World Championship Wrestling – 1987 Results

1/3/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
1/3/87 – featured opening footage from the previous week of Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey attacking NWA US Tag Team Champions Ron Garvin & Barry Windham; included Tony Schiavone & David Crockett conducting an interview with Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson regarding NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez, with Morton & Gibson challenging them to a title rematch; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Jim Cornette, alongside Big Bubba, with Cornette stating Bubba was winning Bunkhouse Stampedes around the country and Eaton & Condrey would get revenge against the Road Warriors in their upcoming Scaffold match; Cornette then said he would take great pleasure in putting Paul Ellering in the hospital; Cornette then cut a promo on Garvin & Windham, saying they would end Garvin’s career to take the US tag team titles before the Crockett Cup in April; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA US Tag Team Champions Ron Garvin & Barry Windham, during which Garvin issued a challenge to NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez and responded to Cornette’s attack on him the previous week; Windham then said Cornette had sent him letters asking him to join Cornette’s men but he was talking to the wrong man; Garvin then said Big Bubba might have won their match at Starrcade but he beat Bubba from one end of the ring to the other; included Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & JJ Dillon, with Dillon saying Dusty Rhodes wasn’t in the building and Blanchard has proven his win over Rhodes at Starrcade wasn’t a fluke because he still has the belt; moments later, Dillon pulled out $10,000 in cash and said the money would be on the line as well as the belt for Blanchard’s match later in the show against Tim Horner; Blanchard then said putting up the money would just prove no one could beat him and he would expand the 20-minute time-limit to 25 minutes, then adding he makes the rules because he’s the champion; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Dick Murdoch, who spoke about the show later that night in Amarillo and then said the NWA has the biggest shows in wrestling and he was proud to be part of it; included an ad for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express Fan Club; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair, during which he picked Eaton & Condrey to beat the Road Warriors in the scaffold matches; Flair also said Ivan Koloff’s new man would get rid of NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, which would leave Flair with only Windham and Dusty Rhodes; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Ole & Arn Anderson, with Ole saying his time was running out but he would take a list of men down with him, including a fat cowboy in Oklahoma; Arn then cut a promo on Nikita and Rhodes, saying he would take the US title and end Rhodes’ career; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Nikita regarding Petrov, during which Nikita also discussed the challenge of Arn Anderson as Anderson stood feet away; including a complete replay of Petrov’s debut to close the program:
Brad Armstrong pinned Kent Glover with a reversal into the side Russian legsweep at 3:57
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Alan Martin & Zane Smith at 2:20 when Morton pinned Smith following the double dropkick
NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin pinned the White Knight at 2:01 by sitting on him after the right hand punch
NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham pinned Randy Barber with the lariat at 1:46
Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) defeated George South & Mike Jackson when Condrey pinned South at 5:00 following a flapjack after Eaton hit a kneedrop off the top; prior to the bout, Cornette and Bubba approached Tony Schiavone, with Cornette then cutting a promo on Eaton & Condrey facing the Road Warriors in upcoming scaffold matches; Cornette joined the commentary team for the bout, during which he said his team should be in the Crockett Cup
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) pinned Tim Horner at around the 16-minute mark by grabbing the tights for leverage after the momentum of a crossbody off the top by the challenger put Blanchard on top for the win; stipulations stated an extra 5 minutes were added to the time limit, making it a 25-minute time-limit, and Horner would win $10,000 in addition to the title if he won; Barry Windham provided guest commentary for the contest; mid-way through the bout, Dillon approached the commentary table to object to Windham getting the spotlight and making excuses for Dusty Rhodes not being in the building, with Windham saying Rhodes was out spending all the money he won from Dillon’s men; after the contest, Windham argued the decision and brawled with Blanchard until NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Ole & Arn Anderson ran out, jumped Horner, threw the referee to the floor, and then ganged up on Windham; Blanchard then hit the slingshot suplex on Windham, with Flair then slapping Windham before the Horsemen left the ring; Tony Schiavone then conducted an interview with the Horsemen, with Blanchard telling Windham to stay out of his matches and Flair noting that when you jump on one Horsemen, you jump on them all; Arn then noted that the same was in store for NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Allan West & Eddie Roberts when Rude pinned Roberts at the 49-second mark with the Rude Awakening DDT; after the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with Jones, Rude & Fernandez regarding the challenges of the Road Warriors, Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, NWA US Tag Team Champions Ron Garvin & Barry Windham, and Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
Vladimir Petrov (w/ Ivan Koloff) defeated Bill Tabb, Bill & Randy Mulkey in a handicap match when Petrov pinned Tabb at the 33-second mark following a clothesline and choke; prior to the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with Ivan regarding Petrov and his mission to end Nikita Koloff; after the bout, Ivan got in the ring and instructed Petrov to throw the Mulkeys to the floor; moments later, Schiavone conducted an interview with Ivan & Petrov (Petrov’s debut)
Dick Murdoch pinned Henry Rutley with the brainbuster at 4:18
Ole & Arn Anderson defeated Larry Stephens & David Isley when Arn pinned Stephens with the spinebuster at 3:24
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Chance Mcquade with the Russian Sickle at the 44-second mark
NWA Six-Man Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated Dave Spearman & Clement Fields when Road Warrior Hawk pinned Fields at the 48-second mark with the clothesline off the top after an atomic drop from Road Warrior Animal; prior to the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with the Road Warriors & Ellering, holding the six-man title trophy, in which they responded with Road Warrior Hawk saying Jim Cornette is a little man with a big mouth, Big Bubba is a big man with a little brain, and Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey are little men with no brains and big mouths; Hawk then cut a promo on NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez, noting Fernandez was a burrito that gave him gas, and NWA World Champion Ric Flair

1/10/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
1/10/87 – included the announcement that the Sunday Edition program would begin at 5:30 p.m. the following day; included a replay of Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with Jim Cornette, alongside Big Bubba, from NWA Pro in which Cornette said Bubba should have won the Bunkhouse Stampede finals because Bubba won the $100,000 match; however, Cornette said, Jim Crockett Jr. told Cornette Bubba wasn’t the winner because he and Dusty Rhodes won the same number of battle royals and so Bubba would face Rhodes Feb. 25 in the finals during a steel cage match in Pittsburgh, Pa.:
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) pinned Keith Vincent
Brad Armstrong pinned Tommy Angel
Central States Champion Bill Dundee pinned Randy Barber
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Larry Stevens
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard pinned Alan Martin
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Allan West & Eddie Roberts when Morton pinned Roberts
The Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated David Isley & Ray Allen when Road Warrior Animal pinned Isley
NWA US Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Ron Garvin defeated Bill & Randy Mulkey when Windham pinned Bill
Vladimir Petrov (w/ Ivan Koloff) defeated Vernon Deaton & George South in a handicap match by pinning Deaton
Ivan Koloff (w/ Vladimir Petrov) pinned Zane Smith
Dick Murdoch pinned Brodie Chase

1/17/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
1/17/87 – featured Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with Dusty Rhodes in which he said he and Magnum TA were responsible for NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff choosing freedom and then challenged Ivan Koloff; included Schiavone & David Crockett introducing Lex Luger, with Luger saying he can do it all and would one day become a member of the Four Horsemen:
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Rocky King & William Tabb when Rude pinned Tabb
Dutch Mantell & Bobby Jaggers defeated Allen West & Eddie Roberts when Jaggers pinned West
Barry Windham pinned Thunderfoot #2
Dick Murdoch & Baron Von Raschke defeated Randy Barber & Gary Royal when Murdoch pinned Barber
Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Larry Stevens, David Isley, & Ronnie Angle when Eaton pinned Stevens
Vladimir Petrov (w/ Ivan Koloff) pinned Zane Smith
Lex Luger defeated George South via submission with the Torture Rack (Luger’s debut)
Tim Horner pinned Thunderfoot #1
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) pinned Bill Mulkey
Brad Armstrong pinned Vernon Deaton
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) pinned Randy Mulkey

