Wrestling Magazine Cover of the Week

Pro Wrestling Illustrated 

October 1984

Match of the Night (Flair vs Rude 1993)

Fall Brawl 1993

WAR GAMES

September 19th

Astro Arena

Houston, TX

NWA World Heavyweight Title

Ric Flair 

(World Champion)

vs

"Ravishing" Rick Rude

Five World Championship Matches - Five Things

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BARRY WINDHAM

NWA World Heavyweight Champion

Defeated champion The Great Muta (Kenji Muto) at Superbrawl III in Asheville, NC on Feb 21st 1993

Held the title for 147 days before losing to Ric Flair on July 18th 1993 at Beach Blast

Today in Wrestling History (May 6th)

Kerry Von Erich wins the NWA World Heavyweight Title

David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions

May 6th 1984

Texas Stadium

Irving, TX

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Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat

NWA World Heavyweight Champion

Feb 20th 1989 - May 7th 1989

Lou Thesz

Today April 28, 2002. One of the greatest American wrestlers of all time, NWA legend Lou Thesz (b. Lajos Tiza, later changed to Aloysius Martin Thesz, 4.24.16 in Banat, MI) passes away from complications of a triple bypass surgery at age 86.

NWA World Heavyweight Champion
World Heavyweight Champion (Los Angeles Version)
World Heavyweight Champion (Montreal Version)
Texas Heavyweight Champion
AWA (Boston) World Heavyweight Champion
AWA (Ohio) World Heavyweight Champion
NWA International (Japan) Heavyweight Champion
NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Champion
NWA Southern (Mid-America) & Pacific Coast (Vancouver) Tag Team Champion
IWE (Japan) TWWA World Heavyweight Champion
UWA (Mexico) World Heavyweight Champion
WWA (Los Angeles) World Heavyweight Champion

Wrestling Magazine Cover of the Day

February 1982

Clash of the Champions IX - New York Knockout

Clash of the Champions IX took place on November 15, 1989 at the Houston Field House in Troy, New York. There were 4,000 fans in attendance and the show drew a 4.9 rating on TBS. This show mainly dealt with fallout from Halloween Havoc PPV and set up the Iron Man / Iron Team tournaments at Starrcade 1989.^[11]

• The Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) defeated The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) by disqualification (5:18)
  • The Road Warriors were disqualified when Hawk hit the referee.
  • The Freebirds had actually lost the NWA World Tag Team titles on November 1, but the match had not aired yet, so the Freebirds were introduced as the NWA World Tag Team champions.
• Doom (Ron Simmons and Butch Reed) (with Woman and Nitron) defeated Eddie Gilbert and Tommy Rich (5:15)
  • Doom #1 pins Rich after a double team Clothesline
• The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) defeated The Dynamic Dudes (Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas) (9:22)
  • Eaton pinned Douglas after Jim Cornette hits Douglas with his tennis racket.
  • Jim Cornette was in a neutral corner at the start of the match before deciding to side with the Midnight Express
• Steve Williams defeated The Super Destroyer (1:41)
  • Williams pinned the Super Destroyer with the Oklahoma Stampede
  • This is Jack Victory's 4th “Masked Mystery Man” appearance at a Clash (“Russian Assassin #2”, “The Blackmailer” and “The Terrorist”)
• The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) defeated The Skyscrapers (Dan Spivey and Sid Vicious) by disqualification (6:08)
  • The Steiner Brothers had actually won the NWA World Tag Team titles on November 1, but the match had not aired yet, so The Steiners were not announced as the champions.
  • The Skyscrapers were disqualified when Doom ran in and attacked the Steiner Brothers.
  • During the match Sid Vicious punctures a lung and is replaced by ”Mean” Mark Callous soon after.
  • Woman's bodyguard Nitron makes his debut during the post match brawl between the Steiners, the Skyscrapers, Doom and the Road Warriors.
• Lex Luger defeated Brian Pillman to retain the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (12:38)
  • Luger pinned Pillman after hitting him with a chair while the referee was down.
  • Sting saved Pillman from further attacks by Luger.
• NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defeated Terry Funk (with Gary Hart) in an "I Quit" match (18:33)
  • Flair forced Funk to say “I Quit” on the microphone due to the pain of the Figure Four Leglock
  • Gary Hart attacked Funk after the match and was quickly joined by The Great Muta.
  • Sting saved Flair from the attack only to be attacked by Lex Luger.
  • This match received a 5-star rating from Dave Meltzer.
  • Flair's NWA World Heavyweight Championship was not on the line, making it a non-title match.

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.

Match of the Night (Terry Funk vs Jumbo Tsuruta)

NWA World Heavyweight Title

June 17th 1976

Tokyo Japan

(2 out of 3 falls)

Terry Funk

NWA World Heavyweight Champion

vs

Jumbo Tsuruta

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Harley Race, NWA World Heavyweight Champion, poses with the NWA Title Belt and St Louis Promoter and NWA President Sam Muchnick