October 2000

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Roster - October 2000

Faces
Sam Holiday
Al Hardamann
Kurrgan
Balls Mahoney
Greg Pawluk
Wavell Starr
Eddie Mustang
Chris Parys
Shane Madison
Adam Knight
Darren Dalton
Spike Dudley (NEW)

Heels
Manny Silva (/w Lord Zoltan)
Bryan Caruthers
Jerry Orth
Stan Baker
Donnie DiCaprio
Will Damon
William Yeats
Dick Raines
Richard Pound
Tiger Khan (/w Lord Zoltan)
Scotty Anton 
Vincent Regliatti (/w Vic Gate)

Jobbers
Squeegee Kid
Zakk Wylde
Matt Fairlane
Ryan Price
Gene Swan
Kwan Chang (NEW)

Women
Becky Swallows
Sheona Stewart
Jessica Judd
Stacey Lynn
Christi Wolf
Chris Lydon


Other
Jack Larkin - Owner
Greg Gagne - Commissioner/Head Booker
Buddy Lane - Head Referee/Booker
Jennifer Greaves - 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 #853
October 7, 2000
Duluth, Minnesota

Dark Matches Before RAGE

Opening Bout
Wavell Starr & Eddie Mustang defeated Gene Swan & Kwan Chang by pinfall when Starr pinned Swan after a flying axhandle at 6:38
**filler

Bout #2
Adam Knight & Darren Dalton defeated Matt Fairlane & Ryan Price by pinfall when Dalton pinned Price after a powerbomb at 7:59
**more filler

Bout #3
Stacey Lynn defeated Becky Swallows by pinfall after a springboard clothesline at 4:47
**the announcers seemed to sell that this made Lynn the #1 contender for the women's title

Pre-Match: Vic Gate told his trainee Vincent Regliatti that two weeks ago he had to cheat to defeat Greg Pawluk. Regs is very upset about this saying he won the bout, but Pawluk was still given a TV title shot last week where he got embarrassed by Stan Baker. Regs reminds everyone that he is a former Heavyweight champion and that he would not have squandered his title shot. Gate says that shortcuts catch up to you when the going gets tough, and so if Regs wants to get a title shot again he needs to beat Pawluk fair and square.

Bout #4
Greg Pawluk defeated Vincent Regliatti (/w Vic Gate) by disqualification for abuse of official at 9:04
**Fisticuffs to start, then a round of chain wrestling, then Pawluk got Regs in a sharpshooter which he escaped, and a minute later he had Pawluk in the figure-four which was broken by reaching the ropes. After some more back and forth Regs nailed a slingshot suplex, covered, 1, put his feet on the ropes...Vic Gate pushed his feet off the ropes, 2, kickout. Regs argued with his trainer, and was attacked from behind by Pawluk. Two German suplexes, cover, 1, 2, kickout. Pawluk went for another German suplex but Regs held onto the ref Jennifer Greaves and Pawluk ended up taking them both over in an awkward pile. Greaves called for the bell and the DQ.

Post-Match: Even Vic Gate complained to the ref about the DQ, saying it was just instinct and shouldn't have been a DQ. But Regs turned his anger on Gate attacking his manager from behind. When Pawluk tried to intervene he clipped his knee and then stomped away at it. Gate tried again but Regs tossed him over the top rope. RCW officials swarmed the ring to break up the attack.

Bout #5
North American Women's Title Match
Jessica Judd defeated Christi Wolf by pinfall after a swinging neckbreaker at 6:50
[Jessica Judd retained the North American Women's Title]
**Wolf dominated most of the bout with her strength but Judd used old wrestling tricks including rope breaks, hair pulls, leaving the ring for a time out etc. Eventually Judd got a couple shots in to the throat, worked a front chancery into a chokehold, then switched gears and hit her version of the shake, rattle, and roll.


RCW RAGE - One Hour Episode

Bout #6
Will Damon & Donnie DiCaprio defeated Chris Parys & Shane Madison by pinfall when DiCaprio pinned Parys after a superplex at 7:11
**grudge match with Madison having turned on the Players Club. The PC though won this round when Parys went to the top, but Damon came over and knocked him off his feet, causing him to crotch himself on the top buckle. Damon then held Parys up on the buckle until DiCaprio could come over and nail the superplex for the win.

Bout #7
Stipulation: If Caruthers wins the Spinebusters Get another Tag Title Shot
Bryan Caruthers (/w Jerry Orth) defeated Kurrgan (/w Balls Mahoney) by countout at 8:14
**Caruthers started the bout by going right after the knee of Kurrgan. Every time he had an advantage he would go after the knee. And whenever Kurrgan grabbed an advantage Orth would do something or Caruthers would stall outside the ring until Mahoney threw him back in. As the match progressed you could see the mobility of Kurrgan slow down. At one point Kurrgan chokeslammed Caruthers to the mat but Orth grabbed him and pulled him out of the ring. Eventually Orth was able to lower the top strand, spilling Kurrgan to the ground. He laid in a couple boots to the knee and Kurrgan was unable to beat the 10 count back. Mahoney tried to help Kurrgan but was not able to get by Orth in time.

