The Dog Days of Fall October 1st, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC (18,500, sellout)
The show opens up with Jacques, Sr. in the ring welcoming all 18,500 fans to the Dog Days of Fall. Jacques, Sr. runs down all of the matches on the card before telling the fans to enjoy the show. Bob Marcus comes out from the back to no reaction at all. Gino Brito comes out to a very positive reaction, the crowd just short of erupting.
Gino Brito vs. Bob Marcus
Marcus is able to get some offense in, but Brito wins this one easily with the figure four.
Gino Brito over Bob Marcus by submission with the figure four 5:08
Tony Parisi and Dave Kochen are greeted with cheers on their way to the ring. They take the time to slap hands with the fans around ringside before entering the ring. Goldie Rogers and Steve Regal emerge from the back as the crowd starts booing loudly. Rogers is intent on Kochen as the wrestlers are ready to start the match.
Tony Parisi & Dave Kochen vs. Goldie Rogers & Steve Regal
Rogers is on Kochen before the bell and the heels work Kochen over for some time. Kochen gets cut off a few times, but manages to tag after a series of punches and a dropkick to Regal. The faces work Regal over with quick tags for a short time, but Rogers is able to trip up Parisi while he is rope-running. Regal and Rogers work Parisi over for some time before Parisi hits a crossbody after being sent to the ropes, but Rogers is in off the apron to stomp on him and keep him from tagging. Rogers is tagged in and goes back to work on Parisi. Parisi fires back with punches that send Rogers bailing out of the ring only for Regal to hit a forearm to Parisi’s upper back and send Parisi out to the floor. Rogers works Parisi over on the floor and back in the ring before tagging Regal. Regal is caught in an atomic drop by Parisi, who tags in Kochen as the crowd cheers. Kochen sends Rogers off the apron with a dropkick after putting Regal down with a series of right hands. Regal is slammed down by Kochen, who tags in Parisi. Parisi climbs up top and comes crashing down with a flying senton for the three.
Tony Parisi over Steve Regal by pinfall after a flying senton 9:36
Quebec Heavyweight Champion Richard Charland is greeted with boos as he heads to the ring. He shows off his belt proudly regardless. Louis Laurence gets a good amount of cheers and seems really fired up to get a title shot. Charland tries ambushing Laurence as he enters the ring, but Laurence drops down off the apron before the champion can hit him.
Louis Laurence vs. Quebec Heavyweight Champion Richard Charland in a title match
Charland refuses to let Laurence in the ring despite referee Pierre Bertrand’s admonishing. Laurence is finally able to drag Charland to the outside by his ankles and use the post as a weapon against Charland’s leg. Bertrand gets Laurence to stop and come back into the ring, where Laurence continues to work over Charland’s leg. It looks like Laurence is goign to make quick work of Charland before the champion tosses Laurence out of the ring in desperation. Laurence skins the cat and is right back on Charland, but the champion is able to use attacks to Laurence’s eyes before hitting several right hands from his back. He gets unsteadily to his feet and hits a few more right hands before again dumping Laurence to the floor. Charland grabs his title belt from the timekeeper’s table and blasts Laurence between the eyes with it right in front of Bertrand, who has no choice but to disqualify Charland.
Louis Laurence by disqualification when Charland hits him with the belt 5:48
Post-match Charland hits Laurence several times with the belt while standing over him, then slaps him across the face asking, “Is this what you want?” Security and all three referees pull Charland off of a battered and unconscious Laurence, helping Laurence to the back. Eddie Creatchman comes out to the ring with Haruki and the team of Earth and Sky. The crowd is booing and throwing things at Creatchman, who again makes sure that the young Japanese immigrant woman is walking with the wrestlers and not him.
Creatchman: Tonight all of you get to see three of your heroes and an old man lose to superior wrestlers in my employ. Armand Rougeau and his “mentor”, more like his grandpa, face these two veteran Japanese wrestlers tonight. These men have faced much tougher competition than some kid who is only wrestling because his brothers wrestle, his dad and uncle wrestled, his grandfather wrestled, and I guess maybe he should too. These men behind me trained for many years of their own volition to become pro wrestlers. You should all be honored that they are willing to wrestle in front of you! Armand Rougeau is lucky that the people who run the IWA like him because no promoter in their right mind would put these men in a ring with such inferior opponents.
