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January 21, 1984
River City Wrestling #129
Winnipeg Convention Center, Winnipeg, MB
Announcers
Ron Strong & Mike Stone welcome us back to the first new RCW show of the new year.
First we get a quick recap
of the 4th annual Awards that were presented on last week’s taped program for 1983.
• Wrestler of the Year:
Chris Lyon
• Tag Team of the Year: Angelo Mosca & Bobby Duncum
• Manager/Valet of the Year: Tawney England
•
Rookie of the Year; Rob Flett & Neil Sutherland
• Feud of the Year; Chris Lyon v Mike Valiant
• Match
of the Year: August 27, 1983 ,River City Wrestling #113
• Ray Stevens defeats Dynamite Kid by stoppage due to excessive
blood loss at 48:24.
Opening Bout:
Ladies Action:
Cherry Forever v Valkrye (/w Anton Rojack)
Squash
match. The muscular Valkrye has no problem overpowering Cherry. She uses a sitdown powerbomb for the win. After the match
while she was getting her hand raised Rojack entered the ring and lustfully ran his hands up and down Cherry’s thigh.
This ended though when he saw Valkrye begin to turn around.
Valkrye defeated Cherry Forever
by pinfall after a sitdown powerbomb at 2:19
Video; “Nobody Told Me” by John Lennon accompanies
video footage of the domination shown by The Triumvirate over the past couple of months.
Bout #2:
Brad
Rheinghans v Dynamite Kid
Kid controlled the early minutes of this match and looked like it was turning into a route.
However, Rheinghans was able to mount a spirited comeback and score what has to be viewed as a major upset.
Brad
Rheinghans defeated Dynamite Kid by pinfall after the Olympic Suplex at 7:42
Post-Match: As Rheinghans was
getting his hand raised he was attacked from behind by Dynamite Kid. He just laid in a few boots and punches but it was enough
to get his message across to Rheinghans that this issue was not settled.
In-ring Interview:
Time for
the Triumvirate (Chris Lyon, Bobby Duncum, Angelo Mosca, with Tawney and Corrie England) to crow for a bit. They come to the
ring with their various awards from last week’s presentations. Lyon said he has single handedly put aside the challenges
of both Mike Valiant and Superstar Billy Graham at the 4th Anniversary show. Mosca & Duncum also brag about beating Rheinghans
and Brunzell. To top things off Chris Lyon says that he is the only logical choice to be named as the first inductee to the
RCW Hall of Fame.
All this posturing brings Mike Valiant down to the ring. He is using a set of crutches and his knee
is heavily bandaged after the beating it received at the 4th Anniversary.
He tells Lyon that he is nothing but a cheap
shot artist, and that if he hadn’t attacked him before the match and injured his knee that he would not be holding the
RCW gold tonight. Lyon just laughs at Valiant and says something to the effect of “should have, never did, never was”.
Valiant loses his cool and challenges Lyon to a rematch next week. The champ just laughs at him saying he doesn’t deserve
it. He had his shot and failed. Angelo Mosca though pulls Lyon in for a brief consultation, that puts a bigger smile on the
face of the champ. Lyon says that if Valiant wants another title shot he has to earn it, by beating King Kong Angelo Mosca,
tonight!!
The Triumvirate all look down at Valiant at ringside and laugh at him, mocking his crutches. Lyon reiterates
that if Valiant can beat Mosca tonight he will get his rematch. Valiant looks over his knee, seems to ponder it for a bit
while the fans scream encouragement. Finally he accepts the challenge, then proceeds to toss away his crutches and walk normally
down the aisle to the backstage area. The Triumvirate are in shock, and argue amongst themselves for a few seconds before
the segment ends.
Bout #3
Winner to get TV Title Shot Next Week vs Destroyer
Vic Gate v
Bounty Hunter
BH is the previous champ having lost to Destroyer at the 4th Anniversary show, while Gate is Destroyer’s
protégé. Gate shows some excellent wrestling repertoire but does not have enough impact to put away the 275 lb Texan. Bounty
Hunter makes a short comeback which sets up his finisher.
Bounty Hunter defeats Vic Gate by pinfall after the Lariat
at 8:35
Promo; On tonight’s national news;
• Subfreezing temps. reported in every
state in United States except Hawaii; number weather- related deaths mentioned.
