River City Wrestling (since 1980)

January 1982
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January 2, 1982
River City Wrestling #47
Chalmers Community Centre, Winnipeg MB
 
Television Taping for broadcast on CJAE Ch 11, January 7 & 14
 

Brent Beck defeated Ashely Shade by pinfall after a shoulderbreaker at 6:34.

**Shiek Fal-Had & Brent Beck are interviewed in the ring following the match. Fal-Had promises that recent loses by Beck are just minor set backs that will soon be rectified. When asked what will happen if he continues to lose Fal-Had refuses to answer**

 

#1 Contenders Match for RCW Tag Team Titles

The Roughnecks defeated Les Voyageurs by pinfall when Stan Rodgers pinned Luc Lagimodiere following a suplex off the second turnbuckle at 8:02

 

**Clarke Roenick and new TV champion Bonecrusher are called out to the ring. It is announced that while Roenick was awarded the TV belt at the 2nd Anniversary show that match ended in a DQ, not a pinfall or submission. RCW has decided to allow Roenick's title win to remain, but order an immediate rematch tonight**

 

Kenny Ho defeated Chrisscat by submission to the Asiatic spike at 4:42

**Kenny Ho is interviewed after the match. He complains that RCW officials are still not giving him his proper title shots considering he defeated international superstar Rufus R Jones at the 2nd Anniversary show**

 

RCW Television Title Match

Bonecrusher defeated Clarke Roenick by submission with the bearhug at 12:12

[Bonecrusher wins the RCW Television Title]
 
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Klondike Bill defeated Col. Mike Stone by pinfall following a flying double axhandle chop at 3:37

**Klondike Bill is interviewed, the fan favorite is welcomed to RCW and gives a brief overview of what the fans can expect to see from him**

 

Mike Valiant defeated Dean Jarrett by pinfall following a piledriver at 11:50

**Valiant cheated throughout the match. When he attempted to take an interview following the match he was confronted in the ring by Jarrett and the two got into a wild brawl. This brought out Clarke Roenick and Chris Lyon to back up Valiant, which brought out Moose Morowski and The Destroyer to back up Jarrett**

 

RCW Tag Title Match

The Royal Kiwis (Kelly Hobin & Keith McIvor) defeated The Roughnecks (Stan Rodgers & Russel Riggs) by pinfall when Hobin pinned Riggs following a flying clothesline at 7:09

[Royal Kiwis retain the RCW Tag Team Titles]

**The Roughnecks, former RCW Tag Team champions, accept the applause of the crowd as they announce that they have finished for the time being in RCW and are moving on to another territory**

 

MAIN EVENT

RCW Heavyweight Title Match

STRAP MATCH

The Destroyer defeated Chris Lyon by touching all 4 turnbuckles in a strap match at 10:53

**Both men were connected by a twelve foot leather strap. Lyon controlled the match early but the champion roared back to bloody and defeat Lyon**

 

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January 12, 1982
River City Wrestling #48
Portage la Prairie, MB
 

Shiek Fal-Had defeated Danny Potenza by submission with a single leg Boston crab at 6:09

 

Klondike Bill and Brent Beck battled to a double countout at 9:39

 

Women’s Action:

Jeannie Rahib defeated Tawney England by submission with the Indian deathlock at 6:35

 

Dean Jarrett and Mike Valiant battled to a 25 minute time limit draw. 25:00

 

Non-Title Match

Clarke Roenick defeated Bonecrusher by disqualification when ‘crusher lost his temper and used a steel chair on Roenick in front of the referee at 11:12

 

RCW Tag Team Title Match

Royal Kiwis defeated The Outsiders by pinfall when Keith McIvor pinned Johnny Rivale after a powerslam at 15:58

[Royal Kiwis retain the RCW Tag Team Titles]

 

MAIN EVENT

RCW Heavyweight Title Match

The Destroyer defeated Chris Lyon by disqualification by outside interference at 25:59

[The Destroyer retains the RCW Heavyweight Title Match]

**Destroyer was in control of the match and had Lyon in agony in a bodyscissors for over two minutes before Lyon’s allies Mike Valiant & Clarke Roenick could watch no more and charged the ring to prevent a certain loss by Lyon. Bonecrusher and Dean Jarrett came to the rescue of the champion**

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January 16, 1982
River City Wrestling #49
Chalmers Community Centre, Winnipeg MB
 
Televison Taping for broadcast on CJAE Ch 11 on January 21 & 28
 

Jeannie Rahib defeated Tawney England by pinfall when England’s shoulders were pinned to the mat while in an Indian deathlock at 9:03

