July 28, 1984
River City Wrestling #155
Winnipeg Convention Center, Winnipeg, MB

Opening Bout:“Great” Gama Singh beat Larry Anson by submission to the Calcutta Clutch at 3:59
-squash match for the premiere of the east Indian veteran, recently from Stampede wrestling.

Interview:
In-ring after the match Gama cuts the typical heel promo of I’m better then everyone, especially the Canadians and Americans. He takes time to single out his former Stampede adversaries the Hart Brothers, Ben Bassarab, and Phil Lafleur.

Promo;
Warner Brothers proudly releases “Purple Rain” to theatres across the nation this weekend, starring Prince.
A young man with a talent for music has begun a career with much promise. He meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn't all that he needs.

Bout #2:
Billy Robinson beat Louis Laurence by pinfall after a double arm suplex at 5:01
-squash match, a clinic put on by Robinson.

Interview:
After the match Robinson was interviewed and asked why he helped Dynamite Kid defeat Davey Boy Smith at Wrestling Summit 2 when he was supposed to be the impartial referee. Robinson says that when the match began he saw it as a meeting of two equals who needed someone at their own level, or above, to officiate a clean match. But as the match progressed it became obvious that Smith was a cheater, and worse a whiner. He says it is very un-British to whine and cry to the official. The British he says should be conquerors not the vanquished. He praises Dynamite Kid as a true Brit. In fact he calls out Dynamite Kid, and we listen to some mutual appreciation before they are interrupted by the RCW television champion Butch Reed. The champ cuts a “we kicked your ass off this continent” promo which gets the Brits quite upset. DK challenges Reed to a match for his title which the champion accepts.

Promo; “Good Rockin’ Tonight” hosted by Terry David Mulligan will feature the videos for “When Doves Cry” by Prince, “Legs” by ZZ Top, “Sister Christian” by Night Ranger, “What’s Love Got To Do With it” by Tina Turner, and “New Girl Now” by Honeymoon Suite.

Bout #3:
RCW Television Title Match

Butch Reed (champion) v Dynamite Kid
Robinson tries to stay for the match but is sent to the back by referee Wyatt Hall. Reed goes right after DK and this match takes about 30 seconds before it spills outside. Hall manages to convince the wrestlers to get back into the ring. DK takes the advantage and presses it with a snap suplex, and a diving headbutt for a 2 count. He tries for a piledriver but Reed counters with a backbody drop, only to have DK counter with a sunset flip and roll him up for 1, 2, kickout. Reed catches DK with a lariat, and then punishes him with a pair of bodyslams, a knee drop, hanging vertical suplex, and gets a 2 count. He goes for his flying shoulderblock finisher but DK hangs onto the ropes and takes a powder out of the ring. Reed follows and we have our second big brawl outside the ring. This time they get the announce table and the guardrail involved, and once the brawl spills into the crowd Hall calls for the bell.
Double countout at 7:24
[Butch Reed retains the RCW Television Title]

In-ring celebration;
We have another “Triumvirate” party with Chris Lyon, Bobby Duncum, Tawney & Corrie England congratulating each other on Lyon surpassing Destroyer’s longest Heavyweight title reign in RCW history. They each give him a present, except for Tawney who whispers what her “present” is going to be into the champ’s ear. Lyon quickly tries to end the party and take Tawney away but the rest of the group convince him to stay. Duncum comments on how much better it is without the 5th wheel Mosca hanging around. As if on cue King Kong comes down to ringside. He says he hates to break up the party but they (Mosca & Duncum) have a match defending their titles tonight against the Hart Brothers. After some conspiratory chatter amongst the Triumvirate they vacate the premises except for Duncum. Mosca enters the ring and hands Duncum his title belt. They go nose to nose until the Hart Brothers arrive with referee Buddy Lane to start the match.

Promo; On Tonight’s Evening News
• Preparations for opening ceremonies of Los Angeles summer Olympics
• USSR reported accusing United States of planning test of anti-satellite weapon next month as effort to avoid talks on banning space weapons
• China (PR) reported willing to join United States and USSR in nuclear weapons reduction talks.
• Scheduled bartenders' strike in Dublin, Ireland, reported postponed


Main Event
RCW Tag Team Title Match
Angelo Mosca & Bobby Duncum (champions) (/w Corrie England)
V
Keith & Bret Hart

Helped by the dissension in the ranks the challengers start strong, and use frequent tags to overcome the size difference. They manage to ground Duncum and work him on the mat for a while before he can tag in Mosca. The champs then take over the match pressing their size difference. Even with Mosca’s recent change of heart he still wrestles a tough and hard style. All four men end up in the ring in a brawl. In the process Keith Hart ends up colliding with referee Buddy Lane and both men go down. Duncum nails Bret with a bulldog and then tells Mosca to go get one of the title belts. Mosca returns to the ring with the gold while Duncum is holding back the arms of Bret Hart. Mosca winds up, but instead of Bret Hart he intentionally nails Duncum squarely on top of his head. He drops his elbowdrop finisher to top things off while a stunned Bret Hart makes the cover. Mosca cuts off Corrie England from interfering. After a few seconds of prompting Buddy Lane recovers and makes the 1, 2, 3 !!! New champions!

Keith & Bret Hart defeated Angelo Mosca & Bobby Duncum by pinfall when Bret pinned Duncum after Mosca hit Duncum with the title belt at 11:11
[Keith & Bret Hart win the RCW Tag Team Titles]

Post-Match:
Chris Lyon comes down to the ring, livid at what just happened. Mosca dares Lyon to enter the ring but during that distraction Tawney and Corrie pull Duncum out of the ring and the Triumvirate leave, vowing revenge. The Hart Brothers celebrate their big title run with the crowd.

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

See ya next week!!