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River City Wrestling #839
July 1, 2000
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Dark Matches before RAGE

Opening Bout
Tiger Khan defeated Squeegee Kid by pinfall after a Tiger Bomb at 6:58
**good premiere for Tiger Khan a 5'11 233 lb heel technician.

Bout #2
Dick Raines & Richard Pound defeated Chris Parys & Johnny Malibu by pinfall when Pound pinned Malibu after a stuffed piledriver at 7:30
**the heels get back into the win column. Malibu looked like the weak link in this bout.

Bout #3
Sam Holiday defeated Bryan Caruthers by pinfall after a top rope legdrop at 10:21
**excellent match with Holiday defeating the more technically sound of the two tag team champions in a rare single appearance, as the Spinebusters wait for the new #1 tag contenders to be decided later tonight.

Bout #4
Balls Mahoney defeated Jerry Orth by disqualification for use of a foreign object at 8:45
**Orth, the other Spinebuster, looked overwhelmed without his tag partner. Perhaps not wanting to take another singles loss for his tag team Orth knowing he was in trouble used a steel chair outside the ring to smash Mahoney several times. He left him laid out and bleeding. Mahoney did the stretcher job.

Bout #5
Al Hardamann defeated Shane Madison by pinfall after a vertebreaker at 10:44
**rematch from several weeks ago, this time Hardamann got the duke.

Bout #6
#1 Contenders Tag Match
Players Club: Will Damon & Donnie DiCaprio defeated Great Canadians: Eric Scott & Vincent Regliatti by pinfall when Damon pinned Scott after a Northern lights suplex at 12:06
**really good tag match between the teams that won their semi-final matches in this mini-tournament. Regliatti is the most technically sound of the four men, and the former RCW champion really stole the show with his ability to control his opponents. However the end came when after the suplex, DiCaprio was reaching into the ring and holding down the legs of Scott to impede his ability to kick out of the pin.

RCW RAGE - One Hour Episode

The show begins with the usual highlights of the dark matches from earlier in the night.

Bout #7
North American Women's Title Match
Cage Match
TrummerFrauen defeated Nicole Bass by pinfall after a superplex at 11:11
[TrummerFrauen retained the North American Women's Title]
**a rare women's cage match, but then again these are two rare women. It was a slug fest and power exhibition of course as these women barely don't know a wrist lock from a wrist watch. Lord Zoltan was outside the ring for Bass but because of the cage was even more useless than normal. Both women were busted open right near the end of the bout, and both women kicked out of their opponent's attempt to win via chokeslam. The end came as the two battled at the top buckle, and the champ won brining Bass crashing down to the mat.

Retirement of Kenny Jay. We had a special announcement and ceremony as long time RCW referee (and former AWA wrestler), Kenny "Sodbuster" Jay is retiring. Greg Gagne is joined by his former High Flyer teammate (and RCW Hall of Famer) Jim Brunzell, as well as Stan Mullen (long time head of the RCW Fan Club, and member of the Hall of Fame Committee), and head of officials Buddy Lane, in presenting a special shovel (sodbuster style) to Jay and a commemorative watch to mark the occasion.

Main Event
RCW Heavyweight Title Match
Cage Match
Vampiro defeated Manny Silva (/w Lord Zoltan) by pinfall after the nail in the coffin at 17:48
[Vampiro retained the RCW Heavyweight Title]
**this match was heavily edited for television, for time and near the end content as both men bled. Lord Zoltan was probably happy that he had to remain outside the ring as a neutral observer, and he seemed very neutral, not even cheering on his charge Manny Silva. The match was even, and brutal. In the end Silva's leg had been weakened by the champ, and when Mad Dog went for his wheelbarrow suplex his knee buckled. This was all Vamp needed to counter the move with his finisher and retain his belt. Good match.

FADE TO BLACK

River City Wrestling #840
July 8, 2000
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Dark Matches before RAGE

Opening Bout
Ruffy Silverstein defeated Squeegee Kid by pinfall after an Ace crusher at 9:57
**very fast paced match that really got the fans going. The end came just 3 seconds before time was set to expire.

