April 2003

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River City Wrestling #954
April 2, 2003
Wednesday Rage
Cheyenne, Wyoming

Holiday Park Arena

Attendance: 1,132


Opening in-ring segment:

The show opens with 2000 PWI Rookie of the Year (as he reminds us of first thing) Raymond Bingham in the ring. Bingham says that he did not have a sophomore jinx in 2001, nor a Junior jinx in 2002, it was more of a hijinx, or rather a hijacking of his career by the powers that be in WWA and now NWA. He complains about being buried by the PWA, sent to RCW, having to work for months in non-sanctioned indy's and now having to act as a virtual serf to Larkin in RCW. He says he's not taking it any more and he is going straight to the top. He calls out Sam Holiday. When Holiday doesn't appear he becomes even more enraged about how he gets no respect. He tells Holiday that the wants a match at Lock & Load and if he doesn't get it he will find Holiday and cripple him.

Opening Bout
"Tough Enough" Scott v Johnny Rivale
The first match of the night saw head of security Ron Simmons accompany Scott to the ring for his match with Rivale, a man that Simmons beat easily last week. Scott tries his best but Rivale is like a young Roddy Piper and manages to control the match with simple eye gouges and thumbs to the throat. Scott rallies but goes for a springboard back elbow and slips on the ropes wrecking himself and his chances in the match. Rivale used the "Cool Driver" (tiger driver) for the win.
Johnny Rivale wins by pinfall after a cool driver at 6:48

Post-Match:
As a disappointed Simmons and Scott make their way up the ramp, "Vicious" Manny Silva comes out from the back using a crutch to hold himself up. He has a mic, but before he can make his way down to the ring he is cut off by security staff. The fans begin to taunt Silva with chants of "poodle, poodle, poodle". Silva says that Simmons couldn't get the job done last week so his mafia security guards beat him with nightsticks and blackjacks. Well, he may have won the round but he hasn't won the war. Silva says he is under contract to wrestle the winner of the Chrome v Vendetta match at Lock & Load, but after that is done he will be coming for Simmons.

Bout #2
Gabriel Argos v Den Scarraman
This was yet another match in the long feud with Argos/Union Jack/Vic Gate on one side and Scarraman and Den Graves on the other side. Argos is far superior in wrestling skill but Scarraman cheats to gain advantages and gets some timely interference from Den Graves. Unable to watch it anymore Vic Gate comes roaring from the back and attacks Graves at ringside. This is enough of a distraction to have Argos able to scoop up Scarraman and deliver a Samoan drop. He followed this up with the surfboard until Scarraman hollered Uncle.
Gabriel Argos wins by submission with a surfboard at 10:55

Post-Match:
The 2-on-2 fight continues at ringside (Union Jack is not in the building tonight), until Gregor Kitnitsov joins the fray. He brandishes a steel chain and immediately goes to work on Argos with an axhandle from behind. Within a few seconds he has Argos busted open using the chain.

Backstage:
Jack Larkin is looking for RCW champion Manny Silva and soon enough finds him hobbling through the halls on his crutch. Larkin spins him around by the shoulder and calls him a s.o.b for attacking him last week. He tells Silva that if he wasn't a cripple he would kick his ass right now. Silva just laughs and tosses aside his crutch. Larkin backs away but Silva is right on him, with no visible limp.
Silva grabs Larkin by the throat and slams him into the wall, several times in succession. He then chokeslams him onto the floor. He tells Larkin not to start something he can't finish.


Bout #3
Six-Man Tag Match
Insane Clown Posse (Shaggy 2 Dope & Violent J) & Derek St. Holmes
v
Shane Madison, Will Damon, & Tenacious Z

This match never really gets into a rhythm. ICP and St. Holmes fail to listen to referee Melissa Coate's instructions at all, and eventually she has to DQ them for double teaming Damon.
Madison, Damon, and Z win by disqualification at 8:08

Post-Match:
From the back comes Teo and Puppet, the Hardcore Midgets and newcomers to GPW. They have mini-steel trash cans and use them to whack Damon across the head, busting him open. They are quickly joined in the ring by Steve Chamberlain, Eddie Chavez, and Asp Evergreen. They throw Madison, Damon, and Z out of the ring.
Asp Evergreen and Derek St. Holmes have mics. They shake hands and announce the formation of a new stable in RCW with the 8 men currently in the ring. Evergreen tells Larkin that he gave him a great idea last week when he kicked him out of the the Butte school, and said he wasn't playing with a full deck. Well, he has gone out and got his Full Deck. We have Aces, Kings, Queens, Jacks, and Jokers. No longer will we be pushed around, they warn everyone. Where one goes, the whole deck goes, all hands on deck.


