|Date: May 7, 1989|Venue: Nashville Municipal Stadium |City: Nashville, Tennessee|Attendance: 5,200 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show kicks off with catchy titles, showing everyone expected to wrestle tonight. It’s cheesy as hell. Jim Ross welcomes us to Nashville, he’s joined on commentary by Bob Caudle. The Oakridge Boys since the national anthem. Doug Gilbert vs. The Great Muta Background: There’s no background to this match as … Continue reading Wrestlewar ’89
|Date: February 20, 1989|Venue: UIC Pavilion |City: Chicago, Illinois|Attendance: 8,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Jim Ross and Magnum TA welcomes us to the event, they run through the card for tonight before linking to a montage of some of the wrestlers on the show tonight. Bob Caudle is backstage with Michael Hayes who is amped up. He also hypes the card. Michael Hayes vs. Russian Assassin … Continue reading Chi-Town Rumble 89
Welcome to my third ever Super Card. Like my previous Super Card posts, I am going to analyse the four PPV’s held by WWF and WCW in 1987 and put together a Super Card based on the matches booked that year. I say four, technically it’s a six show year as there were three Great American Bash events. My only rule is that I cannot … Continue reading 1987 Super Card
|Date: December 26, 1988|Venue: Norfolk Scope |City: Norfolk, Virginia|Attendance: 10,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show kicks off with a video package hyping up the matches between Ric Flair & Lex Luger, Barry Windham & Bam Bam Bigelow and The Road Warriors vs. Dusty Rhodes & Sting. Tony Schiavone welcomes us to the showm he’s the host along with Magnum TA. They throw to Jim Ross … Continue reading Starrcade ’88
Welcome to my second ever Super Card. Like my previous Super Card post, I am going to analyse the four PPV’s held by WWF and WCW in 1986 and put together a Super Card based on the matches booked that year. I say four, technically it’s a five show year as there were two Great American Bash events. My only rule is that I cannot … Continue reading 1986 Super Card
|Date: July 10, 1988|Venue: Baltimore Arena |City: Baltimore, Maryland|Attendance: 14,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show kicks off with a cheesy montage which displays most of the tonights matches. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (c) vs. Sting & Nikita Koloff – NWA Tag Team Championship match Previous PPV matches: This is a first time match between these two teams. The Great American Bash PPV Record: Sting … Continue reading The Great American Bash 1988
Welcome to my first ever Super Card. What I’m going to do here is analyse the four PPV’s held by WWF and WCW in 1985 and put together a Super Card based on the matches booked that year. My only rule is that I cannot select a wrestler twice. Sounds easy enough? The four PPV’s I am wading through are Wrestlemania (the original), WCW Great … Continue reading 1985 Super Card
|Date: January 24, 1988|Venue: Nassau Coliseum |City: Uniondale, New York|Attendance: 6,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Bob Caudle and Jim Ross welcomes us to the the finals of the Bunkhouse Stampede. Nikita Koloff (c) vs. Bobby Eaton – World Television Championship match Background: For weeks Jim Cornette has had his sights set on the Television Championship held by Nikita Koloff. He’s actually been hyping up Stan Lane … Continue reading Bunkhouse Stampede 1988
|Date: November 26, 1987|Venue: UIC Pavilion |City: Chicago, Illinois|Attendance: 8,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross welcome us to Starrcade 87 and they are excited about 5 title matches tonight. Michael Hayes, Jimmy Garvin & Sting vs. Eddie Gilbert, Rick Steiner & Larry Zbyszko Background: There isn’t really much background to this feud but in UWF Michael Hayes and Eddie Gilbert have a … Continue reading Starrcade ’87
|Date: July 18, 1987|Venue: Memorial Stadium |City: Charlotte, North Carolina |tweet me: @BastionBlogger Jimmy Valiant, Lazer Tron & Kendall Windham vs. Sean Royal, Gladiator #1 & Gladiator #2 Previous PPV matches: This is a first time 6 man tag team match between these men. Great American Bash PPV Record: Jimmy Valiant is 3-1, Lazer Tron is 1-0, Kendall Windham is 1-0, Gladiator #1 is 0-1 … Continue reading The Great American Bash 1987 – Charlotte
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