October 1982

October 17, 1982

River City Wrestling #79

Keystone Center, Brandon MB

Clarke Roenick defeated Sylvestor Woods by pinfall after a powerslam at 6:25

Ladies Tag Team Action:

Jeannie Rahib & Tanya Tataryn defeated Tawney & Corrie England by pinfall when Rahib pinned Corrie after the giant swing at 9:39

Street Fight:

The Hooligans (Paul Best & Quinn Cyr) defeated The Outsiders (Johnny Rivale & Curtis Simpson) by pinfall when Best pinned Rivale after a fistdrop at 10:20

Kenny Ho defeated Brent Beck by countout when Beck fell from the ring after being chopped in the throat by Ho at 13:31

Buddy Lane defeated Ron Ritchie by pinfall after a pair of flying dropkicks at 19:03

TV Title Match

Bob Brown defeated Bounty Hunter by disqualification when B. Hunter refused to stop choking Brown at 8:44

[Bounty Hunter retains the RCW Television Title]

**Unusual for the fan favorite to lose his temper but just an indication of how hot this feud is becoming.

Special Appearance:

Big John Studd defeated Junkyard Dog by pinfall after the heart punch at 11:33

MAIN EVENT

RCW Heavyweight Title Match

The Destroyer defeated Chris Lyon by pinfall after a flying crucifix into a pinning maneuver at 20:37

[The Destroyer retains the RCW Heavyweight Title]

October 24, 1982

River City Wrestling #80

Winnipeg Convention Center, Winnipeg MB

Bonecrusher defeated Rick Presonka by pinfall after a gutwrench suplex at 7:30

Ladies Action:

Tawney England defeated Jeannie Rahib by pinfall thanks to outside interference by Corrie England at 10:41

The Hooligans defeated Dean Jarrett & J.D. Miller by pinfall when Paul Best pinned Miller after a fistdrop at 14:45

Brent Beck defeated Shiek Fal-Had by disqualification due to outside interference at 6:12

**Unbelievably the television champion, and fan favorite, Bounty Hunter came to the ring and attacked Brent Beck. Everyone was confused as the two had no history with each other to warrant these actions. Kenny Ho joined Fal-Had in the ring and celebrated while Hunter dismantled Beck. Fal-Had then whipped out a money clip that he was handed by Ho, and proceeded to pay off the Bounty Hunter. But by this time Bonecrusher came down to the ring and scattered the rulebreakers. Looks like at long last Fal-Had got his revenge on his former charge Brent Beck.

Buddy Lane defeated Ron Ritchie by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 17:54

RCW TV Title Match

Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Bounty Hunter by pinfall at 9:55

[Bulldog Bob Brown wins the RCW TV Title]

**The fans boo’d Bounty Hunter when he came out for his match, due to his actions earlier in the night. The champ got on the mic and told the fans that he was afterall a Bounty Hunter, and it was just business. He says that at least this time he got paid.

The match quickly degenerated into a brawl. The two men were brawling outside the ring so the ref stepped out to try and get them back into the ring. However, Hunter ended up whipping Brown into the ref, knocking him out. Hunter seized the opportunity to grab a steel chair. He was prepared to hit Brown with it until Bonecrusher came in from behind and wrestled the chair away from Hunter. The champ then turned right into a bulldog from Brown. The challenger rolled the champ back into the ring and finished him off with another bulldog while Bonecrusher revived the ref to make the count. Title change, and the fans are behind Brown be default.

Special Appearance:

Big John Studd defeated Junkyard Dog by pinfall after a heart punch at 11:51

RCW Heavyweight Title Match

Chris Lyon defeated The Destroyer by pinfall with a bridging pin at 32:46

[Chris Lyon wins the RCW Heavyweight Title]

**This was the official title shot won by Lyon in the October battle royal. These two men have always put on a good match over the past 3 years in RCW and this was perhaps their best outing. Lyon did his best to cheat but the match remained one on one throughout. Lyon ended up getting the champ in the Boston crab on successive occasions, with the Destroyer spending long, damaging amounts of time in the move. Finally with the champ almost passed out, Lyon turned him over, bridged himself backward and pinned the champ.

October 30, 1982

River City Wrestling #81

Chalmers Community Center, Winnipeg MB

TV Taping for CJAE Ch 11 throughout November

Women’s Battle Royal for newly created RCW Women’s Championship

In order of elimination (who eliminated them) and the time

8. Nancy Horsefeld (C. England) 1:11

7. Ultra Venus (Rahib) 2:30

6. & 5 Corrie England & Tanya Tataryn (each other) 3:55

4. Shelly Salter (Rahib) 4:12

3. Iron Maiden (Rahib & T.England) 7:53

2. Jeannie Rahib (T.England) 9:20

Winner – Tawney England

[Tawney England wins the RCW Women’s Championship]

Bounty Hunter defeated Kenny Jay by pinfall after a lariat at 2:10

RCW Tag Team Title Match

Chris Lyon & Mike Valiant and The Hooligans battled to a wild double disqualification at 11:00

[Chris Lyon & Mike Valiant retain the RCW Tag Team Titles]

Handi-Cap Match

Bonecrusher defeated Black Crusader & Jake Milliman when ‘crusher pinned Milliman after a gutwrench suplex at 4:39

RCW TV Title Match

Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Shiek Fal-Had by pinfall after a bulldog at 6:21

[Bob Brown retains the RCW TV Title]

Buddy Lane defeated Monte Black by submission with the Indian deathlock at 5:03

Clarke Roenick defeated Puppy Dog Pelequin by pinfall after running him into the corner turnbuckles at 3:34

Jacques LaToque defeated Danny Younger by pinfall after a flying elbowsmash at 4:27

RCW TV Title Match

Bulldog Bob Brown defeated Rick Presonka by disqualification at 7:05

[Bob Brown retains the RCW TV Title]

**Bounty Hunter hit the ring to interfere, attacking Brown from behind. The ref called for the bell but it didn’t stop the Hunter & Presonka from double teaming Brown. They were finally saved by Bonecrusher and Brent Beck.

RCW Heavyweight Title Match

Chris Lyon defeated Dean Jarrett by submission with the Boston crab at 18:07

[Chris Lyon retains the RCW Heavyweight Title]

Post-Match interview:

RCW Heavyweight champion Chris Lyon called out his triumverate team-mates Clarke Roenick and Mike Valiant. Lyon then told his fellow tag team champion partner Mike Valiant that because of his schedule defending the Heavyweight title he wouldn’t be able to hold onto the tag championships. He told Valiant that he was forfeiting. Valiant of course was very upset, and Roenick actually had to step between the two to cool things down. RCW commissioner Marty Goldstein came down to the ring and accepted the resignation. He announced that a tournament would be held for the vacant titles at the December 3^rd anniversary show. Valiant said he would be in that tournament, that he deserved the right as the other half who didn’t quit, and asked Roenick to be his partner. Roenick accepted, and the triumverate left the ring, still together but not happy.

Somehow I just can't seem to avoid chaning all the titles at once. For six months there will be no changes, then all the titles will change at once. I try to avoid this but it seems hard to shake, maybe all the titles are on the same cycles. Introduced a new title for Women this month, that makes 4 titles. Bounty Hunter has switched back to being a rulebreaker. He's all about the coin that guy. RCW officials in the abstract sense has finally been replaced by naming Marty Goldstein, a local promoter, as the commissioner. Other than that, the building split between Lyon and Valiant will hopefully shake things up a bit.