Bout #4
Rulon Gardner v Boss Strickland - Lead Pipe on a Pole Match
Gardner made his return to action from a minor neck injury. Tired of sneak attacks by Strickland he challenged him to a match where the weapon was at least in a neutral position. Strickland seemed less than confident but had no choice but to accept.
Gardner controlled most of the match but never hurt Strickland enough to climb the pole and take down the pipe. At one point he was almost to the top when Strickland caught him with a lowblow and then took him all the way down to the mat with a belly-to-back. Both men were slow to get to their feet but when they did Strickland was up first. He kicked at Gardner and then realized that the amateur star was non-responsive. With a big smirk on his face Strickland began to climb the pole to retrieve the pipe. But suddenly Garnder popped up from playing possum and ran Strickland head first into the pole. He then climbed up the pole and retrieved the pipe. He was ready to nail Strickland in the head with it but never got the chance as Mr. Wrestling appeared with his own lead pipe and cold cocked Gardner in the back of the head. Cael Sanderson had to come out wielding a chair to make the save.
Rulon Gardner wins by disqualification for outside interference at 11:08


Bout #5
Non-Title Hardcore Match
"Vicious" Manny Silva v Dr. John Manfried
President Jack Larkin called out the champion Manny Silva who came to the ring amid the chants of "poodle, poodle". Larkin told Silva that he should suspend him, or sue him, or have him arrested for his attack earlier in the night. But that's not the way he nor RCW operates. Things are solved in the ring, man on man. Silva laughs and asks Larkin if he intends on fighting him tonight. Larkin shakes his head no, and then says he has a better idea, and from the back comes the psychotic Dr. John Manfried.
Manfried and Silva began to exchange punches right away, with Silva getting the upper hand. But Larkin had feigned leaving the ring and returned to rabbit punch Silva. Head referee Buddy Lane hit the ring and pulled Larkin out as Manfried went to work on Silva. Lane stayed in the ring and tried his best to maintain order in what turned into a wild and crazy brawl. Much of this match had to be edited out and digitally altered as too much blood was shed. The two spent more time out of the ring than inside. Manfried dug through his cargo pants to come up with barbwire, thumbtacks, brass knux, and a roll of coins. In the end though it was Silva ducking a clothesline outside the ring then coming back and picking up Manfried and running him back first into the ringpost. Silva then delivered a spinebuster on the floor and Lane counted the 1, 2, 3.
Manny Silva wins by pinfall after a spinebuster at 16:19 (approximately 9:00 televised)


Main Event
#1 Contenders Match
Vendetta v Chrome
The two men were coaxed into shaking hands at the start of the match. However, neither is exactly a scientific wrestler so this match turned into a brawl with a lot of power moves thrown in for flavouring.
Vendetta controlled much of the early going but couldn't put Chrome away. He managed to kick out after Venetta nailed a pair of piledrivers, and even managed to work his way out of the Haitian deathlock finisher.
Chrome turned the tables and held the advantage for most of the last half of the match. But Vendetta too would not die, and kicked out after the Chrome Driver (a top rope backdrop driver). Time ran out on this one after 20 minutes.
20-Minute Time Limit Draw

Post-Match:
President Larkin came out to the ring after the match and said that since there was no time for a rematch before Lock & Load, he would make the Main Event a Triple Threat Match with Manny Silva, Chrome, and Vendetta all competing for the Heavyweight title.

FADE TO BLACK

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River City Wrestling #955
April 5, 2003
LOCK & LOAD PPV

Only on PPV

Live from the Civic Center in Butte, Montana

Attendance: 3,142

Your hosts for the evening were;
Joe Aiello (play by play), Linley Tolbert (color commentary), Deane Moore (interviews).

Opening Bout
Hombre Muerto Recorre v Dr. John Manfried
HMR is a game competitor but was no match for the deceivingly strong Manfried. "The Good Doctor" ravished HMR with an assortment of goodies he kept in the many pockets of his cargo pants. He brought out a large magnet which he stuck to the ring post and then rammed HMR's head into. This busted open the Mexican star and seemingly pacified Manfried who then put on the Manfried Claw and got the Lucha star to tap out in a hurry.
[Dr. John Manfried beat Hombre Muerto Recorre by submission at 11:03 when HMR tapped out to the Manfried Claw]


Bout #2
Union Jack v Den Scarraman
Den Graves tried to come down to ringside but was sent to the back by referee Jimmy Appleseed. This seemed to throw off the already overmatched Scarraman. The German's only advantage was his height and leverage which UJ quickly took away by wrestling him to the mat and putting one "stretch" after another on his screaming opponent.
Scarraman fought back with a series of clotheslines, and got a near fall after a flying shoulderblock from the top buckle. However, when he went for another running clothesline UJ ducked under and on the next pass took him down with a knee to the gut. UJ followed this up by a series of dropkicks to the back of Scarraman whenever he tried to regain his feet. Finally Scarraman managed to get to a standing position but it was only because Union Jack allowed him to, as he waited and then nailed a crucifix and rolled him up for the pin.
[Union Jack defeated Den Scarraman by pinfall at 8:10 after a crucifix]