**Following the match Tawney and Jeannie were in the ring together being interviewed. From the back came a newcomer to RCW. A well built girl to rival Tawney in the looks department, she was introduced as Corrie England. She said she was here in RCW to wrestle and would be a lot more aggressive then her sister Tawney, who she accused of being a lapdog for Rahib. Heated words were exchanged between the 3 ladies but nothing more came from it**

 

Klondike Bill defeated Puppy Dog Pelequin by pinfall after a flying double axhandle smash at 3:41

 

**Video and interview footage is shown of southern superstars Stanley Lane & Bryan St. John, one of the world’s highest rated tag teams who will be coming to RCW and to the Winnipeg Arena to take on RCW Tag champions the Royal Kiwis**

 

Shiek Fal-Had defeated Danny Younger by pinfall after a kneedrop from the 2nd turnbuckle at 2:55

 

**Taped interview with Rufus R Jones who is returning to RCW to meet Shiek Fal-Had at the Winnipeg Arena**

 

RCW Tag Team Title Match

Royal Kiwis and the Outsiders battled to a double countout at 11:07.

[Kiwis retained the RCW Tag Team titles]

 

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Buddy Lane defeated Rick Presonka by submission with a step over drop toe hold at 4:01

 

**Video tape and interview package is shown of female wrestlers Anne Fargo and Pepper LaBianca who are coming to Winnipeg to face Jeannie Rahib & Tawney England at the Arena**

 

Kenny Ho & Eric Lee defeated Chrisscat & Ashley Shade by submission when Ho submitted Shade with the Asiatic spike at 5:19

**After the match a visibly upset Chrisscat waxed nostalgic about the days when he, as part of the KISS Army was at the top of RCW. Now he is at the bottom. He says he does not mean to offend Ashley Shade but he promises the fans that he is going to get himself a new tag team partner. The new team will premiere at the Winnipeg Arena against the very tandem he lost to tonight, Ho & Lee**

 

RCW Television Title Match

Coal Miners Glove Match (suspended on a pole)

Bonecrusher defeated Clarke Roenick by pinfall after hitting him with the coal miner’s glove at 8:50

[Bonecrusher retained the RCW Television Title]

**After the match Roenick was joined in the ring by his allies Chris Lyon and Mike Valiant. They said they were done trying to take the title from the “cheater” Bonecrusher. They said they had something else in mind though for the TV champion, something worse, but wouldn’t elaborate**

 

Main Event

Six Man Tag Team Match

Chris Lyon/Mike Valiant/Clarke Roenick defeated The Destroyer/Dean Jarrett/Moose Morowski by pinfall when Lyon pinned Jarrett after a dropkick from the top turnbuckle at

10:17

 

 

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January 30, 1982
River City Wrestling #50
Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg MB

 

Opening Bout:

Klondike Bill defeated Tom Stone by pinfall following a flying double axhandle smash at 3:20

 

Non-title Match

Bonecrusher and Mike Valiant batted to a double disqualification at 12:42

 

Chris Lyon defeated Dean Jarrett by submission to the Boston crab at 15:16

 

Buddy Lane defeated Brent Beck by disqualification because of outside interference at 7:22

**Beck’s maanger Shiek Fal-Had was caught tripping Lane and disqualified**

 

Mystery Partner:

Chrisscat & Paul Superstar defeated Kenny Ho & Eric Lee by pinfall when Chrisscat pinned Ho following a cross body block from the top turnbuckle at 9:54

**Former KISS Army member Paul Superstar is back in the RCW, this time as a fan favorite and tag partner of Chrisscat**

 

Women’s Tag Team Action:

Anne Fargo & Pepper LaBianca defeated Jeannie Rahib & Tawney England by pinfall when Fargo pinned England after a bodyslam and thanks to leverage from the ropes on the pinfall at 10:32

 

RCW Tag Team Title Match

The Royal Kiwis (Kelly Hobin & Keith McIvor) defeated Stanley Lane & Bryan St. John by disqualification when Lane got disqualified using the ring bell on McIvor outside the ring in a wild brawl at 17:34

[Royal Kiwis retain the RCW Tag Team Titles]

 

Special Appearance:

Rufus R Jones defeated Shiek Fal-Had by pinfall following the feight train shoulderblock at 8:39

 

MAIN EVENT

RCW Heavyweight Title Match

**Respect Match**

The Destroyer defeated Moose Morowski by pinfall when he rolled him up following a flying crucifix at 15:52

[The Destroyer retains the RCW Heavyweight Title]