JCP – 1987 Results
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – Omni – January 1, 1987 (3,000)
Tim Horner pinned Bill Dundee
Baron Von Raschke defeated Tony Zane
Barry Windham pinned Pez Whatley
Manny Fernandez pinned Denny Brown
The Road Warriors & Paul Ellering defeated Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey when Condrey was pinned
Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Tully Blanchard in a bullrope chain match
Big Bubba won a Bunkhouse Stampede match
JCP @ Johnson City, TN – January 2, 1987
Included a Bunkhouse Stampede match
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – January 3, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Amarillo, TX – Civic Center – January 3, 1987
The Road Warriors defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
Also included Dusty Rhodes, Dick Murdoch, and NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
Central States @ Topeka, KS – January 3, 1987
Bill Dundee defeated Central States Heavyweight Champion Sam Houston to win the title
JCP @ Charlotte, NC – Coliseum – January 3, 1987
Ricky Morton defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Manny Fernandez via disqualification
Barry Windham defeated Shaska Whatley
Jimmy Valiant defeated Bill Dundee
Dusty Rhodes, NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, & the Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Ole & Arn Anderson, & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
JCP @ Huntington, WV – January 4, 1987 (matinee)
The Road Warriors defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey in a scaffold match
JCP @ St. Joseph, MO – January 4, 1987
JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – January 4, 1987 (7,000)
Vladimir Petrov pinned Jim Lancaster within seconds (Petrov’s house show debut)
Big Bubba defeated Ron Garvin in a streetfight
Bobby Eaton pinned Baron Von Raschke
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Dick Murdoch & Tim Horner
Dusty Rhodes won a Bunkhouse Stampede
JCP @ Baltimore, MD – Arena – January 5, 1987 (6,000)
Jimmy Valiant defeated Mark Fleming
Hector Guerrero defeated Eddie Roberts
Bill Dundee defeated Alan West
Jimmy Garvin defeated Hector Guerrero
Big Bubba defeated Ricky Lee Jones
Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated Dick Murdoch & NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez
NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham fought NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard to a draw
JCP @ Spartanburg, SC – Memorial Auditorium – January 5, 1987
TV taping:
Worldwide – 1/10/87 – featured an opening introduction by Tony Schiavone; included a pretaped interview by Schiavone with Jim Cornette, Big Bubba, Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton in which Cornette said Bubba was the Bunkhouse Stampede champion; Schiavone then corrected him that Bubba and Dusty Rhodes were tied; Jim Crockett Jr. then said he had the boot and check ready but Rhodes and Bubba would have to have a steel cage match Feb. 27 at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena to determine the champion; Crockett then said the winner would be the one to eliminate his opponent from the cage, with Cornette then immediately signing the contract for the match; Schiavone provided sole commentary for the show; featured Bob Caudle conducting an interview with NWA US Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Ron Garvin about Windham recently being attacked during World Championship Wrestling by the Four Horsemen; included Caudle conducting an interview with NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson in which Anderson said he would take the NWA US Title from Nikita Koloff and Blanchard discussed those who paid the price in messing with the Horsemen; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Jimmy Garvin, with Precious, in which he discussed the injury to Tony Zane, mocked Bob Armstrong; included an interview from World Championship Wrestling in which NWA World Champion Ric Flair in which he discussed the challengers of the Horsemen; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Paul Jones, NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez about being champions; included an ad promoting the Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson Fan Club:
Jimmy Valiant pinned Brodie Chase with an elbow drop at the 13-second mark
Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) defeated Vernon Deaton & Gary Royal at 5:26 when Eaton pinned Deaton with one boot on his chest after hitting the Rocket Launcher; Cornette provided commentary off and on during the bout
Brad Armstrong pinned Larry Stephens with the Russian legsweep at 3:24
Tony Zane defeated Vladimir Pietrov (w/ Ivan Koloff) via disqualification at the 28-second mark when Koloff threw referee Tommy Young to the floor; prior to the bout, Koloff took the mic and sent a message to NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff to see what happens to Pietrov’s opponent; after the bout, Pietrov hit a clothesline off the middle turnbuckle and choked Zane; after Koloff and Pietrov left the ring, NWA US Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Ron Garvin, Brad Armstrong, George South, and others came out to tend to Zane; after the commercial break, Zane was placed on a backboard and taken backstage (Pietrov’s debut)
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff pinned David Isley with the Russian Sickle at the 35-second mark; after the bout, Bob Caudle conducted an interview with Dusty Rhodes and Nikita about the debut of Vladimir Pietrov earlier in the show
NWA US Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Ron Garvin defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2 at 6:53 when Windham scored the pin with the lariat; during the bout, it was noted Tony Zane had been taken to the hospital for the injuries he sustained earlier in the show
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Bill & Randy Mulkey at the 45-second mark when Fernandez scored the pin with the flying forearm as Rude scored the pin with the Rude Awakening DDT; prior to the bout, Bob Caudle conducted an interview with Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson about chasing Rude & Fernandez and the tag team titles; after the contest, the two teams brawled before Rude & Fernandez were cleared from the ring
Pro – 1/10/87:
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez vs. Keith Patterson & Mike Simani
Barry Windham vs. Thunderfoot #1
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Gary Royal & Larry Stevens
Dick Murdoch vs. Thunderfoot #2
Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey vs. Rocky King, Ricky Lee Jones, & Tim Horner
Vladimir Pietrov vs. Eddie Roberts, Alan West, & George South (handicap match)
Brad Armstrong vs. Brodie Chase
Dark match: NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff vs. NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – January 5, 1987
Nelson Royal vs. Denny Brown
Rocky King vs. Tony Zane
Bobby Jaggers & Dutch Mantell vs. Thunderfoot #1 & #2
Tim Horner vs. Shaska Whatley
Baron Von Raschke vs. Arn Anderson
Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Ivan Koloff & Krusher Kruschev
NWA World Champion Ric Flair vs. Brad Armstrong
JCP @ Raleigh, NC – Dorton Arena – January 8, 1987 (5,900)
Dutch Mantell vs. Bill Dundee and Vladimir Pietrov vs. Brad Armstrong did not take place as advertised
Brad Armstrong defeated Bill Dundee
Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Jaggers
Ivan Koloff defeated Dutch Mantell (sub. for Ron Garvin)
Vladimir Petrov defeated Gary Royal
Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated Ron Garvin (sub. for Wahoo McDaniel) & Dick Murdoch; stipulations stated the winners would be the #1 contenders to the NWA Tag Team Titles
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez via disqualification
Barry Windham fought NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard to a time-limit draw
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
Kansas City, MO – January 9, 1987 (200)
The Battens defeated Porkchop Cash & Pat Rose
The MOD Squad defeated Todd Champion & Dave Peterson
Sam Houston defeated Bob Brown in a bullrope match
JCP @ Norfolk, VA – Scope – January 9, 1987
Barry Windham, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey via disqualification
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – January 10, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – January 10, 1987 (11,000; sell out)
Vladimir Petrov defeated Tim Horner
NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin defeated Ivan Koloff
Jimmy Garvin defeated Brad Armstrong in a Texas Death Match
Dick Murdoch, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Shaska Whatley, NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
Super Towns on the Superstation – 2/7/87: NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham pinned Arn Anderson with a sunset flip into the ring at 15:05; after the bout, Anderson dropped Windham with the gordbuster
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff fought NWA World Champion Ric Flair to a double count-out
The Road Warriors defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey in a scaffold match
JCP @ Charlotte, NC – Coliseum – January 11, 1987 (matinee) (sell out)
Japan TV: NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Denny Brown fought Ricky Lee Jones to a time-limit draw at around the 8-minute mark; the match ended as Brown passed out while in a sleeper
Brad Armstrong defeated Bill Dundee
NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham defeated Arn Anderson
Japan TV: NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey (w/ Jim Cornette) when Garvin pinned Condrey with a roll up off the ropes; after the bout, Cornette held the referee back as Bubba, Eaton & Condrey triple teamed Garvin and attacked him with the tennis racquet
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov defeated Eddie Roberts & Hector Guerrero
The Road Warriors defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez via disqualification
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Dusty Rhodes
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – Omni – January 11, 1987
Brad Armstrong defeated Jimmy Garvin
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Arn & Ole Anderson
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Dick Murdoch & Baron Von Raschke
Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors defeated Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff fought NWA World Champion Ric Flair to a draw
Also included NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – January 12, 1987
Ricky Lee Jones defeated Allen West
Tim Horner defeated Thunderfoot #1
Ron Garvin fought Arn Anderson to a draw
The Road Warriors & Barry Windham defeated Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton, and Dennis Condrey
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Dusty Rhodes
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
JCP @ Wichita, KS – January 12, 1987
Included NWA World Champion Ric Flair
UWF @ Alexandria, LA – Rapides Parish Coliseum – January 13, 1987
Ken Massey vs. Jack Victory
Chavo Guerrero vs. Eddie Gilbert
Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers vs. Buddy Roberts & the Angel of Death
UWF TV Champion Savannah Jack vs. Sting
Jim Duggan & Terry Taylor vs. Leroy Brown & Bill Irwin (No DQ)
JCP @ Columbia, SC – Township Auditorium – January 13, 1987
TV taping:
Worldwide – 1/17/87 – featured an opening clip from the previous week of Ivan Koloff introducing Vladimir Pietrov; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett, with opening statments that said Magnum TA and Wahoo McDaniel were recovering from their injuries and Lex Luger was on his way to Jim Crockett Promotions; moments later, the two conducted a ringside interview with the Road Warriors and Paul Ellering in which Road Warrior Hawk discussed the challenge of Big Bubba, Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton or NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez; Road Warrior Animal then said he wanted to see Magnum back in the ring so he could be their tag team partner and he and Road Warrior Hawk were preparing for the Crockett Cup; included Bob Caudle introducing footage of how Pietrov injured Tony Zane the previous week as a message to NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Paul Jones, Rude & Fernandez about the challenge of the Road Warriors and Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson; included Caudle conducting an interview with Jim Cornette, Big Bubba, Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton in which Cornette said Bubba, Condrey & Eaton were the victims of conspiracies, Bubba deservedly already won the Bunkhouse Stampede, and Condrey & Eaton were the rightful NWA US Tag Team Champions; featured Caudle conducting an interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair, wearing a LA Lakers jacket, in which Flair said he would be in Pittsburgh for the Dusty Rhodes vs. Bubba steel cage match and had $25,000 that said Bubba would take out Rhodes; Flair went on to say NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff was home on his back because he couldn’t keep up with Flair and had another $25,000 that said any combination of the Horsemen would win the Crockett Cup; included Caudle conducting an interview with Flair, JJ Dillon, Arn Anderson, & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard in which they brought up NWA US Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Ron Garvin, Anderson needing a belt, and Flair mocked Morton & Gibson; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Rhodes about the debut of Pietrov, with Rhodes going on to mock Anderson’s comments from earlier in the show by saying Anderson’s new music is ‘Hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s off to work we go’:
NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham pinned Allen West with the lariat at the 34-second mark; after the bout, Bob Caudle conducted an interview with NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin in which he called out the Four Horsemen and Jim Cornette
Dutch Mantell & Bobby Jaggers defeated Thunderfoot #1 & Thunderfoot #2 at the 48-second mark when Jaggers scored the pin with a clothesline
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Gary Royal & George South at the 32-second mark when Gibson pinned South with the double dropkick
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) defeated David Isley & Eddie Roberts at 2:17 when Fernandez pinned Isley with the flying forearm
Big Bubba (w/ Jim Cornette) pinned Vernon Deaton at the 46-second mark with one boot on his chest after hitting the sidewalk slam
NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin pinned Larry Stephens at 2:17 by sitting on him after the right hand punch
NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, & Arn Anderson (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Tim Horner, NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Denny Brown, & Hector Guerrero at 5:39 when Flair pinned Brown with the figure-4; prior to the bout, Bob Caudle conducted an interview with NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham about seeing all the Horsemen in action at once, with Windham saying he would stick around to watch the contest; after the match, Anderson and Blanchard attacked the other opponents as Flair kept the figure-4 applied on Brown and held onto Dillon for leverage; Windham then ran into the ring to make the save, with he and Flair slapping each other leading to a fight in the ring
Barry Windham (w/ Dusty Rhodes, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair (w/ JJ Dillon, Arn Anderson, & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard) via disqualification in an impromptu non-title lumberjack match at around the 7-minute mark when Anderson and Blanchard attacked Windham after he hit the lariat and made the cover; after the contest, Windham, Rhodes, Morton & Gibson cleared the ring; after the contest, David Crockett climbed on the ring apron where Windham said he would be the new world champion
