ClashofChampions

CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS 1988-1992

Clash of the Champions #1- March 27, 1988: NWA Television Champion Mike Rotunda pinned Jimmy Garvin in an "amateur" match. NWA United States tag team Champions The Midnight Express defeated The Fantastics (10:15) by disqualification. The Road Warriors & Dusty Rhodes defeated The Powers of Pain & Ivan Koloff (3:39) in a "barbed wire" match. Lex Luger & Barry Windham defeated NWA World tag team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (9:35) to win the tag team titles. NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought Sting (45:00) to a draw.

Clash of the Champions #2: "Miami Mayhem" - June 8, 1988: NWA United States Champion Barry Windham pinned Brad Armstrong (13:35). NWA United States tag team Champions The Fantastics defeated The Sheepherders (19:29). Jimmy & Ronnie Garvin defeated Rick Steiner & Mike Rotunda (13:11). Nikita Koloff defeated Al Perez (11:51) by disqualification. NWA World tag team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard fought Sting & Dusty Rhodes to a double disqualification (10:58).

Clash of the Champions #3: "Fall Brawl" - September 7, 1988: NWA Television Champion Mike Rotunda fought Brad Armstrong (20:00) to a draw. Nikita Koloff & Steve Williams defeated The Sheepherders (17:07). Dusty Rhodes defeated Kevin Sullivan (6:59). Ricky Morton defeated Ivan Koloff (9:52) in a "Russian chain" match. Sting defeated NWA United States Champion Barry Windham (21:14) by disqualification.

Clash of the Champions #4: "Season's Beatings" - December 7, 1988: The Fantastics defeated Eddie Gilbert & Ron Simmons (27:04) to win the vacant NWA U.S. tag team titles. Steve Williams pinned The Italian Stallion (15:17). Ivan Koloff pinned Paul Jones (8:21). Road Warrior Animal defeated Dusty Rhodes (2:54) by disqualification. NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Barry Windham defeated The Midnight Express (17:41).

Clash of the Champions #5: "St Valentine's Day Massacre" - February 15, 1989: The Midnight Express defeated The Russian Assassins (13:14). Butch Reed pinned Steven Casey (17:36). Lex Luger pinned The Blackmailer (12:53). NWA United States tag team Champions Mike Rotunda & Steve Williams defeated The Fantastics (13:25). Ricky Steamboat pinned Bob Bradley (6:23). Rick Steiner pinned Rip Morgan (4:40). NWA 6-man tag team Champions The Road Warriors & Genichiro Tenryu fought Mike Rotunda, Kevin Sullivan & Steve Williams (5:53) to a double disqualification.

Clash of the Champions #6: "Ragin' Cajun" - April 2, 1989: The Samoan Swat Team defeated The Midnight Express (20:32). The Great Muta pinned Steven Casey (8:11). Junkyard Dog pinned Butch Reed (9:56). Bob Orton pinned Dick Murdoch (0:33). Mike Rotunda & Steve Williams defeated NWA World tag team Champions The Road Warriors (11:40) to win the titles. Ranger Ross defeated Iron Sheik (1:56) by disqualification. NWA United States tag team Champions Eddie Gilbert & Rick Steiner defeated Danny Spivey & Kevin Sullivan (3:51). NWA World Champion Ricky Steamboat defeated Ric Flair (55:32) in a 2/3 Falls match.

Clash of the Champions #7: "Guts and Glory" - June 14, 1989: The Freebirds defeated The Dynamic Dudes (7:14). Ranger Ross defeated The Terrorist (1:25). The Ding-Dongs defeated Cougar Jay & George South (3:00). The Midnight Express defeated The Samoan Swat Team (6:00). Terry Gordy fought Steve Williams (6:26) to a double disqualification. Norman the Lunatic pinned Mike Justice (0:47). Mike Rotunda & Kevin Sullivan defeated The Steiner Brothers (8:36). NWA Television Champion Sting defeated Bill Irwin (3:14). The Freebirds defeated The Midnight Express (10:03) to win the vacant NWA tag team titles. Ricky Steamboat defeated Terry Funk (14:00) by disqualification.