Main Event
Fatal 4 Way - Both Heavyweight and TV Title on the line 
Sam Holiday defeated Al Hardamann, Stan Baker, and Scotty Anton by pinfall when Holiday pinned Anton after a top rope legdrop at 9:39
[Sam Holiday retained the RCW Heavyweight Title]
[Stan Baker retained the RCW Television Title]
**interesting stipulation in this one fall bout as if Holiday or Baker were on the losing end of a fall they would lose their title to whomever pinned them or made them submit. Lots of little bits of strategy going on. Holiday and Hardamann for the most part were able to keep their friendship in tact, wrestling hard but fair against each other but also watching each other's backs. At one point Hardamann nailed Anton with the vertebreaker pinned him got, 1,2 picked him up realizing he may win the bout that way but no title. Baker and Hardamann had the most vicious exchanges as those two continue to feud. The end came when Hardamann blocked a heart punch, took Baker down with a reverse Russian legsweep, and then nailed the vertebreaker. He went for the pin, but referee Buddy Lane was already counting as Holiday and nailed Anton with a pair of running clotheslines then hit his finisher. Holiday was faster to the draw and picked up the win. Hardamann looked discouraged after the bout but he and Holiday shook hands and left together.

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River City Wrestling #854
October 14, 2000
Green Bay, Wisconsin

Dark Matches before RAGE

Opening Bout
Matt Fairlane defeated Gene Swan by pinfall after a blockbuster at 4:56
**battle of the curtain jerkers

Bout #2
Scotty Anton defeated Squeegee Kid by submission to The Clap (sharpshooter) at 6:54
**Anton was down the card after losing in last week's 4-way main event, and he wasn't happy about it. His intensity and brutality level were higher than we have seen and he risked a reverse decision by not breaking the hold after the bell.

Bout #3
Wavell Starr & Eddie Mustang defeated Adam Knight & Darren Dalton by pinfall when Starr pinned Dalton after a flying axhandle at 7:38
**both these teams won tag bouts last week, and both are fan favourites (although the Native Sons are more traditional faces while the Canadian Outlaws are more like tweeners). Also of note in this bout was that the man we saw earlier lose Gene Swan, who is a veteran and a good 10-15 years older than Starr/Mustang, came out in full Native regalia including some sort of smoking incense like device spreading smoke around ringside. It proved a distraction to both teams, and Swan was gently guided away from ringside by security. 

Bout #4
Greg Pawluk and Kwan Chang battled to a no-contest at 5:05
**Pawluk controlled almost the entire bout. He had Chang in the sharpshooter when he was attacked by Scotty Anton. Anton not only attacked Pawluk, using a chair on his lower back, but he then put him in the sharpshooter. The announcers remind us that Anton had used the same move earlier in the night, and both have been using it the past month or so since Anton came into RCW, so they presumed that was the reason for the attack. Security is having a busy night tonight and had to come in and break this one up.

Bout #5
North American Women's Title Match
Stacey Lynn (/w Chris Lydon) defeated Jessica Judd by disqualification when Judd hit Lynn with her guitar at 6:41
[Jessica Judd retained the North American Women's Title]
**Lynn was impressive in this bout, and having her friend Lydon help her out from the corner was just that small advantage that seemed like it might make the difference. However, when the two were fighting outside the ring Lydon got involved as well. This brought out Becky Swallows who went after Lydon, and Judd grabbed her guitar and ~waffled~ Lynn to get disqualified.


RCW RAGE - One Hour Episode

Bout #6
Vincent Regliatti defeated Vic Gate by referee stoppage at 6:10
**the trainer wanted to step back into the ring against his protege to get revenge for last week's attack. Gate had his moments and showed he still had his timing and his ground game. But what Regs had was the ability to throw Gate knee first into the steel steps, and then put him in a figure-four around the ringpost outside the ring. Referee Shiela Bloom had seen enough as Gate lost consciousness and called the bout over as Gate was unable to continue.

Bout #7
RCW Television Title Match
Al Hardamann defeated Stan Baker by disqualification for use of a foreign object at 9:21
[Stan Baker retained the RCW Television Title]
**these two started to brawl before the match could even be started. It went back and forth, in and out of the arena. Baker managed to squirm his way out of a vertebreaker attempt and nail him with a clothesline. Likewise Hardamann was able to block a heart punch attempt. The match spilled outside one more time, and this time when it went back inside Baker brought the ring bell with him and used it to clock Hardamann. He then came off the second buckle with the the bell on an already busted open Hardamann. Starr, Mustang, and Fairlane came out to make the save. Hardamann did the stretcher job. Two title matches tonight that end by intentional DQ to save their belts.

