NWA Clash of the Champions #1 - Sunday, March 27th, 1988
- This is the first ever Clash of the Champions!
- Video package, with a bunch of questions.
- Can Sting win the World Heavyweight Title from Ric Flair?
- Can the Road Warriors and Dusty Rhodes get their revenge against The Powers of Pain and Ivan Koloff?
- Can the NWA new breed of wrestlers have the taste of victory?
- Yes, those are the exact questions from the video package.
- We are LIVE from Greensboro, North Carolina
- Tony Schiavone and Bob Caudle are the announcers for tonight's event.
- Jim Ross is at the ringside area, and I stand corrected. Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone will be the announcers tonight, not Bob Caudle.
- Tom Miller announces the rules for the Television Title Contest. It will mirror amateur wrestling.
- A one-count will count as a pinfall.
- Three five-minute periods.
- For the NWA Television Title: Jimmy Garvin w/Precious Vs © Mike Rotunda w/Kevin Sullivan
- Mr. Rotunda is apart of the Varsity Club, and is from Syracuse, NY...
- My Hometown!...and where I currently live.
- Garvin didn't have an introduction, but Rotunda did... Hmm...
- A rather slow beginning, a lot of stalling.
- Wow, the women sure do like a guy who looks like a caveman.
- Garvin manages to pull off a flurry of offense, and Rotunda hightails it early on.
- Of course, for the first round it takes them about four minutes and forty five seconds to do something. Rotunda hit a lariat but couldn't get the one count he needed.
- Wow, Garvin went to help Precious who was on the apron with Sullivan, Rotunda comes in and rolls up Garvin for the 1-count.
- Your Winner: And Still NWA Television Champion, Mike Rotunda
- Afterwards, Precious takes out Rick Steiner with a 2x4, and chokes Sullivan with an coat hanger...
- That match is one to forget.
- Commercials
- Bob Caudle is with Steve Williams. Williams says that he is friends with Dusty and Magnum TA.
- Williams says he doesn't care who wins the World Title, because he put his name on the dotted line to be the number one contender.
- Williams is a terrible promo man. He is just rambling about wanting the title Flair has.
- Commercials
- For the NWA US Tag Team Titles: © Midnight Express (Eaton/Lane) w/ Jim Cornette Vs The Fantastics (Rogers/Fulton)
- The crowd is hot for this one. Rogers whacks Eaton with a chair on the outside.
- Lane is taken down with an double back body drop. All four men are on the floor, and Fulton is sent into the chair held by Cornette.
- Finally order is stored, with Eaton and Fulton in the ring.
- I spoke too soon, both Express members are sent into corners and worked away on by the Fantastics.
- Nice double team move by the Express. Lane kicks the legs of Rogers and Eaton connects with an jumping clothesline.
- Moments later, Eaton sends Rogers into a table that Cornette lifted up, and Rogers is hurting.
- Eaton with an nice power slam, and a top rope elbow drop onto Rogers.
- Rogers is just getting manhandled.
- Eaton with an scoop slam onto Rogers, landing on the table on the outside.
- Rogers is limp back in the ring... Rogers soon makes the tag, but the referee was out of position.
- Fulton sends the referee over the top, because Cornette was using his tennis racket.
- Fulton has his partner Rogers and they connect with the "rocket launcher" aka a splash off the top...
- A new referee... 1--2--3.
- New champs!
- Well, so we thought. The official who was thrown over the top comes to and reverses the decision.
- Your Winners: And Still WCW US Tag Team Champions, The Midnight Express via disqualification.
- Afterwards, Cornette whips Fulton with his belt.
- Commercials
- We come back and Bob Caudle mentions the barbed wire being set up.
- We are then taken to Ken Osmond (Eddie Haskell), star from "The New Leave It To Beaver", to talk to Jim Cornette.
- They talk about Cornette's grandmother.
- Pointless.
- We come back to Bob, who is with Gary Hart and Al Perez.
- Hart says that Dusty better take Al seriously... He wants the belt.
- Perez says that nothing can keep him from getting the US Title. However, he later says the only way he wouldn't be able to get the title, was via someone using a baseball bat.
- If I were Dusty, I know what I'm getting.
