Halloween Havoc (1989)

Halloween Havoc (1989) was the inaugural Halloween Havoc professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It took place on October 28, 1989 from the Philadelphia Civic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Halloween Havoc (1989)
DVD cover featuring Animal and Hawk
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance World Championship Wrestling
Date	October 28, 1989
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Venue	Philadelphia Civic Center
Attendance	7,300
Tagline(s)	Settling the Score
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Eight matches were contested on the event. The main event was a Thunderdome match pitting Ric Flair and Sting against Terry Funk and The Great Muta. Flair and Sting won when Funk and Muta's manager Gary Hart threw in the towel for his team.

Other on-screen personnel

Role:	Name:
Commentator	Jim Ross
	Bob Caudle
Referee	Nick Patrick
	Tommy Young
	Bruno Sammartino (Thunderdome Match)
Interviewer	Gordon Solie
	Chris Cruise
Ring announcer	Gary Michael Cappetta

Storylines

The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[1]

Results

No.	Results[2]	Stipulations	Times
1	Tom Zenk defeated Mike Rotunda	Singles match	13:23
2	The Samoan SWAT Team (Fatu, The Samoan Savage and Samu) (with Oliver Humperdink) defeated The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) and Steve Williams (with Jim Cornette)	Six-man tag team match	18:23
3	Tommy Rich defeated The Cuban Assassin	Singles match	08:29
4	The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) (c) defeated The Dynamic Dudes (Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas) (with Jim Cornette)	Tag team match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship	11:28
5	Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) (with Woman) defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)	Tag team match	15:32
6	Lex Luger (c) defeated Brian Pillman	Singles match for the NWA United States Championship	16:49
7	The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) (with Paul Ellering) defeated The Skyscrapers (Dan Spivey and Sid Vicious) (with Teddy Long) by disqualification	Tag team match	11:39
8	Ric Flair and Sting (with Ole Anderson) defeated The Great Muta and Terry Funk (with Gary Hart)	Thunderdome match with Bruno Sammartino as special guest referee	23:46
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References

1. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
2. "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts: Halloween Havoc 1989". Wrestling's Historical Cards. Kappa Publishing. 2007. p. 134.

External links

• Halloween Havoc 1989 results