The crowd is in a frenzy at this point as Creatchman exits the ring, first opening the ropes for Haruki. Armand Rougeau and Rene Goulet enter the arena floor, Goulet trying to calm the angry Rougeau down as they walk to the ring.
Armand Rougeau & Rene Goulet vs. Earth & Sky
Armand starts the match and attacks both Japanese wrestlers with abandon, wearing himself out and opening himself up to an attack from behind while he has Ishimoto in a front facelock. Ishimoto and Kamiguchi work over the young Rougeau, focusing heavily on his injured neck after Creatchman says something to Haruki, who yells in Japanese to the wrestlers. Armand makes a few valiant comeback attempts, but the heels keep going back to the neck whenever he gets too close to tagging. Goulet, who has yet to even get in the match, helps whip the crowd into a frenzy on the apron and there is an eruption when Rougeau tags him after diving halfway across the ring! Goulet is a house afire, but his partner is unable to help much for a short time. Goulet gets the scorpion claw hold on Kamiguchi, but Hata loads up the mask and headbutts the French veteran, knocking him out cold and opening a cut. Armand comes charging into the ring with big right hands and manages to drag Goulet over and tag himself in. Ishimoto and Kamiguchi immediately go back to the neck once Rougeau starts to slow down. Ishimoto hits an unloaded headbutt that still leaves Rougeau dazed, then tags in Kamiguchi, who sits on the top turnbuckle. An elbow from that seated position greets Armand as he is carried over to Kamiguchi by Ishimoto. Kamiguchi hooks Rougeau’s neck and flips over into a blockbuster and an easy three count.
Hurricane Kamiguchi over Armand Rougeau by pinfall after a blockbuster 14:22
Post-match all three referees are trying to revive both Goulet and Rougeau as Ishimoto, Kamiguchi and Creatchman celebrate. Armand is talking to the men standing over him but not moving as a hush falls over the crowd. Goulet is revived and helping put Armand on a stretcher after a brace is put around his neck. Goulet gets a house mic and swears he won’t let Creatchman and his goons get away with this, which gets some appreciation from the crowd.
There is a short intermission which is followed by Gilles Poisson making his way to the ring. The crowd boos the 280 lb. veteran, who doesn’t look very concerned by it. Invader 3 runs to the ring as the crowd starts cheering. Invader 3 slides in and immediately starts brawling with the big man.
Invader 3 vs. Gilles Poisson
Invader 3 is taking it to Poisson, but the veteran canadian goes to the eyes and starts clubbering the much smaller Invader 3. The match goes back and forth, Invader 3 picking up the pace whenever he is in control and Poisson doing his best to slow things down. Poisson uses every shortcut in the book to get the advantage, much to referee Andre Roy’s dismay. Roy comes close to disqualifying Poisson several times, but the veteran is just ahead of the five count from Roy. Mad Dog Lefebvre comes down to ringside and tries hitting Invader 3 as he runs the ropes, but the Puerto Rican hits a baseball slide that takes Lefebvre’s legs out from under him and drops him throat first across the top rope. Andre Roy is yelling at the downed Lefebvre to leave ringside as Invader 3 nails Poisson with a dropkick in the ring. Poisson looks to be in trouble as Invader 3 is setting up for his running senton after a crossbody from the second rope, but Lefebvre grabs Invader 3’s legs from ringside while Roy is checking in on the downed Poisson. Roy is once again shouting at Lefebvre to leave ringside when Poisson drops Invader 3 over the top rope groin-first. Invader 3 is caught in Poisson’s bearhug and passes out, giving the veteran big man the win.
Gilles Poisson by submission with a bearhug 12:56
The crowd boos loudly as it looks like Lefebvre and Poisson mean to continue the assault, but Invader 1 runs out with a chair to clear the ring and allow his partner to get help. Once the ring clears the Texas Tornado, Stan Hansen runs down to the ring, swinging his bullrope back and forth. The crowd is booing the big Texan, but those boos turn to massive cheers as Dino Bravo emerges from the curtain. The very popular Bravo is working the fans all the way to the ring where Hansen attacks him as he enters.
Dino Bravo vs. Stan Hansen
The crowd immediately starts booing Hansen, who only puts the boots to Bravo harder. The Canadian strongman comes firing back with right hands but misses a dropkick. Hansen is immediately back on him and the brawl doesn’t stop. Bravo hits a vertical suplex to a HUGE pop on the 300 lb. Texan but only gets a two. Bravo ducks a lariat and looks for an airplane spin, but Hansen grabs the ropes and both men end up outside. The brawl continues on the floor and referee Bertrand counts both men out.