1/24/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
1/24/87 – Tony Schiavone provided sole commentary and all interviews for the show; featured an opening clip showing the ring introductions for the NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham vs. NWA World Champion Ric Flair match from the 1/24/87 Worldwide; included Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with Ivan Koloff, with Vladimir Petrov, regarding their wanting revenge on NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff & Dusty Rhodes; Koloff then said another surprise, the Big Red Machine, was on his way to go after Nikita as well; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Tim Horner regarding the Four Horsemen, with Horner saying he, Brad Armstrong, & Windham would put a stop to them; moments later, Jimmy Valiant interrupted, after his match, and said it was National Grandpa Day and wished his own grandpa a happy day; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Armstrong regarding the recent attack he sustained from the Horsemen and said he wanted to take them on in the ring one-on-one; footage was then shown from a recent episode of Pro in which NWA World Champion Ric Flair interrupted Armstrong’s interview time and told him to get off the set, with Armstrong then calling Flair out until NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Arn & Ole Anderson, with JJ Dillon, jumped Armstrong from behind, with Arn dropping Brad with a gordbuster onto a steel chair; moments later, NWA US Tag Team Champions Windham & Ron Garvin as well as Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson made the save; featured an ad promoting the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express Fan Club; included Schiavone reviewing several minutes of footage from the Flair vs. Windham match from Worldwide; moments later, Schiavone showed footage of Bob Caudle conducting a backstage interview with Flair, and the Horsemen, after the title defense, in which he said Windham was the loser because he still had the title; Schiavone, in the studio, then conducted an interview with Windham regarding the recent match in which Windham said he would soon pin Flair; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with the Road Warriors, with Paul Ellering, in which they said no one had answered their open challenge to face them, or a combo of them, Dusty Rhodes, & Nikita Koloff; they then hyped their scaffold match that night in Washington DC against Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey; Schiavone then presented Ellering with a copy of Starrcade 86, which was now available on home video; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Morton & Gibson regarding their feud with Paul Jones, NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez and wanting the belts back, with Morton & Gibson then bringing out David Allan Coe who said the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express would win the belts back and Magnum TA took his first step four days earlier and was on his way after Flair; Coe then noted he and his band were performing that night at Center Stage Theatre; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Rhodes & Nikita regarding the Horsemen, with Nikita finishing by saying he would see Flair that night in Richmond, VA; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Central States Heavyweight Champion Bill Dundee, Jimmy Garvin, with Precious, in which Dundee said the Barbarian was on his way back to the territory and that many other names were on their way in; Garvin then said he would be going to Richmond and DC and would, unfortunately, miss the Coe concert that night at Center Stage; featured an ad promoting the Starrcade 86 home video:
Jimmy Valiant pinned Randy Barber at the 10-second mark with an elbow drop; Valiant worked the match without taking off his leather jacket, shirt, and stocking cap
Dick Murdoch & Baron Von Raschke defeated Brody Chase & Larry Stevens at 2:40 when Murdoch pinned Stevens with the brainbuster; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with Murdoch & Von Raschke in which they talked about wanting to be part of the Crockett Cup in April
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) pinned Zane Smith with the slingshot suplex at 1:23; both the title and Blanchard’s $10,000 were at stake in the match
Lex Luger defeated Randy Mulkey via submission with the Torture Rack at 1:39; prior to the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with JJ Dillon, alongside NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson in which Dillon said there were no plans to expand the Horsemen, despite Luger’s recent comments, and that each member of the current Horsemen group was integral to their overall success; Dillon remained ringside to watch Luger in action; after the bout, Dillon whispered something into Luger’s ear and shook his hand; moments later, Schiavone conducted an interview with Luger in which he said his phone had been ringing off the hook since his national debut and he wanted to be a Horseman; moments later, NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham came out and said he was looking out for Luger and that Luger did not want to be a member of the Horsemen, with Luger taking exception to Windham taking his interview time; after Windham left, Luger said Windham needed to grow up and there was more to life than blue jeans and car payments
Brad Armstrong pinned Gary Royal with the side Russian legsweep at around the 6-minute mark
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Eddie Roberts & David Isley at 4:06 when Gibson pinned Isley after the double dropkick
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Tommy Angel & Chance McQuaid at 4:14 when Rude pinned Angel with one finger after hitting the Rude Awakening DDT; after the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with Jones and the champions in which Jones said they didn’t have a fan club but were still the champions, with Rude then cutting a promo on facing the Road Warriors Feb. 1 at the Omni and Fernandez talking about facing Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
Vladimir Petrov (w/ Ivan Koloff) pinned Alan Martin at the 49-second mark with a clothesline off the top; after the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with Koloff, alongside Petrov, regarding NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff & Dusty Rhodes
Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated NwA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Denny Brown, Bill Mulkey, & George South at 5:18 when Bubba pinned Mulkey with a sit-down powerbomb after Eaton & Condrey lifted Mulkey into the air and put him into position; prior to the bout, Cornette yelled at Tony Schiavone for hyping the Starrcade home video and called all the fans sick for wanting to watch him hurt himself as bad as he did that night; Cornette joined Schiavone on commentary for the bout and talked about Bubba facing Dusty Rhodes Feb. 27 in a cage in Pittsburgh, PA to determine the winner of the Bunkhouse Stampede; after the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with Cornette, Bubba, Eaton, & Condrey in which Cornette said Eaton & Condrey were the NWA US Tag Team Champions but just didn’t have the belts; as Cornette was talking, Mulkey was taken out of the ring by other wrestlers
Arn Anderson pinned Bill Tabb with the spinebuster at 1:37; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with Lex Luger, well dressed, in which he talked about how he wanted to be a member of the Horsemen

1/31/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
1/31/87:
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) vs. George South
Ron Garvin vs. Gary Royal
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs. Brad Armstrong
Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) vs. Tommy Angel
NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Ole Anderson vs. Tim Horner & Eddie Roberts
Vladimir Pietrov vs. Mike Simani
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez vs. Rocky King & Kent Glover
Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey vs. Vernon Deaton & Larry Stevens
Arn Anderson vs. Tim Horner

2/14/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
2/14/87:
Jimmy Valiant pinned Tommy Angel at 1:48
Barry Windham & Ron Garvin defeated Randy Barber & Jack Jackson at 6:29
Lex Luger defeated Kent Glover via submission with the Torture Rack at 4:06
Arn Anderson pinned Zane Smith with the gordbuster at 4:25
Jimmy Garvin vs. David Isley
Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey vs. Ricky Sullivan & Larry Stevens
Dick Murdoch, Ivan Koloff & Krusher Kruschev vs. Alan Martin, Randy Mulkey, & Chance McQuade
Big Bubba vs. George South
Dutch Mantell & Bobby Jaggers vs. Keith Vincent & Vernon Deaton
Bob Armstrong vs. the Demon

2/21/87:
Jimmy Valiant pinned Thunderfoot #2 with an elbow drop at 4:24; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with Valiant, during which Valiant said the fans wanted to see him give some sugar to Schiavone; he then said he was going to Gainesville, GA and would then hibernate for 3 or 4 days and would then work out hard and find a partner to compete in the Crockett Cup; Valiant then said, if his team won, he would give all his winnings to those in need
Brad Armstrong vs. Larry Stevens
Dick Murdoch, Ivan Koloff, & Vladimir Pietrov vs. Rick Sullivan, David Isley, & Tommy Angel
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez vs. Rick Nelson & Alan Martin
Tim Horner vs. Randy Barber
Big Bubba vs. Kent Glover
Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey vs. Randy Mulkey & Zane Smith
Denny Brown vs. Rocky King
Baron Von Raschke vs. Brodie Chase
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Lex Luger, Ole & Arn Anderson vs. Bob Armstrong, Dutch Mantell, Eddie Roberts, & Ricky Lee Jones

2/28/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
2/28/87 – featured Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with JJ Dillon, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, and Lex Luger in which Dillon noted the record crowd the night before at the Philadelphia Civic Center; moments later, Blanchard said they were getting ready for Baltimore and Luger said more security was being hired to keep the women in their seats when he walks out:
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Lex Luger vs. Ricky Sullivan & Chance McQuade
Barry Windham vs. Thunderfoot #2
Brad Armstrong vs. Keith Vincent
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez vs. Zane Smith & Jack Evans
Tim Horner vs. Kent Glover
Jimmy Garvin vs. Thunderfoot #1
Bobby Eaton vs. Larry Stevens
Ron Garvin vs. Tommy Angel
Big Bubba vs. George South
Ole & Arn Anderson defeated Alan Martin & Randy Mulkey via submission when Ole applied an arm bar; after the bout, Ole confronted Blanchard at the commentary area, with Ole punching Blanchard in the face when Blanchard told him he should have been paying attention to business instead of his snot nosed kid
Misty Blue vs. Linda Dallas

3/7/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
3/7/87 – featured the debut of a new theme song and entrance video:
Lex Luger vs. Rocky King
The MOD Squad vs. Mitch Snow & George South
Mike Rotunda vs. Thunderfoot
Arn Anderson vs. Mike Anderson
Lazortron defeated NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Denny Brown to win the title
Jimmy Valiant vs. Tommy Angel
The Barbarian vs. Randy Mulkey
Wahoo McDaniel & Baron Von Raschke vs. Rick Sullivan & Randy Barber
Dick Murdoch, Ivan Koloff, & Vladimir Pietrov vs. Alan Martin, Zane Smith, & Cougar Jay
Barry Windham vs. Chance McQuade
Ron & Jimmy Garvin vs. Larry Stevens & Darrell Dalton

3/14/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
3/14/87 – featured Tony Schiavone & David Crockett conducting an interview with NWA US Tag Team Champions Ron Garvin & Barry Windham regarding their title defense later in the show against Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, the #2 seed in the Crockett Cup, regarding their participation in the tournament; Rhodes finished the interview by noting he would soon be facing Big Bubba at the Boston Garden; featured footage of Jim Cornette recently sending Big Bubba out to fight with Ole Anderson; included an ad promoting the Starrcade 86 home video; featured a video package hosted by Francis Crockett regarding Baltimore hosting the Crockett Cup and the historic sights in the city:
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) pinned Randy Barber with the brainbuster at 3:45; during the bout, it was noted the Gladiators, Steve Keirn & Stan Lane, Mike Graham & Nelson Royal would be part of the Crockett Cup in April
The Barbarian (w/ Bill Dundee) pinned Zane Smith with a tombstone and headbutt off the top; during the bout, it was announced Big Bubba would face Ole Anderson that night in Greensboro, NC; Dundee joined the commentary team during the match to advertise that he, Kevin Sullivan, and the MOD Squad would be in Daytona Beach, FL the next night for Night of the Thunderdome
Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch (w/ Vladimir Pietrov) defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Ron Garvin & Barry Windham to win the titles at 22:52 when Koloff pinned Garvin after Jim Cornette and Bobby Eaton appeared ringside, with Eaton hitting Garvin with Cornette’s tennis racquet behind the referee’s back
Brad Armstrong vs. El Lobo
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, & Lex Luger vs. Alan Martin, Larry Stevens, & Bill Mulkey
Lazortron vs. Tommy Angel
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Dexter Wescott & Mike Jackson
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Darrel Dalton & Randy Mulkey

