World Championship Wrestling 1989
1989
Clash of the Champions V - "Valentine's Day
Massacre"
1989-02-15, CSU (Cleveland State University), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Midnight Express def. The Russian Assassins
- Butch Reed def. Steve Casey
- Lex Luger def. The Blackmailer (Dick Murdoch??)
- Mike Rotundo & Steve Williams def. The Fantastics
- Ricky Steamboat def. Bob Bradley
- Rick Steiner def. Rip Morgan
- Six Man Champs The Road Warriors & Genichiro Tenyru (scheduled to
face Sting, Michael Hayes & Junkyard Dog) ended up facing Rotundo,
Williams & Kevin Sullivan because the Varcity Club had locked Sting
& Friends in the backstage area; the match was a double-DQ because
Sting & Friends rushed the ring and a nine-man brawl began
The Chi-Town Rumble
1989-02-20, UIC Pavillion, Chicago, Illinois
- Michael Hayes def. Russian Assassin I
- Sting def. Butch Reed
- The Midnight Express (Lane & Eaton) def. The New Original Midnight
Express (Randy Rose & Jacko Victory)
- TV championship: Mike Rotundo def. Rick Steiner (ch)
- US championship: Lex Luger def. Barry Windham (ch)
- Tagteam championship: The Road Warriors (ch) def. Steve Williams &
Kevin Sullivan
- NWA championship: Ricky Steamboat def. Ric Flair (ch)
Clash of the Champions VI - "Ragin' Cajun"
1989-04-02, (Same day as WWF
Wrestlemania 5), Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans
- NWA championship: Ricky Steamboat (ch) def. Ric Flair in Falls 2 & 3
in a 3-fall match
- Mike Rotunda & Steve Williams upset the Road warriors to win the
NWA World tag Team titles (biased ref Teddy Long gave the belts away
after Williams pinned Hawk for a FAST TWO-COUNT even though Hawks
shoulders were off the mat!)
- Bob Orton (with Gary Hart) def. Dick Murdoch
- TV championship: Sting (ch) def. Rip Morgan
- US tag championship: Eddie Gilbert & Rick Steiner (ch) def. Dan Spivey
& Kevin Sullivan
- US championship: Lex Luger (ch) def. Jack Victory
- Great Muta def. Steve Casey
- Ranger Ross def. The Iron Sheik (DQ)
- Junkyard Dog def. Butch Reed
- Samoan Swat Team (Samu & Fatu) def. the Midnight Express
Wrestle War 1989: Music City Showdown
1989-05-07, Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- The Great Muta def. Doug Gilbert
- Butch Reed def. Ranger Ross
- Bullrope match: Dick Murdoch def. Cowboy Bob Orton
- The Dynamic Dudes def. The Samoan Swat Team
- US championship: Michael Hayes def. Lex Luger (ch)
- TV championship: Sting (ch) def. The Iron Sheik
- NWA championship: Ric Flair def. Ricky Steamboat (ch)
- Tagteam championship, special referee Nikita Koloff:
The Road Warriors def. Steve Williams & Mike Rotundo (ch) (DQ)
- US tagteam championship: Eddie Gilbert & Rick Steiner (ch) def.
Kevin Sullivan & Dan Spivey
Clash of the Champions VII
1989-06-14, Fort Bragg Gymnasium, Ft Bragg, North Carolina, USA
- NWA tagteam tourney semi-finals:
Michael Hayes & Jim Garvin (surprise mystery replacement for Terry
Gordy) def. Dynamic Dudes (Shane Douglas & Johnny Ace)
- Midnight Express def. Samoan Swat Team
- Final: Hayes & Garvin def. Express when Gordy interfered, to win
the belts
- Ricky Steamboat def. Terry Funk (DQ); Luger rescued Steamboat and then
attacked him with a chair
- Norman The Lunatic (aka Makhan Sigh and Bastion Booger) def. Mike Justice
- Kevin Sullivan & Mike Rotundo def. the Steiner Brothers
- TV championship: Sting (ch) def. Wild Bill Irwin
- Steve Williams (now good) fought Terry Gordy to a double countout
- Ding Dongs def. Cougar Jay & George South
- Ranger Ross def. "The Terrorist" (maybe David Sierra)
The Great American Bash 1989 - "The Glory Days"
1989-07-23, Baltimore Arena, Baltimore, Maryland
- Two ring battle royale:
- Elimination order in ring 1:
- Ranger Ross (By Ron Simmons)
- Ron Simmons (By Mike Rotundo)
- Scott Hall (By Sid Viscious)
- Terry Gordy (By Rotundo & Sullivan)
- Wild Bill Irwin (By Dr. Death)
- Eddie Gilbert (By Dan Spivey)
- Scott Steiner (By Rotundo & Sullivan)
- Dan Spivey (By Mike Rotundo)
- Mike Rotundo (By Dr. Death)
- Dr. Death (By Sid Viscious)
- Kevin Sullivan (By Rick Steiner)
- Rick Steiner (himself, followed Sullivan)
- Flyin' Brian (himself, missed splash attempt on Sid)
Winner: Sid Vicious
- Elimination order in ring 2:
- Ron Simmons (By Ranger Ross)
- Ranger Ross (By Dan Spivey)
- Kevin Sullivan (By Rick & Scott Steiner)
- Rick Steiner (By Scott Hall)
- Scott Steiner (By Scott Hall)
- Eddie Gilbert (By Terry Gordy)
- Terry Gordy (By Eddie Gilbert)
- Scott Hall (By Dan Spivey)
- Wild Bill Irwin (By Dr. Death)
- Flyin' Brian (By Rotundo & Spivey)
- Mike rotundo (By Dr. Death)
- Dr. Death Steve Williams (By Dan Spivey)
Winner: Dan Spivey
- Instead of fighting, Dan Spivey & Sid Vicious split the prize
money.
