Clash of the Champions VI

Clash of the Champions VI

Rajun' Cajun'

Superdome

New Orleans, LA

April 2nd 1989

• The Samoan Swat Team (Samu and Fatu) defeated The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) (20:32)
  • Fatu hits Bobby Eaton with Paul E. Dangerously's phone without the referee seeing it.
  • This is the continuation of the Jim Cornette / Paul E. Dangerously feud that started when Dangerously brought the “Original Midnight Express” to the NWA.
• The Great Muta defeated Steven Casey (8:11)
  • Muta pinned Casey after a Moonsault
  • Muta's manager Gary Hart was at ringside and tossed Steven Casey back in the ring for the finish
• The Junkyard Dog defeated Butch Reed (9:56)
  • Reed is pinned with a roll up after colliding with manager Hiro Matsuda on the apron.
• Bob Orton defeated Dick Murdoch (9:45)
  • Orton pins Murdoch when manager Gary Hart reaches in and pulls Murdoch's leg out from under him during a suplex.
• The Varsity Club (Mike Rotunda and Steve Williams) defeated The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship (11:40)
  • Steve Williams cradles Hawk for the pinfall
  • Referee Teddy Long refused to count a pinfall for the Road Warriors only moments before.
  • The count on Hawk was super fast, so fast that Teddy Long was fired as a referee over it, Long became a manager shortly after this.
• Ranger Ross defeated The Iron Sheik by DQ (1:56)
  • Rip Morgan ran and attacked Ross in to cause the DQ
  • Junkyard Dog ran in to make the save only seconds later.
• Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner defeated Dan Spivey and Kevin Sullivan to retain the NWA United States Tag Team Championship (3:51)
  • Gilbert got the pinfall on Sullivan after hitting him with Missy Hyatt's loaded purse.
• Ricky Steamboat defeated Ric Flair in a 60-minute time limit two out of three falls match to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship(55:49)
  • Flair pinned Steamboat after reversing an inside cradle in the first fall (19:33)
  • Steamboat forced Flair to submit with a double chickenwing in the second fall (15:21)
  • Steamboat pinned Flair after a failed double chickenwing attempt. Flair fell on top of Steamboat, both men's shoulders were down, but Steamboat got his left shoulder up before the three count in the third fall (21:35).
  • The replay would show that Flair's foot was on the bottom rope, thus allowing him to get one last rematch at WrestleWar 1989.