Bout #3
Gabriel Argos v Gregor Kitnitsov
The disciple of the former USSR Kitnitsov has been on a roll as of late in RCW coming off a big win over the Patriot in a flag match at Cyberwar. Tonight he kept on rolling, and again his evil yet bafoonish manager Sammy Yip was the difference maker.
After a few minutes of back and forth action both of these excellent technicians took the match to the floor. Kitnitsov blocked an Argos belly-to belly attempt and countered with a hotshot off the ring apron. As he entered the ring he distracted the ref while Sammy Yip nailed Argos in the back with a chair.
Kitnitsov dragged Argos back inside and while Yip distracted the ref he took a chain from underneath the ring and wrapped it around his fist.
The Russian attempted to coldcock Argos but the fan favorite from Cyprus still had enough energy to block the punch. He countered with a fireman's carry, but before he could finish the move Kitnitsov reached down and smashed Argos in the face with the chain. Both men tumbled to the mat. Kitntisov threw the chain away just before long term inept official Jurgen Hermann turned around. When Argos was rolled over his face was a bloodied mess, his nose shattered. Kitntisov picked up an easy pin.
[Gregor Kitntisov defeated Gabriel Argos by pinfall at 8:56 after hitting him in the face with a chain]


Bout #4
Damien Demento v Menele
The mysterious and dangerous Menele continues to roll through RCW, and Demento continues to have his problems. This match was set up by all things of the two having a disagreement over a card game of "cheat".
A very unscientific brawl that was short but action packed. Demento went for his knee-drop finisher but Menele rolled out of the way and put Demento into a crossface chickenwing. Demento refused to submit but soon enough could not respond to referee Buddy Lane.
Menele risked DQ by holding onto the chickenwing until finally breaking it on Lane's last warning.
[Menele defeated Damien Demento by submission at 6:26 with the crossface chickenwing]


Bout #5
CHAIN MATCH
Tenacious Z v Asp Evergreen
Evergreen and Z were connected by a 8 foot steel chain. While some may think this would be an advantage for the one-legged Z-man it actually turned out to be a huge disadvantage. Evergreen was quite adept at using the chain, and pulling Z around, to keep him off balance. It also limited the high power offence of Z and forced him to brawl more with Evergreen than he would want. Tenacious Z put up a courageous fight but as the match wore on it went more and more into the favour of Evergreen, and soon Z was wearing the proverbial crimson mask.
Evergreen used the chain to wrap around Z's only leg and try and choke off the circulation. After several applications of this technique Z was having trouble just standing. Finally unable to stand he pulled Asp down and began to wrestle him on the mat. Evergreen though had all the leverage and soon found himself on top of Z smashing him in the head with the chain. Z managed a poke in the eye and then wrapped the chain around the throat of Evergreen, and then turned him over so the chain choked him.
Evergreen was soon choked out but try as he could Z had too much trouble trying to haul Evergreen to each turnbuckle. Before he could reach the 3rd Evergreen revived enough to bulldog Z from behind. Evergreen then went to work on Z with the chain and choked him out. Unlike his opponent Evergreen had no problem dragging Z to all 4 turnbuckles.
[Asp Evergreen defeated Tenacious Z by touching all 4 turnbuckles at 15:14]


Bout #6
RCW Tag Team Title Match
The Great Canadians: Eric Scott & Vincent Regliatti (champions)
v
Al Collins & Joe Blum
This was obviously Collins & Blum's last chance to win the tag titles before other teams would be brought forth as top contenders. The veteran challengers though did not let the pressure get to them and fought a methodical and rough match. Every old school tactic, such as ropeburns across the foreheads, were used. Regliatti and Scott could not get any momentum going at all.
However, the match spilled to outside the ring where Scott managed to throw Collins over the guardrail. This bought him and Regliatti enough time to double team "Gung Ho" Joe Blum in the ring. Scott nailed his brainbuster finisher then passed Blum up to Regliatti who used his Centerfold staple (top-rope DDT) to do even more damage to Blum. Scott cut off Collins before he could enter the ring and make the save.
[Great Canadians defeated Al Collins & Joe Blum by pinfall at 12:41 when Regliatti pinned Blum after the Centerfold Staple]
[Great Canadians retain the RCWW Tag Team Titles]


Bout #7
"Make me Respect You" Match
Sam Holiday v Raymond Bingham
Bingham attacked Holiday from behind before the bell even rang. He used the RCW t-shirt worn by Holiday to choke him with. He then used it to tie Holiday around the ring post by the neck. He got in a couple vicious kicks to the head before referee Buddy Lane physically forced Bingham back by threatening DQ. He untied the former RCW champion, but he was on dream street now.
Bingham nailed a pair of snap suplexes, followed by a jumping neck snap. A pair of swinging neckbreakers seemed to end it all, but amazingly Holiday kicked out at just a 2 count. Bingham made the mistake of going to the top, and when he leapt off he was greeted by the big raised boot of the Texan. Both men straggled to their feet after 8 counts, and then went toe to toe in the middle of the ring, before Holiday ducked under and scooped up Bingham into a Samoan drop. He got a 2 count.
Bingham surprised Holiday with a kick in the gut and a quick DDT, for another near fall. Frustrated Bingham threw Holiday outside the ring, but made another mistake when out of character he tried to nail a head tope but Holiday moved out of the way.
Back inside Holiday nailed a pair of bodyslams, but then Bingham rolled away from a elbowdrop and applied a front facelock. Holdiay countered and turned Bingham into a reverse neckbreaker. Holdiay dropped a pair of kneedrops and then went to the top rope for the Holiday legdrop. Bingham though got to his feet and went after Holiday. Holiday stunned him off the buckle with a forearm smash and then rolled over his back, and rolled him up. But Bingham worked through the roll and reversed it. He grabbed a hold of Holiday's trunks and got a tainted victory.
[Raymond Bingham defeated Sam Holiday by pinfall at 15:54 with a roll-up aided by a handful of trunks]

