-very good production quality, with over the top announcers and a glitzy paid crowd. Heavy Metal cheated constantly throughout the match to pick up the win.

 

Clips of Lex Lugar, the young sensation from Florida coming to RCW's Wrestling Summit 3 this July in Edmonton.

 

Misty Blue Simmes is interviewed, and gets a mixed reaction from the Hollywood crowd. She says all the right things being respectful, saying this is new ground for her and the others coming down from Canada, and that they have to earn their stripes all over again. But they still have that outside stigma. They announce that the Canadian Women's Title is being renamed the North American title in recognition to the fact it is now being defended in the US as well as Canada.

She's interrupted by a woman calling herself Hollywood. She basically tells Simmes to get her butt back to Canada. The two get into a pushing contest but its broken up before it can escalate.

 

[Misty Blue Simmes retained the North American Women's Title]

-Matilda pushed Simmes to the limit in a hard fought match between two favorites. Simmes though had more stamina and outlasted Matilda making one last comeback for the win,

 

Post-Match:

Heavy Metal hits the ring along with Hollywood. It's a 3 on 1 attack. They beat up on Simmes pretty good before Matilda who had recovered and then stood unsure of her own loyalties, finally came to Simmes defense making it 3 on 2. Then Little Egypt hit the ring and it was 4 on 2, which lasted until California Doll and Cpl. Kelly hit the ring to make it 4 on 4. All 8 ladies brawled until the camera cut.

 

Elvira, the mistress of the Dark, promoting both Wrestling Summit 3 and the G.L.O.W. - RCW venture.

 

-LeDuc was looking for a little revenge after losing to Gama last week thanks to the East Indian cheating. He got his revenge and more. LeDuc busted Gama open outside the ring after beating him from pillar to post, and when he went back into the ring to beat the count Gama went the opposite direction to the backstage area.

 

Strangler Steve Disalvo came out. He is "disappointed" in Backlund for giving Bassarab the #1 contendership, but has been warned by Marty Goldstein that if he interferes in that matchup then he will never get the #1 title shot. So Disalvo says he has no choice but to wait, and in the meantime hurt people. Disalvo says he was sitting back wondering who he could beat to get Backlund's attention, what would make a bigger impact then any other victory. Then it came to him ~ the Destroyer. The only icon in River City Wrestling, the only wrestler to be in their hall of fame. Ron Strong reminds him that Destroyer is getting rehab for an injury, which makes Disalvo scoff and offer his opinion that the Destroyer is ducking him.

This brings out Phillip Navarre. He says its dishonorable of Disalvo to verbally attack someone who can't defend themselves at the moment. Disalvo says that Navarre looks like he can defend himself, so he challenges the Frenchman to a match now. Navarre of course accepts.

 

-Disalvo attacked Navarre before the opening bell and pounded on him for a couple minutes including a powerslam and a piledriver which failed to get a 3 count. Navarre fought back, throwing Disalvo out of the ring to buy himself a bit of recovery time. Navarre took out the legs of the big man and worked him on the mat. He tried for a full nelson but Disalvo was too strong easily breaking it. But when Disalvo tried for his own full nelson, Navarre ducked under, through the legs of Disalvo and took him down with a double leg from behind. He worked Disalvo a bit more before going for the coup de grace, but Disalvo was too big and strong and pounded his way out of it with his fists. He then choked Navarre on the ropes, ran him shoulder first into the ring post, and then hit the running clothesline for the win.

 

[end of first hour]

 

Special announcement, just signed, reunited for one more match a tag team of legendary proportion, the Blackjacks Mulligan & Lanza.

Already signed for WS3;

Bob Backlund  v  Bruno Sammartino

All the great RCW stars like Ben Bassarab, Steve Disalvo, and the Longriders will be signed for that great card.

But in addition appearing will be;

The Road Warriors Hawk & Animal

Lex Lugar

and now The Blackjacks Mulligan & Lanza back together one more time!!

Edmonton get your tickets now for this great card.

 

-Boone acquitted himself well in this match using his excellent athleticism to counter Silva's power. But Silva caught up to him and punished him including sending him hard over the top rope. However, when Boone made another comeback Silva lost his temper, gave Boone a lowblow and then wrapped his head between the top and middle ropes. He pulled his legs outside the ring and pulled down trying to strangle him. This was all the ref would take and called for the bell. Jos LeDuc, Ben Bassarab, and Phillip Navarre came out to make the save.

 

Post-Match:

Medics attended to Boone taking him off on a stretcher while LeDuc, Bassarab, and Navarre looked on in concern.

 

A taped segment of a short, overweight man with a big black mustache and curly hair, introduces himself as Joshua Falstein (played by actor Avery Schreiber) or J.F. as his friends call him (and he invites us to call him J.F. cause we're going to be just famous friends). He says he is a hotshot Hollywood agent and he has been contacted by River City Wrestling to bring some pizazz, some glitz, to the Wrestling Summit 3 event in Edwardton.

So he has rounded up some of his world famous clients who are willing to make the trek to snowy Ontario and ride a snowmobile or do whatever they have to in order to make this event a success. What he has come up with is to sign about 8 of his clients to managerial contracts, and then have wrestlers in the preliminary matches draw a manager's name out of a hat to second them that evening.

He says the first client of his that needs the work, errrr, that is willing to go to Edgartown, is the very famous and lovely Jenilee Harrison, mostly known to viewers as Cindy Snow from the hit TV sitcom Three's Company.

J.F. advices us to tune in each week for more blockbuster announcements.

