Arn Anderson

A look at the New World Order, a pro-wrestling organization that took the wrestling world by storm.

WCW Title: Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes, Pole Match: Abdullah the Butcher vs. Manny Fernandez, Street Fight: The Midnight Express vs. Miss Atlanta Lively & Jimmy Valiant, Arm Wrestling: Superstar Billy Graham vs. The Barbarian, The Anderson Brothers vs. Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Jack Haynes, Mike Graham vs. Pez Whatley, The Italian Stallion vs. Thunderfoot. (imdb)

NWA Title: Ric Flair vs. Nikita Koloff, NWA Tag Team Titles (Steel Cage Match): The Rock n' Roll Express vs. The Andersons, NWA Television Title (First Blood Match): Dusty Rhodes vs. Tully Blanchard, United States Tag Team Title Match (No DQ Match): Krusher Khruschev and Ivan Koloff vs. The Kansas Jayhawks, Scaffold Match: The Road Warriors vs. The Midnight Express, Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel vs. Rick Rude, Central States Title: Sam Houston vs. Bill Dundee and more. (imdb)

This was the first use of the WarGames: The Match Beyond match conceived by Dusty Rhodes. Rhodes was on the winning side in both events along with The Road Warriors, Nikita Koloff and Paul Ellering. Koloff, Rhodes and J.J. Dillon sustained serious injuries in the first encounter. The Bash series took place in numerous venues all July long, starting in Landover, Maryland at the Capital Centre on July 2. (Wikipedia)

NWA World Title (Steel Cage Match): Ronnie Garvin vs. Ric Flair, NWA United States Title (Steel Cage Match): Lex Luger vs. Dusty Rhodes, UWF Title: Steve Williams vs. Barry Windham, NWA/UWF Television Titles: Nikita Koloff vs. Barry Windham, Scaffold Match: The Rock n' Roll Express vs. The New Midnight Express, Sting & The Freebirds vs. The Varsity Club (imdb)

Bunkhouse Stampede featured four professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing rivalries, plots and storylines that were played out on Worldwide, Pro and World Championship Wrestling-Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP)'s television programs. Wrestlers portrayed a hero, villain or a tweener as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or a series of matches. (Wikipedia)

The Great American Bash featured five professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing rivalries, plots and storylines that were played out on World Wide Wrestling, Pro and World Championship Wrestling-Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP)'s television programs. Wrestlers portrayed a hero, villain or a tweener as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or a series of matches. (Wikipedia)

The WrestleWar show featured a number of professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing, scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. (Wikipedia)

NWA Title (steel cage match): Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger, NWA Tag Team Title: The Steiner Brothers vs. Doom, NWA U.S. Tag Team Titles: The Midnight Express vs. Brian Pillman & The Z Man, Corporal Punishment Match: The Rock N' Roll Express vs. The Fabulous Freebirds, Hair vs. Hair: Paul Ellering vs. Teddy Long, The Samoan Savage & Fatu vs. Tommy Rich & Mike Rotunda, Mark Callous vs. Johnny Ace, Bam Bam Bigelow, Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan vs. The Road Warriors & Norman (imdb)

The Great American Bash (1990) took place on July 7, 1990 at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The show featured Big Van Vader's WCW debut. In the main event Sting pinned Ric Flair after countering his Figure-Four Leglock attempt into a small package. During the match, The Steiner Brothers, Paul Orndorff and The Junkyard Dog (the "Dudes with Attitudes") surrounded the ring to prevent outside interference by the Four Horsemen. (Wikipedia)

NWA Title: Sting vs. Sid Vicious, NWA U.S. Title: Lex Luger vs. Stan Hansen, NWA Tag Team Titles: Doom vs. Ric Flair & Arn Anderson, NWA U.S. Tag Team Titles: The Steiner Brothers vs. The Nasty Boys, The Fabulous Freebirds vs. The Youngbloods, The Junkyard Dog vs. Moondog Rex, The Master Blasters vs. The Wild-Eyes Southern Boys, Brad Armstrong vs. J.W. Storm, Ricky Morton & Tommy Rich vs. The Midnight Express, Terry Taylor vs. Bill Irwin. (imdb)

WCW Title (Steel Cage Match): Sting vs. The Black Scorpion, WCW United States Title (Bullrope Matcb): Stan Hansen vs. Lex Luger, WCW Tag Team Titles (Street Fight): Doom vs. Arn Anderson & Barry Windham, Pat O'Connor International Tag Team Tournament featuring The Steiner Brothers (Team USA), The Great Muta & Mr. Siato (Team Japan), Konnan & Rey Mysterio (Team Mexico), Victor Zangiev and Salman Hashimikov (Team USSR), Danny Johnson and Troy Montour (Team Canada), and more. (imdb)

The WrestlWar show featured a number of professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing, scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. (Wikipedia)

The Great American Bash (1991) took place on July 14, 1991 at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The card was originally to be highlighted by a Steel cage match between Ric Flair and Lex Luger for the WCW World Championship, and this match was heavily promoted on WCW TV. However, two weeks before the show, then-WCW Executive Vice President Jim Herd fired Flair over a contract dispute, stripping him of the title in the process. (imdb)