Post-Match:
Raymond Bingham grabbed a mic and reminded us that even though he is the 2000 PWI Rookie of the Year, he gets no respect in the NWA, PWA, WWA, PWI, RCW, etc, etc. Well that all changes starting with tonight, and his great victory over a well respected champion Sam Holiday. He tells Holiday that now he has to respect him, and to say the words, and then tosses Holiday the mic.
Holiday is pissed off but he gives Bingham his due. He tells Bingham that he has an amazing amount of raw talent, more natural talent and more wrestling skill then he (Holiday) ever possessed. He says he respects that. But he doesn't respect that Bingham is a lousy human being who turned his back on his fans, and has to cheat to win. The fans pop loud for this, but then boo when Holiday continues. He says that none the less he is willing to be a man of his word and say the words. "I respect you". Bingham looks pleased and gives a great big smile. He offers his hand to Holiday for a shake which the big Texan takes with some hesitation. Bingham then tries to sucker Holiday by pulling him in towards him, but Holiday is ready for the move and holds his ground. Bingham's eyes get big and wild looking for a second before Holiday pulls Bingham in then takes him down with a snap mare. He drives his knee into the back of Bingham and locks in a reverse chinlock for a few seconds. He finishes by slapping Bingham's face once with each hand. Holiday leaves the ring to the familiar cheers of the fans.


Bout #8
RCW Heritage Title Match
"Last Dance" - must win 2 straight falls to win the match
Vic Gate (champion) v Den Graves
The unique stipulation of two straight falls was added to make sure that both men got a fair shot as this was to be the end of their feud tonight. All other wrestlers were also warned to stay out of the proceedings.
Gate and Graves fought a ground war which at times had the fans bored while other times applauding at the great skill being exhibited. Graves kept working facelocks that he would float down to a chokehold when he could get away with it. After a few minutes it became obvious that despite being much younger than Gate, Graves was his equal on the mat, but also bigger and stronger. Graves wore down Gate and soon had him locked in the STF. Gate gave it up early so as not to sustain too much damage.
[Den Graves wins a fall by submission to the STF at 7:09]
The match continued with another fall and Graves was in full control. However, the defensive prowess and ability to stay near the ropes of Gate frustrated Graves' attempts at a pinfall or submission. Gate managed to turn the momentum of the match with a big Doctor Bomb, and began to go to work on Graves. However, a man came down to the ring wearing a Union Jack mask. It was obvious that this was not Union Jack, as the build wasn't right despite the imposter wearing a t-shirt and leggings too. The real Union Jack came down to ringside to confront the imposter and the two got into a fistfight. UJ grabbed the advantage and pulled the mask off, only to reveal a Mr. Wrestling mask underneath. It was impossible to tell if this was Mr. Wrestling or an imposter. As UJ tried to work the second mask off the referee Jimmy Appleseed now grew distracted by the activities occurring outside the ring.
With the ref's back turned Den Scararman hit the ring with a chair and waffled Gate on the back of the head.
At this point the "Mr. Wrestling" turned tail and ran to the back, with UJ quick on his heels. Appleseed turned around and Graves picked up the easy pinfall.
[Den Graves defeated Vic Gate by pinfall at 13:25 aided by outside interference]
[Den Graves wins the RCW Heritage Championship]


Bout #9
Grudge Match
Rulon Gardner & Cael Sanderson
v
Boss Strickland & Mr. Wrestling
Too much bad blood existed between these four men to have any semblance of order when they locked horns. Four excellent mat wrestlers engaged in a street fight devoid of skill. After only a few minutes the fans knew this match would not end peacefully.
Strickland introduced a chair, nailing both Gardner and Sanderson in the head. This was all referee Melissa Coates could take and she called for the bell.
[Gardner & Sanderson defeated Strickland & Mr. Wrestling by disqualification at 5:07 when Strickland was DQ'd for using a steel chair]

Post-Match:
Vic Gate hit the ring and went right after Mr. Wrestling. He backed him into a corner and started to pepper him with shots to the body. Strickland though nailed Gate in the back of the head with the chair. Union Jack and Gabriel Argos hit the ring to help out Gate, but they were followed quickly by Den Graves and Den Scarraman. Before it was all over Raymond Binghan and Sam Holiday also entered the fray. Finally security managed to break apart the wrestlers. Rulon Gardner and Cael Sanderson stood on the announce table with a mic. Gardner said that ever since he and Sanderson had joined RCW Strickland has been overtly jealous of their amateur success and embarrassed at his own personal failure in that arena. He's worried that they will surpass him here in the pro's too. Well he's right, said Gardner, and as of tonight we wash our hands of you. Since you don't want to fight a fair match we are done fighting you. It's time for us to move on and prove our worth against other opponents. Sanderson nods his agreement and the two leave for the back.


