|Date: May 19, 1990|Venue: D.C. Armory |City: Washington D.C.|Attendance: 7,500 |Buys: 160,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger After a short video it’s Tony Schiavone that welcomes us to the show. He’s the host and he runs down the title matches before introducing a marching band. Tony then throws to commentators Jim Ross and Bob Caudle. The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk) & Norman vs. Kevin Sullivan, Cactus … Continue reading Capital Combat 1990
|Date: February 25, 1990|Venue: Greensboro, Coliseum |City: Greensboro, North Carolina|Attendance: 7,894 |Buys: 175,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show kicks off with an awful hip hop video. It’s very early 90’s. Jim Ross welcomes us to North Carolina. He’s joined by Terry Funk. Ross tells us that Dan Spivey is injured and won’t wrestle in the Chicago Street Fight tonight. Backstage to Gordon Solie who is … Continue reading Wrestlewar 90
|Date: December 13, 1989|Venue: The Omni |City: Atlanta, Georgia|Attendance: 10,000 |Buys: 130,000 |tweet me: @bastionblogger This show is entirely based around two Iron Survivor tournaments. There is a singles Iron Man and a tag team Iron Team tournament whereby everyone will face each other and if there is a winner by pinfall or submission then they will get 20 points, a win by count out … Continue reading Starrcade 89
|Date: October 28, 1989|Venue: Philadelphia Civic Centre |City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Attendance: 7,300 |PPV Buys: 175,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger There’s a small graphical piece to kick things off. Jim Ross welcomes us to the show, he’s joined by Bob Caudle and they throw to Gordon Solie and then Chris Cruise, both of which will be doing interviews tonight. Z-Man vs. Mike Rotunda Previous PPV matches: This is … Continue reading Halloween Havoc 89
|Date: July 23, 1989|Venue: Baltimore Arena |City: Baltimore, Maryland|Attendance: 14,500 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show opens with a cheesy 80’s video package before Jim Ross and Bob Caudle welcome us to the show. Kevin Sullivan vs. Mike Rotunda vs. Bill Irwin vs. Ron Simmons vs. Brian Pillman vs. Scott Hall vs. Ranger Ross vs. Sid Vicious vs. Rick Steiner vs. Dr Death Steve Williams vs. … Continue reading The Great American Bash 1989
|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
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