August 3,1985
River City Wrestling #201
Billings, Montana

 

-squash match

 

Schultz rants at champion Jerry Blackwell about trying to tell him how to referee on the July 14th title bout, and trying to get him suspended. He tells Blackwell he did him a favour, but the favours are over and next time to do your own dirty work.

 

-a truly unruly contest and referee Buddy Lane had no choice but to throw it out when they refused to re-enter the ring and started to throw chairs at each other.

 

Chris Lyon entered the fray and nailed McDaniel from behind. Lyon & Duncum laid the boots to the Indian chief for a minute or so before the save was made by Larry "the Axe" Hennig.

 

Universal Pictures is proud to release to theatres this weekend the sure fire hit "Weird Science" starring Anthony Michael Hall and Kelly LeBrock.

After two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers, their desperation leads them to "create" a woman via their computer; the sensual and daring Lisa.

 

-this was a rematch with Sharpe trying unsuccessfully to avenge a prior loss. Armstrong ducked under Sharpe's attempted forearm smash with that questionable brace, came off the ropes and rocked his opponent with his own forearm.

 

Larry Hennig & Brad Rheinghans come out to the ring. They announce that Rheinghans has healed and is now back from his injuries. They are forming a tag team and going after the belts currently held by Masked Superstar & Super Destroyer. When Hennig is asked about what happened earlier in the night he says that Wahoo is a good man, and a friend, and he was just helping out a friend. He says that battle is for Wahoo to fight though and warns him to be careful because Lyon and Duncum are dangerous.

 

King Tonga & Yoshiaki Yatsu defeated Gord Moore & Brad Daniels by pinfall when Yatsu pinned Moore after dropping him throat first across the top rope at 5:10

-squash match. The premiere for this devastating duo under the leadership of Mr. Ho.

 

Mr. Ho gave the usual manager spiel about his men being the best, coming for the titles, no one is going to stop them. Tonga and Yatsu remained silent and stoic throughout the interview.

 

[end of first hour]

 

-Circumstances surrounding crash of Delta flight 191 at Dallas-Fort Worth airport yesterday

- Investigation into last night's collision of 2 Burlington Northern trains and the severity of ensuing explosion

-Death toll from train collision in south France

-Uganda reported reopening its borders since recent overthrow of President Milton

-Networks' refusal to air commercial by American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists urging self-educ. regarding contraceptives

-Joe Namath, Roger Staubach, O.J. Simpson and Pete Rozelle reported inducted into NFL (National Football League) football hall of fame

 

 

 

[Corrie England retains the Canadian Women's Title]

-Red Fox was on the verge of winning the title when the champ used a chair to get DQ'd to save her belt.

 

Corrie continued to assault Fox, albeit without the chair which was taken away by referee Wyatt Hall. The attack continued until Tawney England showed up to make the save. But Natahsa then showed up, obvioulsy having been laying in waiting and it was 2 on 1. Corrie and Natasha devastated Tawney with a double DDT. They left Tawney and Red Fox laying face down in the ring.

 

Tribute Video: Clips of the former champion Jumpin' Jim Brunzell set to "Glory Days" by Bruce Springsteen.

 

[Superstar & Destroyer retained the RCW Tag Titles]

-the title threat from the Malenkos went out with a whimper not a bang, as the titles were never in serious jeopardy. This masked tag team is very aggressive and dominant and it will take a fabulous team to take the belts from them.

 

RCW Heavyweight champion Jerry Blackwell comes out to a vicious round of jeers from the crowd. First off Blackwell declares the age of Brunzell to be finished, he's dead like all the rest of the dinosaurs. He says the former champ is out for the second time this year with cracked ribs. Moving on now to other challengers...he pauses...then laughs. Who?

When Ron Strong mentions David Schultz's name Blackwell just gets angry. He says Schultz was supposed to do a job and he didn't get the job done. If he can't even get a win in a title bout when he is the referee how is he going to get one when he is the challenger?

This of course brings Schultz out. He is passed the microphone by Strong, but just looks at it for a second, before going right after Blackwell with a fist to the head. The fans actually cheer Dr. D as the two men brawl until RCW officials can come out and break it up.