The match ends in a double count-out 12:19
Hansen gets an advantage on the outside after the match and blasts Bravo with a lariat on the floor. The Texas Tornado climbs back into the ring and gives the longhorn sign to loud boos before heading to the back. Bravo is revived and makes it to the back under his own power, but groggily as the crowd shows support. The Can Am Express get a very good reaction from the crowd as they slap hands with the front row on their way to the ring. The crowd is quick to boo Lou Albano and the Tongan Terrors very loudly as they stalk to the ring.
The Can Am Express vs. The Tongan Terrors for the vacant Quebec Television Tag Team Titles (15 minute time limit)
The Can Ams both rush their big Tongan opponents before the bell and the brawl is on as the crowd erupts. Brunzell and Lafon hold their own against Albano’s monsters, coming back big each time it appears they are on the losing end and the Terrors will be able to work them over as a team. Brunzell makes a tag to Lafon, but Lafon can’t get into the ring because Albano has his leg wrapped up from ringside. Lafon tries kicking Albano away, but ends up taking a big headbutt from King Tonga that sends Lafon crashing into Albano, who crashes into the guard rail and is out. Tonga John keeps Brunzell occupied while King Tonga sends Lafon into the guard rail and rolls him back into the ring. Head referee Adrian Desbois has trouble keeping both Tongans out of the ring, but they barely avoid disqualification as they work Lafon over brutally. Lafon struggles to make the tag, but the Terrors cut the ring off each time he breaks free. Brunzell takes the hot tag and manages to get Tonga John out of the ring briefly, but the two Tongan wrestlers are too much for the Minnesotan to handle on his own. One minute left in the match. Brunzell hits a running jump knee on King Tonga, but the big Tongan is only staggered. Brunzell misses a dropkick and gets decked with a martial arts chop by King Tonga. King Tonga headbutts a barely standing Lafon off the apron before hitting a thumb spike on a recovering Brunzell. Thirty seconds remain in the time limit. He picks Brunzell up and tags Tonga John, who climbs up top. A King Tonga savate kick sets Tonga John up for his flying headbutt and the Tongan Terrors become the first Quebec Television Tag Team champions.
Tonga John over Jim Brunzell by pinfall after a savate kick/flying headbutt combination 14:42
King Tonga and Tonga John roll Brunzell to the floor near Lafon and both stumble to their feet a minute or so later as a revived Albano and his team celebrate in the ring with their new titles. Albano and the Tongans exit the ring, both wrestlers stomping Lafon and Brunzell down before they leave with their newly won belts. Albano joins in, stomping on Lafon. Lafon and Brunzell get up and help each other to the back, the crowd appreciative of their efforts. Canadian International Tag Team Champions Jacques and Raymond Rougeau step onto the arena floor to a HUGE pop. They look very focused and intense on their way to the ring and are not wearing their traditional robes. Raymond’s hand is heavily bandaged. They get the house mic in hand once they enter the ring.
Raymond: The Midnight Express and Eddie Creatchman expect an easy win tonight because of this.
Raymond holds up his right hand.
Raymond: We are fighting champions and we won’t lay down for anybody. Damaged hand or no, we are going to give the Midnight Express all they can handle.
Jacques: Tonight we will prove to all of you that we are fighting champions. And Eddie Creatchman, Dennis Condrey and Randy Rose will find out that we do know a thing or two about strategy.
The Midnight Express and Eddie Creatchman walk to the ring through a massive storm of garbage thrown their direction. The only one who appears to notice is Eddie Creatchman, taking the time to hurl verbal abuse at every fan he can.
