June 2000

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Roster - June 2000

Faces
Sam Holiday
Al Hardamann
Kurrgan
Balls Mahoney
Greg Pawluk
Johnny Devine
Red Thunder
Wavell Starr
Eddie Mustang
Ruffy Silverstein (NEW)
Chris Parys (NEW)
Johnny Malibu (NEW)


Heels
Vampiro (/w Lord Zoltan?)
Manny Silva (/w Lord Zoltan)
Bryan Caruthers
Jerry Orth
Stan Baker
Eric Scott
Vincent Regliatti
Donnie DiCaprio 
Will Damon 
Shane Madison
William Yeats
Dick Raines (NEW)
Richard Pound (NEW)

Jobbers
Porno Tony Gold
Stan Saxon
Squeegee Kid

Women
TrummerFrauen
Becky Swallows
Sheona Stewart
Jessica Judd
Stacey Lynn
Nicole Bass (NEW)

Other
Jack Larkin - Owner
Greg Gagne - Commissioner/Head Booker
Buddy Lane - Head Referee/Booker
Jennifer Greaves - Referee/Road Agent
Kenny Jay - Referee/Road Agent
Shiela Bloom - Referee/Road Agent
Joe Aiello - Play by Play/Interviews
Linley Tolbert - Color Commentary
Vic Gate - Trainer/Road Agent

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River City Wrestling #835
June 3, 2000
Fargo, North Dakota

Dark Matches before RAGE

Opening Bout
Ruffy Silverstein defeated Porno Tony Gold by pinfall after an ace crusher at 8:42
**premiere for Silverstein, a Stampede school graduate. Small in stature at 5'10 200 pounds (and that's a stretch), but a decent enough skill set to get past curtain jerker Gold.

Bout #2
Stacey Lynn defeated Sheona Stewart by pinfall after a springboard clothesline at 6:09
**fairly easy bout for Lynn

Bout #3
Great Canadians: Vincent Regliatti & Eric Scott defeated Chris Parys & Johnny Malibu by submission when Regliatti submitted Malibu to the figure four leglock at 7:50
**another premiere tonight, this time Parys & Malibu, two youngsters who came out of the Winnipeg area indys. They were all right but this step up to the newly named Great Canadians was too much for them to handle.

Bout #4
Nicole Bass defeated Becky Swallows by pinfall after a powerbomb at 3:35
**match lasted a bit longer than expected just because Swallows played run and hide for some of it. Looks like Bass is going to stick around in RCW for awhile.

Bout #5
#1 Contenders Tag Match
Native Sons: Red Thunder & Wavell Starr (/w Eddie Mustang) defeated Players Club: Donnie DiCaprio & Shane Madison (/w Will Damon) by pinfall when Starr pinned DiCaprio after a flying axhandle at 10:04
**best match of the night so far, very competitive, tainted at times by the 3rd men getting involved. Unlike the Sons where Thunder/Starr seem to be the regular tag team and Mustang the singles competitor, the Players Club seems to use the Freebirds approach to getting any 2 out of 3 of them in a tag match. However, "The Mecca" Shane Madison seems to have separated himself from the pack as the premiere player of that club. 


RCW RAGE - One Hour Episode

The show begins with a short highlight package of the dark matches.

Then we are treated to footage from last week's All-Women's edition, after we went off the air. The women's champion TrummerFrauen had retrieved her belt after leaving the steel cage, and she was bleeding heavily from the head. Then out came Nicole Bass who attacked the champ. She slammed the champ off the announce table and smacked her with the title belt. She choked her, and then chokeslammed her on the mat before security could intervene.

In-ring interview: Lord Zoltan is joined by Manny Silva and Nicole Bass in the ring. Zoltan says since none of the RCW girls wanted his managerial services he found his own stud for the stable, Nicole Bass. Bass gets on the mic and basically repeats that she has been chasing the champ across North American and finally caught up with her. Joe Aiello informs them that TrummerFrauen has insisted on a match with Bass next week. Then Aiello asks Zoltan where Vampiro is, since he supposedly signed the Heavyweight champion to a contract, despite any evidence to that claim. Zoltan says Vampiro will be defending his title next week against the #1 contender and that Zoltan will be in his corner. Aiello tells Zoltan that the #1 contender spot will be filled tonight by a four way match featuring Kurrgan, Sam Holiday, Al Hardamann, and the man standing next to him Manny Silva. The mad Hawaiian seems ecstatic at the chance, but Zoltan seems a bit sheepish. Aiello asks Zoltan what he will do if Silva wins and its Silva against Vampiro for the title next week? Zoltan avoids the question by telling Aiello we are out of time.