JCP @ Salina, KS – January 13, 1987 (800)
The MOD Squad defeated Rufus R. Jones & the Italian Stallion
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov defeated Dick Murdoch & Baron Von Raschke
Bob Brown defeated Sam Houston
Brad Armstrong & Jimmy Valiant defeated Bill Dundee & Jimmy Garvin
The Battens defeated Pat Rose & Ken Timbs
JCP @ Grand Rapids, MI – January 14, 1987 (2,500)
NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham pinned Ivan Koloff
Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated Baron Von Raschke & the Road Warriors when Eaton pinned Von Raschke after Jim Cornette interfered with his tennis racquet
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Ole & Arn Anderson
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
JCP @ Marquette, MI – Lakeview Arena – January 15, 1987
Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated the Road Warriors & Baron Von Raschke
Also included NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
JCP @ Hollywood, FL – Sportatorium – January 16, 1987
Super Towns on the Superstation – 2/7/87: Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov via disqualification at 8:57 when Petrov hit Morton with a chain as Morton had Koloff in a sleeper; after the bout, Koloff & Petrov assaulted Morton with the chain until Gibson stole it away and cleared the ring
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
The Road Warriors defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey in a scaffold match
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – January 17, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Charlotte, NC – Coliseum – January 17, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham defeated Alan West
Bobby Jaggers & Dutch Mantell defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated George South & Gary Royal
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated David Isley & Brodie Chase
Big Bubba defeated Vernon Deaton
NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin defeated Larry Stephens
NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, & Arn Anderson defeated Tim Horner, Hector Guerrero, & Denny Brown
NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham Barry Windham defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair in a lumberjack match
JCP @ Greensboro, NC – Coliseum – January 17, 1987
Hector Guerrero defeated Denny Brown
Arn Anderson defeated Tim Horner (sub. for Baron Von Raschke)
Brad Armstrong defeated Jimmy Garvin
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov (advertised as the Russian Assassin) defeated Dick Murdoch & Baron Von Raschke (sub. for Wahoo McDaniel)
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez
NWA Six-Man Tag Team Champions Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors defeated Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff via disqualification
JCP @ Asheville, NC – Civic Center – January 18, 1987 (matinee)
Advertised matches of Dutch Mantell vs. Shaska Whatley, Hector Guerrero vs. Ivan Koloff, Bob & Brad Armstrong vs. Bill Dundee & Jimmy Garvin, Vladimir Pietrov vs. Bobby Jaggers, and Ron Garvin & Dick Murdoch vs. Lex Luger & Arn Anderson did not take place as advertised; the show initially advertised NWA World Champion Ric Flair vs. NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs. Dick Murdoch, Barry Windham vs. Shaska Whatley, Wahoo McDaniel vs. Arn Anderson and Eddie Roberts & Allen West vs. Ricky Lee Jones & Tim Horner before the card was changed
Vladimir Pietrov defeated Dutch Mantell
Lex Luger & Arn Anderson defeated Denny Brown & Ricky Lee Jones
Jimmy Valiant defeated Bill Dundee
The Barbarian defeated Hector Guerrero
Dick Murdoch & Ivan Koloff defeated Bob & Brad Armstrong
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Barry Windham
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson fought NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez to a double disqualification in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
JCP @ – January 1987
Super Towns on the Superstation – 2/7/87: NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff to a double count-out in a No DQ match at around the 15-minute mark when an interfering NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard attacked Koloff on the floor as Flair was on the floor injured; moments later, Dusty Rhodes helped make the save, with Koloff eventually leaving the ring with Flair’s title belt
JCP @ Chesterfield, SC – January 19, 1987
Dick Murdoch fought Big Bubba to a double count-out
Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated Ron Garvin & Baron Von Raschke
JCP @ Fayetteville, NC – Cumberland County Crown Coliseum – January 20, 1987
TV taping:
Ole Anderson defeated Bill Mulkey
Vladimir Petrov defeated Rocky King
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Gary Royal & Randy Mulkey
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Mark Fleming & Brodie Chase
Worldwide – 1/24/87 – featured an opening split screen shot of Ricky Morton speaking with NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham in their dressing area while the Horsemen spoke with NWA World Champion Ric Flair in their dressing room, with Tony Schiavone then announcing Windham would challenge Flair for the title during the broadcast; included Schiavone & Dusty Rhodes on commentary; featured footage from World Championship Wrestling of Schiavone and David Crockett introducing Lex Luger, with Luger saying he wanted to be in Jim Crockett Promotions because that’s where all the competition was and his goal was to become a member of the Horsemen; included Bob Caudle conducting a backstage interview in Windham’s dressing room with Jim Crockett Jr. about setting up the Windham vs. Flair match; Caudle then spoke with NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, who said he had come so close to beating Flair for the title and then wished Windham good luck in his match and he would like to challenge Windham should he win the title; featured footage from the previous week of the impromptu Flair vs. Windham lumberjack match; included Caudle conducting a backstage interview with Flair, surrounded by Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson, JJ Dillon, & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, about Flair retaining the title, with Flair referring to Windham as the loser:
NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham to a time-limit draw at around the 37-minute mark; Tom Miller was the ring announcer for the bout; prior to the match, the two shook hands; during the match, it was noted Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson would be in a stand-by match should Flair vs. Windham end with time left on the show; Windham hit the lariat and made the cover just as the time limit expired; after the contest, Tony Schiavone held the mic up to Windham, in the ring, in which he said he wouldn’t be satisfied until he pinned Flair for the title; Windham then placed the belt across Flair’s body before leaving the ring (The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection)
JCP @ Jacksonville, FL – Memorial Coliseum – January 21, 1987 (8,000; sell out)
Dutch Mantell & Bobby Jaggers defeated Jimmy Garvin & Bill Dundee via disqualification
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Dick Murdoch & Baron Von Raschke
Denny Brown fought Hector Guerrero to a draw
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Barry Windham via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors defeated Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
JCP @ Washington DC – Armory – January 22, 1987
Cancelled due to inclement weather; rescheduled for 1/24/87
JCP @ Raleigh, NC – Dorton Arena – January 22, 1987 (3,100)
The show took place during a blizzard
Jimmy Garvin defeated Eddie Roberts
Bill Dundee defeated Gary Royal
Ricky Lee Jones defeated Thunderfoot #1
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification; Blanchard’s title and $10,000 were at stake
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff fought NWA World Champion Ric Flair to a double count-out in a No DQ match
JCP @ Norfolk, VA – Scope – January 23, 1987
Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors defeated Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – January 24, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
World Championship Wrestling Sunday Edition – 1/25/87
JCP @ Richmond, VA – Coliseum – January 24, 1987 (8,500)
Tim Horner pinned Bill Dundee in under 2 minutes
Arn Anderson pinned Jimmy Valiant
Dusty Rhodes fought NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard to a time-limit draw after the 25-minute mark
Barry Windham, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey in an elimination match in under 5 minutes
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Peitrov defeated Dick Murdoch & Baron Von Raschke
Brad Armstrong defeated Jimmy Garvin in a Death Match
The Road Warriors defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez via disqualification when Paul Jones interfered
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification at the 35-minute mark when Flair threw the challenger over the top rope
JCP @ Washington DC – Armory – January 24, 1987 (5,000)
Bobby Eaton, Dennis Condrey, Jim Cornette, and Dusty Rhodes were flown in immediately after their matches in Richmond; the preliminary matches were told to go long to buy them time and intermission lasted an hour; as a result, the main event went on at 11:50 p.m.
Gary Michael Cappetta was the ring announcer
Super Towns on the Superstation – 2/7/87: Brad Armstrong defeated Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) via disqualification at 8:19 when Garvin threw Armstrong over the top rope; after the bout, Armstrong cleared Garvin and Precious from the ring
Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson
The Road Warriors defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey in a scaffold match
Also included Dusty Rhodes and 4 other matches
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – January 26, 1987
Ricky Lee Jones (sub. for Tim Horner) defeated Shaska Whatley
Ivan Koloff defeated Jimmy Valiant
Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner (sub. for Wahoo McDaniel)
Jimmy Garvin defeated Baron Von Raschke
Arn Anderson defeated Dick Murdoch
NWA Tag Team Champion Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson via disqualification
Barry Windham fought NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard to a time-limit draw; the title and Blanchard’s $10,000 were at stake in the match
NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff to a double count-out
JCP @ Rock Hill, SC – Winthrop Coliseum – January 27, 1987
TV taping:
Worldwide – 1/31/87 – hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett, with Crockett conducting an opening ringside interview with Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson in which they said NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez might have the belts but they were the true tag team champions; featured Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Ole & Arn Anderson in which Ole said those with tag team titles should be embarassed of themselves and that the Andersons were the best; Arn then listed everyone the Four Horsemen had injured; included Caudle conducting an interview with JJ Dillon, NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Ole & Arn Anderson in which Dillon said those like Lex Luger would love to be part of the group and Luger is great but the Horsemen had no immediate plans to expand; footage was then shown of Luger vs. Randy Mulkey from World Championship Wrestling, shown in full; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Jim Cornette, Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey in which Cornette discussed Bubba facing Dusty Rhodes in Pittsburgh and recently trying to take out NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin; included Caudle conducting an interview with Garvin & NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham about Eaton & Condrey recently attacking Garvin, during which Garvin promised to take down Cornette; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Flair in which he addressed the challenges of Windham and Brad Armstrong, during which they reviewed footage of Flair facing Windham the previous week; included Caudle conducting an interview with Jones, Rude & Fernandez about the challenge of Morton & Gibson; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Rhodes in which he discussed Flair, the Horsemen, Rude & Fernandez, Ivan Koloff and Vladimir Pietrov; included Caudle conducting an interview with Central States Heavyweight Champion Bill Dundee in which he told Rhodes to pick a town and he would face him:
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) pinned Tommy Angel with the brainbuster at 1:29
Brad Armstrong pinned David Isley with the Russian legsweep at 2:13
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Vernon Deaton & Gary Royal at 1:01 when Fernandez pinned Deaton after an elevated flying forearm, with Rude hoisting Deaton in the air
Dick Murdoch pinned Keith Patterson with the brainbuster at the 56-second mark
NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham pinned Larry Stephens with the lariat at 1:42
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) pinned Rocky King with the slingshot suplex at around the 4-minute mark; the title and Blanchard’s $10,000 were at stake in the match
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Thunderfoot with the Russian Sickle at the 53-second mark; prior to the bout, Bob Caudle conducted an interview with Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov, during which Ivan said they were targetting Dusty Rhodes as well as Nikita; during the match, Rhodes came out to confront Ivan & Pietrov, with the two beating him down; after the match, the two attacked Nikita in the ring, with Rhodes coming out as well; the fight eventually came down to Nikita and Pietrov, with Tim Horner, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham, Brad Armstrong, and others coming out to break it up
Pro – 1/31/87 – hosted by Bob Caudle & Johnny Weaver, with an opening interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair about the Four Horsemen and the challenges of Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, and Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson; Flair then said if Lex Luger wanted to be a Horseman, he’ll have to do more than just talk about it; included Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with JJ Dillon and NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard about Luger’s goal of becoming a Horseman, with them then watching the Luger vs. Randy Mulkey match from the 1/24/87 World Championship Wrestling, shown in full; following the commercial break, Schiavone continued to talk with Dillon and Blanchard, with Dillon saying there were no plans for the Horsemen to expand and Blanchard talking about the challenge of Brad Armstrong; footage then aired from the previous week of Armstrong’s altercation with Flair which led to Blanchard, Ole & Arn Anderson jumping Armstrong from behind; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Armstrong about the attack he sustained the previous week from the Horsemen, with Armstrong noting Flair knew Armstrong would be challenging him for the world title and that’s why the Horsemen did what they did; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Dusty Rhodes and NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff about the challenge of Ivan Koloff and Vladimir Pietrov and Rhodes facing Big Bubba in Pittsburgh; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Jimmy Valiant in which Valiant talked about how much he loved all the people; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Paul Jones, NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez about the challenges of the Road Warriors, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, and Rhodes & Koloff; featured an ad promoting the Starrcade 86 home video; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Jim Cornette, with Bobby Eaton, Dennis Condrey, & Big Bubba, about NWA US Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Ron Garvin:
