust. The crowd was very quiet throughout this matchup. Interview: Lethal Larry Cameron is a very pissed off dude and wants to break some heads again in RCW. Promo: Brandi Mae sends in a tape that shows while she may look like the all-American farmer's daughter, underneath she is a coniving vixen who intends to take Hollywood's title by any means necessary next week. Footage: A couple minutes of this clip are shown from POWW featuring Brandi Mae teaming with Malibu taking on Genie Beret & Lady Soul. Bout #4 Non-title bout Vendetta defeated Troy Galveston by pinfall after a DDT at 4:14 -squash match. Kevin Kelly beat Galveston last show, Vendetta beat him now, as they prepare for their showdown next week. Interview: Vendetta says that Kevin Kelly has taken self-confidence to a brand new level, made it an art form. The champ says he has seen this arrogance before from the Nordic looking white musclemen, but what they don't understand is that true power comes from within, and is fueled by peace not hatred. Vendetta promises his many fans that next week he will stop the challenge of Kevin Kelly in its tracks. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News: -South Carolina Republican primary featured; Bush, Dole, Kemp -Winning of Wyoming caucuses by Senator Albert Gore -Meeting in DC of Panamanian opposition leaders to set up terms for new coalition government under president-in-hiding Eric Delvalle that will try to force strongman Manuel Noriega out of power -Efforts to retrain business retirees as school teachers featured; scenes shown of training of NASA retiree Charlie Boyle as science teacher [end of first hour] Promo: Buena Vista Studios invites you to see the movie of the year for a second time, as the smash hit "Good Morning, VietNam" starring Robin Williams enters its 11th week of release and still holds onto the number one spot at the theatres. Time to rock it from the Delta to the DMZ! Promo: Gene Kiniski, The Destroyer, and Stan Mullen come to the ring, three of the six members of the Hall of Fame Committee. Kiniski says that while it was not unanimous and two others received at least one vote, that on a second ballot it was passed that there would be an inductee next week into the Hall of Fame. Kiniski says congratulations Chris Lyon on being elected into the RCW Hall of Fame. The announcement is met with applause from the crowd. Bout #5 Bryan St. John defeated Mike Jackson by pinfall after a spinebuster slam at 8:10 -an incredibly hard fought contest as Jackson was able to counter or block a lot of St. John's offense and seemed to have him on the ropes. St. John's fitness level also looked to be lacking in this bout, but in the end Jackson made a couple of mistakes of impatience trying to put St. John away, and fell victim to the spinebuster finisher. Interview: Chris Lyon is brought to the ring by Ron Strong and he is extremely happy with the announcement and thanks the fans and the committee for having done him this honor. He takes a nostalgic trip back to the early days of RCW when he was cheered by the fans at old Salisbury school gym, and says that is a feeling that Kevin Kelly will never know. He says Kelly is the kind of guy who likes to tear things down, not build them up. When he is retired he will be forgotten, unlike Lyon who says that because of RCW he will be remembered forever. Interview: The Top Guns are pleased as punch to be the new Tag Team champions and promise to successfully defend them tonight in their rematch against the former champions, the Terminators. Bout #6 RCW Television Title Match Mike Lozansky defeated Steve Regal by pinfall after an inside cradle at 11:13 [Mike Lozansky retained the RCW Television Title] Lozansky controlled early and it looked like this would be another challenge met for the sophmore champion. But then he collided with Regal coming off the ropes and the two men met knee to knee. Both made it to their feet gingerly, just beating the 10 count. The next few minutes were full of mat wrestling and stalling tactics as both men tried to shake it off. Regal's knee seemed to recover faster then the champion's and he went on the offensive with a pair of vertical suplexes, a backbody drop, and a legdrop off the top rope for a 2 count. He then went for his figure-four finisher which probably would have ended the match but Lozansky was able to push Regal off. The challenger then threw the champion over the top rope to the floor below. Sure enough Lozansky was unable to stand on his leg, and would have lost the match by countout but Regal wanted the belt so he rolled the champion back inside. Once again he went for the figure-four and once again Lozansky had the counter, this time reaching up and pulling down the challenger into an inside cradle. Jurgen Hermann counted 1, 2, Lozansky was off balance and his foot moved out and braced against the bottom rope, 3. Post-Match: A dejected Steve Regal was leaving the ring when Ted Arcidi came sliding under the bottom rope. He grabbed Jurgen Hermann and explained to him he was watching in the back and saw what happened, telling Hermann that the match should be restarted. At first Lozansky seemed mad at Arcidi but once he understood what happened he calmed down. Regal getting wind of this returned to the ring and also petitioned the ref to restart the match. But Hermann would have nothing of it, saying he didn't see it, and his call is final. Regal tried to go after Lozansky out of anger but Arcidi tackled him to the ground and then persuaded him to leave in peace.
Main Event RCW Tag Team Title Match The Top Guns (Derrick Dukes & Ricky Rice) defeated The Terminators (Riggs & Wolff) when Wolff was counted out at 7:53 [The Top Guns retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] -The Top Guns controlled early and it looked like they may have solved the puzzle of the Terminators. However, the former champions stormed back exerting their strength. They cut the ring in half and made quicker tags then we have ever seen from them. But when Wolff ran across the ring to try and nail Dukes with a double axhandle chop, Dukes ducked under and Wolff flipped over the top rope banging his back against the ring apron on the way down. Riggs left his post to see to his partner and tried to get him to his feet but it wasn't working as Wolff appeared to be too badly injured. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
March 12, 1988 River City Wrestling #322 Winnipeg, Manitoba Hall of Fame Edition Opening Bout North American Women's Title Match Hollywood defeated Brandi Mae by pinfall after a superplex at 9:37 [Hollywood retained the North American Women's Title] -very hot match to start the show with these two women completely lighting it up. Brandi Mae played the rulebreaker, but with her looks and her ability to work a fast paced match the fans were cheering everything these women did. Interview: Hollywood talks about how great it is to make an appearance back here in RCW, and how she has been defending her title as of late in California, New Mexico, and Arizona, as well as a stretch in Texas and even Mexico. She says that Brandi Mae was an excellent and worthy oppponent and maybe they could sign another match in the near future. Interview: Terminator Riggs comes to the ring. He announces that his partner Wolff was injured in last week's match hurting his lower back and will be out for a long time. However, he says that RCW has granted him another rematch for the titles (the crowd jeers this) and gave him the choice of waiting for his partner's return or finding a new partner and taking his chance tonight. He has decided to take on a new partner and take their shot tonight. He won't reveal who his partner is until the match. Bout #2 Chris Lyon defeated the Tulip by pinfall after a slingshot suplex at 3:44 -the fans cheered as Lyon stepped into the ring on the night he is to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. He still looks about 15 pounds over fighting weight and keeps his shirt on, but is able to easily out wit and out wrestle the Tulip in a squash match. Post-Match: Kevin Kelly came to the ring to watch the end of the match, and then gave Lyon a sarcastic golf clap. Interview: Kevin Kelly says that was pathetic, and a total waste of air time. He says Lyon may have once been fit enough to wrestle in elementary schools but now he's not fit to wrestle with pigs. Turning his attention to tonight he promises a magnificent performance and a change in the Heavyweight title, as he will take the belt from Vendetta. Promo: MGM studios releases to theatres this weekend the new romantic thriller "Masquerade" starring Rob Lowe and Meg Tilly. An heiress. A setup. A murder. Bout #3 Buck Zumhoffe & Mike Jackson defeated Big Green & Rick Renslow by pinfall when Jackson pinned Renslow after a spinebuster slam at 6:27 -glorified squash match Interview: Buck Zumhoffe and Mike Jackson say they keep getting paired together but still have no plans to continue as a tag team. Interview: "Mr Electricity" Steve Regal comes to the ring and complains how he lost his match last week to Mike Lozansky because of the inept official, and how he should be the TV champion. He then calls out Ted Arcidi, who comes reluctantly, to bear witness to what he saw; Lozansky's heel pressed against the bottom rope for leverage. This brings out interim commissioner Gene Kiniski who says while he sympathizes with Regal, the referee's decision is final. He also says that he has already granted Regal a return match. But all this complaining about the officials by the guys in the back is making him crazy. If they think it is so easy to do, then maybe they need a taste of the action. So in tonight's rematch for the TV belt between Mike Lozansky and Steve Regal, Kiniski says the special guest referee will be none other then Ted Arcidi. The big man tries to get out of it, apologizing for his complaints but Kiniski will have none of it, saying Arcidi will ref or he can leave RCW. Bout #4 Bryan St. John defeated Nick Mercury by pinfall after a German suplex and with a handfull of tights at 8:10 -another lights out fast paced match to go along with the opening women's bout. Mercury carried most of the match with St. John sucking wind by the end. However a mistake by Mercury, and a little bit of cheating on the pin, was all St. John needed to rob his opponent of the duke. Interview: Bryan St. John is incredibly happy and says he was glad to stick it to a pretty boy like Mercury, just like he was screwed over by pretty boys like the Fabulous Ones. St. John says this should vault him to the top of the rankings and he is putting his name on the list of candidates to get a shot at Vendetta's Heavyweight title. When asked about the cheating St. John responds its only cheating if you get caught. Promo: "We are the Champions" by Queen provides the music while RCW shows some footage and still pictures of tonight's Hall of fame inductee, Chris Lyon, the 3 time Heavyweight, 2 time Tag Team champion, also the 2 time wrestler of the year. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News; -Offering of political asylum by Spain and Paraguay to Panama strongman Manuel Noriega if he steps down from power -Trampling accident at Katmandu, Nepal, soccer stadium -Expectation that Jesse Jackson will get largest share from Democrat caucuses in South Carolina -Attempts by Senator Robert Dole to revive faltering campaign in Illinois - Success of war movie "Platoon" in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam [end of first hour] Hall of Fame Induction: Chris Lyon Gene Kiniski, The Destroyer, Jack McAdam, Stan Mullen, and George Gadasky are on hand for the induction of Chris Lyon. Only Matt Brock is missing from the Hall of Fame committee. Chris Lyon comes out to a huge ovation from the crowd and is presented with both a plaque and a ring. He gives a short speach very similar to his from a couple weeks back, about how every great hero needs a villian and that was his role to play in the building of RCW. He thanks the Destroyer for being such a great hero to look up to. Then, as expected, Kevin Kelly came out to ridicule the whole process. He says Lyon is more pathetic and out of shape then Mike Valiant who Kelly beat last month. Chris Lyon and The Destroyer got into his face calling him an ungrateful hemmroid on the backside of RCW. Kelly took a swing at the Destroyer who blocked it. Lyon nailed him with a dropkick and when he got up Destroyer took him back down with his signature crucifix. Lyon then helped Destroyer toss him over the top rope. Gene Kiniski helped the RCW officials move Kelly to the back so that the ceremony could be completed in peace. Chris Lyon joins The Destroyer and Marty Goldstein as the 3rd inductee into the RCW Hall of Fame.
Bout #5 RCW Tag Team Title Match Terminator Riggs & Lethal Larry Cameron defeated the Top Guns (Derrick Dukes & Ricky Rice) by disqualification for use of a foreign object at 9:42 [The Top Guns retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] -Lethal Larry Cameron was brought out as the mystery replacement for the injured Terminator Wolff. He stepped right in and then some, making this new tag team even more formible then the Terminators before. However, after having their butts handed to them through most of the match the champs made a spirited comback which was too much for the challengers' egos to handle. They orchestrated a ref bump by "accident" and then Cameron retrieved a tag belt and nailed Rice in the head knocking him off the ring apron. Riggs nailed Dukes with the powerslam and Cameron woke up Buddy Lane who was slowly applying the 3 count. But Rice recovered enough, retrieved the other tag belt, entered the ring and broke up the pin by nailing Riggs in the head with the belt. Lane saw that and called for the bell. Post-Match: A wild 4 man brawl ensued after the match with the champions no match for the more powerful Cameron and Riggs who left the champs laid out and their belts placed over them in a mocking fashion. Interview: Ted Arcidi is interviewed and is uncomfortable being the special guest referee, saying Gene Kiniski took this too far, made it personal, is making a scape-goat out of him. He seems very angry at the whole situation. Bout #6 RCW Television Title Match Special Guest Referee Ted Arcidi Mike Lozansky (champion) v Steve Regal Incredibly fast paced match right from the opening bell with both men exchanging high flying aerial moves, using the top turnbuckle and flying through the air. Neither man held an advantage and neither seemed to get winded. However the same could not be said for Ted Arcidi who appeared winded and was slow to get down and make the cover, drawing the ire of both contestents and the fans. He also got caught twice making the wrestlers break but only tying up one man and the other took advantage to pop their opponent with an overhand right. As the match wound down they did a crisscross segment and Arcidi totally lost ended up stuck right in the middle. Lozansky and Regal both flew through the air and Arcidi barely managed to move out of the way as the two men collided chest to chest with matching flying cross bodyblocks. Lozansky was a bit higher though and landed on top of Regal, both men knocked out. Arcidi managed to get into position and count 1, 2, 3 !! Lozansky retained. Mike Lozansky defeated Steve Regal by pinfall after a flying crossbody block at 7:21 [Mike Lozansky retained the RCW TV title] Post-Match: As a winded Arcidi retrieved the belt he helped Lozansky to his feet and thrust the belt in his hands. Lozansky though just seemed to snap back to attention, bringing his arms up and the title belt grazed Arcidi's chin, dusting him backward. It was minor but seemed to be the straw that broke the camel's back. Arcidi lashed out and clotheslined Lozansky. He then dragged him to his feet and delivered a powerslam. Regal staggered to his feet and seeing what was happening tried to grab the TV belt. Arcidi gave him a double axhandle to the back, and then smashed his head down into the belt. The big man then grabbed the belt, walked outside the ring and did his best to break and bend the belt smashing it several times against the ringpost. Finally done, and being jeered by the fans and surrounded by RCW officials, he tossed the belt high into the air where it bounced on the ring canvas. Pre-Match: Kevin Kelly comes to the ring. He says the fans are probably expecting Chris Lyon to come out and try and interfere in his match, but that won't happen for two reasons. First Lyon isn't his old fiery self anymore, he's turned into a kitten, an old kitten. Second, he's scared of the Magnificent one, and what the retribution will be if something happens. Kelly says he's not like the fat truck drivers and high school kids that used to wrestle in RCW's old days, he's a real, professional athlete with a body built for the 1990's. He wouldn't dare interfere. Ron Strong at the announcers table comments that obviously Kelly doesn't know Chris Lyon at all, and if he didn't want him to interfere then this was the worst possible move to make. Mike Stone suggests that maybe Kelly knows exactly what he is doing.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Vendetta (champion) v Kevin Kelly Kelly attacks Vendetta before the opening bell and goes to work with boots and punches. It's a low tech assault but it works for the first couple of minutes as Vendetta can only try in vain to deflect as much of the attack as possible. Finally the Haitian was able to throw his shoulder into Kelly, and again, and a 3rd time, creating some distance. He followed this up with a front kick, upper cut, elbowsmash and then a huge scissors kick. It was all champion now as he kept Kelly off track, coming off the ropes with kicks, shoulders, and dropkicks. But when he went for the DDT Kelly was able to push him off, and then get in a well placed kick. The two men traded punches and took the match outside the ring. Kelly reversed a whip to the guardrail sending the champ back first, and then hit a spinebuster slam outside the ring. Back inside Kelly worked the back with stomps, a bearhug, and a standing surfboard before Vendetta was able to get free. The advantage was traded back and forth a couple more times before Kelly used the tag rope off and on to choke Vendetta. This brought out Chris Lyon to the ring, which distracted the referee Buddy Lane. However, it was Kelly who took advantage, removing the turnbuckle cover, catching Vendetta with a rake of the eyes and then smashing him headfirst into the steel of the buckle. The champ was knocked out cold with a small trickle of blood coming from his head. The fans smelled a fix and began to jeer Lyon and Kelly. But as Lane returned to make the count Lyon also returned to the ring apron. He got Lane's attention and pointed to the uncovered turnbuckle and the blood. Lane understood what happened but he didn't see anything. So after a long delay he reluctantly made the count, 1 KICK OUT WITH AUTHORITY! Vendetta sent Kelly to the exposed buckle, back first, delivered a backbody drop, then dragged him up by the hair and hit a DDT. Lane counted the 1, 2, 3 !! Vendetta defeated Kevin Kelly by pinfall after a DDT 12:47 [Vendetta retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] Post-Match: Vendetta celebrated with the belt, and watched as Chris Lyon walked away to the back listening to the fans cheer. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
March 19, 1988 River City Wrestling #323 Grand Forks, North Dakota Opening Bout: Scott Rexsteiner defeated Dr. Gold by pinfall after a belly-to-belly suplex at 5:37 -the young Rexsteiner had an easy time with the masked Dr.Gold Interview: Kevin Kelly comes to the ring. He says he was cheated out of the RCW title by that no good old man Chris Lyon. He says that somehow Lyon got off his oxygen tank, got out of his wheelchair, and interfered in his match last week. He tells Lyon to turn up his hearing aid and listen to this. He is going to pay, as soon as Kelly is done with Vendetta, he's going to find Lyon and make him extinct. The fans cheer as Vendetta comes down to the ring. He tells Kelly to stop crying like a little girl and to face the fact that he couldn't get the job done. He tells the Magnificent one that instead of waiting to deal with Lyon later, why not deal with him now. Chris Lyon comes to the ring to a huge ovation after being elected into the RCW Hall of fame last week. Lyon tells Kelly that he was cheating his way to victory when Kelly still hadn't gone through puberty. Lyon says he saw Kelly trying to steal the title and he decided to stick up for Vendetta. The Destroyer suddenly comes to the ring to a huge ovation. The masked hall of famer says he's sick of Kelly disrespecting the RCW's roots and everything he has done, along with Lyon to build this company. He tells Kelly its time to put up or shut up. Since all 3 of them want a piece of Kelly they tell him to get himself two partners for tonight's main event and make it a six man tag. Kelly says they're all crazy and he's not going to risk a lawsuit from their grandchildren when he cripples them, so no way. Vendetta then ups the ante, saying that if Kelly's team wins the match then he will give Kelly another title shot next week. After a few seconds of consideration Kelly agrees. Bout #2 Nick Mercury defeated Spudpicker Larkin by pinfall after a hotshot at 3:03 -squash match Post-Match: Rogue suddenly appeared out of the audience and entered the ring taking Mercury out from behind. He kicked and stomped at Mercury but Nick was able to make a comeback beating Rogue back to the buckle. Rogue though caught Mercury with a boot to the gut and then nailed him with his bracer. Mercury hit the deck dropping so fast and hard the announcers speculated the bracer must have been loaded. The fans jeered as Rogue posed over top of Mercury. Interview: Lethal Larry Cameron and Terminator Riggs say that the Top Guns got lucky last week getting themselves disqualified to hold onto their titles, but tonight they won't be so lucky. Promo: Tonight is a brand new episode of Spenser For Hire. In "Watercolors" Spenser protects a child artist after the child witnesses a mob execution while painting in the forest. Bout #3 Premiere of Jack Steele Jack Steele defeated Rick Renslow by pinfall after a running kneelift at 5:09 -squash match. Steele hails from "the Republic of Texas", goes around 6'2 and 255 pounds, wearing a stetson to the ring. He seemed to be an instant fan favorite. Renslow did not offer him much competition. Interview: Jack Steele thanks the fans of River City for welcoming him here and he says he has his sights set on scum like Larry Cameron, Rogue, Steve Regal, and Bryan St. John. He welcomes any of them to come face him, and fall victim to the cold steel. Interview: RCW television champion Mike Lozansky comes to the ring. He says he wants a piece of Ted Arcidi after the way he attacked Lozansky after the match last week. Ted Arcidi comes out telling Lozansky that it was him who attacked first, knocking him in the face after the match. Lozansky says that was an accident, but Arcidi says that there is no such thing as accidents in this business. He says he will accept a match against Lozansky tonight but only if it is for the TV title. Ron Strong though intercedes telling both men that he has been told that they will face each other tonight, but in a tag match. Lozansky's partner will be Buck Zumhoffe, and Arcidi's partner will be none other then Steven Regal. Arcidi says that's unacceptable because Regal and him are not going to get along after Arcidi dropped him last week. Strong says that Gene Kiniski thought he would say that and has given him a response. "I don't care". Bout #4 Troy Galveston & Shayne Tustin defeated Catfish Charlie & Caveman Broda by pinfall when Galveston pinned Broda after a piledriver at 8:35 -slow, methodical match with veterans Catfish and Broda employing cheating and stalling tactics to try and frustrate their younger and more athletic opponents to no avail. Inverview: A noticeably nervous Troy Galveston and Shayne Tustin meander their way through an interview with Ron Strong, grateful for this exposure on Television and just thanking everyone they can think of, like they just won an award. And of course they managed to get in a "Hi Mom" at the end. Promo: Tomorrow night is a brand new episide of Family Ties. In "Return of the Native" Cousin June returns to the Keaton household for a visit after a three-year stay in London. All of the Keatons are eager to hear her tales of England, but they just can't seem to let her get a word in edgewise. [end of first hour] Bout #5 Ted Arcidi & Steven Regal defeated Mike Lozansky & Buck Zumhoffe by submission when Arcidi submitted Lozansky in the bearhug at 8:24 -fairly even match throughout with both teams working well and no long advantages for either team. Lozansky hurt his back when he landed on it after missing a dropkick, when Regal grabbed onto his own partner Arcidi to stop his momentum. The two men then spent a minute punishing his back before Arcidi put on the bearhug and Lozansky submitted after about 20 seconds in the hold. Interview: Ted Arcidi is pleased with himself and says he will make Lozansky submit just like that next week and take his TV title. Bout #6 RCW Tag Team Title Match The Top Guns (Derrick Dukes & Ricky Rice) defeated Lethal Larry Cameron & Terminator Riggs by pinfall when Rice pinned Cameron after a double dropkick at 10:12 [The Top Guns retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] -Dukes began the match playing Ricky Morton, and finally after receiving 3 minutes of a steady diet of punches, kicks, and slams made the hot tag out to Rice. Ricky Rice was a house o' fire but that lasted less then a minute until he was double teamed and the challengers again had the advantage. They beat Rice from pillar to post for a few minutes but Rice would not be beaten and made several spirited attempts for a tag. Just when it looked like he would be able to make the tag, the challengers orchestrated a ref bump. They laid out their opponents and then Riggs left to get one of the tag belts. While Cameron held back the arms of Rice Riggs wound up and nailed ~ Rice moved ~ and Riggs nailed Cameron instead. Dukes caught Riggs from behind and sent him over the top rope. The tag champs nailed Cameron with a double dropkick for good measure as referee Jurgen Hermann was revived and made the 3 count. Post-Match: As you would expect fireworks flared between Riggs and Cameron and the two got into a pushing match. But in the end Riggs talked Cameron down, apologizing for what happened. The two men left without further dissension but did not look happy at all. Interview: The Top Guns said this just proves that teamwork and hardwork are more important to success then size. When asked what is next for the tag champs they say they are going back home to Minnesota for a short rest, that they have next week off, and the week following RCW is pre-empted, so they will be back on April 9th to defend their tag belts against whoever is declared the #1 contenders. Pre-Match: Before the big six man tag main event match could begin Mike Valiant came down to the ring with Vendetta, Chris Lyon, and the Destroyer. Valiant says he wouldn't miss this for the world and has been granted a manager's license for tonight only.