Bout #6
RCW Television Title Match
Stan Baker defeated Eddie Mustang by pinfall after a running powerslam (and some outside interference) at 9:07
[Stan Baker retained the RCW Television Title]
**Mustang surprisingly was not only competitive in this bout but really looked like he may take the surprise win. That went to pot though when Shane Madison came down to ringside to do uninvited guest commentary and ended up interfering by tripping up Mustang to give Baker the win.

In-ring interview: The Young Guns: Greg Pawluk & Johnny Devine have a title shot tonight, and because of all the cheating being done by the champs to hold onto the titles, they have been given the right to pick their own referee for tonight. In a surprising move they pick Jennifer Greaves. With no disrespect to head referee Buddy Lane, the Young Guns say they appreciate the chance they have been given here in RCW, and they feel that the young, up and comers, need to stick together.

Bout #7
#1 Heavyweight Contenders Match - Fatal Four Way
Manny Silva and Kurrgan defeated Al Hardamann and Sam Holiday by countout at 8:12
**a bit of a surprise, and yes we had two winners. This was not an elimination style it was one fall. At first Silva took a huge beating from all 3 other men who detested him. However, they soon realized that since it was one fall that none of them were going to let the others get the pin. The match spilled outside the ring with a four man brawl. Referee Buddy Lane applied the count and at the last second both Silva and Kurrgan were able to slide back inside the ring while Holiday and Hardamann were stumbling around. Lane called it a double win countout. So presumably next week we will have a 3-way for the heavyweight title with Vampiro, Kurrgan, and Silva.


Award Ceremony - Feud of the Decades (1980's) - The Destroyer vs Chris Lyon
Both men were on hand to accept their award. This was the original RCW feud from when we opened the doors in 1980 at Chalmers Community Club in Winnipeg. This feud really dominated the first 3 years of RCW. They faced off in the match of the year in 1982, the Destroyer won the wrestler of the year for the first 3 years and Lyon the next 2. They traded the Heavyweight title throughout those early years.

Main Event
RCW Tag Team Title Match
The Spinebusters and Greg Pawluk & Johnny Devine battled to a no-contest at 13:33
[The Spinebusters retained the RCW Tag Team Titles]
**this match had to be heavily edited for time, with less than half of it being shown on TV. Pawluk and Devine looked really good and a title change seemed to be a distinct possibility. But the action spilled outside and as much as appointed referee Jennifer Greaves tried to establish order, eventually she threw the match out. The fans, and the challengers were not happy with that decision as at the time it was thrown out the challengers were bashing the champs' heads off the guardrails. 

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River City Wrestling #836
June 10, 2000
St. Cloud, Minnesota

Dark Matches before RAGE

Opening Bout
Ruffy Silverstein defeated Stan Saxon by pinfall after an ace crusher at 6:04
**two straight wins for Silverstein.

Bout #2
Sam Holiday defeated William Butler Yeats by pinfall after a top rope legdrop at 8:30
**Yeats had his moments but was over matched.

Bout #3
Al Hardamann & Eddie Mustang defeated Shane Madison & Stan Baker when Mustang pinned Baker after flying headscissors at 10:44
**good match, two throw together teams to avenge Mustang losing last week to Baker thanks to the interference by Madison.

Bout #4
Last Woman Standing Match
Jessica Judd defeated Stacey Lynn by 10 count in a last woman standing match at 9:54
**brawl. catfight. brawl. Lynn had to survive having Judd break her guitar over her head but she fought through it and looked on the verge of victory. However, Becky Swallows came out and tossed Judd a new guitar. This however was a solid electric guitar that when Judd nailed Lynn over the head did not break, but knocked Lynn completely out. 

