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July 7, 1984
River City Wrestling #151
Exhibition Auditorium, Regina SK
Opening
Bout:
Tex Cobb defeated Bruce Dean by pinfall after a bolo punch at 4:22
-squash match
Announcement:
Marty
Goldstein and head referee George Gadasky announce the unfortunate retirement of Buddy Lane due to reoccurring
injuries. However, RCW is happy to add Lane to the staff of referees. The referee roster now consists of George Gadasky (head),
Kenny Jay, Wyatt Hall, and Buddy Lane.
Footage:
November 21, 1983: WWF, Madison Square Garden, NewYork
WWF
World Champion Bob Backlund defeated the Masked Superstar at 17:21, avenging his MSG loss via countout to Masked Superstar
following a corkscrew neckbreaker on the floor on Oct 17th.
[approximately 12 minutes of footage showing]
- Come see
Bob Backlund take on Harley Race, in Chicago at Wrestling Summit II, July 25th
Bout #2:
Valkrye & Anton
Rojack defeated Ben Bassarab & Phil Lafleur by pinfall when Valkrye pinned Bassarab after a full nelson slam at 8:37
-Bad
News Allen had come out to the ringside area and was talking smack at Lafleur. He made the unwise choice to abandon his tag
partner and chase Allen to the back. This distracted the ref and allowed a double team which was Bassarab’s undoing.
Promo;
New Show, This Day in History tonight, features the following two items for July 7th.
1876. The Jesse
James gang robs $17,000 from a Missouri-Pacific train. James rode with his brother Frank and many others who came away from
the Civil War with a hardened attitude and with no way to make a real living. They terrorized Missouri for more than 20 years.
Governor Thomas Theodore Crittendan offered a reward of $10,000 for James' capture, dead or alive. In 1882 he was shot in
the back, in his home in St. Joseph, Missouri, by a former member of his gang, to collect the reward
1981. Sandra
Day O'Connor is nominated to the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan. In September, O'Connor became the Court's 102nd
justice and its first female member. Reagan had promised to appoint the first woman to the Supreme Court to offset criticism
of his opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment in 1980. He got the opportunity when Justice Potter Stewart retired in June
1981. The Senate approved her nomination with 91 votes.
Main Event
Television Title Match
Butch
Reed (champion) and Angelo Mosca fought to a no-contest when the match was thrown out due to interference by Kevin Kelly
and Bobby Duncum at 9:42
[Butch Reed retains the RCW Television Title]
-Reed and Mosca were having a half decent match
with both men on equal footing. However, Desiree Petersen came out and distracted the referee George Gadasky which allowed
Kevin Kelly to hit the ring and attack Reed from behind. Mosca came to the aid of his foe, trading punches with Kelly. Reed
made it two on one and Gadasky not knowing what to make of the situation threw the match out. Bobby Duncum hit the ring next
but seemed unsure what to do. This distracted Mosca who had a bit of a staredown with his tag partner from across the ring.
Kevin Kelly got the upper hand on Butch Reed again. When Mosca tried to come to his aid again his partner Duncum tried to
hold him back. Mosca and Duncum exchanged words and then blows. Kelly nailed Mosca from behind. Duncum was again unsure how
to react, not sure whether to attack Kelly, attack Mosca, or defend Mosca. Finally he decided to lay the boots into his own
tag partner at the urging of Kelly and Petersen. Duncum and Kelly were stomping away at Mosca and Reed as the show came to
an end.
That’s it for another edition of River City Wrestling.
See ya next week!!
July 14, 1984
River City Wrestling #152
Saskatoon, SK
Opening Bout:
Vic
Gate defeated Sonny Two Rivers by pinfall with a rolling reverse cradle at 5:56
-Gate dominated most of the match.
In-ring
Celebration;
“No One Like You” by the Scorpions plays, and the England Sisters precede RCW Champion
Chris Lyon and RCW Tag Champion Bobby Duncum to the ring. Noticeable by his absence is Angelo Mosca the other half of the
tag champions. The falling out between Mosca and the rest of the Triumvirate members would seem to be complete.
However,
in despite of that we are treated to streamers, party hats, and confetti.
Chris Lyon grabs a mic. He tells the crowd that
as of this week it will be one full year that he has been their RCW Heavyweight Champion. They boo this announcement unmercifully.
Lyon though makes it worse when he informs the crowd that once he beats Angelo Mosca at Wrestling Summit II, his title reign
will be the longest in RCW history, surpassing the first reign of the Destroyer. He reminds the crowd that while the Destroyer
was elected to the RCW Hall of Fame over himself, that he defeated the masked freak and sent him out of town. Lyon says this
will be the final touch on eclipsing the Destroyer’s legacy with his own.
“Real Canadians” by Trooper
plays and Angelo Mosca makes his way down to the ring. The fans cheer. He is wearing the other half of the tag belts around
his waist.
