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Wrestle War 1990
NWA WrestleWar 1990: Wild Thing
February 25, 1990
Greensboro, NC
Greensboro Coliseum
The current NWA Champs were as follows:
World Champion: Ric Flair (5/7/1989)
U.S. Champion: Lex Luger (5/22/1989)
World Tag Team Champions: Rick & Scott Steiner (11/1/1989)
U.S. Tag Team Champions: Brian Pillman & Tom Zenk (2/12/1990)
World Television Champion: Arn Anderson (1/2/1990)
We can’t forget the two matches cut from my Turner Home Entertainment video. Credit goes to ProWrestlingHistory.com!
- Kevin Sullivan & Buzz Sawyer defeated The Dynamic Dudes (10:15) when Sawyer pinned Johnny Ace.
- Norman the Lunatic pinned Cactus Jack (9:33).
Your hosts are Jim-bo-diddly Ross & Terry Funk! I didn’t make that up, Terry did. It was just too ridiculous not to mention. Read the rest of this entry
Starrcade 1986
NWA Starrcade 1986: Night of the Skywalkers
November 27, 1986
Atlanta, GA & Greensboro, NC
The Omni & Greensboro Coliseum
In the Crockett/McMahon wars, this would be “the battle for who can book the better multi-location show: NWA’s second shot.” I have the commercial version so some of (if not all) the matches are clipped and some matches were cut entirely from the tape. Don’t worry though; you’re not missing any five-star classics. Together, Greensboro and Atlanta drew 30,000 fans. Since Wrestlemania had three different locations, they were able to draw 10,000 more than Starrcade. Even if you just take Wrestlemania’s two biggest draws which were LA and Long Island; you’d have a crowd of 31,000. You’re almost there, NWA. You probably should’ve booked a show in Norfolk or something.
Your hosts in Atlanta are Tony Schiavone and Rick Stewart (who?) and as for Greensboro, your hosts are Bob Caudle and Johnny Weaver! Read the rest of this entry
Superstars of the Superstation 2/86
NWA Superstars on the Superstation
February 7, 1986
Atlanta, GA
The Omni
(Taped on February 2, 1986)
This was the first big try at a supercard on Turner’s WTBS which would later become known as Clash of the Champions by March of 1988. It started as an opportunity for the fan’s to write in and tell the Crocketts just exactly what they wanted to see; kind of like Taboo Tuesday minus the internet by using the old-fashioned way of actually sitting down and writing letters. The whole pen and paper thing is, yeah, COMPLETELY ridiculous. But that’s how they did things back in the day. Read the rest of this entry
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