3/15/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
3/21/87:
Arn Anderson & Lex Luger vs. Tommy Angel & Larry Stevens
Brad Armstrong vs. Paul Garner
Tim Horner vs. El Lobo
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Randy Barber
Ron Garvin vs. Dexter Wescott
Bobby Eaton vs. Alan Fox
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Darel Dalton & Zane Smith
Barry Windham vs. Bill Tabb

3/28/87:
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Chance McQuade & Bill Tabb
Bobby Eaton vs. Vernon Deaton
Ole Anderson vs. Kent Glover Wahoo McDaniel & Baron Von Raschke vs. Larry Clarke & Rick Sullivan
Big Bubba vs. Cougar Jay
Lex Luger & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs. Todd Champion & Denny Brown
Arn Anderson vs. Tim Horner
Barry Windham vs. Dave Spearman
NWA Tag Team Champion Rick Rude vs. Larry Stephens
Bill & Randy Mulkey defeated the Gladiators

4/4/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
4/4/87 – featured Tony Schiavone & David Crockett on commentary; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Jim Crockett Jr. in which he announced Ivan Koloff would team with Vladimir Petrov at the Crockett Cup instead of Dick Murdoch because Murdoch had been suspended for 30 days, due to dropping NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff with a brainbuster on the floor the previous week, and he and Koloff had been stripped of the NWA US Tag Team Titles; Crockett said a tournament would determine the next champions and he is considering further actions against Murdoch; moments later, Schiavone conducted an interview with Koloff & Petrov regarding Murdoch’s suspension, during which Koloff said they would target Dusty Rhodes & Nikita; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson regarding their being the #4 seed in the Crockett Cup the following week; included a pretaped promo by Murdoch replying to his suspension from Crockett, during which he said his lawyer had contacted Crockett and he would be back at work in two weeks, Crockett couldn’t ban the brainbuster, and that he would take out Rhodes just like he took out Nikita; featured a pretaped promo by NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo regarding his participation at the Crockett Cup with Tim Horner; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with JJ Dillon & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard regarding the Crockett Cup, during which it was noted Blanchard would face Ole Anderson the next night at the Omni; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Nikita, in a neckbrace, regarding his recovery from Murdoch’s brainbuster the previous week and being part of the Crockett Cup with Rhodes; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Baron Von Raschke regarding his teaming with Wahoo McDaniel in the Crockett Cup; included a pretaped promo by NWA Florida Tag Team Champions the MOD Squad regarding their participation in the Crockett Cup; featured an ad promoting the Starrcade 86 home video; included a video segment focusing on the history of Baltimore and tourist sites in the city; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Flair regarding his defense against Barry Windham during the Crockett Cup, during which Flair again said Precious wanted Flair and that she should go ahead and jump onboard before any blood is spilled between he and Jimmy Garvin; moments later, Flair asked for Precious to come out, with Precious then doing so and Flair praising her until she slapped him across the face and walked off; moments later, Flair said he would be back out next week with two of the best Space Mountainettes and would again ask Precious to come out, then stating the next time Precious slapped him it would be behind closed doors; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Windham regarding his challenging Flair in Baltimore; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Ron Garvin regarding Jim Cornette & the New Midnight Express, with Garvin implying Dennis Condrey quit because he was the only one that had any sense; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Cornette, Bubba, Eaton & Lane regarding Lane now being a member of the Midnight Express and responding to Ron Garvin’s comments earlier in the show; moments later, Lane said he was on Clearwater Beach, FL 24 years earlier when Cornette called him and said he could win $1 million and get to beat up Ron Garvin; featured a pretaped promo by Kevin Sullivan regarding his teaming with Arn Anderson as part of the Crockett Cup; included Schiavone conducting a closing interview with Jimmy Garvin & Precious regarding the altercation between Precious and Flair earlier in the show, with Garvin taking exception to Flair hitting on Precious:
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) & Ron Garvin defeated Larry Clarke & Mike Force at 5:55 when Jimmy scored the pin following the brainbuster; during the match, NWA World Champion Ric Flair joined the commentary team to scout Jimmy, during which he said Precious wanted to be with him; Flair called out to Precious several times during the contest
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Cougar Jay & Dexter Wescott at the 15-second mark when both men scored simulteanous pinfalls following Rude’s DDT and Fernandez’ flying forearm; after the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with Rude, Fernandez, & Jones regarding their being the #1 seed in the Crockett Cup, during which they targetted Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, Lex Luger & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, the Road Warriors, and Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated Bill Tabb & Tommy Angel at 1:04 when Road Warrior Hawk pinned Angel following the Doomsday Device; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with the Road Warriors & Ellering regarding their having won the International tag team titles in Japan, their return to the US, and being part of the Crockett Cup; during the segment, it was noted they would face Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane that night in Boston and griped that they were the #3 seed in the tournament instead of #1; Hawk noting they would face “the new Midnight Express” was made before the announcement later in the show that the team had changed
Big Bubba (w/ Jim Cornette) pinned Gary Royal at 4:00 with the sidewalk slam; during the bout, Cornette joined Schiavone on commentary and spoke about Bubba’s upcoming steel cage matches that night in Boston against Dusty Rhodes and the following Friday against Ole Anderson in Baltimore; after the match, Cornette said he met with his mother in Louisville and she ordered that a change had to be made to get rid of the weak link in the Midnight Express; Cornette said the weak link had been made strong and then introduced the New Midnight Express – Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane; Cornette then predicted they would win the Crockett Cup, world and US tag team titles (Lane’s surprise debut with the Midnight Express)
Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated the Italian Stallion via submission with the Torture Rack at 6:16; during the bout, Dillon briefly joined the commentary team to talk about Luger & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard being part of the Crockett Cup
Ole Anderson (w/ Tim Horner) defeated Brodie Chase via submission with an armbar at 1:57; Horner, baseball bat in hand, briefly joined the commentary team for the match; after the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with Horner & Anderson regarding Ole’s upcoming matches with NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard at the Omni and Big Bubba in Baltimore
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov defeated Johnny Ace & Ricky Lee Jones at 3:20 when Koloff pinned Ace with the Russian Sickle; after the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with Koloff & Petrov regarding their participation in the Crockett Cup and facing the Road Warriors the following day at the Omni
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) pinned Larry Stephens with the slingshot suplex at 2:33; Blanchard’s $10,000 and the title were at stake in the match
Arn Anderson pinned Alan Martin with the gordbuster at 1:55; after the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with JJ Dillon & Anderson regarding Anderson teaming with Kevin Sullivan as part of the Crockett Cup, with Arn then discussed Ole Anderson & Tim Horner, saying they were in a war they can’t win
Brad & Bob Armstrong defeated Cougar Jay & Mike Jackson at 5:20 when Brad pinned Jay with the Russian legsweep; during the bout, it was noted Steve Armstrong & Tracy Smothers were teaming in Florida as the Southern Boys
Barry Windham pinned Chance McQuade with the lariat at the 43-second mark
Tim Horner pinned Thunderfoot #1 at 2:17 with a roll up into a bridge

4/5/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
4/11/87:
Ole Anderson vs. Ray Aaron
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Larry Stevens & Tommy Angel
Arn Anderson vs. Zane Smith
The Road Warriors vs. Randy Barber & Thunderfoot #2
Baron Von Raschke vs. Brodie Chase
Ivan Koloff vs. Dexter Wescott
Jimmy Garvin vs. Thunderfoot #1
The New Breed vs. Cougar Jay & Chance McQuade
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs. Alan Martin
Ron Garvin vs. Bill Tabb
Lex Luger vs. Larry Clarke
Tim Horner vs. Mike Force

