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River City Wrestling 
Roster
May, 1992

Officials
Jim Brunzell (commissioner)
Buddy Lane (Referee)
Jurgen Hermann (Referee)

Broadcast
Joe Aiello (play by play)
Mike Stone (colour commentary)

Faces

Vendetta


Bob Orton Jr (6'1, 255 lbs., Kansas City, Kansas) (Theme From Rawhide)

finisher; bulldog   alternate; piledriver

sig moves; sleeperhold, back body drop, back hand chop, elbow smash, elbow drop, powerslam, running crossbody, snap suplex, vertical suplex

Mike Lozansky (5'10 205 lbs., Vancouver, British Columbia) ("Jump" Van Halen)

finisher; top rope splash

sig moves; Missile dropkick, armdrag takedowns, back bodydrop, flying axhandle, dropkicks, tope

Baron von Raschke (6'3 281 lbs., Republic of Germany) ("Ride of the Valkyries" Wagner)

finisher; clawhold

sig moves; sleeperhold

Harley Tragger (6'2 255 lbs., Manhattan, Kansas)  ("Wanted Dead or Alive" Bon Jovi)

finisher; powerbomb

sig moves; shoulder blocks in the corner, short clothesline, splash, belly to belly suplex, tilt a whirl side slam, fist drop, boot to the face

Troy Galveston (6'2" 231 lbs., Flathead County, Montana) ("Blaze of Glory" Jon Bon Jovi)

finisher; Discus Punch

sig moves; bulldog, somersault clothesline, double underhook suplex, running legdrop

Jerry Lynn (5'11 212 lbs., Minneapolis, Minnesota) ("Wild Side" Motley Crue)
finisher; Gory Special Submission
sig moves; diving crossbody, German Suplex, DDT, springboard dropkick, spinning heelkick, tilt-a-wirl backbreaker

Johnny Canuck (6'0 330 lbs., Prince George, British Columbia) ("Teenage Overdose" Loverboy)
finisher; Reverse second rope splash (Vader Bomb)

Sandy Beach

Randy Mullett

Donny Brook

Brian Bosworth


Heels
Rogue (6'1" 235 lbs., Parts unknown) ("The Unforgiven" Metallica)

finisher; Nightfall (inverted DDT)

sig moves; single leg takedown - knee to the thigh, forearm uppercut, crossface, smashing knee around ringpost - ring apron, legsweep, spinning leg lariat, waistlock suplex, springboard Lou Thesz press, top rope DDT

Soultaker


Kid Gallahad (5'11 229 lbs., Glasgow Scotland) ("Anarchy in the UK" Sex Pistols)

finisher; Top rope missile dropkick

sig moves; superplex, headbutt, flying dropkick, release German suplex, figure four leglock

Ben Bassarab (5'10"  211 lbs., Calgary, Alberta) ("You've Got Another Thing Comin'" Judas Priest)
finisher; Diving crossbody
sig moves; running powerslam, German suplex, snap suplex, diving headbutt, missile dropkick, flying dropkick, abdominal stretch, clothesline over the top rope

The Natural (6'2 221 lbs, The Bridal Path, Toronto, Ontario) ("In the Hall of the Mountain King")

finisher; figure-four leglock or diving knee drop

sig moves; sleeperhold, abdominal stretch, superkick,

Brett Como (5'8 189 lbs., Calgary, Alberta) ("Burning in Love" Honeymoon Suite)

Lenny St. Claire (6'1 250 lbs., Calgary, Alberta) ("Burning in Love" Honeymoon Suite)

Sebastien Rikard

Dirty White Boy

Sonny Trout

Females
Desiree Petersen (face) (5'9" 165 lbs., Calgary, Alberta) ("Tom Sawyer" Rush)

finisher; fisherman suplex or superplex

sig moves; armbar, standing wristlock, clothesline, running knee to the stomach, gutwrench suplex, powerbomb, legspreader

Cynthia Rothrock (face) (5'3 105 lbs, Wilmington, Delaware) ("Distant Storm" Tess Makes Good/Tori Amos)

finisher; spinning heel kick

sig moves; savate kick, side kicks, slingshot suplex, armbar, headscissors, flying headscissors, front layout suplex, knifehand chops, springboard back elbow

KC Houston (heel) (5'9" 140 lbs, Edmonton, Alberta) ("Born Hell Raiser" Johnny Paycheck)

finisher; running bulldog

sig moves; spinebuster slam, hotshot, moonsault, front facelock, reverse neckbreaker, reverse chinlock, series of kneedrops