Main Event Six Man Tag Match Vendetta/Chris Lyon/The Destroyer (/w Mike Valiant) v Kevin Kelly/Bryan St. John/Hoyt Daill Neither Lyon nor Destroyer were in their best shape so they limited their time in the ring, and Vendetta looked very strong throughout the match. Daill looked to be the weak link and in fact was worked over early in the match but managed to escape being pinned. After that his time in the ring was limited. Chris Lyon was double teamed and then worked over by Kelly but he then managed a tag out to Vendetta, which immediately got Kelly to run away and tag out to St. John. Bryan acquitted himself quite well against Vendetta taking the advantage with a nicely timed kick, and a bulldog. He tagged out to Kelly and held Vendetta's arms as Kelly wound up and put one on his jaw. They made a couple quick tags working over Vendetta while Daill seemed quite content to limit his role to distracting the referee. Finally Vendetta managed to tag out to Lyon who went to work on Kelly then tagged in Destroyer who got Kelly with his crucifix into a roll-up. He would have got the pinfall but St. John and Daill entered the ring to break it up. A six man brawl ensued, and when Kelly tried to nail Vendetta with a chair, Mike Valiant was johnny on the spot stepping into the way and taking the chair shot to the head instead. Vendetta then nailed Kelly with a kick to the gut and a DDT onto the chair outside the ring. He rolled Kelly back into the ring and would have got the pin but he wasnt the legal man so Destroyer had to make the pin, and with that much delay Kelly managed to kick out. Both men tagged out and St. John whipped Vendetta into the corner where he ran into the boot of Kevin Kelly placed on the top buckle, fell back, and was cradled by St. John. The ref counted 1, St. John grabbed a handful of tights, 2, 3 !! Kevin Kelly, Bryan St. John, & Hoyt Daill defeated Vendetta, Destroyer, & Chris Lyon by pinfall when St. John pinned Vendetta with an inside cradle and a handfull of tights at 8:51 That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
March 26, 1988 River City Wrestling #324 Fargo, North Dakota Opening Bout: Jack Steele defeated Dr. Gold by pinfall after a running knee smash at 3:37 -squash match Interview: Jack Steele says he is looking forward to facing some real competition here in RCW now that he has proven himself two weeks in a row against unranked competition. Bout #2 Steven Regal defeated Buck Zumhoffe by submission to the figure-four leglock at 6:37 -no real reason to pit these two old adversaries against each other again except as filler. A good high paced match with Regal getting the clean win. Interview: Steve Regal says he proved in last week's tag match with Arcidi that he should be in the title running for the TV belt. He also says that although he and Arcidi buried the hatchet enough last week to act as professionals and win, that he has not forgotten that Arcidi nailed him back on March 12th, and that one day he'll pay for that. Bout #3 Bryan St. John defeated Scott Rexsteiner by pinfall after a spinebuster slam at 8:41 -St. John contolled early, but then Rexsteiner showed off his amateur wrestling background by grounding and working St. John on the mat. The veteran though turned things around with a shot ot the adam's apple followed by a front facelock that he kept slipping into a chokehold. Rexsteiner made another comeback but St. John caught him coming off the ropes with a knee to the gut, followed up with a chop to the throat, and ignoring the ref's admonishments, hit a bulldog and then the spinebuster slam to pick up the win. Interview: Bryan St. John says that last week he did what no one has been able to do since Vendetta became the RCW Heavyweight champion, beat him 1, 2, 3, in dhte middle of the ring. St. John says he understands that because of that win Kevin Kelly is the #1 contender and will get his title shot, but St. John insists that he should be next in line. Bout #4 Troy Galveston & Shayne Tustin defeated Larry Cameron & Terminator Riggs by pinfall when Tustin pinned Riggs after a botched chair shot at 9:50 -an incredible upset for the young pair in what had looked to be a squash match. And this was no fluke victory either. The young team after a shaky start that saw Tustin play Ricky Morton for a couple minutes, then turned around and controlled the champions with their combination of size and speed. They may not be as strong as their opponents but they understood basic physics; Force = Mass x Acceleration. They hit their opponents hard and often keeping them off balance. Finally Cameron managed to interfere to turn the tables, and while Riggs held back the arms of Tustin, and the ref was trying to get a protesting Galveston to leave the ring, Cameron wound up ~ but Tustin moved, and Cameron nailed Riggs in the head. Tustin then dropkicked Cameron through the ropes and made the cover, for 1, 2, 3 !! Interview: Troy Galveston & Shayne Tustin say this was no fluke, they have been working together hard as a team for months now. They say they are ready to take the next step and a shot at the Top Guns titles if allowed. Interview: Larry Cameron & Terminator Riggs return to the ring to air their grievances against each other. It looks like fireworks are going to errupt but finally Cameron just says that they are done as a tag team, and should just avoid and ignore each other. Reluctantly Riggs agrees and the two split from the ring seperate. Riggs though makes the mistake of turning his back on Cameron who snatches a chair and nails Riggs in the back going up the aisle. He hits him one more time with the chair, lays in some boots, and then bounces the chair off a prone Riggs' head before leaving. [end of first hour] Promo: The WWF presents "WrestleMania IV" live from Trump Plaza, in Atlantic City, New Jesey, only on PPV. Featuring a tournament for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Title including a Quarter-final match between Hulk Hogan and the man who ended his reign, Andre the Giant. Also on the card will be a 20-man battle royal. Pre-Match: Nick Mercury comes out to "You Give Love a Bad Name" by Bon Jovi, air-guitaring his way up to the ring, wearing a bandana in his long blonde hair. He says the feud begins again, Rogue is back from suspension and got the drop on him last week. Mercury says that won't happen again and tells Rogue to get his medieval butt into the ring. Bout #5 Rogue defeated Nick Mercury by pinfall after a reverse Russian legsweep and outside interference at 6:57 -Mercury beat Rogue from pillar to post inside the ring, and then again outside the ring. But Rogue used a small piece of rope to choke Mercury, hidden from the ref. He then worked over Mercury's back with kneedrops and a camel clutch. After a pair of backbreakers he went for his reverse Russian legsweep finisher but Mercury countered with a hip toss, and then went to work on his comeback. Flying off the ropes and hitting Rogue time and again he had the match well in hand until another robed figure came to ringside and tripped up Mercury. This was all the break that Rogue needed, using a legdrop across the back of Mercury's neck, a slingshot, a front layout suplex, and then hit his finisher to wrap things up. Interview: Rogue speaks his usual gibberish getting over the point that by Mercury making fun of him, and his ways, and getting him suspended, all he did was allow him to sit, seethe, and plot. Mercury also gave him a great idea, what Rogue needed was a guiding hand, and thats why he brought in the Dungeon Master. The Dungeon Master says that Rogue has come from the past to show everyone the future of pro wrestling. With his help guiding Rogue away from these peasant feuds with naives like Mercury he will be able to go on to greater things and championship gold. Promo: WCW presents Clash of the Champions, live on TBS, March 27th from the Greensboro Coliseum, in North Carolina. NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair will defend against Sting. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard defend the NWA World Tag belts against Lex Luger & Barry Windham. The Road Warrirors and Dusty Rhodes will take on the Powers of Pain and Ivan Koloff in a barbed wire match. All that and much more, on FREE TV. Bout #6 RCW Television title match Ted Arcidi defeated Mike Lozansky by countout at at 6:04 [Mike Lozansky retained the RCW TV title] This was a pretty horrible match, as Arcidi looked slow and unsure of himself, and had no chemistry whatsoever with Lozansky. The ending came when Steve Regal snuck down and on an opportune time, hiding beside the ring apron was able to hold onto the leg of Lozansky to get him counted out. By the time Lozansky scrambled into the ring and explained what happened to Jurgen Hermann the inept referee looked down at an empty floor as Regal made his way through the crowd. Arcidi had to be stopped by security from leaving with the TV title as he thought he had won it. Interview: Ted Arcidi refuses to leave so security fills the ring while both Arcidi and Mike Lozansky stay for an interview. Arcidi says he had the match won but the champ chickened out. Lozansky says Arcidi put Regal up to it, but Arcidi denies that charge. He wants a rematch and challenges Lozansky to put the title on the line next week, and waive the usual title can not change hands on a countout clause. Lozansky agrees to it saying he won't get caught off by the same trick twice. Promo: Cowboy Bob Orton Jr. sends in a promo to say that the people of River City are the luckiest hicks around because Cowboy Bob is bringing his travelling show to their towns come April. He says he loves the mid-west, it brings back memories of sending both Jim Brunzell and Greg Gagne to the hospital thanks to his piledriver, the most dangerous one in the business.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Vendetta defeated Kevin Kelly by pinfall after a DDT at 9:10 [Vendetta retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] Kelly tried every trick in the book but Vendetta kept battling through and kept showing off his raw athleticism. In the end he nailed Kelly with an impressive series of moves including a springboard back elbow, a reverse suplex, legdrop, and a scissors kick to set up his finisher and leave no doubt as to who the winner was tonight. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling.
We are pre-empted next week, so we'll see ya in two weeks time !!
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April 9, 1988 River City Wrestling #325 Winnipeg, Manitoba Promo: "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Iron Maiden provides the music while RCW shows highlites of the feud between Nick Mercury and Rogue, both before Rogue's one month suspension and since he's been back. We are told that they will settle their feud tonight in the main event, inside a steel cage!! Opening Bout: Cowboy Bob Orton Jr. defeated Bert Meijer by pinfall after a piledriver at 4:24 -squash match. After the bout however Orton lined Meijer up and gave him a second piledriver. It looked like he was contemplating a 3rd one despite the warnings of Buddy Lane, when Scotty Rexsteiner hit the ring and Orton decided to leave the premises. Interview: Cowboy Bob Orton took refuge behind the announce table to do his first RCW interview. He said he told the fans he had a deadly piledriver, the deadliest in the world, and he just proved that as fact. Orton then yells at Rexsteiner who is helping the paramedics remove Meijer from the ring "hey Rook, don't you be sticking your nose into the Cowboy's business, or they'll be taking you out of that ring in a body bag." Bout #2 Jack Steele defeated Rick Renslow by pinfall after a running kneelift at 4:08 -squash match. Steele is 3-0 in RCW, but thats twice he's beaten Renslow and so far has not faced any competition. Interview: Jack Steele says he hopes that RCW will give him some stiffer competition next week. The fans seem to love this man who hails from the Republic of Texas. Interview: Nick Mercury says that ever since his first run in with Rogue, it has been one deception after another. That is why he requested a steel cage, to keep out the latest deception, Rogue's manager The Dungeon Master. He calls them both geeks and says its time to grow up. With that he adjusts his Rising Son headband, and takes his tassle and latex covered body out of there. Bout #3 Bryan St. John defeated Buck Zumhoffe by pinfall after a spinebuster slam at 5:41 -Zumhoffe controlled the first couple minutes keeping St. John off balance with a series of high paced moves, including a plethora of dropkicks. But St. John caught him coming off the top buckle and never looked back. Interview: Bryan St. John says he is sick and tired of being put on the back burner, and that he has proven he deserves a title shot. He says the champion is nothing but a yellow striped hyena. The fans go nuts when Vendetta comes down to the ring. The champ says that although he had a very tough match with Kevin Kelly last week to retain the title, he is only scheduled to face a non-title competitor in the next bout, Big Green. He offers St. John a title shot right now, and the fans go nuts. Vendetta says that St. John may be the #1 contender, so take the shot. Bryan St. John though looks like a deer caught in the headlights. He snaps out of it long enough to say that he felt his knee tweak in that bout, and he's somewhat winded while Vendetta is fresh and has the element of surprise. St. John says it would be more fair to have their bout next week. Vendetta just laughs and says okay for next week, but who has the yellow stripe down their back now? Promo: Dick Clark host's the game show The $25,000 Pyramid. Bout #4 Non-Title Match Vendetta defeated Big Green by pinfall after a DDT at 3:25 -squash match. Post-Match: While Vendetta posed with the Heavyweight title, Bryan St. John snuck in the ring and was going to attack the champ from behind, but the Haitian turned around. St. John got that deer in the headlight look again, and snapped out of it just in time to high-tail it out of the ring as Vendetta went after him. Interview: Vendetta says that if St. John wants to run away next week instead of taking his shot at the title then that is fine, but next week may be his one and only chance to take the title away. Interview: Rogue for once does not have much to say in his coded language before turning it over to his new manager the Dungeon Master. The DM says that Mercury thought this was a wise move to go to the cage match to keep him out, but instead what he has done is locked himself into a steel cage with a ravaging beast who will rip his skin from the bone, and tear his muscle away from his body. He tells Mercury to prepare to be consumed. [end of first hour] Interview: Terminator Riggs has a steel chair in the ring at the ready for his interview with Ron Strong. He calls Larry Cameron a lousy partner, a terrible wrestler, and a wimp. He challenges Cameron, his former short-term partner to come down to the ring now that the show is on the other foot. Larry Cameron comes walking toward the ring, he too has a steel chair. He says he'll come into the ring if Riggs tosses his chair away, and he'll toss his chair away too, and this can be settled like men. They do just that, tossing the chairs away, and Cameron slides into the ring and the two men go at it. They exchange kicks and punches in a wild brawl that spills outside the ring. They both predictably scramble for chairs and Riggs is just a second faster then Cameron and nails him across the back. He then lays in one more to the back of the head, tosses the chair off of Cameron's head and leaves to a mixture of cheers and jeers. Bout #5 RCW Tag Team Title Match The Top Guns defeated Troy Galveston & Shayne Tustin by pinfall when Rice pinned Galveston after a double dropkick at 7:01 [The Top Guns retained the RCW Tag Titles] The match began with a handshake. Galveston and Tustin had another solid outing this week, but unlike last time against Cameron and Riggs, this time they faced a team that had been wrestling together longer then them, and had more chemistry. All four men tagged in and out of the ring fast, and after a brief 4 man skirmish the champs bumped Tustin out of the ring, sent Galveston to the ropes and hit him with a double dropkick to pick up the win. Post-Match: The Top Guns offer a handshake to their opponents. Tustin accepts it but Galveston just walks away. Interview: The Top Guns are asked about that young duo and heap praise on their performance and how far they have come in the past few months. But Dukes doesnt like that Galveston wouldn't shake hands, even though Rice tells him to let it go. Troy Galveston though comes back and is still mad, saying he won't shake hands with them because they cheated to win, using a double team move. Dukes calls him a sore loser as Shayne Tustin comes back to the ring. Galveston is pissed off though and slaps Dukes across the face, and is slapped right back. Rice and Tustin step in and get their partners to take a step back, and defuse the situation. Promo: The Jitters "Closer Every Day" provides the music while RCW shows footage of Mike Lozansky, Nick Mercury, Ricky Rice, Derrick Dukes, and Scott Rexsteiner. Bout #6 RCW TV Title Match - Title can change hands on a countout Mike Lozansky and Ted Arcidi battled to a no-contest at 5:11 [Mike Lozansky retained the RCW TV Title] The chemistry between Lozansky and Arcidi was only marginally better this time out, with Arcidi hurting Lozansky's back which allowed him to control most of the bout and slow it down, grounding the high flying champion. Then as Lozansky gained control and Arcidi tried to bide some time outside the ring only to be followed by the champ, "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal came down and attacked Arcidi. Lozansky then attacked Regal, and we had a 3-man brawl that caused Jurgen Hermann to end the proceedings. Post-Match: All three men continued to brawl as security tried to pull them apart. Interview: Security were still on hand as both Ted Arcidi and Mike Lozansky insisted on being in on the interview. They both want Steve Regal in the ring next week to gain a bit of revenge.