Canadian International Tag Team Champions The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers vs. The Midnight Express in a title match
Jacques is carefully measuring Rose from the start. Rose wants to throw hands, but Jacques is patient and waits for the lockup. He grabs a headlock and Raymond tags himself in as Jacques walks close enough, both brothers working a tight headlock for a long while. Rose, caught off-guard initially, begins to counter out. Both Rougeau brothers are able to counter right back into a headlock quickly. Condrey is finally tagged in and ends up having his left arm worked over in the same fashion. Finally Condrey catches Raymond when he reverses an arm wringer and drives Raymond’s shoulder to the mat, stomping Raymond’s back a few times before moving and stomping on the right hand. The Midnights work Raymond over, never straying from the right hand too long. Raymond starts coming back on instinct with a clothesline to Rose, but Condrey is in quickly to stop a tag. Condrey is tagged in and Raymond lands a few left hands to the jaw. Condrey grins and motions for more, taking several before decking Raymond with three big rights to send him crashing to the mat. Raymond tries to come back with right hands, but they hurt him as much or more than Condrey and Jacques is going crazy trying to will Raymond over for the tag on the apron. Raymond pulls Rose’s legs from under him as Rose looks for a piledriver and looks for a crab hold, but it isn’t in long as Condrey charges the ring. Raymond releases the hold and kicks the rushing Condrey in the gut before hitting a vertical suplex. The crowd goes absolutely bonkers as Jacques takes the tag and the Midnights are sent flying around the ring by the younger Rougeau brother. Jacques looks like he can pull off the win without help until Rose saves Condrey from a Jacques Quebec crab. Raymond is in the ring quickly, sending Rose to the floor and stomping away on Condrey before being ushered out of the ring by head referee Adrian Desbois. Jacques manages to tag in Raymond, who grabs a cross armbreaker on Condrey, who frantically goes to the ropes. Rose drags Jacques off the apron, Jacques catching chin on the apron as he falls. Rose hits the ring and stomps away on an exhausted Raymond before Desbois escorts him out of the ring. Condrey stomps away at Raymond’s hand before dropping a big knee on it. He pulls Raymond up and locks in a sleeper, Raymond passing out in the sleeper while Rose puts Jacques down with a power slam on the floor.
Dennis Condrey over Raymond Rougeau by submisson with a sleeper 20:13
Jacques, Sr. rushes to ringside to check on Jacques as Eddie Creatchman taunts him in the ring, the Midnight Express being awarded the Canadian International Heavyweight Titles behind him. Creatchman spits on Raymond as the Midnight Express exit the ring. The crowd is again throwing garbage at Creatchman and the Midnight Express, but they are too busy celebrating their titles to notice. Jacques is back in the ring checking on Raymond and both stumble their way to the back. The crowd can only muster applause for the defeated Rougeau Brothers as they slowly walk to the curtain. Hercules Ayala comes out of the back, getting more than a few cheers. His opponent gets a big reaction, the crowd popping big for Andre the Giant.
Andre the Giant vs. Hercules Ayala
Andre is in charge early as Ayala makes the mistake of trying to brawl. Ayala changes strategy and works over Andre’s left arm to some effect. Andre again battles out with sheer strength and throws Ayala around the ring until the Puerto Rican escapes to the floor to collect himself. Ayala changes tactics again and uses his mobility advantage to stick and move, but makes the mistake of trying to bodyslam Andre and nearly stays down for the three count when Andre falls on top. Andre, tired, works a surfboard until Ayala impresses the crowd by powering out only to have Andre go to the corner. Ayala hiptosses the giant out of the corner to a big pop, but only gets a two. Andre hits a series of chest slaps and finishes with a headbutt before jumping up and falling on Ayala with a splash for the three.
Andre the Giant by pinfall after a splash
Andre helps Ayala up after the match, patting him on the back for a well-fought match. The two shake hands and the crowd cheers as they walk to the back together, talking about the match.
Jacques, Sr. Gets into the ring holding the dog collar.
Jacques, Sr.: It’s time for our feature bout of the evening fans! Mad Dog Vachon and Mad Dog Lefebvre will be wearing these leather collars, joined at the neck by fifteen feet of chain! Mad Dog Vachon is always an interesting man to talk to, so let’s bring him out!
The Mad Dog gets a MASSIVE pop as he barks at the fans in the front row.
Jacques, Sr.: Maurice, I know you’ve been looking forward to this match for a few weeks now. I think all of these fans have, too!
The crowd pops big.
Vachon: It’s time to find out who the real Mad Dog is, Jacques! This Lefebvre ain’t no pushover, but he’s dealing with the original Mad Dog now!
Jacques, Sr.: Pierre is a good kid at heart. I really hope he is up to the task tonight.
Vachon: He better be, Jacques. It’s a dog eat dog world and I got no plans of bein' anybody's dinner!
Mad Dog Lefebvre emerges from the back to loud boos, but he doesn’t seem to notice as he glares at Vachon all the way to the ring. Referee Pierre Bertrand straps Vachon in as Jacques, Sr. hurriedly leaves the ring. Bertrand straps Lefebvre into his collar and immediately ducks, barely getting out of the way as the two Mad Dogs charge each other, exchanging lefts (Vachon) and rights (Lefebvre) before the bell can ring.
