The Great American Bash (1990)

The Great American Bash was the second annual The Great American Bash professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner, and the sixth overall. The event took place on July 7, 1990 at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The event featured the WCW debut of Big Van Vader.

The Great American Bash
VHS cover featuring Sting and Ric Flair
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance World Championship Wrestling
Date	July 7, 1990
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Venue	Baltimore Arena
Attendance	14,000
Tagline(s)	The New Revolution
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous Capital Combat Next → Halloween Havoc
The Great American Bash chronology
← Previous 1989 Next → 1991

In the main event, Ric Flair defended the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Sting. Sting pinned 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. During the entirety of the match, Ole Anderson was handcuffed to El Gigante.

Storylines

Other on-screen personnel

Role:	Name:
Commentators	Jim Ross
	Bob Caudle
Ring announcer	Gary Michael Cappetta
Interviewer	Gordon Solie
Referees	Randy Anderson
	Nick Patrick
	Mike Atkins

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][3][4]	Stipulations	Times
1^D	David Sierra defeated Mr. X	Singles match	10:06
2	Brian Pillman defeated Buddy Landel	Singles match	09:29
3	Mike Rotunda defeated The Iron Sheik	Singles match	06:46
4	Doug Furnas defeated Dutch Mantel	Singles match	11:18
5	Harley Race defeated Tommy Rich	Singles match	06:32
6	The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) (c) (with Jim Cornette) defeated The Southern Boys (Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers)	Tag team match for the NWA United States Tag Team Championship	18:14
7	Big Van Vader defeated Tom Zenk	Singles match	02:16
8	The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) defeated The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes)	Tag team match	13:45
9	The Dudes with Attitude (El Gigante, Junkyard Dog and Paul Orndorff) defeated The Four Horsemen (Arn Anderson, Barry Windham and Sid Vicious) by disqualification	Six-man tag team match	08:53
10	Lex Luger (c) defeated Mark Callous (with Paul E. Dangerously)	Singles match for the NWA United States Championship	12:10
11	Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) (c) (with Teddy Long) defeated The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson)	Tag team match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship	15:40
12	Sting (with El Gigante, Junkyard Dog, Lex Luger, Paul Orndorff, Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) defeated Ric Flair (c) (with Ole Anderson)	Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship	16:06
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match D – indicates the match was a dark match

See also

• 1990 in professional wrestling

References

1. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
2. Cawthon, Graham (2014). the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 4: World Championship Wrestling 1989-1994. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 1499656343.
3. "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts: Great American Bash 1990". Wrestling's Historical Cards. Kappa Publishing. 2007. p. 135.
4. "Great American Bash 1990". Pro Wrestling History. July 7, 1990. Retrieved September 16, 2015.

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