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Tommy Angel & Eddie Roberts at 3:10 when Morton pinned Angel with the double dropkick
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Rocky King & David Isley at 2:22 when Rude pinned Isley with the Rude Awakening DDT
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Ole & Arn Anderson (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Tim Horner, George South, & Gene Ligon at 1:29 when South submitted to an armbar from South after Ole landed a knee off the top to South’s shoulder
Central States Heavyweight Champion Bill Dundee pinned Gary Royal with a fistdrop off the top at the 44-second mark
Vladimir Pietrov (w/ Ivan Koloff) pinned Keith Patterson with a clothesline from the middle turnbuckle at the 47-second mark; prior to the bout, Johnny Weaver spoke to Koloff at ringside, who said NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff was too scared to face Pietrov
NWA US Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Ron Garvin defeated Larry Stephens & John Savage at the 51-second mark when Garvin pinned Stephens with the right hand punch and then sitting on his chest for the cover; immediately after the bout, Bobby Eaton, Dennis Condrey, & Big Bubba attacked the champions, with Jim Cornette throwing powder in Windham’s eyes and sending him to the floor; moments later, Garvin was laid out and Eaton attempted to come off the top onto him with a steel chair before Windham made the save; Brad Armstrong and Tim Horner then came out to help clear the ring and tend to Garvin; Tony Schiavone then conducted an interview with Jim Cornette and his men, with Cornette saying they would take the US tag team titles
Japan TV: Dick Murdoch, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey (w/ Jim Cornette) in an elimination match at around 9:30; Eaton pinned Gibson with his feet on the ropes for leverage at around the 6-minute mark; Morton pinned Eaton with a roll up at around 6:30; Bubba and Murdoch fought to a double count-out when both men began brawling at ringside at around 7:40; Murdoch and Bubba remained ringside after the elimination; Morton pinned Condrey with a sunset flip into the ring after referee Tommy Young prevented Cornette from grabbing Condrey for leverage (Wrestling Rarities: The Midnight Express)
JCP @ Odessa, TX – Ector County Coliseum – January 28, 1987
Ricky Romero defeated Ted Heath
Ron Garvin fought Arn Anderson to a draw
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez fought Barry Windham & Baron Von Raschke to a draw
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Dick Murdoch via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors defeated Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
JCP @ Inglewood, CA – Great Western Forum – January 29, 1987 (4,750)
Todd Champion defeated Teijo Khan
Big Bubba defeated Ron Garvin in a Louisville streetfight
Super Towns on the Superstation – 2/7/87: Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) via disqualification at around the 9-minute mark after NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham came out to counter the interference of Arn Anderson, with all four men then brawling in the ring and Windham counting a pinfall for Rhodes; after the match, Rhodes was bloodied with a shoe until Windham made the save
Barry Windham fought Arn Anderson to a no contest
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Dick Murdoch & Baron Von Raschke
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
Super Towns on the Superstation – 2/7/87: The Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) in a scaffold match at around the 7-minute mark
JCP @ St. Louis, MO – Arena – January 30, 1987 (1,900)
Porkchop Cash defeated Dave Peterson
Super Towns on the Superstation – 2/7/87: Central States Tag Team Champions the MOD Squad defeated Brad & Bart Batton when Basher pinned Brad at around the 12-minute mark when the other MOD Squad grabbed Brad’s leg from the floor and tripped him, with Basher falling on top for the win
Bill Dundee defeated Brady Boone
Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated Ron Garvin, the Italian Stallion, & Todd Champion
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Dick Murdoch & Baron Von Raschke when Fernandez pinned Von Raschke after Murdoch attacked his partner, after refusing to tag, and dropped him with the brainbuster before leaving the ring
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard in a non-title first blood match
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Arn Anderson
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Barry Windham via disqualification at the 55-minute mark
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – January 31, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
World Championship Wrestling Sunday Edition – 2/1/87:
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Dave Spencer
NWA US Tag Team Champions Ron Garvin & Barry Windham vs. Alan Martin & Bill Tabb
Tim Horner vs. Tommy Angel
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Lex Luger vs. George South & Rocky King
Vladimir Petrov vs. Eddie Roberts
Arn Anderson vs. Chance McQuade
Jimmy Garvin vs. Randy Barber
JCP @ Kansas City, MO – January 31, 1987
The Batten Twins defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey via disqualification
Dick Murdoch defeated Big Bubba in a barbed wire match
JCP @ Charleston, WV – January 31, 1987
Bobby Jaggers & Dutch Mantell defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2
Baron Von Raschke defeated Shaska Whatley
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov defeated Ron Garvin & Tim Horner
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Barry Windham via disqualification
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson fought NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez to a draw
NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff to a draw
UWF @ Alexandria, LA – Rapides Parish Coliseum – February 1, 1987
Gary Young vs. Sting
Jeff Gaylord vs. Rick Steiner
Iceman King Parsons & Chavo Guerrero vs. Bill Irwin & Eli
UWF TV Champion Savannah Jack vs. Eddie Gilbert
Ted Dibiase vs. UWF World Champion the One Man Gang
Steve Williams, Terry Taylor, & the Missing Link vs. Terry Gordy, Buddy Roberts, & the Angel of Death
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – Omni – February 1, 1987 (4,500)
Bill Dundee defeated Dutch Mantell
Bob Armstrong defeated Jimmy Garvin
Arn Anderson (w/ JJ Dillon & Lex Luger) pinned Brad Armstrong after Luger tripped Armstrong as he attempted a suplex, with Arn falling on top
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon & Lex Luger) pinned Wahoo McDaniel after Luger hit McDaniel in the head with the title belt
Robert Gibson & Ron Garvin (sub. for Ricky Morton) defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) in an elimination match; Eaton pinned Gibson after Cornette hit Gibson with the tennis racquet; Garvin pinned Eaton with a roll up moments later; Garvin pinned Condrey after ramming him into Bubba’s boot; after the match, Garvin was assaulted by the racquet until Gibson made the save
Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov via disqualification when Petrov assaulted Koloff with the Russian chain and threw the referee to the floor; Rhodes & Koloff cleared the ring moments later
Japan TV: The Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) via disqualification when Jones broke the cover as Road Warrior Animal had Fernandez covered after catching him coming off the top and hitting a powerslam; after the bout, the champions double teamed Animal before leaving the ring
Japan TV: NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham fought NWA World Champion Ric Flair to a 60-minute time-limit draw; Flair bled from the head during the match; the bout ended just as Windham hit the lariat and made the cover
JCP @ Bassett, VA – February 2, 1987
Ron Garvin fought Big Bubba to a double count-out
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – February 2, 1987
Shaska Whatley defeated George South
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov defeated Dutch Mantell & Bobby Jaggers
Lex Luger defeated Baron Von Raschke
Arn Anderson defeated Wahoo McDaniel (sub. for Tim Horner)
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard via disqualification; only the US title was at stake
The Road Warriors defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought Barry Windham to a 60-minute time-limit draw
JCP @ Spartanburg, SC – Memorial Auditorium – February 3, 1987
TV taping:
Worldwide – 2/7/87 – featured an opening clip from NWA Pro of NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham distracting Jim Cornette, Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey, with NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin (as Miss Atlanta Lively) sneaking into the ring behind them; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett, with Crockett conducting a ringside interview with Central States Heavyweight Champion Bill Dundee, Jimmy Garvin, and Precious in which Dundee talked about the Barbarian and Garvin said he couldn’t find anyone to wrestle him; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair, who noted Lex Luger wanted to be a Horseman instead of being like Dusty Rhodes or the Road Warriors before cutting a promo on the challenge of Windham; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Windham about Luger wanting to join the Horsemen, with Windham saying he considered Luger a friend and he was a tag team partner of his in Florida; the two then showed footage from World Championship Wrestling of Luger attacking Windham from behind; included Caudle conducting an interview with Ivan Koloff and Vladimir Pietrov about their attack on Rhodes the previous week and the challenge of NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Rhodes and Nikita about the comments from Ivan and Pietrov earlier in the show and Luger being with the Horsemen; included Caudle conducting an interview with Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson about chasing NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Cornette, Bubba, Eaton & Condrey in which Cornette reviewed footage from NWA Pro of Miss Atlanta Liveley trying to knock him out with a purse, with Cornette calling Garvin a transvestite; included Caudle conducting an interview with JJ Dillon, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, and Luger in which Dillon said the Horsemen had no plans to expand but Luger was a stockholder in Tully Blanchard Enterprises and they were happy to be with him; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Dutch Mantell & Bobby Jaggers in which Mantell said he took the month of January off to rest but he and Jaggers were back to be part of the Crockett Cup; included Caudle conducting an interview with Ron Garvin about his feud with Cornette:
NWA US Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Ron Garvin defeated Rocky King & George South at 2:06 when Garvin pinned South by sitting on him after the right hand punch
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated two unknowns at the 48-second mark when both men scored the pin with the double dropkick
Bob Armstrong pinned Thunderfoot #2 at the 53-second mark with a kneedrop; prior to the bout, Bob Caudle conducted an interview with Brad Armstrong about his issues with the Four Horsemen and the arrival of his father to Jim Crockett Promotions
Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Eddie Roberts via submission with the Torture Rack at 1:48
Vladimir Pietrov (w/ Ivan Koloff) pinned Mike Simani at 1:00 with a clothesline from the middle turnbuckle; prior to the bout, Ivan cut a promo at ringside on NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff and Dusty Rhodes
Arn Anderson pinned Tommy Angel with the spinebuster and gordbuster at 4:42
Tim Horner & Ricky Lee Jones defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) via disqualification at 5:21 after Horner was thrown over the top rope and referee Tommy Young was knocked to the floor; after the bout, Rude & Fernandez double teamed Jones, busting him open, until Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson ran out to make the save; moments later, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Morton & Gibson about Jones, Rude & Fernandez
Pro – 2/7/87:
Jimmy Garvin pinned Rocky King with the brainbuster
Dutch Mantell & Bobby Jaggers defeated John Savage & Randy Mulkey
Vladimir Pietrov pinned David Isley with a clothesline off the top
Bob Armstrong pinned Vernon Deaton with a kneedrop
Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated Eddie Roberts & Tommy Angel
Lex Luger defeated George South via submission with the Torture Rack
Barry Windham pinned Thunderfoot with the lariat
Dark matches after the taping:
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez
Barry Windham vs. NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
JCP @ Kenansville, NC – Memorial Auditorium – February 4, 1987
Ron Garvin & Tim Horner defeated Big Bubba (sub. for Bobby Eaton) & Dennis Condrey
Also included Baron Von Raschke, Bill Dundee, Lex Luger, Jimmy Valiant, Shaska Whatley, NWA US Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Ron Garvin
JCP @ Harrisonburg, VA – High School Gym – February 5, 1987 (1,600; sell out)
Denny Brown fought Hector Guerrero to a draw
Lex Luger defeated Tim Horner
Brad Armstrong defeated Arn Anderson
Bob Armstrong defeated Jimmy Garvin
NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin & Bob Armstrong (sub. for NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham) defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
JCP @ Richmond, VA – Coliseum – February 6, 1987 (5,500)
Ivan Koloff (sub. for Rocky King) defeated Gary Royal
Lex Luger defeated Tim Horner
The Road Warriors defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez via disqualification
Bob Armstrong defeated Jimmy Garvin
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff fought NWA World Champion Ric Flair to a no contest in a No DQ match
Dusty Rhodes defeated Vladimir Petrov via disqualification
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Jimmy Valiant
Ron Garvin & Bob Armstrong defeated Arn & Ole Anderson
JCP @ Baltimore, MD – Arena – February 6, 1987 (11,000)
Dutch Mantell defeated Ricky Lee Jones
Baron Von Raschke defeated Thunderfoot
Hector Guerrero fought Denny Brown to a draw
Bobby Jaggers defeated Shaska Whatley
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez via disqualification
Lex Luger defeated Wahoo McDaniel
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff fought NWA World Champion Ric Flair to a double count-out at the 20-minute mark
Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors defeated Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey in a steel cage match
