Beach Blast

Beach Blast was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event promoted by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and held in the summers of 1992 and 1993. The 1992 WCW Beach Blast PPV event was held in June on a Saturday while the 1993 WCW Beach Blast PPV event was held in July on a Sunday. It was replaced by Bash at the Beach in 1994.

1992

Beach Blast 1992

Tagline(s) World Championship Wrestling Beats The Heat!
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Promotion World Championship Wrestling
Date June 20, 1992
Attendance 5,000
Venue Mobile Civic Center
City Mobile, Alabama
Pay-per-view chronology

WrestleWar 1992 Beach Blast 1992 The Great American Bash 1992
Beach Blast chronology

First Beach Blast 1992 Beach Blast (1993)

Beach Blast 1992 took place on June 20, 1992 and emanated from the Mobile Civic Center in Mobile, Alabama.

No. Results Stipulations Times
1D The Junkyard Dog, Tom Zenk and Big Josh defeated Tracy Smothers, Richard Morton and Diamond Dallas Page Six-man tag team match  
2 Scotty Flamingo defeated Brian Pillman (c) Singles match for the WCW Light Heavyweight Championship 17:29
3 Ron Simmons defeated Terry Taylor Singles match 07:10
4 Greg Valentine defeated Marcus Bagwell by submission Singles match 07:17
5 Missy Hyatt defeated Madusa (with Paul E. Dangerously) Bikini contest  
6 Sting defeated Cactus Jack Falls Count Anywhere match 11:24
7 Ricky Steamboat defeated Rick Rude – 4 falls to 3

Rude pinned Steamboat (1-0)
Rude pinned Steamboat (2-0)
Rude was disqualified (1-2)
Rude pinned Steamboat (3-1)
Steamboat pinned Rude (2-3)
Steamboat pinned Rude (3-3)
Steamboat pinned Rude (4-3)

 30:00

07:42
08:39
09:40
10:11
17:39
20:22
29:25

8 Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham and Nikita Koloff defeated The Dangerous Alliance (Arn Anderson, Steve Austin and Bobby Eaton) (with Paul E. Dangerously and Madusa) by disqualification Special guest referee:Ole Anderson 15:32
9 The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) fought The Miracle Violence Connection (Terry Gordy and Steve Williams) to a time-limit draw Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Champions 30:00
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • D – indicates the match was a dark match


1993

Beach Blast 1993
Tagline(s) A Day At The Beach, A Night For Revenge
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Promotion World Championship Wrestling
Date July 18, 1993
Attendance 8,600
Venue Mississippi Coast Coliseum
City Biloxi, Mississippi
Pay-per-view chronology

Slamboree 1993 Beach Blast 1993 Fall Brawl 1993
Beach Blast chronology

Beach Blast (1992) Beach Blast 1993 Bash at the Beach (1994)

Beach Blast 1993[1] took place on July 18, 1993 and emanated from the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi.

No. Results Stipulations Times
1 Paul Orndorff (c) defeated Ron Simmons by disqualification Singles match WCW World Television Championship 11:15
2 Too Cold Scorpio and Marcus Bagwell defeated Tex Slazenger and Shanghai Pierce Tag team match 12:48
3 Lord Steven Regal (with Sir William) defeated Erik Watts Singles match 07:31
4 Johnny B. Badd defeated Maxx Payne Singles match 04:50
5 The Hollywood Blonds (Brian Pillman and Steve Austin) (c) defeated Paul Roma and Arn Anderson Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship 26:14
6 Dustin Rhodes fought Rick Rude to a draw – 1 fall to 1

Rude pinned Rhodes (1-0)
Rhodes pinned Rude (1-1)

 Iron Man Challenge for the vacant WCW United States Championship 30:00

13:19
26:56

7 Ric Flair defeated Barry Windham (c) Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship 11:15
8 Sting and Davey Boy Smith defeated Big Van Vader and Sid Vicious (with Harley Race and Col. Robert Parker) Tag team match 16:44
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match


See also

References

  1. ↑ Beach Blast 93: One of the unholy trinity of mini-movie driven PPVs in 1992-1993, this one featured Sid Vicious in flip flops, orphans playing volleyball with Sting and Davey Boy Smith, and Cheatum the one eyed evil midget blowing up a boat while wearing a shark fin. Quite possibly RD's favorite induction of all time.