Clash of the Champions I -The first of a long series of NWA and later WCW cards held live on the cable station Superstation TBS. Clash I was held on Sunday, March 27, 1988 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina in direct opposition to the WWF’s WrestleMania IV card. The rating in Atlanta was 11.6 and a 26 share of the market, beating out all three of the major networks. Needless to say, the card was a success. Ratings nationally averaged 5.8 with a 12.6 share of the market. Jim Crocket’s promotions and the NWA were flying high. To some, the “real” wrestling the Clash offered overshadowed anything the WWF could have performed. More wrestling fans people saw the action on TBS than saw Randy Savage win the WWF World Title Tournament. -Commentators: Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone. -Sting vs. Ric Flair, NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Time-limit draw, 45- minutes. -Sting had Flair in the Scorpion Deathlock when the final bell sounded. -James J. Dillon was suspended over the ring in a cage. -Special Judges: Promoter Gary Juster, Patty Mullins and Sandy Scott. -Lex Luger and Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard, NWA World Tag Team Champions. Luger and Windham won the bout and captured the title. -Jim Garvin vs. Mike Rotundo. Rotundo won by pinfall. -College “Amateur” Rules Match. -Rick Steiner and Kevin Sullivan participated in the match. -The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) vs. The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane). Express won by disqualification. -Express were managed by Jim Cornette. -The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) and Dusty Rhodes vs. The Powers of Pain (Barbarian and Warlord) and Ivan Koloff. Warriors and Rhodes won. -Barbed-wire match. Clash of the Champions II -“Miami Mayhem” was held on Wednesday, June 8, 1988 at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. The second version of the Clash of the Champions headlined by three title matches. -Dusty Rhodes and Sting vs. Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard, NWA World Tag Team Champions. Rhodes and Sting won by disqualification after Barry Windham interfered on the Horsemen’s behalf. -The Sheepherders (Butch Miller and Luke Williams) vs. The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers), NWA United States Tag Team Champions. Fantastics won to retain. -Brad Armstrong vs. Barry Windham, NWA United States Heavyweight Champion. Windham retained. -Nikita Koloff vs. Al Perez. Koloff won by disqualification after Gary Hart and Larry Zbyszko attacked him. -Perez was managed by Gary Hart. -Jimmy and Ron Garvin vs. Mike Rotundo and Rick Steiner. The Garvins won. -Kevin Sullivan was locked in a cage to prevent interference. Clash of the Champions III -Was held on Wednesday, September 7, 1988 in Albany, GA at the Civic Center. Named “Fall Brawl.” -Sting vs. NWA United States Heavyweight Champion, Barry Windham. Sting won by disqualification. -Brad Armstrong vs. Mike Rotundo, NWA World Television Champion. 20-minute draw. -The Sheepherders (Butch Miller and Luke Williams) vs. Nikita Koloff and Steve Williams. Koloff and Williams won. -Dusty Rhodes vs. Kevin Sullivan. Rhodes won by disqualification. -Ivan Koloff vs. Ricky Morton. Morton won. -Russian Chain Match. Clash of the Champions IV -Held on Wednesday, December 7, 1988 in Chattanooga, TN at the UTC Arena. -The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) vs. Barry Windham, NWA United States Heavyweight Champion and Ric Flair, NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Flair and Windham won. -Match for the Rights to the NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Title. Animal vs. Dusty Rhodes. Animal won by disqualification and the Road Warriors were allowed to pick a third partner to replace Rhodes. -Finals of the United States Tag Team Tournament. Eddie Gilbert and Ron Simmons vs. The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers). The Fantastics won the match and the vacant title. -Italian Stallion vs. Steve Williams. Williams won. -Paul Jones vs. Ivan Koloff. Koloff won. -Ivan Koloff had one arm tied behind his back. Clash of the Champions V -Held on Wednesday, February 15, 1989 in Cleveland, Ohio at the CSU Center. Billed as the “Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre.” -Junkyard Dog, Michael Hayes and Sting vs. The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) and Genichiro Tenryu, NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Champions. Warriors were also the NWA World Tag Team Champions. No Contest. -Kevin Sullivan locked Hayes, Dog and Sting in their dressing room. The Varsity Club took their place until they were released against the champions. -Rip Morgan vs. Rick Steiner, NWA World Television Champion. Steiner won by pinfall. -The Russian Assassins (I and II) vs. The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane). Express won. -Express were managed by Jim Cornette. -Steve Casey vs. Butch Reed. Reed won by pinfall. -Bob Bradley vs. Rick Steamboat. Steamboat won. -The Blackmailer vs. Lex Luger. Luger won. -Mike Rotundo and Steve Williams vs. The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers). Rotundo and Williams won. Clash of the Champions VI -One of the more famous Clash of the Champions. “Rajin’ Cajin” was held on Sunday, April 2, 1989 in New Orleans, LA at the Superdome, the same day WrestleMania V was being staged by the WWF in Atlantic City. In attendance for the show were Lou Thesz, Buddy Rogers, Pat O’Connor, Gene Kiniski and the Funk Brothers, Terry and Dory Jr. -Commentators: Jim Ross and Terry Funk. -Ric Flair vs. Rick Steamboat, NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Steamboat won, 2-1. -Two-of-three-falls match, sixty-minute time-limit. 