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August 13, 1983
River City Wrestling #111
Winnipeg Convention Cente, Winnipeg, MB
We are welcomed by the announcers Ron Strong & Mike Stone.
Pre-Match:
RCW Television champion The Bounty Hunter comes to the ring. BH brags about his
succesful title defense at Wrestling Summit over Ray Stevens. He says while there is no clear #1 contender for the
TV title he thought it would be sporting to give someone a chance to win the belt tonight. He calls out an open challenge
to anyone in the lockeroom.
His challenge is met moments later by newcomer Vic Gate. BH just kind of smirks
at Gate and questions whether he is up for the challenge. This brings out The Destroyer who apparently has
been training and managing the career of Gate. He actually tries to talk Gate out of taking the match, saying he isn't ready
yet and he could get hurt physically or psycologically. Gate says there's only one way to find out if he is ready and that
is to try. Destroyer relents and we have our match.
Opening Bout:
RCW Television Title Match
The Bounty Hunter (champion), 275 lbs., El Paso Texas
v
Vic Gate, 229 lbs., St. Louis Missouri, (/w The Destroyer)
Quite frankly Gate was not ready for this match. He started off strong enough getting a waistlock
takedown, a headlock, a leglock, and a waistlock suplex. However, soon enough he was eating an elbow and then clotheslined
hard. BH took great pleasure in punishing the youngster with a powerbomb, piledriver, and a pair of gutwrench suplexes. He
could have easily have got the pin but he pulled up Gate at the 2 count. Gate crawled to the ropes, disorientated he tried
to reach out and tag the Destroyer on the floor. Destroyer just encouraged him and warned BH to not play around, but he didn't
touch or help Gate. Finally BH set him up with his lariat and took the pin.
Bounty Hunter defeated Vic Gate by pinfall after a lariat at 5:20
[Bounty Hunter retains the RCW Television title]
Promo; Opening this weekend in theatres across the nation, in 3-D technology, Paramount Pictures presents Steve Guttenberg
in "The Man Who Wasn't There". Being invisible gets you into spy rings, diplomatic circles, and
the girl's locker room.
A State Department employee finds an egg-shaped device with a green fluid inside that makes
the person who drinks it invisible. He finds himself being chased by foreign agents who want the substance.
Bout #2
Semi-Final in #1 contender mini-tournament
Ray Stevens, 247 lbs., San Fransisco, CA
v
Pat Patterson, 250 lbs., Montreal, PQ
Another edition of the legendary feud. This time Stevens comes up with a clean win.
Ray Stevens defeats Pat Patterson by pinfall after the Bombs Away at 9:26
Arm wrestling challenge;
Angleo Mosca v Stan Rodgers
RCW Tag champions Angleo Mosca and Bobby Duncum come to the ring,
carrying an armwrestling table. Mosca paraphrases Conn Smythe the former owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs (which draws a mix
of cheers and jeers from the crowd) and says, if you can't beat 'em in the alley then you can't beat them in the ring. He
says it took a long time before anyone came to RCW that were not only a better tag team then the Roughnecks but also bigger
and stronger. With that said Mosca calls out the former champs in an armwrestling challenge.
Stan Rodgers comes to the ring, but unfortuantely for him Russel Riggs could not
be here tonight, so he is alone. Duncum gives his "scouts honor" that he will stay out of it, as referee Wyatt Hall sets up
Rodgers and Mosca for an arm wrestling match. Of course the inevitable happens with Rodgers gaining the advantage and almost
having the win, when Duncum cheap shot him from behind. Mosca and Duncum double teamed Rodgers until RCW officials could break
it up.
Promo; On tonight's National News, President Ronald Reagan spoke today to the nation via radio address
in regards to the situation in Central America. Here is a brief clip of his speach;
Unfortunately, there have been such distortions about U.S. policy in Central America that the great
majority of Americans don't know which side we're on. No wonder a great many sincere people write angrily that we should support
regional dialog, emphasize economic assistance, or take any number of other actions, all of which we're already doing and
have been doing for more than 2 years.
