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April 1, 1989
River City Wrestling #369
 
The Pas, Manitoba
 
Untelevised Matches:
Non-title: Don Muraco defeated Kevin Collins
Non-title: Bolsheviks defeated Kim Schau & Biff Wellington
Brick Bronsky defeated Houdini
 
Televisded Matches:
#1 Contenders Match:
The High Flyers: Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell defeated The Top Guns: Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes by submission when Gagne submitted Rice in the sleeperhold at 15:35
**one of the best matches of the year so far, a scientific, high flying classic. The match was very even with Brunzell and Rice really shining. The end came when Dukes made a mistake on a short doubleteam after a tag. Brunzell moved out of the way and Dukes clotheslined Rice instead of Brunzell. A quick tag out to Gagne, a doubleteam dropkick, and Gagne slapped on the sleeper to bring the fans to their feet.
 
RCW Television Title Match
Ben Bassarab defeated Bob Orton Jr by disqualification for a lowblow at 6:12
[Bassarab retained the RCW TV title]
**Orton was beat and took the coward's way out with an intentional DQ. He then laid in a beating on Bassarab until Dynamite Kid came in and chased away Orton.
 
#1 Contenders Match
Dynamite Kid defeated Scott Hall by pinfall after a flying headbutt at 9:40
**really good matchup with DK after a quick start, spending most of the match being punished by Hall in a David versus Goliath type match. DK though came back with a flurry and won the match decisively.
After the match Muraco who had come down to go guest commentary, had a staredown with DK but nothing came of it.
 
 
 

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April 8, 1989
River City Wrestling #370
 
Pine Falls, Manitoba
 
Untelevised Matches:
Non-title: Bolsheviks defeated Kim Schau & Biff Wellington
High Flyers defeated Frankie Difalco & Houdini
Brick Bronsky defeated Steve Vega
 
Televised Matches:
Destruction Crew defeated Top Guns by pinfall when Enos pinned Dukes at 7:50
**In a post match interview of the Destruction Crew they were confronted by Ricky Rice. When Derrick Dukes then came out to try and save his partner from getting in over his head 2 on 1, Rice suddenly turned on Dukes. Rice stomped a message into Dukes as the Destruction Crew just egged him on.
 
RCW Television title match
Re-match
Ben Bassarab defeated Cowboy Bob Orton Jr with a small package at 9:02
[Bassarab retained the RCW Television title]
 
Main Event
RCW Heavyweight Title Match
Dynamite Kid defeated Don Muraco by disqualification for using a foreign object at 10:22
[Don Muraco retained the RCW Heavyweight Title]
**Muraco was all but beat by DK when he reached into his tights and brought out a pair of brass knux and waffled DK in the head, busting him wide open. He beat on DK for a minute until the crowd went nuts as Davey Boy Smith came running to the ring with a chair and chased Muraco away. DBS helped a bloodied DK to his feet and the British Bulldogs embraced.
 
 
 

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April 15, 1989
River City Wrestling #371
 
Winnipeg, Manitoba
 
Untelevised Matches:
Non-title: Ben Bassarab defeated Steve Vega
Destruction Crew defeated Kim Schau & Biff Wellington
Brick Bronsky defeated Bob Emery
 
Televised Matches:
North American Women's Title Match
Wendy Richter defeated The Terrorist by pinfall at 7:02
[Richter retained the North American Women's Title]
**Terrorist was nothing but a brawler in camo clothing
 
RCW Tag Title Match
Bolsheviks defeated High Flyers by pinfall when Zhukov pinned Brunzell after a headbutt at 11:04
[Bolsheviks retained the RCW Tag Titles]
**Bolsheviks looked over matched but used their size and a lot of cheating to overcome the High Flyers.
 
Main Event
RCW Heavyweight Title Match
Dynamite Kid defeated Don Muraco by pinfall after a diving headbutt at 13:49
[Dynamite Kid won the RCW Heavyweight Title]
**short title reign for Muraco. This match went back and forth with Muraco controlling a couple minutes, then DK a couple minutes, rinse and repeat. The end came though when after a referee bump Cowboy Bob Orton Jr came out and handed Muraco a pair of brass knuckles. This brought out Davey Boy Smith who nailed Orton in the head with the chair and then tripped up Muraco who lost control of the knux. DK got to his feet, kicked the knux out of the ring, nailed Muraco with a snap suplex, then a German suplex, and then hit the diving headbutt for the title win.
As DK celebrated with DBS after the match, Ben Bassarab, Kim Schau, and Biff Wellington (the whole Stampede crew) came out to celebrate with the new champ.
 
