Wrestle War

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Wrestle War was a professional wrestling pay-per-view promoted by World Championship Wrestling. It was held in the month of May in 1989 and 1992 and the month of February in 1990 and 1991. The first two Wrestle Wars were under the NWA banner.

Contents 1 1989 2 1990 3 1991 4 1992 5 Notes 6 References 7 See also

[edit] 1989

Wrestle War 1989
Details
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance
Date	May 7, 1989
Venue	Nashville Municipal Auditorium
City	Nashville, Tennessee
Attendance	5,200
Pay-per-view chronology
Chi-Town Rumble	Wrestle War 1989	The Great American Bash 1989

Wrestle War 1989: Music City Showdown took place on May 7, 1989 from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• The Great Muta (w/Gary Hart) defeated Doug Gilbert (with Eddie Gilbert) (3:03)
  • Muta pinned Doug after a moonsault.
  • Doug replaced the Junkyard Dog.
• Butch Reed defeated Ranger Ross (6:59)
  • Reed pinned Ross after a Flying Shoulder Tackle.
• Dick Murdoch defeated Bob Orton, Jr. (w/Gary Hart) in a Bullrope match (4:54)
  • Murdoch pinned Orton after an elbow drop.
• The Dynamic Dudes (Shane Douglas and Johnny Ace) defeated The Samoan Swat Team (Samu and Fatu) (w/Paul E. Dangerously) (11:02)
  • Douglas pinned Fatu when Ace hit Fatu with a missile drop kick.
• Michael Hayes (w/Hiro Matsuda) defeated Lex Luger to win the NWA United States Championship (16:06)
  • Hayes pinned Luger when Terry Gordy pushed Hayes on Luger.
• Sting defeated The Iron Sheik (w/Rip Morgan) to retain the NWA World Television Championship (2:12)
  • Sting forced Sheik to submit with the scorpion deathlock.
• Ric Flair defeated Ricky Steamboat to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (31:37)
  • Flair pinned Steamboat with an inside cradle, countering a bodyslam attempt by Steamboat.
  • The special judges in case the match went to the full 1 hour time-limit were: Terry Funk, Pat O'Connor, Lou Thesz.
  • After the match, Funk attacked Flair after Flair turned down a title match
• The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) (w/Paul Ellering) defeated NWA World Tag Team Champions The Varsity Club (Mike Rotunda and Steve Williams) (w/Kevin Sullivan) (w/Nikita Koloff as Special Guest Referee) by disqualification (6:06)
  • The Varsity Club was disqualified when Dan Spivey and Sullivan pulled Koloff out of the ring, The Varsity Club retained the title.
• Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner (w/Missy Hyatt) defeated The Varsity Club (Kevin Sullivan and Dan Spivey) to retain the NWA United States Tag Team Championship (6:41)
  • Gilbert pinned Sullivan with a sunset flip.
• The Oak Ridge Boys performed at the show.

[edit] 1990

Wrestle War 1990
Details
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance
Date	February 25, 1990
Venue	Greensboro Coliseum
City	Greensboro, North Carolina
Attendance	9,894
Pay-per-view chronology
Starrcade 1989	Wrestle War 1990	Capital Combat

Wrestle War 1990: Wild Thing took place on February 25, 1990 from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Kevin Sullivan and Buzz Sawyer defeated The Dynamic Dudes (Shane Douglas and Johnny Ace) (10:15)
  • Sawyer pinned Ace.
• Norman the Lunatic defeated Cactus Jack (w/Kevin Sullivan) (9:33)
  • Norman pinned Jack.
• The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) defeated The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) (w/Jim Cornette) (19:31)
  • Gibson pinned Lane.
• The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) (w/Paul Ellering) defeated The Skyscrapers (Mark Callous and The Masked Scyscraper) (w/Teddy Long) in a Chicago Street Fight (4:59)
  • Hawk pinned the Masked Skyscraper.
  • Masked Skycraper was a last-minute replacement for Dan Spivey.
• Brian Pillman and Tom Zenk defeated The Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) to retain the NWA United States Tag Team Championship (24:32)
  • Pillman pinned Garvin.
• The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated Ole Anderson and Arn Anderson to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship (16:05)
  • Rick pinned Ole.
• Ric Flair (w/Woman) defeated Lex Luger (w/Sting) by count-out to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (38:08)
  • Luger was counted-out when he left the ring to rescue an injured Sting from being attacked by Ole Anderson.
  • Luger replaced Sting, who was scheduled to face Flair, but was injured at the Clash of the Champions a couple weeks before.

