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.

 

 

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

 

 

-squash match

 

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.

 

"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.

 

-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.

 

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.

 

-Tustin's first appearance in RCW, and while green looked to be in great shape and may have a future in wrestling.

 

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.

 

-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]

 

"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. 

 

-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.

 

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.

 

-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.

 

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.

 

"Helter Skelter" by the Beatles provides the music, Bruiser Brody and the St. Louis Wrestling club provides the carnage.

 

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.

 

-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

 

RCW presents the 8th Anniversary Spectacular from the Winnipeg Arena, December 17th.

 

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:

-squash match but Micelli did demonstrate a second finishing move in addition to her superkick on the eve of her match with Hollywood

 

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.

 

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!!

 

-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

 

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.