Main Event CAGE MATCH Nick Mercury v Rogue Rogue started strong getting in some early kicks and punches and then bouncing Mercury off the cage walls. He applied a double underhook facebuster to get an early two count. Mercury came back with some body shots, and then a fireman's carry into a slam for a two count of his own. Mercury took the match over dominating the next few minutes and Rogue was busted open on two different spots on his head, making one ghastly crimson mask. Mercury nailed an elbowdrop from the top rope and came within a whisker of getting the 3 count. Rogue though made a late comeback punctuated with a running powerslam against the cage wall that shook the whole aparatus and threatened to make it fall. He made the mistake though of climbing the cage wall and trying for a kneedrop from higher then the top rope. He took too long and Mercury moved out of the way. Nick worked over the knee, softening it up, and then placed it across the bottom rope and climbed to the top buckle. He was about to jump off when the Dungeon Master appeared at the cage wall. Nick jumped anyway and as he landed squarely on the leg of Rogue he received a fireball in the face!! The fans were shocked, never having seen anything like this before, and it happened so fast they could be seen asking their fellow fans if that is what happened. Mercury rolled around the ring in pain as referee Buddy Lane called for the bell. Since cage matches are no disqualification he had no choice but to end the bout saying that Mercury could not continue. Rogue defeated Nick Mercury by referee's injury stoppage after a fireball at 10:43 Post-Match: Paramedics entered the ring to try and calm down a screaming Mercury. They finally pulled his hands away from his face as we went off the air. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
April 16, 1988 River City Wrestling #326 Brandon, Manitoba Promo: We get a slow-motion clip of last week's end to the cage match main event, where the Dungeon Master threw a fireball into the face of Nick Mercury. Opening Bout: Non-title The Top Guns (Derrick Dukes & Ricky Rice) defeated Catfish Charlie & Caveman Broda by pinfall when Rice pinned Broda after a double dropkick at 5:49 -squash match Interview: The Top Guns are being interviewed about their match from last week when Troy Galveston and Shayne Tustin themselves show up. Tustin looks reluctant but Galveston is still hot. Troy says he can see the champions are still up to their usual tricks of cheating to win matches, having to double team their opponents. Dukes says he's heard enough of Galveston's whining and its time to put him in his place. He tries to get at Galveston but once again their respective tag partners drag them apart. Dukes challenges Galveston to a match one on one next week, and of course its accepted. Promo: Orion Pictures is proud to release to theatres this weekend, "Colors" starring Sean Penn & Robert Duvall as an experienced cop and his rookie partner who patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control. In the heart of our cities people die for wearing the wrong colors. 70,000 gang members. One million guns. Two cops. Bout #2 Rogue (/w the Dungeon Master) defeated Super Uke by pinfall after an inverted DDT at 1:15 -very quick squash match Interview: Dungeon Master says that Nick Mercury learned the hard way, when you play with fire, sometimes you get burnt. Ron Strong calls them a pair of vile cancers. Rogue goes off on a mediveal tangent about Mercury being a fancy pants. Promo: We get an injury update from Dr. Kivner, a plastic surgeon from Minnesota who has been working on Nick Mercury. He says the damage is mostly superficial and while some plastic surgery may be required down the line, currently his patient is working at healing the burns so that he can get back to wrestling without too much pain. Bout #3 Jack Steele defeated Kevin Kelly by pinfall after a running kneesmash at 8:03 -Well Steele said last week he wanted stiffer competition and thats exactly what he got with recent #1 contender Kevin Kelly. Steele took a beating for the first half of this match but when Kelly was unable to put Steele away even after hitting his neckbreaker finish he seemed to lose his fire and Steele made the spirited comeback. Interview: Jack Steeele thanks RCW for giving him this higher level of competition and submits that he must now be considered in the title picture. The Texan's interview however is cut short when Cowboy Bob Orton Jr. comes down to the ring early for his match. He tells Steele to run along because he wants to get his match started early, so he can win, get his cash at the pay window, and head to a party over at the Keystone Bar with some fine working ladies he met last night here in Brandon. Steele of course seems mad about the request but decides not to make trouble and walks away. After a commercial break we have Orton's match. Bout #4 Bob Orton Jr. defeated Scott Rexsteiner by pinfall after a piledriver at 5:54 -true to his word Orton works the match like he is in a hurry, but the fast pace works somewhat in the favor of the younger Rexsteiner who is able to match punch for punch with Orton and even grounded him in a facelock and armbar for a minute. But Orton catches him with a clothesline straight to the adam's apple, stomps away at the back of his head and neck, follows with a neckbreaker, and then the piledriver for the win. Post-Match: Orton leaves the ring, then stops, smiles, and returns to try and give Rexsteiner one more piledriver. But the youth manages to counter with a backflip and starts to trade punches with Orton. Cowboy Bob though gets in a knee to the groin. He sets him up again for a second piledriver but Jack Steele runs in to make the save. Interview: Jack Steele says its one thing to interrupt him, its another to try and hurt someone, that he won't sit idly by and watch. Scott Rexsteiner says he stopped Orton last week from doing the same thing to Bert Meijer and now thankfully Jack Steele was here to return the favor this week. Steele says someone needs to step up and take care of this clown, and he's just the right Texan to do it. But Rexsteiner says he wants one more shot at it so Steele tells him to leave a piece of that scumbag for him. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News; -Thirteen Palestinians reported killed in Israeli-occupied territories in wake of assassination of PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Abu Jihad in Tunis, Tunisia -Warning from Iran against retaliation by United States for mine explosion that damaged United States warship [end of first hour] Bout #5 Ted Arcidi & Mike Lozansky defeated Steve Regal & Dr. Gold by pinfall when Arcidi pinned Gold after a powerslam at 6:11 -despite their differences Arcidi and Lozansky worked well as a team, both mad at Regal for interfering in their matches. Dr. Gold started the match and was manhandled by his opponents. They didnt want Gold though and allowed him to make the tag out to a reluctant Regal. After some stalling Regal locked up and faired no better then Gold. Arcidi and Lozansky took turns punishing him until he was able to tag out to Gold. Satisfied with the licking they had given Regal they managed to finish off Gold a minute later. Regal did not attempt to make the save and left for the back immediately following the 3 count. Post-Match: After their hands were raised in victory Lozansky offered a handshake to Arcidi. The big man looked like he would accept but instead he clotheslined Lozansky and left him laying in the ring. Bout #6 Grudge Match - Chairs are Legal Terminator Riggs defeated Larry Cameron by pinfall after a chair shot at 7:45 -this slightly absurd match was set up based on the propensity these guys have had for hitting each other over the head with steel chairs. The fact the fans hate both guys was even more the reason to add the stipulation. To their credit they actually worked an entertaining match with lots of spots such as struggling for a chair only to have it fall into the audience, throwing an audience member off a chair to try and get one, swinging chairs at each other and smashing them into each other, and actually throwing chairs at each other from too far away to be accurate. Six minutes in and neither man had landed a decent shot. As they brawled over at the announce table Cameron picked up the ring bell and was going to nail Riggs with it but was warned by referee Jurgen Hermann that this would be a DQ, so he dropped it. But in the meantime Riggs knocked the announce table over on Cameron, pushed Ron Strong off his chair, and finally had his chair shot. Cameron turned away from the shot and took it across the back. Riggs rolled him into the ring. Cameron took a swing at Riggs from his knees, but the former tag champion caught him with a knee, and then nailed him with another chair shot to the back. He rolled him over and pinned him, 1, 2, 3. Interview: Terminator Riggs says he just beat Lethal Larry Cameron, and he has made a decision to stop trying to replace Wolff, and go on with his singles career instead. He insists that this victory should give him a shot at Vendetta.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Vendetta defeated Bryan St. John by countout at 7:01 [Vendetta retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] -St. John seemed a bit hesitant, someone who was more concerned with not losing then actually taking the title. He also seemed content to feel out Vendetta, trying to ground him and applying many restholds. Vendetta worked through this offense and picked up the tempo, nailing several running clotheslines, a flying shoulderblock, and a German suplex that came within a whisker of getting the 3 count. He was trying to go for the DDT but St. John read it, dropped down, and rolled out of the ring. He then kept walking, away, taking the countout loss as the fans jeered. Post-Match: As Vendetta posed at all 4 posts with his title belt, St. John returned to the ring and attacked him from behind. He laid the boots to the champ, and then nailed him in the head with the title belt. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
April 23, 1988 River City Wrestling #327 Regina, Saskatchewan Opening Bout: Rogue & The Dungeon Master defeated Bert Meijer & Al Dusha by pinfall when Rogue pinned Dusha after an inverted DDT at 5:00 -squash match. Rogue began by working over Meijer, then tagged out and his manager DM continued the beating. Rogue came back in but Meijer was finally able to make the tag out to Dusha who stepped into the ring for the first time in the match. He walked right into an elbow between the eyes, and then the inverted DDT seconds later, and the match was over. Interview: Ron Strong informs Rogue & Dungeon Master that Nick Mercury will be back next week and is going to get himself a tag partner to face them. DM laughs saying he hopes that Mercury doesn't scare all the small children with his disfigured face from the fireball. He suggests that only a blind man will want to tag with Mercury so it should be easy pickings next week. Rogue calls Mercury a provendor, and threatens to tie him to the jigger for a few lashes next week. He laughs and says the days of Mercury and the morts is over, he'll be spending his nights with a fen or a cove, that nancy boy. Bout #2 Terminator Riggs defeated Catfish Chalie by pinfall after a powerslam at 0:45 -very quick squash match. Riggs attacked him at the bell, beat him down, gave him a bodyslam, clothesline, then finished him with the powerslam. Interview: Terminator Riggs says they just don't get it. He's done proving himself and is ready to take the Heavyweight title from Vendetta. And if he doesn't get his chance he's just going to have to go get it himself. Promo: UK indie-rock band The Heartthrobs song "I, the Jury" provide the music while RCW shows highlites of Vendetta's title reign so far. Bout #3 Jack Steele defeated Steve Regal by pinfall after a running kneelift at 6:11 -fairly easy time for Steele as Regal's stock here in RCW continues to drop. Interview: Jack Steele says he just finished watching the superb performance of Terminator Riggs and heard what he had to say. Well Steele says that he too feels like he should be the #1 contender for the title, and that no disrespect intended, but he ain't going to get beat in 45 seconds like ol' Catfish. When asked about Cowboy Bob Orton, Steele says that all real cowboys are from Texas not from Kansas. He says that Orton should have a couple more swigs of Jack Daniels before he tries to dance in another John Cougar video, because Cowboys are supposed to do the two-step not dance around like the town drunk. He says Orton is as low as a snake's belly. Ron Strong suggests that in future interviews Steele should learn to speak his mind more freely. But the fans love the man who hails from the Republic of Texas. Bout #4 Troy Galveston defeated Derrick Dukes by pinfall after a double underhook suplex at 7:26 -Dukes controlled most of the match with Galveston only getting in a little offense here and there. But Dukes was coming off the ropes and tripped on what appeared to be a seam in the mat or something, and Galveston took full advantage. He dropped an elbow on the back of Dukes' neck, followed with a running legdrop, then hit his finisher to pick up the surprise victory. Post-Match: Troy Galveston celebrated as Dukes examined the mat with referee Jurgen Hermann. Galveston got upset that Hermann was doing that instead of raising his arm in victory and then he demanded that Dukes raise his hand in victory too. This drew the ire of the fans of course and Dukes refused. Ricky Rice hit the ring to backup his partner Dukes, and this was followed closely with Shayne Tustin who stood beside his partner. Just when it looked like cooler heads would prevail and Tustin and Galveston walked away, Galveston feigned tripping on the mat. That sparked a full out 4-man brawl that had to be stopped by RCW officials and security. Interview: The Top Guns were extremely pissed off and said that if thats the way Galveston and Tustin want to play, thats fine with them, they've handled bigger bad boys then that before. Rice calls Galveston a classless fool, and says next week they are going to get beat down. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News; -Beginning of ban on smoking on most US flights -Protest in Japan against United States trade policies -Battle between Reagan and Congress over provision in trade bill that calls for companies to give employees 60-day notice before they close plant -Warning from President Reagan to Iran that attacks on neutral vessels in Persian Gulf will be costly [end of first hour] Promo: Gene Kiniski comes out to a nice ovation. He says that its time for him to go home back to the west coast, and its time for RCW to move ahead and name a new commissioner. The fans go crazy when he brings out the new boss, Baron von Raschke!! The Baron cuts a short promo saying he will be watching all the cheaters very closely and will rule with an iron fist, or rather an iron claw. His first order of business tonight is to make the main event rematch between Vendetta and Bryan St. John into a lumberjack match. This way St. John can't chicken out like he did last week. He of course ends the promo with "and that is all the people need to know." Bout #5 Bob Orton Jr. defeated Scott Rexsteiner by pinfall after a piledriver at 7:36 -well actually it was after two piledrivers. He had the match won after the first but elected to lift the youngsters head up to break the pin, and then nail a second piledriver. Post-Match: As soon as the mach ended Jack Steele slid into the ring and got between Orton and Rexsteiner. This ended up in a pushing match between Steele and Orton but the veteran cowboy from Kansas didn't push the issue and decided to leave the ring. Promo: "Hollywood" by Streetheart provides the music while RCW shows footage of North American Women's champion Hollywood. Afterward they show a taped message she has for her RCW fans. She says she is currently defending her title down in Florida, and has matches set up for New Orleans and Charlotte in the next few days. However she says that she hopes to be back in RCW to defend this title that she won there hopefully in May. Bout #6 RCW Television Title Mike Lozansky defeated Ted Arcidi by pinfall after a dropkick from the top rope at 8:30 [Mike Lozansky retained the RCW TV title] The champ controlled early using his speed and technical expertise. But Arcidi managed to catch him with a clothesline and took away all his momentum. Arcidi punished him for a few minutes with holds and power moves. He tried for a powerslam but Lozansky managed to drop behind him, drive him to the buckle, and almost got a 3 count. Lozansky went to work with some dropkicks, a flying backelbow, and a vertical suplex. But when he came off the ropes and tried for a bodypress Arcidi caught him in the air, turned him upside down, and was about to nail a piledriver. But Lozansky countered by getting out of the grasp and pulling Arcidi down in a roll-up for a 2 count. Lozansky then hit two dropkicks, then climbed to the top rope and finished the match. Pre-Match: Vendetta comes out and as he talks the fan favorites begin to enter the ring to show their support. He is soon flanked by Catfish Charlie, Derrick Dukes, Ricky Rice, Scott Rexsteiner and many more. He says St. John got his free shot in last week, he thought St. John was just a coward, he didnt realize he was a scheming coward. Tonight he will pay the price for his treachery.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Lumberjack Match Vendetta (champion) v Bryan St. John The locker room emptied as fan favorites gathered around one side and the rulebreakers around the other side. Match started with the usual lumberjack spots. St. John tried to roll out of the ring to get a break only to immediately get thrown back into the lion's den. Vendetta got tossed out of the ring by St. John and got beat on by the rulebreakers until the fan favorites came over to rescue him. St. John then controlled for a couple minutes after that beating but Vendetta just kept roaring back. He exploded with a football tackle, put St. John in an armbar, moved to a standing hammerlock, lifted St. John into the air and slammed him to the mat. He continued to work on the injured arm but couldnt get his opponent to submit. Vendetta made the mistake of leaving the ring to climb to the top buckle but on the rulebreakers side of the ring. The lumberjacks reached out to interfere, grabbing at his feet, just long enough to allow St. John to recover and toss Vendetta off the top rope. He covered for 1, 2, Steve Regal and Ted Arcidi both reached into the ring and held down one of the champs feet 3...no wait...Buddy Lane indicates he stopped his count, and that he saw what just happened. The fan favorites though take matters into their own hands running around the ring and getting into a big brawl with the rulebreakers. All the big rivals faced off, including Jack Steele and Bob Orton throwing them, and Mike Lozansky getting into it with Arcidi first and then Rogue. Baron von Raschke then came back and stood guard on the ring apron. He knocked down several wrestlers so that the action outside would not spill inside. St. John tried for his spinebuster slam but Vendetta countered with an earringer, then an atomic drop, a clothesline, and a running shoulderblock. He then hit the DDT and got the duke. Vendetta defeated Bryan St. John in a lumberjack match by pinfall after a DDT at 8:16 [Vendetta retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] Post-Match: The fans were on their feet as the wrestlers continued to brawl in and out of the ring. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
April 30, 1988 River City Wrestling #328 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Opening Bout: Non-title match: Vendetta defeated Hoyt Daill by pinfall after a DDT at 3:19 -squash match Interview: Ron Strong tells the RCW Heavyweight champion that tonight's main event will feature Jack Steele against Terminator Riggs with the winner to be named the #1 challenger for his heavyweight title. Vendetta says that of course he will face and beat either man, but admits to not knowing very much about either man. Steele is new to the area and fights with an intense sense of justice, while Riggs is still finding his way as a singles wrestler and is always dangerous. Bout #2 Bob Orton Jr. defeated Gene Swan by pinfall after a piledriver at 4:24 -squash match Interview: Bob Orton says he has no ill will toward Steele or Rexsteiner, that he is done with both of them and is just going to take it easy for awhile. He says he's thinking of going camping. Bout #3 Ted Arcidi defeated Scott Rexsteiner by pinfall after a full nelson slam at 6:28 -both men trying to get back on track after some recent losses. A very slow methodical match with Rexsteiner showing off his amateur background on the mat, but ultimately he was no match for Arcidi's raw power. Interview: Ted Arcidi says he learned some humility from his loss last week to Mike Lozansky and says it will allow him to become a better wrestler. Bout #4 Bryan St. John & Steve Regal defeated Bert Meijer & Al Dusha by submission when Regal made Dusha submit to the figure-four at 7:09 -solid outing for this new combo of St. John and Regal who worked well together. Once again Meijer took most of the matches beatings only to have Dusha walk into a drop toe hold after the hot tag, and St. John dropped a leg across the back of his neck. A minute later he found himself crying uncle. Interview: Steve Regal seems extremely happy about their chemistry, but Bryan St. John looks non-commital. Then he tells Regal that he has been partnered with the likes of Sweet Stan Lane, and quite frankly if he is going to go after the tag straps it won't be with him. St. John says he'll find his own partner and walks away. [end of first hour] Bout #5 Dungeon Master & Rogue defeated Nick Mercury & Mike Lozansky by pinfall when Rogue pinned Mercury after an inverted DDT at 10:22 -Lozansky faired very well, looking strong throughout this match. Mercury on the other hand choose to wear a mask to hide his burns and it openly bothered him at times, having to both stop and adjust the mask and scratch his face through the mask. He also was preoccupied with getting vengeance and kept walking into the opposition corner and getting double teamed. In the end the Dungeon Master was able to distract Mercury at just the right time and allowed Rogue to clip the knee of Mercury from behind, and then nail the inverted DDT to pick up the win. Interview: Dungeon Master and Rogue boast about their victory until they are interrupted by Ron Strong who says he has a message from commissioner Baron von Raschke. Due to the fireball incident he has signed a match for next week with Nick Mercury facing the Dungeon Master. Rogue is banned from ringside and if he does appear he will be suspended from RCW. This does not go over well with the medieval duo. Bout #6 RCW Tag Team Title Match Top Guns (Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes) defeated Troy Galveston & Shayne Tustin when Rice pinned Tustin after a double dropkick at 8:40 [Top Guns retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] -very fast paced match with Galveston throwing the rulebook out the window. While Tustin played along with his partner, he didn't take it nearly to the extreme that Galveston cheated. They almost won when Galveston grabbed a handfull of tights. Inept referee Jurgen Hermann did not look around to see so Derrick Dukes entered the ring to break up the pin. Rice was then double teamed but eventually made the hot tag. A four man brawl ensued that was won by the champions. They threw Galveston over the top rope, getting a huge ovation, then hit the double dropkick on Tustin. Dukes waited, and when Galveston tried to get back into the ring to break the count, Dukes ran along the ring apron and kicked him in the chest to stop the interference. Post-Match: As referee Hermann went to bring the tag titles back into the ring Galveston pulled him off the ring apron and took the belts. He started to walk down the aisle displaying the belts like he had won them. Oddly enough when he tossed one to his partner, Shayne refused and grabbed the other belt from Galveston. He began to walk them back to the champs who saw what was happening, but then got clotheslined from behind by Galveston. The Top Guns came to the resuce and Galveston high tailed it to the back leaving the tag titles and his partner laid out on the floor.
