Twin City Wrestling (TCW )

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Twin City Wrestling

Burlington Memorial Auditorium

Burlington, Vermont

Attendance - 2,125

Black Glove Ted Diabiase defeats The Crusher

Time - 10:45

Rating - ****

Dibiase - Great "Heat" Start To Finish

Crusher - Average Crowd Response

Promoter - Dibiase Out " Power " Wrestled The Crusher Tonight/Finishing Him Off With The Loaded Glove

Don Muraco defeats Johnny Valintine by DQ

Time - 9:40

Rating - **** 1/2

Muraco - Great " Heat " Early

J. Valentine - Slow Start/ But By The End They Were Chanting Johnny's Name

Promoter - Muraco Pounded JV Early After The 4th kick out/The Chants For JV Started/Once This One Spilled Outside/Everyone Knew It Was The End/A Fan Hands JV His Chair "Wham"/Muraco's Lights Go Out/Referee Calls For The Bell/TCW Will Work On Resigning This Match

Midnight Express w/ Cornette defeats The Valiants w/ Capt. Lou

Time - 12:13

Rating - ** 1/4

Midnight Express - Super " Heat " Start To Finish

Valiants - Not One Chant Or Jeer/ No One " Got " The Valiants

Promoter - TCW Management Very Upset With The Valiants/They Are On Thin Ice/Express Looked Like Champions

Dick Hutton defeats Buddy Rogers by DQ

Time - 7:18

Rating - * 1/2

Rogers - " Heat " Coming Thru The Curtain/ Then Starts to Fade/Back Just Before DQ

Hutton - "Silence" Until After The 2nd Kick out/Then You Could Hear A Few Chants

Promoter - This Is Not The Way The Fans Wanted It To End/TCW Will Try To Resign This Match

Frank Gotch defeats Sabu

Time - 10:30

Rating - *** 1/2

Gotch - A Slow Pace with Fans

Sabu - "RED HOT " Coming Thru The Curtain

Promoter - Good Match For Both Warriors/Gotch Won Some Fans Over

Road Warriors w/ Ellering defeats The Kangaroos w/ Berry

Time - 18:16

Rating - **** 3/4

LOD - " Super POP "

Kangaroos - Best " Heat " Of The Night

Promoter - " Great " Match/A Match That TCW Management Thought The Kangaroos Should Have Won/ They were A Head On Points/TCW Management Would Like To See These Two Teams Battle For The TCW Tag Team Titles Down The Road

Dan Severn defeats George Hackenschmidt

Time - 7:41

Rating - ***** 1/2

MATCH OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE

Severn - Loudest " POP ' Of The Night/Right Now This Guy Is " OVER "

Hack - Average Response

Promoter - Severn Out Wrestled Hack Tonight/Everyone In the Building Knew It

Harley Race defeats Mil Mascaras

Time - 14:42

Rating - *****

MATCH OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE

Race - 2nd Loudest " POP " Of The Night

Mil - He Was Grounded Most Of The Night/ So Mil Fans Didn't Have Alot To Cheer About

Promoter - Harley Race TCW Heavyweight Champion ?/ Not If Frank Gotch Or Nick Bockwinkel Have Anything To Say

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Twin City Wrestling

Card 2 - Preview

Plattsburgh, New York

Bob Orton Sr. vs Larry Zbyszko

Don Muraco vs Ed " Strangler " Lewis

The Valiants w/ Capt Lou vs The Kangaroos w/ Berry

Sabu w/ Farouk vs Ivan Koloff

Frank Gotch vs The Crusher

Road Warriors w/ Ellering vs The Killer Bees

Iron Sheik vs Antonio Inoki

Nick Bockwinkel w/ Heenan vs Harley Race

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Twin City Wrestling

The New Crete Center

Plattsburgh, New York

Attendance - 2,250

Larry Zbyszko defeats Bob Orton Sr

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Time - 7:04

Rating - ***

Zbyszko - Great " Heat " to open the night

Orton Sr. - Good " POP " even though his name is Orton

Promoter - Solid match, Larry used 3 Piledrivers in a row to put Orton Away

Ed " The Strangler " Lewis defeats Don Muraco

Time - 12:46

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Rating - ******* 1/2

MATCH OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE

Lewis - A small group of fans were very vocal for Lewis

Muraco - Was in great shape/The ladies were really checking out the handsome Muraco/Male fans just saw a well muscled " Beach Bum "