4/18/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
4/18/87 – featured an opening clip from the Crockett Cup of Magnum TA’s introduction to the crowd, with Magnum then hugging Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff just prior to their victory in the finals of the tournament; included Tony Schiavone & David Crockett on commentary; featured the announcement that the NWA US Tag Team Championship tournament would kick off the following week; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Tim Horner and Ole Anderson regarding NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, & Lex Luger, with Horner noting he had a baseball bat and was ready and willing to use it if the Horsemen wanted to gang up on him; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov regarding the challenge of Rhodes & Nikita and the impending return of Dick Murdoch from suspension, with Ivan then saying he would get the NWA US Tag Team Titles back that were stripped from he and Murdoch; moments later, Ivan challenged Nikita to a Russian chain match, then adding he has won more than 250 of them and was undefeated; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Nikita regarding his Crockett Cup victory, during which Nikita called out Ivan and noted challenges of Dick Murdoch and Lex Luger; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair in which Flair discussed the challenge of Jimmy Garvin before noting he was defending against Brad Armstrong in Los Angeles; Flair then discussed the comments earlier in the show from the Road Warriors and the Horsemen facing them in Daytona Beach, FL; included a video package recapping highlights from the previous weekend’s Crockett Cup in Baltimore; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Blanchard and Dillon regarding Blanchard’s $10,000 and the title that are on the line each time he gets into the ring and the challenges of Horner, Barry Windham, and Ricky Morton; included Schiavone conducting a closing interview with Jim Cornette, alongside Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane regarding Bubba’s services being rented out and Eaton & Lane helping him against the challenge of Ron Garvin:
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) defeated Dave Diamond & Alan Martin at 5:18 when Eaton scored the pin with one foot on his opponent’s chest following the Rocket Launcher; Cornette joined the commentary team for the match, during which he bragged about the Midnight Express eliminating the Road Warriors from the Crockett Cup and blamed their loss to Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff on a biased referee; Cornette also discussed facing Ron Garvin in a steel cage match during the month of May; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Cornette and his men, during which Cornette said an old friend of his offered a big sum of money for Bubba’s services in the near future; Cornette then addressed Garvin, saying Garvin was trying to assassinate him but he would get Eaton & Lane to take Garvin out
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov defeated Mike Force & Russ Taylor at 4:15 when Ivan pinned Taylor after a modified Doomsday Device
Brad Armstrong pinned Randy Barber with the side Russian legsweep at 3:47; after the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with Brad and Bob Armstrong regarding their performance in the Crockett Cup and potentially challenging for the NWA US Tag Team Titles
Ron Garvin pinned Tony Beason with one hand on his chest after hitting the right hand punch at around the 5-minute mark
The Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated Dexter Wescott & Rick Sullivan at 1:51 when Road Warrior Hawk scored the pin following the Doomsday Device; after the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with the Road Warriors & Ellering, during which they noted they would team with Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Tag Team Champion Nikita Koloff to face the Horsemen in Daytona, FL and were also after the NWA Tag Team Titles; Ellering then noted the LOD were also coming to Phoenix
Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Larry Clarke at 3:08 via submission with the Torture Rack; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with Dillon and Luger, during which Dillon discussed the Horsemen’s recent loss at the Crockett Cup and said that $1 million paycheck would continue to make NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff soft; Luger then said he was after the US title
Sean Royal & Chris Champion defeated Chance McQuade & Larry Stevens at 1:54 when Champion scored the pin following a suplex / crossbody off the top double team; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with Royal & Champion in which Champion mocked Road Warrior Hawk before referring to Jimmy Valiant as “Father Time” and Royal said they would end him and Lazortron as well as Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
Ole Anderson & Tim Horner defeated Bill Tabb & Vernon Deaton at 2:56 when Horner forced the submission with a standing armbar
Arn Anderson pinned the Italian Stallion with the gordbuster at 2:18; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Anderson in which Anderson cut a promo on Barry Windham, saying he was the #1 contender and had beaten people up north, down south, and out west but was in JCP because he wanted to face the best; Anderson then took exception to people thinking Windham was better than him
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Brodie Chase via submission with the figure-4 at 4:08; throughout the bout, Flair called for Precious
NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron pinned Darrell Dalton at 1:26; during the bout, Jimmy Valiant appeared ringside to cheer on Lazortron; after the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with the two regarding comments earlier in the show from Chris Champion & Sean Royal
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) pinned Billy Moore with the brainbuster at the 13-second mark; after the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with Garvin, with Precious, in which he discussed challenging Flair
The Barbarian pinned Clement Fields with a tombstone piledriver and headbutt off the top at 1:07

4/25/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
4/25/87:
Ron Garvin & Barry Windham defeated Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov via disqualification

5/2/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
5/2/87:
Jimmy Valiant & Lazortron vs. Randy Barber & Alan Martin
Lex Luger vs. Jeff Belk
NWA US Tag Team Championship Tournament Quarter Finals: Bob & Brad Armstrong fought Sean Royal & Chris Champion to a draw
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov vs. Cougar Jay & Jeff Sampson
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Bill Tabb & Larry Clark
The Road Warriors vs. David Isley & Mike Force
Ron Garvin vs. Larry Stevens
Jimmy Garvin vs. Paul Garner

5/9/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
5/9/87:
Jimmy Garvin vs. Larry Clark
The New Breed vs. Alan Martin & Clement Fields
NWA US Tag Team Championship Tournament Semi-Finals: Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson via disqualification
Dick Murdoch vs. Cougar Jay
Ron Garvin vs. Mike Force
Bob Armstrong vs. Randy Barber
Jimmy Valiant vs. Terry Jones
Barry Windham vs. Rick Sullivan
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Chance McQuade
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, & Lex Luger vs. Rocky King, Howell Moore, & Larry Stephens
The Road Warriors vs. Bill Tabb & the Shadow

5/16/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
5/16/87 – featured a music video hyping the Fabulous Freebirds’ return to the Omni to the tune of Michael Hayes’ “The Boys Are Back in Town;” included Tony Schiavone & David Crockett on commentary; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with JJ Dillon regarding the Horsemen facing the Freebirds June 7 at the Omni, during which Dillon said the Horsemen in any combination could beat any other combination in wrestling; included a music video on Dusty Rhodes to the tune of Bo Diddley’s “You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover;” featured an ad promoting the 1987 Crockett Cup on home video; included a vignette of NWA World Champion Ric Flair to the tune of his entrance music; featured Schiavone & Crockett conducting an interview with NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane regarding their title win, with Lane saying they were now going after the NWA Tag Team titles; moments later, Crockett interrupted to review the finish of the match; moments later, Jim Cornette came out, still recovering from the sleeper Ron Garvin gave him, and bragged about the title win:
NWA US Tag Team Championship Tournament Finals: Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Barry Windham & Ron Garvin at 26:54 when Eaton pinned Garvin when, as Windham had Cornette in a sleeper on the floor and referee Teddy Long had been knocked to the floor moments earlier, Lane hit Garvin with a chair; moments after the finish, Windham hit a clothesline on Lane and made the cover, not realizing the match was over

5/23/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
5/23/87 – featured Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair regarding the Road Warriors and the return of the Fabulous Freebirds; Flair then discussed Jimmy Garvin & Precious and said he would eventually have Precious; included Schiavone conducting an interview with JJ Dillon and NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, with Dark Journey, regarding the upcoming $100,000 match with Dusty Rhodes; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Lex Luger in which he said there was nothing common about the Four Horsemen, referring to Rhodes, and then said NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff had become soft and was a shell of his former self; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Flair, Blanchard, Journey, Luger, and Dillon in which Flair made fun of the Road Warriors and repeatedly had Luger flex; Flair then referred to the Freebirds as the “fruit birds”

5/30/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
5/30/87 – 60-minute episode; featured Tony Schiavone & David Crockett conducting an opening interview with Magnum TA regarding his being in Dusty Rhodes’ corner for the June 6 match at the Greensboro Coliseum between Dusty Rhodes and NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard; moments later, NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff came out to welcome Magnum before going to the ring for the opening match; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Lex Luger & JJ Dillon regarding Luger’s quest for Koloff’s US title; featured a closing announcement that the following day’s Sunday Edition would air at 5:30 EST:
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Art Pritts with the Russian Sickle at the 52-second mark; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with Koloff regarding the challenge of Lex Luger, during which they reviewed footage of Koloff and Luger brawling at the end of the 5/30/87 Pro
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) pinned Tim Davis with the brainbuster at the 50-second mark
International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated Mike Force & Rick Sullivan at 1:08 when Road Warrior Hawk scored the pin following the Doomsday Device; after the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with the Road Warriors & Ellering regarding the Four Horsemen
Ron Garvin pinned Barry Phelps at 1:16 with a right hand punch

6/6/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
6/6/87 – 60-minute episode – featured an opening announcement that Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson won the NWA Tag Team Titles from Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez and that the Freebirds would be at the Omni the following night to face the Horsemen; included footage of how Morton & Gibson won the titles; featured Schiavone announcing that the Great American Bash would kick off July 1 at in Lakeland, FL and would hit Landover, MD, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles and the Freebirds would be part of the event; Schiavone then spoke with Jim Crockett Jr. about the July 4 show at the Omni in which Crockett announced the Match Beyond would take place at the show; included a Dusty Rhodes music video to the tune of Bo Diddley’s “You Can’t Judge a Book by It’s Cover;” featured Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Dark Journey, & JJ Dillon regarding Blanchard’s $100,000 match later that night against Dusty Rhodes in Greensboro; included a vignette of NWA World Champion Ric Flair; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Barry Windham regarding his challenge of Big Bubba and being part of a tournament in Houston to determine the Western States Heritage champion, during which it was noted Windham would face Bubba the following night at the Omni; included footage of Schiavone conducting an interview with Rhodes regarding his match June 6 against Blanchard; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Jimmy Garvin, with Precious, regarding the Bash and challenging Flair; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Flair regarding facing the Freebirds the next night at the Omni, moments later, Flair pulled a crew member aside and asked if he wanted to spend a night with Dark Journey, with the man saying yes; Flair replied by saying he can’t because she’s Blanchard’s; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff regarding the challenge of Lex Luger and facing Dick Murdoch the next night at the Omni; included footage from the UWF of Dick Murdoch assaulting Steve Williams after Williams beat Eddie Gilbert and breaking Williams’ arm; Jim Ross & Ted Dibiase provided commentary on the footage; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with JJ Dillon & Luger regarding the Bash and challenging Koloff:
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Alan Martin & Mike Force at 3:58 when Champion scored the pin following a suplex / missile dropkick double team
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Randy Barber & Cougar Jay at 2:56 when both men scored the pin following the double dropkick; following the commercial break, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with Morton & Gibson regarding their recent title win and facing NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Lex Luger the following night in Greensboro
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) pinned Terry Jones with the brainbuster at the 55-second mark
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Trent Knight & Larry Stephens when Lane pinned Knight at 4:05 following the flapjack; Cornette joined the commentary team for the bout, during which the champions brought one of the opponents over to the broadcast booth for Cornette to talk to him; after the contest, Schiavone conducted an interview with Cornette, Eaton & Lane in which they challenged NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson to a title match during the Great American Bash
Arn Anderson pinned Chance McQuade with the gordbuster at 2:23; MLB Hall of Famer Lou Brock was shown on camera during the bout
Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, & Buddy Roberts defeated Gladiator #1, Thunderfoot #1 & #2 at around the 3-minute mark when Hayes pinned the Gladiator following an elbow off the top as Gordy had the Gladiator in a fireman’s carry; after the match, Schiavone conducted an interview with the Freebirds regarding their match the next night at the Omni against the Horsemen (the Freebirds’ return)
Vladimir Petrov (w/ Paul Jones) pinned Gary Phelps at the 23-second mark with the Russian Sickle
Barry Windham pinned Gladiator #2 with the lariat at around the 15-second mark
Ron Garvin pinned Rick Sullivan at the 39-second mark by sitting on him after two right hand punches; after the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Garvin and Barry Windham regarding their challenge of NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane, during which they said they would take Jim Cornette out of the picture before the match even begins NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Ricky Nelson & John Savage at 1:32 when Nelson submitted to Flair’s figure-4; following the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Flair, Luger, Dillon, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, and Dark Journey regarding the challenge of the Freebirds, during which Flair referred to them as the “Fruitbirds” and implied Dark Journey tried Michael Hayes and he didn’t meet her standards