Main Event
Triple Threat Match
for the RCW Heavyweight Championship

"Vicious" Manny Silva (champion) (6'2 259 lbs., Oahu, Hawaii)
v
Chrome (6'9 328 lbs., Black Hills, South Dakota)
v
Vendetta (6'4 261 lbs., Port-au-Prince, Haiti)

Although there was some animosity between the two fan favorites, there was no doubt that there was pure hatred for Manny Silva from both opponents. Silva found himself being constantly double teamed, and often caught playing possum to try and get away from the punishment. However, neither Chrome nor Vendetta would allow each other to get the pin, so as the match dragged on so did the tenacity with which those two attacked each other.
Vendetta was the first of the three men to gain a sustained advantage over both opponents simultaneously. He punished Chrome with a springboard back elbow and then a piledriver, only to have Silva break up the pin. The Haitian then went to work on Silva next with a pair of Asai leg lariats, and a spear, and another 2 count this time broken up by a big leg drop from Chrome.
The Biker from the Badlands threw Silva out of the ring, and then nailed Vendetta with a double axhandle from the top rope. He attempted to follow up with a tilt-a-whirl sideslam but Vendetta managed to snake his way out, landing on his feet and then taking the big man down with a reverse russian legsweep. Silva then hit the ring and began to lay the boots to both men.
The pattern continued for several more minutes before the action spilled out of the ring and heads began to get rammed into hard steel. Vendetta and Chrome stood on the announce table exchanging punches, but when Silva came close they turned and delivered a crushing double clothesline off of the table. They then worked together to lift Silva up for a suplex, bouncing him off the outside of the ring ropes and bringing him back down face first to the floor in a double front layout-suplex. They rolled the champ back inside but then Chrome suckered Vendetta as both climbed through the ring ropes with a right hand to the head. Vendetta shook it off and lifted the second rope, crotching Chrome who fell out of the ring.
Vendetta went to work on Silva but when he went for the pin Chome managed to reach into the ring and pull him out by his feet to break up the count. Vendetta slammed Chrome's head off the ring apron and then threw him shoulder first into the ringsteps. Back inside Vendetta nailed Silva with a piledriver and again went for the pin. This time Chrome made it back into the ring and dove on Vendetta to break up the pin attempt. Vendetta then outpunched Chrome and then tied him up by the arms between the 2nd and top strands of the ring ropes. But when Vendetta went to resume punishing the champ he walked right into a lowblow, followed by a chop to the throat. Gasping for air Vendetta turned his back to the champ and paid for it as Silva bull rushed him from behind and drove him head first into the back of Chrome who was just in the process of untangling his second arm from the ropes. Chrome spilled out of the ring to the floor below and Vendetta bounced off landing stunned on his back in the ring. Silva scooped up a dazed Vendetta and delivered a punishing wheelbarrow suplex and then picked up the 3 count before Chrome could get back into the ring.
[Manny Silva defeated Chrome and Vendetta by pinfall when Silva pinned Vendetta after a wheelbarrow suplex at 21:57]
[Manny Silva retained the RCW Heavyweight Title]


FADE TO BLACK

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Roster

Faces
Vendetta injured at lock and load
Chrome
Sam Holiday
Ron Simmons
"Tough Enough" Scott released May 7
Gabriel Argos broken nose at lock and load
Union Jack
Hombre Muerto Recorre
Damien Demento released May 7
Vic Gate
Stan Baker

Al Collins
Joe Blum

Shane Madison
Will Damon
Tenacious Z

Rulon Gardner
Cael Sanderson

Lash LeRoux
The Patriot release may 7
Don Spartan released may 7
Armand Rougeau Jr
Greg Pawluk
Johnny Devine

Shane Stevens
Brickwall Bradley released May 7
Mentello
Peregryne released May 7
Dave Mysterio released May 7
John Schoffner released May 7
Sin Nombre released May 7

Heels
Manny Silva (champion)
Den Graves
Den Scarraman
Gregor Kitnitsov (/w Sammy Yip)
Boss Strickland
Mr. Wrestling
Dr. John Manfried
Menele
Raymond Bingham
Steve Riley

Eric Scott injured at lock and load
Vincent Regliatti

ICP: Shaggy 2 Dope (/w Derek St Holmes)
ICP: Violent J (/w Derek St. Holmes)
Asp Evergreen
Eddie Chavez
Derek St. Holmes
Steve Chamberlain released May 7
Teo (midget) released May 7
Puppet (midget) released May 7
Bridget the Midget released May 7

Allen Funk
Lord Valmont (/w Sherry Valmont)

Johnny Rivale
Jason Pharo released may 7
Puta Masculina
Scott Snot released may 7
Chip Minton released may 7