Bout #2
Stacey Lynn defeated Becky Swallows by pinfall after a fallaway suplex at 6:39
**nothing new here.

Bout #3
Chris Parys and Eric Scott battled to a double countout at 7:50
**Both men are normally more tag team competitors, but this was a solid singles belt with tempers getting out of hand.

Bout #4
Tiger Khan defeated Wavell Starr by pinfall after hitting him with a pair of brass knuckles at 8:41
**another very solid singles bout. Khan wrestled a frustrating ground game to combat his physically superior opponent. He used lots of moves that he could slip into chokeholds etc. Then on a short ref bump he produced brass knux to pick up a tainted win.

RCW RAGE - One Hour Episode

The show begins of course with highlights of the dark matches from earlier in the night.

Bout #5
Young Guns: Greg Pawluk & Johnny Devine defeated Dick Raines & Richard Pound when Devine pinned Raines after a tornado DDT at 10:23
**this tag match could have gone either way.

Bout #6
RCW Television Title Match
Stan Baker defeated Kurrgan by countout at 9:10
[Stan Baker retained the RCW Television Title]
**perhaps the toughest test to date for the man who has held the TV title since February 19th. The end came when Baker was able to roll back inside the ring and beat the count after the two were brawling outside the ring.

Main Event
#1 Contender - Mini-Battle Royale
Sam Holiday vs Al Hardamann vs Eddie Mustang vs Shane Madison vs William Yeats vs Vincent Regliatti
Six top contenders were named by Greg Gagne and the winner here would get a title bout next week.
[William Yeats eliminated by Holiday, Hardamann at 3:13]
**friends Holiday and Hardamann had a distinct advantage working together. Other alliances were formed as well which led to our next elimination which happened almost simultaneously.
[Eddie Mustang eliminated by Madison, Regliatti at 3:15]
[Al Hardamann eliminated by Madison at 5:46]
[Shane Madison eliminated by Holiday, Regliatti at 7:11]
[Vincent Regliatti eliminated by Holiday at 9:06]
[Sam Holiday wins the Six Man Mini-Battle Royale at 9:06]

FADE TO BLACK

River City Wrestling #841
July 15, 2000
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Dark Matches before RAGE

Opening Bout
Canadian Outlaws: Adam Knight & Darren Dalton defeated Stan Saxon & Porno Tony Gold by submission when Knight submitted Gold to the elevated Boston crab at 8:53
**Knight and Dalton make their return to RCW, this time as a tag team, and in western gear.

Bout #2
Ruffy Silverstein defeated Squeegee Kid by pinfall after an inside cradle at 10:08
**return bout, and again Silverstein gets the victory. Last time was 3 seconds before the 10 minute time limit, this time it was a fifteen minute time limit which allowed him to gain another victory.

Bout #3
Al Hardamann defeated William Butler Yeats by pinfall after a vertebreaker at 7:25
**a pecking order match. Hardamann continually seems to be right on the cusp of breaking through but can never quite pull it off.

Bout #4
Great Canadians: Eric Scott & Vincent Regliatti defeated Chris Parys & Johnny Malibu by submission when Regliatti submitted Malibu to the figure-four leglock at 9:21
**another pecking order match, this time in the tag ranks

Post-Match: The Great Canadians do a promo where they mock the Canadian Outlaws and say that they are new to RCW so they will cut them a break, but they need to stop using Canadian in their tag name. First of all, there is only room in RCW for one great Canadian tag team, and it's not the Young Guns and its not the Outlaws. So they need to change their name or they will become the ICU, Intensive Care Unit Outlaws. They also say that the Outlaws are a disgrace to Canada. The newcomers of course won't stand for that and they come out and jaw, and we get a match set for next week.

Bout #5
Wavell Starr defeated Tiger Khan by pinfall after a flying axhandle at 8:22
**rematch from last week where Khan used brass knux to win. This time he cheated where he could but Starr fought his way through that.