Super Towns on the Superstation – 2/7/87 – included an opening graphic which read wrestling was struck a major blow Oct. 14, 1986 when Magnum TA suffered his injury but Magnum was now back; featured Tony Schiavone & David Crockett on commentary from the studio; featured the Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson match taped 1/10/87 in Philadelphia; included the Brad Armstrong vs. Jimmy Garvin match taped 1/24/87 in Washington DC; featured the MOD Squad vs. Brad & Bart Batten match taped 1/30/87 in St. Louis; included a promo by Paul Jones, NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez regarding the Crockett Cup, during which Jones argued his team should be the #1 seed in the tournament; featured the Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov match taped 1/16/87 in Hollywood, FL; included Schiavone conducting an interview in the Baltimore Arena with Gary Juster and Charles Neustadt regarding the upcoming Crockett Cup in April, the crowd expected for the two-day event, and the rennovations to the facility; featured the Dusty Rhodes vs. Tully Blanchard match from 1/29/87 in Inglewood, CA; included Schiavone conducting a sit-down interview with Magnum TA regarding his injury, road to recovery, and what’s been going on in wrestling since Magnum’s injury; featured the Ric Flair vs. Nikita Koloff match taped ? in Charlotte, NC; included the Road Warriors vs. Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey scaffold match taped 1/29/87 in Inglewood, CA
JCP @ Greensboro, NC – Coliseum – February 7, 1987 (11,641)
Tim Horner defeated Shaska Whatley
Jimmy Valiant defeated Thunderfoot
Bob Armstrong defeated Jimmy Garvin
Arn Anderson & Lex Luger defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Baron Von Raschke
NWA US Tag Team Champions Ron Garvin & Barry Windham defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff to a double count-out
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson in a steel cage match
JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – February 8, 1987
Bobby Jaggers & Dutch Mantell defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2
Lex Luger defeated Ricky Lee Jones
Bob Armstrong defeated Jimmy Garvin
Dick Murdoch, Wahoo McDaniel, & NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin defeated Jim Cornette, Bobby Eaton, & Dennis Condrey
Tully Blanchard defeated Barry Windham via disqualification
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson in a steel cage match
NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff to a draw
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – February 9, 1987
Bill Dundee defeated Randy Mulkey (sub. for Bob Armstrong)
Dick Murdoch (sub. for Jimmy Valiant) defeated Thunderfoot #1
Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated Dutch Mantell & Bobby Jaggers; stipulations stated the winners would be the #1 contenders to the NWA US Tag Team Titles
Arn Anderson & Lex Luger defeated Bob Armstrong & Jimmy Valiant (sub. for Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner)
Big Bubba defeated NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin in a lumberjack match
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard; only the US title was at stake
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham
JCP @ Columbia, SC – Township Auditorium – February 10, 1987
TV taping:
Barry Windham pinned Tommy Angel with the lariat
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Eddie Roberts & John Savage
Bob Armstrong pinned George South with an inside cradle
Lex Luger defeated Rocky King via submission with the Torture Rack
Dusty Rhodes, NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, & Dick Murdoch defeated Ivan Koloff, Vladimir Pietrov, & Big Red; after the bout, Murdoch attacked Rhodes and Koloff
Big Bubba pinned Vernon Deaton with the sidewalk slam
Pro – 2/14/87
JCP @ Marion, NC – February 11, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champions Ron Garvin & Barry Windham defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
JCP @ Raleigh, NC – Dorton Arena – February 12, 1987 (5,200)
TV taping:
Ricky Lee Jones defeated Denny Brown
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov defeated Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Shaska Whatley
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Arn Anderson
Bob Armstrong defeated Gary Royal
Lex Luger & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Dutch Mantel & Bobby Jaggers
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez in a lights out, non-title steel cage match
JCP @ Columbus, GA – February 13, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champions Ron Garvin & Barry Windham defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – February 14, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
World Championship Wrestling Sunday Edition – 2/15/87:
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Lex Luger vs. Zane Smith & Tommy Angel
Bobby Jaggers & Dutch Mantel vs. Randy Barber & Jack Jackson
Bob Armstrong vs. Keith Vincent
Tim Horner vs. Randy Barber
Dick Murdoch vs. Zane Smith
JCP @ Charlotte, NC – Coliseum – February 14, 1987 (8,000)
TV taping:
Jimmy Garvin pinned George South with the brainbuster
Lex Luger defeated Randy Mulkey
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Ricky Lee Jones
Pro – 2/21/87 – featured Bob Caudle & Johnny Weaver on commentary:
Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch defeated Brodie Chase & Randy Mulkey
Lex Luger defeated Keith Patterson via submission with the Torture Rack
Tim Horner defeated David Isley
NWA US Tag Team Champions Ron Garvin & Barry Windham defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey (w/ Jim Cornette) via disqualification at 10:20 when Cornette threw a fireball into Garvin’s face; during the match, Cornette briefly joined the commentary team; after the bout, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, Bob Armstrong, Windham, and Tim Horner tended to Ron Garvin; moments later, Jimmy Garvin and Precious came out, with the two covering Ron’s face with a towel and aiding him backstage; the cameras followed them into the dressing room, with Jimmy busting into the other dressing room and attacking Cornette until other wrestlers pulled him away; Jimmy and others then helped Ron into a car and drove him to the hospital
Worldwide – 2/21/87 – featured an opening clip of NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin being burned in the face by Jim Cornette; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Jim Cornette, Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey – in possession of the stolen NWA US Tag Team Titles – in which Cornette discussed the burn injury to Ron Garvin and said all he was trying to do was take a photo with a flash bulb; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Jimmy Garvin in which they reviewed footage of Ron’s injury at the hands of Cornette, Jimmy coming out to make the save, and then Jimmy running into the heel locker room to get after Cornette; Caudle then talked with Jimmy, who discussed the injury to his brother and said, between the two of them, he was probably the one that deserved to be injured and that he would get revenge on Cornette, Eaton & Condrey; included Caudle conducting an interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair in which he discussed Cornette’s assault on Ron Garvin and said Garvin was paying the price for being in the sport, then responding to Jimmy Garvin’s comments and saying Precious would be his; featured Caudle conducting an interview with JJ Dillon, Lex Luger, and NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard about the upcoming Crockett Cup; included Caudle conducting an interview with Dillon, Luger, and Blanchard about the tag team title match earlier in the show and the injury sidelining Ron Garvin, adding that the Four Horsemen are feeling secure about their chances in the tournament; featured Caudle conducting an interview with NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham about the injury to Ron Garvin and seeking revenge on Eaton & Condrey:
Bob Armstrong pinned Thunderfoot at 1:01 with an elbow off the top to the head of a standing Thunderfoot
Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch (w/ Vladimir Pietrov) defeated Keith Patterson & Tommy Angel at around the 1:15 mark when Murdoch pinned Angel with the brainbuster; after the contest, the three continued to assault their opponents
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson via reverse decision; Morton & Gibson initially won the match and titles at around the 18-minute mark when the momentum of a crossbody off the top by Fernandez put Morton on top, with replacement referee Sonny Fargo counting the pinfall; referee Tommy Young, however, ruled that the champions retained because Morton tossed Fernandez over the top rope moments before the pinfall
Dusty Rhodes vs. Vladimir Peitrov; Ivan Koloff escorted Pietrov to the ring before the match but Rhodes attacked him early in the bout and knocked him out, causing Pietrov to carry Koloff all the way backstage; only the first 2 minutes of the match were shown before the broadcast ended
Dark match after the taping: NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff
JCP @ Lynchburg, VA – Armory – February 14, 1987
Baron Von Raschke vs. Thunderfoot #2
Dutch Mantell & Bobby Jaggers vs. Shaska Whatley & the Barbarian
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Arn Anderson
Jimmy Valiant vs. Jimmy Garvin
Mosca Mania II – Hamilton, Ontario – Copps Coliseum – February 15, 1987 (matinee) (3,000)
Angelo Mosca Jr. defeated Shaska Whatley
Joey War Eagle defeated Danny Johnson
Lex Luger defeated Ricky Lee Jones
Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated Barry Windham & Hector Guerrero (sub. for Ron Garvin)
Arn Anderson defeated Tim Horner (sub. for Baron Von Raschke)
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Ricky Morton & Bob Armstrong (sub. for Robert Gibson)
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
JCP @ Toronto, Ontario – February 15, 1987
Angelo Mosca Jr. defeated Shaska Whatley
Joey War Eagle defeated Dan Johnson
Lex Luger defeated Ricky Lee Jones
Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated Barry Windham & Hector Guerrero
Arn Anderson defeated Tim Horner
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Ricky Morton & Bob Armstrong
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
JCP @ Brantford, Ontario – February 16, 1987
TV taping:
Big Bubba defeated Frank Marconi
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Ricky Lee Jones
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Eric the Red
NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham defeated Shaska Whatley
Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated Troy Little Bear & Mad Dog Vachon
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Terry Morgan & Bob Armstrong
Lex Luger defeated Ron Hutchinson
Arn Anderson defeated Hector Guerrero
Tim Horner defeated Sildent Boyd
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
Ricky Morton (sub. for NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin) & NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
JCP @ Peterborough, Ontario – February 17, 1987
Ricky Lee Jones defeated Lex Luger via disqualification
Big Bubba defeated Chico Fernandez
Arn Anderson defeated Hector Guerrero
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Ricky Lee Jones & Bob Armstrong
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard fought Barry Windham to a no contest
Ricky Morton & Tim Horner defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
JCP @ Jacksonville, FL – Memorial Coliseum – February 20, 1987 (8,000)
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard fought Barry Windham to a no contest
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff to a no contest
Dusty Rhodes defeated Big Bubba
Also included the Road Warriors
World Championship Wrestling – 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 Petrov 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
World Championship Wrestling Sunday Edition – 2/22/87:
Jimmy Valiant vs. Brodie Chase
Ole & Arn Anderson vs. David Isley & Tommy Angel
Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch vs. George South & Rocky King
Baron Von Raschke vs. Thunderfoot #2
Bob & Brad Armstrong vs. Randy Mulkey & Thunderfoot #1
Big Bubba, Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton vs. Bill Tabb, Eric Long, & Jack Jackson
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – February 21, 1987 (7,216)
Bob Armstrong defeated Gary Royal
Arn Anderson defeated Ricky Lee Jones
Lex Luger defeated Eddie Roberts
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Tim Horner
Wahoo McDaniel & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Barry Windham at the 20-minute mark
JCP @ Asheville, NC – Civic Center – February 22, 1987 (matinee)
The Barbarian defeated Hector Guerrero
Jimmy Valiant defeated Bill Dundee
Vladimir Pietrov defeated Dutch Mantell
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez fought Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson to a draw in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
Lex Luger & Arn Anderson defeated Denny Brown & Ricky Lee Jones
Dick Murdoch & Ivan Koloff defeated Bob & Brad Armstrong
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Barry Windham
JCP @ Roanoke, VA – Civic Center – February 22, 1987
Misty Blue defeated Linda Dallas
Mark Fleming defeated Gary Royal
Bob & Brad Armstrong defeated Arn Anderson & Lex Luger
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard fought Barry Windham to a draw
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez via disqualification
Also included Allen West, Eddie Roberts, the Barbarian, & Shaska Whatley
JCP @ ? – February 1987
World Championship Wrestling Sunday Edition – 2/22/87:
Jimmy Valiant vs. Brodie Chase
Ole & Arn Anderson vs. David Isley & Tommy Angel
Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch vs. George South & Rocky King
Baron Von Raschke vs. Thunderfoot #2
Bob & Brad Armstrong vs. Randy Mulkey & Thunderfoot #1
Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey vs. Bill Tabb, Eric Long, & Jack Jackson
JCP @ Fayetteville, NC – Cumberland County Memorial Arena – February 23, 1987
Nelson Royal defeated Thunderfoot #1
Shaska Whatley defeated Mark Fleming
Misty Blue defeated Linda Dallas
Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch defeated Dutch Mantell & Denny Brown
Lex Luger defeated Ricky Lee Jones
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Tim Horner
Jimmy Garvin defeated Arn Anderson
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Barry Windham via disqualification
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – February 23, 1987
George South & Rocky King defeated Randy & Bill Mulkey
Hector Guerrero defeated Gary Royal
Jimmy Valiant defeated Brody Chase (sub. for the Barbarian)
Wahoo McDaniel & Baron Von Raschke fought Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey to a 20-minute time-limit draw
Bob & Brad Armstrong defeated the Barbarian (sub. for Jimmy Garvin) & Bill Dundee
Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Rick Rude in a Texas Death Match
NWA Tag Team Champion Manny Fernandez defeated Ricky Morton in a Mexican Death Match
JCP @ Rock Hill, SC – Winthrop Coliseum – February 24, 1987
TV taping:
Bob Armstrong pinned Brodie Chase
Ivan Kolov, Vladimir Petrov, & Dick Murdoch defeated Rocky King, Johnny Ace, & George South
Brad Armstrong pinned Bill Mulkey
Pro – 2/28/87 – featured an opening clip of Dick Murdoch arguing with Baron Von Raschke during a recent match against NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez; included Bob Caudle & Johnny Weaver on commentary; featured Bill Dundee joining the commentary team and saying Stan Lane was on his way to the promotion if Jimmy Garvin needed a tag team partner, then adding Dundee would soon face Dusty Rhodes in Memphis; included footage from the previous week’s World Championship Wrestling in which Jim Crockett Jr. confronted Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey, with Big Bubba, in which he told them Jim Cornette had been suspended for shooting a fireball into the faces of NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin and Eaton & Condrey would be fined $1,000 each day until they return the NWA US Tag Team Titles; Crockett then said Cornette had a blank contract which NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin had signed, and it would be a steel cage match; during the segment, Eaton & Condrey put their hands on Crockett, with Crockett saying that would earn Cornette an added $5,000 fine; Crockett regained possession of the title belts during the segment; featured Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with Jimmy Garvin, with Precious, and Ron Garvin, showing the damage from being burned in the face the previous week; Jimmy said he came out for a long time and got loud, but nothing meant more to him than his brother; Jimmy then showed footage of Cornette shooting the fire in Ron’s face; Ron then said he wanted Cornette around so he and Jimmy could get their hands on him and he couldn’t wait to get Cornette in the ring; Jimmy then fired back at Flair’s comments about Precious earlier in the show; included Schiavone conducting an interview with JJ Dillon and Ole Anderson in which Dillon said there were no issues within the Horsemen, as some wrestling magazines had claimed, and Ole talked up the success rate of the Horsemen and said he provided the experience for the group; featured an ad promoting the Starrcade 86 VHS; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Von Raschke, with Von Raschke showing footage of Murdoch attacking him in St. Louis; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham, Ron & Jimmy Garvin, and Precious about facing Eaton & Condrey:
Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch (w/ Vlaidmir Pietrov) defeated George South & Gary Royal at 5:36 when Murdoch pinned South with the brainbuster; following the commercial break, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with Koloff, Murdoch, & Pietrov about facing Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff
Jimmy Valiant pinned Randy Mulkey at the 5-second mark with an elbow drop; Valiant attacked Mulkey before the bell rang (Valiant’s debut with new entrance music)
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Rocky King & Johnny Ace at 3:54 when Fernandez pinned Ace after hitting a flying forearm as Rude hoisted Ace in the air
Arn Anderson, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, & Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon & NWA World Champion Ric Flair) defeated Denny Brown, Ricky Lee Jones, & Eddie Roberts at 7:10 when Roberts submitted to Luger’s Torture Rack; prior to the bout, Bob Caudle conducted a ringside interview with Flair in which he discussed NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, Dusty Rhodes, Wahoo McDaniel, Barry Windham, Ron Garvin, Jimmy Garvin, and the Armstrongs as challengers; Flair then sent a message to Precious
NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham pinned Brodie Chase with the lariat at the 34-second mark
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Randy Mulkey & David Isley at the 34-second mark when Gibson pinned Isley with the double dropkick
Worldwide – 2/28/87 – featured Tony Schiavone & David Crockett on commentary; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair in which he said the Crockett Cup needed the Horsemen to make it credible, then discussing the upcoming stop at the Boston Garden and said he was more man than Larry Bird; Flair then sent a message to Precious; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Baron Von Raschke in which he said he was supporting Dusty Rhodes and NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff against Ivan Koloff, Dick Murdoch, & Vladimir Pietrov; included Caudle conducting an interview with Murdoch, with Ivan & Pietrov, in which they reviewed footage of Murdoch turning his back on Von Raschke against NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez, with Murdoch saying he would face Dusty anywhere in the world; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Brad & Bob Armstrong about the upcoming Crockett Cup, with the two discussing the injury to NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin and Murdoch joining the Russians; included Caudle conducting an interview with Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey, with Big Bubba and the stolen NWA US Tag Team Titles, in which they argued the suspension of Jim Cornette and said they wouldn’t be in a position to be in more scaffold or steel cage matches; featured Caudle conducting an interview with NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham about the injury to Ron Garvin, noting Eaton & Condrey would be fined each day they had the stolen belts, and that all of them would pay for what happened to Ron:
Ole & Arn Anderson defeated Larry Stephens & Johnny Ace at 7:32 when Ace submitted to a standing armbar from Ole
NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham pinned Thunderfoot #2 with the lariat at the 17-second mark
Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Vernon Deaton at 2:06 via submission with the Torture Rack
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) pinned Gary Royal with the slingshot suplex at 1:21; Blanchard’s title and $10,000 was at stake in the match
Dark match after the taping: Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA World Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez in a steel cage match
JCP @ Hammond, IN – Civic Center – February 25, 1987 (500)
Debut in the city
Dick Murdoch (sub. for Ivan Koloff) defeated Ricky Lee Jones
Misty Blue defeated Linda Dallas
Lex Luger defeated Baron Von Raschke
NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin defeated Arn Anderson via disqualification; the bout was advertised as Garvin & Wahoo McDaniel vs. Arn & Ole Anderson
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Tim Horner
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham via disqualification
JCP @ Minneapolis, MN – Met Center – February 26, 1987 (1,100)
Dick Murdoch defeated Ricky Lee Jones
Lex Luger, Arn & Ole Anderson defeated Wahoo McDaniel, Tim Horner, & Baron Von Raschke
Misty Blue defeated Linda Dallas
Jimmy Garvin defeated Big Bubba in a streetfight
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez via disqualification
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard; only the US title was on the line
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Barry Windham
JCP @ Albany, GA – Civic Center – February 27, 1987 (3,000)
Rocky King & George South defeated Randy Mulkey & John Savage
Misty Blue defeated Linda Dallas
NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Denny Brown defeated Thunderfoot #2
Bob Armstrong defeated Thunderfoot #1
Arn Anderson pinned Brad Armstrong
Barry Windham & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Arn Anderson (sub. for Dennis Condrey) when Windham pinned Anderson
JCP @ Pittsburgh, PA – Civic Arena – February 27, 1987 (either 17,521 or 16,600; sell out)
Hector Guerrero fought Shaska Whatley to a draw
Vladimir Petrov pinned Jim Lancaster
Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Dutch Mantell
Lex Luger pinned Ricky Lee Jones
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard pinned Tim Horner
NWA World Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeathed Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson when Rude pinned Gibson
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
Bunkhouse Stampede Finals: Dusty Rhodes defeated Big Bubba in a steel cage match; stipulations stated the winner would win the $100,000 Bunkhouse Stampede cash prize
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – February 28, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Taylorsville, NC – Alexander Central High School Gym – February 28, 1987
Fundraiser for the Alexander County recreation department
Eddie Roberts vs. Rocky King
Tim Horner vs. Gary Royal
Shaska Whatley vs. Ricky Lee Jones
NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Denny Brown vs. Hector Guerrero
Bob Armstrong vs. Arn Anderson
Brad Armstrong vs. Jimmy Garvin
NWA US Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Ron Garvin vs. NWA Tag Team Champions Manny Fernandez & Rick Rude
JCP @ Kingsport, TN – Dobyns-Bennett High School – February 28, 1987
Misty Blue vs. Linda Dallas
Thunderfoot #1 vs. Allen West
Lex Luger vs. Baron Von Raschke
Dick Murdoch vs. NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard ($10,000 at stake)
Bobby Jaggers & Dutch Mantell vs. Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
JCP @ Richmond, VA – Coliseum – March 1, 1987 (matinee) (9,000)
Dutch Mantell & Bobby Jaggers defeated Ricky Lee Jones & Shaska Whatley
Bobby Eaton fought Jimmy Valiant to a 15-minute time-limit draw
Lazertron defeated Mark Fleming
Lex Luger defeated Baron Von Raschke
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Brad Armstrong
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez fought Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson to a no contest
Jimmy Garvin defeated Big Bubba via count-out
Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Barry Windham
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – Omni – March 1, 1987 (4,500)
The Barbarian defeated the Italian Stallion
Bob Armstrong defeated Thunderfoot #1
Mike Rotundo defeated Thunderfoot #2
Arn Anderson & Lex Luger defeated Bob Armstrong & Tim Horner
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez fought Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson to a no contest
Brad Armstrong defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard via disqualification
Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton
Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Barry Windham at the 30-minute mark
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – March 2, 1987
Ricky Lee Jones vs. Bill Dundee
Mike Rotunda defeated Dennis Condrey via disqualification
Bob Armstrong & Tim Horner vs. Lex Luger & Arn Anderson
Brad Armstrong, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Paul Jones, NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernande
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs. Baron Von Raschke
Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Dick Murdoch
Dusty Rhodes vs. Ivan Koloff
NWA World Champion Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham (Best 2 out of 3 falls)
JCP @ Sapartanburg, SC – Memorial Auditorium – March 3, 1987
TV taping:
Pro – 3/7/87 – featured an opening clip of the Dusty Rhodes vs. Big Bubba Bunkhouse Stampede finals steel cage match on 2/27/87 in Pittsburgh; hosted by Bob Caudle & Johnny Weaver; included Caudle conducting a ringside interview with Ivan Koloff, Dick Murdoch, & Vladimir Pietrov about their goal of putting Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff out during the Crockett Cup; featured Tony Schiavone introducing footage from the 2/28/87 World Championship Wrestling of Ole Anderson punching NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard after Blanchard referred to Ole’s son as a “snot nosed kid;” following the commercial break, Schiavone showed additional footage of JJ Dillon asking Ole to make an apology, with Ole eventually coming out, slapping Dillon, and then being jumped from behind by Blanchard; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Bill Dundee in which he said he was bringing the MOD Squad in and the Barbarian was on his way back from Japan; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Jimmy Garvin, with Precious, & NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin in which they addressed working together, being part of the Crockett Cup, and wanting to get their hands on Jim Cornette, Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Tim Horner about the Crockett Cup, in which Horner said his tag team partner would be Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Cornette, with Eaton, Condrey, & Bubba, about his suspension being lifted and having to face Ron Garvin in a steel cage; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Paul Jones, NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez about the upcoming seeding for the Crockett Cup; featured an ad promoting the Starrcade 86 VHS; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Dillon, Blanchard, Arn Anderson, and Lex Luger regarding the recent actions of Ole, with Dillon saying Arn would make his decision as to whether to side with Ole or the Horsemen; Arn then said Ole hitched his wagon to Arn two years prior and that Starrcade 86 was Arn’s chance to reach immortality but it didn’t happen because the fire had gone out in Ole; Arn then said he was sticking with the Horsemen and had his sights set on Nikita to prove himself as a singles wrestler:
NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham pinned Colt Steele with the lariat at 1:23
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) & NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin defeated Vernon Deaton & Larry Stephens at 1:55 when Jimmy pinned Stephens with the brainbuster; Ron had bandages on his face for the contest
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Bill Mulkey & Gary Royal at the 17-second mark when Gibson pinned Mulkey with the double dropkick
Lazertron pinned Randy Mulkey at the 56-second mark with a double flying axehandle off the top (Lazertron’s TV debut)
Lex Luger & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Eddie Roberts & Chance McQuade at 3:12 when Luger forced the submission with the Torture Rack
Arn Anderson (w/ JJ Dillon) pinned Tommy Angel with the spinebuster and gordbuster at 3:02
Dick Murdoch, Ivan Koloff, & Vladimir Pietrov defeated George South, the Italian Stallion, & Mitch Snow at 4:06 when Pietrov pinned South with the Russian Sickle; prior to the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff in which Nikita discussed visiting Magnum TA in the hospital earlier in the day and both men replied to the comments of Murdoch earlier in the show and noted the upcoming Crockett Cup; Murdoch was then shown in the ring, waving them over to get in the ring with him
Worldwide – 3/7/87 – included footage of the recent friction between Ole Anderson, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, and JJ Dillon; featured Bob Caudle conducting an interview with NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin, Jimmy Garvin, and Precious about Ron’s recovery from injury at the hands of Jim Cornette; included Tony Schiavone & David Crockett on commentary; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson about the upcoming Crockett Cup and NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez; included Caudle conducting an interview with Dillon about the issues with Ole, with footage then shown from World Championship Wrestling of Ole punching Dillon, leading to a brawl between Ole and Blanchard; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Dillon, Blanchard, & Arn Anderson about the issues with Ole:
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Mitch Snow & Larry Stephens at 3:40 when Blanchard pinned Stephens with the slingshot suplex
Baron Von Raschke pinned Bill Mulkey with the claw at around the 1-minute mark
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Chance McQuade & Randy Mulkey at 3:25 when Fernandez pinned McQuade with a crossbody
Dark match after the taping: Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Lex Luger
JCP @ Wytheville, VA – George Wythe High School – March 4, 1987
Denny Brown defeated Rocky King
Mitch Snow defeated Colt Steele
Lazortron defeated Teijho Khan
Baron Von Raschke pinned Shaska Whatley
Dutch Mantell & Bobby Jaggers defeated the MOD Squad
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov defeated Tim Horner & the Italian Stallion
Wahoo McDaniel defeated DIck Murdoch via disqualification
JCP @ Birmingham, AL – BJCC – March 4, 1987 (750)
Jimmy Valiant pinned the Barbarian
Bob Armstrong, Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton, Dennis Condrey, & Big Bubba at 9:22 when Armstrong pinned Eaton
Brad Armstrong pinned Bill Dundee at 7:15
Barry Windham defeated Lex Luger via disqualification at 7:04 when JJ Dillon tripped Windham
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Dusty Rhodes via reverse decision at 7:15; Rhodes originally won the match and title after hitting Blanchard with the champion’s own foreign object but JJ Dillon showed the referee the weapon and the referee changed his call
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Arn Anderson at 11:29 with the Russian Sickle