Clash of the Champions #8: "Fall Brawl" - September 12, 1989: The Road Warriors defeated The Samoan Swat Team (6:46). Tom Zenk defeated The Cuban Assassin (3:36). Sid Vicious pinned Ranger Ross (1:08). NWA World tag team Champions The Freebirds defeated The Steiner Brothers (10:27). Brian Pillman pinned Norman the Lunatic (3:38). Steve Williams pinned Mike Rotunda (7:04). NWA United States Champion Lex Luger pinned Tommy Rich (10:36). Sting & Ric Flair defeated Dick Slater & The Great Muta (19:16) by disqualification.

Clash of the Champions #9: "New York Knockout" - November 15, 1989: The Freebirds defeated The Road Warriors (5:18) by disqualification. Doom defeated Eddie Gilbert & Tommy Rich (5:15). The Midnight Express defeated Dynamic Dudes (9:22). Steve Williams pinned The Super Destroyer (1:41). The Steiner Brothers defeated The Skyscrapers (6:08) by disqualification. NWA United States Champion Lex Luger pinned Brian Pillman (12:38). NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Terry Funk (18:33) in an "I quit" match.

Clash of the Champions #10: "Texas Shootout" - February 6, 1990: Steve Williams pinned Samoan Savage (7:55). Brian Pillman & Tom Zenk defeated The MOD Squad (9:53). Mil Mascaras pinned Cactus Jack (5:00). Norman pinned Kevin Sullivan (7:26) in a "falls count anywhere" match. The Skyscrapers defeated The Road Warriors (7:26) by disqualification. NWA World tag team Champions The Steiner Brothers defeated Doom (13:04). Ric Flair, Ole & Arn Anderson defeated The Dragon Master, Buzz Sawyer & The Great Muta (6:10) in a "steel cage" match.

Clash of the Champions #11: "Coastal Crush" - June 13, 1990: The Wild Eyed Southern Boys defeated The Freebirds (7:29). Tommy Rich defeated Bam Bam Bigelow (3:46) by disqualification. Tom Zenk & Mike Rotunda defeated Fatu & Samoan Savage (5:25). Mark Callous pinned Brian Pillman (5:40). The Rock �n� Roll Express defeated NWA United States tag team Champions The Midnight Express (12:08) by disqualification. Barry Windham pinned Doug Furnas (5:40). Lex Luger pinned Sid Vicious (0:26). NWA World tag team Champions Doom defeated The Steiner Brothers (11:19). Paul Orndorff pinned Arn Anderson (11:39). Junkyard Dog defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair (6:37) by disqualification.

Clash of the Champions #12: "Fall Brawl/Mountain Madness" - September 5, 1990: The Wild Eyed Southern Boys defeated The Freebirds (8:34). Mike Rotunda pinned Buddy Landell (5:39). The Master Blasters defeated The Lightning Express (4:52). The Nasty Boys defeated Jackie Fulton & Terry Taylor (7:11). Tommy Rich pinned Bill Irwin (3:59). LPWA Champion Susan Sexton pinned Bambi (4:11). The Steiner Brothers defeated Tim Hunt & Jeff Warner (6:23). Stan Hansen pinned Tom Zenk (3:19). NWA United States Champion Lex Luger defeated Ric Flair (15:28) by disqualification. NWA World Champion Sting pinned The Black Scorpion (8:13).

Clash of the Champions #13: "Thanksgiving Thunder" - November 20, 19900: The Freebirds defeated The Wild Eyed Southern Boys (4:50). Brian Pillman pinned Buddy Landell (5:52). Big Cat defeated Brad Armstrong (4:31) via submission. Tom Zenk pinned Brian Lee (3:10). Michael Wallstreet pinned The Starblazer (4:15). Sgt. Krueger & Col. DeKlerk defeated The Beast & Kaluha (4:48). Lex Luger pinned The Motor City Madman (2:34). The Renegades defeated The Nasty Boys (4:49) by disqualification. Sid Vicious pinned The Nightstalker (3:30). NWA United States tag team Champions The Steiner Brothers defeated Magnum Force (1:57). Ric Flair pinned Butch Reed (14:13).

Clash of the Champions #14: "Dixie Dynamite" - January 30, 1991: Sting & Lex Luger defeated WCW World tag team Champions Doom (10:33) by disqualification. WCW Television Champion Tom Zenk pinned Bobby Eaton (7:08). The Freebirds defeated Tommy Rich & Allen Iron Eagle (5:53). Sid Vicious pinned Joey Maggs (1:11). Terry Taylor pinned Ricky Morton (11:53). Ranger Ross pinned El Cubano (3:05). Arn Anderson & Barry Windham defeated The Renegades (7:30). Brian Pillman pinned Buddy Lee Parker (3:17). Missy Hyatt defeated Paul E. Dangerously in an "arm wrestling" match. WCW World Champion Ric Flair fought Scott Steiner (24:25) to a draw.