Bout #6
RCW Television Title Match
Triangle Match
Stan Baker defeated Shane Madison and Kurrgan by pinfall when Baker pinned Madison after a heart punch at 9:14
[Stan Baker retained the RCW Television Title Match]
**all three men had their moments of dominance. Most people felt the only way for Baker to victory was to take out Madison and not try the Giant Acadian. That was easier said than done though as Madison proved quite capable. The end came when Madison raked both eyes of Kurrgan to neutralize him, and succeeded, but he turned right into a heart punch.

RCW RAGE - One Hour Episode

The show begins with highlights of the dark matches from earlier in the night.

Bout #7
RCW Tag Team Title Match
The Spinebusters: Jerry Orth & Bryan Caruthers defeated The Players Club: Will Damon & Donnie DiCaprio by disqualification for outside interference at 11:05
[The Spinebusters retained the RCW Tag Team Titles]
**the enemy of my enemy is my friend? The PC were outmatched in this bout against the Busters but managed to hang on. This was a match between two heel teams and the fans were split on who they hated more. However, Shane Madison, the 3rd member of the Players Club, came out and tried to interfere in the bout and was caught. Referee Jennifer Greaves called for the bell. The PC started to lay in a beating 3 on 2, when of all people Al Hardamann came to the Spinebusters' rescue. This was for sure more to do with Hardamann's recent troubles with Madison than any love for the tag champs. Hardamann didn't stick around to see if he would be thanked, slipping out of the ring and leaving through the crowd.

Award Ceremony - Wrestler of the Decade 1980's: The Destroyer
The masked man who was RCW's first Heavyweight title, won the wrestler of the year the first 3 years in business 1980-1982. He also won Rookie of the Year unmasked as Tod Hesterey, but was stripped of that award when his identity was discovered.. Destroyer was involved in feud of the year 3 times, and match of the year twice. The first man to be inducted into the RCW Hall of Fame, held the Heavyweight title 3 times a combined 2 1/2 years of reigns, and held the TV/Heritage title twice (once masked and once unmasked). He is the River City Original and is on hand to accept the award to an admiring crowd.

Award Ceremony - Wrestler of the Decade 1990's: Vendetta
The Haitian warrior won wrestler of the year in 1998 a decade after winning it the first time, he had 3 Heavyweight title reigns in the 90's, the last of which ran eight months before he forfeited the title after successfully defending it at the 1998 year end show. He had a feud of the year with his arch enemy Rogue, and a match of the year in 1998 with Gary Goodridge. With the possible exceptions of The Destroyer and Jim Brunzell, Vendetta is the most beloved wrestler to RCW fans of all time. Unfortunately Vendetta could not be on hand tonight but did send in a short video clip of acceptance. He tells the audience about his ongoing humanitarian efforts in his homeland of Haiti.

Main Event
RCW Heavyweight Title Match
Vampiro defeated Sam Holiday by pinfall after a nail in the coffin at 20:23
[Vampiro retained the RCW Heavyweight Title]
**this bout had to be heavily edited for time on television. Vamp controlled the first 5 minutes, and then Holiday took over the bout and for the rest beat the champ from pillar to post. Vamp managed to move away from the top rope leg drop to save himself at one point, and got a foot over the bottom rope after a Samoan drop. He also managed to survive time in a hangman and in an STF. He began to try and take the bout outside to buy time and try and turn the momentum by brawling, but the American Cowboy gave as good as he got, and better. Holiday nailed a slingshot facebuster, rolled over Vamp, covered, 1, 2, 3!! New champion. Holiday celebrated on his knees, but referee Buddy Lane was telling him no, he slapped the mat for the third count because he couldn't stop his hand but Vamp got his foot on the bottom strand just in time. Holiday was incredulous. He stood up and Lane motioned to the announce table to keep the time running, and as he was turned Vamp nailed the challenger with a lowblow, then nailed his finisher, and by the skin of his teeth the champ held onto his belt.

FADE TO BLACK

River City Wrestling #842
July 22, 2000
Omaha, Nebraska

Dark Matches before RAGE

Opening Bout
Tiger Khan defeated Chris Payrs by pinfall after a tiger driver at 7:58
**Khan gets back to the pay window, Parys' tag team with Johnny Malibu looks like it is done and he is entering the singles division.

