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I have been fascinated by watching commercials for wrestling events and videotapes of PPV events on YouTube.  I found these 2 just recently and I sure remember them the second I watched them.

1986 Great American Bash on VHS

Dusty Rhodes for Mello Yello

Match of the Day

NWA World Championship 

February 7th 1986

Superstars on the Superstation

Ric Flair (C) vs Ron Garvin 

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.

Georgia Championship Wrestling- Buzz Sawyer vs Mr Wrestling II

Buzz Sawyer vs Mr Wrestling II 

(Masked Superstar Destroys II's Robe)

Match of the Day (NWA World Tag Team Titles)

NWA World Tag Team Title Match

July 9th 1985

Shelby,  NC  

Click here to read Mike Moonyham's column celebrating 30 years of the Rock and Roll Express

The Russians

(Ivan Koloff and Krusher Kruschev)

The NWA World Tag Team Champions

vs

The Rock and Roll Express

(Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson)

This was the first World Tag Title victory for the Rock and Roll Express

NWA Superstars on the Superstation 1986

This is the NWA (Crockett Promotions) first attempt at a nationally televised supercard that was taped Feb. 2nd 1986 and aired on WTBS Feb 7th 1986.

The card stacked up like this:

World Tag Team Title Match
The Rock N Roll Express (Champions)
vs
The Midnight Express w/Jim Cornette

The Road Warriors vs The Koloffs (Ivan and Nikita) w/Baron Von Raschke

NWA National Heavyweight Title Match
Tully Blanchard vs Dusty Rhodes (Champion)

NWA World Heavyweight Title Match
Ron Garvin  vs  Ric Flair (Champion)

GCW - Gordon Solie introduces The Fabulous Freebirds

The introduction to the world of the Fabulous Freebirds, what was to come should put them in the Hall of Fame

Your Match of the Night

From 1995 a great match between 2 all time greats but sadly both died tragically too young.  

This was from WCW Saturday Night :  

Eddie Guerrero and Christ Benoit 

Best of WCW Clash of Champions DVD Set

Reported by: Colin Vassallo, on Apr 30, 2012 - 10:20:01 AM
 

On May 22, WWE will be releasing a new home video titled The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions on both DVD and Blu-Ray.

The three disc DVD version will contain a total of 24 full matches while the two disc Blu-Ray release will have three extra matches.

Superstars such as Ric Flair, Sting, Ivan Koloff, Terry Funk, Macho Man, Hulk Hogan, Lex Luger, Rick Rude and a ton of others are all featured in this must-have release.

Sting and Ric Flair got the nod to grace the artwork of the video and you can see both the artwork and the full list of matches below.

Click here to go to the Amazon store to purchase the Blu Ray

Click here to go to the Amazon Store to purchase the regular DVD

DISC 1

The Real Story

NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match
'Nature Boy' Ric Flair vs. Sting
Clash of the Champions - 27th March, 1988

NWA World Tag Team Championship Match
Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Lex Luger & Barry Windham
Clash of the Champions - 27th March, 1988

Why Wait a Whole Year?

NWA World Tag Team Championship Match
Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Sting & Dusty Rhodes
Clash of the Champions II - 8th June, 1988

Russian Chain Match
Ricky Morton vs. Ivan Koloff
Clash of the Champions III - 7th September, 1988

"I Quit" Match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
'Nature Boy' Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk
Clash of the Champions IX - 15th November, 1989

Mil Mascaras vs. Cactus Jack Manson
Clash of the Champions X - 6th February, 1990

NWA World Tag Team Championship Match
Midnight Express vs. Rock & Roll Express
Clash of the Champions XI - 13th June, 1990


DISC 2

To Be The Man, You Gotta Beat The Man

NWA United States Championship Match
'Nature Boy' Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger
Clash of the Champions XII - 5th September, 1990

The Young Pistols & Z-Man vs. The Fabulous Freebirds
Clash of the Champions XV - 12th June, 1991

15-Man Battle Royal
Clash of the Champions XVI - 5th September, 1991

WCW United States Championship Match
Sting vs. 'Ravishing' Rick Rude
Clash of the Champions XVII - 19th November, 1991

Other Stars On The Rise

2 out of 3 Falls Match
'Nature Boy' Ric Flair & Arn Anderson vs. The Hollywood Blonds
Clash of the Champions XXIII - 17th June, 1993

Brian Pillman vs. 'Stunning' Steve Austin
Clash of the Champions XXV - 10th November, 1993

WCW Television Title Match
Lord Steven Regal vs. Dustin Rhodes
Clash of the Champions XXVI - 27th January, 1994

Elimination Tag Team Match
Sting & 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair vs. 'Ravishing' Rick Rude & Vader
Clash of the Champions XXVI - 27th January, 1994


DISC 3

Here we are Again

Championship Unification Match
Sting vs. 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair
Clash of the Champions XXVII - 23rd June, 1994

WCW United States Championship Match
'Stunning' Steve Austin vs. Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat
Clash of the Champions XXVIII - 24th August, 1994

Hulk Hogan & 'Macho Man' Randy Savage vs. 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair & The Giant
Clash of the Champions XXXII - 23rd January, 1996

Medusa vs. Bull Nakano
Clash of the Champions XXXIII - 15th August, 1996

Match for the BattleBowl Ring
Diamond Dallas Page vs. Eddie Guerrero
Clash of the Champions XXXIII - 15th August, 1996

I'm gonna watch this

WCW World Tag Team Championship Triple Threat Match
Harlem Heat vs. The Steiner Brothers vs. Sting & Lex Luger
Clash of the Champions XXXIII - 15th August, 1996

WCW Cruiserweight Championship Match
Ultimo Dragon vs. Dean Malenko
Clash of the Champions XXXIV - 21st January, 1997

WCW Cruiserweight Championship Match
Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Guerrero
Clash of the Champions XXXV - 21st August, 1997

Diamond Dallas Page & Lex Luger vs. Scott Hall & 'Macho Man' Randy Savage
Clash of the Champions XXXV - 21st August, 1997

35th and Final Clash


BLU-RAY EXTRAS

'Nature Boy' Ric Flair and Barry Windham vs. Midnight Express
Clash of the Champions IV - 7th December, 1988

Sting and Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat vs. 'Ravishing' Rick Rude and Steve Austin
Clash of the Champions XVIII - 21st January, 1992

Thunder Cage Match
Dustin Rhodes & Sting vs. Big Van Vader, Paul Orndorff and Barry Windham
Clash of the Champions XXII - 13th January, 1993