The Great American Bash 1986 – Greensboro

|Date: July 26, 1986|Venue: Greensboro Coliseum |City: Greensboro, North Carolina |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Italian Stallion & Denny Brown vs. The Barbarian & Black Bart Previous PPV matches: This is a first time tag team match between these two thrown together teams. The Great American Bash PPV Record: Denny Brown drew his previous GAB match, Barbarian and Black Bart lost their previous matches. Italian Stallion … Continue reading The Great American Bash 1986 – Greensboro

The Great American Bash 1986 – Charlotte

|Date: July 5, 1986|Venue: Memorial Stadium |City: Charlotte, North Carolina |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show kicks off with skydivers jumping out of planes. It’s an unusual way to kick off a pay per view. It goes on way too long. The national anthem follows. Denny Brown (c) vs. Steve Regal – Junior Heavyweight Championship match Background: Steve Regal is not the Steven Regal we all … Continue reading The Great American Bash 1986 – Charlotte

The Great American Bash 1985

|Date: July 6, 1985|Venue: American Legion Memorial Stadium |City: Charlotte, North Carolina|Attendance: 27,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger It’s worth noting that all I have of this show is a highlights video. I can’t find the full version of this show anywhere! A video package kicks us off with a montage of the superstars arriving. Gordon Solie introduces us to the show, he’s in a studio and … Continue reading The Great American Bash 1985

The Bash 2009

|Date: June 28, 2009 |Venue: ARCO Arena |City: Sacramento, California |Attendance: 11,946 |Buys: 178,000 |Brands: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Bash is the revamped PPV previously known as The Great American Bash. This years edition has a big card, headlined by a WWE Championship defence by Randy Orton. Orton won the belt in a fatal four way after injuring Batista with help from his pals Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase. Orton … Continue reading The Bash 2009

The Great American Bash 2008

|Date: July 20, 2008 |Venue: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum |City: Uniondale, New York |Attendance: 12,454 |Buys: 273,000 |Brands: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger As the new brands start to settle, new feuds take shape leading to  stacked card for tonight Great American Bash. Triple H retained the WWE Championship, taking the title to Smackdown but was instantly given his first title defence, Smackdown General Manager’s finace Edge. Edge would get married … Continue reading The Great American Bash 2008

The Great American Bash 2007

|Date: July 22, 2007 |Venue: HP Pavilion |City: San Jose, California |Attendance: 13,034 |Buys: 230,000 |Brands: Raw, Smackdown & ECW |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Great American Bash returns for 2007 and the buyrate is the worst in this events history. John Cena will be defending the WWE Championship in the main event and it is against the winner of a beat the clock challenge that pitted the likes of Mr Kennedy, Randy Orton, King … Continue reading The Great American Bash 2007

The Great American Bash 2006

|Date: July 23, 2006 |Venue: Conseco Fieldhouse |City: Indianapolis, Indiana |Attendance: 9,750 |Buys: 232,000 |Brand: Smackdown |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Great American Bash is back again and once again it is a Smackdown branded PPV. The World Heavyweight Championship is set to be defended in the main event when Rey Mysterio defends the title he won at Wrestlemania against King Booker. Booker T earned his opportunity by winning a 20 man battle royal, last … Continue reading The Great American Bash 2006

The Great American Bash 2005

| Date: July 24, 2005 | Venue: HSBC Arena | City: Buffalo, New York | Attendance: 8, 000  | Buys: 280, 000   | tweet me: @BastionBlogger The Great American Bash returns for a second year and John “Bradshaw” Layfield will be hoping to replicate what he did in 2004 and win a world title. This time he vies for the World Heavyweight Championship held by Smackdown’s newest draft pick, Batista. Layfield thought … Continue reading The Great American Bash 2005

The Great American Bash 2004

| Date: June 27, 2004 | Venue: Norfolk Scope | City: Norfolk, Virginia | Attendance: 6, 500 | Buys: 238, 000 Join Our Party. Or don’t. Because this show looks pretty terrible on paper. The main event is a re-match from Judgment Day 6 weeks ago with John “Bradshaw” Layfield getting a second shot at the WWE Championship held by Eddie Guerrero. Layfield won the first contest by disqualification so he was … Continue reading The Great American Bash 2004