Bout #2
Greg Pawluk defeated Dick Raines by disqualification for outside interference at 6:36
**Another former tag wrestler, Pawluk, now entering the singles scene after he and partner Devine failed to win the tag belts. Unfortunately even though Pawluk looked on the verge of victory, Raines' partner Richard Pound came into the ring and we had a two on one beatdown until officials broke it up. No partner was there to help out Pawluk.

Bout #3
Wavell Starr & Eddie Mustang defeated Stan Saxzon & William Butler Yeats by pinfall when Starr pinned Yeates after a flying axhandle at 8:57
**kind of a thrown together tag match.

Bout #4
Ruffy Silverstein defeated Richard Pound by pinfall after a springboard back elbow at 7:03
**maybe a minor upset.

Bout #5
Canadian Outlaws: Adam Knight & Darren Dalton defeated Great Canadians: Eric Scott & Vincent Regliatti by countout at 9:40
**the GC controlled early as they isolated Dalton. But the western Cowboys came back and had their opponents so frustrated that in protest to what they claimed was biased officiating they took a countout loss. However, after the bout as the Outlaws were leaving, the Great Canadians came back and sneak attacked them, leaving them laying.

RCW RAGE - One Hour Episode

Bout #6
RCW Television Title Match
Taped Fists Match
Stan Baker defeated Kurrgan by pinfall after a heartpunch at 8:28
[Stan Baker retained the RCW Television Title]
**hard fought, bloody, intense. Baker used the strategy of going after the legs of Kurrgan instead of the head (with taped fists). And then when the opportunity presented itself, he took Kurrgan's legs out, and as the big man tried to get to his feet he was wide open for a pair of left jabs to the head, and a right cross to the heart dropping the Acadian like a stone.

Bout #7
Six-Man Tag Match
Players Club: Will Damon, Donnie DiCaprio & Shane Madison defeated The Spinebusters: Jerry Orth & Bryan Caruthers, & Al Hardamann by pinfall when Madison pinned Hardamann after an Avalanche Hurrancanrana at 12:15
**strange bedfellows with Hardamann teaming with the heel tag champions. Things went smoothly at first as the Busters and Hardamann controlled the bout, but when the PC took over the Busters began to lose patience with Hardamann. When Hardamann was in trouble and crawled over for the tag the champs dropped down off the apron instead. Damon and DiCaprio then nailed a double Russian legsweep on Hardamann, covered 1, 2, kickout! Suddenly the Busters were back and looking for a tag. But before Hardamann could get the tag Madison tackled him. The Busters decided to enter the ring anyway and a six man brawl broke out. But the PC neutralized the champs enough for Madison to nail his finisher on Hardamann and get the pin.

Post-Match: The PC left victorious, so the Busters for some reason thought that Hardamann had wronged them and they attacked him. The 2 on 1 attack was stopped by a charging Sam Holiday; who was scheduled to wrestle next in the main event for the title against Vampiro. But before they could clear the ring of the tag champs, Vampiro came into the ring and attacked Holiday from behind. So now it was 3 on 2 with the Heavyweight and tag champs taking liberties with Holiday and Hardamann. This continued until RCW officials could break it up.

Main Event
RCW Heavyweight Title Match
Vampiro and Sam Holiday battled to a no-contest at 6:06
[Vampiro retained his RCW Heavyweight Title]
**so these two had fought at the end of the last bout. Then they had about a five minute brawl again before the start of this bout. The match probably would have been thrown out except it was the TV main event. So RCW officials got the two separated, cooled off, and then they locked up. Of course the animosity just started all over again and soon enough as the two battled outside the ring using steel chairs on each other, referee Buddy Lane threw out the bout.

FADE TO BLACK

River City Wrestling #843
July 29, 2000
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Dark Matches before RAGE

Opening Bout
Tiger Khan defeated Johnny Malibu by pinfall after the Bombay jam at 6:27
**Khan still looking strong.

Bout #2
Chris Parys defeated William Butler Yeats by pinfall after the Parysault at 9:09
**solid win for Parys after his former partner just lost to Khan in the opener.