Main Event #1 Contenders Match Terminator Riggs defeated Jack Steele by pinfall after a powerslam at 8:55 -this match was pretty even with both men getting in lots of power and brawling sequences and no sustained advantages until near the end. Steele took over the match in the last couple minutes but just when he thought he had Riggs, Cowboy Bob Orton Jr came down. He didn't interfere in the match, he didn't have to. Steele stuck his head between the ropes to jaw with Orton and this allowed Riggs to attack him from behind and choke him on the ropes. Less then a minute later Riggs had nailed a clothesline and his powerslam finisher. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
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May 7, 1988 River City Wrestling #329 Winnipeg, Manitoba Opening Bout: Troy Galveston defeated Gene Swan by pinfall after a double underhook suplex at 5:34 -a big victory for the up and coming Galveston, and his methods left no doubt in the crowds mind that he has completely turned his back on the rulebook and the fans. Interview: Troy Galveston decides to rant about how Shayne Tustin's inability to see the big picture, his fear of failure, got in the way of them winning the tag belts. He calls Tustin a curtain jerker. This brings out Shayne Tustin himself. He gives it one more shot telling Galveston that they have made great strides in a short time, that he needs to be more patient. Galveston cuts him off at that comment, saying patience don't pay the bills. He then walks away from Tustin only to turn right back around to try and get in a sneak attack...but Tustin has that move figured out and is waiting for him, rocking him with a right hand. The two square off like two prize fighters in the middle of the ring, fists high, circling. Galveston feigns a jab and brings a cross over the top to the chin of Tustin who is rocked. But he manages to duck the next punch, come low and take Galveston to the mat with a double leg takedown. The two roll around the ring in a clinch, to the edge of the mat, and then tumble to the ground below. RCW security and officials are on the scene and break it up. Bout #2 Bulldog Blades & Horace Curtis defeated Caveman Broda & Hoyt Daill by pinfall when Blades pinned Broda after a flying bulldog at 8:38 -great premiere for the young team of Blades and Curtis as they fought the dirty tricks of the veterans tooth and nail, making one comeback after another until they took over the match at the end. Interview: Bulldog Blades introduces himself to the fans. He hails from Prince George, BC, is around 6'0 and 225 lbs., and was trained right here in Winnipeg by Vic Gate. He has a scientific approach to wrestling and says he has modeled himself after Ricky Steamboat and Billy Robinson. Horace Curtis is slightly older, mid 20's and hails from Wichita, Kansas. Originally trained in Central States and had some matches there before heading North to get some more training sessions in with Vic Gate which is where he met Blades. He says he patterns himself after Arn Anderson and Bobby Jaggers. Promo: The WWF returns to the Winnipeg Arena on May 12th with WWF World Champion Randy Savage taking on Ted Dibiase, Jake Roberts facing Rick Rude, and much more. Bout #3 Susan Starr defeated Shelly Salter by pinfall after a starr-press at 5:59 -the athletic looking Starr outclassed Salter in a glorified squash match Interview: Susan Starr says she came here to prove herself worthy of a shot at Hollywood's North American title. Now that she has beaten Salter she has been signed for a match next week against "Mad Maxine" with the winner of that bout to get a title shot. Promo: "We Don't Need Another Hero" by Tina Turner plays while we see footage and stills of Mad Maxine, a tall, thin wrestler sporting a mohawk and looking like something right out of a Mad Max movie, or a female version of the Road Warriors. Bout #4 Bryan St. John defeated Ricky Rice by pinfall after a spinebuster slam at 6:47 -solid, even match, with Rice trying to keep the tempo high and St. John trying to slow things down a bit. St. John used old school cheating tactics but was on the verge of losing this match until Rice telegraphed a back body drop.St. John took advantage with a knee to the face, then hit his finisher to end it quickly. Interview: Bryan St. John defends his decision last week to not continue to tag with Steve Regal. St. John says he has been partners with some of the world's greatest, including carrying the over rated Stan Lane for years. St. John says he knows about tag team wrestling and about chemistry and Regal just didn't have it. However, St. John says he has contacted a guy down in Florida who will be coming up to RCW next week to join St. John, and together they will take the tag belts from the Top Guns. St. John is about to leave but Ron Strong tries to get more information about the mystery partner. After teasing a bit St. John says that he will be borrowing one half of the old "Fabulous Ones" name and combining it with his partner to form a new team called; "Wonderfully Fabulous". Strong thinks it over and says that if St. John is Fabulous, his new partner must be "Wonderful". As St. John winks and walks away Strong blurts out, "no way, THE Mr. Wonderful? This is going to be huge!". Promo: Tommorow night is a brand new episode of 21 Jump Street. In "Cory and Dean Got Married" Hoffs and Penhall must deal with a pursuing husband when they are assigned to escort a girl arrested for killing her father when he tried to prevent her from eloping. [end of first hour] Pre-Match: Nick Mercury surprises the crowd by coming out in a mask (red and blue) to wrestle in. He tells his fans he's still feeling a bit selfconcious about the skin burns he suffered from the fireball. The Dungeon Master tries to goad him into taking the mask off, but Mercury keeps it on. Bout #5 Nick Mercury defeated the Dungeon Master by pinfall after a Hotshot at 5:14 -Mercury absolutely dominated DM, making him look like the manager he is. With Rogue banned from ringside there was no interference and this match was over quickly. The only offense that DM was able to get in was a couple of choke holds and scraping the masked face of Mercury across the top rope which drew the ire of the crowd. Interview: Nick Mercury thanks all his fans, all the Mercury-maniacs out there, and says tonight he's going to party like its 1999. That's what happens he says when its one on one, with either of those scum against the Mercury man. He says that if Roge and DM want to see his burned face so bad then sign for a match next week. Rogue against Mercury one on one, with DM banned from ringside. Mercury says he'll put his mask on the line against Dungeon Master's managerial contract. If Mercury wins then DM is gone from RCW, but if he loses he will unmask in front of the fans. Promo: "Naugty Girls (Need Love Too)" by Samantha Fox, currently #2 in the charts, provides the music while RCW shows footage of North American Women's Champion, Hollywood. Bout #6 Jack Steele defeated Cowboy Bob Orton Jr. by pinfall after a running kneelift at 8:22 -Orton controlled early with a side headlock, chokes, thumb to the throat and to the eye, bodyslams, an elbowsmash, and a kneedrop from the 2nd buckle. He then stomped away at Steele and choked him using the bottom rope. Steele finally got in some offense but lost control quickly when he telegraphed a backbody drop. Orton went back to work but when he went for his piledriver, Steele fought it once, and then gave Orton a backbody drop the second time. After catching his breath Steele traded punches with Orton, then whipped him to the buckle and caught him coming out with a clothesline. Short clothesline was followed by a running shoulderblock then the finisher for a decisive win. Interview: Jack Steele tries to be humble giving Orton credit for bringing it with him today. When asked what the difference was in the match Steele says he had Orton's finisher well scouted and was able to counter it, but that Orton can't counter his running kneelift because its the most devastating move in professional wrestling today. Promo: Don't miss the season finale of "227" starring Marla Gibbs tonight. In "Best Friends" When Mary's high school friend comes to visit, everyone is excited to meet her because she is a famous writer, psychologist, and romance adviser (like Dr. Ruth). Mary imagines what it would be like to be that famous and well liked.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Vendetta and Terminator Riggs battled to a double countout at 7:20 [Vendetta retained the RCW Heavyweight title] -not a great match. Vendetta controlled the first couple of minutes having out punched his challenger but was unable to make him submit to the Indian death and then was pushed off when going for the DDT. Riggs took over and battered Vendetta outside the ring, going back inside just to break the count and then back outside to punish him more. Inside he tried to finish Vendetta off but the champ kicked out after a powerslam! The match once again spilled outside the ring. This time Vendetta was in charge and laid out some payback. But when he tried to get back inside to break the count the challenger was able to grab his ankle and hold him back long enough to effect a double count out. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
May 14, 1988 River City Wrestling #330 Brandon, Manitoba Opening Bout: Terminator Riggs defeated Al Dusha by pinfall after a powerslam at 2:35 -Riggs was in a foul mood and squashed Dusha with a powerslam. However, he elected to lift his head up rather then take the pinfall. He then nailed another flying clothesline followed up by a second powerslam and this time took the duke. Interview: Terminator Riggs demands a rematch after his double countout with Vendetta last week. Bout #2 Non-title Match Vendetta defeated Caveman Broda by pinfall after a DDT at 3:12 -squash match Interview: The RCW Heavyweight champion Vendetta confirms that Terminator Riggs will be given a rematch next week. The champ says as much as he would like to think it will be a wrestling match, his challenger probably believes he can win if it is a brawl instead. Well the champ says he has no problem with an old fashioned fist fight so he challenges Riggs to bring it next week. Bout #3 Jack Steele defeated Yuri Gordienko by pinfall after a running kneelift at 5:01 -squash match, the return of Gordienko to RCW TV Post-Match: As Jack Steele set up for his interview he was attacked from behind by Cowboy Bob Orton Jr. Orton laid the boots to Steele before nailing him with the piledriver. He grabs the microphone and screams/spits at Steele that the running knee is not the most dangerous move in pro wrestling, he just felt the effects of the most dangerous move, Cowboy Bob Orton Jr's piledriver. Promo: "Hollywood" by Streetheart...clips of North American Women's Champion, Hollywood...again Bout #4 #1 contenders match Mad Maxine defeated Susan Starr by pinfall after a chokebomb at 6:05 -Starr had her moments but it became obvious that she would have problems with the reach, leverage, and strength of Mad Maxine. The Road Warrior-esque amazon nailed a couple different types of suplexes before wrapping her hand around the throat of Starr, the other behind her neck, lifting her high into the neck and slamming her down to the mat. Interview: Mad Maxine throws her head back and laughs a wicked and insane laugh several times during the brief interview. She says Hollywood won't stand a chance against her because there has never been another woman wrestler like her. She won't know what hit her. [end of first hour] Bout #5 Shayne Tustin defeated Troy Galveston by disqualification for use of closed fists at 7:41 -Galveston came to the ring with his fingers and knuckles taped up, and every time he ran into trouble against his former tag partner his answer was a closed fist punch to the head. He had received repeated warnings from referee Buddy Lane, but continued the tactic. The end of the line came when he backed Tustin into the corner, ascended to the 2nd buckle and peppered him with closed fists beyond the ref's 5 count. Post-Match: Buddy Lane did his best to shield Tustin from the punches but it only slowed down the rain of fists from Galveston until Jurgen Hermann, Vic Gate, and Al Dusha were able to hit the ring and seperate the two men. Tustin slumped to the mat and when Gate and Dusha helped him up he was trickling blood from a cut right above an eyebrow. Interview: Ron Strong brings out Bryan St. John. He tells St. John that last week he left them all with the impression that his mystery partner for tonight would be "wonderful", a.k.a. Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff. St. John laughs and says that indeed his new partner is wonderful, and now half of "Wonderfully Fabulous". And just like St. John was the true Fabulous One, his new partner is the real "Mr. Wonderful". Ladies and gentlemen, Orndorff...Terry Orndorff? A cocky, laughing Terry Orndorff comes in and clinches with St. John. Orndorff says just like how the promoters picked the wrong partner to make as part of the Fabulous Ones when they picked Stan Lane, the promoters picked the wrong Orndorff brother. Terry says he has been held back because his brother Paul is a butt-kisser and plays to the promoters. Well now the entire wrestling world is going to feel the wrath of their mistake, because "Wonderfully Fabulous" is born, and after they capture the River City Wrestling tag team titles, they will go gunning for the WWF World tag champions, or maybe the NWA world tag champions. Bout #6 Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff defeated Bulldog Blades & Horace Curtis by pinfall when Orndorff pinned Blades after a flying clothesline at 6:59 -St. John and Orndorff worked well together, as if they both graduated from the same school of cheating. They frustrated their opponents, the fans, and inept referee Jurgen Hermann with their tactics. St. John nailed Blades with the spinebuster and probably could have finished him off but elected to allow Orndorff the honors. Pre-Match: Nick Mercury comes to the ring in his blue and red mask. Rogue tries to taunt him into taking the mask off but Mercury sticks to his guns and the special stipulation for tonight's main event; Mask versus Manager.
Main Event Mask v Manager [Dungeon Master barred from ringside] Nick Mercury defeated Rogue by disqualification for outside interference at 9:09 -Rogue started this match in a hurry with some knees to the gut, forearm uppercuts, bodyslam, bow and arrow submission, and a clothesline from the top rope for a 2 count. He tried for his inverted DDT finisher but Mercury was able to slip out, pushing Rogue to the buckle. After a short comeback by Mercury though Rogue was back in control, but this time he seemed more interested in taking the mask off of Mercury then in making a pin. This was a bad mistake and Mercury made him pay with a fireman's carry into a slam. Mercury then hit a splash from the second rope for a 2 count that seemed to hurt both men. Next though Mercury smashed Rogue's head off of each turnbuckle in rotation then monkey flipped him to the middle. He dropped an elbow and got the 2 count. Mercury then set up Rogue and hit him with his Hotshot finisher. He covered, 1, 2, the Dungeon Master hit the ring to break up the pin and cause the disqualification. Post-Match: Dungeon Master and Rogue laid a two on one beating on Mercury for a few seconds before Al Dusha and Vic Gate hit the ring once again. This time though they were promptly thrown right out. Then the fans got to their feet when the new commissioner Baron von Raschke came into the ring. The Dungeon Master made the mistake of going after him. The Baron hit him with an elbow between the eyes and then locked on the clawhold as the place went nuts. He backed DM down into the corner, and then kicked him out of the ring. Rogue slipped away and left for the back. Interview: Baron von Raschke remains in the ring with Nick Mercury. Raschke says that he is tired of the antics of those two and was glad to get his hands on them. By the rules of the match, and his authority as the commissioner of River City Wrestling, Raschke says that the Dungeon Master can now return to his parents basement because he is gone from RCW!! The fans chant "na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na, hey-hey-hey, goodbye". Raschke turns to Mercury and tells him he is very brave for coming back and facing them after the fireball and to take all the time he needs under the mask. Nick Mercury thanks Raschke for his words and for the save, but says he doesn't need any more time to show his face to the fans. He says though that small children and the squeamish might want to turn away. After a short pause he removes his mask...and says "I'm back baby, and its time to party like its 1999". His face looks perfectly normal. He says his burns were only superficial and have healed 95% of the way. Mercury says he knew they would need some incentive to put the contract of the Dungeon Master on the line so thats why he donned the mask. He then sings along with the fans "na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na, hey-hey-hey, goodbye". That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. We are pre-empted next week so, See ya in two weeks time!!