6/13/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
6/13/87 – featured the Dusty Rhodes vs. NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard bout taped 6/6/87 at the Greensboro Coliseum; included Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair in which he said Precious was playing hard to get after walking off with his $15,000 fur coat; Flair then shook the hands of NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, Lex Luger, and JJ Dillon in the ring :
Kendall Windham vs. Art Pritts
Jimmy Garvin vs. Rick Sullivan
Arn Anderson, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, & Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) vs. Mike Force, Cougar Jay, & Chance McQuade

6/17/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
6/20/87:
Barry Windham vs. Brodie Chase
Jimmy Valiant & Lazortron vs. Thunderfoot #1 & #2
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Hal Moore
The MOD Squad vs. Mike Jackson & Alan Martin
Manny Fernandez & Ivan Koloff vs. Todd Champion & Denny Brown
Ron Garvin vs. John Hardy
Jimmy Garvin vs. Terry Jones
Kendall Windham vs. Tim Hardy
Lex Luger vs. Dexter Wescott
The Italian Stallion vs. Tommy Angel
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Mike Force & Larry Stephens
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson vs. Dalton & Sullivan

6/18/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
6/27/87:
The MOD Squad vs. Martin & El Negro
Arn Anderson vs. Dexter Wescott
NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Lex Luger fought Ron & Jimmy Garvin to a double disqualification
NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton vs. Freddy Smith
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Brodie Chase
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Gary Phelps
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs. Hal Moore
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Mike Force & Larry Stevens
Thunderfoot #2 vs. Darrel Dalton

7/4/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
7/4/87 – featured Tony Schiavone & David Crockett on commentary; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Dusty Rhodes regarding his team facing the Four Horsemen later that night at the Omni in Wargames and facing NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard at Charlotte Memorial Stadium for $100,000; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Blanchard, with Dark Journey, regarding that night’s Wargames; included comments from University of Oklahoma football coach Barry Switzer in which he told the fans not to miss the Great American Bash on tour; featured ads promoting Wargames at the Omni; included Schiavone conducting an interview with UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham regarding his title win and being in Rhodes corner for the upcoming show in Charlotte, during which Windham said Arn Anderson wanted a shot at his belt; featured an ad promoting the Crockett Cup 87 home video; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Paul Ellering regarding that night’s Wargames; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair regarding Ellering’s comments and that night’s Wargames; footage then aired of a recent match between Jimmy & Ron Garvin and Flair & Luger in which Precious was helped to safety backstage and Garvin knocked Flair out with the brainbuster; Flair then commented on his upcoming match against Jimmy in Greensboro with both his belt and a date with Precious on the line, during which Flair said he can be beat but noted he’s only been beat three times in five years; included footage of Steve Williams in training at the University of Oklahoma for his match against UWF World Champion Big Bubba July 11 in Oklahoma City; Switzer was shown working with Williams during the segment and the segment ended with comments from Jim Ross on the college campus; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Ron Simmons regarding his football history with Williams and said he would give Williams all the help he could; included a music video of the Fabulous Freebirds to the tune of “The Boys are Back in Town;” featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Lex Luger & JJ Dillon regarding them hosting “The Dating Game” July 25 in Philadelphia with the winner getting a date with Luger and Luger’s challenge of NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff:
Ron Simmons pinned Larry Stephens at around the 2-minute mark with a shoulderblock; Tony Schiavone provided sole commentary for the match
Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated David Isley via submission with the Torture Rack at 5:24; during the bout, David Crockett joined Schiavone on commentary and said he just came from the Omni as final preparations were being made for that night’s Great American Bash card
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated David Diamond & Terry Jones at 1:59 when both men scored the pin following the double dropkick; during the bout, it was noted Jim Cornette was sidelined with an injury
Arn Anderson pinned David Wescott with the gordbuster at 4:25
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned El Negro with the lariat at 2:38
NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo fought Dory Funk Jr. to a time-limit draw at 14:10; the match ended as Rotundo had Funk in the airplane spin; after the contest, the Black Assassin attacked the champion and double teamed him with Funk until several enhancement workers cleared the ring
JJ Dillon (w/ NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, Lex Luger, & Dark Journey) pinned Alan Martin at 3:58 with the figure-4 after hitting the slingshot suplex, gordbuster, and briefly applying the Torture Rack; prior to the bout, Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Dark Journey regarding the match in which she said it was a warm up for Wargames later that night; after the contest, Schiavone conducted an interview with Anderson regarding Wargames and his challenging UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham
Paul Ellering (w/ Dusty Rhodes) pinned Cougar Jay with a clothesline at the 39-second mark
Ivan Koloff (w/ Paul Jones) pinned Hal Moore at 1:27 with a clothesline off the top; prior to the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with Jones in which he said he would regroup and his men Manny Fernandez, the Barbarian, Koloff, and Vladimir Petrov would win at the Great American Bash; moments later, Koloff appeared and said he was looking forward to doing battle at the Bash
The Black Assassin (w/ Dory Funk Jr.) pinned Darrel Dalton at 2:19 with a flying clothesline; after the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with Funk regarding his match earlier in the show and the Black Assassin’s interference afterwards, during which he said he would be facing Blackjack Mulligan and Kevin Sullivan during the Great American Bash and aimed to take the Florida title
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs. Trent Knight

7/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
7/11/87 – featured an opening segment showing the team introductions from Wargames, held 7/4/87 at the Atlanta Omni, after which it was noted both JJ Dillon and NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff both suffered injuries in the match; moments later, Tony Schiavone & David Crockett spoke with Jim Crockett Jr., with Jim saying Wargames II would be held July 31 at the Orange Bowl and that Dillon would have a personal substitute for the bout; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Dillon, his arm in a sling, alongside NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, with Dark Journey, Lex Luger, and Arn Anderson in which they discussed Wargames and the pending rematch, during which Dillon showed footage of the Road Warriors hitting a modified Doomsday Device on him during Wargames; moments later, Dillon introduced footage of him alongside a masked man, described at 6’9 and 440lbs. and named the War Machine who would replace him in Wargames II; after the footage was shown, Flair cut a promo saying he would have Precious later that night in Greensboro, Blanchard would beat Dusty Rhodes in Charlotte, and Flair and Luger soon facing the Road Warriors in singles matches; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Jimmy Garvin, Precious, & Ron Garvin regarding Jimmy’s match that night against Flair in Greensboro, with a night with Precious on the line against Flair’s title; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Bugsy McGraw, during which he discussed his upcoming tour stops; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Rhodes regarding facing the Horsemen during the Bash tour and the injury to Nikita, during which he showed footage of Nikita sustaining a spike piledriver from Flair & Blanchard in Wargames; moments later, Rhodes brought out Nikita, with Nikita throwing off his T-shirt, discussing his neckbrace, and cutting a promo on the Horsemen:
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Gary Phelps & Eric Long at 3:28 when Morton scored the pin with a backslide; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Morton & Gibson, during which they spoke about their rivalry with Jim Cornette, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane and their reaction to the debut of Wargames
Steve Williams pinned Alan Martin with the Oklahoma Stampede at 2:33; during the bout, it was noted Williams would challenge UWF Heavyweight Champion Big Bubba that night in Oklahoma City, OK and that Williams would have the cast on his left hand removed for the match; following the commercial break, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with Williams regarding his upcoming title shot; moments later, Ron Simmons appeared and wished Williams the best going into his match with Bubba
Bugsy McGraw pinned Dexter Wescott with a splash at 2:58
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned Clement Fields with the lariat at 1:34
Michael Hayes, Buddy Roberts, & Terry Gordy defeated David Isley, Cougar Jay, & Larry Stephens at 4:47 when Roberts pinned Jay with a crossbody off the top; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with the Fabulous Freebirds, during which they discussed the Great American Bash tour and Hayes said he wanted the NWA World Title
Ron Simmons pinned Tommy Angel with a tackle at 4:00
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Mike Jackson & Terry Jones at 4:22 when Jones submitted to a Scorpion Deathlock from Lane; prior to the bout, Cornette came out on crutches, introduced his team, and then joined the commentary team; following the commercial break, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with Cornette, Eaton & Lane, with Cornette saying he would get payback on NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson for forcing him to use crutches
NWA US Women’s Champion Misty Blue Simmes vs. Kat Leroux; the match went 4 minutes before the broadcast ended without a winner