 

RCW Tag Team Title Match

 

Ritchie and Royce came to the ring and were introduced. While they waited for the Longriders to come out instead they got Nick Kiniski and Lisa Caress. Nick got on the mic and started to tell R&R they never beat anyone credible and it was a joke that they were getting this tag title shot instead of the Kiniski brothers. Royce wanted to go at Nick but Ritchie, the veteran, held him back, waiting for the Longriders. Referee Wyatt Hall was doing the best he could to keep peace. Then Kelly Kiniski came out and took the mic from his brother, giving him a push. He called Nick, much to the delight of the crowd, a spoiled brat and a disgrace to the Kiniski name. With that Nick hauled off and slapped Kelly across the face. Kelly just smiled and shook his head, then suddenly hit Nick with a forearm shot to the jaw. Still with the mic Kelly said that's how you hit, not like a little girl. With that Nick launched himself at Kelly and the two started to grapple. Lisa tried to restrain Nick and ended up being pushed to the ground. Hall also tried to get between them but wasn't having much success, so Ritchie grabbed ahold of Nick and led him to one corner while Royce did the same to Kelly. Nick continued to try and get past Ritchie but Kelly didn't offer much resistance to Royce. All looked to be calmed down, until suddenly Kelly nailed Royce with a forearm shot to the jaw, and a split second later Nick did the same to Ritchie. It was all a ploy and the Kiniski brothers, and with Lisa back on her feet and cheering them on, began to lay the boots into R&R. This lasted for about a minute until the tag champions the Longriders arrived, and took on the Kiniski brothers. They were having their way with them until Lisa managed to trip up Wild Bill which turned the tables. The Kiniski's took over and both of them managed to get the tag champions into a figure-four. They held those moves on for a good 30 seconds before R&R recovered and the Kiniskis broke the holds and left the scene.

 

The Longriders, Robbie Royce, and Ron Ritchie all share the ring. The Longriders thank R&R for helping them out, and promise them they will get a fair title shot before the Kiniski's see another title shot. The 'riders vent for a while on the Kiniski's calling them the Chickeninskis and saying if their Daddy ain't ashamed of them their Mommy sure as shoot is. The 'riders say the day of retribution will come for the Kiniski's soon, but first they challenge Marty Goldstein to find a way to make sure that the Longriders and R&R can lock up fairly one time.

 

G.L.O.W. wrestling coming this September, check your local listings for station and time.

 

 

Bob Backlund (Heavyweight Champion)

v

Ben Bassarab (#1 challenger & Television Champion)

 

The first five minutes of this match consisted of collar-elbow hookups, tests of strength (won by Backlund), basic counters, go-behinds, rope breaks, and top wristlocks and armbars. Backlund was treating Bassrab with a lot of respect and wrestling cautious.

It was Bassarab who then tried to break through and pick up the pace, growing impatient, and that was a big mistake. Backlund caught him trying to shoot with a knee to the head, and then locked on a front chancery into a front layout suplex. He then continued to work Bassarab with a hangman, a neckbreaker, a reverse chinlock, and a pair of dropkicks.

Bassarab took a couple of rope breaks and avoided Backlund to buy some time which wasn't popular with the fans. On their next lock up he caught the champ with a sneaky forearm to the jaw, then put him into a hammerlock. Backlund broke it with a back elbow to the jaw, then turned around and nailed Bassarab with a forearm to the jaw of his own.

Things were strained between the two but they kept it clean, just more intense. The next couple minutes were higher tempo with lots of quick moves, reverses, whips to the ropes, criss cross, etc. This was more to the liking of Bassarab who took over the momentum and hit Backlund with a release German suplex, and then a pair of snap suplexes, for a 2 count.

Bassarab tried for a sleeperhold but Backlund countered with a jawbreaker, then put on his own sleeperhold but this one while Bassarab was sitting. Eventually the TV champ managed to get to his feet and then over to the ropes; but he was woozy. Backlund went right after him with a bodyslam, a pair of elbowdrops, then a scoop into a Samoan drop. He then nailed Bassarab with his finisher the atomic drop, but the force of the blow sent Bassarab through the ropes to the floor below to avoid the pin.

Bassarab barely made it in the ring before the 10 count. Backlund took him down with a hip toss and was going to follow up with a rear chinlock, but Bassarab grabbed the champ's arm dragging him forward, and pulled up his own legs putting the champ over with headscissors. Bassarab worked the headscissors until Backlund was able to handstand out of them. Back on their feet Backlund hit Bassarab with another hiptoss but this time Bassarab landed, and hit Backlund with a double kick from the ground. Back on his feet he scooped the champ and nailed a powerslam. He dropped an elbow from the second rope. He nailed the champ with a piledriver and got a 2 count. Bassarab then tried to finish off the champ with a Boston crab but Backlund reached the ropes. Bassarab continued the pressure with another release German suplex. He then draped Backlund over the ring apron, left the ring, and taking a running start nailed Backlund with an elbow to the solarplexes. He then lifted Backlund's head up and slammed him back down across the apron. Bassarab slid back into the ring, hit him with a bodyslam, and was about to climb to the top rope when suddenly the bell rang.

 

Confusion reigned for a minute and Bassarab was very upset while referee Buddy Lane checked on what was happening. Then came the announcement. The match had reached the 20-minute time limit for TV. Bassarab was livid and shook the ropes up and down. By now Backlund was back on his feet, left the ring and went to the announce table.

He grabs a mic, and apologizes to Bassarab. He says Ben had the momentum and who knows what may have happened. Well we may be out of time for this week but Backlund says let's continue the match, keep the cameras rolling and we'll show the rest next week. The fans of course cheer, and Bassarab claps his hands too. Backlund re-enters the ring and Buddy Lane calls for the bell to ring once again.

 

That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling.

 

See ya next week!!!