 

[Ben Bassarab wins the RCW TV Title]

-excellent match with two guys that can chain wrestle, ground wrestle, and fly. Bassarab prefered to fly and Lyon prefered to brawl. Bassarab countered a slingshot suplex attempt by sliding off and landing on the ring apron, and then taking Lyon down with a sunset flip. Lyon went right to the eyes of the former TV champ, and then tried to be cheeky and nail a flying crossbody block (his opponent's finisher). But Bassarab ducked away. Although both men are considered rulebreakers the fans were strongly behind Bassarab. When Bassarab came off the ropes Bobby Duncum had come down to the ring and the ref George Gadasky did not see him trip up Bassarab. This brought out Wahoo McDaniel who went right after Duncum, driving him away from the ring. Back inside the temporary advantage from the trip was squandered by Lyon who was too busy worrying about McDaniel. Bassarab dropkicked him from behind into the buckle and then came off the 2nd turnbuckle with an elbowdrop. He then used his finisher to end the match and regain the TV title that he lost to Jerry Blackwell.

 

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

 

See ya next week!!

 

August 10,1985
River City Wrestling #202
Cheyenne, Wyoming

 

-Moore was the weak link in this contest

 

-the veteran Sharpe prevailed over the youngster.

 

-squash match for the new tandem of Hennig & Rheinghans

 

-squash match

 

Bob Backlund is interviewed and tells the audience that he is going to be wrestling in RCW for a while, and looks forward to the competition. He says his goal will of course be to capture the Heavyweight title, currently held by Jerry Blackwell.

 

[end of first hour]

 

-Jewel was not a strong enough tag partner for McDaniel to compete with Lyon and Duncum.

 

-these two battled in the air and on the mat, inside the ring and outside. Neither man seemed to gain an advantage for more then a minute. Bassarab twice tried to nail Armstrong with the flying crossbody block and both times Armstrong ducked away. Armstrong also tried to finish off Bassrab, the TV champ, with the side Russian legsweep, only to be blocked and countered with a hip toss. As the seconds wound down Armstrogn was working the champ over with some spinning toe holds but couldn't finish him off.

 

Jerry Blackwell  v  David Schultz

 

Schultz tried to attack Blackwell before the bell but the champ was ready for it. He threw Schultz in the corner, peppered him with some shots, only to have Schultz spin him into the corner and return the favor. He tried to biel the behemoth out of the corner which was a mistake. Blackwell held his ground and then gave Dr D an elbow right between the eyes.

The two continued to brawl like this and the fans while solidly behind Schultz had to enjoy seeing both these guys take damage. Schultz' started to bleed after Blackwell potatoed him with a fist over the eyebrow. This was quite a bleeder and looked like it would be Schultz' downfall.

Referee Gadasky tried to seperate the two so he could look at the cut, but when he tried this Schultz wrapped a meaty hand around his neck and threw him through the ropes to the floor below.

 

[Jerry Blackwell retains the RCW Heavyweight Title]

 

The two men continued to brawl, and it spilled outside. Schultz was a bloody mess and his legs were weak and shaky from blood loss. Blackwell scooped him up and bodyslammed him onto the announce table. Schultz rolled off and ddin't move.

 

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

 

See ya next week!!!

 

 

 

August 17,1985
River City Wrestling #203
Fargo, North Dakota

 

-the rulebreakers were no match for their opponents tonight and they decided to call it a night early and head to the showers.

 

-Mo, an area strongman and weightlifter, wrestled a clean match with the former WWWF World champion. While he was outclassed in wrestling skills by Backlund, it was also a chance for Bob to show the RCW fans just how deceptively strong he is as well.

 

-very even match. SD took advantage of a situation to ram Rheinghans head first into the ringpost and this allowed him to finish the match with his piledriver.

 

-it was obvious that Hennig had his half of the tag champions beat but Superstar produced a chain that he used on Hennig in front of the ref to avoid a pinfall loss.

 

[end of first hour]

 

Promo:

Ron Strong informs us that Jim Brunzell will still be out for a few more weeks nursing his injured ribs.

 

Marty Goldstein comes out. He says that normally he would suspend David Schultz for abusing an official like he did last week, throwing Gadasky out of the ring. However, what he has planned is even more of a punishment. In tonight's main event David Schultz will wrestle against two men, Chris Lyon & Bobby Duncum in a handi-cap match. If Schultz can win that match then he will get a rematch against Jerry Blackwell for the title.

 

-like last week with Brian Jewel, Wahoo has yet to find himself a tag partner to replace Larry Hennig that can get the job done.

 

Corrie England and The Red Fox battled to a double pinfall at 10:59

[Corrie England retains the Canadian Women's Title]

-vicious strap match that saw each lady whip the other like a rented mule. The end came when Fox came jumping off the top rope but Corrie was ready for her. They collided hard smashing heads and went down. Each landed on her back with their arms flayed across each other. As Kenny Jay applied the count the fans knew that one of them had only to lift a shoulder blade to win the match, but it never happened. Both girls stayed down for the 3 count. This double count is a first in RCW's 6 year history.

