April 13,1985
River City Wrestling #186
Brandon, Manitoba

 

Former RCW champion Jumpin' Jim Brunzell is standing in an empty alleyway. He has a "tough" look to him with a black leather jacket with zippers, acid wash jeans ripped at the knee, dark sunglasses, and a leopard print headband.

He says ever since Dr. D David Schultz arrived in RCW he has been running around like the tough guy beating people up, ignoring the rules, and bullying his way to the title. Well there's only one way to deal with a bully and it isn't with love and flowers. Brunzell says Schultz has something that belongs to him, the RCW Heavyweight title. He tells Schultz that he and the cameraman will be here in this alley in Brandon, Manitoba all night. Marty Goldstein knows where he is, just go ask him, then bring my belt and come to fight. It's easy to bully someone when only the victim is playing by the rules. Out here there are no rules. So bring it tonight and lets see who really is the tougher man.

 

-squash match

 

Hennig says he has unfinished business with Jerry Blackwell. He knows that Brad Rheinghans wants a piece of "Fatwell" first but he'll take what's left of him soon after.

 

Promo: Highlights shown as WWF stars of Wrestlemania Hulk Hogan and Mr. T were the guest stars of Saturday Night Live on March 30th. Tonight's guest stars will be Howard Cosell and Greg Kihn.

 

-great clean match. Natasha made a mistake of going to the top too soon and the champ took full advantage. During the match Corrie came out to scout the match but did not interfere and left right after.

[Tawney England retains the Canadian Women's Title]

 

Tawney says Natasha was a great challenger but now its time to move on and defend the title from coast to coast. She mentions Rhonda Singh and her sister Corrie England as being two top contenders she might have to face in RCW soon.

 

 

Ben Bassarab (challenger)  v  Bad News Allen

Allen went right after the champ before the bell even sounded, he seems hungry tonight. The match spilled outside where Allen held the advantage. Back inside Bad News could not seem to put away Ben, with the champ ducking away twice from the set-up for the enzuigiri. When the match went outside again Ben smashed Allen into the ringapron and then monkey flipped him across the announce table and into the crowd. Standing on the announce table Bassarab launched himself onto Allen in the crowd. When Kenny Jay finally got them back in the ring the champ still held the advantage. German suplex, reverse neckbreaker, splash from the 2nd turnbuckle, and then his flying cross body block, for 1, but Allen rolls through it into a pin, 1, ...both men up...double clothesline...both men down. Allen on his feet first, enzuigiri but Bassarab catches most of the attack with his forearms knocking him out of the ring. Allen pulls Bassarab up to the apron by the hair. He tries to pull him into the ring but the champ counters with a hotshot off the top strand. Bassarab climbs to the top turnbuckle, hits a missle dropkick for the 2 count. He tries to get cheeky as Allen tries to get to his feet and hit Bad News with his own enzuigiri finisher, but Allen ducks away. The challenger goes for a roll-up but the champ pulls on his tights for extra leverage, rolls him up and gets the 1, 2, 3.

 

[Ben Bassarab retains the RCW Television Title]

 

Dr. D David Schultz comes to the ring in his singlet wrestling attire and his belt. He says that Brunzell doesn't know what he's talking about. Ever since he came to RCW he has said he is the best WRESTLER in RCW, and he proved it by beating Brunzell fair and square for the title. Now Brunzell wants to win his belt back by hurting him. Schultz says if Brunzell wants to do this then come back to the ring and do it like civilized gentlemen not street punks. He says he will be waiting for him here. The fans begin to all "cluck" at Schultz which aggitates him throughout the interview.

 

-squash match

 

Post-Match:

Ron Strong wants to know what the formible masked duo is doing back in RCW. Are they out to avenge losing the RCW tag tournament final to Lyon & Duncum?

Superstar begins by insulting the fans for a couple of minutes to make sure they understand that they are not fan favorites before saying, yes, they are back for two reasons. One to hurt people. Two, to get the RCW tag titles.

Destroyer points out that by the rules of RCW next week will be the champions last chance to defend their tag titles without going past the 30 day idle rule and being stripped of the belts. Masked Superstar says they will be back next week to collect their titles, one way or another.

