Pacific Coast Wrestling

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Pacific Coast Wrestling show from the Selland Arena, Fresno,  May 19^th

 

Ultimo Dragon vs. Michael Modest

 

Ultimo bounced back from his defeat earlier in the weekend. Despite a game effort from young Modest, Dragon pulled out the win with a tornado DDT.

 

The Force Of July (The Patriot & The Eagle) vs. Sabu & Dean Malenko

 

The team from the Hexagon brought a blend of skill and insanity, but the FoJ were able to weather out the storm, with the Eagle pinning Malenko with a German Suplex.

 

Dan Severn vs. Alex Wright

 

The insufferable smugness of Wright really seemed to get under the skin of Severn, and it took a lot for the ref to keep the Beast under control, but Severn was able to regain his composure to defeat Das Wunderkind with a takeover suplex.

 

Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Mike Maverick

 

Bigelow got his second win of the weekend, taking down the powerhouse of the Serial Thrillaz with a slingshot splash.

 

Golden State Tag Team Title Match : Coast 2 Coast (John Tatum & Jack Victory) © vs. David Cash & Jason Jett

 

The Money Train put in a very enthusiastic challenge to the champs, but Coast 2 Coast were able to hold them off when Victory hit the Victory-Plex on Cash.

 

California Title Match : Rob Van Dam © vs. Tommy Dreamer

 

This wound up being a long and close match where Dreamer nearly trapped the champ in the Dream Weaver (modified Python sleeper), only for RVD to counter with a bridging Northern Lights Suplex to get the three count.

 

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Spring has sprung, the grass is riz , and Seattle is where the action is. We are just a couple of weeks away from Seattle Showdown, and we are pleased as punch to release the full lineup :

 

Pacific Championship Wrestling Seattle Showdown from the Kingdome, Seattle, Night One

 

Special Appearance from a local Music Artist

 

Barry Windham & The Smoking Gunns vs. Rick Martel & The Dudley Boyz

 

The Thrillseekers vs. The Headbangers

 

Sgt. Slaughter vs. Dennis Condrey

 

Shane Douglas vs. Michael Modest

 

Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Mike Awesome

 

Tommy Dreamer vs. Alex Wright

 

Randy Savage vs. Brian Lee

 

California Title Match : Rob Van Dam © vs. Pierre Carl Ouellet

 

Dan Severn & Steve Blackman vs. Stormfront (Al Snow & Jerry Lynn)

 

Golden State Tag Team Title Match : Coast 2 Coast (John Tatum & Jack Victory) © vs. The Force Of July (The Patriot & The Eagle)

 

Pacific Light Heavyweight Title Match : Jushin Liger © vs. The Lightning Kid

 

Pacific Championship Wrestling Seattle Showdown from the Kingdome, Seattle, Night Two

 

Fastball (Bobby Horne & Robert Thompson) vs. The Serial Thrillaz (Shane Helms & Mike Maverick )

 

Too Cold Scorpio vs. Stevie Richards

 

The Sons Of The Beach (Cannonball Grizz & The Sandman) vs. The FBI

 

Chris Hamrick vs. Eddie Guerrero

 

Ultimo Dragon vs. Sabu

 

David Cash & Jason Jett vs. The Oregon Wrecking Crew (Gary Albright & David Young)

 

Pacific Television Title Match : Big Bully Busick © vs. Fit Finlay

 

Roddy Piper & Chris Candido vs. Buddy Rose & Sean Morley

 

Pacific Submission Title Match : Steven Regal © vs. Dean Malenko

 

Loser Leaves Town Match : Steve Williams vs. Ted Dibiase

 

Pacific Tag Team Title Match : Iron & Steel (Tony Atlas & Larry Cameron) © vs. The Midnight Express

 

Pacific Heavyweight Title Match : Bret Hart © vs. Toshiaki Kawada

 

 

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Things are getting "extreme" in PCW!

[kevinmcfl]

Seattle Showdown better bring is some huge crowds to pay all those wrestlers.  Some really great matches on there.  I'm most interesred in Dibiase vs Dr. Death.  That to me, is two of the all-time best.

Again, loved the promos in your shows.  The back and forth between Coss and the Playboy was so well written.  Great job.  