SuperBrawl II took place on February 29, 1992 from the Milwaukee Theatre at the MECCA in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This was Lex Luger's final match in WCW until 1995; he joined the World Bodybuilding Federation and later the World Wrestling Federation after this match. between Ron Simmons and Cactus Jack, Abdullah the Butcher came into the ring and double-teamed Simmons with Cactus until Junkyard Dog came out to make the save. (Wikipedia)

WCW Title: Ron Simmons vs. The Barbarian, WCW International Title (NWA Title): Rick Rude vs. Masa Chono, Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal: Sting vs. Jake Roberts, WCW Tag Team Titles: Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham vs. Steve Williams & Steve Austin, Big Van Vader vs. Nikita Koloff, Ricky Steamboat vs. Brian Pillman, Tom Zenk, Johnny Gunn, & Shane Douglas vs. Arn Anderson, Michael Hayes, Bobby Eaton. (imdb)

Bash at the Beach 1994 took place on July 17, 1994 from the Orlando Arena in Orlando, Florida. Johnny B. Badd replaced Sting, who was injured. Terry Funk pinned Dustin Rhodes after his partner Arn Anderson turned on Rhodes and executed a DDT on him. (Wikipedia)

Fall Brawl 1994: War Games took place on September 18, 1994 from the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. Ricky Steamboat was originally scheduled to defend the WCW United States Championship against Steve Austin, but he was suffering from a back injury and could not compete. As a result, Austin won the United States title by forfeit. This was Steamboat's last appearance in WCW as he was fired shortly thereafter and decided to retire from the ring. (Wikipedia)

Starrcade (1994): Triple Threat was a major annual professional wrestling show, broadcast on pay-per-view (PPV) that took place on December 27, 1994 from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The show was produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and was the 12th overall show under that banner since its inception in 1983. The main event of the show was then-WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan defend the title against his former friend-turned-rival The Butcher. (Wikipedia)

Slamboree 1995 took place on May 21, 1995 from the Bayfront Arena in St. Petersburg, Florida. Eric Bischoff filled in on commentary for Tony Schiavone at this event, Schiavone took time off to undergo neck surgery. Wahoo McDaniel, Angelo Poffo, Terry Funk, Antonio Inoki, Dusty Rhodes, Gordon Solie and Big John Studd were inducted into the WCW Hall of Fame during the show. The "Legends match" between Wahoo McDaniel and Dick Murdoch was shown in black and white, during the pay-per-view telecast. (Wikipedia)

Halloween Havoc 1995 took place on October 29, 1995 from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Sgt. Craig Pittman pinned VK Wallstreet after Jim Duggan hit Wallstreet with a taped fist. Duggan's interference came after Big Bubba Rogers hit Pittman with his own taped fist to knock him out. After Diamond Dallas Page entered the ring, a fake Johnny B. Badd appeared at the entranceway (played by Joey Maggs) to distract Page and allow the real Badd to sneak up on Page from behind. (Wikipedia)

Starrcade (1995): World Cup of Wrestling was a major professional wrestling show broadcast live on pay-per-view (PPV) that took place on December 27, 1995. The show was promoted by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and took place at the Greensboro Coliseum in the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. (Wikipedia)

This is a tremendous documentary recounting a tremendous career. Starting with Flair's original entry into wrestling, the plane crash that nearly ended his career and his eventual rise to being NWA's Travelling Champion. (imdb)

Ric Flair was one of the dominating figures of professional wrestling during the '80s and '90s. This three-disc set contains over ten hours of footage of "The Nature Boy" in action. The DVD offers a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, but this is easily the... (barnesandnoble.com)

Clash of the Champions II took place on June 8, 1988 at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. Throughout the show, wrestlers were being interviewed as they arrived to the building... (wikipedia)

Spring Stampede (1999) was the fourth annual Spring Stampede professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling. The event took place on April 11, 1999 from the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. (wikipedia)

The Clash of the Champions XX was a major professional wrestling supercard produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and broadcast live on TBS on September 2, 1992 from the Center Stage Theater in Atlanta. The event was not only the 20th time WCW held a "Clash of the Champions" show but also marked the 20th anniversary of professional wrestling being shown on TBS as Mid-Atlantic Wrestling in 1972. (wikipedia)

A TV special with main event wrestling that featured championship wrestling with Rick Flair and others. (imdb)

Clash of the Champions X took place on February 6, 1990 at the Memorial Coliseum in Corpus Christi, Texas. There were 3,000 fans in attendance and the show drew a 4.5 rating on TBS.[13] This was the show that set up WrestleWar. Norman the Lunatic pinned Kevin Sullivan behind closed doors in the women's bathroom. The Skyscrapers were disqualified for bringing a chair into the ring. Doom was unmasked as Ron Simmons and Butch Reed.

Clash of the Champions XI took place on June 13, 1990 in Charleston, South Carolina. There were 4100 fans in attendance at the McAlister Field House on the campus of The Citadel and the show drew a 4.1 rating on TBS.[15] This was the buildup show for The Great American Bash. Bam Bam Bigelow was disqualified when he refused to break his chokehold on Tommy Rich by the 5-count. The Midnight Express were disqualified after Stan Lane grabbed the referee to break up a pin count.