1. 19:35 to Flair by pinfall. 2. 15:26 to Steamboat by submission. 3. 20:31 to Steamboat by pinfall. -Steamboat was accompanied by his wife, Bonnie and the Little Dragon. -Mike Rotundo and Steve Williams vs. The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk), NWA World Tag Team Champions. Rotundo and Williams captured the title. -Warriors were managed by Paul Ellering. -Referee Teddy Long quick counted the final pinfall. -Rip Morgan vs. Sting, NWA World Television Champion. Sting pinned Morgan. -Jack Victory vs. Lex Luger, NWA United States Heavyweight Champion. Luger won. -Dan Spivey and Kevin Sullivan vs. Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner, NWA United States Tag Team Champions. Gilbert and Steiner won and retained the championship. -The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) vs. The Samoan Swat Team (Fatu and Samu). Fatu pinned Eaton. -The Express were managed by Jim Cornette. -The Samoans were managed by Paul E. Dangerously. -Fatu used Dangerously’s phone to knock Eaton out. -Dick Murdoch vs. Bob Orton Jr. Orton won. -Orton was managed by Gary Hart, who played a part in the final seconds. -Steve Casey vs. The Great Muta. Muta won by pinfall in 8:11. -Junkyard Dog vs. Butch Reed. Dog pinned Reed. -The Iron Sheik vs. Ranger Ross. Ross won by disqualification in 1:56. Clash of the Champions VII -Held on Wednesday, June 14, 1989 at Fort Bragg outside Fayetteville, North Carolina at the Installation Gym. Four teams going into the 2nd round of the vacant NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament were on tap to wrestle on the card to finally earn the straps. Sting was also on the card to defend his TV Title. ROUND TWO: -The Samoan Swat Team (Fatu and Samu) vs. The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane). Express won with some help from the Road Warriors. -Express were managed by Jim Cornette. -The Dynamic Dudes (Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas) vs. The Fabulous Freebirds (Jim Garvin and Michael Hayes). Freebirds advanced. FINAL ROUND: -The Fabulous Freebirds (Jim Garvin and Michael Hayes) vs. The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane). Freebirds won the match and the NWA World Title. -Express were managed by Jim Cornette. -Bill Irwin vs. Sting, NWA World TV Champion. Sting won by pinfall. -Norman the Lunatic vs. Mike Justice. Norman won by pinfall in less than a minute. -The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) vs. Mike Rotundo and Kevin Sullivan. Steiners won. -Cougar Jay and George South vs. The Ding Dongs. The Ding Dongs won. Clash of the Champions VIII -Held on Tuesday, September 12, 1989 in Columbia, SC at the Carolina Coliseum. Known as “Fall Brawl ’89.” -Dick Slater and The Great Muta, NWA World TV Champion vs. Sting and Ric Flair, NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Flair and Sting won by disqualification when Terry Funk interfered. -Slater and Muta were managed by Gary Hart. -The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) vs. The Fabulous Freebirds (Jim Garvin and Michael Hayes), NWA World Tag Team Champions. Freebirds won after Robin Green tripped Scott Steiner into a DDT by Michael Hayes and Steiner was pinned. Freebirds retained. -Tommy Rich vs. Lex Luger, NWA United States Heavyweight Champion. Luger won by pinfall. -Mike Rotundo vs. Steve Williams. Williams won. -Norman the Lunatic vs. Brian Pillman. Pillman won. -Ranger Ross vs. Sid Vicious. Vicious won. -The Cuban Assassin vs. Tom Zenk. Zenk won. -The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) vs. The Samoan Swat Team (Fatu and Samu). Warriors won. Clash of the Champions IX -Held on Wednesday, November 15, 1989 in Troy, NY at the RPI Fieldhouse. Known as “New York Knockout.” -Terry Funk vs. Ric Flair, NWA World Heavyweight Title. Flair won when Funk announced that he quit over the coliseum’s public address system while in the figure-four leglock. -“I Quit” Match. -The Skyscrapers (Dan Spivey and Sid Vicious) vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner), NWA World Tag Team Champions. Steiners won by disqualification. -Skyscrapers were managed by Teddy Long. -Brian Pillman vs. Lex Luger, NWA United States Heavyweight Champion. Luger won by pinfall. -The Fabulous Freebirds (Jim Garvin and Michael Hayes) vs. The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk). Freebirds won by disqualification. -The Dynamic Dudes (Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas) vs. The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane). Express won. -Express were managed by Jim Cornette. -[Masked] Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) vs. Eddie Gilbert and Tommy Rich. Doom won. -Doom was managed by Woman. -Super Destroyer vs. Steve Williams. Williams won by pinfall. Clash of the Champions X -The tenth installment of the Clash was held on Tuesday, February 6, 1990 in Corpus Christi, Texas at the Coliseum. During the early moments of the event, the Horsemen went to the ring. Arn and Ole Anderson, Sting and Ric Flair. An ultimatum was given to Sting. Not only was he kicked out of the group, but if he didn’t give up his NWA World Title shot against Flair at WrestleWar, he was going to face severe punishment. Sting declined to give up the shot and was slapped by the champ. They proceeded to beat him down. Later, during the cage match, Sting injured his left patella and after a Horsemen attack, Sting was out of commission for what