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River City Wrestling #493
April 11, 1992
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Corrie England (two time Women's Champion) is inducted into the Hall of Fame, led to the ring by Pat Benatar's "Heartbreaker". Her sister and fellow HoF'er Tawney England was on hand, along with Chris Lyon, Mike Valiant, and Marty Goldstein (all HoF'ers as well). Missy Hyatt came to the ring and complained that these old timer's were using up all the ring time. She suggested that those that could not wrestle anymore should buy a ticket and watch. The England sisters shot back that Hyatt isn't even a wrestler and that if she didn't leave they would kick her ass. Of course what came out of this was a spur of the moment match for later tonight.

Opening Bout
Harley Tragger defeated Sonny Trout by pinfall after a tlit-a-whirl side slam at 5:00
-premiere of Sonny Trout; squash match

Bout #2
Lenny St. Claire defeated Sandy Beach by pinfall after a superplex at 4:04
-premiere of Sandy Beach; glorified squash match.

Bout #3
Brett Como defeated Johnny Canuck by submission to a crossface chickenwing at 7:15
-Canuck had his moments but Como did what his partner St. Claire could not do last card, beat the big Canuck.

Bout #4
Ben Bassarab & The Natural (/w Missy Hyatt) defeated The Galaxians by pinfall when Bassarab pinned Galaxian #1 after a diving crossbody at 9:36
-Missy Hyatt was especially flirtatious tonight, and she allowed Bassarab to make the pin this week, seemingly playing Bassarab off against Natural.

Bout #5
The Soultaker (/w Nick Bockwinkel) defeated Mike Lozansky by pinfall after a spinning heel kick at 7:34
-great showing for Soultaker beating one half of the tag team champions Lozansky. Bockwinkel didn't even have to interfere in the match it was a clean victory.

Bout #6
Tawney & Corrie England defeated Missy Hyatt & Pink Demon when Corrie pinned Demon after a belly-to-back suplex at 6:49
-Hyatt wanted nothing to do with the sisters and left Demon pretty much at their mercy. Bassarab and Natural tried to interfere but they were cut off by Valiant, Lyon, and Goldstein.

Bout #7
Jerry Lynn and Kid Gallahad battled to a double disqualification at 9:49
-it didn't take too long for this one to get nasty and ended when both men were smashing each other around the outside of the ring.

Bout #8
North American Women's Title Match
Cynthia Rothrock defeated KC Houston by pinfall after a slingshot suplex at 6:22
[Cynthia Rothrock retained the North American Women's Title]
-Houston is an accomplished and good wrestler but Rothrock's martial arts skills and athleticism put her in a different league right now.

Bout #9
Non-Title Match
Rogue defeated Bob Orton Jr by pinfall after an inverted DDT at 7:46
-The Heavyweight champion Rogue acquitted himself quite well against veteran and half of the tag team champions, Bob Orton Jr.

Co-Main Event
Cage Match
RCW Heritage Title Match
Baron von Raschke defeated Teijo Khan by pinfall after a fallaway slam into the cage wall at 8:08
[Raschke retained the RCW Heritage Title]
-hard fought match for the aging Baron

Co-Main Event
Cage Match
Vendetta defeated Larry Cameron by pinfall after a DDT at 14:19
-one of the more brutal matches in recent RCW history with both men juicing early and lots. Rogue came down to watch for awhile standing on the announcers table. Even though Vendetta won it looked like he may have sustained an injury to his hand during the match. 

[managermike99]

River City Wrestling #494
April 25, 1992
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Opening Bout
Dirty White Boy defeated Jake Milliman by pinfall after a chokeslam at 3:22
-squash match. DWB makes his return to RCW, this time alone, with no Dirty White Girl.

Bout #2
Keisha defeated Pink Demon by pinfall after a sitout powerbomb at 5:56
-squash match

Bout #3
Sebastien Rikard defeated Johnny Canuck by pinfall after a swinging neckbreaker at 7:50
-Premiere of Rikard. The bigger Canuck held the advantage for the first 4 minutes of this match and it looked like we might have a 3rd straight squash match. However, the heelish Rikard took over the advantage thanks to a rake of the eyes, a kick to the shins and a high knee lift. He controlled the rest of the match and nailed his finisher with some pizazz swinging back and forth several times before completing it. Rikard has an "English arrogance" to him.

Bout #4
April Cummings defeated Corrie England by pinfall after a facebuster at 5:29
-Any thoughts of making a comeback for HoF'er England probably ended tonight as the next generation of wrestler took over.

Bout #5
Harley Tragger defeated Soultaker (/w Nick Bockwinkel) by disqualification for outside interference at 9:06
-hard fought and even match between two real sluggers. Soultaker had the size advantage but Tragger is big as well, strong for his size, and "stubborn as hell". Bockwinkel though refused to let things settle squarely. He interfered once and didn't get caught, but the second time he tripped up Tragger he got caught and his man was dq'd. Tragger went after Bockwinkel outside the ring, but was attacked from behind by Soultaker. Bockwinkel and Soultaker laid the boots to Tragger until Troy Galveston (returning from injury) came out and tried to make the save (but got booted too).

Bout #6
Kid Gallahad defeated Jerry Lynn by pinfall after using a foreign object at 10:29
-The rematch was as good as the first one, but more controlled and inside the ring. Two guys who can use chain wrestling, impact moves, and high flying. In the end though Gallahad used the easy way out, bringing out a roll of coins and nailing Lynn when he was hoisted up in a suplex position.

Bout #7
RCW Tag Team Title Match
Bob Orton Jr  & Mike Lozansky defeated Ben Bassarab & The Natural (/w Missy Hyatt) by pinfall when Orton Jr pinned The Natural after a piledriver at 11:30
[Orton & Lozansky retained the RCW Tag Team Titles]
-good match for the challengers but they came up a bit short with Orton's experience really coming to the front in this match as at one point he just flicked a switch and took it over. After the match Bassarab wasn't happy with the Natural and Missy had to talk him down by stroking his face and kissing his cheek.

Main Event
RCW Heavyweight Title Match
Rogue defeated Paul Orndorff by countout at 12:43
[Rogue retained the RCW Heavyweight Title]
-Paul Orndorff returned from the injury he aggravated in his Feb 15th loss of the title to Rogue. Orndorff started strong basically punching Rogue in the face, then beating him from pillar to post. Orndorff worked him over for a good 5 minutes before Rogue countered a piledriver attempt with a headbutt to the nuts. Double legtakedown and Rogue worked Orndorff over on the mat while trying to also recover. Rogue brought out a new trick walking the top rope while holding onto the arm of Orndorff then nailing him with a headbutt to the shoulder. The champ went after the injured shoulder without mercy, using the ring apron and the ring post. The champ tried to use the announce table but Orndorff reversed it by smashing the champs skull off the table. The two then battled on top of the announce table. Orndorff went for a piledriver but Rogue backed him off the table, then dropped a legdrop from the table down to Orndorff. The two men both crawled slowly to the ring but only the champ managed to slide into the ring to beat the 10 count.