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Starrcade 1988
Posted by Matt
NWA Starrcade ’88: True Gritt
December 26, 1988
Norfolk, VA
The Scope
Your hosts are Jim Ross and Bob Caudle! Read the rest of this entry →
Posted in WCW
Tags: Angel of Death, Bam Bam Bigelow, Barry Windham, Bobby Eaton, Bobby Fulton, Dennis Condrey, Dr. Death Steve Williams, Dusty Rhodes, Fantastics, Ivan Koloff, Jack Victory, Jim Cornette, JJ Dillon, Junkyard Dog, Kevin Sullivan, Legion of Doom, Lex Luger, Midnight Express, Mike Rotunda, NWA, Original Midnight Express, Paul E. Dangerously, Paul Ellering, Paul Jones, Randy Rose, Ric Flair, Road Warrior Animal, Road Warrior Hawk, Road Warriors, Russian Assassins, Sir Oliver Humperdink, Stan Lane, Starrcade, Sting, Tommy Rogers, Varsity Club
Crockett Cup ’88
Posted by Matt
The 3rd Annual Crockett Cup
April 22-23, 1988
Greenville, SC & Greensboro, NC
Greenville Auditorium & Greensboro Coliseum
So Turner would buy out JCP in the fall, making this the final Crockett Cup. In case you haven’t been following or just don’t know, the winner of this tag team tournament gets a million dollars cash money!
Your hosts are Jim Ross & Tony Schiavone Read the rest of this entry →
Posted in NWA
Tags: Al Perez, Arn Anderson, Barbarian, Barry Windham, Bobby Eaton, Bobby Fulton, Boogie Woogie Man, Bunkhouse Stampede Finals, Butch Miller, Crockett Cup, Dick Murdoch, Dr. Death Steve Williams, Dusty Rhodes, Fantastics, Four Horsemen, Gary Hart, Italian Stallion, Ivan Koloff, JCP, Jim Cornette, Jim Crockett, Jimmy Garvin, Jimmy Valiant, Jive Tones, JJ Dillon, Kendall Windham, Kevin Sullivan, Larry Zbyszko, Lex Luger, Luke Williams, Magnum TA, Midnight Express, Midnight Rider, Mighty Wilbur, Mike Rotunda, Nikita Koloff, NWA, Paul Ellering, Paul Jones, Pez Whatley, Powers of Pain, Precious, Ric Flair, Rip Morgan, Road Warrior Animal, Road Warrior Hawk, Road Warriors, Ron Simmons, Sheepherders, Stan Lane, Sting, Tiger Conway Jr., Tommy Rogers, Tully Blanchard, Varsity Club, Warlord, WCW, WWE
Crockett Cup ’87
Posted by Matt
The 2nd Annual Crockett Cup
April 10-11, 1987
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Arena
WOW! What a huge bunch of wrestling this would’ve been to sit through. Good thing they split it up into two days! There’s like twenty-something teams battling it out in single-elimination tournament style. Luckily, the good people at Turner have cut this tape down to a 2-hr highlights tape. As for the tournament, the top-eight tag teams according to the NWA people get to skip the first round and go right to the next round. Those teams would be the NWA tag champs Rick Rude & Manny “Ragin’ Bull” Fernandez, Dusty Rhodes & Nikita Koloff (or the Super Powers, whichever you prefer), The Road Warriors, The Midnight Express, Giant Baba & Isao Takagi, Ivan Koloff & Vladimir “Don’t Call Me Putin” Petrov, and Tully Blanchard and Lex Luger. Why Arn Anderson and Kevin Sullivan are together instead of Arn and Tully, I have no idea. Anyways, the winning team gets to split a million smackeroos and a kiss on the cheek all the way from heaven by Jim Crockett Sr. himself!
This intro video is LONG! Clocking in at just over three minutes!