would be months. Clash of the Champions X is known as the “Texas Shootout.” -The Andersons (Ole and Arn Anderson, NWA World Television Champion) and Ric Flair, NWA World Heavyweight Champion vs. Dragon Master, The Great Muta and Buzz Sawyer. The Andersons and Flair won. Ole pinned Dragon Master. -Cage Match. -[Masked] Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner), NWA World Tag Team Champions. Steiners won and retained their belts; Doom were unmasked to be Butch Reed and Ron Simmons. -Masks vs. World Tag Titles. -Doom were managed by Woman. -The MOD Squad (Basher and Spike) vs. Brian Pillman and Tom Zenk, NWA United States Tag Team Champions. Pillman and Zenk won. -The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) vs. The New Skyscrapers (Mark Callous and Dan Spivey) The Warriors won by disqualification. -The Skyscrapers were managed by Teddy Long. -Norman the Lunatic vs. Kevin Sullivan. Norman pinned Sullivan in a woman’s bathroom. -Pins-count-anywhere match. -Cactus Jack Manson vs. Mil Mascaras. Mascaras won. -Jack brawled with a drummer from a live band afterwards. -The Samoan Savage vs. Steve Williams. Williams won. Clash of the Champions XI Held on Wednesday, June 13, 1990 in Charleston, SC at McAlister Fieldhouse. Named “Coastal Crush.” -Junkyard Dog vs. Ric Flair, NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Dog won by disqualification after the Horsemen interfered and attacked him. -The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) vs. Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons), NWA World Tag Team Champions. Doom won when Simmons pinned Scott. -Doom was managed by Teddy Long. -Sid Vicious vs. Lex Luger, NWA United States Heavyweight Champion. Luger won by pinfall. -The Rock and Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) vs. The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane), NWA United States Tag Team Champions. Rock and Roll won by disqualification. -Express were managed by Jim Cornette. -Paul Orndorff vs. Arn Anderson, NWA World TV Champion. Orndorff pinned Anderson. -Non-Title Match. -Doug Furnas vs. Barry Windham. Windham won by pinfall. -Mark Callous vs. Brian Pillman. Callous won. -Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Tommy Rich. Rich won by disqualification. -The Fabulous Freebirds (Jim Garvin and Michael Hayes) vs. The Southern Boys (Steve Armstrong and Tracey Smothers). Boys won. Smothers pinned Garvin. -The Samoan Swat Team (Fatu and Samoan Savage) vs. Mike Rotundo and Tom Zenk. Rotundo and Zenk won. Rotundo pinned Fatu. Clash of the Champions XII -Held on Wednesday, September 5, 1990 in Asheville, NC at the Civic Center. Known as “Fall Brawl ’90, Mountain Madness.” -The [Fake] Black Scorpion vs. Sting, NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Sting won by pinfall. -Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger, NWA United States Heavyweight Champion. Luger won by disqualification after he was attacked by Stan Hansen. -Maximum Overdrive (Tim Hunt and Jeff Warner) vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner), NWA United States Tag Team Champions. Steiners won. -Bambi vs. Susan Sexton, LPWA Champion. Sexton won. -Stan Hansen vs. Tom Zenk. Hansen won. -Bill Irwin vs. Tommy Rich. Rich won by pinfall. -The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Saggs) vs. Jackie Fulton and Terry Taylor. The Boys won. -The Fabulous Freebirds (Jim Garvin and Michael Hayes) vs. The Southern Boys (Steve Armstrong and Tracey Smothers). The Southern Boys won. -Brad Armstrong and Tim Horner vs. The Master Blasters (Blade and Steel). The Blasters won. -Buddy Landell vs. Mike Rotundo. Rotundo pinned Landell to win the contest. Clash of the Champions XIII -Held on Tuesday, November 20, 1990 in Jacksonville, FL at the Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum. Known as “Thanksgiving Thunder.” World Champion, Sting was harassed by the Black Scorpion over the public address system. Dick the Bruiser had comments about Starrcade and his position as special referee in it’s main event and legendary promoter, Sam Muchnick asked the fans to join him in St. Louis at the Kiel Auditorium. Paul E. Dangerously hosted a Danger Zone segment with Sting and some mysterious magic. Gordon Solie presented the “Wrestling Wrap Up,” the official publication of WCW and gave the WCW Top Ten in singles and in tag teams. -Commentary: Jim Ross and Paul E. Dangerously. -Butch Reed vs. Ric Flair. Flair won by pinfall in 14:13. -If Flair won, the Horsemen would receive a World Tag Title shot against Doom at Starrcade in December and Teddy Long would have to wear a chauffeur’s outfit and be Flair’s driver. If Reed won, Teddy Long would receive Flair’s Rolls Royce Limo and yacht. A coin toss selected who would wrestle from each team. -Reed was managed and accompanied by Teddy Long and Ron Simmons. -Flair was accompanied by Arn Anderson, who helped him with a steel chair. -Referee: Nick Patrick. -Magnum Force (I and II) vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner), NWA United States Tag Team Champions. The Steiners won and retained their belts by pin in 1:56. -The Nasty Boys attacked the Steiners after the match. -The Fabulous Freebirds (Jim Garvin and Michael Hayes) vs. The Southern Boys (Steve Armstrong and Tracey Smothers). Freebirds won. Hayes pinned Smothers in 4:47. -Originally scheduled to be a six-man tag team match, but the Southern Boys’ partner, El Gigante failed to appear. The Freebirds said that he was at the Jacksonville International Airport going back to Argentina. -The Freebirds’ scheduled third man was Bobby Eaton, who was forced back