- Brian Pillman def. Wild Bill Irwin.
- Skyscrapers def. Dynamic Dudes
- Tuxedo Street Fight: Jim Cornette def. Paul E. Dangerously
- Tornado match: Steiner Brothers def. Kevin Sullivan & Mike Rotundo
- TV championship: Sting vs. Great Muta (double pin fall)
- US championship: Lex Luger (ch) def. Ricky Steamboat (DQ)
- War Games: Road Warriors, Midnight
Express & Steve Williams beat Fabulous Freebirds & Samoan Swat
Team
Double steel cage ring. One from
each team begins, next contender let in after five minutes, then each two
minutes. First to give up loses.
| Period one | Bobby Eaton | Jimmy Garvin
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| Period two | | Terry Gordy
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| Period three | Steve Williams |
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| Period four | | Samu
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| Period five | Animal |
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| Period six | | Fatu
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| Period seven | Stan Lane |
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| Period eight | | Michael Hayes
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| Period nine | Hawk |
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- NWA championship: Ric Flair (ch) def. Terry Funk
Clash of the Champions VIII - "Fall Brawl"
1989-09-12, Frank McGuire Arena
- Tagteam championship: The Freebirds (ch) def. The Steiners
- Brian Pillman def. Norman
- US championship: Lex Luger (ch) def. Tommy Rich
- Road Warriors def. Samoan Swat Team
- Tom Zenk def. Cuban Assassin
- Sid Vicious def. Ranger Ross
- Steve Williams def. Mike Rotundo
- Ric Flair & Sting def. Great Muta & Dick Slater (DQ) (Slater
replaced Terry Funk, who showed up anyway and smothered Flair with a
plastic bag)
Halloween Havoc 1989 - "Settling the Score"
1989-10-28, Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Tom Zenk (Z Man) def. Mike Rotundo
- The Samoan Swat Team & The Samoan Savage def. The Midnight Express
& Steve Williams
- Tommy Rich def. The Cuban Assassin
- Tagteam championship: The Fabulous Freebirds (ch) def. The Dynamic Dudes
- Doom def. The Steiners
- US championship: Lex Luger (ch) def. Brian Pillman
- Road Warriors def. Skyscrapers (DQ)
- Thunderdome steel cage match, special referee Bruno Sammartino:
Sting & Ric Flair def. Terry Funk & The Great Muta
Clash of the Champions IX
1989-11-15, RPI Fieldhouse, Troy, New York, USA
- Fabulous Freebirds def. Road warriors (DQ)
- Doom def. Eddie Gilbert & Tommy Rich
- Midnight Express def. Dynamic Dudes
- Steve Williams def. Super Destroyer
- Steiner Brothers (tag champions) vs. Skyscrapers (2xDQ) (non-title)
- US championship: Lex Luger (ch) def. Brian Pillman
- NWA championship, I Quit Match: Ric Flair (ch) def. Terry Funk
Starrcade 1989 - Future Shock
1989-12-13, Omni Arena, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Steiner Brothers def. Doom (CO)
- Lex Luger def. Sting
- Road Warriors def. Doom
- Ric Flair def. Great Muta
- Steiner Brothers def. Road Warriors
- Sting def. Great Muta
- Wild Samoans def. Doom
- Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger (draw)
- Wild Samoans def. Steiner Brothers (DQ)
- Lex Luger def. Great Muta (DQ)
- Road Warriors def. Wild Samoans
- Sting def. Ric Flair
Peter Krefting /
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