- Frances Crockett announces the top ten seeds for the Crockett Cup.
- 10th seed: Ivan Koloff and Dick Murdoch
- 9th seed: Sting and Ron Garvin
- 8th seed: Varsity Club
- 7th seed: The Fantastics
- 6th seed: Barry Windham and Lex Luger
- 5th seed: Powers of Pain
- 4th seed: Midnight Express
- 3rd seed: Road Warriors
- 2nd seed: Nikita Koloff and Dusty Rhodes
- 1st seed: Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard
- Commercials
- Barbed Wire Ropes Match : Road Warriors/Dusty Rhodes Vs Powers of Pain (Barbarian/Warlord)/Ivan Koloff
- The heels are being dominated early, being sent into the barbed wire, or being thrown into ring posts.
- A lot of attempts to be put in the barbed wire. A lot of clubbing also.
- Rhodes with two DDTs on Koloff and Barbarian.
- Animal pins Warlord, after Barbarian missed a flying head butt.
- Your Winners: Road Warriors and Dusty Rhodes via pinfall
- Afterwards, the heels are trying to hurt Animal's eye some more, but the good guys manage to fight off the attack.
- Coming up next, a special interview with Nikita Koloff!
- Commercials
- Bob Caudle is with Nikita, who has hair!
- Nikita says that he has been talking to children about how important living is.
- Nikita doesn't need a belt to be a champion... Thi. is appearing to be directed towards Kevin Sullivan.
- Nikita says that he is coming for Tully Blanchard since Tully attacked Magnum T.A.
- Commercials
- NWA World Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: Lex Luger/Barry Windham Vs ©Arn Anderson/Tully Blanchard w/ J.J Dillon
- The champs are already in the ring, no introduction, the challengers however get one...
- The last time someone got a introduction and the other didn't, the person who got the introduction won.
- Very early, Luger racks Blanchard, but Dillon distracts the referee to allow Arn to come in and work on Luger's knee.
- Windham eventually comes in and takes down both Horsemen members.
- Near pinfall after a power slam on Blanchard, by Windham.
- Later on, Arn connects with the DDT on Windham after distraction but only for a two count.
- Spine buster by Arn! Another two count.
- Back and forth offense by both teams.
- Blanchard with the slingshot suplex... only gets a two count on Windham!
- Moments later Luger gets the tag, and soon connects with an power slam on Arn.
- Dillon has a chair and Arn is sent into the chair, Luger covers Arn... 1-2-3
- New Champs!!! New Champs!!!
- Luger gets a lot of air after jumping up in celebration
- Your Winners: And NEW NWA World Heavyweight Tag Champs Barry Windham and Lex Luger via pinfall
- Commercials
- We come back with Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone.
- Judges for the World Heavyweight Title contest are announced.
- Gary Juster, Sandy Scott, Patty Mullen, Ken Osmond, and Jason Harvey from the Wonder Years (the last two are actors)
- For the NWA World Heavyweight Title: Sting Vs © Ric Flair w/ J.J Dillon
- J.J is placed into a cage to prevent him from affecting the action. Which is raised up in the air!
- Slow start with arm drags, and tests of strength.
- Sting with a gorilla press slam, and head scissors take down, which didn't look so great.
- We continue the slow pace of the match, and Sting connects with a gorilla press slam.
- Now the world's longest bear hug by Sting onto Flair.
- Moments later, they go to the floor and Flair sends Sting into the guard railing a few times.
- Later, on the floor again, Sting misses a running clothesline and goes arm first into the ring post.
- Flair works on the arm of Sting. Flair later begins to work on the knees of Sting.
- Flair soon places Sting into the Figure Four... Sting eventually reverses into one of his own.
- Later on, Sting places Flair in the Figure Four, and Flair fights his way to the ropes.
- They end up to the floor and Flair is sent into the announcer table, ring post, and he even falls over the railing.
- Sting soon misses with a Stinger Splash in the corner and falls to the floor.
- Eventually they continue to battle, and fight their way to a 45 minute time limit draw!
- Your Winner: DRAW, Ric Flair retains the NWA World Title
- The Good: US Tag Team Titles Match
- The Bad: Opening contest.
- The Ugly: My tapes continue to act up on my older videos.