Bout #3
Kurrgan defeated Dirty Dick Raines by pinfall after a chokeslam at 5:22
**after Raines/Pound double teamed Pawluk last week who now has no partner with Johnny Devine having left the territory, Greg Gagne arranged to have Kurrgan battle Raines first before Pawluk sought his revenge on Pound. Kurrgan gave Raines a beating.

Bout #4
"Pistol" Greg Pawluk defeated Richard Pound by submission to the sharpshooter at 7:50
**Kurrgan came out to stand at ringside just to make sure Raines didn't appear. At one point Raines came down but took one look at the Acadian giant and went back to the dressing rooms. Pawluk had to overcome a size difference as well as a blatant disregard for the rules but still came up with the impressive victory.

Bout #5
Players Club: Will Damon & Shane Madison (/w Donnie DiCaprio) defeated Native Sons: Wavell Starr & Eddie Mustang by pinfall when Madison pinned Mustang after a Kamikaze at 11:00
**solid tag team match, with Red Thunder having moved on from the territory, leaving Native Sons down one man. That was the difference as a timely trip by DiCaprio turned the tables at the right time.

Bout #6
Canadian Outlaws: Adam Knight & Darren Dalton defeated Great Canadians: Eric Scott & Vincent Regliatti by pinfall when Knight pinned Scott after a spinning powerbomb at 9:05
**this was a pretty big upset. Doesn't look like Scott and Regliatti had their hearts in this one.

Bout #7
RCW Television Title Match
Stan Baker defeated Ruffy Silverstein by pinfall after a running powerslam at 8:47
[Stan Baker retained the RCW Television Title]
**Baker continues to roll through one opponent after another, looking very dominant. It's discouraging though how often the TV title is defended in dark matches instead of on the main TV program itself (although highlights are always shown).

RCW RAGE - One Hour Episode

Bout #8
Non-Title Match
The Spinebusters: Jerry Orth & Bryan Caruthers defeated Al Hardamann & Balls Mahoney by pinfall when Orth pinned Mahoney after a top rope kneedrop at 10:29
**the tag belts were not on the line as their opponents each had an axe to grind with the champs from separate incidents over the past few weeks, but hadn't actually teamed together before. Individually the tag champs were overmatched, but they used double teams and strategy to hold their own. The end came after Orth ran Mahoney head first into an exposed turnbuckle, then hit his finisher. This may be the first time in wrestling history that anyone has successfully pulled off using an exposed turnbuckle instead of it being turned on them. Mahoney was busted wide open.

Post-Match: The tag champs nailed Hardamann, and tossed him out of the ring. They then began to lay the boots to Mahoney until the Acadian giant Kurrgan came out to make the save, nailing both of them, and then hitting a double chokeslam.

Main Event
RCW Heavyweight Title Match
30 Minute Iron Man Match
Sam Holiday defeated Vampiro 2 falls to 0 in a 30-man IronMan match
[Sam Holiday won the RCW Heavyweight Title]
**The match had to be edited for time on television.
Because of their previous two meetings Greg Gagne decided this bout should not end by a fluke, so he made it a 30 man ironman match. The match started hot with fisticuffs and brawling outside the ring before the two settled it down. Holiday though grabbed an advantage with a flying clotheslines, a big knee drop, and then came off the top rope with a legdrop to get a fall.
[Sam Holiday pinned Vampiro after a top rope legdrop at 11:55]
[Sam Holiday leads 1-0]
**the bout then went back and forth. The closer to the end it got the more Vampiro began to take chances and push it. He risked disqualification constantly near the end especially outside the ring. He then had Holiday all but beat as he pressed his advantage and got two counts after a tombstone piledriver, and after a powerbomb. He then went for the nail in the coffin but Holiday floated over rolled Vamp up and got a surprise second fall with only seconds remaining.
[Sam Holiday pinned Vampiro after a victory roll at 29:50]
[Sam Holiday leads 2-0]
**Ten seconds later and we have a new Heavyweight champion. Sam Holiday celebrated in the ring and was joined by his buddy Al Hardamann, and then Kurrgan and Balls Mahoney as well. This is Holiday's first RCW title run, and the 56th overall title reign in the title lineage.

FADE TO BLACK

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