May 28, 1988 River City Wrestling #331 Winnipeg, Manitoba Opening Bout: Nick Mercury defeated Dr. Gold by pinfall after a Hotshot at 4:10 -squash match, Mercury appeared no longer wearing a mask. Interview: Nick Mercury says he is back in the saddle, and its going to be a gnarly good time over at the Diamond Club tonight in Winnipeg! He says he spent last night jamming with his good friends from Harlequin and they are going to party again tonight. Ron Strong points out that Mercury still has not been able to secure a clean win against Rogue. Mercury says that is true, only because the Dungeon Master made the save last week, and now that problem is gone. Mercury says that if Rogue is dumb enough to try again he's welcome to get his butt handed to him, like Kenny Shields sings "one more time...get it up...one more time." Promo; Nick Mercury is showing making an appearance along with Vendetta at Winnipeg Children's Hospital burn ward where they spread some cheer for the children. Mercury cuts a public service announcement about the dangers of playing with fire. Bout #2 Troy Galveston defeated Catfish Charlie by pinfall after a discus punch at 5:30 -squash match. Galveston was still using the taped fingers and knuckles and risked DQ again with many closed fists including his finisher. Interview: Ron Strong informs Troy Galveston that he has a rematch scheduled for next week against Shayne Tustin and this time Tustin will be ready for his new tactics. Galveston asks Strong what Tustin is going to do to him? Hit him with his purse? Cry on his shoulder? He says he thought he was already past that whiner cry-baby nothing of a wrestler, but if he needs to punch his lights out again next week then that is what is going to happen...again. Promo: Paramount pictures is proud to release to theatres this Memorial Day Long weekend Crocodile Dundee II starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski. Mick and Sue continue where they left off in "'Crocodile' Dundee". New York gangsters are pursuing Sue, so for her safety, Mick takes her back to Oz. When the gangsters follow them, Mick demonstrates his outback skills once more. The world's favourite adventurer is back for more! much more! Bout #3 Ricky Rice defeated Yuri Gordienko by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 6:26 -fairly competitive match for one half of the tag team champion Top Guns, but still pretty much filler stuff. Interview: Ricky Rice is joined by tag partner Derrick Dukes in the ring. Rice says he's not impressed by this new tag team fabulous and stupendous or whatever they call themselves. Dukes chimes in that he has never met two guys who have done so little in the ring but think so much of themselves. Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff come to the ring early for their next match and go chin to chin with the tag champions. No punches are thrown, just some posturing and a little pushing. The tag champs decide to walk away. Bout #4 Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff defeated Bulldog Blades & Horace Curtis by pinfall when St. John pinned Curtis after a spinebuster slam at 8:03 -no real reason for a rematch but St. John and Orndorff dominated this encounter. This time it was Orndorff hitting a flying clothesline and instead of taking the pin tagged out to St. John to hit his finisher and win the bout. Interview: "Wonderfully Fabulous" Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff demand a title shot next week saying they have just proved they are the #1 contenders. Promo: Tri-Star pictures is proud to release to theatres this Memorial Day Long weekend Rambo III. Rambo's Vietnam commanding officer Colonel Trautman is held hostage in Afghanistan, and its up to Rambo to rescue him. God would have mercy John Rambo won't! [end of first hour] Interview: Cowboy Bob Orton Jr comes out to loud jeers from the crowd. Ron Strong verbally attacks him for his treatment of Jack Steele last week and suggests that Orton is nothing short of a sore loser. Orton says he can take losing a match fair and square, thats like losing a battle in a big war. But what he wont stand for is after the match for this young, nobody from Texas Jack Steele going on and on about his finisher the running kneelift to be better then the piledriver. Orton says thats losing the war right there, saying the other army is better then his. Uh-uh, says Orton, that can not be left untested. Os, Orton says, this is what we are going to do about it. We are going to have another match, or rather a contest tonight bewteen himself and Jack Steele. The Running Kneelift against the piledriver. We'll have the ref flip a coin and the winner gets to hit his finisher on the other man. Then its the other man's turn. Each time the man gets a 10 count to get back up. First man to not get back up loses. Orton says "that's if Jack Steele can put his money where his big fat mouth is." Bout #5 TV Title Bout Mike Lozansky defeated Derrick Dukes by pinfall after a springboard backelbow at 11:33 [Mike Lozansky retained the RCW Television title] -one of the highest tempo scientific matches in RCW in quite a while, with both men going full tilt. Lots of moves off the middle buckle, off the apron, baseball slides, and both men took a superplex and kicked out. Dukes telegraphed a backbody drop, Lozansky set him up for a piledriver in a standing headscissors, but Dukes then completed the backbody drop. But Lozansky held on and rolled up Dukes for 1, 2, kickout. Scramble to their feet, Lozansky goes for a clothesline but Dukes ducks under, and then nails Lozansky with a back kick to the gut, another to the thigh, and then goes for a suplex, but Lozansky counters by lifting Dukes up and delivering an inverted atomic drop. Lozansky tried to follow up with a clothesline but again Dukes ducked, and then whipped the champ to the buckle. But instead of hitting hard in the corner Lozansky lept to the second buckle and flew back with the back elbow catching a charging Dukes unaware right in the chin, for the 1, 2, 3. Interview: Mike Lozansky talks about how much fun that match was, and how lucky the competitors and the fans are here in RCW that they would allow such a match to happen. Promo: Once again "Hollywood" by Streetheart and clips of North American Women's champion Hollywood. A short message from Hollywood saying she is coming next week to defend her title against Mad Maxine and looks forward to seeing all her great RCW fans again. Pre-Match: Jack Steele comes out and says he's willing to accept the challenge as laid down by Cowboy Bob Orton Jr, finisher versus finisher. Send down Jurgen Hermann. Bout #6 Finisher versus Finisher Jack Steele (/w Running knee lift) v Cowboy Bob Orton Jr (/w piledriver) Jurgen Hermann does the coin toss after some monkeying by Orton, but Steele wins. Orton almost flips out and wants to make it 2 out of 3. When Steele refuses at first Orton says he's leaving. So Steele agrees and after Orton wins the 2nd toss (and totally forgets its 2 out of 3 and tries to go first), Steele wins the 3rd toss. Orton takes his sweet time getting into place and when he finally does he moves away just before Steele hits him, feigning something in his eye. The next time Hermann holds Orton's head down steady. Orton still moves a bit at the last second but Steele nails him pretty well with the running knee lift and Orton flips backward and is knocked out. Hermann applies the count, gets to 5 before there is any movement from Orton, and 8 before Orton is back on his feet. After a few seconds to shake the cobwebs out Orton nails Steele with his piledriver. Steele does not start moving until the count of 6, and just by the barest margin uses the ropes to get to his feet to beat the 10 count. After shaking off the cobwebs he takes his second shot at Orton. Once again Orton does some negotiations and other stalling tactics but this probably favors Steele who is able to recover more. Steele hits him even harder with the running kneelift. Hermann's counts are pretty slow and Orton again starts to move at the count of 5, but this time just barely gets to his feet to beat the 10 count. After 20 seconds of holding his knees he gets into place and nails Steele with a second piledriver. Hermman counts as Orton implores him to count faster while at the same time trying to shake and blink the pain out of his head. Steele shows signs of life at the count of 7, and is just about to his feet to beat the 10 count when Orton rushes by Hermann and clocks Steele with a righthand. The beat down is on and after some kicks and punches Orton leaves the ring and comes back with a chair. He lays the chair down on the mat and would have piledriven Steele's head onto it but Hermann managed to kick it away. Orton retrieved the chair though and went after Steele but thankfully the Top Guns were on hand to drag Steele out of the ring. Jack Steele defeated Bob Orton in the contest by disqualification. No official time. Promo: "We Don't Need Another Hero" by Tina Turner provides the music as we see clips of Mad Maxine who will challenge Hollywood next week for the women's title.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Vendetta (champion) v Terminator Riggs Riggs wanted to turn this rematch into a brawl, and while Vendetta was not a pacificst he decided to take the match in another direction. After a minute of fisticuffs he took Riggs down to the mat where he kept him for the next 5 minutes. He worked a front facelock, bodyscissors, side headlock, and several armbars. Riggs would try and stand up in an armbar only to have Vendetta yank him down. The fans may have thought this was a boring match but they seemed to understand what Vendetta was trying to accomplish and they enjoyed watching Riggs suffer. Finally Riggs was able to stand and go toe to toe with the champ. But after all that body punishment he was gassed and sluggish. Vendetta shuffled around him nailing him almost at will with punches, then a standing dropkick, a vertical suplex, and a front layout suplex for a 2 count. Finally after a standing headlock Riggs was able to get some leeway and toss the champ out of the ring. When Vendetta tried to get back in the first time he ate a knee, the second time a boot, and the third time Riggs used the middle rope to crotch the champ. The 4th time was the charm though as they traded punches and then Vendetta snapped Riggs' throat off the ropes. Sliding back into the ring Vendetta pursued his dominace over the challenger with a running clothesline, then a running shoulderblock, a bodyslam, and an elbowdrop from the second rope. He covered and only got a 2 count. Once again the two men traded punches and this time Riggs landed a haymaker that dropped Vendetta. Riggs pounded away and then locked on the camel cluch. But he was too worn to sit far back on it and the champ was able to reach the ropes. Riggs refused to break clean and attacked the lower back of the champ. He bodyslammed Vendetta, gave him a double bootrake, then a double stomp. He lifted him up for a powerslam but Vendetta slid down and wrapped up Riggs for 1, 2, kickout. Riggs went for a punch that Vendetta blocked, countered with a hammerlock into a slam, and then when Riggs regained his feet the champ took him down again with the DDT, for the 1, 2, 3 !! Vendetta defeated Terminator Riggs by pinfall after a DDT at 15:14 [Vendetta retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
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June 4, 1988 River City Wrestling #332 Regina, Saskatchewan Opening Bout: Rogue defeated Jerry Frontenac by pinfall after an inverted DDT at 4:56 -glorified squash match, but Frontenac, a young newcomer hailing from Montreal did get a bit of offense in. Interview: Rogue makes it clear as mud in his own special language that he is not done with Mercury and wants another crack at him (da lully prigger). Bout #2 Vendetta & Mike Lozansky defeated Hoyt Daill & Yuri Gordienko by pinfall when Vendetta pinned Daill after a DDT at 5:13 -squash match. No real reason to see the heavyweight champ and television champ team up but it was a neat little attraction for the fans. Interview: Vendetta and Mike Lozansky's interview is dissrupted by Troy Galveston. He gets into Lozansky's face saying he wants a title shot. He says he'll find a tag partner and beat them both if he has too. He doesn't have to look far or wait long though because seconds later Bob Orton Jr. comes out to the ring and offers to tag with Galveston against these two next week. Vendetta says that would be fine but they both have matches yet tonight and there may not be much left of them after Shayne Tustin and Jack Steele get ahold of them. Bout #3 Bulldog Blades & Horace Curtis defeated Al Dusha & Bert Meijer by pinfall when Blades pinned Dusha after a bulldog at 7:04 -clean match between two fan favorite teams with Blades and Curtis showing their superiority. Interview: Bulldog Blades & Horace Curtis try to convince everyone that they deserve to still be in the tag team title picture. Bout #4 Troy Galveston defeated Shayne Tustin by pinfall after a double underhook suplex at 9:40 -solid match that went back and forth, and both men seemed to be fighting for their professional future. In the end Galveston seemed to have the ability to take a lot of punishment and still storm back. He out punched Tustin on the floor and drove his back into the ringpost. Back inside he hit a pair of shoulderblocks, a flying dropkick and then his finisher. Interview: Troy Galveston says he just proved he deserves a title shot against Mike Lozansky and if this didn't do it for everyone, then next week he will prove it with Orton by laying a beating on Vendetta and Lozansky. [end of first hour] Bout #5 North American Women's Title Match Hollywood (champion) v Mad Maxine Maxine attacked the champ before the opening bell and pounded on her unrelenting for the first two minutes, not once allowing her to get to her feet. Finally from her back Hollywood kicked Maxine off then when she came back for more took her down with a scisors. Hollywood back on her feet attacked with a stick and move offense that worked for a couple minutes. But with Maxine not taking any heavy damage it was only a matter of time before the Amazonian caught the champ, and she did with a chop to the throat. Maxine slapped Hollywood around in a powerful but awkward manner. Twice Hollywood managed to kick her way to a release from a chokebomb. But the third time, after Hollywood missed with a splash from the top rope, Maxine lifted her high in the air and slammed her to the mat, for the 1, 2, 3 !! Lady Maxine defeated Hollywood by pinfall after a chokebomb at 8:34 [Lady Maxine won the North American Women's Title] Interview: Lady Maxine says puny, hair teasing, loose morals girls like Hollywood are a way of the past in pro wrestling now. Women are becoming much more powerful and able, the same as they are in society. Barbie girls like Hollywood will no longer be the rolemodels of choice for young girls, they now have strong rolemodels like herself to emmulate. Bout #6 RCW Tag Team Title Match Top Guns defeated Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff by pinfall when Rice pinned St. John after a double dropkick at 9:50 [Top Guns retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] -after a fast paced first couple of minutes, Orndorff slowed things down by grabbing an armbar on Dukes. He and St. John then took turns working over the arm and neck of Dukes, grounding him and illiciting chants of "boring" from the faithful. Finally Dukes was able to roll out of it to make a tag. Rice came in a house o' fire but after a minute he too was subdued, this time from a double team. After taking a minute of abuse he fought back, and made a blind tag out to Dukes. The Top Guns were back in charge and isolated Orndorff, making very quick tags which allowed them some subtle double teaming. Finally this broke down into a four man brawl and when the smoke cleared the champions threw Orndorff over the top rope, hit St. John with a double dropkick and picked up the win. Interview: The Top Guns say that St. John and Orndorff may have been their toughest challenge to date, but now that they are past them there are other worthy teams who may deserve a title shot. They talk about the incoming team of Owen Hart & Chris Benoit, as well as the young duo of Bulldog Blades & Horace Curtis.
Main Event Bob Orton Jr. defeated Jack Steele by pinfall after a piledriver at 7:32 -Steele controlled the first two-thirds of this match with Orton either being whipped from pillar to post or trying to evade Steele. But Orton mounted a short and spirited comeback with fists, an atomic drop, and banging Steele's head off the announce table. Orton tried for the piledriver to finish the match but Steele countered with a back bodydrop. Steele then went on a tear, but when he tried to end the match with a running kneelift, Orton read it and moved away at the last second. Steele hit the mat like he stepped on an invisible bannana peel, Orton droped an elbow, followed up wth a bodyslam, a neckbreaker, and then his piledriver to finish the match. Post-Match: Orton looked to hit a second piledriver on Steele but Vendetta hit the ring to stop him. Galveston then came charging in to make it 2 on 1 in the staredown. But Steele managed to make it to his feet so Orton dragged Galveston away from the fight. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
June 11, 1988 River City Wrestling #333 Grand Forks, North Dakota Opening Bout: Shayne Tustin defeated Caveman Broda by pinfall after a flying forearm smash at 5:53 -Tustin dominated most of the match against the more experienced Broda. Interview: Shayne Tustin voices his disgust that Troy Galveston is now hanging out with the likes of Bob Orton. He says he plans to continue to build his own career on a solid foundation of trust and hardwork, and while he may have lost the battle to Galveston he fully expects to win the war. Promo: Paramount pictures is proud to release to theatres this weekend, the action-thriller, "The Presidio" starring Sean Connery, Mark Harmon, and Meg Ryan. The Presidio Army Base, San Fransisco. When a landmark of historic tradition becomes the scene of a shocking murder, a military commander and a street-tough cop are forced into action... against the killer, the mysterious past, and each other. Bout #2 Jack Steele defeated Jerry Frontenac by pinfall after a running kneelift at 4:11 -squash match Interview: Jack Steele refers to his loss to Orton last week as a minor setback, not the end of the line. He comments that he likes the attitude displayed earlier by the young guy Tustin. Interview: Baron von Raschke calls out Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff. While the Baron makes it clear he doesnt like them or their tactics, he is here tonight because they deserve one more title shot at the Top Guns. Raschke says he watched the tape of their match last week after receiving their protests and they are right, Bryan St. John was not the legal man when he was pinned last week. Therefore they will receive their rematch in tonight's main event. Bout #3 Owen Hart & Chris Benoit defeated Bulldog Blades & Horace Curtis by pinfall when Hart pinned Curtis after a flying bodypress from the top buckle at 6:08 -solid match that began and ended with a handshake between two fan favorite teams. However, Blades and Curtis are not at the same level yet as Hart and Benoit. Interview: Owen Hart & Chris Benoit say they have come to RCW from Stampede for a change of scenery, and are looking forward to some new competition. Specifically they mention that they would love to face the Top Guns. Bout #4 North American Women's Title Match Mad Maxine defeated Susan Starr by pinfall after a chokebomb at 6:00 [Mad Maxine retained the North American Women's Title] -Maxine had very little problems disposing of Starr, a lady she had beaten already once on May 14th Promo: "We Don't Need Another Hero" by Tina Turner...clips of Mad Maxine. Promo: On Tonight's Evening News; -Revelation of elaborate plot concocted by Oliver North to draw Libya dictator Muammar el-Kadhafi out of hiding by using British hostage negotiator Terry Waite so that Kadhafi could be killed -Possibility that Iran is interested in reaching better relations with United States; Iran is realizing its international isolation is damaging. Possibility that Reagan can put an end to the Iran-Iraq war. [end of first hour] Bout #5 Rogue defeated Nick Mercury by pinfall after a forearm smash at 0:54 -wow, strange quick ending. After only a brief skirmish they locked up and Rogue snuck in a hard looking forearm smash to the chin of Mercury who dropped like a stone and Rogue got an incredibly quick victory. Because the ref was Buddy Lane he actually forced Rogue to show him his bracer, but when Lane inspected it, he found it was nothing but cloth. It appears like this was just a fluke, luck of the draw incident. Interview: Rogue says the fans shouldn't be surprised at what happened because Mercury is nothing short of a thatch-gallow, and he 'ad dat hue a cummin. Time for that fancy pants to pad, e be a rattling mumper now eh...this was followed by a raspy laugh and coughing fit. Rogue makes it semi-clear he is done with Mercury and now wants a shot at the gold. Bout #6 Troy Galveston & Bob Orton Jr. defeated Mike Lozansky & Vendetta by pinfall when Orton pinned Lozansky after a piledriver at 8:33 -great match to showcase all 4 men, as they each had their turn giving out punishment and each had their turn taking as well. Very even match, with Galveston turning things around by catching Lozansky in the back of the head with a rabbit punch from the apron. This allowed the legal man Orton to follow up with the piledriver and steal the win. Interview: Troy Galveston and Bob Orton Jr are elated with their win. They both have title shots next week, Galveston against Lozansky and Orton against Vendetta, and both see gold in their near future. Promo: "Black & Blue" by Van Halen provides the music and clips are shown of Stampede Wrestling including the legendary Hart brothers, Davey Boy Smith, Dynamite Kid, Bad News Allen, Archie Gouldie, Leo Burke, Chris Benoit, Ben Bassarab, Makan Singh, Gama Singh, Jerry Morrow, and Jason the Terrible.