7/18/87 – hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett; featured the announcement that Steve Williams had beaten Big Bubba for the UWF World Title and Lex Luger had defeated Nikita Koloff for the NWA US Title:
Ron Simmons pinned Gladiator #1 with a shoulderblock from the middle turnbuckle at 2:34; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with Simmons about his recent wins, during which Simmons congratulated Steve Williams on being the new UWF World Champion
The MOD Squad vs. Martin & Long
Jimmy Valiant vs. Gladiator #2
Kendall Windham vs. Thunderfoot #2
Todd Champion & the Italian Stallion vs. Force & David Isley
NWA US Champion Lex Luger vs. Rocky King
Ron Garvin vs. El Negro

7/25/87 – featured footage of Ron Garvin interrupting Precious’ date with NWA World Champion Ric Flair:
Arn Anderson & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs. Tommy Angel & Stevens
Barry Windham vs. Alan Martin
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Mike Jackson & Jay
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Keith Steinborn & Jones
Ron Garvin vs. Art Pritts

8/1/87:
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. George South & Cougar Jay
Jimmy Garvin vs. Thunderfoot #2
Nikita Koloff vs. David Isley
Barry Windham vs. Dave Spearman
Arn Anderson & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs. Wescott & Patterson
Sean Royal vs. Ricky Nelson
Ron Garvin vs. Thunderfoot #1
NWA US Champion Lex Luger vs. Alan Martin
Ivan Koloff vs. Dale Laperouse
NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton vs. NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard

8/5/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
8/8/87:
Sean Royal vs. George South
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson vs. Larry Stephens & Rocky King
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Phelps & Franks
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Ricky Nelson & David Isley
Mike Jackson vs. David Isley
Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts vs. Dexter Wescott & Art Pritts
Eddie Gilbert vs. Alan Martin
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham & Nikita Koloff vs. Thunderfoot #2 & Savage
UWF World Champion Steve Williams vs. John Force
Ivan Koloff & the Barbarian vs. Max McGyver & Patterson

8/12/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
8/15/87:
Jimmy Garvin vs. Cougar Jay
Kendall Windham vs. Gladiator #1
Jimmy Valiant vs. Terry Jones
Sean Royal vs. Larry Stephens
Ron Garvin vs. Dexter Wescott
Manny Fernandez & the Barbarian vs. George South & Rocky King
Teijo Khan vs. Keith Steinborn
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Ricky Nelson & Diamond
The MOD Squad vs. the Italian Stallion & Denny Brown
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Ed Franks
Ivan Koloff vs. Colt Steele

8/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
8/22/87 – included the Dusty Rhodes vs. Gladiator #1 match from the 8/22/87 Pro; featured Tony Schiavone & David Crockett on commentary; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Dory Funk Jr., wearing a suit, in which he showed the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title that he had stolen from NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo, with Funk then saying – for the fans that didn’t live in Florida – he pinned Rotundo to win the belt; Funk then said he was coming after Kevin Sullivan, Blackjack Mulligan, and Bugsy McGraw to defend his title; featured vignettes of Rhodes to the tune of Bo Diddley’s “You Can’t Judge a Book by It’s Cover;” included an ad promoting the Great American Bash 87 home video; featured a vignette of NWA World Champion Ric Flair; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Sullivan in which he said he needed Rhodes to come to Florida with him to get rid of the Sheepherders and, in turn, he would help Rhodes against the Four Horsemen:
NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo pinned Alan Martin with the airplane spin at 2:33; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with Rotundo regarding Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk jumping him during a TV match in Tampa, FL and stealing his title belt
Jimmy Valiant pinned El Negro with an elbow drop at 1:41
Kendall Windham & NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron defeated Dexter Wescott & Dale Laperouse at 5:21 when Windham pinned Laperouse with the bulldog
UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Tommy Angel & Cougar Jay at 4:13 when Armstrong pinned Jay after Armstrong lifted Horner in the air so he could hit a legdrop; following the commercial break, Schiavone conducted an interview with Armstrong & Horner regarding their return to WTBS and winning the titles, during which they mentioned Skandar Akbar, Big Bubba & Black Bart, Eddie Gilbert & Terry Taylor as their top competition
Terry Taylor pinned the Italian Stallion with a reverse roll up and grabbing the tights for leverage at 5:03; following the commercial break, Schiavone conducted an interview with Terry regarding his return to WTBS, his rivalry with Chris Adams, and responded to comments earlier in the night made by UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner
Ivan Koloff & Manny Fernandez defeated George South & Rocky King at 3:35 when Koloff pinned South following a Russian Sickle off the top as Fernandez held South in the air for a back suplex
Chris Adams pinned Colt Steele with the superkick at 5:12; after the match, Terry Taylor ran in the ring and jumped Adams from behind but Adams eventually cleared him from the ring; moments later, Schiavone conducted an interview with Adams regarding Taylor
Ron Garvin pinned Keith Steinborn at 2:09 after the right hand punch; after the match, Schiavone conducted an interview with Garvin regarding his quest for Ric Flair’s NWA World Title
Kevin Sullivan pinned Larry Stevens at 1:47 with a gutwrench suplex and several punches to the face
Bugsy McGraw pinned Terry Jones with a splash at 1:27; after the match, Schiavone conducted an interview with McGraw regarding the comments earlier in the show by Dory Funk Jr.; moments later, Jimmy Valiant appeared and said he and McGraw would be coming to all the towns together
Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2 at 2:12 when Gordy scored the pin following a backdrop / powerbomb combo; after the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with Hayes regarding Jim Cornette

8/29/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
8/29/87 – featured an opening clip from the Nikita Koloff vs. NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard match that aired that same day as part of NWA Pro; included Tony Schiavone on commentary for the program; featured a vignette of Rhodes to the tune of Bo Diddley’s “You Can’t Judge a Book by It’s Cover;” included Koloff’s title win over Blanchard taped 8/19/87, nearly shown in full, as well as the post-match celebration; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Rhodes regarding Koloff’s title win, with Rhodes then saying he didn’t have to beat Luger but Luger had to beat him to become a bigger star; moments later, Rhodes led Schiavone to the ring, then laid across the apron before yelling that he would be the next US champion; included a pre-taped segment in which David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair, alongside Luger, Dillon, Arn Anderson, and Blanchard, in which he bragged about the Horsemen; featured a vignette on Flair set to his theme music; included footage from NWA Worldwide of Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Ron Garvin regarding his challenge of Flair, during which he said he had his sights set on the world title:
NWA US Champion Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Cougar Jay via submission with the Torture Rack at 5:10; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with Luger & Dillon regarding the challenge of Dusty Rhodes and Rhodes’ use of Johnny Weaver’s sleeper, during which Dillon argued the hold was an illegal choke
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) pinned John Savage with the brainbuster at 3:38; after the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Garvin, alongside Precious, in which he said Ron Garvin would beat NWA World Champion Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes would beat NWA US Champion Lex Luger
The MOD Squad fought Kendall Windham & the Italian Stallion to a 10-minute time-limit draw at 9:30; after the bout, the MOD Squad double teamed Stallion in the ring, with Stallion sustaining an elbow drop off the top before Windham made the save; moments later, Tony Schiavone held up a copy of the soon to be released ‘Great American Bash 87: Wargames’ VHS tape and said Starrcade 87 would be even bigger; the MOD Squad then walked in and said what just happened was a sign of things to come, that they weren’t getting the title shots they said they deserved, and were after NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
Jimmy Valiant pinned Tim Hardy with the elbow drop at 2:44
The Barbarian (w/ Paul Jones) pinned Rocky King with a powerslam and headbutt off the top at 5:52
Denny Brown pinned Mike Jackson at 6:44 by lifting his shoulder as Jackson had him down with a bridged suplex; Jackson was billed by Schiavone as the Alabama Jr. Heavyweight Champion in the match but he did not appear with a belt; Brown played the heel in the match; referee Teddy Long hesitated before making the third count

9/5/87:
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Alan Martin
NWA US Champion Lex Luger vs. Keith Steinborn
Tully Blanchard vs. Ed Franks
Arn Anderson vs. Mike Jackson
Ron Garvin vs. Terry Jones
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Barry & Kendall Windham

9/12/87 – featured Sting vs. Ron Ellis from UWF TV:
Sean Royal vs. Alan Martin
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. NWA US Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson
NWA US Tag Team Champion Stan Lane vs. Mike Jackson