to the dressing room. -The Freebirds were accompanied by the roadie, Little Richard Marley, who tripped Smothers in the final moments of the match. -Lex Luger vs. The Motor City Madman. Luger pinned the Madman after a clothesline in 2:35. -Luger was followed by Big Cat prior to this match and brawled with him. -The Big Cat vs. Brad Armstrong. Cat won after the referee stopped the match in 4: 29. -Cat had Armstrong in the torture rack backbreaker. -The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Saggs) vs. The Renegade Warriors (Chris and Mark Youngblood). The Boys won by disqualification after the Steiners attacked them in 4:56. -The Nightstalker vs. Sid Vicious. Vicious pinned the Nightstalker. -The Big Cat walked out during the match. Attacked Vicious after the match. -Brian Lee vs. Tom Zenk. Zenk won by pinfall in 3:11. -Buddy Landell vs. Brian Pillman. Pillman won by pinfall after a cross body from top rope in 5:51. -The Star Blazer vs. Michael Wall Street. Wall Street won by pinfall in 4:14. -Wall Street was accompanied by Alexandria York, his Administrative Assistant. -Col. Deklerk and Sgt. Kruger vs. The Botswana Beast and Kalua. Deklerk and Kruger won when Deklerk pinned the Beast in 4:50 and advance to the tournament. -African Tournament Final for the Pat O’Connor Memorial Tournament at Starrcade. Top Ten Singles Wrestlers: Top Ten Tag Team Wrestlers: Sting – World Champion Doom – World Champions 1. Stan Hansen (US Champ) 1. The Steiners (US Tag Champs) 2. Sid Vicious 2. Ric Flair and Arn Anderson 3. Lex Luger 3. The Nasty Boys 4. Ric Flair 4. The Fabulous Freebirds 5. Arn Anderson (TV Champ) 5. Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich 6. Terry Taylor 6. The Southern Boys 7. Brian Pillman 7. The Master Blasters 8. Michael Wall Street 8. Tim Horner and Brad Armstrong 9. Tom Zenk 9. Big Cat and Motor City Madman 10. Bobby Eaton 10. Norman and The Juicer The listing is according to the “Wrestling Wrap Up” and World Championship Wrestling. Early 1991 marked the initiation of World Championship Wrestling on Turner Broadcasting and Pay-per-view. The National Wrestling Alliance remained a separate entity. Clash of the Champions XIV -Held on Wednesday, January 30, 1991 in Gainesville, GA at the Georgia Mountain Center. Known as “Dixie Dynamite.” -Scott Steiner, co-holder of the NWA/WCW United States Tag Team Title vs. Ric Flair, NWA/ WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Time-limit draw, twenty-plus minutes. Flair remained champion. -Scott was accompanied by Rick Steiner. -Sting and Lex Luger, NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Champion vs. Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons), NWA/WCW World Tag Team Champions. Luger and Sting won by disqualification after Dan Spivey attacked Luger. -Doom were managed by Teddy Long. -Bobby Eaton vs. Tom Zenk, NWA/WCW World TV Champion. Zenk won by pinfall to retain. -The Renegade Warriors (Chris and Mark Youngblood) vs. Arn Anderson and Barry Windham. Anderson and Windham won. -Joey Maggs vs. Sid Vicious. Vicious won. -Paul E. Dangerously vs. Missy Hyatt. Hyatt won. -Arm Wrestling Match. -The Fabulous Freebirds (Jim Garvin and Michael Hayes) vs. Allan Iron Eagle and Tommy Rich. Freebirds won. -Ricky Morton vs. Terry Taylor. Taylor won. -After the match, Ms. Alexandria York announced Terry Taylor as the newest member of the York Foundation. Taylor would be known as Terrance Taylor. -El Cubano vs. Ranger Ross. Ross won. -Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker vs. Brian Pillman. Pillman won. Clash of the Champions XV -Took place on Wednesday, June 12, 1991 in Knoxville, TN at the Civic Auditorium. Known as “Knocksville USA.” The amount of talent on this single 1991 WCW card can be looked upon as amazing when looking at the careers of several of the wrestlers later on in life. The Diamond Studd was Scott Hall. Steve Austin, Brian Pillman and Oz, who was portrayed by Kevin Nash, were also participants. WCW was dominating the youth factor in the early 1990s but let most of it slip away. This was not counting the Steiners, talent from Japan, including Keiji Mutoh, and Sting. -Bobby Eaton, WCW World TV Champion vs. Ric Flair, WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Flair retained his strap. 1. Bobby Eaton pinned Ric Flair in 9:45. 2. Flair won by countout in 11:42. 3. Flair pinned Eaton in 14:26. -Two-of-three-falls match. -World Title was the only title on the line. -The Great Muta vs. Lex Luger, WCW United States Heavyweight Champion. Luger pinned Muta. -Winner of the match receives a title shot against Ric Flair at the Great American Bash. -Masa Chono and Hiroshi Hase vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner), IWGP and WCW World Tag Team Champions. Scott pinned Hase to retain. -IWGP World Tag Team Title Match only. -After the match, all four men were attacked by the Hardliners, Dick Murdoch and Dick Slater. -Nikita Koloff vs. Sting. Sting won by pinfall. -Arn Anderson and Barry Windham vs. El Gigante and Brian Pillman. Windham pinned Pillman. -The man who gets pinned must leave WCW. -Pillman would return as the Yellow Dog, a variation of the moniker the man who pinned him used years before in Florida. -Oz (Kevin Nash) vs. Johnny Rich. Oz won by pinfall. -Dustin Rhodes vs. Terrance Taylor. Rhodes won by disqualification. -Taylor was managed by Alexandria York. -Big Josh vs. Dan Spivey. Spivey pinned Josh. -Steve Austin vs. Joey Maggs. Austin pinned Maggs. -The Diamond Studd vs. Tommy Rich. Studd pinned Rich. -Studd was managed by “Diamond” Dallas Page. -The Fabulous Freebirds (Jim Garvin and Michael Hayes) and