Fantasy (heel) (5'4 126 lbs. parts unknown) ("Only Women Bleed" Alice Cooper)

finisher; top rope splash

sig moves; front facelock, front facedriver, camel clutch, headscissors

Keisha (face) (5'5 145 lbs., Los Angeles, California) ("Paradise City" Guns 'n Roses)

finisher; sitout powerbomb

sig moves; victory roll, schoolgirl pin

Pink Demon (heel) (5'7 150 lbs., parts unknown)

April Cummings

Missy Hyatt


Jobbers
Joe Vasallo (face) (6'2 245 lbs, New York City, New York)

Roland Sutella (Heel) (5'10  299 lbs, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)

Jake Milliman (face) (5'9 227 lbs., Nashville, Tennessee)

Barre Hall (Heel)  (6'0", 225 lbs, Etobicoke, Ontario)

Chip Fletcher (Heel) (6'1, 218 lbs., Winnipeg, Manitoba)


Farmer Pete (midget)
Little John (midget)

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River City Wrestling #495
May 9, 1992
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Opening Bout
Sandy Beach defeated Sonny Trout by submission to the surfboard at 8:14
-the battle of the curtain jerkers goes to Beach, or as Bobby Heenan would say, "even losers get angry"

Bout #2
Keisha defeated Tiffany Brannigan by pinfall after a sitout powerbomb at 6:43
-second straight win for Keisha in as many cards, but basically just filler

Bout #3
Brett Como & Lenny St. Claire defeated Randy Mullett & Donny Brook by pinfall when Como pinned Mullett after a droptoe hold (Como) and top rope legdrop (St. Claire) double team combo at 5:56
-premiere for Mullett and Brook a couple of good hands

Bout #4
Dirty White Boy defeated Joe Vasallo by pinfall after a chokeslam at 2:27
-second straight squash match for DWB

Bout #5
Jerry Lynn defeated Sebastien Rikard by pinfall after a springboard dropkick at 8:48
-very good match, some great pace. Rikard seems to cheat because he enjoys taking the short cut and aggravating the ref and fans more than because of any lack of ability or fear of losing. Lynn on the other hand rebounds nicely after a loss to Kid Gallahad last card and has been demonstrating an ability to win matches with a variety of finishers.

Bout #6
Harley Tragger & Troy Galveston defeated Nick Bockwinkel & Soultaker by disqualification for outside interference at 7:51
-This was a revenge match for the good guys, but vengeance was denied when Ben Bassarab & The Natural hit the ring and attacked Tragger and Galveston causing the DQ. Soultaker controlled most of the match but Bockwinkel really didn't want to get his hands dirty so eventually Soultaker wore down. Then Bassarab and Natural attacked (with no Missy Hyatt in sight).
After the bout, after Tragger and Galveston were rescued by RCW officials Nick Bockwinkel introduced Bassarab & Natural as the newest members of the Nick Bockwinkel Talent Agency. He claims that he bought their contracts from Missy Hyatt and will be their agent going forward. He then brings out title belts, a collection of his AWA heavyweight title and tag title belts, and uses them as illustration to show what true champions are. He says Bassarab & Natural will be the next tag team champions, Soultaker will be the next RCW Heavyweight champion, and heck he may just decide to round things out and get the RCW Heritage Title for himself.

Bout #7

North American Women's Title Match

April Cummings defeated Cynthia Rothrock by pinfall after a superplex at 8:10

[April Cummings Won the North American Women's Title]

-The women's title changes hands once again. Cummings did well and seemed to understand her best chance of winning the bout was at close quarters with mat wrestling. However, Rothrock still looked like the superior athlete. But Rothrock made the mistake of trying to expand her repertoire going to the top buckle, but when Cummings got the upper hand she brought the champ down hard with a superplex and got the win.

Bout #8

RCW Tag Team Title Match

Bob Orton Jr & Mike Lozansky defeated Ben Bassarab & The Natural (/w Nick Bockwinkel) by disqualification for outside interference at 12:14

[Orton & Lozansky retained the RCW Tag Team Titles]

-Even though they lost last card I guess getting signed by super agent Nick Bockwinkel paid immediate dividends with another title shot this card for Bassarab & Natural. However again the champs proved too cohesive and too good for the challengers. Unable to take it anymore Bockwinkel jumped on the apron to distract the ref while Soultaker entered the ring and took out Orton. Thankfully for the tag champs referee Jurgen Hermann had a rare case of competence and turned around to see the interference and called for the bell. After the bout it was a 4 on 2 beatdown until Harley Tragger and Troy Galveston joined the champs to even the odds, and to even the score from earlier tonight.