 

Check out the competition! Here is what WCW on TBS was presenting that night.

 

Over in Pittsburgh, the Dallas Sidekicks of the MISL (Major Indoor Soccer League) lost their final game of their inagural season against the Pittsburgh Spirit 7-5

[end of first hour]

 

Promo; Tonight on Good Rockin' Tonite the followign videos will be featured. "Tears Are Not Enough" Northern Lights, "Invisible" Allison Moyet, "Some Like It Hot" Power Station, "I'm on Fire" Bruce Sprinsteen, and "One Night in Bangkok" Murray Head.

 

-a total brawl, in and out of the ring. Wyatt Hall had more then his hands full and after being knocked out was replaced by head official George Gadasky. Finally when Tonga refused to release a chokehold and Kiniski was choked out Gadasky called for the DQ.

 

Tonga continued to punish Kiniski with a Tongan death grip evne though he was totally blacked out. Miss Hartel was in the ring urging him on. Things seemed to get worse when Tod Hestrerey joined his partners in the ring. Until he dropkicked Tonga in the back!! It didn't really hurt the Tongan monster too much, but it caused him to release the hold and turn around in astonishment and anger. Tod followed up by trying for flying headscissors but Tonga just caught him and slammed him down to the mat. He applied the Tongan Death Grip on Hestrerey until Larry "the Axe" showed up to clear him from the ring.

 

Larry Hennig says he is sick of this crap, and that's why he's come to RCW, to clean it up from bullies like David Schultz, Jerry Blackwel, and Tonga. He says he is going to stay close enough to the ring for the next match so that if Blackwell takes undue liberties with his friend Rheinghans he will be there to set things straight. With that Hennig enters the crowd and a fan gives up his front row seat to the wrestling legend.

 

Promo; Warner Brothers is proud to release to theatres this weekend the fantasy spectacle "Ladyhawke", starring Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Matthew Broderick.

Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lie a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so hope to break the spell.

April 20,1985
River City Wrestling #187
Regina, Saskatchewan

 

-Steve O did well to overcome such a huge opponent, but he received no breaks from the crowd.

 

Chris Lyon, Bobby Duncum, and Corrie England. Lyon & Duncum sarcastically thank the Masked Superstar & The Destroyer for reminding them of the 30 day defense rule last week. They assure the fans they have been working with RCW officials to come up with a worthy tag team to challenge them for the belts. There really are not many choices as they say all other teams have left the area because they know it is futile to try and take the belts from them. When Ron Strong asks about the masked men Lyon gets belligerent. He says he has been here since the start, 1980, is a 3 times Heavyweight champion, 2 times tag team champion, but he is still waiting for his spot in the hall of fame. These two Johnny come latelys think they can waltz into the area and get a title shot? No. Tonight's shot will go to a pair of guys from this area of Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Corrie England takes the mic and says that as of today she will be taking a month off from wrestling in the ring. She will still assist the tag team champions as their manager, but her top focus is still getting the Canadian Women's belt away from her sister Tawney. Corrie says she will spend the next month in intensive training and when she returns she vows to take her title back.

The fans jeer the Triumvirate as they leave the ring with the tag team belts.

 

-Hesrerey appeared to be the weak link in this matchup but held his own throughout the action. In fact it was he who took the advantage from Tonga and set up Hennig for the finisher.

 

Post-Match:

Tonga and Blackwell slipped out of the ring only to re-enter and attack their opponents from behind. They laid the boots to them for a few seconds before leaving for good.

 

Promo; wrestling veteran George Wells, most recently of the World Wrestling Federation, coming to River City Wrestling in May.

 

-the veteran had very little trouble with his youthful opponent.

 

-squash match

[Chris Lyon & Bobby Duncum retain the RCW Tag Team Titles]

 

As soon as the 3 count had been made Masked Superstar & Super Destroyer hit the ring running. They clotheslined the champions to the ground. SD whipped Duncum to the buckle, and MS sent Lyon crashing into his partner. Duncum then received a corkscrew neckbreaker while Lyon' receipt was a piledriver.