Badstreet (Brad Armstrong) vs. The Young Pistols (Steve Armstrong and Tracey Smothers) and Tom Zenk. Armstrong pinned Hayes. -The Freebirds were managed by their “roadie,” Sir Oliver Humperdink. Clash of the Champions XVI -“Fall Brawl ’91” was held on Thursday, September 5, 1991 in Augusta, GA at the Richmond County Civic Center. -Johnny B. Badd vs. Sting, WCW United States Heavyweight Champion. Sting won by pinfall. -Final Round of the vacant WCW World Tag Team Tournament. The Enforcers (Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko) vs. Bill Kazmaier and Rick Steiner. Zbyszko pinned Kazmaier to capture the vacant title. -The Enforcers attacked Kazmaier before the match. -Initial WCW World Light Heavyweight Title Semi-Final Tournament Match. Badstreet (Brad Armstrong) vs. Brian Pillman. Pillman advanced after a pin victory. -Initial WCW World Light Heavyweight Title Semi-Final Tournament Match. Mike Graham vs. Richard Morton. Morton pinned Graham to advance. -The Diamond Studd vs. Ron Simmons. Simmons won by pinfall. -The Fabulous Freebirds (Jim Garvin and Michael Hayes) vs. The Patriots (Todd Champion and Firebreaker Chip). Garvin pinned Chip. -Van Hammer vs. Terrance Taylor. Hammer won his WCW debut by pinfall. -Joey Maggs vs. Thomas Rich. Rich pinned Maggs. -“Georgia Brawl” Battle Royal. El Gigante eliminated One Man Gang and Oz simultaneously to win the event. Clash of the Champions XVII -Held on Tuesday, November 19, 1991 at the Savannah Civic Center in Savannah, Georgia. -Commentators: Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone. -Rick Steiner vs. Lex Luger, WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Luger pinned Steiner to retain. -Lex Luger was managed by Harley Race. -Dustin Rhodes and Rick Steamboat, replacing Barry Windham vs. The Enforcers (Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko), WCW World Tag Team Champions. Steamboat pinned Anderson to capture the WCW Tag Belts. -Steamboat replaced Windham after the Enforcers attacked the latter and slammed his arm in a car door. It was stated that Windham’s arm was broken in the attack. -Steamboat went to the ring under a mask. -The Enforcers were managed by Paul E. Dangerously. -Rick Rude vs. Sting, WCW United States Heavyweight Champion. Rude pinned Sting to capture the WCW United States Heavyweight Title. -Rick Rude was managed by Paul E. Dangerously and Madusa. -Sting was attacked earlier by Lex Luger and strechered out. He was taken to a local hospital, only to steal an ambulance and return to defend his title against Rude. -Johnny B. Badd vs. Brian Pillman, WCW World Light Heavyweight Champion. Pillman pinned Badd. -P.N. News vs. Steve Austin, WCW World Television Champion. Austin pinned News to retain his belt. -Steve Austin was managed by Paul E. Dangerously. -Cactus Jack vs. Van Hammer. Jack won. -The Diamond Studd vs. Tom Zenk. Zenk pinned Studd. -Firebreaker Chip vs. Bobby Eaton. Eaton pinned Chip. -Big Josh vs. Thomas Rich. Josh won. -Lumberjack Match. Clash of the Champions XVIII -Held on Tuesday, January 21, 1992 at the Expocentre in Topeka, Kansas. -Steve Austin, WCW World Television Champion and Rick Rude, WCW United States Heavyweight Champion vs. Rick Steamboat and Sting. Sting pinned Austin to win the match. -After the bout, Rude hit Steamboat with two “Rude Awakening” neckbreakers. -Steve Austin and Rick Rude were managed by Paul E. Dangerously. -The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) vs. Big Van Vader and Mr. Hughes. Rick pinned Hughes. -Big Van Vader and Mr. Hughes were managed by Harley Race. -Dustin Rhodes, Ron Simmons and Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton and Larry Zbyszko, Anderson and Eaton were the WCW World Tag Team Champions. Windham pinned Eaton. -Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton and Larry Zbyszko were managed by Paul E. Dangerously. -Cactus Jack vs. Van Hammer. Jack pinned Hammer in a dirt pile outside the Expocentre. -Falls-count-anywhere match. -Abdullah the Butcher attempted to hit Jack with a shovel, but hit Hammer instead, leading to the pin. The Butcher and Jack brawled afterwards. -The Fabulous Freebirds (Jim Garvin and Michael Hayes) vs. Big Josh and Brad Armstrong. Hayes pinned Armstrong. -Dallas Page vs. P.N. News. News won. -Vinnie Vegas vs. Thomas Rich. Vegas won. -Johnny B. Badd vs. Richard Morton. Badd won. -Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Brian Pillman vs. Tracey Smothers and Terrence Taylor. Bagwell pinned Smothers. Clash of the Champions XIX -Held on Tuesday, June 16, 1992 at the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. The first round of the NWA World Tag Team Tournament was staged at Clash 19 and a single match from round two. ROUND ONE: -El Borica and Miguel Perez Jr. vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner), WCW World Tag Team Champions. The Steiners won by forfeit when Borica and Perez failed to show. -Hiroshi Hase and Akira Nogami vs. The Headhunters. Hase and Nogami won to advance. -Jushin Liger and Brian Pillman vs. Chris Benoit and Beef Wellington. Liger and Pillman advanced. -Nikita Koloff and Rick Steamboat vs. The Malenko Brothers (Dean and Joe Malenko). Koloff and Steamboat advanced. -Terry Gordy and Steve Williams vs. Jeff and Larry O’Dea. Gordy and Williams won. -Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton vs. Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham. Rhodes and Windham won. -The Silver Kings vs. The Fabulous Freebirds (Jim Garvin and Michael Hayes). Freebirds won. -Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Tom Zenk vs. Rick Rude and Steve Austin. Austin and Rude advanced when Rude pinned Bagwell. -Steve Austin and Rick Rude were managed by Paul E. Dangerously. ROUND TWO: -Terry Gordy and Steve Williams vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner), WCW World Tag Team Champions. Williams pinned Scott to advance and eliminate the WCW World Tag Title-holders. Clash of the Champions XX -A historic number twenty. Held on Wednesday, September 2, 1992 at the Center Stage Theater in Atlanta, Georgia. Andre the Giant and Bruno Sammartino were among the guests of World Championship Wrestling, and Andre made his final United States appearance before a live audience on TBS. -Cactus Jack vs. Ron Simmons, WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Simmons won and retained. -Nikita Koloff, Sting and the Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) vs. Big Van Vader, Jake Roberts, Super Invader and Rick Rude, WCW United States Heavyweight Champion. Vader, Roberts, Rude and Invader won. -Elimination Match. -Big Van Vader and Super Invader were accompanied by Harley Race. -Rick Steamboat vs. Steve Austin, WCW World Television Champion. Steamboat captured the title. -Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton vs. Dick Slater and Greg Valentine. Anderson and Eaton won. -Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham vs. The Barbarian and Butch Reed. Barbarian and Reed won. Clash of the Champions XXI -Took place on Wednesday, November 18, 1992 in Macon, Georgia at the Coliseum. -Tony Atlas, The Barbarian and Cactus Jack vs. 2 Cold Scorpio and Ron Simmons, WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Scorpio and Simmons won. -Shane Douglas and Rick Steamboat vs. Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham, NWA and WCW World Tag Team Champions. Douglas and Steamboat captured the championships. -King of Cable Semi-Final Match. Sting vs. Rick Rude, WCW United States Heavyweight Champion. Sting won by decision. -WCW U.S. Title was Not on the Line. -Paul E. Dangerously vs. Madusa Micelli. Madusa won. -Johnny B. Badd vs. Scotty Flamingo. Flamingo beat Badd. -Boxing Match. -Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton vs. Kensuke Sasaki and Erik Watts. Sasaki and Watts won. -Brad Armstrong vs. Brian Pillman. Pillman won. Clash of the Champions XXII -Held on Wednesday, January 13, 1993 at the Mecca Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. -Cactus Jack, Sting and Dustin Rhodes, WCW United States Heavyweight Champion vs. Paul Orndorff, Barry Windham and Big Van Vader, WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Jack, Rhodes and Sting won. -Thunderdome Cage Match. -The Hollywood Blonds (Steve Austin and Brian Pillman) vs. Shane Douglas and Rick Steamboat, NWA and WCW World Tag Team Champions. Douglas and Steamboat won by disqualification. -Douglas was hit in the head with one of the belts by Austin and was busted open. -Tony Atlas vs. Vinnie Vegas. Vegas won. -Special Arm-wrestling Match. -Brad Armstrong vs. Chris Benoit. Benoit won. -Johnny B. Badd vs. Cactus Jack. Jack pinned Badd. -Scotty Flamingo vs. 2 Cold Scorpio. Scorpio won. -Johnny Gunn and Tom Zenk vs. The Wrecking Crew. Crew won. Clash of the Champions XXIII -Held on Wednesday, June 16, 1993 at the Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. -Dustin Rhodes, Davey Boy Smith and Sting vs. Rick Rude, Sid Vicious and Big Van Vader, WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Rude, Vader and Vicious won. -Arn Anderson and Ric Flair vs. The Hollywood Blonds (Steve Austin and Brian Pillman), NWA and WCW World Tag Team Champions. Anderson and Flair won in 2-straight falls. 1. Ric Flair pinned Brian Pillman. 2. Steve Austin and Pillman were disqualified. -Two-of-three-falls, Non-Title Match. -Ron Simmons vs. Dick Slater. Simmons won by pinfall. -Marcus Alexander Bagwell vs. Lord Steven Regal. Regal won. -Lord Steven Regal was accompanied by Sir William Dundee. -2 Cold Scorpio vs. Barry Windham. Windham won. Clash of the Champions XXIV -Held on Wednesday, August 18, 1993 in Daytona Beach, Florida at the Ocean Center. -Cactus Jack vs. Big Van Vader, WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Vader won and retained the belt. -The Colossal Kongs (Awesome and King Kong) vs. Sting and Ric Flair, NWA World Heavyweight Champion. Flair and Sting won. -The Horsemen (Arn Anderson and Paul Roma) vs. The Hollywood Blonds (Steve Austin and Lord Steven Regal, substitute for Brian Pillman), NWA and WCW World Tag Team Champions. Anderson and Roma won the titles. -Rick Steamboat vs. Paul Orndorff, WCW World Television Champion. Steamboat captured the title. -The Equalizer and Rick Rude vs. Hawk and Dustin Rhodes. Hawk and Rhodes won. -Johnny B. Badd vs. Maxx Payne. Badd won. -2 Cold Scorpio vs. Bobby Eaton. Scorpio won. Clash of the Champions XXV -Held on Wednesday, November 10, 1993 in St. Petersburg, Florida at the Bayfront Auditorium. -Ric Flair vs. Big Van Vader, WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Flair won by disqualification, but failed to walk away with the title. -Davey Boy Smith and Sting vs. The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Saggs), WCW World Tag Team Champions. Boys retained their belts. -The Nasty Boys were managed by Missy Hyatt. -Hawk vs. Rick Rude, WCW International World Heavyweight Champion. Double Countout. -Paul Orndorff vs. Dustin Rhodes, WCW United States Heavyweight Champion. Rhodes won by pinfall. -Orndorff was accompanied by The Assassin. -Dustin Rhodes was accompanied by Dusty Rhodes. -Johnny B. Badd vs. Lord Steven Regal, WCW World Television Champion. Regal won. -The Equalizer vs. The Shockmaster. Shockmaster won. -Steve Austin vs. Brian Pillman. Austin won. -Steve Austin was managed by Col. Robert Parker. Clash of the Champions XXVI -Held on Thursday, January 27, 1994 in Baton Rouge, LA at the Riverside Centroplex. -Big Van Vader and Rick Rude, WCW International World Heavyweight Champion vs. Sting and Ric Flair, WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Flair and Sting won. -Elimination Match. 