Bout #5
Four Corners Tag Match
Vincent Regliatti & Eric Scott and Chris Parys & Johnny Malibu and Donnie DiCaprio & Will Damon and Dick Raines & Richard Pound fought to a no-contest at 15:11
**only two legal men at a time, not elimination style. All the teams were showcased including newcomers Dick Raines & Richard Pound (who are the kind of guys that when they were 20 years old looked like they were 40). Raines is 5'11 230, while Pound is 6'0 240. They are both Stampede/Western Canadian trained guys. In the end it totally broke down with a brawl that went long after the final bell.


RCW RAGE - One Hour Television Episode

The show opens of course with highlights of the dark matches from earlier tonight.

Bout #6
North American Women's Title Match
TrummerFrauen defeated Nicole Bass (/w Lord Zoltan) by disqualification for outside interference at 6:54
[TrummerFrauen retained the North American Women's Title]
**slug fest, Bass used some wear down moves as well including a shoulder nerve hold. In the end Zoltan grew impatient and nailed the champ in the back with a chair. Bass was distracting the referee Shiela Bloom, but Bloom turned around just in time to see it and call for the DQ. Zoltan wasn't too happy with Bass not doing her job. The champ cleared the ring of both Zoltan and Bass, but when Manny Silva showed up she decided she had enough and left for the back.

Bout #7
RCW Tag Team Title Match
Spinebusters: Jerry Orth & Bryan Caruthers defeated Young Guns: Greg Pawluk & Johnny Devine by pinfall when Orth pinned Pawluk after a double team DDT at 9:58
[Spinebusters retained the RCW Tag Team Titles]
**the Young guns had another good showing but the champs prevailed thanks to some nice double teaming.

Award Ceremony - Feud of the Decade (1990's): Jim Brunzell vs Nick Bockwinkel
This feud went from in-ring to managerial to management. While the two would later become friends and each take turns being the RCW Commissioner, for a few years they revived their old AWA feud and fought it at several different levels of the organization. Jim Brunzell is on hand to accept the award and gets a nice ovation from the crowd.

Main Event
RCW Heavyweight Title Match - Triple Threat Match
Vampiro defeated Manny Silva and Kurrgan by pinfall when Vampiro pinned Silva after the nail in the coffin at 10:16
[Vampiro retained the RCW Heavyweight Title]
**So Lord Zoltan came out with Manny Silva, and then ran back up the ramp to join Vampiro on his way to the ring. The champ pretty much ignored him but he didn't seem to mind. When the bout started Vamp and Silva did join forces to go after Kurrgan, but soon enough Silva turned on Vamo to try and win the belt. This allowed Kurrgan to make a comeback and he laid waste to both of them, one at a time. However, he couldn't get the pin as one or the other would break up the pin; and when they couldn't than Zoltan made the save one time pulling Kurrgan off by the feet, and the other time distracting referee Buddy Lane. In the end Vamp and Silva knocked Kurrgan over the top rope with a double clothesline. Vamp then surprised Silva right away with a punch to the kidney, and then his finisher. In the meantime outside the ring Kurrgan was trying to get back in the ring but Zoltan hung onto his feet enough to slow him down.

Post-Match: Zoltan entered the ring but was unsure how to react. He decided to not pick sides and try and play peacemaker between Vamp and Silva. An angry Kurrgan sent all three men scrambling out of the ring as we


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River City Wrestling #837
June 17, 2020
Green Bay, Wisconsin

Dark Matches Before RAGE

Opening Bout
Fatal Four Way
Vincent Regliatti defeated Johnny Malibu, Donnie DiCaprio and Dick Raines by pinfall when Regliatti pinned Malibu after a Northern lights suplex at 8:51
**first of two matches featuring the 4 tag teams involved in that big brawl last week, now split up into singles competition. All the teams were warned beforehand not to interfere or else they would be suspended.

Bout #2
Fatal Four Way
Chris Parys defeated Eric Scott, Will Damon and Dick Pound by pinfall when Parys pinned Damon after a top rope frankensteiner at 7:36
**Pound and Scott made the mistake of taking their fight outside, and inside Parys made a spectacular end to the bout.

Post-Match: The four man continued to brawl which brought out their tag partners and now we had ourselves another 8 man brawl.