Main Event

RCW Heritage Title Match

Baron von Raschke defeated Kid Gallahad by submission to the clawhold at 7:19

[Baron von Raschke retained the RCW Heritage Title]
-Raschke had surprisingly little problem handling a very stiff challenge from Gallahad.

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River City Wrestling #496

May 23, 1992

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Interesting card with some different variations of matches for River City Wrestling.

Opening Bout

Sonny Trout defeated Randy Mullett by pinfall after a fisherman suplex at 5:31

-filler. Would say it was a big win for Trout after losing to Beach last week, but given the opponent that would not be a genuine statement.

Bout #2

Donny Brook defeated Barre Hall by pinfall after a fistdrop at 3:58

-see comments from opening bout

Bout #3

Brett Como defeated Sandy Beach by pinfall after outside interference (Sonny Trout) at 6:06

-looked like this was going to be 3 straight filler matches when suddenly a ref bump made the fans attention perk up. From the back came Sonny Trout who was defeated last card by Sandy Beach. Trout Pearl Harbored Beach from behind, nailed him with a fisherman suplex, and this allowed Como to make the pin.

Bout #4

Special Attraction: Midgets

Little John defeated Farmer Pete by pinfall after an axhandle chop from the top rope at 5:55

-typical little guy hijinx, and the end came when Little John stood on the back of referee Buddy Lane so he could get to the top buckle and then come off with a big axhandle chop on his overall wearing opponent.

Bout #5
North American Women's Title Match
Cynthia Rothrock defeated April Cummings after a spinning heel kick at 4:01
[Cynthia Rothrock Won the North American Women's Title]
-In their rematch the ex champion went back to her original style, and stayed away from going to the top buckle or flying through the air. By doing this she had surprisingly little difficulty in getting her title back.

Bout #6
4 Way Elimination Match - #1 Contender Match for the Heritage Title
Dirty White Boy defeated Jerry Lynn, Sebastien Rikard, and Kid Gallahad in a 4 way elimination match
-Kid Gallahad was eliminated by Dirty White Boy following a chokeslam (all 3 men were involved in eliminating Gallahad) at 5:18
-Sebastien Rikard was eliminated by Jerry Lynn following a stuffed piledriver from Lynn and DWB at 9:02
-Jerry Lynn was eliminated by Dirty White Boy following a top rope kneedriver (countering a superplex) at 13:40

Bout #7

Eight Man Elimination Tag Match

Soultaker, Nick Bockwinkel, Ben Bassarab & The Natural defeated Bob Orton Jr, Mike Lozansky, Harley Tragger, and Brian Bosworth when Ben Bassarab survived at 21:10

-Troy Galveston was injured last card (again) but his advertised replacement was none other then The Boz, Brian Bosworth (former Seattle Seahawk wrecking ball, and now movie star "Stone Cold")

-The Natural was eliminated by Harley Tragger after a powerbomb at 5:43 (Bockwinkel looked really unimpressed by the showing of The Natural)

-Nick Bockwinkel was eliminated by Brian Bosworth after a football tackle at 7:04 (the Bock did not last much longer)

-Mike Lozansky was eliminated by Ben Bassarab after a diving crossbody at 10:34 (although Bassarab made the elimination, it was Soultaker starting to take over the match)

-Bob Orton Jr eliminated by Soultaker after a slingshot suplex at 13:05 (and now we are down to 2 on 2)

-Brian Bosworth eliminated by Soultaker by pinfall after an inverted shoulderbreaker at 15:56 (decent showing for a football player but outmatched)

-Soultaker eliminated by Harley Tragger by pinfall after a top rope fistdrop at 18:22 (a bit of a surprise to see Tragger beat Soultaker)

-Harley Tragger eliminated by Ben Bassarab by pinfall after a diving crossbody at 21:10 (a pretty clean ending and big win for Bassarab)

Main Event

RCW Heavyweight Title Match

Vendetta defeated Rogue by countout at 17:32

[Rogue retained the RCW Heavyweight Title]

-Another match between these two arch rivals and the first for Vendetta since his minor injury. There was no feeling out process in this one, just a slobberknocker in and out of the ring. Referee Buddy Lane knowing the history gave both men extreme latitude. The men exchanged the advantage back and forth and you couldn't say one man dominated the other. In fact there was never more then a 1 count made on a pin. Both men attempted their finisher twice each but each time it was blocked. In the end as they brawled outside the ring they looked to both slide into the ring to break the count, but the champ decided against it, feigning entrance, then just staying outside, grabbing his belt, and leaving the ring area.