 

-for over 8 minutes Schultz was on the verge of losing this match. His head wound from last week was opened up again, he looked weak, and gave very little offense in the last 5-6 minutes. It was one near fall after another. The turning point came when Jerry Blackwell came down to the ring and distracted referee Kenny Jay. This allowed Duncum to grab his cowbell and ~waffle~ Schultz, knocking him out. They then set him up and with Lyon coming off the top turnbuckle pushign down on Schultz' boots, Duncum nailed the piledriver.

 

Post-Match:

Lyon, Duncum, and Blackwell all began to lay the boots into David Schultz. After about a minute it was Larry Hennig and Bob Backlund who came out to make the save. However, after driving the rulebreakers away, rather then check on Schultz, they just looked at him and left the ring while he lay face up, his face a crimson mask.

 

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

 

See ya next week!!!

 

 

 

August 24,1985
River City Wrestling #204
Winnipeg, Manitoba

 

-squash match

 

-very strange occurence in this match. The usually methodical and inpersonal Hestrerey went off the deep end. Lyon did his usual cheating methods but nothing more then most of the RCW rulebreakers that Hestrerey has faced have done in the past. But Tod lost it for some reason and from out of the ring he grabbed Lyon by the ankles, yanked him down and out of the ring and then proceeded in plain view of the referee to nail him with a steel chair and get the DQ. To make matters worse he hit him a 2nd time with the chair. He then seemed to come to his senses, threw the chair to the ground and left a mostly stunned audience.

 

Promo: Featured videos on Tonight's Good Rockin' Tonite will be;

"Crying over You" Platinum Blonde, "The Power of Love" Huey Lewis & The News, "Summer of '69" Bryan Adams, "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" John Parr, and "Smokin' in the Boys Room" Motley Crue.

 

 

Brian Jewel came to the ring. He said that Wahoo seems to think he wasn't a good enough partner for him, and he dumped him for Man Mountain Mike? He accuses McDaniel of betraying someone of the same heritage, Native Canadian in the pursuit of gold.

Wahoo comes out and basically says "who are you to challenge or doubt me? What have you accomplished? How many arenas have you sold out?". He accepts the match.

 

-Wahoo pounded away at the younger and smaller opponent. He was vicious and never relented. He could have won this bout around the 4 minute mark easy but continued the punishment for a couple more minutes. After the match Wahoo tossed Jewel out of the ring as if throwing out the trash.

The fans have probably started to wonder if there is something in the water tonight.

 

-Backlund controlled the last 5 minutes of this match but Duncum managed to hang on. He tried to bulldog Backlund but it was countered with an atomic drop which sent Duncum straight into ref George Gadasky knocking him out. This gave an opportunity for Chris Lyon to enter the ring and while Backlund was checking on Gadasky Lyon Pearl Harboured him from behind. Duncum recovered and they nailed a double flying clothesline. Gadasky woke up after Lyon vacated and Duncum hit the bulldog to make it official.

 

Atlantic is proud to release to theatres nation wide this weekend the sure fire hit "Teen Wolf" starring Michael J Fox.

A teen discovers that puberty for him means he turns into a werewolf. One of the beneficial side effects is that it also turns him into a top-notch basketball player. But will his notoriety cost him his friends and can he find true love?

He always wanted to be special... but he never expected this!

Can Michael J Fox finally unseat his own film "Back to the Future" which is still hanging in at #1 going into it's 8th weekend in release?

 

 

[end of first hour]

 

 

[Corrie England retains the Canadian Women's Title]

-a fairly clean win for a change for the Women's champ.

 

Corrie is interviewed and indicates that her fall itenirary is quite busy, and that because she will be defending her Canadian title from coast to coast that her apperances in RCW may be slim for a while. The fans give a mixed reaction to that news. Corrie also indicates that she has beaten all the local talent and that RCW should use the next couple months to nurture some new talent.

 

-(Moscow, USSR ) USSR reported accusing Reagan administration of launching anti-Soviet campaign with regard to chemical tracking of Americans here in anticipation of meeting between President Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. "Pravda's" denial that KGB used chemical dust to monitor Americans.