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson at 11:46 when Rude pinned Gibson after using a foreign object
JCP @ Memphis, TN – Mid-South Coliseum – March 5, 1987
The Barbarian fought Bob Armstrong to a draw
Brad Armstrong defeated Big Bubba
Jimmy Valiant defeated Arn Anderson
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
Barry Windham defeated Lex Luger via disqualification
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
Bill Dundee defeated Dusty Rhodes in a King of Tennessee match
JCP @ Morganton, NC – March 6, 1987 (sell out)
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
AJPW @ Mizusawa, Japan – March 6, 1987
NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Art Crews defeated Teranishi & Yoshiaki Yatsu
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – March 7, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
World Championship Wrestling Sunday Edition – 3/8/87
AJPW @ Akita, Japan – March 7, 1987
Yoshiaki Yatsu fought NWA World Champion Ric Flair to a double count-out at 17:08
JCP @ Norfolk, VA – Scope – March 7, 1987
Bobby Eaton fought Tim Horner to a 20-minute time-limit draw
Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton
JCP @ Beckley, WV – Armory – March 8, 1987 (5,000; sell out)
Bob & Brad Armstrong defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2
Nelson Royal defeated Johnny Ace
Baron Von Raschke defeated Pez Whatley
Bobby Jaggers defeated Gary Royal
Mark Fleming defeated Teijo Khan
Wahoo McDaniel pinned Arn Anderson
Ricky Morton & Brad Armstrong (sub. for Robert Gibson) defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez in a non-title match
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – March 8, 1987
The MOD Squad defeated Rocky King & George South
Vladimir Pietrov defeated Denny Brown
The Barbarian & Bill Dundee defeated Jimmy Valiant & Brady Boone
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Dutch Mantell
Barry Windham, Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
Dick Murdoch defeated Dusty Rhodes
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Lex Luger
CWF @ Orlando, FL – Eddie Graham Sports Complex – March 8, 1987
Ron Simmons defeated Scott Hodge
Mike Rotunda defeated Chick Donovan
Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal
Bad News Allen, Scott Hall, & Mike Graham defeated Kevin Sullivan, Kareem Muhammad, & Ed Gantner
Jimmy Valiant defeated the Barbarian
Dusty Rhodes defeated Big Bubba
AJPW @ Togane, Japan – March 8, 1987
Genichiro Tenryu, Ishikawa, & the Great Wajima defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Art Crews, & El Olympico
JCP @ Fayetteville, NC – Cumberland County Memorial Arena – March 9, 1987
Pro – 3/14/87 – included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Arn Anderson, JJ Dillon, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, and Lex Luger in which Arn said dumping Ole Anderson from the Four Horsemen was the hardest and easiest decision of his career; hosted by Caudle & Johnny Weaver; featured the announcement that Lazertron defeated NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Denny Brown to win the title; included Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham about chasing NWA World Champion Ric Flair, with Jimmy Valiant then walking in and saying he had been looking for a partner for the Crockett Cup and found one in Lazertron; Valiant then said if they win the tournament they would donate their winnings to the underpriviledged; featured a video package with Schiavone outside Sabatino’s, in Baltimore’s Little Italy, before cutting to the press conference inside which would name the top 10 seeds in the Crockett Cup; Rob Gardner, activities director for JCP, introduced Gary Juster, Jim Crockett Jr., and Mrs. Jim Crockett Sr. before revealing the seeds; 10) Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov, 9) the MOD Squad, 8) Blanchard & Luger, 7) Ole & Arn, 6) Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey, 5) the winners of a New Japan Pro Wrestling tournament, 4) Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, 3) the Road Warriors, 2) Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, and 1) NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez; following the announcement that Eaton & Condrey were ranked 6, Jim Cornette, who was eating his meal during the press conference, interrupted and stormed off; at the announcement Rude & Fernandez were ranked 1st, Paul Jones was shown excited at his table; Jim Crockett Jr. then announced that Windham would challenge Flair during the second night; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Ivan, Murdoch, & Pietrov in which Ivan said they would take out Nikita before the Crockett Cup, and he hadn’t yet determined which of the three would be in the tournament; Murdoch then said he hoped they face Nikita & Rhodes so he can take Rhodes out of wrestling; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Ole, with him not speaking ill of Flair, saying Arn might be confused, Luger was setting himself up for mistakes, and then targetted Dillon and Blanchard; Ole then said it would be easy for the likes of Dillon, Blanchard, and Big Bubba to find him; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Nikita & Rhodes about the Crockett Cup, the comments of Koloff, Murdoch, & Pietrov; featured an ad promoting the Starrcade 86 VHS; included Schiavone conducting a closing interview with Arn, Blanchard, Luger, & Dillon, in which Arn said Ole’s fire was too little, too late; Luger said if there was a void to be filled with the Horsemen, he was the one to fill it; Blanchard then ran down Ole, with Dillon saying Ole would never be part of the group again:
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, & Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated an unknown, Colt Steele, & the Italian Stallion at 4:26 when Anderson pinned Steele with the gordbuster
Wahoo McDaniel & Baron Von Raschke defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2 at the 36-second mark when McDaniel pinned #2 with a chop; after the bout, Bob Caudle conducted an interview with Wahoo & Baron about being part of the Crockett Cup, during which Baron said they hoped to face Dick Murdoch & Ivan Koloff in the tournament
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Larry Stephens & Tommy Angel at 3:52 when Gibson pinned Stephens after the double dropkick; after the bout, there were some audible boos for Morton & Gibson
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Bill & Randy Mulkey at the 15-second mark when one Mulkey was piled on the other, after one sustained the flying forearm and the other the Rude Awakening DDT, and Rude & Fernandez put one foot on them during the cover
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) & NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin defeated Gary Royal & Johnny Ace at 1:10 when Jimmy pinned Ace with the brainbuster
Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) defeated Brady Boone & Mitch Snow at 2:39 when Eaton scored the pin with a kneedrop off the top as Condrey held the opponent over his knee; prior to the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with Cornette, with Bubba, in which he discussed Ole Anderson, Jimmy & NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron Garvin, and Bubba facing Dusty Rhodes in Boston; Cornette briefly joined the commentary team to say he would not face Ron Garvin in a steel cage
Worldwide – 3/14/87 – included an opening clip of NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez vs. Bill & Randy Mulkey, shown in full, from NWA Pro; featured Tony Schiavone & David Crockett on commentary; included Crockett conducting an interview with Wahoo McDaniel & Baron Von Raschke about their upcoming participation in the Crockett Cup, during which they said they wanted to face Ivan Koloff, Dick Murdoch, & Vladimir Pietrov; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Bob & Brad Armstrong about the Crockett Cup; moments later, Caudle spoke with Jimmy Valiant about the Crockett Cup, during which Valiant announced his tag team partner would be NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron; included a video package with Schiavone outside Sabatino’s, in Baltimore’s Little Italy, before cutting to the press conference inside which would name the top 10 seeds in the Crockett Cup; Rob Gardner, activities director for JCP, introduced Gary Juster, Jim Crockett Jr., and Mrs. Jim Crockett Sr. before revealing the seeds; 10) Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov, 9) the MOD Squad, 8) NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Lex Luger, 7) Ole & Arn, 6) Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey, 5) the winners of a New Japan Pro Wrestling tournament, 4) Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, 3) the Road Warriors, 2) Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, and 1) NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez; following the announcement that Eaton & Condrey were ranked 6, Jim Cornette, who was eating his meal during the press conference, interrupted and stormed off; at the announcement Rude & Fernandez were ranked 1st, Paul Jones was shown excited at his table; Jim Crockett Jr. then announced that NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham would challenge NWA World Champion Ric Flair during the second night; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Ole, from NWA Pro, about his split with Blanchard and Dillon, with Ole saying Dillon had acquired Big Bubba and he would be happy to face Bubba; included Caudle conducting an interview with Jones, Rude & Fernandez in which they bragged about their #1 seed in the Crockett Cup; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Rhodes & Nikita, from NWA Pro, about the Crockett Cup; included an ad promoting the Starrcade 86 VHS; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Windham about his title match with Flair at the Crockett Cup:
NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron pinned Keith Vincent at the 27-second mark with a headbutt off the top to a standing Vincent; after the match, Bob Caudle conducted an interview with Denny Brown about his recent title loss to Lazortron
Ivan Koloff, Dick Murdoch, & Vladimir Pietrov defeated Randy Mulkey, Johnny Ace, & an unknown at around the 5-minute mark when Murdoch pinned the unknown with the brainbuster; after the bout, they continued to assault their opponents; moments later, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Koloff, Murdoch, & Pietrov about the upcoming Crockett Cup
Bob & Brad Armstrong defeated George South & Mark Fleming at 2:54 when Brad pinned Fleming with the Russian legsweep
Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Gary Royal via submission with the Torture Rack at 2:59
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Brady Boone & Eddie Roberts at 4:58 when Blanchard pinned Roberts with the slingshot suplex; after the bout, Ole Anderson stepped into the ring, with Dillon briefly walking to David Crockett and saying he had washed his hands of Ole; moments later, Bob Caudle conducted an interview with Jim Cornette, with Big Bubba; moments later, Dillon joined Cornette at the interview area, with Cornette reassuring Dillon that Ole would be taken care of; Cornette then led Bubba to the ring, with Bubba and Ole briefly fighting before Ole knocked Bubba to th floor; the fight continued just as the broadcast ended
AJPW @ Takasaki, Japan – March 9, 1987
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Tiger Mask II
JCP @ Greenwood, SC – Civic Center – March 10, 1987
Lazertron vs. Eddie Roberts
Ricky Lee Jones vs. Johnny Ace
The Italian Stallion vs. Shaska Whatley
Jimmy Valiant vs. Teijho Khan
Mike Rotunda & Tim Horner vs. Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Dick Murdoch
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
AJPW @ Koriyama, Japan – March 10, 1987 (4,100)
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Jumbo Tsuruta via disqualification at 17:29
JCP @ Thomasville, NC – March 11, 1987
Ron Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton
Brad Armstrong defeated Dennis Condrey
AJPW @ Shizuoka, Japan – March 11, 1987 (2,900)
Genichiro Tenryu, Tiger Mask, & the Great Wajima defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Art Crews, & Mike George
JCP @ Sunrise, FL – Musical Theatre – March 12, 1987 (4,700)
Jimmy Valiant pinned the Barbarian
Barry Windham fought Lex Luger to a 20-minute time-limit draw
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson at the 20-minute mark
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Arn Anderson
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
JCP @ Raleigh, NC – Dorton Arena – March 12, 1987
Bob Armstrong & Denny Brown defeated the MOD Squad
Eddie Roberts & Brady Boone defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2
Big Bubba defeated Brad Armstrong via count-out in a Louisville streetfight
Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch defeated Baron Von Raschke & Wahoo McDaniel
The Italian Stallion defeated Colt Steele
Vladimir Petrov defeated Tim Horner (sub. for Mike Rotunda)
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
AJPW @ Tokyo, Japan – Budokan Hall – March 12, 1987 (12,900)
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated the Great Wajima at 18:29
JCP @ Albany, GA – Civic Center – March 13, 1987
Denny Brown defeated Brady Boone
Thunderfoot #1 defeated Rocky King
The Barbarian defeated the Italian Stallion
Vladimir Petrov defeated Baron Von Raschke
Bob & Brad Armstrong defeated Arn Anderson & Lex Luger
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch via disqualification
JCP @ Washington DC – Armory – March 13, 1987
Mark Fleming defeated Tiejo Khan
Tim Horner defeated Johnny Ace
Lazertron defeated Shaska Whatley
Dutch Mantell & Bobby Jaggers defeated the MOD Squad
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Big Bubba via disqualification
Ron Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton
Jimmy Garvin defeated Dennis Condrey via disqualification
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson in a steel cage match
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – March 14, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Greensboro, NC – Coliseum – March 14, 1987 (15,000+; sell out)
Dutch Mantell & Bobby Jaggers defeated the MOD Squad
Tim Horner defeated Lex Luger via disqualification
Dennis Condrey (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Baron Von Raschke
NWA Super Bouts – 5/16/87: Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) pinned Bobby Eaton (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) at 6:30 with an inside cradle as Eaton attempted a backdrop; after the bout, Dennis Condrey ran out and helped in ganging up on Garvin, with Garvin being hit in the head repeatedly with Cornette’s tennis racquet until Ron Garvin came out to clear the ring
NWA Super Bouts – 5/9/87: NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) pinned Brad Armstrong at 12:53 when Blanchard blocked a sunset flip into the ring, then held onto Dillon from the floor for added leverage; both the title and Blanchard’s $10,000 were at stake in the match
NWA Super Bouts – 5/16/87: Wahoo McDaniel, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Paul Jones, NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez at around the 7-minute mark when McDaniel pinned Jones after Morton & Gibson hit Jones with the double dropkick; Jones covered his face with a mask for the match
NWA US Tag Team Champions Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch defeated Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff
NWA Super Bouts – 5/9/87: Ole Anderson defeated Big Bubba via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Barry Windham
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – March 15, 1987 (matinee)
TV taping:
World Championship Wrestling – 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
World Championship Wrestling Sunday Edition – 3/22/87