Promoter - Don Muraco came to fight/band - aid over his stitches, thanks to Johnny Valentine/Pummeled Lewis early/Lewis used his headlock over, and over, and over, again/Finally, Muraco had to tap, stitches had popped/Blood running down his face/Back to hospital for restitching/Don Muraco has put on two great match in a row/His match with Valentine would be a candidate for match of the year, if it hadn't ended in a DQ/tonights match was off the chain/Muraco ( 0-2 ) may just = early MVP candidate/Thank you Don Muraco

The Valiants w/ Capt. Lou defeat Kangaroos w/ Berry

Time - 16:59

Rating - ***** 1/4

MATCH OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE

Added Action - The Midnight Express jump The Valiants and The Capt./Dennis clotheslines the Capt./Doubles Clotheslines the Valiant Bros./Then they deliver double conchairtos to the Valiant Bros./The Valiants will miss the next two shows

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Valiants - What a different team we saw tonight/This is a team that could beat any team in TCW/The Valiants were " over " tonight

Kangaroos - " Heat " the TCW fans love to see these guys get beat/ ( 0-2 ) but two solid matches

Promoter - This match had it all/fans will be talking about this by the water cooler tomorrow/Tag team division is " Red Hot "

Sabu w/ Farouk defeats Ivan Koloff by DQ

Time - 3:39

Rating - **** 1/2

Sabu - TCW fans love this guy

Koloff - Punished Sabu/High impact move after high impact move/Grounded Sabu completely/Finally used the chain to bloody Sabu and get DQ 'd

Promoter - Sabu survived a beating/Sabu was very upset in the ring/Not happy with his last two matches/Farouk grabbed a mic/" Sabu don't worry I have the WHOLE F'N Solution"/Sabu grinned, Farouk nodded his head/The Crete Center went wild and the chants started/ R-V-D, R-V-D, R-V-D

Frank Gotch defeats The Crusher

Time - 2:41

Star - **

Gotch - He is on top of his game/informs the fans that they will not see him for awhile/He has sighed a contract to tour Japan/" Please come back " " Please come back "/" I'll be back, I love the TCW"/Gotch then stands up on the ropes and gives the TCW fans the one finger salute/" We love you " " We Love You "

Crusher - Needs to do a little soul searching

Promoter - Fans were saddened by Gotch's announcement/But then Crusher comes back to the ring carrying a keg of " OLD Milwaukee "/Grabs a mic/ " I'm trough being mister nice guy " " I was Mr. Saloon for 10 years in a row. So now thats how I will be referred to " " So let's see if someone can knock me off this stool " ( A few minutes go by ) " Just like I Thought, just a bunch of sissy-Nancie's"/ I'AM IRON MAN/Fans blow the roof off the Crete Center/LOD make their way to the ring/At first Crusher is going to fight, but then thinks better of it and rolls out of the ring/ Crusher back on the mic/ " Two on One I don't think so "/Hawk response "Get yourself a partner and we'll see who clears a saloon better/ Crusher walks away, Animal throws the keg at Crusher, the tap comes off giving Crusher and the fans next the ramp a beer bath

LOD defeat Killer Bees

Time - 16:18

Rating - ***

Added Action - Midnight Express jump LOD/Dennis clotheslines Ellering/Double Clothesline to the Warriors/Double Conchairtos to both Warriors/LOD will miss the next two shows

LOD - DOMINATING

Killer Bees - Are going to find them selfs on the losing end a lot

Promoter - TCW management will have a meeting with Jim Cornette tomorrow morning

Antonio Inoki defeats The Iron Sheik

Time - 6:31

Rating - **

Iron Sheik - Solid " heat "

Inoki - TCW fans saw a true " Legend "/Inoki had an answer for every thing the Iron Sheik tried/The Octopus Hold is a fan favorite

Promoter - Iron Sheik didn't uphold his end of the match/Lower rating then TCW management wanted

Nick Bockwinkel w/ Heenan defeats Harley Race

Time - 2:26

Rating - ***

Nick - WOW !!!/SUPER " HEAT "/ # 1 HEEL In TCW

Race - Not a 100% tonight/The Mil Mascaras match took alot out of Race

Promoter - Not the match TCW management was looking for/TCW management was also informed that Harley Race will miss the next four shows due to injuries/Another TCW announcement - Dan Severn will join Frank Gotch on a tour of Japan

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Twin City Wrestling

Preview Card - 3

Burlington Memorial Auditorium

Burlington, Vermont

Jimmy Snuka vs Ilio Dipaolo

Iron Sheik vs Masked Superstar

Killer Bees vs James Gang

Mil Mascaras vs The Crusher

Don Leo Jonathan vs Greg Valentine

Kangaroos w/ Berry vs Midnight Express w/ Cornette

Antonio Inoki vs Bobo Brazil

Nick Bockwinkel w/ Heenan vs Bob Roop