WrestleWar (1990)

WrestleWar 1990: Wild Thing was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event, produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It took place on February 25, 1990 from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This would be the second year in a row WCW promoted a PPV under the name "WrestleWar", a series that would include four shows in total. When the WWE Network launched in 2014 this show became available "on demand" to network subscribers.

WrestleWar (1990)
VHS cover featuring Ric Flair and Lex Luger
Promotion	National Wrestling Alliance World Championship Wrestling
Date	February 25, 1990[1]
City	Greensboro, North Carolina[1]
Venue	Greensboro Coliseum[1]
Attendance	7,894[1]
Tagline(s)	Wild Thing
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous Starrcade Next → Capital Combat
WrestleWar chronology
← Previous 1989 Next → 1991

Storylines

Other on-screen personnel

Role:	Name:
Commentators	Jim Ross
	Terry Funk
Ring announcer	Gary Michael Cappetta
Interviewer	Gordon Solie
	Missy Hyatt
Referees	Mike Atkins
	Nick Patrick

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.[2]

The main event of the show was originally supposed to see Ric Flair defend the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Sting but Sting was injured a few weeks prior during the main event of Clash of the Champions X: Texas Shootout. Sting was replaced by his longtime friend Lex Luger in the match.[1][3][4][5] Luger was originally slated to defend the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship against Dr. Death Steve Williams, a match that was dropped.[3] The opening match loss by the Dynamic Dudes (Shane Douglas and Johnny Ace) to Kevin Sullivan and Buzz Sawyer was the last time the team worked together ever again.[1][3][4][5] The Chicago Street Fight between The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) and The Skyscrapers saw "The Masked Skyscraper" replace Dan Spivey as Mark Callous' partner, citing an injury to Dan Spivey.[1][3][4][5] The Masked Skyscraper was Mike Enos under a mask, at the time of the show Enos held the AWA World Tag Team Championship in the rival American Wrestling Association (AWA) with Wayne Bloom.[6]

Results

No.	Results[1][3][4][5]	Stipulations	Times
1	Buzz Sawyer and Kevin Sullivan defeated The Dynamic Dudes (Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas)	Tag team match	10:15
2	Norman the Lunatic defeated Cactus Jack (with Kevin Sullivan)	Singles match	09:33
3	The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) defeated The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) (with Jim Cornette)	Tag team match	19:31
4	The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) (with Paul Ellering) defeated The Skyscrapers (Mark Callous and The Masked Skyscraper) (with Teddy Long)	Chicago Street Fight	04:59
5	Brian Pillman and Tom Zenk (c) defeated The Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes)	Tag team match for the NWA United States Tag Team Championship	24:32
6	The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) (c) defeated Arn Anderson and Ole Anderson	Tag team match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship	16:05
7	Ric Flair (c) (with Woman) defeated Lex Luger (with Sting) by countout	Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship	38:08
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

See also

• 1990 in professional wrestling

References

1. "WrestlWar 1990". Pro Wrestling History. February 25, 1990. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
2. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
3. Cawthon, Graham (2014). the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 4: World Championship Wrestling 1989-1994. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 1499656343.
4. "WCW Ring Results 1990". The History of WWE. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
5. "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts". Wrestling’s Historical Cards. Kappa Publishing. 2007. p. 135.
6. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "American Wrestling Association Tag Team Title [Verne Gagne]". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.