Bout #3
Shane Madison defeated Al Hardamann by pinfall after a Kamikaze at 11:00
**this was an unexpected treat for the fans as these two really lit it up. In the end Hardamann went for the vertebreaker only to have Madison counter with his finisher.

Bout #4
Loser Leaves Town Match
Stacey Lynn and Becky Swallows battled to a no-contest at 8:09
**so I guess no one has to leave town. Jessica Judd decided to return the favour and interfere on Becky's behalf. However, referee Jennifer Greaves decided that she wasn't going to let Lynn lose like that and threw the match out. Greaves drew the ire of Becky and Judd but Shiela Bloom came running out, grabbed a steel chair and got the girls to back off.

Bout #5
RCW Tag Team Title Match
Wavell Starr & Red Thunder defeated The Spinebusters: Jerry Orth & Bryan Caruthers by disqualification for abuse of official at 10:12
[The Spinebusters retained the RCW Tag Team Titles]
**The champs controlled the first 7 minutes but the challengers kept alive. The Native Sons made a nice comeback and rather when risk their titles, Orth pulled referee Kenny Jay into the path of a Wavell Starr running axhandle. 

Bout #6
Kurrgan defeated Lord Zoltan by disqualification for outside interference at 7:51
**pretty much what you would expect with the Acadian monster against the weasel manager. Lots of stalling, running, hiding, cheating, and then Kurrgan destroying him. Manny Silva tried to do a run in but was taken out by Kurrgan. Vampiro had come to ringside but decided better than to risk getting banged up for his defence tonight. But Nicole Bass ran in and delivered a low blow to Kurrgan and then pulled Zoltan to safety. The three left together, a few steps behind the Heavyweight champion Vampiro.


RCW RAGE - One Hour Episode

The match begins as usual with a highlight package of the dark matches from earlier tonight.

Bout #7
North American Women's Title Match
All Others Were Banned From Ringside
TrummerFrauen defeated Nicole Bass by pinfall after a chokeslam at 8:55
[TrummerFrauen retained the North American Women's Title]
**slug fest that could have gone either way with no interference possible under threat of suspension, and Zoltan was also banned from ringside. However, during a ref bump Bass got distracted first trying to revive referee Jennifer Greaves and then calling for presumably her stable mates, but she was distracted too long. TF came running across with a nasty knee to the head. She then hit a chokelsam..no ref yet....another chokeslam...no ref yet..3rd chokeslam, finally Greaves was able to make the count. 

Announcement - Match of the Decade (1980's): Ricky Steamboat defeated Don Muraco by pinfall at 28:03
1989: Dec 14th: RCW #406 (10th Anniversary Show)
Highlights are shown of the bout. Comments were taped and aired from Don Muraco.

Main Event
RCW Heavyweight Title Match
Vampiro defeated Manny Silva (/w Lord Zoltan) by countout at 10:06
[Vampiro retained the RCW Heavyweight Title]
**Zoltan tried to act as a neutral party in this one and managed to stay out of the action cheering on both men. But when he would encourage Vampiro, Silva would give him an icy stare down. Silva controlled early. At first the two fought hard but clean enough. Vamp though fired back with everything he could, legal and otherwise, to try and retain his title. Vamp busted Silva wide open and the challenger saw red, figuratively and literally. The two battled inside when Kurrgan came down to ringside and grabbed Zoltan. He lifted him up and gorilla press slammed him onto the ring apron. The manager slowly rolled off the apron to the ground. Kurrgan lifted Zoltan up for a chokeslam, but Silva reached through the ropes and put the giant in a chokehold. Vampiro came running over and delivered a knee sending Silva spilling out on Kurrgan and Zoltan. Silva and Kurrgan got into a brawl and the challenger was counted out while Vampiro watched. The ref allowed the countout as opposed to throwing the bout out as he ruled that it was Silva's choice to engage.  

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River City Wrestling #838
June 24, 2000
Peoria, Illinois

Opening Bout
William Butler Yeats defeated Ruffy Silverstein by submission to the cobra clutch at 7:24
**The end of the short winning streak for Silverstein.

Bout #2
Becky Swallows pinned Sheona Stewart by pinfall after a running neck snap at 5:40
**glorified squash match but without all the usual drama lately around the women's division.