Your host is Tony Schiavone. All this time in the wrestling biz and he couldn’t make ONE friend? Read the rest of this entry →
Posted in NWA
Tags: Barbarian, Barry Windham, Big Bubba Rogers, Bob Armstrong, Bobby Eaton, Boogie Woogie Man, Brad Armstrong, Crockett Cup, Dennis Condrey, Dusty Rhodes, Four Horsemen, Hector Guerrero, Ivan Koloff, JCP, Jim Cornette, Jim Crockett, Jimmy Garvin, Jimmy Valiant, JJ Dillon, Kamala, Lazortron, Lex Luger, Magnum TA, Manny Fernandez, Midnight Express, Mike Rotunda, Nikita Koloff, NWA, Ole Anderson, Paul Ellering, Paul Jones, Pez Whatley, Precious, Ric Flair, Rick Rude, Road Warrior Animal, Road Warrior Hawk, Road Warriors, Ron Garvin, Shaska Whatley, Skandor Akbar, Superstar Bill Dundee, Teijho Khan, Tim Horner, Tully Blanchard, Vladimir Petrov, Wahoo McDaniel, WWE
Clash of the Champions #3 (09/88)
Posted by Matt
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 →
Posted in NWA
Tags: Barry Windham, Brad Armstrong, Bushwhackers, Butch Miller, Clash of the Champions, Dr. Death Steve Williams, Dusty Rhodes, Four Horsemen, Gary Hart, Ivan Koloff, JCP, Jim Crockett, JJ Dillon, Kevin Sullivan, Luke Williams, Mike Rotunda, Nikita Koloff, NWA, Paul Jones, Ricky Morton, Rock n Roll Express, Sheepherders, Sting, Varsity Club, WWE
The Great American Bash 1988
Posted by Matt
NWA Great American Bash ’88: The Price for Freedom
July 10, 1988
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Arena
After being a part of the NWA’s calendar for three years, they finally narrowed down the concept to one show and one city; Baltimore. Baltimore would be home to eight of the next twelve “Bashes”, which is more than any one city has ever held for one particular wrestling show in North America.
Your hosts are Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross! Read the rest of this entry →
Posted in NWA
Tags: Al Perez, Arn Anderson, Barry Windham, Bobby Eaton, Bobby Fulton, Dr. Death Steve Williams, Dusty Rhodes, Fantastics, Gary Hart, Great American Bash, Ivan Koloff, Jack Victory, JCP, Jim Cornette, Jim Crockett, Jimmy Garvin, JJ Dillon, Kevin Sullivan, Lex Luger, Midnight Express, Mike Rotunda, Nikita Koloff, NWA, Paul Ellering, Paul Jones, Ric Flair, Road Warrior Animal, Road Warrior Hawk, Road Warriors, Ron Garvin, Russian Assassin, Stan Lane, Sting, Tommy Rogers, Tully Blanchard, Varsity Club, WWE
Clash of the Champions #2 (6/88)
Posted by Matt
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 →
Posted in NWA
Tags: Al Perez, Arn Anderson, Barry Windham, Bobby Fulton, Brad Armstrong, Bushwhackers, Butch Miller, Clash of the Champions, Dusty Rhodes, Fantastics, Four Horsemen, Gary Hart, JCP, Jim Crockett, Jimmy Garvin, JJ Dillon, Luke Williams, Mike Rotunda, Nikita Koloff, NWA, Precious, Rip Morgan, Ron Garvin, Sheepherders, Sting, Tommy Rogers, Tully Blanchard, Varsity Club, WWE
Clash of the Champions #1 (3/88)
Posted by Matt
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 →
Posted in NWA
Tags: Arn Anderson, Barbarian, Barry Windham, Bobby Eaton, Bobby Fulton, Clash of the Champions, Fantastics, Ivan Koloff, JCP, Jim Cornette, Jim Crockett, Jimmy Garvin, JJ Dillon, Kevin Sullivan, Lex Luger, Midnight Express, Mike Rotunda, NWA, Paul Ellering, Paul Jones, Powers of Pain, Precious, Ric Flair, Road Warrior Animal, Road Warrior Hawk, Road Warriors, Stan Lane, Sting, Tommy Rogers, Tully Blanchard, Varsity Club, Warlord, WWE
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