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – March 15, 1987
Bobby Jaggers & Dutch Mantell vs. the MOD Squad did not take place as advertised
Tim Horner defeated the Italian Stallion
Bob Armstrong fought Vladimir Petrov to a draw
Brad Armstrong defeated Ivan Koloff
Tim Horner & Bobby Jaggers defeated Gary Royal & the Barbarian
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff fought Lex Luger to a double count-out in a No DQ match
Ricky Morton defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Rick Rude in a steel cage match; the match was scheduled for Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Rude & Manny Fernandez
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Barry Windham in a Best 2 out of 3 falls, 90-minute time limit match
JCP @ Daytona Beach, FL – Ocean Center – March 15, 1987
The Night of the Thunderdome
Included the MOD Squad, Bill Dundee, and Kevin Sullivan
JCP @ Minneapolis, MN – Met Center – March 15, 1987 (2,500)
Bobby Jaggers & Dutch Mantell defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2
Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton
Lex Luger defeated Baron Von Raschke
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Vladimir Petrov
The Road Warriors defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Barry Windham
Dusty Rhodes defeated Big Bubba in a lights out steel cage match
JCP @ Lenoir, NC – March 16, 1987
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
JCP @ China Grove, NC – South Rowan Senior High School Gym – March 17, 1987
TV taping:
Barry Windham defeated John Savage
Wahoo McDaniel & Baron Von Raschke defeated Gary Royal & Tommy Angel
Worldwide – 3/21/87 – featured an opening clip of Ole Anderson brawling with Arn Anderson from NWA Pro, with JJ Dillon helping Arn hit the gordbuster; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with NWA US Tag Team Champion Ivan Koloff, with Vladimir Pietrov, about he and Dick Murdoch recently winning the belts and now planning for the Crockett Cup; featured Caudle conducting an interview with NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard about his success; included Caudle conducting an interview with JJ Dillon and Arn Anderson in which they reviewed footage of Ole walking into the Horsmen’s dressing room after fighting with Arn in the ring, and confronting NWA World Champion Ric Flair about where he stood; Flair said Ole was the one that turned his back on everyone else, with Flair, Arn, Tully, and Luger attacking Ole in the dressing room before throwing him into the hallway; featured the announcement Ole would face Big Bubba in a steel cage match on the first night of the Crockett Cup; included Caudle conducting an interview with Dillon, Blanchard, and Luger in which Dillon officially named Luger as the newest member of the Four Horsemen, with Luger then saying he had accomplished everything he had gone after and was now going after the NWA US Title of Nikita Koloff; featured Caudle conduting an interview with Flair discussing his title defense against Barry Windham during the Crockett Cup; included Caudle conducting an interview with Dusty Rhodes & Nikita about the Crockett Cup, with Dusty telling Flair the real party would be at Jim Crockett Jr.’s suite at the Inner Harbor Sheraton; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Ron & Jimmy Garvin, with Precious, about the Crockett Cup and going after Jim Cornette; included a video package in which Frances Crockett highlighted the Oriels schedule the week of the Crockett Cup and gave information on Babe Ruth’s birthplace for fans visiting Baltimore for the Crockett Cup; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Jim Cornette, Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey in which Cornette noted Bubba’s upcoming matches against Rhodes and Ole, Eaton & Condrey facing the Garvins, Ron Garvin trying to get Cornette in a cage, and the upcoming Crockett Cup; included an ad promoting the Starrcade 86 VHS; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Wahoo McDaniel & Baron Von Raschke about being part of the Crockett Cup; included Caudle conducting an interview with Ricky Morton about the Crockett Cup:
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) defeated two unknowns at the 17-second mark when Rude scored the pin with the Rude Awakening DDT as Fernandez scored the pin with the flying forearm
Bob & Brad Armstrong defeated George South & an unknown at the 3-minute mark when Bob pinned the unknown with a crossbody from the middle turnbuckle
Bobby Jaggers pinned an unknown at 2:39 with an elbow drop
Tim Horner pinned Vernon Deaton with a roll up into a bridge at 3:33; during the bout, it was noted the teams of Steve Keirn & Stan Lane and Nelson Royal & Mike Graham would be part of the Crockett Cup
Barry Windham, Ron & Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) defeated John Savage, Thunderfoot #1 #2 at 1:28 when Garvin pinned Savage by sitting on him after the right hand punch
NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron pinned Rocky King at 3:05 with a flying headbutt; during the bout, Bob Caudle conducted an interview with Denny Brown about chasing Lazortron for the title; during the match, it was noted the Gladiators would be part of the Crockett Cup
Pro – 3/21/87:
Jimmy Garvin defeated Mark Fleming
Dark match after the taping: NWA Tag Team Champions Manny Fernandez & Rick Rude vs. Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
JCP @ Las Cruces, NM – Pan American Center – March 18, 1987 (5,000)
Bobby Jaggers defeated Thunderfoot #2
Dutch Mantell pinned the Barbarian
Barry Windham pinned Arn Anderson
Wahoo McDaniel, Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey when Ron pinned Eaton
Dusty Rhodes & Barry Windham defeated Lex Luger & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard when Rhodes pinned Blanchard
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez via disqualification
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
JCP @ Oakwood, VA – Garden High School – March 19, 1987
Todd Champion vs. Thunderfoot #1
NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron vs. Denny Brown
Bob Armstrong & Tim Horner vs. Thunderfoot #1 & #2
Brad Armstrong vs. Vladimir Pietrov
Jimmy Valiant vs. Ivan Koloff
JCP @ Inglewood, CA – Great Western Forum – March 19, 1987 (3,000)
Bobby Jaggers defeated Thunderfoot #2
Dutch Mantell defeated the Barbarian
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson fought Arn Anderson & Lex Luger to a draw
Jimmy Garvin & Ron Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey in a bunkhouse match
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Wahoo McDaniel via disqualification
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Barry Windham at 23:29
Road Warrior Animal defeated Big Bubba via count-out in a Louisville streetfight
JCP @ Albuquerque, NM – Tingley Coliseum – March 20, 1987 (3,632)
Bobby Jaggers defeated Thunderfoot #2
Dutch Mantell defeated the Barbarian
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Lex Luger via disqualification
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff & Road Warrior Animal defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Barry Windham at 21:14
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
Dusty Rhodes defeated Big Bubba in a chain match
JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – March 21, 1987 (3,500)
Dutch Mantell pinned the Italian Stallion
NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazertron pinned Denny Brown
Bob & Brad Armstrong defeated Thunderfoot #1 & Gary Royal
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Vladimir Petrov via count-out
Barry Windham defeated Lex Luger via disqualification
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey in a steel cage match
Ole Anderson defeated Big Bubba in a steel cage match
JCP @ Chicago, IL – UIC Pavilion – March 21, 1987
Tim Horner defeated Ricky Lee Jones
Bobby Jaggers defeated Thunderfoot #1
Arn Anderson defeated Baron Von Raschke
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
The Road Warriors defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff to a no contest at 35:00
JCP @ Waco, TX – Heart O’Texas Coliseum – March 22, 1987 (matinee) (1,100)
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification; stipulations stated the winner would earn $10,000
The Road Warriors defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
JCP @ Houston, TX – Summit – March 22, 1987
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey in a bunkhouse match
Also included NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, and the Road Warriors
JCP @ Fayetteville, NC – Cumberland County Memorial Arena – March 23, 1987
Nelson Royal defeated Gary Royal
Baron Von Raschke defeated Mark Fleming
Lazertron defeated Denny Brown
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov defeated Bob Armstrong & Tim Horner
Brad Anderson defeated Dennis Condrey via disqualification
Jimmy Garvin defeated Big Bubba in a streetfight
Ron Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton in a steel cage match
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – March 23, 1987
TV taping:
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson fought Lex Luger & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard to a 20-minute time-limit draw
The Road Warriors defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez via disqualification
Also included Dusty Rhodes, Barry Windham, Wahoo McDaniel, Arn Anderson, the Barbarian, NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, Jimmy Valiant, NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Bill Dundee, and the MOD Squad
JCP @ Lincolnton, NC – March 24, 1987
TV taping:
Bobby Jaggers & Dutch Mantell defeated Tommy Angel & Ricky Nelson
Lex Luger & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Tim Horner & the Italian Stallion
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Mike Simani & Vernon Deaton
Arn Anderson defeated John Savage
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey (Condrey’s last appearance for 18 months)
Worldwide – 3/28/87 – featured an opening clip of NWA US Tag Team Champion Dick Murdoch attacking NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff during NWA Pro and hitting the brainbuster on the floor; hosted by Tony Schiavone, with Schiavone conducting a ringside interview with Murdoch about his attack on Nikita and the threat of punishment from Jim Crockett Jr.; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Dusty Rhodes about the injury to Nikita, with Dusty saying he would carry Nikita to the Crockett Cup if he had to and implied Magnum TA would be with them; featured Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Paul Ellering, NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors about their recent title win, tour of Japan, and being part of the Crockett Cup; included Caudle conducting an interview with Ole Anderson about no longer being a member of the Horsemen, with Ole saying he had one last good run in him and was targetting the NWA World Title and NWA TV Title held by the Horsemen; featured an ad promoting the Starrcade 86 VHS; included a video package in which Frances Crockett highlighted the Harborplace, National Aquarium, Maryland Science Museum, and the USS Constallation for fans visiting Baltimore for the upcoming Crockett Cup; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson about being part of the Crockett Cup; included Caudle conducting an interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair, who responded to Ole’s comments earlier in the show:
NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated John Savage & Ricky Nelson at 1:01 when Road Warrior Hawk pinned Nelson after the Doomsday Device; it was noted on commentary during the match that the Road Warriors brought the International Tag Team Titles back from Japan with them (the Road Warriors’ TV return after a tour of Japan)
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Tommy Angel & Mike Simani at 2:28 when Morton pinned Simani with the double dropkick
Dutch Mantell & Bobby Jaggers defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2 at around the 7:30 mark when Jaggers scored the pin with an elbow drop
Ole Anderson defeated Chance McQuade via submission with a standing armbar at 2:15
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) defeated George South & Rocky King at the 25-second mark when Rude pinned South after South sustained an elevated flying forearm double team and an elevated Rude Awakening DDT double team
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, & Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Ricky Lee Jones, the Italian Stallion, & Johnny Ace at 3:44 when Anderson pinned the Stallion with the gordbuster; during the bout, NWA World Champion Ric Flair joined Bob Caudle on commentary until Ole Anderson appeared to respond to Flair’s insults and ripped up Flair’s clothing; immediately after the bout, the other Horsemen came after him, with Ole escaping; moments later, Flair cut a promo saying Ole made the mistake of a lifetime and the broken leg of Dusty Rhodes and the messed up neck of NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff would be nothing should Ole survive Big Bubba and the Horsemen to make it all the way to him
JCP @ San Francisco, CA – Civic Auditorium – March 25, 1987 (2,733)
Tim Horner defeated Frank Dusek
Robert Gibson fought NWA Tag Team Champion Rick Rude to a draw
NWA Tag Team Champion Manny Fernandez defeated Tim Horner
Barry Windham defeated Big Bubba via count-out
Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton
Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors defeated Arn Anderson, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, & Lex Luger
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification at 19:39
JCP @ Oxford, NC – JF Webb High School Gym – March 25, 1987
Dutch Mantell & Bobby Jaggers vs. Thunderfoot #1 & #2
Baron Von Raschke vs. Gary Royal
Jimmy Valiant vs. the Barbarian
Brad & Bob Armstrong vs. Dick Murdoch & Vladimir Pietrov
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Ivan Koloff
JCP @ Amarillo, TX – Civic Center – March 26, 1987
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Bobby Eaton & Big Bubba (sub. for Dennis Condrey)
Also included Dick Murdoch, Ivan Koloff, NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, and Vladimir Pietrov
JCP @ Norfolk, VA – Scope – March 27, 1987
Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – Omni – March 27, 1987 (4,500)
Jimmy Valiant vs. Teijo Khan did not take place as advertised
Bobby Jaggers & Dutch Mantell defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2 (sub. for the MOD Squad)
Denny Brown defeated George South (sub. for Stan Lane)
Tim Horner defeated Gary Royal
The Barbarian defeated Todd Champion
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, & Lex Luger defeated Barry Windham, Bob Armstrong, & Baron Von Raschke (sub. for Mike Rotunda)
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Brad Armstrong at the 24-minute mark
Ole Anderson defeated Big Bubba in a steel cage match
Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch in a steel cage match
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – March 28, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
Pro – 3/28/87:
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. George South & Rocky King
Lex Luger, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, & Arn Anderson vs. the Italian Stallion, Dexter Westcott, & Tim Horner
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov vs. Mike Simani & Mark Fleming
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – March 28, 1987 (3,916)
Lazertron defeated Denny Brown
Baron Von Raschke defeated Gary Royal
Lex Luger defeated Tim Horner
Dusty Rhodes, Wahoo McDaniel, & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff, Dick Murdoch, & Vladimir Petrov in a bunkhouse match
Ole Anderson defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Brad Armstrong