9/87; Raleigh, NC; Dorton Arena
9/19/87 – hosted by Tony Schiavone; included an ad for the 1987 Great American Bash home video; featured a Ron Garvin training vignette, which showed Garvin running, swimming, and lifting weights in preparation to challenge NWA World Champion Ric Flair; included a feature on the Garvin vs. Flair feud set to Frank Sinatra’s “My Way;” featured Schiavone conducting a ringside interview with Dusty Rhodes who claimed NWA US Champion Lex Luger needed to beat him and not the other way around, with Rhodes vowing to put Luger to sleep; moments later, Luger came ringside, with Arn Anderson holding him back; included Schiavone interviewing Sean Royal, who claimed he had been physically upgraded and Chris Champion was currently in the year 2002 undergoing the same process; featured Schiavone conducting a ringside interview with Flair, who claimed Ron Garvin had a date with destiny and that Garvin lacked class and style:
The Barbarian (w/ Paul Jones) pinned Colt Steele at 4:58 with the diving headbutt; the match was joined in progress
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) via disqualification at 11:58 when, as Luger had Windham covered, referee Earl Hebner interrupted referee Tommy Young’s three count and alerted him that Arn Anderson had tripped Windham; only Luger’s title was on the line; after the match, Luger and Anderson double teamed Windham, with Luger applying the Torture Rack until NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson made the save; after the commercial break, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Luger & Dillon, with Luger claiming he would take the US Title to new heights
Ivan Koloff (w/ Paul Jones) pinned George South at 3:07 with the Russian Sickle from the middle turnbuckle
Jimmy Valiant pinned Tommy Angel at the 41-second mark with the elbow drop; the match was joined in progress
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) pinned John Savage at the 59-second mark with the brainbuster
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff pinned David Isley at 1:52 with the Russian Sickle; after the match, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Koloff about the challenge made by Eddie Gilbert & UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor, with Koloff stating Taylor had a big mouth and he would face him to determine the true TV Champion
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson fought Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) to a double count-out in a No DQ match at 24:03 (shown) when the two teams began brawling on the floor and fought to the back; moments earlier, Blanchard had pinned Morton after hitting him in the head with Dillon’s shoe, but referee Earl Hebner entered the ring and informed referee Tommy Young of what happened, with Young then restarting the match; after the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with the champions, who claimed they would hold onto their titles no matter what

9/26/87 – featured footage of Ron Garvin winning the NWA World Title from Ric Flair in a steel cage match in Detroit held 9/25/87:
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Tommy Angel & Mike Force
Kevin Sullivan vs. Larry Stevens
Arn Anderson vs. Art Pritts
Tully Blanchard vs. the Menace
Mike Rotundo vs. Dave Spearman

10/3/87:
The Road Warriors vs. Fields & Franks
UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor vs. Terry Jones
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Force & Tommy Angel
NWA US Champion Lex Luger vs. Max McGyver
Ivan Koloff & the Warlord vs. Keith Steinborn & Rusty Riddle
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. El Negro

10/10/87:
NWA US Champion Lex Luger vs. Ricky Nelson
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Martin & Rusty Riddle
The Road Warriors vs. Stevens & David Isley
Eddie Gilbert vs. the Menace
Ivan Koloff vs. Mike Jackson
The Kodiaks vs. Rocky King & Jones
Kevin Sullivan vs. George South
Ron Garvin vs. Mike Force
The Sheepherders vs. Keith Steinborn & Franks
The Warlord vs. Max McGyver
UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor vs. Tommy Angel

10/17/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
10/17/87 – featured Tony Schiavone & David Crockett on commentary; included a vignette of Ric Flair with clips from various Starrcades; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham regarding his upcoming match at Starrcade against UWF World Champion Steve Williams; featured the announcement that Wargames IV would be held Nov. 25 at Long Island’s Nassau Coliseum, the night before Starrcade; included footage from Pro of JJ Dillon hosting a demonstration by Hiro Matsuda of his version of the sleeper on referee Tommy Young, which almost immediately put Young to sleep; moments later, Johnny Weaver ran in the ring to tend to Young and then slapped Dillon before Matsuda also put him out with the sleeper; NWA World Champion Ron Garvin, Windham, and Dusty Rhodes then ran in the ring to protect Weaver as Dillon announced Rhodes would face Matsuda Oct. 25 at the Greensboro Coliseum; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA US Champion Lex Luger & Dillon in which Luger said he would agree to face Rhodes at Starrcade but only with Luger’s stipulations; included the Mighty Wilbur vs. Ricky Nelson match from Pro, during which Paul Jones repeatedly yelled at Wilbur not to be friendly with the fans and to be more aggressive against Nelson; moments later, Schiavone conducted an interview at WTBS Studios with Jones regarding Wilbur’s behavior, with Jones saying the fans would see a changed man later in the show; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Rhodes regarding his upcoming match against Matsuda in Greensboro; included a vignette of Rhodes with clips from various Starrcades; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Dillon, NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard in which they said they didn’t care who they would defend against at Starrcade – the Road Warriors, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, or the Sheepherders – and noted they too were hurt when they took the titles from Morton & Gibson yet they stuck it out in the match and came out with the belts; Blanchard then responded to comments made earlier in the show by Eddie Gilbert and said he should go sell out some buildings before he starts making fun of the NWA; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Ric Flair in which he discussed the Road Warriors perhaps facing Anderson & Blanchard at Starrcade, responded to Gilbert & Terry Taylor’s comments earlier in the show, challenging Garvin at Starrcade, and said the women in New York were starved for a real man like himself:
Sting pinned Gladiator #1 at 2:29 following a Stinger Splash in the corner; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with Sting regarding his WTBS debut and being part of Starrcade (Sting’s WTBS debut)
The Sheepherders (w/ Johnny Ace) defeated David Isley & John Savage at 3:57 when Luke Williams pinned Savage following the double gutbuster; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with the Sheepherders & Ace, who said they wanted Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner at Starrcade 87
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Rocky King & George South at 3:12 when Blanchard pinned South with the slingshot suplex; after the bout, Anderson dropped King with the gordbuster
UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor (w/ Eddie Gilbert) defeated Larry Stephens via submission with the figure-4 at 1:43; after the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with Taylor & Gilbert regarding Taylor being in possession of both the NWA and UWF TV titles and Taylor facing NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff in a title vs. title match at Starrcade
Kevin Sullivan defeated Tony Suber at 1:15 via submission with a modified Cobra Clutch; after the contest, Schiavone conducted an interview with Sullivan in which he guessed the Road Warriors might want NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard at Starrcade in Chicago and that Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson would get their hands on Jim Cornette; Sullivan then discussed the NWA World Champion Ron Garvin vs. Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes vs. NWA US Champion Lex Luger matches, then said Rhodes would be in big trouble with Hiro Matsuda
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw defeated Rex King & Alan Martin at the 45-second mark when McGraw scored the pin with a splash; after the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with Valiant & McGraw in which they said they would team up at the Atlanta Omni and Nassau Coliseum
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defaeted Robbie Idol & Eric Long at 1:39 when both men scored the pin following a double DDT; Morton’s shoulder was heavily taped for the match
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2 at 1:18 when Hayes scored the pin following the bulldog; after the match, Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Hayes, Garvin, & Precious about being part of Starrcade and Garvin’s brother, NWA World Champion Ron Garvin, facing Ric Flair in a cage in Chicago
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin pinned Tommy Angel at 1:18 after two right hand punches; after the match, Schiavone conducted an interview with Garvin regarding his upcoming steel cage match with Ric Flair at Starrcade, during which he said Flair was now nothing more than an ex champion
The Mighty Wilbur (w/ Paul Jones) pinned the Italian Stallion with the splash at 1:23; after the match, Wilbur wouldn’t continue to attack Stallion, with the Warlord and Ivan Koloff then coming out and doing it for him; moments later, Crockett attempted to conduct an interview with Wilbur at ringside until Jones repeatedly cut him off and wouldn’t let him answer, with Wilbur calling him “puddin head” and Jones then ordering Wilbur backstage
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) defeated Rick Ryder & Mike Jackson at 2:01 when Eaton pinned Ryder following the Gravedigger; Cornette provided guest commentary for the match alongside Schiavone; after the bout, Schiavone conducted an interview with Cornette, Bubba, Eaton & Lane regarding Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson

10/24/87:
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw vs. two unknowns
Barry Windham vs. John Savage
The Mighty Wilbur vs. David Isley
The New Breed vs. Bob Riddle & Gladiator #1
Ivan Koloff & the Warlord vs. Rick Ryder & Rex King
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin vs. Rick Idol & Thunderfoot #1
Kevin Sullivan vs. Terry Jones
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Keith Steinborn & Ricky Nelson
Mike Rotundo vs. Alan Martin
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Larry Stevens & Tony Suber
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. George South & the Italian Stallion
Ricky Santana vs. Thunderfoot #2

10/31/87:
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin vs. Gladiator #1 & #2
Ricky Santana vs. Larry Stephens
Dick Murdoch vs. Tommy Angel
Ivan Koloff & the Warlord vs. Rocky King & David Isley
The Mighty Wilbur vs. Cougar Jay
NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo vs. Thunderfoot #2
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Ed Franks & Alan Martin
Sean Royal & Chris Champion vs. Rick Ryder & Robbie Idol
Ricky Morton vs. Joe Lynn
Eddie Gilbert vs. Tony Suber
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Keith Steinborn & Rex King
UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor vs. an unknown