 

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April 22, 1989
River City Wrestling #372
 
Regina, Saskatchewan
 
advertised as "Tag Team Turmoil"
 
Untelevised Matches:
Women's title match: Wendy Richter defeated the Terrorist
Non-title: The Bolsheviks defeated Kevin Collins & Greg Robertson
High Flyers defeated Steve Vega & Bob Emery
 
Televised Matches:
Grudge Match
Ricky Rice defeated Derrick Dukes by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 6:13
**although he did some cheating, it was obvious that this answered the question as to who was going up in RCW and who was going down now that the Top Guns were broken apart.
 
Tag Team Bout
Destruction Crew: Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom defeated Kim Schau & Biff Wellington by pinfall when Bloom pinned Schau after a double team flying shoulderblock at 10:54
**Destruction Crew are looking to become tag team champs, and want a shot at the Bolsheviks. Instead, Baron von Raschke comes out and signs them to meet the High Flyers next week in a #1 contenders match.
 
Main Event
Dynamite Kid & Ben Bassarab defeated Bob Orton Jr & Don Muraco by pinfall when Kid pinned Orton at 11:16
**the Heavyweight and TV champions disposed of their #1 challengers in a tag match, but once again received much needed help from Davey Boy Smith to stop the use of a foreign object, this time a steel chair. The Bulldogs and Bassarab stood tall as the show came to an end.

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April 29, 1989
River City Wrestling #373
 
Weyburn, Saskatchewan
 
Untelevised Matches:
The Terrorist defeated Kathy Weathers
Brick Bronsky defeated Houdini
Ricky Rice defeated Derrick Dukes
 
Televised Matches:
Non-title Match:
The Bolsheviks defeated Kim Schau & Biff Wellington by pinall at 5:23
 
#1 Contenders Tag Team Match
High Flyers defeated Destruction Crew by pinfall when Brunzell pinned Bloom after a double team dropkick at 12:40
**pretty good match that the fans were really into.
 
RCW Television Title Match
Ben Bassarab defeated Cowboy Bob Orton Jr by pinfall after a German suplex at 7:44
[Bassarab retained the RCW Television Title]
 
Main Event
RCW Heavyweight Title Match
Re-Match
Dynamite Kid and Don Muraco battled to a double countout at 9:26
[Dynamite Kid retained the RCW Heavyweight Title]
**nothing was settled in this little dust up
 
 

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May 6, 1989
River City Wrestling #374
 
Thunder Bay, Ontario
 
Non-televised matches:
Non-title: Ben Bassarab defeated Frankie DiFalco
Bob Orton Jr. defeated Brick Bronsky
Destruction Crew defeated Derrick Dukes & Kevin Collins
 
Televised Matches:
 
Ricky Rice defeated Biff Wellington by pinfall after a flying dropkick at 8:10
**big win for the recently changed Ricky Rice. After the match he threw out a challenge to TV champion Ben Bassarab, that the champ came out and accepted. The two will meet next week for the title.
 
RCW Tag Team Title Match
The Bolsheviks defeated the High Flyers by disqualification for abuse of official at 14:30
[The Bolsheviks retained the RCW Tag Team Titles]
**After a slow start the High Flyers came on strong and had this bout all but wrapped up. Brunzell was applying the pin to Zhukov when Volkoff entered the ring and pulled the referee off the count causing the intentional DQ. The High Flyers beat the Russians back to the dressing room following the contest.
 
Main Event
RCW Heavyweight Title Match
Dynamite Kid defeated Don Muraco by disqualification after running his head into the steel post at 10:43
[Dynamite Kid retained the RCW Heavyweight Title]
**Dynamite Kid kept coming back from behind in this match, until Muraco used a ref bump to run DK's head into the steel post. He had DK beat but the ref had seen the use of the ring post and called for the DQ. Muraco continued to beat on DK after the match until DBS and Wellington came out to make the save.
 