-.(South Africa) Police arrests of black anti-apartheid leaders of United Democrat Front (UDF) following announcement by Reverend Allan Boesak of illegal march next week

-(Los Angeles, California) A number of murders in California attributed to killer dubbed the Night Stalker

-Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver reported defeating Bobby Riggs and Vitas Gerulaitis

 

 

Ben Bassarab v Brad Armstrong

 

This was a rematch from two weeks ago where they battled to a 20-minute draw. Bassarab started strong with some chops, and then worked a reverse chinlock. He didn't seem to have a game plan though so his assault stalled and Armstrong used a springboard out of the corner to level the champ. He went to work with a series of hiptosses until Bassarab took a powder out of the ring. The champ was so dizzy that he had trouble recovering to break the 10 count. Armstrong then went to work with a series of dropkicks, nailing the champ everytime he would get back up. Finally he just stayed down and Armstrong nailed him with a knee to the small of the back instead. Bassarab tried to call for time in the corner before being monkey flipped out.

The champ though turned things around by catching the challenger with a drop toe hold and then worked a side chinlock. He then changed into a front chancery that he slipped into a chokehold several times. Armstrong worked his way to his feet only to have Bassarab practically lift him off his feet with the front chinlock before he could work it to the ropes. The champ swiftly grabbed Armstrong and threw him through the ropes to the floor below.

Eight minutes into the match and the action went to the floor as Bassarab followed him out. He threw him into the guardrail, then slid in to break the count, gave him a bodyslam and then a double stomp to the lower back, slid in to break the count, then came off the ring apron with a knee drop to the lower back. This time he slid Armstrong into the ring. Bassarab climbed to the top and tried to nail another kneedrop to the lower back but Armstrong rolled out of the way.

Getting to their feet both men threw a dropkick, smashing feet and legs together. Armstrong seemed to get the worse of it and came up favouring a knee. The champ went right to work on the knee first working it by smashing it off the mat, stomping on it, and then off the ring apron. He then went for the figure-four but was too close to the ropes and Armstrong got the break. Bassarab continued on the knee with a pair of knee breakers. He tossed the challenger out of the ring hoping to cause more damage on the landing. Armstrong was badly hurt and Bassarab stayed back forcing Armstrong to hobble back into the ring to break the count just before 10.

The champ stomped the knee once again and then tossed Armstrong through the ropes once again. This time though Bassarab followed Armstrong out of the ring but instead of going after his opponent his action was instead to grab the wooden ringsteps and dragging them further away from the ring, leaving them on the walkway to the ring. This made it more difficult for Armstrong to enter the ring. He had to use his arms more to pull himself up and this left him open for a dropkick through the ropes and into his abdomen, knocking him back out of the ring.

We are 15 minutes into the match.

The same thing happened a second time with Armstrong trying to haul himself into the ring and Bassarab giving him a dropkick to the gut and knocking him back down to the ground. The fans were really jeering Bassarab at this point but he clearly did not care.

Armstrong appeared to be pulling himself up for a 3rd time but this time when the champ went for the dropkick, Armstrong deftly let go of the middle rope with his hand and tried to lay flat, back on the ring apron. Bassarab's feet sailed betwen the ropes, and he crashed hard on the ring apron knocking Armstrong to the floor.

The challenger managed to get to his knees while Bassarab still lay recovering. He grabbed onto the champ and hauled him down to the floor. He then used him like a step and hauled himself very slowly back into the ring.

Referee Kenny Jay applied the count and Bassarab just barely managed to get back into the ring before the 10 count. Both men were now heavily favoring knees.

Armstrong tried to scoop up the champ for a kneebreaker but his own legs gave out and they crashed to the mat with Bassarab on top, for 1, 2, Kickout.

The ring announcer says 2 minutes remain in the match.

Armstrong uses the ropes to aid him to his feet and then kicks out with his bad leg and catches Bassarab in the gut. He tries to explode out with a clothesline, but pretty much falls into Bassarab knocking him to the ground. Both men struggle to their feet again and Armstrong goes for another clothesline, but again there is very little power behind it and Bassarab manages to grab the arm of Armstrong and then take him down to the mat with a legsweep. He covers, and gets 1, 2, kickout.

Bassarab puts Armstrong in an armbar. The challenger tries to get out of it by getting it his feet but the champ is able to yank him back down to the mat becasue his legs still don't have their usual power. It looks like the simple armbar may be enough for the champ to get the submission.

Time expires.

 

Ben Bassarab and Brad Armstrong fought to a 20-minute time limit draw.

[Ben Bassarab retains the RCW Television Title]

 

 

-hard fought match that could have gone either way.

 

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

 

See ya next week!!!