Additions

Apr 9 RAGE
Review of Lock and Load
Injury update; Vendetta, Argos, Scott
Kitnitsov anti-american tirade, Jon Stewart

Simmons d Silva DQ
Graves/Scaramann vs Gate/UJ
Chrome d Mr. Wrestling
Steve Riley d Blum
HMR/Demento d Minton/Masculina
Baker d Pharo
Valmont d Madison

Apr 12 Squash
Evergeen/Chavez d Stevens/Schoffner
Puppet/Teo d Meatball/Madd Mexx (Bridget the Midget)
Sin Nombre d Johnny Rivale
Strickland d Mysterio


Apr 16 RAGE
rematch: Graves vs Gate
Silva d Simmons feet on ropes
UJ vs Kitnitsov
Strickland d TE Scott
HMR vs Masculina vs Sin Nombre
Gardner d Valmont
Mr. Wrestling d Sanderson

Apr 19 Squash
Chrome d Scaramann
Holiday/Baker d ICP
Minton d Bradley
Spartan d Scott Snot

no April 23

Apr 26 Squash
Evergeen vs Stevens
Kitnitsov vs Patriot
Teo vs Meatball
Pharo d Peregryne

Apr 30 RAGE
Silva vs Riggs (turns into a cluster)
Crash Holly (f) d Valmont (attack after)
Holiday vs Jesse Hennig (Stan Baker watches) Bingham interferes
Manfried d Tenacious Z
ICP/Holmes vs Madison/Damon/Stevens (Pogo the Clown, than Spartan)
Devine/Pawluk d HMR/Nombre
Strickland d Mysterio



no May 3 Squash

May 3 PPV Heroes
Norman Smiley (f)
Pogo the Clown (h)
Kimberly Page (asst)
Caruthers & Orth (h)

May 7
Sable
Scott Hall

May 14
Tiger Khan
Batista??
Jody Christmas
Kevin Nash

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River City Wrestling #956
April 9, 2003
Wednesday Rage
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Winnipeg Convention Centre

Attendance; 2,252

Review of Lock and Load
Manny Silva retained the heavyweight title over Chrome and Vendetta...Den Graves defeated Vic Gate to capture the Heritage title...Raymond Bingham upset Sam Holiday...Great Canadians defeated Collins & Blum to retain the tag titles..and more

V.P. Selita Segal gives us some unfortunate injury updates from the card which was pretty devastating. Vendetta, and Eric Scott suffered unspecified injuries which will keep them out of action. No timeline on them yet until they get a full medical assessment. Eric Scott of course is one half of the tag champions so the belts are at risk if he can not defend within 30 days. Gabriel Argos also suffered a broken nose from that vicious attack by Gregor Kitnitsov and will be out a few weeks.

Opening Bout
Lord Valmont (/w Sherry Valmont) defeated Shane Madison by pinfall after a piledriver at 5:22

Bout #2
Stan Baker defeated Jason Pharo by pinfall after a heart punch at 4:47
**Baker continues to walk that fine line sometimes as a tweener. The use of his dreaded finisher is not always appreciated by the fans who know its dangers.

Bout #3
"Total Destruction" Steve Riley defeated "Gung Ho" Joe Blum by pinfall after a brainbuster at 4:10
**a glorified squash match. Once again it sounds like Blum and Al Collins are going to take a shot at being singles after failing to capture the tag belts at Lock and Load.

Bout #4
Chrome defeated Mr. Wrestling by disqualification for outside interference (Boss Strickland) at 7:03
**Strickland decided to put his big nose where it didn't belong again, trying to help out his buddy Mr. Wrestling. Chrome cleared the ring though tossing both heels over the top rope.

In-Ring
Greogr Kitnitsov led off the second hour, accompanied by his Korean manager Sammy Yip. The Russian went on another anti-American tirade. He brags about how he broke Gabriel Argos's nose at Lock and Load and will do the same to anyone who gets in his way. Fans may have been anticipating a confrontation with Argos' partner Union Jack, or maybe The Patriot, or even Sam Holiday. But what they were not prepared for was the timely return to RCW of the formerly hated Kutlu Warrior Jonny Stewart. The former American who has earned most of his pay as an adult fighting in places like the Seven Tigers Fighting Organization, New Japan Pro Wrestling, and the pit fighting in Singapore (where his battles with Belah Ashcroft are legendary), hit the ring unannounced. At first the Russian and his manager applauded thinking he was there to join them. But when the Russian offered him the mic, the usually silent painted face of the Warrior smiled, twisted the arm of the Russian around and delivered a devastating inverted DDT. He threatened Yip with his Singapore cane which was enough to get the weasel Korean to exit over the top rope to save his skin. The fans erupted but Stewart left the ring without a word.

Bout #5
Hombre Muerrto Recorre & Damien Demento defeated Chip Minton & Puta Masculina by pinfall when Demento pinned Masculina after a running kneedrop at 8:13
**the premiere of Chip Minton, an athletic looking raw wrestler with skills but not a lot of charisma. This seemed like it was just a throw together match but it turned out to be the best match of the night so far with each of the 4 having a chance to showcase their talents.