Clash of the Champions XIV took place on January 30, 1991 at the Georgia Mountains Center in Gainesville, Georgia. There were 2200 fans in attendance and the show drew a 3.9 rating on TBS.[18] Dusty Rhodes returned to WCW following a brief stint in the WWF (E) as the new booker and as Color Commentator.

Clash of the Champions XV took place on June 12, 1991 at the Civic Auditorium in Knoxville, Tennessee. There were 5,000 fans in attendance and the show drew a 3.9 rating on TBS.[19] Steve Armstrong pinned Jimmy Garvin, Tracy Smothers pinned Badstreet, and Tom Zenk pinned Michael Hayes simultaneously. Terrance Taylor was disqualified when Richard Morton interfered.

Clash of the Champions XVI took place on September 5, 1991 at the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center in Augusta, Georgia. There were 2,800 fans in attendance and the show drew a 3.7 rating on TBS.[21] The Patriots defeated the Fabulous Freebirds to win the WCW United States Tag Team Championship on August 12, but the match didn't air yet, so the Freebirds were announced as the champions. Furthermore, the titles were not on the line, making it a non-title match.

Clash of the Champions XVII took place on November 19, 1991 at the Savannah Civic Center in Savannah, Georgia. There were 6,922 fans in attendance and the show drew a 4.3 rating on TBS.[23] Prior to this show, Sting had received "Mystery Boxes" which revealed Cactus Jack and Abdullah The Butcher. This Clash was to reveal who was actually sending the boxes to Sting. It turned out to be Lex Luger.

Clash of the Champions XVIII took place on January 21, 1992 at the Kansas Expo Center in Topeka, Kansas. There were 5500 fans in attendance and the show drew a 3.7 rating on TBS.[24] This event was a set-up for SuperBrawl II and saw the WCW debut of Jesse Ventura. It was originally scheduled as Brian Pillman and The Patriots vs. Diamond Studd and The Young Pistols. (Wikipedia)

Clash of the Champions XIX took place on June 16, 1992 in Charleston, South Carolina at the McAlister Field House of The Citadel. The event aired on TBS on June 22, 1992. There were 4600 fans in attendance and the show drew a 2.8 rating on TBS.[25] The popularity of this event, and the opening of the new 12,000-seat arena twelve miles to the north, led this to be the last Clash on-campus. Further Charleston-based Clashes were held at the new arena.

November 18, 1992 in Macon, Georgia (Macon Coliseum)[29] Brian Pillman pinned Brad Armstrong after attacking him pre-match while feigning injury. Scotty Flamingo knocked out Johnny B. Badd in the second round after hitting him with a glove Page and Vegas filled with water during the 30-second rest period. This was 2 Cold Scorpio's debut in WCW. Simmons' original partner Robbie Walker was injured. This was Paul E. Dangerously's last appearance on WCW television.

June 16, 1993 in Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk Scope)[31] Dick Slater replaced WCW World Television Champion Paul Orndorff, who was injured in a car accident. Earlier, Maxx Payne shot Johnny B. Badd in the face with his Baddblaster. Flair pinned Pillman (09:41), The Blonds were disqualified (11:06).

August 18, 1993 in Daytona Beach, Florida (Ocean Center)[32] Lord Steven Regal replaced the injured Brian Pillman. On September 1, Anderson and Roma would be stripped of the NWA World Tag Team Championship, due to WCW withdrawing from the NWA. Bobby Eaton replaced Regal, who replaced Pillman in the earlier match. If Vader had been disqualified in the main event, he would have lost the title to Smith. Cactus Jack returned after the main event match, attacking Vader.

August 28, 1994 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Five Seasons Center)[37] Early on the show, Hulk Hogan was attacked by a masked man (played by Arn Anderson, though in the storyline the assassin was eventually revealed as Brutus Beefcake). Steamboat suffered a career-ending back injury during his match. (Wikipedia)

January 25, 1995 in Las Vegas, Nevada (Caesars Palace)

August 6, 1995 in Daytona Beach, Florida (Ocean Center)[40] If Harlem Heat and Sister Sherri won, they get a WCW World Tag Team Championship match against Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater at Fall Brawl. After losing to Vader, Arn Anderson and Ric Flair teased an eventual breakup and set up their match at Fall Brawl.

WCW/New Japan Supershow II (known as Super Warriors in Tokyo Dome in Japan) took place on January 4, 1992, from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. The show was the first NJPW January 4 Dome Show, something that would become an annual tradition in NJPW and would become their biggest show of the year. The show was also the second under the name WCW/New Japan Supershow. The show was broadcast on pay-per-view (PPV) months later in the United States.

Souled Out (2000) was the fourth and final Souled Out professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on January 16, 2000 from the Firstar Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. The event would be replaced by Sin as the January pay-per-view, the following year. The originally scheduled card was heavily changed, due to the serious injuries of Bret Hart and Jeff Jarrett.