 

[end of first hour]

 

Promo: On Tonight's Evening News

-President Reagan noted claiming presence of USSR military personnel in Nicaragua as he conts. pushing for Congress passage of his aid request for anti-government Nicaraguan guerrillas.
-Contd. racial violence in South Africa detailed

-Terrorist bombing of NATO-related ofcs. in Brussels, Belgium

-FBI siege of white supremacist compound of the Covenant, the Sword and the Arm of the Lord (CSA) in effort to arrest leader James Ellison

 

 

Dr. D David Schultz (champion)

v

Jim Brunzell

 

Schultz goes right to work on Jimmy with punches and elbows. Brunzell lets his anger get the better of him and tries to brawl with the new champ, which is not his forte. Schultz turns this into control but can't get a fall before he gets fooled and hit with a jawbreaker by Brunzell. Jimmy uses a pair of dropkicks defensively to buy himself more time. But he makes the mistake of climbing to the top and Schultz brings him back to earth the hard way. He drops an elbow and gets a 2 count. A double underhook facelam also buys a 2 count. He then goes for a piledriver but Jimmy backdrops his way out of it.

We are at the 8 minute mark without a fall.

Schultz resumes control and works Brunzell over with a nerve hold on the trap. Jimmy elbows his way out of it, but when he bounces off the ropes Schultz catches him with a knee. The champ then sends Brunzell head first into the cage wall, and then hits a piledriver. 1, 2, 3,

A 15 second rest period is granted.

Schultz goes right after Brunzell whose head is bleeding. Brunzell though fires right back with fists between the eyes, climbs the first turnbuckle for extra leverage and reigns down some more punches, then the second turnbuckle, then the top coming off with an elbow between the eyes. He goes for the pin but only gets a 2 count. Brunzell tosses the champ off the cage wall shoulder first, and then takes him down with a drop toe hold. He begins to stomp away at the hamstrings, and then pulls up on the legs. Sitting down he works his feet across Schultz calfs and gives him a facedown legspreader. This is so painful that Schultz almost has to submit to the hold before finally managing to work a leg loose and grab the bottom rope. Schultz is in dire straits and can't stand on his feet. He tries to call a time-out, tries to hide by holding onto the ropes and the referee. Brunzell though beils him to the middle of the ring and then goes right after the legs. He puts him in an Indian deathlock, but again Schultz manages to avoid submitting by knocking Brunzell off balance after about a minute in the hold.

We are 14 minutes into the match.

Brunzell shows some strength with a pumphandle suplex and then gets a 2 count after a reverse roll up.

Schultz fights back with a rake of the eyes, and then a punch to the throat. He still can't stand on his feet and is admonished by referee George Gadasky. Schultz tries to lift Brunzell into the ait but his leg gives out, Brunzell lands on his feet and is able to give Schultz an inverted DDT. 1, 2, 3.

A 15 second rest period is granted

After the bell Schultz caught Brunzell with a chop to the throat again. He then hooked on a full-nelson and gave Brunzell the rag doll treatment for a minute. The former champ failed to submit so Schultz nailed him with a clothesline followed by a swinging neckbreaker, for a 2 count. He whipped the champ off the ropes, nailed him with a flying elbow and picked up the 1, 2, 3.

Schultz 2 - 1 Brunzell > 17:39

Neither man waited for the rest period to be complete and they went toe to toe. Again Schultz got the better of Brunzell and punished him at a slower pace for the next few minutes but is not able to win another fall.

We are 22 minutes into the match.

Brunzell mounts a comeback and attacks with a short arm shoulder tackle, followed by a shoulderbreaker and a 2 count. He stomps away at the shoulder and then applies a hammerlock. At this point he is able to exact a bit of revenge by scraping the champ's face across the steel cage and now both men are bleeding. Brunzell then lifts Schultz into the air and sits down, pulling Schultz head first into the steel cage wall; then flips him forward into a pinning position.

1, 2, 3.

A 15 second rest period is granted

Schultz fights a defensive battle trying his best not to lose another fall. When he does get an advantage he tries to scale the wall to escape. Brunzell though catches up to him. They exchange swings half way up the cage wall, and then they both crash to the mat below. Referee George Gadasky applies the count, but there is no purpose, so when they are still not moving at the count of 9 he just stops.