Bout #6
Den Graves & Den Scaramann defeated Vic Gate & Union Jack by pinfall when Scaramann pinned Jack after a superplex at 6:15
**Gate was kind of replacing Argos who is injured but also looking for vengeance after losing his Heritage belt to Graves. However, even when Gabriel Argos came down to ringside to lead the cheer while wearing a half face mask, their chemistry was not enough to beat the appropriately named Den of Thieves.

Main Event
RCW Heavyweight Title Match
Ron Simmons defeated Manny Silva by disqualification for use of a foreign object at 7:22
[Manny Silva retained the RCW Heavyweight Title]
**the head of security Simmons getting his earned title shot. Silva likes to brawl, but thats a game Simmons is quite able to play. Jack Larkin made a rare appearance to do guest commentary and cheer on Simmons. The champ though was not willing to let this end clean and when the brawl was outside the ring he shoved Larkin off the chair, and then used the chair to ~waffle~ Simmons to get the DQ loss but kept the title.

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River City Wrestling #957
April 12, 2003
Saturday Squash

Opening Bout
Boss Strickland defeated Dave Mysterio by pinfall after a Northern lights suplex at 5:05

Bout #2
Sin Nombre defeated Johnny Rivale by pinfall after a shooting star press at 4:38

Bout #3
Midget Tag Team Match
Puppet & Teo defeated Meatball & Madd Mexx by pinfall when Puppet pinned Meatball after a suspended DDT at 4:10
**a newcomer to the "Full Deck" team Bridget the Midget came out and interfered to help her team win.

Main Event
Asp Evergreen & Eddie Chavez defeated Shane Stevens & John Schoffner by countout after Chavez hit Schoffner with a corkscrew plancha at 8:42
**another win for Full Deck. 

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River City Wrestling #958
April 16, 2003
Wednesday Night Rage

Madison, Wisconsin

Opening Bout
Hombre Muerto Recorre defeated Puta Masculina and Sin Nombre by pinfall when he pinned Masculina after a sitdown powerbomb at 7:21
**an amazing fast paced, triple threat match to start between members of the RCW wrestling school in Butte. 

Bout #2
Boss Strickland defeated Tough Enough Scott by pinfall after a Northern lights suplex at 4:42

Bout #3
Rulon Gardner defeated Lord Valmont (/w Sherry Valmont) by submission to the crossface chickenwing at 4:05

Bout #4
Mr. Wrestling defeated Cael Sanderson by pinfall after a running knee lift (and a handful of tights) at 5:50

Bout #5
Gregor Kitnitzov (/w Sammy Yip) defeated Union Jack by pinfall after a top rope forearm (Russian Sickle) at 6:41
**The Russian continues to roll. It was announced before this bout that due to his random interference last week Kutlu Warrior Jonny Stewart was banned from RCW events until the May 3rd PPV "Heroes" where he will face Kitnitsov.

Bout #6
RCW Heritage Title Match
Den Graves defeated Vic Gate by pinfall after a German suplex at 7:04
[Den Graves retained the RCW Heritage Title]
**this was the rematch from when Gate lost his title to Graves at Lock and Load. Never a clean win by Graves, but the closest you will get.

Main Event
RCW Heavyweight Title Match
Hardcore Rules
Manny Silva defeated Ron Simmons by pinfall after hitting him with the ring bell at 8:47
[Manny Silva retained the RCW Heavyweight Title]
**this was the rematch from last week when Silva kept his title by getting intentionally DQ'd for using a foreign object. This week the champ would have to defend against the head of security in an anything goes match. It took until about the 5 minute mark before the match spilled outside, but then it never got back inside. Simmons had the champ busted wide open and looked to be closing in on the victory. The two brawled over to the announce table where President Jack Larkin was doing guest commentary and keeping an eye on things. Silva reached for his title belt (to use on Simmons no doubt), and Larkin decided to interfere by pulling it away. However, he tossed it to Simmons and it just kind of smacked off his chest. The incident distracted Simmons just long enough for Silva to grab the ring bell instead and turn around and level Simmons. He delivered a second shot to Simmons' no busted open head as the challenger lay on the concrete floor before pinning him.

FADE TO BLACK

No Rage next week, as we are preempted. Rage will return on April 30th in preparation for May 3rd's PPV 'Heroes"

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River City Wrestling #959
April 19, 2003
Saturday Squash

Opening Bout
Dan Spartan defeated Scott Snot by pinfall after a flying fistdrop at 2:57

Bout #2
Chip Minton defeated Brickwall Bradley after a belly to belly suplex at 4:08

Bout #3
Sam Holiday & Stan Baker defeated ICP: Shaggy 2 Dope & Violent J (/w Derek St. Holmes) by pinfall when Holiday pinned Violent J after a Holiday legdrop at 4:59
**still seems to be some tension between old rivals Holiday and Baker, but they managed to put it aside to take on these misfits. Baker didn't look too pleased when Holiday took the win after nailing his finishing top rope legdrop.

