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Clash of the Champions #7 (06.89)

NWA Clash of the Champions VII: Guts AND Glory
June 14, 1989
Fort Bragg, NC
Ritz-Epps Fitness Center

Your hosts are JR & Grandpa Bob Caudle! Oh the stories he could tell. Read the rest of this entry

Clash of the Champions #6 (04.89)

NWA Clash of the Champions VI: Ragin’ Cajun
April 2, 1989
New Orleans, LA
Superdome

Another mediocre Wrestlemania means another historic Clash of the Champions.

Your hosts are Jim Ross and Michael PS Hayes! It’s like watching UWF again, only not! Read the rest of this entry

Clash of the Champions #5 (02.89)

NWA Clash of the Champions V: St. Valentine’s Massacre
February 15, 1989
Cleveland, OH
Convention Center

Your hosts are Jim Ross and Magnum TA! Read the rest of this entry

Clash of the Champions #4 (12.88)

NWA Clash of the Champions IV: Season’s Beatings
December 7, 1988
Chattanooga, TN
UTC Arena

Your hosts are Jim Ross and Bob Caudle! Read the rest of this entry

Clash of the Champions #3 (09/88)

NWA Clash of the Champions III: Fall Brawl
September 7, 1988
Albany, GA
Civic Center

Your hosts are Jim Ross and Bob Caudle! Read the rest of this entry

Clash of the Champions #2 (6/88)

NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem
June 8, 1988
Miami, FL
James L. Knight Center

Talk about a drop from the original, CotC 2 doesn’t even have an NWA World title match OR a multi-million dollar wrestling company to compete against in this timeslot. Basically from this show forward, the Clash was used to further a major feud (or feuds) before a big blowoff match. Which feud (or feuds) am I talking about? Let’s find out!

Your hosts are Tony Schiavone and Bob Caudle! Read the rest of this entry

Clash of the Champions #1 (3/88)

NWA Clash of the Champions
March 27, 1988
Greensboro, NC
Greensboro Coliseum

So the WWF wants to put on a PPV to make cable companies choose which wrestling show they let America watch on Thanksgiving? Fine. The WWF gets two hours on free-TV for the first-ever Royal Rumble show, while we’re trying to have a crappy battle royal inside of a cage called “The Bunkhouse Stampede”? Whatever, that’s cool. But if you think for one second that we’re not going to put on a show during that one day a year where you show forth your abnormal compulsion of “wrestling” and that we’re not going to show you guys up North how it’s done with a two-hour wrestling extravaganza, then you’re DEAD WRONG, mister (McMahon)!

Your hosts are Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross! Read the rest of this entry