1. Ric Flair was counted out. 2. Big Van Vader was counted out. 3. Sting pinned Rick Rude. -Cactus Jack and Maxx Payne vs. The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Saggs), WCW World Tag Team Champions. Jack and Payne won. -Non-Title Match. -Dustin Rhodes vs. Lord Steven Regal, WCW World Television Champion. 15- minute draw. -Col. Robert Parker vs. Brian Pillman. Pillman pinned Parker. -Ice Train vs. Ron Simmons. Simmons pinned Train. -2 Cold Scorpio and Marcus Alexander Bagwell vs. Pretty Wonderful (Paul Orndorff and Paul Roma). Bagwell and Scorpio won. Clash of the Champions XXVII -Held on Thursday, the 23rd of June, 1994 in Charleston, South Carolina at the Charleston Coliseum. -Sting, WCW International World Heavyweight Champion vs. Ric Flair, WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Flair defeated Sting to unify the titles. -WCW International World Title vs. WCW World Heavyweight Title Unification Match. -The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Saggs) vs. Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan, WCW World Tag Team Champions. Jack and Sullivan retained the belts when Jack pinned Knobbs. -Johnny B. Badd vs. Steve Austin, WCW United States Heavyweight Champion. Austin won by reverse decision. -Lord Steven Regal vs. Larry Zbyszko, WCW World Television Champion. Regal regained the belt. -The Guardian Angel vs. Tex Slazenger. Angel won. Clash of the Champions XXVIII -Held on Wednesday, August 24, 1994 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at the Five Seasons Center. Barry Darsow was in the front row yelling at the wrestlers as they made their way to the ring. During the show, a masked man attacked Hulk Hogan with a pipe and took out the World Champion’s knee. He was strechered out as Nick Bockwinkel and Eric Bischoff looked on. Hogan was taken to a hospital. Despite the injury, Hogan made his way to the ring for the main event. A video from The Honky Tonk Man was presented during the show. Commentary: Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan, in neckbrace, with Gene Okerlund. -Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan, WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Flair won by countout; Hogan retained the title. -Hogan was accompanied by Jimmy Hart and Brutus Beefcake. -Flair was accompanied by Sherri Martel. -Special Announcer: Michael Buffer, who initially called Flair the new champion. -TOM: 14:26. -A masked man attacked Hogan after the match and Sting made the save. -The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Saggs) vs. Pretty Wonderful (Paul Orndorff and Paul Roma), WCW World Tag Team Champions. Boys won. Saggs pinned Orndorff in 9:38. -Non-Title Match. -Rick Steamboat vs. Steve Austin, WCW United States Heavyweight Champion. Steamboat won the title. -No Disqualification Match. -TOM: 16:08. -Antonio Inoki vs. Lord Steven Regal, WCW World Television Champion. Inoki won the match with a sleeperhold in 8:40. -Non-Title Match. -Regal attacked Inoki before the bell. -Bunkhouse Buck and Terry Funk vs. The Rhodes’ (Dustin and Dusty). Rhodes’ won by disqualification. -Buck and Funk were managed by Col. Robert Parker and accompanied by Meng. -Arn Anderson ran out and stopped a pin attempt, causing the disqualification. -Meng put a nerve hold on Dusty Rhodes. -Frankie Lancaster attempted to help after he ran out, but was stopped by Meng. -TOM: 7:19. Clash of the Champions XXIX -Held on Wednesday, November 16, 1994 at the Memorial Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida. -Avalanche, The Butcher and Kevin Sullivan vs. Sting, Dave Sullivan and Hulk Hogan, WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Hogan, Sting and Sullivan won the match. -Special Referee: Mr. T. -Stars and Stripes (Marcus Alexander Bagwell and The Patriot) vs. Pretty Wonderful (Paul Orndorff and Paul Roma), WCW World Tag Team Champions. Bagwell and Patriot won the title. -Steve Austin vs. Jim Duggan, WCW United States Heavyweight Champion. Duggan won by DQ. -The Honky Tonk Man vs. Johnny B. Badd, WCW World Television Champion. Badd won by disqualification and remained the champion. -Big Van Vader vs. Dustin Rhodes. Vader won. Clash of the Champions XXX -The thirtieth Clash of the Champions event since March 1988 was held on Wednesday, January 25, 1995 in Las Vegas, Nevada at Caesar’s Palace. -The Butcher and Kevin Sullivan vs. Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan, WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Hogan and Savage won. -Stars and Stripes (Marcus Alexander Bagwell and The Patriot) vs. The Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray), WCW World Tag Team Champions. Heat retained the tag title. -Harlem Heat were managed by Sherri Martel. -Johnny B. Badd vs. Arn Anderson, WCW World Television Champion. Anderson pinned Badd. -Avalanche vs. Sting. Sting won by submission. -Bobby Eaton vs. Alex Wright. Wright won. Clash of the Champions XXXI -Held on Friday, August 4, 1995 at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. -Kamala vs. Hulk Hogan, WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Hogan won by disqualification. -The Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) and Sherri Martel vs. Col. Robert