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May 13, 1989
River City Wrestling #375
 
Winnipeg, Manitoba
 
Non-televised matches:
Non-title: Dynamite Kid defeated Frankie DiFalco
Don Muraco defeated Brick Bronsky
Bob Orton Jr. defeated Biff Wellington
 
Televised matches:
 
Destruction Crew defeated Kevin Collins & Greg Robertson by pinfall when Enos pinned Collins at 5:20
**Destruction Crew climb right back into the tag team title mix
 
RCW Television Title Match
Ben Bassarab defeated Ricky Rice by pinfall after a flying cross bodyblock at 18:03
[Ben Bassarab retained the RCW Television Title]
**this high octane affair would have to garner some RCW match of the year consideration, as it went back and forth, in and out of the ring. At one point after a ref bump around 13 minutes the men exchanged chair shots that left both men busted wide open. The end of the match came when after a criss cross sequence both men hit a flying cross bodyblock. As luck would have it Bassarab landed on top of Rice, but as the count was applied it was obvious both men were knocked out.
 
Main Event
RCW Tag Team Title Match
High Flyers (Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell) defeated the Bolsheviks (Boris Zhukov & Nikolai Volkoff) by submission when Brunzell made Zhukov submit to the Indian death lock at 13:26
[The High Flyers won the RCW Tag Team Titles]
**perhaps the only way to upstage that last match was to have the hugely popular High Flyers win the tag team titles in Winnipeg, which is exactly what happened. Brunzell played Ricky Morton for a stretch, but eventually got his redemption after getting the hot tag from his partner Gagne. Volkoff tried to interfere again, managing to pull the referee away, but Gagne took him out, charging across the ring. Although the ref was now a few feet away he never stopped watching as finally Zhukov knowing he wasn't getting out with help from his partner cried Uncle Ivan.
 
 

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May 20, 1989
River City Wrestling #376
 
Brandon, Manitoba
 
Non-televised matches:
Destruction Crew defeated Biff Wellington & Brick Bronsky
Derrick Dukes defeated Brian Jewel
Frankie DiFalco defeated Gene Swan
 
Televised matches:
 
Six-Man Tag Match:
Don Muraco, Bob Orton Jr., & Ricky Rice defeated Dynamite Kid, Davey Boy Smith & Ben Bassarab by pinfall when Muraco pinned DBS after a piledriver at 18:52
**a rare six man tag match for RCW featured all the top guns on the single side of the roster including the Heavyweight champion Dynamite Kid, #1 challenger Don Muraco, and TV champion Ben Bassarab. The good guys controlled most of the match but in the end Orton managed to trip up DBS from the outside when he was preparing to powerslam Muraco. This allowed Muraco to counter the move and apply his own finisher while the other 4 men brawled outside the ring. As a result of that outcome Muraco gets another title shot at Dynamite next week and Ricky Rice gets another shot at Ben Bassarab next week as well.
 
RCW Tag Team Title Match
Best 2 out of 3 Falls
High Flyers defeated the Bolsheviks 2 falls to 1
[High Flyers retained the RCW Tag Team Titles]
**Bolsheviks took the first fall when Volkoff pinned Gagne at 2:47
**High Flyers took the second fall by countout when Brunzell beat Zhukov back into the ring at 9:02
**High Flyers took the third fall by submission when Gagne beat Zhukov in the Gagne sleeper at 13:40
**after the match the Destruction Crew hit the ring and laid down a beating on the tag team champions. This firmly sets up the DC as the next challenger, as the Bolsheviks disappear from the tag picture.
 

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May 27, 1989
River City Wrestling #377
 
Dryden, Ontario
 
Untelevised matches:
Cowboy Bob Orton Jr defeated Derrick Dukes
Brian Jewel defeated Gene Swan
Non-title: High Flyers defeated Frankie DiFalco & Bob Emery
 
Televised matches:
 
Destruction Crew defeated Brick Bronsky & Biff Wellington by pinfall at 5:47
**DC are the #1 contenders for the High Flyers now
 
RCW Television Title Match:
Ricky Rice defeated Ben Bassarab by countout at 14:32
[Ben Bassarab retained the RCW Television Title]
**another great bout between these two high flying athletes, but this time Rice got the win, but not the title after beating the champ back into the ring.
 
Main Event
RCW Heavyweight Title Match
Don Muraco defeated Dynamite Kid by pinfall after a piledriver at 12:10
[Don Muraco won the RCW Heavyweight Title]
**fairly even match until Muraco nailed a clothesline that looked like it really shook up DK. The champ wasnt moving as the sadistic Muraco nailed a piledriver and got the 1, 2, 3.
After the match DK lay motionless. As Muraco celebrated his win and took the title, he suddenly realized that DK was defenseless. He scooped up DK and was about to deliver another piledriver when Davey Boy Smith came out to make the save.
**Dynamite Kid was removed on a stretcher from the ring with his neck immobilzed as the stunned fans slowly fled the arena.