11/7/87 – featured Tony Schiavone & David Crockett on commentary; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Ricky Santana in which he said Dusty Rhodes would beat NWA US Champion Lex Luger and NWA World Champion Ron Garvin would beat Ric Flair at Starrcade; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Flair regarding his upcoming steel cage match against Garvin at Starrcade, during which he responded to the comments earlier in the show from Santana, made fun of Sean Royal & Chris Champion who were leaving the ring following their match, and said the Four Horsemen would all win their matches at the show; Flair then said the Horsemen and Jim Crockett Promotions would take over New York on Nov. 25; included a Dusty Rhodes vignette showing clips from past Starrcades; featured a Starrcade control center hosted by Schiavone in which it was announced Sting, Michael Hayes, & Jimmy Garvin would face Larry Zbyszko, Rick Steiner, & Eddie Gilbert; Schiavone then said he would speak next week about someone important to the show and the upcoming Bunkhouse Stampede; during the segment, it was noted there would be more than 100 closed circuit locations around the country that would air the event:
Sean Royal & Chris Champion defeated Rex King & Robbie Idol at 5:16 when Champion pinned King with a crossbody off the top as Royal held King up for a suplex
Kevin Sullivan pinned David Isley at 3:05 with the double stomp
Sting pinned Tommy Angel at 3:29 after a Stinger Splash in the corner
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) defeated Joe Lynn & Bob Emory at 4:27 when Eaton scored the pin following the Rocket Launcher; Cornette provided guest commentary for the match; during the bout, Cornette said Eaton & Lane along with NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard would face Ricky Morton, Robert Gibson, Chris Champion, & Sean Royal the following night at the Omni; moments later, Eaton brought one of the opponents over to where Cornette was
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin vs. Alan Martin
Hiro Matsuda (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Rocky King via submission with the sleeper at 1:56
Ricky Santana vs. Rick Ryder
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Gladiator #1
Kendall Windham vs. Thunderfoot #2
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin vs. Thompson & Tony Suber
Dick Murdoch vs. Bob Cook
Luke Williams & Johnny Ace vs. Phelps & Long

11/14/87:
UWF World Champion Steve Williams vs. Rex King
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin vs. Long & Phelps
Ricky Santana vs. Bob Emory
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Washington & El Negro
Ivan Koloff & the Warlord vs. Thompson & Max McGyver
NWA US Champion Lex Luger vs. Tony Suber
Larry Zbyszko vs. Ricky Nelson
UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor & Eddie Gilbert vs. Knight & Fox
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Cougar Jay
Luke Williams & Johnny Ace vs. David Isley & Tommy Angel
Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr. vs. Martin & the Menace

11/21/87:
Chris Champion & Sean Royal vs. David Isley & Jones
NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo vs. Tommy Angel
Sting vs. Cougar Jay
Kevin Sullivan vs. Alan Martin
UWF World Champion Steve Williams vs. Thunderfoot #2
Rick Steiner vs. Ricky Nelson
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. King & Max McGyver
The Road Warriors vs. Laperouse & Thompson
Larry Zbyszko vs. Larry Stephens
Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr. vs. Washington & El Negro
Eddie Gilbert vs. George Fox
UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor vs. Bob Emory

11/28/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
11/28/87:
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Larry Stephens & Trent Knight
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin vs. Gladiator #1 & #2
Larry Zbyszko vs. Bob Riddle
Sting vs. David Isley
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Thunderfoot #1 & #2
UWF World Champion Steve Williams vs. Tommy Angel
Rick Steiner vs. Ron Simmons
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. King & Chance McQuade
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham, Mighty Wilbur, & Ricky Santana vs. Ivan Koloff, the Warlord, & the Barbarian

12/3/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
12/5/87 – Jim Ross’ debut as host:
NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Larry Zbyszko
The Powers of Pain vs. Towers & Idol
Steve Williams vs. Jerry Grey
Sting vs. Bob Cook
NWA US Tag Team Champion Stan Lane vs. Kendall Windham
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Gary Royal & the Italian Stallion
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Mark Starr
Kevin Sullivan vs. Rick Ryder
NWA US Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton vs. Rex King
Mike Rotundo vs. Thunderfoot #1
NWA World Champion Ric Flair vs. Michael Hayes

12/9/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
12/12/87:
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner vs. Gary Royal & Cougar Jay
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Trent Knight
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin vs. David Isley & Savage
UWF World Champion Steve Williams vs. Gladiator #2
Ron Garvin vs. Larry Stephens
Mighty Wilbur & Ricky Santana vs. Brown & Lynn
Sting vs. Tommy Angel
Larry Zbyszko vs. Rocky King
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Thunderfoot #1
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. George South & the Italian Stallion

12/9/87; Atlanta, GA; WTBS Studios
12/19/87:
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. David Isley
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. King & Cougar Jay
UWF World Champion Steve Williams vs. Trent Knight
The Barbarian vs. Larry Stephens
NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo vs. the Italian Stallion
Larry Zbyszko vs. Tony Suber
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin vs. Gladiator #1 & #2
Sting & Ricky Morton vs. Thompson & Savage
The Road Warriors vs. Thunderfoot #1 & #2
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Kendall Windham & Denny Brown

12/10/87; Raleigh, NC; Dorton Arena
12/26/87 – featured Tony Schiavone & Jim Ross on commentary; included David Crockett conducting an interview in the arena with Lex Luger in which he responded to comments made by NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard in which they said they were just trying to spank Luger when they jumped him in Miami, FL; Luger said they tried to cripple him, they crossed a line, and he would start his payback with Anderson; featured Schiavone & Ross announcing that 5 men would take part in a Wildcard Bunkhouse Stampede Jan. 1 at the Omni to determine the final name entered into the Jan. 24 Bunkhouse Stampede Finals in Long Island and the participants would be NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff, NWA US Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton, Dick Murdoch, Black Bart, and NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes; it was also announced that Big Bubba, Anderson & Blanchard, the Warlord, the Barbarian, Ivan Koloff, Luger, Mighty Wilbur, UWF World Champion Steve Williams, and Road Warrior Animal had already qualified for the Bunkhouse Stampede Finals; included Crockett conducting an interview with Rhodes & Nikita regarding their match later in the show against NWA US Tag Team Champions Eaton & Stan Lane, during which Rhodes said he would give title shots to the likes of Eaton, Larry Zbyszko, Blanchard, and Anderson, the possibility of facing Koloff one-on-one at the Omni as part of the Bunkhouse Stampede, and teaming with Koloff before it was cool for America and Russia to work together; Koloff then cut a promo on Mike Rotundo and Kevin Sullivan and the match later in the show; featured an ad promoting “The Danger Zone” home video; included Crockett conducting an interview with UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham in the arena in which he spoke about his match at Starrcade against Williams and said he wouldn’t make the same mistake again; featured Crockett conducting an interview in the arena with Ricky Morton regarding the Sheepherders; included Crockett conducting an interview in the arena with International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors & Paul Ellering regarding Road Warrior Animal being in the Bunkhouse Stampede Finals; featured footage of Ole Anderson coming to Luger’s aid Christmas Day at the Omni against Anderson, Blanchard, and JJ Dillon and Ross conducting an in-ring interview with Luger & Ole moments later, setting up Luger & Ole vs. Anderson & Blanchard Jan. 1 at the Omni; included Crockett conducting an interview in the arena with NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Anderson, & Blanchard regarding the challenge of Luger, during which Flair cut a promo on Michael Hayes as well:
Ron Garvin & Mighty Wilbur defeated Chance McQuade & Tommy Angel at 5:00 when Wilbur pinned McQuade with a splash after Garvin hit McQuade with the right hand punch; during the bout, a graphic appeared on the screen noting the show was being taped at the “Dorn Arena” instead of the Dorton Arena; after the contest, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Garvin & Wilbur in which Garvin said Wilbur had his respect and was the top contender to NWA World Champion Ric Flair; Wilbur then said he was very excited about teaming with Garvin and called all his friends to let them know
International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated Bob Emory & Trent Knight at the 54-second mark when Road Warrior Hawk pinned Knight following the Doomsday Device
Larry Zbyszko (w/ Baby Doll) pinned Ricky Nelson at 5:03 with a swinging neckbreaker; during the bout, a graphic appeared on the screen noting the show was being taped at the “Dorn Arena” instead of the Dorton Arena
Sting defeated Mark Fleming via submission with the Scorpion Deathlock at 5:39
UWF World Champion Steve Williams pinned Curtis Thompson with the Oklahoma Stampede at 3:10
Eddie Gilbert pinned George South with the Hot Shot at 4:34
Michael Hayes pinned Larry Stephens at the 48-second mark
NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes & NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) via disqualification at around the 22-minute mark when Cornette climbed in the ring and tried to hit Rhodes with the tennis racquet as Rhodes had Eaton in the figure-4; after the bout, Rhodes put Cornette out with a sleeper before Eaton, Lane, & Bubba assaulted Rhodes & Koloff; eventually, Bubba carried Cornette backstage as Eaton & Lane double teamed Koloff in the ring, with Rhodes then covering Koloff’s body to cushion the blow of the Rocket Launcher
NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo (w/ Kevin Sullivan) pinned David Isley with the butterfly suplex at 4:37; Sullivan provided guest commentary for the match, during which he responded to comments made earlier in the show by NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff and said Koloff’s true enemy was NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes because Rhodes took the US title shot that Koloff deserved and made Koloff soft
Michael Hayes won a Bunkhouse Stampede; other participants included: NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson, Mighty Wilbur, the Road Warriors, Kendall Windham, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane, Ron Garvin, Paul Ellering, Sting, Kevin Sullivan, Big Bubba, Ricky Morton, NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo, Eddie Gilbert, UWF World Champion Steve Williams, and Gladiator; eliminations: Rotundo by Gilbert via a backdrop; only 2 minutes of the match was shown (the match was joined in progress; the finish was not shown)