Main Event
RCW Tag Team Title Match
The Spinebusters: Jerry Orth & Bryan Caruthers defeated Giant Balls: Kurrgan & Balls Mahoney by pinfall when Caruthers pinned Kurrgan after a spiked piledriver at 11:20
[Spinebusters win the RCW Tag Team Titles]
**As good of a match as you are going to get with Kurrgan involved. Instead of shying away from the Acadian Giant, the former champs went right after his knee, the same one that Caruthers worked last week. This limited his mobility and in a change of pace he was the one isolated. Of course the champs made a couple comebacks, and the 'Busters survived by breaking up two certain pinfalls. Finally while the ref was distracted with Balls fighting Orth, Caruthers got a steel chair and was able to blast Kurrgan, once in the knee, and then once in the head. They then nailed the double team move to pick up the win after Orth had sent Mahoney hard into the ring post. NEW CHAMPS!! The Spinebusters begin their 3rd title reign (the 77th in the tag title lineage) by beating the team they had lost to back on August 19th. 


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River City Wrestling #855
October 21, 2000
Grand Forks, North Dakota

Dark Matches Before RAGE

Pre-Match: Vincent Regliatti came to the ring. Instead of showing remorse for having attacked his trainer Vic Gate last week he only is mad at himself for not putting him in the hospital longer. He says that at least Gate is still able to do his job; taking down the ring, booking hotels, raking the leaves of Larkin's home, cleaning his gutters. He says that he learned that this is not 1985 anymore and that wrestling has evolved into an every man for himself, get it while you can, however you can business. He says that he is aiming to take back his Heavyweight title. In the meantime if there is anyone in the back who wants to come face him and be another notch in his belt, bring it.
The fans were flabbergasted when Spike Dudley appeared for the first time in RCW running to the ring. 

Opening Bout
Spike Dudley defeated Vincent Regliatti by pinfall after an acid drop at 4:11
**Vincent Regliatti did not look the least bit worried when the runt hit the ring and went right after him, smashing Spike's head off several turnbuckles. Spike though ducked under a clothesline, did some somersaults to evade then nailed an airplane spin into a samoan drop. The two exchanged fisticuffs which favoured Regs but Spike battled back with a kick to the gut and a tornado DDT. A neckbreaker then set up a Frankensteiner for a 2 count, then Spike nailed his finisher and picked up a very quick win by RCW standards. There was no actual mention of what Dudley was doing here tonight or whether he would be back.

Pre-Match: Very unusual for RCW to have two pre-match promos like this on a dark show. Gene Swan was scheduled to face Eddie Mustang, and Swan came out with full headress and other traditional Native attire. He took a mic and talked about running buffalos, and medicine men, and fates where the Red and the Assiniboine meet. He says that Mustang and Starr will not win the Tag Belts against the Spinebusters unless they start to pay respect and homage to their heritage. Eddie Mustang came to the ring dressed in a cut off sleeve jean jacket, and Wavell Starr is in a leather jacket; neither wears traditional Native attire. Mustang gets on the mic and tells Swan that the headresses and war dances done by such trailblazers as Chief Jay Strongbow and Wahoo McDaniel were nothing but a cheap gimmick. He talks about going to the reserves whenever they are in town and talking to the youth to try and keep them on the straight and narrow, and that is how to make a difference. Swan laughs and says that is exactly what the forces in power want them to do, to keep everyone on the straight and narrow. Swan calls Mustang and Starr puppets. Mustang goes to attack Swan but is held back by his partner until the bell can sound.

Bout #2
Eddie Mustang defeated Gene Swan by pinfall after a springboard bulldog at 3:27
**An even shorter bout than the first one, dominated completely by Mustang. Swan had one advantage for about 30 seconds after a chop to the throat, and then he choked Mustang over the middle strand. Other than that it was all Mustang. Flying headscissors set up the finisher. After the bout Mustang gave Swan an extra scoop slam followed by a boot rake, before his partner Wavell Starr could back him away from Swan.

Bout #3
Will Damon defeated Chris Parys by pinfall after a brainbuster at 7:33
**Another episode of Players Club vs Parys et al. This time won by the PC.

Bout #4
Shane Madison defeated Donnie DiCaprio by pinfall after a Kamikaze at 6:20
**Another episode of Players Club vs Parys et al, this time Madison picks up the win against his former mates.