Duncum challenges him to enter the ring but he stops in front of the announce table and gets a microphone of
his own. He says he has some announcements of his own to make thanks to Marty Goldstein. First off, Chris does not only have
to get past him at Wrestling Summit to hold onto his belt, but he will have a warm-up match next week here on TV against none
other then NJPW Superstar Tatsumi Fujinami. Mosca tells Lyon to cheer up though because if he loses to Fujinami then Mosca
will meet the Japanese star at WSII and Lyon will not have to fight him. As for his tag partner Duncum, a match has been set
up for next week because of what happened at the end of the show last week. Mosca says he will be teaming with Hacksaw Butch
Reed in a tag match against Bobby Duncum and Kevin Kelly. Duncum takes the mic from Lyon and asks Mosca how that is possible,
to have the tag team champions against each other in a match? Mosca then tells Duncum he doesn’t know but that it will
happen, but before that, tonight, they are going to have to defend their titles. Duncum says he doesn’t want to team
with Mosca any more then he has to, and asks what teams can possibly be left in RCW that they haven’t beat? Mosca tells
Duncum that this team is not from RCW. They have come all the way from Montreal, Tony Parisi and Gino Britto Jr.
Lyon
and Duncum are speechless as Mosca leaves the ringside area with a huge smile on his face and the appreciation of the fans
reigning down on him.
Bout #2:
Bad News Allen defeated Phil Lafleur by pinfall after an enzuigiri at
11:17
-a hard fought victory for Allen.
Footage:
Tatsumi Fujinami is spotlighted as clips of
him in various six-man tags from the WWF tour of NJPW in February of 1984 are shown.
Promo; Wrestling Summit
II, July 25th, Chicago, ILL
Current lineup
RCW Title Match: Chris Lyon v Angelo Mosca
Legends Collide; Harley
Race v Bob Backlund
Coal Miners Glove Match (Billy Robinson referee): Dynamite Kid v Davey Boy Smith
Ben Bassarab/Phil
Lafleur v Keith & Bret Hart
Tatsumi Fujinami (NJPW) v (RCW) Bad News Allen
The Tonga Kid (WWF) v Riki Choshu (NJPW)
Tony
Atlas (WWF) v Kevin Kelly (RCW)
Main Event
RCW Tag Team Title Match
Angelo Mosca & Bobby
Duncum (champions) (/w Corrie England)
V
Tony Parisi & Gino Britto Jr.
A bit of a strange match as the fans
cheered for Mosca when he fought the French duo, but jeered Duncum’s participation. To make matters worse Mosca was
constantly distracted by Corrie England at ringside who was badgering him. Mosca missed a tag from Duncum at one point because
he had left the apron to have words with England. Otherwise Mosca and Duncum still functioned as a tag team, tagging in an
out civilly and even combining for a few double team moves. However, due to England’s distractions Parisi and Britto
held the advantage for more of the match then not. Just when Mosca and Duncum seemed to get on the same page Parisi ducked
away from a big elbowsmash that caused Mosca to nail Duncum. The big Texan went right after Mosca, and the two took the fight
to the floor. They were counted out as Parisi and Britto looked on in amazement.
Parisi & Britto Jr. defeated
Mosca & Duncum by countout at 10:27
[Mosca & Duncum retain the RCW Tag Team Titles]
Post-Match:
England
raked Mosca’s back with her nails which allowed Duncum to nail him with a big lariat. Duncum followed up with a bulldog
on the floor. Chris Lyon came out and made it two on one, until Butch Reed came out and evened the odds.
That’s
it for another edition of River City Wrestling.
See ya next week!!
July 21, 1984
River City Wrestling #153
Winnipeg Convention Center, Winnipeg, MB
Opening
Bout:
Bad News Allen defeated Ben Bassarab by disqualification due to outside interference at 7:29
-fairly even
match with Bassarab using his speed to keep Allen off balance. However, once Allen started to cheat out came Bassarab’s
tag team partner Phil Lafleur (who was beaten by Allen last week). Lafleur lost his composure ran into the ring and attacked
Allen getting his partner disqualified.
Footage;
Feb 1st 1984 from Otaru Japan.
Riki Choshu &
Animal Hanaguchi defeated Kantaro Hoshino & Akira Maeda when Choshu defeated Hoshino via submission with a Scorpion Death
Lock
-clips shown mostly focused on Riki Choshu who is competing at Wrestling Summit II against The Tonga Kid.
Bout
#2:
Bobby Duncum & Kevin Kelly (/w Desiree Petersen) defeated Butch Reed & Angelo Mosca by pinfall when Duncum
pinned Mosca after a bulldog at 12:35
-miscommunication occurred between Reed and Mosca which resulted in Mosca punching
Reed, and then falling prey to a double team himself which set up the finish.
Post-Match: Bobby Duncum challenged
Butch Reed to put his TV title on the line at Wrestling Summit II. Of course Reed accepted.
Main Event
RCW
Heavyweight Title Match
Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Chris Lyon by disqualification for outside interference at 9:09
[Chris
Lyon retains the RCW Heavyweight title]
-Fujinami controlled most of this match having Lyon on the run. A potentially great
match however was cut short when Fujinami’s opponent at WSII., Bad News Allen hit the ring and attacked the Japanese
star with a series of Judo chops and kicks. Mosca hit the ring to make the save but was followed by Duncum. Lyon and Duncum
went to work pounding on Mosca as the show came to an end.
That’s it for another edition of River City Wrestling.
See
ya at Wrestling Summit II
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