Main Event RCW Tag Team Title Match Top Guns (Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes) (champions) v Wonderfully Fabulous (Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff) Orndorff started the match which was a new look from the challengers. He put Dukes in a side headlock and worked it for a good minute standing up and then on the mat before tagging out to St. John. St. John worked the headlock on the mat then went to a headscissors which Dukes was eventually able to pop out of, but he was stopped from making the tag. St. John whipped Dukes to the corner and then distracted referee Buddy Lane while Orndorff choked Dukes. Rice made the mistake of trying to make the save, so St. John was able to pull up on the legs of Duke while his partner choked him. St. John then nailed Dukes with a vertical suplex and covered for a 1 count. Tag out and Orndorff worked a half-nelson while Dukes tried to gain momentum. He almost had the tag but Orndorff knocked Rice off the ring apron and then gave Dukes a devastating waistlock suplex for a 2 count. The punishment continued for a couple more minutes before Dukes was finally able to fight his way through St. John and make the hot tag. Rice went to work on Orndorff and when St. John tried to interfere Rice spun Orndorff around and St. John nailed his own partner with a knee to the chest. Rice covered but St. John broke it up with a boot to the back of his head. Rice tagged out to Dukes who came off the top rope with an elbowdrop and covered Orndorff for 1, 2 kickout. Dukes had Orndorff in trouble and isolated and then it was Rice's turn, but neither could get the pinfall. Orndorff was eventually able to knock Rice into the corner and make the tag out to St. John. Rice welcomed him into the ring with flying scissors, then cradled his legs up for 1, 2, Orndorff came back into the ring and planted a solid kick right in the chest of Rice. This brought in Dukes and we had a 4 man brawl. The bad blood was allowed to boil over for a minute before Lane finally restored order. After a commercial break we find Rice going toe to toe with St. John. Rice takes him down with a double leg but St. John kicks him in the knee dropping him like a stone. St. John then uses his leg like an axe from his back and chops the fallen Rice in four different spots. St. John then laid Rice neck first across the second strand and came off the far ropes landing and bouncing on him. St. John continues to work on Rice, and then Orndorff does, but eventually he is able to roll through and tag out to Dukes. Derrick goes to work on Orndorff with a standing drop kick, and a Mexican armdrag. He then nails Orndorff with an atomic drop and follows up with a butt drop. As Orndorff prances around the ring holding his tail bone Dukes tagged out to Rice. They were going to hit the double dropkick but St. John leaned over the top rope and was able to grab Rice by the back of the hair pulling him into the corner. This distracted Dukes and for his trouble he received a clothesline from behind. Orndorff then nailed a full-nelson slam, and a flying shoulderblock for a 2 count. He tagged out to St. John who went for the spinebuster but Dukes read it, blocked it, flipped around behind St. John. He tried to pull St. John over for a suplex but it was blocked, so he drove St. John forward toward the ropes. But St. John ducked through the ropes and Orndorff laid a kick in from the apron and nailed Dukes square on his head which was sticking out between ropes. St. John followed up sending Dukes to the ropes and then launching him straight into the air so he would land face first on the mat. He then sent Dukes to the ropes one more time and hit the spinebuster slam for the 1, 2, 3 !!! New tag champions Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff defeated Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes by pinfall when St. John pinned Dukes after a spinebuster slam at 18:05 [Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff won the RCW Tag Team Titles] That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
June 18, 1988 River City Wrestling #334 Winnipeg, Manitoba Opening Bout: Non-title match Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff defeated Bulldog Blades & Horace Curtis by pinfall when Orndorff pinned Curtis after a flying shoulderblock at 9:16 -the champs took the youngsters way too lightly, and spent too much time showboating and fooling around early. They paid for it and made a late comeback and might have been fortunate to have emerged from this bout the winners. Interview: Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff deny taking the youngsters too lightly, instead they say that their opponents were cheating throughout the contest. The champs say they understand they have to defend their titles one more time against the former champs, Top Guns, next week, but that will be the end of the title shots for Rice and Dukes. Bout #2 Jack Steele & Shayne Tustin defeated Terminator Riggs & Hoyt Daill by pinfall when Steele pinned Daill after a running kneelift at 7:30 -Daill ran into trouble early and was isolated by Steele and Tustin. Once he tagged out to Riggs, the former tag champion dominated the match. However, after failing to get the pin he tagged out to Daill, and then when he asked for a return tag a minute later Daill went for an unadvised splash into the corner instead. Tustin moved out of the way, tagged out to Steele who hit a pair of clotheslines and then his finisher to win the bout. Interview: Jack Steele and Shayne Tustin seem to have struck up a friendship and may decide to tag more often with each other. They are interrupted though by a returning Terminator Riggs. He claims he was victimized by having a lousy partner and says neither one of them could last 5 minutes alone with him in the ring next week. It looks like Steele was about to accept when Tustin put an arm on his shoulder and said "I got this one". So its Riggs against Tustin next week. Bout #3 Ultra-Vixen defeated Nancy Horsefell after a German suplex (and her feet on the ropes) at 3:12 -short women's action with UV cheating her way to what might be her first career win. Interview: Ultra-Vixen doesn't seem to know how to conduct herself for an interview, so she just smiles, poses, and flirts a lot. Pre-Match: The crowd collectively groans when Makhan Singh comes to the ring wearing a Vancouver Canucks hockey jersey. He says he got this jersey from his good friend Mike Reno of Loverboy, and that the fans just don't like it cause the Jets suck. He says he had those skinny punks Hart and Benoit beat in Calgary, but before he could finish them off they took off to hide here in Whiner-peg. Well Singh says he came here to finish them off, and has a partner tonight to do just that. Bout #4 Owen Hart & Chris Benoit defeated Yuri Gordienko & Makhan Singh by pinfall when Benoit pinned Gordienko after a diving headbutt at 7:28 -Singh acquited himself quite well, but like in the Riggs match earlier he found himself outgunned when Gordienko was dominated by his opponents. In the end Singh jumped off the apron and was already half way to the dressing room when the referee Jurgen Hermann counted the 1, 2, 3. Interview: Owen Hart kids with the fans about the Canucks sucking, but that the Flames are the best team in hockey. Chris Benoit though begs to differ and brings up the Oilers which brings a huge jeer from the crowd. Hart and Benoit then play nice with the fans and pay RCW compliments before turning their attention onto Makhan Singh. Hart says Singh is a big fat liar, a big fat cheat, and just big and fat. He says they beat him and all his Karachi Vice goons back in Alberta and thats why they are here in RCW, to find new competition. Benoit says they beat him in Stampede, they beat him tonight, and they will continue to beat Makhan Singh. [end of first hour] Promo: Commissioner Baron Von Raschke is shown on a taped promo. He announces that River City Wrestling will be doing something a bit different this summer season. Starting with July 9th and going every week until the August 28th show, RCW will be visiting cities and towns previously thought too small to host an edition of River City Wrestling. Also, be assured that the quality of the shows will be top notch and to prove it the Heavyweight title will be on the line each week under a different circumstance of who will get the title shot. To put it a bit more plainly, just like small towns and cities deserve a chance to show they have what it takes to be big time, so do certain wrestlers that might not get a chance normally for the title. In addition to that, RCW has committed some funds to bring in some top notch tag teams from across the globe to compete for the fans. The Baron promises the fans of RCW some serious summer heat. Interview: Cowboy Bob Orton and Troy Galveston come to the ring, and Galveston has adopted a cowboy hat and leather vest like Orton wears. Orton lets everyone know he thinks young Galveston has a ton of talent and has taken it upon himself to groom him to be a champion. Orton then goes on to say that Vendetta has disrespected him, and acts like Orton is something less then the legend that he is. The man who headlined the first ever WrestleMania, the man who put both High Flyers out of action. And after tonight the River City Wrestling Heavyweight champion. Galveston thanks Orton for a week's worth of mentoring and training and says he has a few surprises in store for Mike Lozansky. Galveston says the training that he, Tustin, Blades, and others have received at the hands of Vic Gate now seems like a complete joke to him, compared to what the Cowboy has taught him in just a week. Tonight he will become the RCW television champion. Bout #5 Nick Mercury and Rogue battled to a 15-minute Draw - a rare draw for RCW. Rogue was very upset at having to once again face Mercury after beating him in less then a minute last week. He tried for the same elbow to the jaw, but this time Mercury was able to block it and put him in an armbar. Rogue was a bit impatient early on and this allowed Mercury to wait, counter, and control the match. Rogue though settled down and controlled the action from about the 4th minute until the 12th minute, but was unable to pick up the win despite having 8 two counts. He twice went for the inverted DDT with Mercury able to push out of the first one, and counter the second with a swinging neckbreaker. The action spilled outside where after some fists Mercury reversed a whip to the guard rail and then gave Rogue a huge backbody drop. Back inside the final 2 minutes belonged to Mercury. He almost had Rogue but when he went for the hotshot, Rogue was able to put his arms out to absorb most of the blow. He then rolled out of the ring and Mercury had to give chase. Nick slammed him to the mat, rolled him back inside, and the bell went to signify a draw. Interview: Mike Lozansky says he is looking forward to defending his title again, and despite not knowing too much about Troy Galveston, he assures the fans he does know that no one is going to take this belt from him easy. Vendetta says he respects what Cowboy Bob Orton Jr has done in wrestling. He calls him a major player in WrestleMania, and the "cartooning" of wrestling. Vendetta says tonight the joke is over, "Ace" will be made to look like the joker, and the fans will have the last laugh. Bout #6 RCW TV Title Match Mike Lozansky and Troy Galveston battled to a double countout at 9:07 [Mike Lozansky retained the RCW TV title] The champ controlled early and this match looked like it was going to be a walk-over for Lozansky. He countered everything Galveston tried as if a little bird was telling him what his opponent's next move was going to be. However Galveston hung in there, and then turned things around when he went back to relying on the fisticuffs and chear shots. Galveston spent the next couple minutes taking the action as much outside the ring as in. Finally Lozansky gave up trying to make it a wrestling match and went toe to toe with the challenger until both men were counted out. Post-Match: Referee Jurgen Hermann had broken the two men up, but Galveston then grabbed the ring bell and decimated Lozansky from behind, one shot to the back of the head.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Vendetta (champion) v Cowboy Bob Orton Jr The two start things off trading punches in the middle of the ring. Orton takes control by throwing a knee into the gut of the champ. He then slams Vendetta's head off the top buckle, but the champ just turns and looks at him. Orton slaps him across the face and slams his head onto the buckle again. But again the champ just turns and looks at Orton. The veteran goes for another slap but Vendetta blocks it, and twising his arm forces Orton to his knees, and then slams his entire weight down on top of the arm, driving it to the mat. Holding the arm down he lifts his legs up and drops a knee at the elbow junction, and then does the same two more times. Pulling Orton to his feet he works the armbar, twisting it over his head several times. Finally Orton gets to the ropes for a break, and sticks his neck between the ropes for a break. He then goes for delays and mindgames to frustrate the champ and allow himself time to recover. Orton rakes the eyes of the champ, then rubs his head across the top rope, delivers a couple of chops, a bodyslam, a boot rake, and then several stomps. Orton works a reverse chinlock until the champ gets to his feet and drives his elbow into Orton's gut a few times to make him break. The champ comes flying off the ropes and takes the challenger down with a shoulderblock. But when he goes for it again Orton steps to the side and sends Vendetta flying over the top rope to the ground below. Orton then follows Vendetta out of the ring, and throws him into the ringsteps, then again into the guardrail. Orton gets back into the ring but stops the champ from doing that on three occassions with bodyblocks. Finally he allows the champ back inside only to catch him with a knee raise, then a double legtakedown and follows up by dropping his heel into the "lower abdomen". Vendetta is rolling in pain and holding his groin, but Buddy Lane decides that it wasnt a clear low blow and lets Orton go with just a warning a delay. The man they call Ace then nails Vendetta with a piledriver. Instead of a lateral press though he places a foot on the champ's chest and gets 1, 2, shoulder up! Now he goes for a lateral press but is thrown off at a 1 count. But he goes for another press and is thrown off before Lane can even get down to count. He tries to get back on top but Vendetta nails him with a boot to "the lower abdomen" and again Lane is forced to give out a warning, this time to the champ. Orton gets a break from Lane though and when Vendetta closes he is fed a taped thumb to the throat followed by a front chancery into a chokehold. Ace then lays in some boots, and then mounts the champs back and slaps him across the head from behind at will. Orton then goes for a second piledriver but Vendetta counters with a backflip. We are 11 minutes into the match, and unfortunately out of television time. However, we will show the conclusion of the match at the start of our next week's show. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
June 25, 1988 River City Wrestling #335 Brandon, Manitoba Conclusion of Heavyweight Title Match from last week Vendetta (champion) v Cowboy Bob Orton Jr joined in progress We left the match last week about 11 minutes in. We are told that the next few minutes were controlled by Vendetta and then some brawling in and out of the ring. We pick the match up again at around the 16 minute mark. Vendetta slams Orton's head into each of the 4 turnbuckles, then climbs a 2nd turnbuckle, and springs off slamming Orton's head into the mat. He covers but only gets a 2 count. The champ lays in a bodyslam, covers and another 2 count. It is obvious that both men are near exhaustion and the fans are red hot. Vendetta summons some strength and comes off the ropes taking Orton down with a shoulderblock, then does it a second time. He then waits for Orton to get back up and dropkicks him in the lower back, sending him into the turnbuckle. The champ then rolls him up on the rebound, for 1, 2, KICKOUT, just at the last possible instance. Vendetta slaps the mat a couple of times, picks Orton up by the hair, and is going for another bodyslam but Orton counters with a roll-up, 1, he grabs a handfull of tights, 2, KICKOUT. Vendetta catches the challenger with a kneelift, but when he goes for a dropkick Orton moves out of the way. With amazing speed Orton sets up Vendetta and delivers another piledriver. But he's exhausted and is very slow to cover, 1, 2, KICKOUT. Frustrated Orton mounts the champ and lays in fists to the head, ignoring the refs instructions until Buddy Lane shoves Orton off of the champ. The challenger gets into a heated discussion with the ref, and after a slight push Lane gives Orton his final warning. Vendetta has had time to recover and catches Orton with a clothesline. He then applies a full-nelson and after not getting the submission in 30 seconds he slams Orton to the mat. He sets him up for the DDT, and out of desperation Orton reaches out and grabs the waistband of Buddy Lane. At the last moment the champ notices this and aborts his finisher attempt and lays in a kick to the arm of Orton to get him to release his hold. He then goes to set up the DDT again, but its too late, and Orton drives him backward into the corner. The challenger then lays in his shoulder 5 times into the gut of Vendetta, biels him out and then kicks him squarely in the head. He covers, and gets a 2 count. Orton puts Vendetta in the standing headscissors but seems to change his mind. Instead of going for a piledriver he delivers a head twist instead, and then whips Vendetta to the corner. Now he lifts the champ onto the top buckle. He slowly sets him up for the superplex as the stunned fans get to their feet. But Vendetta holds on, and blocks the attempt. Orton tries again, and once more, each time both men adjust their feet and hands but appear at a stalemate. That stalemate is finally won by Vendetta who jumps off the top, taking Orton down with him in a modified DDT from the top buckle! Everyone knows this match is over, as Vendetta covers, for 1, 2, 3 !! Vendetta defeated Bob Orton Jr by pinfall after a top rope DDT at 23:18 [Vendetta retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] Opening Bout: Nick Mercury defeated Brian Jewel by pinfall after a hotshot at 6:10 -fairly easy win for Mercury, and Jewel's return to an RCW ring. Interview: Nick Mercury says that although it was complete redemption after losing by a fluke to Rogue in less then a minute, their 15 minute draw last week went a long way to healing some wounded pride. Now he wants one more shot at Rogue, next week in a no-time limit match. No time limits, no more excuses. Promo: Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper" provides the music as we see clips of Vendetta's RCW heavyeight title reign. Vendetta then says a few words about grudgingly having to give Bob Orton his respect after their match last week, a match that pushed him to his limit as no man has done since he became champion. Bout #2 Rogue defeated Jerry Frontenac by pinfall after an inverted DDT at 3:41 -squash match Interview: In his archaic tonuge Rogue manages to convey to the audience that he accepts the challenge of Nick Mercury (fancy pants) to a no-time limit match next week (the lolly prigger). Promo: Bob Orton Jr. says that Vendetta got lucky last week, that his feet slipped on the piledriver the first time and referee Buddy Lane was slow on the count the second time and thats why he wasnt able to get the win. But the fans loved the match so much, and the Baron knows he can make serious money on a rematch, so Orton says it has bee signed. He will get another shot at Vendetta's title next week, July 2nd in Winnipeg. Bout #3 Owen Hart & Chris Benoit defeated Makhan Singh & Hoyt Daill by pinfall when Hart pinned Daill after a cross bodyblock from the top rope at 8:09 -Singh did quite well with his size, strength, and liberal interpretation of the rulebook, but his partner Daill proved to be the weak link, as Gordienko was last week. Interview: Owen Hart & Chris Benoit turn their attention to the tag team scene. They were excited to hear the Baron's announcement of world class tag team competition coming to RCW this summer and they say they have plans to compete here as well. They want a shot at the new tag team champs Wonderfully Fabulous, or the Top Guns whomever is champ after tonight's rematch. Their interview though is interrupted by a returning Makhan Singh. He trades insults with Hart and Benoit but it doesn't get physical. He says he is sick of trying to find a decent partner around here, and wants to tear apart Owen Hart next week. He challenges Hart to a match, that is if his nursemaid will let him go on his own. Benoit and Hart control their anger enough to accept the challenge. Promo: Baron von Raschke repeats his announcement that this summer RCW will be stopping each week in new towns and cities and that the Heavyweight title will be on the line each week, and great new tag teams will be brought into the territory to compete from all over the globe. The rundown of the towns has been completed; July 9th; Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba July 16th; Dryden, Ontario July 23rd; Minot, North Dakota July 30th; Estevan, Saskatchewan Aug 7th; Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Aug 14th; Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Aug 21st; Dauphin, Manitoba Aug 28th; The Pas, Manitoba Then RCW will return to Winnipeg on September 11th to host the annual Battle Royale!! River City Wrestling is bringing the summer heat!! [end of first hour] Interview: The Top Guns are the most quiet and intense we have seen them in RCW. They are totally focused on winning back their tag team gold tonight. Interview: Shayne Tustin says his match against Terminator Riggs next is extremely important to him, as it represents his chance to climb another rung in the RCW ladder. Bout #4 Terminator Riggs defeated Shayne Tustin by pinfall after a powerslam at 8:03 -fairly even match but Riggs exerted his power advantage when he needed it, and Tustin's effort to climb another rung in the RCW ladder was stopped by the former tag champion. Interview: Wonderfully Fabulous, Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff express that they are not concerned about the challenge of the former tag champion Top Guns tonight, and say the Baron can bring in whomever he wants from across the globe, from across the universe, from parts unknown for all they care. They will beat all comers. They suggest he bring in the NWA world champs and they will take those titles for themselves as well. Bout #5 RCW Tag Team Title Match Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff defeated Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes by pinfall when Orndorff pinned Dukes after a flying shoulderblock at 9:20 [Wonderfully Fabulous retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] -another even contest between these two teams, but the size and strength advantage of the champs, along with their willingness to cheat and flirt with disqualification were all they needed to win this bout. Promo: We get a strange clip of a wobbly looking drunk leaving a local watering hole and wandering down the street.Suddenly three thugs accost him, obviously thinking he will be easy prey. But even drunk, the man is big and rises to the occassion, laying in fists, kicks, elbowsmashes, and bodyslams. One by one the thugs stumble and crawl away. The drunk looks into the camera as it closes in and says, "River City Wrestling...the Derelict is coming.." he then proceeds to belch.