The announcer says 2 minutes remaining in the match, and both men have been down for about 30 seconds already.

Brunzell shows the first signs of life and slowly makes his way to his feet. He tries to pull himself up using the ropes but his arm gives out and he falls back down. He manages to reach his feet seconds later but he is grabbing his shoulder and its obvious it has been injured. As soon as he is on his feet Gadasky begins to apply the count to Schultz. The champ reacts in time getting to his knees. But when he tries to stand he falls right back down again. Gadasky's count reaches 7 and Schultz is in panic mode, wildly flailing at the ropes. He reaches the second rope and manages to hoise himself to his feet just before the 10 count. It's obvious though that he has injured his leg because he can't stand on his own, and is backed against the cage.

Brunzell approaches still huddled up protecting his shoulder. Schultz takes a swing at Brunzell but he's out of his range, and the champion lashes out with a kick to the injured knee, and then another to the good knee. Schultz tumbles to the ground.

One minute remaining in the match.

Schultz grabs Brunzell's ankles and pulls him down to his back. He lands heavily jarring his shoulder, in obvious pain. Schultz crawls over and makes a cover, but only gets a 2 count. The crowd is going nuts.

45 seconds remain.

Schultz grabs Brunzell by the hair and lands a punch to the face. He goes for the pin but Brunzell tosses him off, then floats over, grabbing Schultz with his legs into a body scissors.

30 seconds left.

Not enough time to make the champ submit so Brunzell relinquishes the hold. He tries to grab a leg but Schultz kicks Brunzell off from a prone position on his back. Brunzell approaches again and Schultz lashes out with his leg. This time though Brunzell catches the leg.

15 seconds left.

Figure-four leglock? No, he changes his mind, its a slingshot, sending Schultz head first into the cage wall. He covers, 1, 2, 3!!

That may be the first time a championship has ever changed hands on a slingshot.

 

[Jim Brunzell wins the RCW Heavyweight Title]

 

Post-Match:

The cage is opened and Brunzell's friends come out to celebrate with him the return of his strap.

 

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

 

See ya next week!!

 

 

April 27,1985
River City Wrestling #188
Edmonton, Alberta

 

-squash match. Wells makes his debut in RCW.

 

-even match-up, but Steve O picked up his second straight victory.

 

-Lyon and Duncum the tg champs said that they would agree to give the masked duo a title shot next week if they could beat a hand-picked tag team this week. The team ended up being King Tonga and one half of the tag champions Bobby Duncum. When things were looking bad for Duncum and Tonga, Chris Lyon hit the ring and made it a 3 on 2 beatdown.

 

-the much anticipated match between the two big men could not be controlled by referee Kenny Jay who had no choice but to count both men out as they brawled outside the ring.

 

[end of first hour]

 

-squash match

 

 

12. Man Mountain Mike 1:45 [Blackwell]

11. Robbie Royce 2:08 [Olsonoski]

10. Steve Olsonoski 4:43 [Hestrerey]

9. Tod Hestrerey 5:50 [Tonga]

8. Armand Rougeau 7:10 [Blackwell]

7. King Tonga 9:02 [Wells, Allen]

6. George Wells 10:30 [Blackwell]

5. Bad News Allen 10:51 [Bassarab, Robinson]

4. Jerry Blackwell 12:42 [Bassarab, Robinson, Hennig]

3. Larry Hennig 18:07 [Bassarab, Robinson]

2. Ben Bassarab 18:30 [eliminated self]

 

Bassarab offered to eliminate himelf to make his manager Robinson the #1 contender. After the match Bassarab said in their interview it was his way of thanking his mentor for bringing him to a higher level of success in RCW then he ever had on his own [the RCW television title].

Robinson says he is a totally different type of wrestler then David Schultz and he doubts that Brunzell has the mental preparidness to switch from one extreme style of physicallity to another elite style of technical prowress. He predicts that at this time next week he will be putting on the RCW Heavyweight title.

 

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

 

See ya next week!!