Main Event
Chrome defeated Den Scaramann by pinfall after a release powerbomb at 6:06
**main eventer defeats mid-carder to wrap up the B-show with a decent bout.



River City Wrestling #960
April 26, 2003
Saturday Squash

Wednesday night rage was pre-empted so we get two straight Saturday Squash's featuring a mix of the main roster with the developmental school roster.

Opening Bout
Teo defeated Meatball by pinfall after an avalanche hurrancanrana at 3:05
**battle of the midgets with the heel taking it.

Bout #2
Jason Pharo defeated Peregryne by submission to the STF at 4:30
**a big win for the Green Dragon, as the MMA/ground game defeated the high flying opposition. 

Bout #3
Gregor Kitnitsov defeated The Patriot by pinfall after an inside cradle (and a handful of tights) at 6:43
**The Russian moved out of the way of a missile dropkick, rolled up his masked foe, and sealed the deal by cheating.

Main Event
Asp Evergreen and Shane Stevens battled to a no-contest at 2:19
**Proving that even preliminary wrestlers can get main event level pissed off at each other. The leader of Full Deck could not pick up a clean win over his former friend. After the bout the ICP and Derek St. Holmes came out to make it a 4 on 1 beatdown until Shane Madison, Will Damon, and then Dan Spartan came out to send Full Deck running.

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River City Wrestling #961
April 30, 2003
Wednesday Night RAGE
Duluth, Minnesota


Opening Bout
Crash Holly defeated Lord Valmont (/w Sherry Valmont) by pinfall after a springboard bulldog at 5:05
**premiere of Crash Holly (although he has wrestled for RCW before as Erin O'Grady). He picked up a fast paced victory. However, after the bout Valmont was a sore loser. Sherry distracted Crash by feigning a fall, and then her husband attacked Holly after the bout. This was to set up a return bout between the two this weekend at "Heroes".

Bout #2
Dr. John Manfried defeated Tenacious Z by submission to the Manfried claw at 4:47
**fairly one sided win for the Doctor.

Bout #3
Boss Strickland defeated Dave Mysterio by pinfall after a powerbomb at 5:56
**another mat wrestler defeated young high flyer bout. Mysterio was coming on strong but went for a hurancanrana and Strickland countered with a powerbomb and picked up the win.

Bout #4
Young Guns: Johnny Devine & Greg Pawluk defeated Hombre Muerto Recorre & Sin Nombre by submission when Pawluk submitted Nombre in the cloverleaf at 7:10
**solid bout between four men that can wrestle. In the end the experience of the young guns as a team made the difference.

Bout #5
Six-Man Tag Match
Insane Clown Posse: Shaggy 2 Dope & Violent J & Derek St. Holmes and Shane Madison, Will Damon, & Shane Stevens battled to a no-contest at 5:22
**just too much bad blood between members of Full Deck and their face counterparts. The surprise came when the ICP apparently brought in a ringer after the bout Pogo the Clown to make it 4 on 3, with Dirty Don Spartan coming in to even the odds for the baby faces.

Bout #6
Sam Holiday defeated Jesse Hennig by pinfall after a holiday legdrop at 8:09
**this marked the return to RCW of Jesse Hennig, who has had many run ins with Holiday before. However, Hennig's frequent partner Stan Baker has been playing the role of tweener lately. Holiday had the better of most of the bout, but then Raymond Bingham came down to ringside and distracted the ref which allowed Hennig to deliver a lowblow to Holiday. However, the former RCW champ was able to survive the dirty tactics and make a comeback. In the meantime Stan Baker came down to ringside. Apparently Baker was there just to observe as he did not interfere in the bout. Bingham tried to talk to Baker and maybe feel out his allegiances but the big man would not tip his hat. However, Bingham decided not to risk another interference attempt and left the ringside area before the match was complete. Holiday came off the top rope, after having a quick check on who was around ringside, with his legdrop to pick up the win.

Main Event
RCW Heavyweight Title Match
Manny Silva and Adam Riggs battled to a no-contest at 0:00
**After Silva's cheating to keep the belt after facing Ron Simmons, President Jack Larkin had threatened Silva that he was going to bring in a new challenger tonight, a big surprise. Much to everyone's surprise Larkin brought out WWA/PWA superstar Adam Riggs, all 6'10 295 pounds of hate from Dublin, Ireland. Riggs is quite frankly one of the most hated wrestlers in the game, all across the globe, and this was a shock. Riggs has had to tone down his antics lately because the wrestling world is not putting up with his homophobic and xenophobic ways. Perhaps Jack Larkin was the only one in the arena that was actually surprised that Riggs entered the ring, went toe to toe with Silva, turned around and clotheslined Larkin. He and Silva exchanged high fives and the two went to town on Larkin with a series of boots. Several security guards slowed the attack down but they were thrown out of the ring as were Shane Madison, Will Damon, Shane Stevens, and Dave Mysterio. Finally stronger reinforcements in the name of head of security Ron Simmons and The Patriot rushed the ring at the same time. They were brawling with Riggs and Silva as Larkin lay bloodied and knocked out, as we

FADE TO BLACK