Main Event RCW Television Title Match Mike Lozansky defeated Troy Galveston by pinfall after a flying crossbody block at 7:48 [Mike Lozansky retained the RCW Television Title] Back and forth even match, but even though both men are relative youngsters, Lozansky showed that he is a step ahead of the less experienced Galveston. He maanged to counter a lot of Galveston's offense and the challenger on the other hand found it difficult to defend against the almost non-stop offensive outbursts from the champ. Post-Match: Cowboy Bob Orton Jr comes down to the ring and puts a consoling arm around Galveston and walks him up the ramp while Lozansky celebrates with his title in the ring. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
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July 2, 1988 River City Wrestling #336 Winnipeg, Manitoba Promo: "Oh Canada" provides the music while we see highlites of RCW's Canadian wrestlers Mike Lozansky, Owen Hart, Chris Benoit, Jerry Frontenac, and Brian Jewel, along with Canadian greats from the past Gene Kiniski, Angelo Mosca, and Chris Lyon. Opening Bout: Six Man Tag Match Bulldog Blades, Horace Curtis, & Shayne Tustin defeated Dr. Gold, Caveman Broda, & Yuri Gordienko by pinfall when Tustin pinned Gold after a hanging vertical suplex at 8:54 -for the most part the fan favorites controlled the match Interview: Bulldog Blades & Horace Curtis still want to advance through the tag team ranks this summer despite their recent setbacks. Shayne Tustin says he has a huge match set for next week against Rogue. Bout #2 Jack Steele and Terminator Riggs battled to a double countout at 5:56 -you could just feel this match building up to such a finish, as neither man gained a big advantage and both seemed to want to cripple the other more then win the match. A case of two big dogs both wanting to rule the yard. Interview: Commissioner Baron von Raschke has more details on the Heavyweight title defenses that Vendetta, or whomever holds the title will face this summer. Tonight Vendetta will put the title on the line again against Bob Orton Jr. Baron will then decide for himself who the #1 contender is next week July 9th in Lac du Bonnet. On July 16th in Dryden a random draw in the middle of the ring with all the RCW male wrestlers' names entered will be held for the title shot that night. A fan will be picked out of the audience to make the draw. Then on July 23rd in Minot it will be fans choice. The fans will be given a ballot as they enter the arena to fill out with the names of 12 RCW wrestlers to choose from. Whomever gets the most votes gets the title shot. Then on July 30th in Estevan we will hold a battle royale with the winner to get the title shot later on that night. An announcement regarding August's title defenses will be made very soon. And that is all the people need to know! Bout #3 Ultra-Vixen defeated Princess Debbie Eaglefeather by pinfall after a German suplex at 3:46 -first appearance for young Eaglefeather was not a very successful one. That is UV's second victory on TV in less then a month, a record for her. Interview: Ultra-Vixen is not hard on the eyes or the ears, but none the less her prima donna attitude and low regard for the fans earns her the disdain of the paying faithful. She says that she is the best women wrestler right now in RCW and the next time Mad Maxine comes through town with the North American belt she will be here to take it from her. Because she is the sizzle and the steak. Pre-Match: Once again Oh Canada is played for the crowd as both Mike Lozansky and Chris Benoit hold Canadian flags. Bout #4 RCW Television title match Mike Lozansky defeated Chris Benoit by countout at 11:02 [Mike Lozansky retained the RCW Television title] -after a handshake to begin the match they underwent a feeling out period of about 3 minutes without much action. Benoit grabbed a quick advantage but when he went for a diving headbutt Lozansky rolled out of the way. The champ went to work with a mixture of aerial moves such as a flying crossbody block, dropkicks, and a couple of big splashes into the corner with submission attempts including an abdominal stretch and a body scissors. Then Benoit made a comeback and busted out all of his signature moves including the German suplex, snap suplexes, and the diving headbutt. Unable to get a pinfall he locked on the Boston crab and the champ spent a painful full minute in the hold until he got a rope break. Benoit once again went to the top for the diving headbutt but for the second time Lozansky rolled out of the way. The champ regained some strength and went to work quickly with a slingshot suplex, a moonsault off the second buckle for a 2 count, and then finally a flying cross bodyblock which got him a 1 count, until Benoit rolled through it and got a 2 count of his own. Scrambling back up Benoit nailed him with a kick to the gut, and a snap suplex. He then went to return the favor with a flying crossbody block but Lozansky had backed too far up and the two men fell into the ropes. Benoit flipped over and for a second it looked like Lozansky would follow but he managed to right himself and fall into the ring. Referee Jurgen Hermann applied the 10 count as an exhausted and hurting Benoit just barely failed to make it back into the ring to continue the match. The men exchanged a handshake following the announcement results. [end of first hour] Promo: The Sheepherders Butch & Luke are coming from New Zealand to RCW this summer to hurt people. Bout #5 Owen Hart defeated Makhan Singh by pinfall after a flying crossbody block from the top rope at 9:00 -Singh controlled most of the match and Hart took a beating from pillar to post. But the young Hart would not give up and made several short comebacks only to run hard into the girth of Singh. Finally though conditioning took over when Singh could not finish off Hart. Singh missed a splash attempt, Hart then hit a running legdrop, and then went to the top. Singh caught Hart mid-air and looked like he would squash the much smaller opponent, but Hart kept pressing down and Singh could not hold him. Hart crashed on top of Singh knocking the wind from him and got the pin. Interview: Chris Benoit & Owen Hart say that while they enjoyed their matches tonight they still have their hearts set on the tag team titles. Promo: The Derelict is shown reading a children's book to a group of kids at a library. The book is about saying please and thank-you. He pauses to reach under his chair and pull-out a bottle covered by a brown paper bag and take a big swig. A belch later and he starts reading the book again to the kids who are now giggling. He takes offense and tells them to shut-up. Standing up, he stumbles backward, knocking over his chair, the bottle, and upends himself backward hitting his head on the floor. Bout #6 No-time limit Rogue defeated Nick Mercury after an inverted DDT at 8:34 -the no-time limit stipulation turned out to be in vain, although their matches have varied from less then a minute to a 15 minute draw, this match was in between, a typical length for an RCW match. It was hard fought and went back and forth, in and out of the ring as the animosity between these two has really heightened. The end came when Mercury went for his hotshot finish, but had to stop as referee Jurgen Hermann, clueless as usual, chose to cross over between the wrestlers and the ropes. This short delay allowed Rogue to escape and counter the move with a waistlock suplex followed immediately with the inverted DDT to pick up the big win. Interview: Rogue wants gold, and he's looking at Mike Lozansky's Television title with envy. Promo: The Midgets are coming, the midgets are coming...back to RCW this summer, catch Cowboy Lang and Sky Low Low and their madcap mayhem. Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Vendetta defeated Cowboy Bob Orton Jr, by disqualification for use of a foreign object at 6:51 [Vendetta retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] -Vendetta came out both hands and feet blazing, then hit some moves running off the ropes. But Orton soon caught him with a knee to the gut and went to work with elbows, chokes, chops, and slams. He went for the piledriver but Vendetta managed to fight his way out of the hold. As soon as the champ got the momentum back Orton took the first opportunity to pull out a pair of brass knux and level Vendetta. Luckily the man in charge was Buddy Lane and he spotted the foreign object and called for the bell. Post-Match: Lane managed to take away the knux but Orton still dragged Vendetta into the standing headscissors and we could see a small trickle of blood running down his head. Orton then nailed him with a piledriver and left him laying. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week!!
July 9, 1988 River City Wrestling #337 Lac Du Bonnet, Manitoba Promo: Baron von Raschke welcomes the sell out crowd to Lac du Bonnet, which he calls "God's country". Raschke says that tonight it is his choice as to who will get the title shot at the RCW Heavyweight gold, and after talking to Vendetta its no decision at all. After Cowboy Bob got himself dq'd last week for using brass knuckles the champ wants revenge, and thats exactly what he will get. Tonight it will be Vendetta versus Cowboy Bob Orton Jr for the RCW Heavyweight title. And that is all the people need to know!! Opening Bout: Rogue defeated Shayne Tustin by pinfall after an inverted DDT at 5:31 -fairly one sided match Interview: Rogue says that Mike Lozansky has been ringing the changes 'fer too long now, an' e 'as a deadly nevergreen comin' e's way, the lully prigger. Interview: Vendetta comes out to a huge pop from the sell-out crowd of approximately 900 people. He says that he has had enough from Cowboy Bob Orton and that Orton is nothing short of a bully, a coward inside. He wants to do this with brass knuckles then lets do this with brass knuckles. He offers Orton a rematch tonight for the Heavyweight title with a pair of brass knuckles on top of a pole. Those brass knuckles will be legal. Bout #2 Nick Mercury defeated Brian Jewel by pinfall after a hotshot at 4:45 -another fairly one sided match Interview: Nick Mercury is excited that Baron von Raschke has set things up this summer so that anyone might be able to earn a title shot at the Heavyweight gold. Mercury says this is the best thing to happen since Bo & Luke came back. Interview: Cowboy Bob Orton Jr comes out with Troy Galveston at his side. Orton says that Vendetta doesn't know what he's asking for, he's a child playing a man's game. Orton accepts his knux on a pole match and says that he may forget about the knux and just pull down the whole damn pole and bust the champ in the head with it. Bout #3 Jack Steele defeated Terminator Riggs by pinfall after a running kneelift at 7:06 -After having it tough for most of the match Riggs took control and was really punishing Steele. He looked to be closing in on the win when he made the fatal mistake of telegraphing a backbody drop which just feeds right into Steele's finisher. Interview: Jack Steele is being interviewed, and he considers himself next in line for a title shot after Orton. However he is interrupted by the drunk we have seen in promos the last two weeks "the Derelict". He stammers and sputters his way through asking Steele how he can find the dressing room. Steele tells him to take a cold shower and clean himself up, maybe get into rehab because he's a mess and he'll just hurt himself if he tries to wrestle. The Derelict looks like he is leaving but Steele makes the mistake of turning his back to the newcomer, who returns and smashes his brown paper bag covered bottle over the head of Steele. Steele is busted wide open. Promo; "Nothin' But A Good Time" by Poison provides the music while we see highlites of The Top Guns, Owen Hart & Chris Benoit, and Wonderfully Fabulous. Bout #4 The Sheepherders Butch & Luke defeated Bulldog Blades & Horace Curtis when Luke pinned Blades after the battering ram at 5:09 -squash match for the veteran 'herders Interview: The Sheepherders are violent, angry, and apparently insane. Promo; On Tonight's Evening News; -Rescue efforts in Brownsville, Texas at site of collapsed department store -Arrival of oil fire expert Red Adair at site of fire that followed explosion on oil rig in North Sea -Changing attitude on part of Iran to mistaken downing of Iranian passenger plane by United States Navy. President Reagan reported on verge of deciding to offer compensation to families of victims of air tragedy. [end of first hour] Bout #5 Black Cat defeated Ultra-Vixen by pinfall after an inside cradle at 3:11 -Ultra vixen had been on a bit of a role lately winning two in a row, and although she is a rulebreaker the fans were happy to see her, at least the male fans. But she was caught off guard by this newcomer the Black Cat who handled her easily. Post-Match: The Black Cat refuses an interview. Bout #6 RCW Television Title Match Mike Lozansky defeated Makhan Singh by countout at 7:32 [Mike Lozansky retained the RCW TV Title] -bottom line was that Singh could not hang with Lozansky at his speed and when spilled from the ring could not recover in time to beat the 10 count Interview: Mike Lozansky acknolwedges that perhaps it is time that Rogue receive his shot at the TV title, that despite his oddness he may be the #1 contender. Bout #7 RCW Tag Team Title Match Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff defeated Owen Hart & Chris Benoit by pinfall when St. John pinned Benoit after a spinebuster slam at 8:45 [Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] -hard fought even contest, with Hart and Benoit perhaps controlling a bit more of the action. But a timely piece of cheating, a nice double team and knocking Hart off the apron, allowed St. John to hit his finisher and pick up a heated win. Interview: Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff brag about how there is now more good competition for them in RCW no matter who Baron von Raschke brings in. They again suggest that Raschke bring in the NWA World champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard and they will take those titles too. Owen Hart & Chris Benoit come out to challenge the assertions of the tag champs saying they were cheated out of their chance and deserve another title shot next week. The champs try and shoot them down but the challengers implore the fans to make noise and drown out what the champs have to say. Suddenly the Sheepherders hit the ring and attack Benoit and Hart from behind. It's a 4 on 2 attack, until the crazy New Zealenders decide to attack the tag champs too. We end up with a six man brawl as we head to commericals.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Brass Knuckles on a Pole Match Vendetta (champion) v Cowboy Bob Orton Jr Special Guest Surprise Referee: Baron von Raschke By luck of the draw because there were 8 matches tonight instead of the usual 7, Jurgen Hermann was scheduled to do the most important main event. But instead the commissioner Baron von Raschke came down to the ring in a ref's shirt and ordered Hermann to the back. Vendetta started strong with kicks and punches, an axe kick, a pair of flying shoulderblocks, and a hanging vertical suplex. But when he tried to climb the pole to get the brass knux Orton was able to recover enough to pull him down to the mat. The next couple minutes was filled with Orton pounding away at the champ with a low-tech, low-risk attack. He used the ring ropes to choke the champ, and openly risked DQ with closed fists. But when Orton tried to climb the pole he found in frustration that it was a difficult task. So he tried to shake the knux free, which he managed to do, and they bounced off the ropes and fell to the floor below. Orton left the ring to get them but Vendetta slid out of the ring and nailed him with a clothesline from behind. The champ tossed Orton into the guardrail but when he tried to follow up with a clothesline Orton back bodydropped Vendetta over the guardrail and into the crowd. Orton then stumbled over and managed to get the brass knux on. Vendetta was just climbing over the guardrail when Orton tried to attack, but Vendetta blocked it, then tackled Orton to the ground. He managed to pull the knux off Orton but before he could put them on the challenger fed him a knee to the groin and rolled the champ off. Orton put Vendetta in a standing headscisosrs but when he went for the piledriver the champ back bodydropped him over. Vendetta grabbed the brass knux and climbed back into the ring, awaiting the challenger. Knowing the champ was armed Orton stalled, refusing to enter the ring unless Vendetta put the knux away which he refused to do. Orton was in danger of being counted out when he grabbed a steel chair and tried to enter the ring with it. Raschke though would having nothing to do with that and wrestled the chair away from the grasp of Orton. But Vendetta took that time to try and float in a loaded punch at Orton, only to have the challenger put Raschke in harms way. Vendetta nailed the chair with the knux, and the chair bounced off the face of Raschke. Vendetta held his fist in pain, his hand perhaps broken, and Raschke was out. Orton entered the ring and went to work immediately on the hand of the champ. He stomped at the fingers but when he tried to pull the knux off the champ made a fist and refused to let go. Next Orton took the steel chair and smashed the fingers and wrist twice. Raschke was now recovering so Orton tossed the chair out of the ring and again tried to get the knux off the injured hand of Vendetta. He put him in a wrist lock and tried to shake the knux off to no avail. The champ fought back with some fists to the back of Orton's head to get him to release the wristlock. The champ then took the knux off on his own account and tossed them to Orton. Now believing his own good fortune the challenger went to put the knux on, only to get a standing dropkick from the champ. The knux dropped out of his hands, and Orton bounced off the ropes. Protecting his injured hand Vendetta put one arm around Orton and nailed him with a single-arm DDT and picked up the 1, 2, 3 !! The brass knuckles never actually landed a punch. Vendetta defeated Cowboy Bob Orton Jr by pinfall after a single arm DDT at 12:11 [Vendetta retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week in Dryden, Ontario!!