Clash of the Champions #15: "Knoxville USA" - June 14, 1991: Tracey Smothers, Steve Armstrong & Tom Zenk defeated The Freebirds (4:49) Oz pinned Johnny Rich (1:29). Dan Spivey pinned Big Josh (2:49). Dustin Rhodes defeated Terrance Taylor (4:27) by disqualification. Sting pinned Nikita Koloff (9:33). Barry Windham & Arn Anderson defeated Brian Pillman & El Gigante (3:08) in a "loser leaves town" match. IWGP tag team Champions The Steiner Brothers defeated Masahiro Chono & Hiro Hase (8:14). The Diamond Stud pinned Tommy Rich (1:59). Steve Austin pinned Joey Maggs (0:25). WCW United States Champion Lex Luger pinned The Great Muta (3:43). WCW World Champion Ric Flair defeated WCW Television Champion Bobby Eaton (14:26) in a 2/3 Falls match.

Clash of the Champions #16: "Fall Brawl" - September 5, 1991: El Gigante won a "battle royal" (9:33). Brian Pillman pinned Badstreet (6:52). WCW United States Champion Sting pinned Johnny B Badd (6:11). Ricky Morton pinned Mike Graham (7:40). The Freebirds defeated The WCW Patriots (5:42). Ron Simmons pinned The Diamond Stud (2:25). Van Hammer pinned Terrance Taylor (1:07). WCW Television Champion Steve Austin pinned Tom Zenk (9:07). The Enforcers defeated Rick Steiner & Bill Kazmier (3:33) to win the vacant titles.

Clash of the Champions #17 - November 19, 1991: Big Josh pinned Thomas Rich (6:03) in a "lumberjack" match. Bobby Eaton pinned Firebreaker Chip (4:52). Tom Zenk pinned The Diamond Stud (1:24). WCW Television Champion Steve Austin pinned PN News (4:21). Cactus Jack pinned Van Hammer (4:03). Dustin Rhodes and Ricky Steamboat defeated WCW World tag team Champions The Enforcers (14:48) to win the titles. WCW Light heavyweight Champion Brian Pillman pinned Johnny B Badd (4:19). Rick Rude pinned WCW United States Champion Sting (4:50) to win the title. WCW World Champion Lex Luger pinned Rick Steiner (11:30).

Clash of the Champions #18 - January 21, 1992: The Steiner Brothers defeated Big Van Vader & Mr. Hughes (9:02). Marcus Bagwell & Brian Pillman defeated Terry Taylor & Tracey Smothers (7:49). Johnny B Badd pinned Richard Morton (3:20). PN News pinned Diamond Dallas Page (3:25). Cactus Jack pinned Van Hammer (10:08) in a "falls count anywhere" match. The Freebirds defeated Brad Armstrong & Big Josh (3:03). Vinnie Vegas pinned Thomas Rich (0:56). Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham & Ron Simmons defeated Arn Anderson, Larry Zbysko & Bobby Eaton (9:28). Sting & Ricky Steamboat defeated Steve Austin & Rick Rude (11:21).

Clash of the Champions #20: "20th Anniversary" - September 2, 1992: Ricky Steamboat pinned WCW Television Champion Steve Austin (10:43) to win the title. Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton defeated Dick Slater & Greg Valentine (5:42). WCW World Champion Ron Simmons pinned Cactus Jack (8:51). The Barbarian & Butch Reed defeated Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes (8:13). Rick Rude, Jake Roberts, Super Invader & Big Van Vader defeated Sting, Nikita Koloff & The Steiner Brothers (15:57) in an "elimination" match.

Clash of the Champions #21 - November 18, 1992: Brian Pillman pinned Brad Armstrong (0:25). Scotty Flamingo defeated Johnny B Badd via knock out (1:01 - 2nd round) in a "boxing" match. Erik Watts & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton (6:06). Ron Simmons & 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Tony Atlas, The Barbarian & Cactus Jack (5:52) in a "handicap" match. Madusa fought Paul E Dangerously (5:00) to a draw. Sting fought Rick Rude (20:00) to a draw. Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas defeated WCW/NWA World tag team Champions Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes (15:52) to win the titles.

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