Bout #5
Greg Pawluk defeated Scotty Anton by disqualification for not following referee instructions at 8:55
**really good Stampede style match, with a bit of ECW thrown in (really that makes it an RCW style bout). Pawluk is looking for revenge after being attacked unprovoked last week by Anton, apparently for using his move The Clap (sharpshooter), although Pawluk had been using that move in RCW before Anton's arrival. They did not stop to discuss the particulars however and went after each other before the opening bell. Pawluk controlled early and switched his focus to the lower back of Anton. Then he locked on the sharpshooter. Too close to the ropes though and Anton got the rope break. Anton was then able to grab Pawluk by the tights and throw him out of the ring. He thwarted several attempts by Pawluk to get back into the ring before Pawluk dragged Anton out. We had a brawl around ringside. Back inside Anton took control and did the same thing Pawluk did, targeting the lower back. The match went in and out of the ring a couple more times, and Anton hit a beautiful head tope to really grab the advantage. Back inside Anton nailed a couple backbreakers, holding Pawluk over his knee for several seconds, a fisherman's suplex, a flying crossbody, and then locked on the sharpshooter. Pawluk was able to reach the ropes. Anton released the hold but almost immediately had it locked in again (his version he calls the Clap). Again Pawluk was able to reach the ropes but this time Anton was not willing to break the hold. Referee Buddy Lane finally had to pull Anton off but he went to put the hold back on. RCW officials swarmed the ring though and were able to pull Anton off again and separate him. 

Post-Match: Boy it seems like everyone wants to talk tonight. Anton goes by the announcers table and in case we hadn't figured it out yet he tells Pawluk that no indy wannabe is going to steal his finishing move. Anyone, Pawluk, or anyone who uses the Clap is going to get a beatdown just like that.


RCW RAGE - One Hour Episode

Bout #6
North American Women's Title Match
Stacey Lynn (/w Chris Lydon) defeated Jessica Judd (/w Becky Swallows) by pinfall after a guitar shot at 7:32
[Stacey Lynn wins the North American Women's Title]
**long story short, lots of animosity between all four women. In the end there was a ref bump on Shiela Bloom which was actually caused by the non-participants outside the ring. This allowed Lynn to grab Judd's guitar from the announce table and ~waffle~ the champ. She rolled her back inside, and less than a minute later with a revived ref to make the count she was the new champ. This is Stacey's first title reign, and the 69th reign in title lineage. Jessica held the belt for less than two months. This is also the 8th straight title reign where it is the woman's first title reign, the last repeat champion being Madusa's 4th title reign which ended Dec 13/97.


Bout #7
RCW Tag Team Title Match
The Spinebusters: Jerry Orth & Bryan Caruthers defeated Giant Balls: Kurrgan & Balls Mahoney by pinfall when Orth pinned Mahoney after a top rope kneedrop at 8:46
[Spinebusters retained the RCW Tag Team Titles]
**this was the return bout for Giant Balls after having dropped the belts. It looks like the run of Giant Balls is over as they lost fairly clean to a clearly better team.


Pre-Match Interview: Champion Sam Holiday comes down with his friend Al Hardamann who had done the stretcher job last week against Stan Baker. Holiday is looking for some revenge for his friend against Baker tonight and is putting up his title in a champion vs champion bout. Al Hardamann says he has a concussion and will likely be out for about a month but it's hard to tell for sure, and they are taking it day by day. He says he will try to behave himself at ringside but can't make any promises.

Main Event
RCW Heavyweight Title Match
Sam Holiday (/w Al Hardamann) defeated Stan Baker by disqualification for outside interference (Manny Silva) at 6:49
[Sam Holiday retained the RCW Heavyweight Title]
**this could have been another big RCW champion vs champion match. RCW likes to give the secondary belt holder a title shot every couple months instead of keeping them separate. However, when Holiday brought out Hardamann to be his second that spelled something different than a clean finish. Baker went face to face with Hardamann before the bell, causing Holiday to go right after him. The bell rings and the fisticuffs and donnybrook began. This was not a technical wrestling match, but Hardamann did his best to stay out of the physical aspect of the bout. However at one point Baker took Holiday down with a powerbomb, covered, and got a 2 count. Instead of following up on it Baker left the ring and went after Hardamann. The two exchanged blows but Baker gave him a shot in the head that dropped him. Referee Buddy Lane, understanding the danger that Hardamann was in went out of the ring to try and get between him and Baker. Meanwhile inside the ring Manny Silva appeared from the back and attacked Holiday from behind. We have not seen Silva much at all the past couple months and reports were that the enigmatic mad man was taking some time off. Well tonight Silva was back and he was punking the Heavyweight champion while Buddy Lane tried his best to shield Hardamann from further attack by Baker, as we


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