Parker, Bunkhouse Buck, and Dick Slater, WCW World Tag Team Champions. Heat and Martel won. -Kurasawa and Meng vs. Hawk and Sting, WCW United States Heavyweight Champion. Hawk and Sting won the tag team affair. -Paul Orndorff vs. The Renegade, WCW World Television Champion. Renegade won, retained the title. -Arn Anderson and Ric Flair vs. Big Van Vader. Vader won. -2-on-1, Handicap Match. -Dallas Page vs. Alex Wright. Page pinned Wright. -Las Especialistas vs. The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Saggs). Boys won. Clash of the Champions XXXII -Held on Tuesday, January 23, 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada at Caesar’s Palace. The second straight year the January Clash was held in Vegas. -The Giant and Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, WCW World Heavyweight Champion.Flair and Giant won. -The Blue Bloods (Earl Robert Eaton and Lord Steven Regal) vs. Lex Luger and Sting, WCW World Tag Team Champions. Luger and Sting won. -The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Saggs) vs. The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock). Double Countout. -Eddy Guerrero vs. Brian Pillman. Pillman pinned Guerrero. -Dean Malenko vs. Alex Wright. Malenko won. -Konnan vs. Psicosis. Konnan won by submission. Clash of the Champions XXXIII -Held on Thursday, August 15, 1996 at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado. Commentary: Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay and Bobby Heenan. -Ric Flair, WCW United States Heavyweight Champion vs. Hulk Hogan, WCW World Heavyweight Champion. Flair won by disqualification. -Flair was accompanied by Elizabeth and Woman. -Hogan pulled the referee, causing a disqualification. -The Outsiders, Lex Luger and Sting and the Four Horsemen got involved in a wild brawl in the end. -Sting and Lex Luger, WCW World Television Champion vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) vs. The Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray), WCW World Tag Team Champions. Heat won by disqualification. -The Outsiders came out and interfered in the match. -Nick Patrick called for the disqualification while Scott Steiner was going for the winning pin on one of the champions. -Col. Robert Parker had also gone to ringside. -Dean Malenko vs. Rey Misterio Jr., WCW World Cruiserweight Champion. Misterio Jr. won. -Malenko pinned Misterio originally, but Randy Anderson reversed his decision and allowed the match to continue because Misterio had his foot on the rope. Misterio pinned Malenko. -Chris Benoit vs. The Giant. Giant won by pinfall. -Giant was accompanied by Jimmy Hart. -Benoit was accompanied by Elizabeth and Woman. -Eddy Guerrero vs. Dallas Page. Guerrero pinned Page and took the ring. -For the BattleBowl Championship Ring. -Guerrero was attacked by Page after the match -Chavo Guerrero Jr. made the save. -Meng vs. Randy Savage. Meng won by forfeit. -Meng was accompanied by Jimmy Hart. -Savage did not appear due to an injury he suffered on Monday Nitro in Casper, Wyoming. -Jim Duggan vs. V.K. Wall Street. Wall Street won by pinfall. -Konnan vs. Ultimo Dragon. Konnan pinned Dragon. -Dragon was accompanied by manager, Sonny Onoo. -Madusa Micelli vs. Bull Nakano. Madusa pinned Nakano. Clash of the Champions XXXIV -Held on Wednesday, January 22, 1997 at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. -Lex Luger vs. Scott Hall, co-holder of the WCW World Tag Team Title. Luger won by disqualification. -Syxx and Kevin Nash interfered. The Steiners made the save. -Scott Norton vs. Eddy Guerrero, WCW United States Heavyweight Champion. Guerrero pinned Norton. -Dean Malenko vs. Ultimo Dragon, WCW World Cruiserweight Champion. Malenko won by submission and captured the title. -The Amazing French-Canadians (Pierre Oulette and Jacques Rougeau) vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner). Steiners won. Scott pinned Oulette. -Konnan, La Parka and Mr. J.L. vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr., Chris Jericho and Super Calo. Guerrero, Jericho and Calo won. Jericho pinned Mr. J.L. -Mr. J.L. was a replacement for Juventud Guerrera. -La Parka replaced Psicosis. -Joe Gomez and The Renegade vs. The Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray). Heat won. Ray pinned Renegade. -Mike Enos vs. Scotty Riggs. Riggs pinned Enos. -Masa Chono vs. Alex Wright. Chono pinned Wright. -Chris Benoit vs. Kevin Sullivan. Benoit won. -Falls-count-anywhere match. -Benoit was accompanied by Woman, who assisted him in the bout. Clash of the Champions XXXV -The final Clash of the Champions, after nine years as a regular NWA/WCW show, was held from Nashville, TN at the Municipal Auditorium on Thursday, August 21, 1997. -Lex Luger and Dallas Page vs. The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Randy Savage, substitute for Kevin Nash), WCW World Tag Team Champions. Hall and Savage retained the belts. Hall pinned Luger. -Steve McMichael vs. Jeff Jarrett, WCW United States Heavyweight Champion. McMichael pinned Jarrett to capture the title. -Alex Wright vs. Ultimo Dragon, WCW World Television Champion. Wright pinned Dragon for the belt. -Eddy Guerrero vs. Chris Jericho, WCW World Cruiserweight Champion. Jericho remained the titleholder with a pinfall victory. -Konnan and Syxx vs. Ric Flair and Curt Hennig. Flair and Hennig won. -Hector Garza, Juventud Guerrera, Lizmark Jr. and Super Calo vs. Los Villanos IV and V, Psicosis and Silver King. Villanos IV and V, King and Psicosis won. -Raven vs. Stevie Richards. Raven won. -No Disqualification Match. Research by Tim Hornbaker |
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