Mad Dog Vachon vs. Mad Dog Lefebvre in a Two Dogs on a Leash Match
Vachon, the more experienced wrestler, steps back grabbing the chain and yanks Lefebvre forward by the neck. He follows up by whipping Lefebvre with the chain and the younger Mad Dog goes down hard. Vachon walks right into three solid shots with the chain by Lefebvre from his back and staggers back. Lefebvre continues the assault after regaining his feet and busts Vachon open. Lefebvre wraps the chain around Vachon’s eyes and forehead, squeezing and pulling while standing behind the veteran Mad Dog. Lefebvre works over the cut in various ways, biting, using the chain, punches, grinding Vachon’s head across the top rope while choking him with the chain. Vachon catches Lefebvre with a length of chain and keeps swinging until Lefebvre goes down in a heap, barely keeping his feet. Vachon bites at the younger Mad Dog’s forehead rakes the eyes and then backs up after a few chain-assisted lefts. Vachon uses the chain to pull Lefebvre into a big left with the chain around his fist that sends Lefebvre down to the mat and busts him open. Vachon works the cut with bare knuckle punches, biting and chain assisted punches before dragging Lefebvre’s head under the ropes to the apron and yanking up on the chain while standing on the younger Mad Dog’s chest.
Lefebvre manages to trip Vachon up with his legs and roll to the outside, Vachon following closely behind. A few lefts from Vachon set up an attempt at whipping Lefebvre into the post, but Lefebvre halts his momentum and flings the surprised Vachon into the guard rail with the chain, reversing the pull after Vachon hits and sending the older Mad Dog into the post. Lefebvre uses the chain as a whip across the chest and shoulders of Vachon, leaving visible welts and some small cuts to go with Vachon’s crimson mask. Lefebvre climbs up the apron only to be yanked off by a desperate Vachon, slamming hard to the floor. Lefebvre gets his whipping back from Vachon, who follows up with chain-assisted punches to the forehead. Vachon uses nearly all of his energy rolling Lefebvre back into the ring and both men lay on the mat, breathing hard, their faces covered in their own blood. Their torsos are covered in welts and small cuts as well as blood that has run down from their faces and both stagger to their feet and exchange bare knuckle punches. The younger Mad Dog clubs Vachon over the back with the chain and slams him down, covering for two. Lefebvre uses weight and momentum, slamming Vachon into the corner after grabbing a semblance of a bearhug and stumbling forward. The younger Mad Dog uses the chain to whip Vachon across the ring into the opposite corner and again crashes into him, but not at anywhere near full speed.
Vachon is lifted to a seated position on the top turnbuckle by Lefebvre, who climbs up and tries to hook Vachon for a suplex. Vachon uses three chain assisted right hands to knock Lefebvre down off the turnbuckles and leaps off with the chain wrapped around his left fist, crashing down with his fist on Lefebvre’s chest. Lefebvre barely kicks out before three when Vachon covers. Lefebvre, almost out, tries hooking the bottom rope with his knee, then his boot as Vachon tries dragging him up using the chain. Vachon again uses the chain as a whip, stunning Lefebvre and finally drags the younger man up enough to get in position for a piledriver. Lefebvre fights for some time until Vachon gets tired of trying and jumps up, landing across the back of Lefebvre’s neck. The older Mad Dog rolls Lefebvre over with great effort and starts raining chain-assisted punches onto Lefebvre. After about five to the head, the punches start to hit Lefebvre in almost random spots, the shoulders, the chest, the head, with some missing entirely and harmlessly pounding the canvas next to Lefebvre’s head. Vachon collapses from exertion into a semblance of a cover. Referee Pierre Bertrand counts the three, but neither Mad Dog seems to notice.
Mad Dog Vachon wins by pinfall after a series of chain-assisted punches 11:19
The crowd is still roaring it’s approval as both Mad Dogs are attended to by doctors. Jacques, Sr. is in the ring with a microphone. After conferring with both doctors, Jacques, Sr. lets the crowd know that both wrestlers should be okay, but have to be rushed to the back where they can be given the proper care for their injuries. Both have lost a lot of blood and need immediate attention. Jacques, Sr. thanks the fans for attending and assures them that both wrestlers will be okay once they have received the proper medical attention. Both Mad Dogs are carried out of the ring on stretchers, with doctors staying right next to the two men as they are transported to the back.