[spaldoni]

Rick Martel and The Dudley Boyz, wow who would have thought. This is going to be a lot of fun 

Both Kid and Bigelow are coming on strong

Rose always has a contingency plan. Morley is a perfect fit for this group 

Hamrick gets his time to shine 

I'm really looking forward to watching Savage in PCW. He's already in a main event program with Dibiase, so I'm sure big things are in store for him 

The Smoking Gunns did come at the right time. Barry's got back up while the Thrillseekers can focus on gold 

Eddie's stock is skyrocketing 

Cow Palace 

After a bit of a slump, Douglas is back on the winning track 

Midnights are another team back in title contention

Kawada's path of destruction continues 

Can't wait for Dibiase and Savage, one on one 

Iron and Steel keep a firm grip on the titles 

I would've loved to be in San Fran for that Hart/Condrey title bout 

Fresno 

Dragon kicks things off with a spectacular finish 

Big win for the FOJ especially with an unpredictable Sabu 

Severn is one guy you don't want to get cute with 

Bigelow remains hot 

Solid effort from the Money Train but Coast to Coast are in the zone right now 

RVD ekes out the win but Dreamer impresses 

Damn! Seattle Showdown is loaded! I've been waiting for the Hart/Kawada title bout. That's going to rock. 

 

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Pacific Wrestling Showcase from the Olympic Auditorium , Los Angeles , on ESPN / TSN, May 22^nd, 1991

 

The Smoking Gunns vs. Shannon Elkins & Jimmy Johnson

 

After their appearances the past couple of weeks, this is our first chance in PCW to see the Smoking Gunns in a proper match. Billy and his cousin Bart showed considerable athleticism as they easily dominated the two rookies. They took down Elkins with the Separator, then put him away for good with the Sidewinder. Barry can feel confident in having the Gunns to watch his back against Rick Martel and the Dudley Boyz.

 

Bobby Horne vs. Rick Martel

 

Speaking of Rick Martel … the French Canadian legend was up next, facing one half of Fastball. Whereas before, the appearance of Martel would have been greeted with cheers, his new tactics made him a target of boos, which just made him even angrier. Always very competitive, his recent shift has taken him past fierce into full on vicious, using every dirty attack he could against Horne before forcing him to tap out to the Quebec Crab. Martel has disappointed a lot of people with his change of attitude.

 

Sean Morley vs. Jimmy Tarrantino

 

Last week, Buddy Rose presented the latest member of the Playboy Club, "The Perfect Specimen" Sean Morley. Tonight, Morley made his in ring debut. Buddy Rose was accompanying him at ringside, along with Tina Ferrari, and was clearly pleased as punch with his new prospect. Morley bore a well sculpted, muscular physique, but it was clearly not just for show. He deftly threw clotheslines and dropkicks like they were second nature, bouncing Tarrantino around the ring between striking body builder poses. But the most impressive feat came at the end when Morley flexed then wrapped Tarrantino into a Full Nelson. Though he struggled as much as he could Tarrantino could not escape the hold and he had to surrender. Morley is clearly a major acquisition for the Playboy Club, and you could tell Buddy Rose considers him an incredible investment.

 

Shane Douglas vs. Little Guido

 

After losing the California title to RVD, Shane Douglas' fortunes took a bit of a tumble, with some losses to tough competition. After taking a little bit of time out to regroup, the Pittsburgh native has started to get back on track and resume his upward trajectory. He was facing the scrappy Little Guido, who was always up for a fight, and the two certainly gave it all they had. Shane was able to come off the top rope with a diving cross body, scoring the one two three, and proved he was back in the game.

 

Chris Hamrick vs. Scotty The Body

 

Next up would be another member of the Playboy Club, Scotty The Body, who may well have saved the careers of both himself and Stevie Richards. Richards was at ringside for this match as Scotty faced the popular Money Train member from the South. Hamrick did well against Scotty until he gave the signal for the FrankenHamrick and ran the ropes. Quick as a cat, Stevie reached in and tripped him before dashing back to the corner. Hamrick staggered out of the ropes, leaving him easy prey for Scotty and the Body Shot (DDT). One three count later and Scotty had come out on top. After an unimpressive start, Dancin' Stevie is proving the be the ideal partner for Scotty The Body.

 

Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Sabu

 

The show closed out with a crazy bout between two hot young stars. Bigelow has been blazing a trail up the PCW rankings, while Sabu has been setting new standards for craziness in every match he has been in. It was a case of the irresistible force vs. the immovable object, as Sabu kept throwing more and more high risk moves against the Beast From The East. It all came to an end when Sabu came off the top with a diving body press, only for Bigelow the catch him and crush him with a power slam. Knowing it would take a lot to put the Bombay Madman down for good, Bam Bam went up top and crushed him with a Nuclear Splash for the pinfall. An intense match that showed just how rugged the PCW roster is.

 

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Pacific Coast Wrestling show from the LA Sports Arena, Los Angeles, on Pacific Super Cards on ESPN / TSN, May 23^rd , 1991

 

Chris Candido vs. Shane Helms

 

If the Playboy Club thought they had rid themselves of Candido and Roddy Piper, it looks like they were wrong. Candido seemed invigorated by having Piper in his corner, polishing off Helms with the Suicide Blonde (top rope diving headbutt).