• Weather forecast for Sunday's Super
Bowl game between Redskins and Raiders reported;
• United States naval fleet off Lebanon said prepared for Iranian
terrorist kamikaze style air strike.
• United States Army soldier Liam Fowler reported admitting his recent claim
of kidnapping in West Germany by anti-nuclear group was hoax; details given.
• Jesse Jackson's campaign, reminiscent
of religious crusade, examined;
• (Big Water, UT) Mayor Alex Joseph, currently married to 8 women and once married
to 26, featured; films shown. [WIVES - praise him.] [JOSEPH - isn't preoccupied with male-female relations] Joseph family's
lifestyle examined; roles of several current wives (named in report) described. [WIVES - like family setup.]
Main
Event
Mike Valiant v Angelo Mosca (/w Corrie England)
Back and forth match, neither man having a definitive
advantage. Mosca is a powerhouse but has little scientific ability or flow. The crowd voices its disapproval at the pace and
action of the match. The end comes via a ref bump which allows Corrie to pass Mosca a chair. He swings but Valiant ducks,
slugs Mosca in the gut, tries to grab the chair, but is low blowed from behind by England. Mosca ~waffles~ Valiant in the
head with the chair busting him wide open. The ref makes a well timed recovery to make the pin. The fans boo both the outcome
and the match.
Angelo Mosca defeated Mike Valiant by pinfall following a chair shot at 6:28
Mosca is
joined by Heavyweight champion Chris Lyon who gives him a handshake after they roll Valiant out of the ring.
That’s
it for another edition of River City Wrestling.
See ya next week!
January 28, 1984
River City Wrestling #130
Winnipeg Convention Center, Winnipeg, MB
Announcers
Ron Strong & Mike Stone welcome us to another edition of River City Wrestling.
Opening Bout:
Squash
Match.
Jim Brunzell defeated Chris Pepper by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 3:29.
Bout #2:
Tex
Cobb v Bad News Allen
No more wrestler versus boxer stuff, this is now a straight up wrestling contest. Allen takes
advantage of the chance for revenge. Cobb is a good fighter, but Allen is able to control him, and then ground and pound him.
Decent showing by Cobb but he has some way to go yet as a pro wrestler.
Bad News Allen defeated Tex Cobb by pinfall
after an enzuigiri at 8:05
Promo;
The head of the Hall of Fame Selection Committee, Matt Brock comes
to the ring with an envelope. The six man selection committee has come up with the 3 leading contenders for the initial inductee
spot into the River City Wrestling Hall of Fame. The names are in alphabetical order. They are;
• The Destroyer
•
Marty Goldstein
• Chris Lyon
As could be predicted the only one that drew a good deal of applause was the
people’s choice, the Destroyer. Brock says the committee will meet once more to go over the candidates and put it to
a final vote. The winner will be announced on the February 18th edition of RCW, with a special edition of RCW held on St.
Patrick’s Day, March 17th which will include an induction ceremony for the winner.
Bout #3:
Phil
Lafleur & Ben Bassarab v Kendo Nagasaki & Butch Reed ( /w Mr. Ho)
Bad guys control early, youngsters take over
later. Nagasaki makes a mistake and blows his mist into the face of Butch Reed. Bassarab nails Nagasaki with a German release
suplex, and when Nagasaki gets up he is finished off by a LaFleur superkick.
Mr. Ho manages to soothe ruffled feathers
after the match between his two men.
Lafleur & Bassarab defeated Nagasaki & Reed by pinfall when Lafleur
pinned Nagasaki after a superkick at 10:48
Main Event
RCW Television Title Match
The Destroyer
(champion) v Bounty Hunter
Every time they would hook up or exchange moves the Destroyer would come out with the advantage.
So naturally the Bounty Hunter turned it into a brawl, and took it to the floor. Finally Destroyer made a comeback outside
the ring, not with fists, but with a forearm, Irish whip to the ring apron, clothesline, and then rolled him back inside.
Destroyer came off the top rope with a flying cross body but could not get the fall. BH nailed Destroyer with a punch, and
then gouged the eyes. He tried to end the match in a hurry with his Lariat finisher but Destroyer countered with a crucifix
into a roll and kept the title.
Destroyer defeated Bounty Hunter by pinfall with the crucifix at 9:45
[The
Destroyer retains the RCW Television Title]
That’s it for another edition of River City Wrestling.
See
ya next week.
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