Well, it's time to get away from fairy tales and get back to reality. We support the elected Government
of El Salvador against Communist-backed guerrillas who would take over the country by force. And we oppose the unelected Government
of Nicaragua, which supports those guerrillas with weapons and ammunition. Now, that, of course, puts us in sympathy with
those Nicaraguans who are trying to restore the democratic promises made during the revolution, the so-called contras.
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Music Video Promo;
"No One Like You" by Scorpions, as we see Tawney and Corrie England in
and out of the ring. The last shot we see is them standing behind the Triumverate (Lyon, Mosca, Duncum) looking as if they
are in control.
Approximate length: 2:00
Main Event
Semi-Final in #1 contender mini-tournament
The Destroyer, 252 lbs. parts unknown
v
Dynamite Kid, 207 lbs., Manchester England
This has all the makings of an excellent match-up as both men are scientifically sound despite Kid's
rulebreaking tendencies.
Collar-elbow hook-up to begin and Destroyer forces DK back to the corner and breaks clean. They lock-up
again and the same thing happens except this time DK slaps Destroyer across the face, points a finger at him and says "don't
try and embarass me".
They lock up again, this time Destroyer gives it more gusto, too much though, and DK takes him down
with a hammerlock. He works the lock as both men try to pivot positions on the mat. Finally Destroyer manages to bridge and
roll out of the hold but his arm is hurting.
DK goes right to work wrapping the arm around the top rope, and then hammering it across the ring
apron and then around the ring post.
Destroyer fights back with kicks and a flying headscissors into a headscissor lock. DK manages to
pop out of it and tries for the hammerlock but Destroyer counters with a front facelock. He works the hold until he can turn
it into a neckbreaker.
Destroyer goes to work now with a high knee lift, kneedrops, and flying bodypress but can't get the
pin.
DK manages to take the match outside where he reverses the momentum of the match, nailing Destroyer
with a snap suplex on the floor. Back inside DK hits a variety of moves including a crane kick, a hip toss powerslam, and
a plancha to the outside.
DK rolls Destroyer back inside and then nails him with a headbutt from the top turnbuckle, but he
hurts himself too, so Destroyer is able to kick out from the delayed pin attempt.
At this point the display changes and we are told the match has been edited for time, and that there
are only 5 minutes left in the 20 minute time limit.
Destroyer is in control and we can see that the DK has been busted wide
open. Destroyer nails a side suplex, a drop toe hold sending DK's head into the bottom turnbuckle, and a splash
from the 2nd turnbuckle. Dynamite Kid though kicks out of the pin attempt.
Destroyer punishes DK with bodyscissors trying to take the wind out of the high flying technician.
He turns it into a pinning combination but only gets a 2 count. Back on their feet and DK lashses out with a kick right to
the kneecap of the Destroyer, who drops like a stone.
DK tries to get back his wind, his hands resting on his knees, while the masked man attempts to stand,
only to fall down again. DK goes to work with some stomps and a boot choke. He turns Destroyer face down, stepping on the
back of his thigh he lifts his knee and slams it into the mat several times. DK turns Destroyer over and puts him in a figure-four
, but they are too close to the ropes and he has to break the hold. DK though refuses to break the hold at first, risking
disqualification. Finally he releases the hold only to try and reapply it but he receives a kick to the jaw by the Destroyer,
who then reaches up and rolls him up for 1, 2, Kickout!!
The timekeeper announces one minute remains in the timelimit.
Both men scramble to their feet. Destroyer rocks DK with a forearm smash that knocks him against
the ropes. DK tries to climb between the ropes but Destroyer pulls him back inside - only to eat an elbow from the British
mat star. DK then follows up with a knee to the gut and a snap suplex. Ref counts 1, 2, DK grabs a hold of the tights...3...
Dynamite Kid defeats The Destroyer by pinfall after a snap suplex (and a handful of tights)
at 19:32.
approximately 13 minutes shown on television
Destroyer argues with ref Wyatt Hall after the match but to no avail. The announce team thanks the
fans for tuning in and set-up next week's Dynamite Kid v Ray Stevens encounter with the winner to be the #1 contender for
Chris Lyon's heavyweight title.
That's it for another edition of River City Wrestling.
on to the next card
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