 

Jerry Lynn vs. Brian Lee

 

Lee seemed set on restoring the name of the Collective as a symbol of Terror on the West Coast, battering Lynn until he spiked him with the Prime Time Slame.

 

The Sons Of The Beach (Cannonball Grizz & The Sandman) vs. The Dudleys

 

The new duo of the crazy Dudley half-brothers met the Surfing Superstars who are determined to break through in PCW. The result was sheer chaos, in a crazy brawl that ended in a No Contest.

 

Pierre Carl Ouellet vs. Toshiaki Kawada

 

Toshiaki Kawada has been mowing down the opposition, left and right, but the Fighting French-Canadian was determined to not be just another victim. PCO fought hard, giving the Japanese star his share of lumps. In the end, Kawada would not be denied, finally putting down Ouellet with a Power Bomb, sending him into his Heavyweight Title shot at Seattle Showdown on a victorious note.

 

Pacific Television Title Match : Big Bully Busick © vs. Al Snow

 

Perhaps inspired by PCO's efforts, Snow showed considerable gumption as he challenged perhaps the most dominant TV champ in PCW history. Snow was able to avoid the devastating Spinebuster Slam, but ultimately went down to the Bully Breaker (hangman's neckbreaker).

 

2/3 Falls Pacific Heavyweight Title Match : Bret Hart © vs. Dennis Condrey

 

Last week , the former California champ took the Hitman to the limit. A rematch was immediately signed, this time with a 2/3 falls stipulation. The two grapplers paced themselves to go long, testing each other for a long stretch before intensifying their offense. Things heated up until Hart caught Condrey coming off the ropes with a leaping clothesline, taking the first fall. Determined to keep his man in the match, Jim Cornette, stalking the ringside area, did everything he could to distract Hart. That distraction finally caught up with Bret when Condrey was able to sneak in the full Nelson Faceslam, evening the count. Both men opened up all of the stops, tearing into each other, both determined to come out on top. Condrey nearly had it when he had Hart set for another Full Nelson Faceslam, but Bret blocked it and countered with the Russian Legsweep. Bret then applied the Sharpshooter and cranked it in deeply, and no matter what Condrey tried, he could not escape and had to give up the match. An epic battle to set the stage for Bret's defense next week against Kawada.

 

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Pacific Coast Wrestling Show from the UCSB Event Center, Santa Barbara, May 24^th , 1991

 

Robert Thompson vs. Mike Maverick

 

Two young up and coming tag wrestlers showed everything they had in a singles match, going to a 15 minute time limit draw.

 

David Cash & Jason Jett vs. The Headbangers

 

The Headbangers gave an even tougher fight to the boys from the Money Train, but Cash was able to put a stop to them when he hit Mosh with the Bankruptcy (elevated cradle neckbreaker).

 

Steve Blackman vs. Fit Finlay

 

Two of the toughest individuals in PCW squared off, with the Belfast Bruiser ultimately prevailing by way of the Rolling Hills.

 

Barry Windham vs. Stevie Richards

 

I guess this would be the "toughness training" part of Scotty The Body's reclamation plan for Stevie Richards, sending the Dancing Fool against the former two time Pacific Champion. Richards went all out, and you could see Windham gradually take him more and more seriously as the match won. That said, despite a game effort from Richards, the much more experienced Windham was never really in danger, defeating Stevie with a Superplex. Regardless, Scotty was all support and encouragement as he led Richards back from the ring.

 

Pacific Submission Title Match : Steven Regal © vs. Alex Wright

 

From the moment Das Wunderkind made his PCW, it's been pretty much hate at first sight between him and Regal and Tommy Dreamer. With the "encouragement" of Dean Malenko, Wright has learned to keep his primary focus on in ring action. Nevertheless, he still hasn't wiped that insufferable smirk on his face, and his considerable self confidence was another thing to get under the skin of Regal. Wright focused on using leglocks to wear down the champ, and nearly got the champ in a figure four leglock. This turned out to be a trap from Regal, who turned it over into an Indian Leglock. Wright was unable to escape, and tapped out.

 

California Title Match : Rob Van Dam © vs. Tommy Dreamer

 

The evening closed off with a California Title Match, and RVD was facing an opponent who was becoming a familiar face to him. It was another close call for the champ, and Dreamer came close to putting him down with a Piledriver. RVD blocked and reversed it with a Piledriver of his own, following up with a Frog Splash that kept the title belt in his possession.