July 16, 1988 River City Wrestling #338 Dryden, Ontario Promo; Random draw to determine who will face Vendetta for the Heavyweight title in tonight's main event. Baron von Raschke is in the middle of the ring with a big draw drum full of names. Wrestlers from both dressing rooms come out and stand around the ring, rulebreakers on one side and fan favorites on the other. Referees and security stay between the two factions. A skirmish still breaks out between the Sheepherders and Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff that needs to be broken up. Once that is done, the Heavyweight champion Vendetta comes to the ring. Then Baron selects a young fan from the audience to come to the ring and to verify that various names have been entered into the drum...he calls out Nick Mercury, Jack Steele, Rogue, Ricky Rice...all seems in order and the drum is given a good spin and shake. The young fan sticks his hand in, looks at the paper and announces...Chris Benoit !! The Edmonton native seems surprised, and after a pat on the back from Owen Hart he rolls into the ring. He has a stare down with the champ that ends in a handshake and along with Raschke they pose for pictures. Our main event will be Vendetta defending his RCW Heavyweight title against Chris Benoit. Opening Bout: CC Starr defeated Jerry Frontenac by pinfall after a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker at 6:19 -CC Starr is new to RCW, and had some troubles with Frontenac. Interview: Owen Hart comes to the ring. He says that he was scheduled tonight along with Chris Benoit to have a shot at the tag belts. But since Benoit has been picked to participate in the main event, Baron von Raschke has agreed to move the tag title match to next week. That's assuming that Benoit does not have to defend the Heavyweight title! But in the meantime the tag champs are not going to get a night off, Hart has been allowed to get himself a partner and face the tag champs in a non-title bout. Bout #2 Non-title match Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff defeated Owen Hart & Nick Mercury by pinfall when Orndorff pinned Mercury after a shoulderbreaker at 9:22 -hard fought even match, with neither team gaining the advantage for more then a minute. However St. John and Orndorff had been working over the shoulder of Mercury after accidently driving him shoulder first into the ringpost, and eventually that is the bodypart they exploited for the win. Interview: Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff are full of complaints tonight. They talk about how intense and focused their title preperations are, and that they can not accomadate this change in dates. They also complain about the insane Sheepherders and say they are not wrestlers, they are animals and need to be sent back to that island of convicts that they came from. When Ron Strong points out they come from New Zealand not Australia, the champs then complain about Strong being a jerk, until they run out of time. Bout #3 Re-Match Black Cat defeated Ultra-Vixen by pinfall after a schoolgirl pin at 2:19 -another quick victory for Black Cat. Post-Match: Once again Black Cat refuses an interview request. Interview: Ron Strong decides to fill the time by bringing in Chris Benoit. The Edmontonian talks a bit about being trained by Stu Hart in the famous Hart dungeon, and about his friendship with Owen Hart, and his idol Dynamite Kid. Bout #4 Jack Steele defeated The Derelict by disqualification for use of a foreign object at 4:01 -Derelict looked a little unsteady on his feet so Steele pounded away at him for the first couple minutes with the Derelict going into a turtle position a lot, and going for rope breaks. Jurgen Hermann was showing way too much patience and ended up in an argument with Steele. This allowed Derelict to recover his bottle in that brown paper wrapping and nail Steele in the back of the head, dropping him like a stone, but also getting himself disqualified. Post-Match: Derelict kept up the beating, choking a defenseless Steele, and then pouring some remnents of the alcohol on his face. [end of first hour] Bout #5 The Sheepherders defeated Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes by pinfall when Butch pinned Dukes after the battering ram at 8:07 -the Top Guns had their moments but this match really put the 'herders over the top into the #1 contender spot in the tag team scene, waiting the winner of the Benoit/Hart - St.John/Orndorff clash. Interview: The Sheepherders are heading back to New Zealand (drawing a cheer from the crowd), and won't be back until they are given a title shot. They say they are sick of wrestling faeries. Bout #6 RCW Television Title Match Mike Lozansky defeated Rogue by disqualification for putting his feet on the ropes at 12:01 [Mike Lozansky retained the RCW Television Title] -This match traded back and forth, with Lozansky controlling the first 3 minutes, Rogue the next 3, Lozansky the next 3, and Rogue the last 3 in almost perfect quarters. Each time the advantage got traded when the competitor failed to hit his finisher. Finally Rogue tried to get the pin by putting his feet on the second rope for leverage. Usually inept but proud Jurgen Hermann actually counted the 1, 2, 3, and the fans thought Lozansky was just robbed of his title. But as he pulled his head up Hermann noticed Rogue pulling his feet off the middle rope. Hermann then called for the bell and disqualified Rogue. Post-Match: Rogue was accosting Hermann until Lozansky pulled him down with a crossface chickenwing which he held on for over a minute until RCW officials broke it up. Interview: Mike Lozansky calls Rogue a cheating coward, if he's not loading that ridiculous costume of his with a foreign object he's putting his feet on the ropes or using a handfull of tights. Lozansky says he has no problem giving Rogue another title shot if thats what the championship committee desires, but his own opinion is that Rogue is not worthy of being a champion in River City Wrestling. Ron Strong says the champ is more then a little hot under the collar! Interview: Vendetta comes to the ring wearing his RCW Heavyweight title that he will defend next against Chris Benoit whose name was picked randomly from a drum. Vendetta says he is enjoying the challenge this summer is posing, not knowing who he will face until just before bell time. He is looking forward to matching wits against the promising youngster Benoit, and is also looking forward to next week in Minot, North Dakota when fans will vote on their way into the arena as to who they want to see get a title shot.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Vendetta (champion) v Chris Benoit Fans were fairly split in this match who they were cheering for with a little more cheering for Vendetta then the challenger. Vendetta is a very popular champion but might not be as well exposed to Dryden as he has been to core spots like Winnipeg and Regina. Chris Benoit on the other hand is fairly well known throughout Northwest Ontario because of Stampede wrestling, and also is Canadian which brings out the patriotism of the fans. Vendetta controls early with armbars, then goes to the ropes for shoulderblocks, a savate kick, and a German suplex. Unable to get the pin he is finally caught by Benoit who counters a shoulderblock with a droptoe hold. Benoit works the leg of the champ twisting, smashing, and twisting it some more. He draws the ire of some fans by leaving the ring and smashing Vendetta's leg off the edge of the ring apron. He tries to put on the figure-four but Vendetta kicks him off, sending him through the ropes. Benoit tries to enter the ring and Vendetta tries to grab him as he enters. This draws the attention of referee Buddy Lane and creates some heat between the wrestlers. They exchange slaps, and then forearm shots. Vendetta controls the mat for a couple minutes before Benoit blocks a suplex attempt, and counters with a snap suplex. He floats over and gets a 1 count. Benoit follows up with a German suplex, and then climbs the top buckle and comes down with a diving headbutt. But it takes him a bit to recover from the move himself so the champ is able to kick out at the count of 1 again. Benoit sends the champ to the buckle, but Vendetta moves out of the way, rolls up Benoit for 1, 2, kickout, sending the champ out of the ring. This time when Vendetta tries to get back into the ring its Benoit trying to get the jump on him. But the champ catches him by snapping his neck off the top rope, then slides into the ring. He drops a headbutt himself from a standing position, then nails his DDT finisher to win the match. Vendetta defeated Chris Benoit by pinfall after a DDT at 10:32 [Vendetta retained the RCW Heavyweight Title Belt] Post-Match: Vendetta is presented with his title and his hand is raised. He then offers a handshake to Chris Benoit, and after a slight hesitation the youngster accepts. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week from Minot, North Dakota !!!
July 23, 1988 River City Wrestling #339 Minot, North Dakota Promo: Baron von Raschke thanks the fans here in Minot for coming out tonight, noting that many travelled south from small towns in Saskatchewan to take in the action. The first 600 fans arriving tonight got to vote for who would be in the main event to face RCW Heavyweight champion Vendetta and the verdict is in. By a slight win over other names such as Orton, Benoit, and Rogue, the one chosen tonight is none other then RCW Television champion Mike Lozansky! It will be champion versus champion but only the Heavyweight title will be on the line. And that is all the people need to know! Opening Bout: Rogue defeated Horace Curtis by pinfall after an inverted DDT at 2:24 -squash match Interview: Rogue makes it semi-apparent in his strange words that the fans are trying to save Lozansky's title by having him wrestle Vendetta tonight so he can't lose to Rogue. That tactic won't work next week though. Bout #2 Nick Mercury defeated Troy Galveston by pinfall after a hotshot at 5:47 -while it may have appeared as just a filler match, this was a very important contest to both men as they try and keep themselves in the title picture. Mercury needed this win and now Galveston will have to regroup. Interview: Nick Mercury says he pities the fool that gets between him and more victories in RCW. He tells the fans to keep eating right, and keep believing in their heroes. Promo: Midget mayhem tonight, when Cowboy Lang takes on Sky Low Low...more of a short story then a tall tale. Bout #3 CC Star defeated Shayne Tustin by pinfall after a German suplex at 4:50 -colourless match between two curtain jerkers Interview: CC Starr does not seem accustomed to interviews and does his best to insult North Dakota. Promo: Bad Company, Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond are coming to RCW this summer. Highlites of this accomplished duo are shown set to "Bad Company" by Bad Company. Bout #4 The Top Guns: Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes defeated Brian Jewel & Caveman Broda by pinfall when Rice pinned Broda after a double dropkick at 5:56 -squash match Interview: Top Guns tell us not to count them out. Just because Hart & Benoit, the Sheepherders, and now Bad Company are around doesn't mean it won't be the Top Guns taking the tag titles again from Wonderfully Fabulous. Promo: Today in River City Wrestling history. July 23rd, 1983 in Winnipeg saw the tag team champion Roughnecks battle Bobby Duncum & Angelo Mosca to a double countout...The Destroyer defeated the Bounty Hunter...Pat Patterson and the Bonecrusher were also victorious. [end of first hour] Bout #5 Midget Mayhem Cowboy Lang defeated Sky Low Low by pinfall after a piledriver at 5:06 -always a fan favorite Interview: Mike Lozansky says he is pleased to be picked by the fans to have this title shot, but has to be honest saying its been hard to concentrate on this match tonight as his mind is still working on defeating Rogue. He thanks the fans again for their support and promises that no matter how tonight turns out, he will be ready next week to take it to Rogue. Promo: "Rag Doll" by Aerosmith provides the music while RCW shows highlites of Mad Maxine, Black Cat, and Ultra-Vixen. Bout #6 Jack Steele defeated The Derelict by pinfall after hitting him with a foreign object at 6:36 -Derelict just wanted to brawl, and the bigger and more in shape Steele obliged. The end came after a ref bump and Derelict retrieved his bottle in a brown paper bag, but Steele wrestled it away and then nailed Derelict with it. He then woke up Buddy Lane to make the count. Interview: Jack Steele pleads with RCW officials to match him up with a real wrestler, instead of this no talent brawler. Promo: Universal Pictures is proud to release to theatres this weekend "Midnight Run" starring Robert De Niro & Charles Grodin, and co-starring Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, and Dennis Farini. Charles Grodin embezzled 15 million dollars. The mob wants him dead. The F.B.I. wants him alive. Robert De Niro just wants him to shut up. Bout #7 RCW Tag Team Title Match Owen Hart & Chris Benoit defeated Bryan St. John & Terry Orndorff by pinfall when Hart pinned Orndorff after a flying bodypress off the top rope at 8:21 [Owen Hart & Chris Benoit win the RCW Tag Team Titles] - a big title change in Dryden, with the better team coming through. St. John still looked strong in this match but Orndorff seemed lost at times and winded at others. Interview: Owen Hart & Chris Benoit pledge to be fighting champions saying they will give Wonderfully Fabulous a rematch next week, and then say they want the Sheepherders as soon after that as can be arranged.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Vendetta (champion) v Mike Lozansky Champion versus champion but only the Heavyweight title will be on the line. Both men started cautiously and this seemed to let Vendetta dictate the pace. The champ controlled early with armbars and bodyscissors before hitting a dropkick and a shoulderblock for a 2 count. Finally Lozansky elbowed his way out of a reverse chinlock, then worked a hammerlock, took the champ to the buckle and rolled him up for 1, 2, kickout. Then the two men went through a bit of chain wrestling with several reversals and counters of armbars, and other attempted moves. Finally Vendetta was able to take Lozansky down from a standing headscissors to drive him headfirst into the mat. Vendetta then pulled out the Haitian deathlock, a move which we have not seen him use in a long time. Lozansky struggled to get to the ropes and finally got a break. He then left the ring to catch his breath which drew some jeers from the crowd. Somewhat rested Lozansky went on the attack but the bigger champion managed to absorb the blows, and finally slow down the challenger when he caught him with a clothesline coming off the ropes. Vendetta nailed a kick to the gut, a powerbomb, for a 2 count. He followed up with a German suplex, and then went for the DDT. But Lozansky wisely pushed the champion back to the buckle, driving him straight in. He followed up by throwing his shoulder into the gut of the champ several times, bieled him out, then nailed a jumping neck snap, and got 1, 2, KICKOUT!! A couple standing dropkicks later and another 2 count for the challenger. Lozansky went to the top and hit a flying crossbody block, but the champion rolled through it, landing on top for a 1 count. Lozansky tried to bring his knees down on the champ but Vendetta brought his knees up into the challengers gut. With their hands locked the champ then monkey flipped the champion over, only to have Lozansky snap up to his feet. As the champ tried to get up Lozansky dropkicked him right on the ankle dropping him, and pinned for only a 1 count. Lozansky tried to pull the champ up but Vendetta crumpled under that ankle. Lozansky tried to pull him up again this time having to aid him more, only to discover the champ was playing possum. Vendetta wrapped his arms around the waist of Lozansky and drove him over with a waistlock suplex. Back on their feet he lined up the DDT again. Lozansky though drove him to the corner again. This time though the champ hit the buckle, bounced off, still holding the challenger in the front face lock, pivoted, and nailed the DDT. He grabbed both legs since they were so close to the ropes, and got the 1, 2, 3 !! Vendetta defeated Mike Lozansky by pinfall after a DDT at 11:37 [Vendetta retained the RCW Heavyweight Title] Post-Match: Vendetta and Lozansky shake hands in the middle of the ring. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week in Estevan, Saskatchewan!!
July 30, 1988 River City Wrestling #340 Estevan, Saskatchewan Promo: Baron von Raschke announces that a 26-man battle royal will be held with the winner getting a title shot tonight against Vendetta in the main event. Next week in Prince Albert the title shot will go to whomever is chosen by the villians lockerroom. Each one will get a secret ballot, and they can vote for anyone in the company that they would like to see get that title shot, except they can't vote for themselves. Opening Contest: 26 man over the top Battle Royale Order of finish (who eliminated them) & time 26. Davey Muir (Galveston) 0:54 25. Bud the Spud (Rice/Dukes) 1:13 24. Eddie Bruin (Steele) 1:45 23. Farmer Boy Blue (Diamond/Tanaka) 3:01 22. Ox Bowman (Orndorff/Butch/Luke) 3:32 21. Terry Orndorff (Butch/Luke) 3:40 20. Sheepherder Butch (Bryan St. John) 4:05 19. Sheepherder Luke (self) 4:14 18. Roughrider #2 (Lozansky/Mercury) 4:34 17. Horace Curtis (St. John/Starr) 5:02 16. Jerry Frontenac (St.John/Starr) 5:50 15 & 14. Terminator Riggs & Mike Lozansky (each other) 6:36 13. CC Starr (St. John) 6:40 12. Brian Jewel (Derelict) 7:18 11. The Derelict (Steele/Tustin) 7:46 10. Bulldog Blades (Galveston) 9:06 9. Shayne Tustin (Galveston/Diamond/Tanaka) 9:50 8 & 7. Paul Diamond & Ricky Rice (each other) 12:49 6. Nick Mercury (Galveston) 13:30 5. Derrick Dukes (Tanaka) 14:42 4. Troy Galveston (Steele) 17:55 3. Pat Tanaka (Steele/St.John) 19:48 2. Jack Steele (Bryan St. John 23:31) Winner: Bryan St. John (23:31) Notes: Davey Muir, Bud the Spud, Eddie Bruin, Farmer Boy Blue, Ox Bowman, and Roughrider #2 were all local enhancement guys thrown in to expand the battle royale as a last minute decision. Terry Orndorff let his guard down, and the Sheepherders made him pay for it eliminating him after they had all worked together. However, Bryan St. John came over and avenged his teammate throwing Butch out. For some reason Luke decided to follow his partner and eliminated himself. There is no evidence that there was ever a Roughrider #1 to compliment #2. Riggs and Lozansky gave the fans a buzz eliminating each other, taking two of the odds on favorites out early. Some bad blood began between Bad Company (Diamond & Tanaka) and the Top Guns. St.John and Steele really went at it for almost 4 minutes at the end, and St. John looked tired which might effect his match later tonight against Vendetta. Interview: Bryan St. John is ecstatic with winning. He seems to forget about his teammate Terry Orndorff until he comes out. Orndorff says now that St.John has the title shot against Vendetta they will have to post-pone their rematch against Owen Hart & Chris Benoit for the tag belts they lost to them last week. St. John doesn't have a problem with doing that at all. Orndorff seems ticked off. Interview: The Sheepherders are as crazy as always. They say they have been given the title shot tonight against Hart & Benoit. Interview: Mike Lozansky says he isn't broken up about being eliminated early, he had his chance against Vendetta last week and found it hard to concentrate on that match knowing that Rogue was waiting in the wings. So tonight he is ready for Rogue who decided to not participate in the battle royale. Interview: Bad Company say that the Top Guns are no match for them and should go back to wrestling in high school gyms in small town Minnesota. [end of first hour] Bout #2 RCW Television Title Match Rogue defeated Mike Lozansky by submission to the Boston crab at 8:08 [Rogue wins the RCW Telelvision Title] New television champion crowned tonight. This match did not take long to turn into a bitter back and forth, hard punching, hard hitting contest. Lozansky missed a flying dropkick and landed on his back, immediately showing pain. Rogue went right after the back with stomps, knees, a backbody drop, and a backbreaker. Lozansky made a short lived comeback that ended when Rogue blocked a hiptoss attempt, and pulled Lozansky down onto his knee. He then delivered another backbreaker before locking in the Boston crab. Lozansky lasted just under a minute before he could take no more and cried uncle. A great title reign has come to an end. Interview: Rogue talks more gibberish about him being the best and Lozansky being a cove and a lully prigger. Bout#3 RCW Tag Team Title Match Owen Hart & Chris Benoit defeated the Sheepherders Butch & Luke by disqualification for double teaming at 9:45 [Owen Hart & Chris Benoit retained the RCW Tag Team Titles] The sheepherders had Benoit in trouble early and isolated him for several minutes but were still unable to get a pinfall. Once Hart got the hot tag and came in and cleaned house the Sheepherders fell back on double teaming. They ignored referee Jurgen Hermann's instructions and got themselves disqualified. Post-Match: The four men continue to brawl for several minutes around the announce table and then into the crowd. Butch busts Benoit open with the ringbell, while Owen busts Luke open on the guardrail. Security and officials break it up but not before a lot of blood is shed. Interview: After a commercial break the tag champs Owen Hart & Chris Benoit are in for an interview. Hart tries to get Benoit to let him do this one alone, but Benoit insists on standing with his partner with a blood soaked towel pressed against his head. They are angry, and dont care about disqualifications, and about wins, and about titles. They want to show the Sheepherders that you don't come into their backyard here in Western Canada and push them around. They say they will give the Bushwackers a rematch anytime, anywhere. Ron Strong reminds them that they own Wonderfully Fabulous a rematch first.
Main Event RCW Heavyweight Title Match Vendetta defeated Bryan St. John by pinfall after a DDT at 10:40 [Vendetta retained the RCW Heavyweight Ttile] St. John had his moments early working over the midsection to try and take the champ's breath away. It didnt work too well though as the Haitian went to work on St. John and dominated the next few minutes with his usual arsenal of dropkicks, running shoulderblocks, clotheslines, and kicks. He nailed a powerbomb, held on, picked up St. John and nailed a second powerbomb. He covered and got the 2 count. He then signalled for the DDT but before he could hit it St. John's partner Terry Orndorff came running down, jumped on the apron and began complaining to referee Buddy Lane. The RCW zebra though would have none of it and fast counted Orndorff to make him retreat quickly away from the ring. However, the distraction did buy St. John enough time to recover and he fought back including a fireman's carry into a Samonan drop for a 2 count. He applied the bodyscissors, then whipped the champ to the ropes for the spinebuster finisher. But Vendetta countered with a go-behind, then nailed St. John with a belly-to-back suplex for a 2 count. St. John tried to hit a clothesline but Vendetta ducked under, spun St. John around and hit the DDT to finish the match in style. That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling. See ya next week in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan!!!
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