WrestleWar

For the video game, see Wrestle War (video game).

WrestleWar was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event promoted by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It was held in the month of May in 1989 and 1992 and the month of February in 1990 and 1991. The first two events were promoted under the National Wrestling Alliance banner.

1989

Main article: WrestleWar (1989)

1990

WrestleWar 1990
VHS cover featuring Ric Flair and Lex Luger
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance
Date	February 25, 1990
City	Greensboro, North Carolina
Venue	Greensboro Coliseum
Attendance	9,894
Tagline(s)	Wild Thing
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous Starrcade 1989 Next → Capital Combat

WrestleWar 1990: Wild Thing took place on February 25, 1990 from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Kevin Sullivan and Buzz Sawyer defeated The Dynamic Dudes (Shane Douglas and Johnny Ace) (10:15)
  • Sawyer pinned Ace.
• Norman the Lunatic defeated Cactus Jack (with Kevin Sullivan) (9:33)
  • Norman pinned Jack.
• The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) defeated The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) (with Jim Cornette) (19:31)
  • Gibson pinned Lane.
• The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) (with Paul Ellering) defeated The Skyscrapers (Mark Callous and The Masked Skyscraper) (with Teddy Long) in a Chicago Street Fight (4:59)
  • Hawk pinned the Masked Skyscraper.
  • Masked Skycraper was a last-minute replacement for Dan Spivey.
• Brian Pillman and Tom Zenk defeated The Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) to retain the NWA United States Tag Team Championship (24:32)
  • Pillman pinned Garvin.
• The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated Arn Anderson and Ole Anderson to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship (16:05)
  • Rick pinned Ole.
• Ric Flair (with Woman) defeated Lex Luger (with Sting) by count-out to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (38:08)
  • Luger was counted-out when he left the ring to rescue an injured Sting from being attacked by Ole Anderson.
  • Luger replaced Sting, who was scheduled to face Flair, but was injured at the Clash of the Champions a couple weeks before.
  • Before Luger was chosen to replace Sting, he was scheduled to defend the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship against Dr. Death Steve Williams.

1991

WrestleWar 1991
Poster featuring Arn Anderson, Sid Vicious and Barry Windham.
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	February 24, 1991
City	Phoenix, Arizona
Venue	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Attendance	6,800
Tagline(s)	We Want You!
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous Starrcade 1990 Next → WCW/New Japan Supershow I

WrestleWar 1991: WarGames took place on February 24, 1991 from the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, Arizona. This was the first PPV after WCW left the NWA.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Dark match: Ultraman and Eddie Guerrero defeated Huichol and Rudy Boy Gonzalez (7:39)
  • Guerrero pinned Rudy.
• Junkyard Dog, Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich defeated The State Patrol (Lt. James Earl Wright and Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker) and Big Cat to retain the WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (9:54)
  • Morton pinned Parker.
• Bobby Eaton defeated Brad Armstrong (12:51)
  • Eaton pinned Armstrong after an Alabama Jam.
• Itsuki Yamazaki and Mami Kitamura defeated Miki Handa and Miss A (6:47)
  • Yamazaki pinned A with a roll-up.
• Dustin Rhodes defeated Buddy Landel (6:33)
  • Rhodes pinned Landell after a Bulldog.
• The Young Pistols (Tracy Smothers and Steve Armstrong) defeated The Royal Family (Rip Morgan and Jack Victory) (12:05)
  • Smothers pinned Morgan.
• Terrence Taylor (with Alexandra York) defeated Tom Zenk in a No Disqualification match (10:59)
  • Taylor pinned Zenk with a roll-up.
• Stan Hansen fought Big Van Vader to a double disqualification (6:21)
  • Both men were disqualified after they threw referee Pee-Wee Anderson out of the ring.
• Lex Luger defeated Dan Spivey to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (12:52)
  • Luger pinned Spivey with an inside cradle.
  • After the match, Nikita Koloff attacked Luger while presenting him with the new US Title belt.
• The Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) (with Diamond Dallas Page and Big Daddy Dink) defeated Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) (with Teddy Long) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship (6:56)
  • Garvin pinned Simmons.
  • After the match, Long and Reed turned on Simmons.
• The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Sid Vicious) and Larry Zbyszko (with Arn Anderson) defeated Sting, Brian Pillman, and The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) in a WarGames match (21:50)
  • The Four Horsemen won when Pillman was knocked unconscious from a botched powerbomb by Vicious, prompting El Gigante to run-in and surrender the match on Pillman's behalf.
  • Zbyszko was a replacement for the injured Anderson.

1992

WrestleWar 1992
VHS cover featuring Sting's Squadron and The Dangerous Alliance
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	May 17, 1992
City	Jacksonville, Florida
Venue	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
Attendance	6,000
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous SuperBrawl II Next → Beach Blast 1992

WrestleWar 1992: WarGames took place on May 17, 1992 from the Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Dark Match:Diamond Dallas Page and Thomas Rich defeated Bob Cook and Firebreaker Chip (8:05)
  • Page pinned Cook.
• The Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) defeated Terry Taylor and Greg Valentine to win the WCW United States Tag Team Championship (16:02)
  • Garvin pinned Taylor.
• Johnny B. Badd defeated Tracy Smothers (7:03)
  • Badd pinned Smothers.
• Scotty Flamingo defeated Marcus Bagwell (7:11)
  • Flamingo pinned Bagwell.
• Ron Simmons defeated Mr. Hughes (5:22)
  • Simmons pinned Hughes.
  • This was scheduled to be Simmons and The Junkyard Dog vs. Hughes and Cactus Jack, but Jack attacked JYD before the match.
• The Super Invader (with Harley Race) defeated Todd Champion (5:26)
  • Invader pinned Champion.
• Big Josh defeated Richard Morton (7:33)
  • Josh pinned Morton.
• Brian Pillman defeated Tom Zenk to retain the WCW Light Heavyweight Championship (15:30)
  • Pillman pinned Zenk.
• The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated Tatsumi Fujinami and Takayuki Iizuka to become number one contenders for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
  • Rick pinned Iizuka.
  • The Steiners' WCW World Tag Team Championship was not on the line, making it a non-title match.
• Sting's Squadron (Sting, Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat and Nikita Koloff) defeated The Dangerous Alliance (Steve Austin, Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton and Larry Zbyszko) (with Paul E. Dangerously and Madusa) in a WarGames match (23:27)
  • Sting forced Eaton to submit with an armbar, after Zbyszko accidentally hit Eaton in the shoulder with a metal piece of the turnbuckle. This was the eighth and final match in the history of Jim Crockett Promotions/World Championship Wrestling ever to be given a five star rating by Wrestling Observer Newsletter editor Dave Meltzer.

See also

• List of NWA pay-per-view events
• List of WCW pay-per-view events
• World Championship Wrestling

References

• TWA WCW Section
• Results at prowrestlinghistory.com