Bout #3
Eddie Mustang defeated Stan Saxon by pinfall after a springboard bulldog at 9:04
**Saxon did his best to use his size and strength advantage to wear down the young Native star to no avail.

Bout #4
The Great Canadians: Vincent Regliatti & Eric Scott defeated Chris Parys & Johnny Malibu by pinfall when Scott pinned Malibu after a double team DDT at 11:50
**after the past two weeks of a 4 way tag match, and then two 4 corner singles matches, the teams split off into traditional tag matches. The winners would face each other in a #1 contenders bout next week.

Bout #5
Players Club: Will Damon & Donnie DiCaprio defeated Dick Raines & Richard Pound by pinfall when Damon pinned Raines after a brainbuster at 12:12
**the other of the two tag matches. The Players Club will face off against the Great Canadians in a top contenders bout next week.

Bout #6
RCW Tag Team Title Match
The Spinebusters: Bryan Caruthers & Jerry Orth defeated Wavell Starr & Red Thunder by pinfall when Caruthers pinned Thunder after a spinebuster slam at 10:32
[The Spinebusters retained the RCW Tag Team Titles]
**competitive bout but the champs defended fairly cleanly to put this challenge to rest.


RCW RAGE - One Hour Episode

The show opens as per usual with highlights of the dark matches from earlier in the night.

Bout #7
RCW Television Title Match
Stan Baker defeated Shane Madison by pinfall after a heart punch at 8:35
[Stan Baker retained the RCW Television Title]
**Baker controlled early and it was hard to see how Madison could pull off the upset. However, he dug into his trunks and pulled out brass knux. He didn't get the chance to use them right away though and had to stash them back down. As the match continued Al Hardamann came down to ringside and warned the ref about the brass knuckles. But as Hardamann tried to get Kenny Jay to understand, Madison ditched the knux under the ring and went after Hardamann. But Hardamann saw his coming and threw him head first into the ringsteps. He rolled Madison back inside the ring. Baker nailed a scoop slam, a fistdrop, sent Madison to the ropes and nailed him with the finisher. By now Hardamann had left for the dressing room.

Award Announcement - Match of the Decade 1990's: 1995: Thrillseekers: Chris Jericho & Lance Storm defeated African Bulldogs: Pariah & Temple by pinfall when Jericho pinned Pariah after he was put through a table at 24:!5; Dec 9th; RCW #593 (16th Anniversary Show)
**highlights of the bout were shown, and a short thank you video was shown featuring Lance Storm.

Main Event
Six-Man Tag Match
Vampiro, Nicole Bass & Kurrgan defeated Manny Silva, TrummerFrauen & Lord Zoltan by pinfall when Vampiro pinned Zoltan after the nail in the coffin at 9:01
**this was a strange six-man tag match put together by commissioner Greg Gagne to stir the pot. Kurrgan had heat with his own teammate Vampiro but also with Silva/Zoltan on the other side. Zoltan wanted to stay in the good graces of Vampiro, still hoping to formally add him to the stable, but also Nicole Bass from his own stable was on the other side of the ring from Zoltan. The top two women in the fed faced off, but they also both wanted to try and prove themselves against the men. Silva cared nothing about Zoltan's mixed allegiances, he wanted a piece of the Heavyweight champ Vampiro as he still wants that title. So with all that you can imagine that this one was a clusterbout. However, it was well fought and while there were some two on ones, there were very little six-man brawls. The finish started when Zoltan tried to get Bass to lie down for him but instead the amazon kicked him in the gut, nailed a DDT, a press slam, got a 2 count. Tag out to Vampiro. The Heavyweight champ caught up to Zoltan before he could tag out. This didn't stop the other two from coming in, and we had our first true six man brawl. Vamp though got Zoltan isolated, nailed his finisher and amid the chaos referee Buddy Lane laid down the 1, 2, 3.

Post-Match: Bass and TrummerFrauen continued to brawl outside the ring. Silva and Kurrgan also brawled with Zoltan recovering. Vampiro was the odd man out with no dance partner. Zoltan encouraged Vampiro to help Mad Dog Silva, and he looked over at Kurrgan/Silva, but instead grabbed his Heavyweight title and left for the showers.


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