[edit] 1991

Wrestle War 1991
Details
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	February 24, 1991
Venue	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
City	Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance	6,800
Pay-per-view chronology
Starrcade 1990	Wrestle War 1991	WCW/New Japan Supershow I

Wrestle War 1991: WarGames took place on February 24, 1991 from the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, Arizona. This was the first PPV after WCW left the NWA.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Dark match: Ultraman and Eddie Guerrero defeated Huichol and Rudy Boy Gonzalez (7:39)
  • Guerrero pinned Rudy.
• The Junkyard Dog, Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich defeated The State Patrol (Lt. James Earl Wright and Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker) and Big Cat to retain the WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (9:54)
  • Morton pinned Parker.
• Bobby Eaton defeated Brad Armstrong (12:51)
  • Eaton pinned Armstrong after a Alabama Jam.
• Itsuki Yamazaki and Mami Kitamura defeated Miki Handa and Miss A (6:47)
  • Yamazaki pinned A with a roll-up.
• Dustin Rhodes defeated Buddy Landell (6:33)
  • Rhodes pinned Landell after a Bulldog.
• The Southern Boys (Tracy Smothers and Steve Armstrong) defeated Rip Morgan and Jack Victory (12:05)
  • Smothers pinned Morgan.
• Terrence Taylor (w/Alexandra York) defeated Tom Zenk in a No Disqualification match (10:59)
  • Taylor pinned Zenk with a roll-up.
• Stan Hansen fought Big Van Vader to a double disqualification (6:21)
  • Both men were disqualified after they threw referee Pee-Wee Anderson out of the ring.
• Lex Luger defeated Dan Spivey to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (12:52)
  • Luger pinned Spivey with a inside cradle.
  • After the match, Nikita Koloff attacked Luger while presenting him with the new US Title belt.
• The Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) (w/Diamond Dallas Page and Big Daddy Dink) defeated Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) (w/Teddy Long) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship (6:56)
  • Garvin pinned Simmons.
• The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Sid Vicious) and Larry Zbyszko (w/Arn Anderson) defeated Sting, Brian Pillman, and The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) in a WarGames match (21:50)
  • The Four Horsemen won when Pillman was knocked unconscious from a botched powerbomb by Vicious, prompting El Gigante to run-in and surrender the match on Pillman's behalf.
  • Zbyszko was a replacement for the injured Anderson.

[edit] 1992

Wrestle War 1992
Details
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	May 17, 1992
Venue	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
City	Jacksonville, Florida
Attendance	6,000
Pay-per-view chronology
SuperBrawl II	Wrestle War 1992	Beach Blast 1992

Wrestle War 1992: WarGames took place on May 17, 1992 from the Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Diamond Dallas Page and Thomas Rich defeated Bob Cook and Firebreaker Chip (8:05)
  • Page pinned Cook.
• The Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) defeated Terry Taylor and Greg Valentine to win the WCW United States Tag Team Championship (16:02)
  • Garvin pinned Taylor.
• Johnny B. Badd defeated Tracy Smothers (7:03)
  • Badd pinned Smothers.
• Scotty Flamingo defeated Marcus Bagwell (7:11)
  • Flamingo pinned Bagwell.
• Ron Simmons defeated Mr. Hughes (5:22)
  • Simmons pinned Hughes.
  • This was scheduled to be Simmons and The Junkyard Dog vs. Hughes and Cactus Jack, but Jack attacked JYD before the match.
• The Super Invader (w/Harley Race) defeated Todd Champion (5:26)
  • Invader pinned Champion.
• Big Josh defeated Richard Morton (7:33)
  • Josh pinned Morton.
• The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated Tatsumi Fujinami and Takayuki Iizuka to retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship and become #1 contenders for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
  • Rick pinned Iizuka.
• Brian Pillman defeated Tom Zenk to retain the WCW Light Heavyweight Championship (15:30)
  • Pillman pinned Zenk.
• Sting, Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat and Nikita Koloff defeated The Dangerous Alliance (Steve Austin, Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton and Larry Zbyszko) (w/Paul E. Dangerously and Madusa) in a WarGames match (23:27)^[1]
  • Sting forced Eaton to submit with an armbar, after Eaton was struck in the shoulder with a metal piece of the turnbuckle.

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• TWA WCW Section
• Results at prowrestlinghistory.com

[edit] See also

• List of WCW pay-per-view events
• World Championship Wrestling

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