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez fought Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson to a no contest
Ron Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton in a steel cage match
JCP @ Asheville, NC – Civic Center – March 29, 1987 (matinee)
Ricky Lee Jones vs. Brady Boone and Jimmy Valiant vs. Colt Steele did not take place as advertised
Bob Armstrong defeated Gary Royal
Ron Garvin defeated the Italian Stallion (sub. for Dennis Condrey)
Bobby Jaggers & Dutch Mantell defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2 (sub. for the MOD Squad)
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, Barry Windham, & Wahoo McDaniel defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, & Lex Luger
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Brad Armstrong
Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton
Ole Anderson defeated Big Bubba in a Louisville streetfight
JCP @ Charlotte, NC – Coliseum – March 29, 1987
Tim Horner defeated George South
Jimmy Garvin defeated Ricky Nelson
Lex Luger & Arn Anderson defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Brad Armstrong
Ole Anderson defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard via disqualification
Ron Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton in a lights out match
Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff Ivan Koloff & Dick Murdoch via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Barry Windham
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – March 30, 1987
The Italian Stallion defeated Brodie Chase
Lazortron defeated Denny Brown
Tim Horner defeated Arn Anderson via disqualification
Lex Luger defeated Robert Gibson
Ricky Morton fought NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard to a double count-out
Ron Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton; the match was scheduled for Ron & Jimmy Garvin vs. Eaton & Dennis Condrey
Ole Anderson defeated Big Bubba in a streetfight
JCP @ Gastonia, NC – March 31, 1987
Worldwide – 4/4/87 – included an opening clip of a confrontation between Tim Horner and NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard during NWA Pro; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett, with the two bringing in Jim Crockett Jr. to start the show and announce NWA US Tag Team Champion Dick Murdoch had been suspended 30 days and the US Tag Team Titles had been stripped due to Murdoch dropping NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff with a brainbuster on the floor the previous week; he went on to say that Murdoch would not be in Baltimore for the Crockett Cup; a video from Murdoch then aired in which he protested Crockett’s decision and said he had his lawyers looking into it; featured Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Ivan Koloff and Vlaidmir Pietrov about the suspension to Murdoch, with Ivan saying they hoped they would face Dusty Rhodes & Nikita as part of the Crockett Cup to get their revenge; included Caudle conducting an interview with Bob & Brad Armstrong about the upcoming Crockett Cup; featured Caudle conducting an interview with JJ Dillon and Arn Anderson about Ole Anderson and his new partnership with Tim Horner, with Arn saying Ole and Horner were now in Vietnam because they were fighting a war they could never hope to win; included Caudle conducting an interview with Barry Windham about his title match with NWA World Champion Ric Flair during the Crockett Cup; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Flair about his upcoming match with Flair; included Caudle conducting an interview with Rhodes and Nikita, now wearing a neckbrace, about the upcoming Crockett Cup and Nikita’s neck injury at the hands of Murdoch; during the segment, Rhodes said the doctors told Nikita he had 6-8 weeks to recover, but they were going in the tournament regardless; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Ole, holding a baseball bat, about his feud with the Horsemen; the two then reviewed footage from NWA Pro in which he and Horner attacked the Horsemen with baseball bats before Horner joined them to talk about joining Ole against the Horsemen; included Caudle conduting an interview with Wahoo McDaniel & Baron Von Raschke about their involvement in the Crockett Cup:
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious & Ron Garvin) pinned Tommy Angel with the brainbuster at the 38-second mark
Bobby Jaggers pinned George South with an elbow drop at the 37-second mark
NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron pinned Larry Stephens with the flying headbutt at the 29-second mark; the champion used KISS’s “War Machine” as his entrance music
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Johnny Ace & Mike Force at the 22-second mark when Rude pinned Ace with the Rude Awakening DDT as Fernandez pinned Force with the flying forearm; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Jones, Rude & Fernandez about the upcoming Crockett Cup, during which Jones showed off Rude & Fernandez’s official T-shirt
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Denny Brown & Nelson Royal at 4:19 when Blanchard pinned Brown with the slingshot suplex
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Vernon Deaton & Brodie Chase at the 25-second mark when Morton scored the pin with the double dropkick
Bobby Eaton & Big Bubba (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated the Italian Stallion & Ricky Lee Jones at 2:04 when Eaton pinned Stallion with the Rocket Launcher; during the bout, Cornette briefly joined the commentary team; after the contest, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Cornette, with Eaton and Bubba, in which Cornette said the Midnight Express would be bigger and badder than ever in Baltimore for the Crockett Cup
Pro – 4/4/87 – hosted by Bob Caudle & Johnny Weaver; included Caudle conducting an interview with Lex Luger and JJ Dillon about the upcoming Crockett Cup and Luger wanting Nikita Koloff’s NWA US Title; featured Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard and Dillon in which Dillon said the Horsemen would split the winnings when they win the Crockett Cup; included Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair about the Horsemen being part of the Crockett Cup and defending the title against Barry Windham in Baltimore; Flair then sent a message to Jimmy Garvin and Precious; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Jim Crockett Jr. in which he said NWA US Tag Team Champion Dick Murdoch had been suspended for 30 days and, as a result, the titles have been vacated; included pretaped comments from Murdoch in which he protested Crockett’s decision to suspend him; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Ivan Koloff and Vladimir Pietrov about the stripped US titles and Murdoch’s suspension; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Ole Anderson about getting his hands on the Horsemen; featured an ad promoting the Starrcade 86 VHS; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Paul Jones, NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez about the Crockett Cup, with Rude cutting promos on Blanchard, Luger, the Road Warriors, Dusty Rhodes & Nikita in the tournament; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Tim Horner, with Blanchard and Dillon interrupting and Horner challenging Blanchard to a match; moments later, Horner went out to the ring, with Blanchard following and the two brawling; Luger and Arn Anderson then came out and triple teamed Horner until Ole made the save with a baseball bat; included Schiavone conducting a closing interview with Flair, Dillon, Arn, Luger, & Blanchard about what Ole did with his baseball bat; moments later, they left to confront Ole and Horner, in the ring, with Ole assaulting Flair with broken pieces of his bat as Horner did the same to the other Horsemen:
Arn Anderson pinned Rocky King with the gordbuster at 2:05
Bobby Eaton & Big Bubba (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Todd Champion & Ricky Lee Jones at 1:41 when Bubba pinned Jones with the sidewalk slam; late in the bout, Cornette joined the commentary team and said the “new and improved” Midnight Express would win the Crockett Cup
Barry Windham pinned Tommy Angel with the lariat at the 26-second mark
JCP @ Laurinburg, NC – April 1, 1987
Big Bubba defeated Brad Armstrong
Ron Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton
CWF @ Sunrise, FL – April 1, 1987
The Tahitian Prince defeated Eddie Roberts
Teijo Khan defeated Mitch Snow
Ron Simmons defeated Shaska Whatley via disqualification
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Ed Gantner
Scott Hall, Tracy Smothers, & Steve Armstrong defeated Bill Dundee & the MOD Squad
Mike Rotundo defeated the Barbarian via disqualification
Ole Anderson defeated Arn Anderson via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Lex Luger
JCP @ Columbia, SC – April 2, 1987
Ron Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton
JCP @ Albany, GA – Civic Center – April 3, 1987
Butch Bonner vs. Ricky Lee Jones
Gary Royal vs. Johnny Ace
Thunderfoot #2 vs. Nelson Royal
The Barbarian vs. the Italian Stallion
Thunderfoot #1 vs. Todd Champion
Ron Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton
Big Bubba defeated Bob Armstrong via count-out
JCP @ Greensboro, NC – Coliseum – April 3, 1987
Bill & Randy Mulkey defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal
NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron defeated Denny Brown
Baron Von Raschke defeated John Savage
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Bobby Jaggers & Tim Horner
NWA Super Bouts – 5/23/87: Ole Anderson defeated Arn Anderson (w/ JJ Dillon) via disqualification at around the 4-minute mark when Dillon interfered as Ole had Arn in a standing armbar; after the bout, Ole cleared the two from the ring; after the contest, a bloody Arn returned to the ring but lost the ensuing brawl with Ole
NWA Super Bouts – 5/23/87: NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Vladimir Petrov (w/ Ivan Koloff) at around the 6:20 mark by pinning an interfering Ivan with the Russian Sickle; the champion wore a neckbrace for the match; late in the bout, referee Tommy Young was knocked to the floor, with Ivan then interfering and hitting Nikita with the Russian chain; moments later, Ivan put Young back into the ring but turned around and sustained the Russian Sickle, with the dazed referee counting the pinfall not realizing it wasn’t Petrov
NWA Super Bouts – 5/30/87: Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson fought NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) to a 15-minute time-limit draw; the time limit expired as Morton had Blanchard covered with a crossbody off the top; after the match, Morton & Gibson cleared their opponents from ringside
NWA Super Bouts – 5/23/87: Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification; only the first two minutes of the match aired
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – April 4, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ St. Petersburg, FL – April 4, 1987
Included NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez
JCP @ Boston, MA – Boston Garden – April 4, 1987 (11,000)
Debut at the venue
Misty Blue defeated Linda Dallas
Jimmy Garvin & Ron Garvin defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2 (sub. for the MOD Squad)
Lex Luger defeated Baron Von Raschke (sub. for Mike Rotunda)
Ole Anderson defeated Arn Anderson via disqualification
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov (sub. for Dick Murdoch)
The Road Warriors defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard; only the US title was at stake
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Barry Windham at the 23-minute mark
Dusty Rhodes defeated Big Bubba in a lights out steel cage match
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – April 5, 1987
World Championship Wrestling – 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
World Championship Wrestling Sunday Edition – 4/12/87
CWF @ Orlando, FL – April 5, 1987
Bob Armstrong, Tracy Smothers, & Steve Armstrong defeated Bill Dundee & the MOD Squad
Teijo Khan & the Tahitian Prince defeated Brady Boone & Mitch Snow
Scott Hall defeated Ed Gantner
Mike Rotundo defeated the Barbarian
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Brad Armstrong & Wahoo McDaniel
Bill & Randy Mulkey fought Colt Steele & Snake Brown to a draw
Kevin Sullivan defeated Jimmy Valiant in a Texas Death Match
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – Omni – April 5, 1987 (4,000)
Tim Horner defeated Sean Royal
Lazertron defeated Chris Champion
Baron Von Raschke defeated Ricky Lee Jones
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Barry Windham & Ron Garvin
The Road Warriors fought Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov to a no contest
Ole Anderson defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
Dusty Rhodes defeated Arn Anderson
Lex Luger defeated NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Jimmy Garvin via disqualification at the 12-minute mark
JCP @ Toccoa, GA – April 6, 1987 (sell out)
Ron & Jimmy Garvin, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Jim Cornette, Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
JCP @ Spartanburg, SC – Memorial Auditorium – April 7, 1987
Worldwide – 4/11/87:
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated George South & Rocky King
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) pinned John Savage
Lex Luger vs. Todd Champion
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Vernon Deaton & Gary Royal
The Road Warriors vs. Tommy Angel & Ricky Nelson
Pro – 4/11/87 – featured an opening clip of Precious slapping NWA World Champion Ric Flair during World Championship Wrestling; hosted by Bob Caudle & Johnny Weaver; included Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov about the challenge of Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, with Ivan saying he would soon meet Rhodes and Pietrov would face Koloff in singles matches:
Brad Armstrong defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) via reverse decision; Blanchard initially won the match via pinfall at around the 13-minute mark after Lex Luger interfered as referee Tommy Young was knocked down on the floor and hit an elbow drop as Armstrong had Blanchard covered after a missile dropkick; moments later, referee Sonny Fargo awarded the match to Armstrong instead; after the bout, Luger, Blanchard, and Arn Anderson triple teamed Armstrong until Tim Horner and Ole Anderson made the save
The Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated Gary Royal & George South at the 55-second mark when Road Warrior Hawk pinned South with the Doomsday Device; after the bout, Ellering took the mic and called out Paul Jones’ team of NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez for an immediate match; Tony Schiavone then talked with Jones, with Rude & Fernandez, in which Jones yelled that Ellering wouldn’t intimidate him or his men
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Rikki Nelson & Vernon Deaton at 1:10 when Champion pinned Nelson with a crossbody off the top as Royal held Nelson up in a suplex (the New Breed’s debut)
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) vs. Rocky King & an unknown (Eaton & Lane’s debut as the Midnight Express)
Dark match after the taping: The Road Warriors vs. NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez
Also included NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, Barry Windham, and Dick Murdoch
JCP @ Spokane, WA – April 1987
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) in a non-title match when Morton pinned Fernandez with a sunset flip into the ring; footage of the match was later aired in June to explain Morton & Gibson’s title win after Rude left for the WWF
CWF @ Miami, FL – April 8, 1987
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Wahoo McDaniel
JCP @ Raleigh, NC – Dorton Arena – April 9, 1987
Baron Von Raschke defeated Thunderfoot #1
The Italian Stallion defeated Thunderfoot #2
Lazortron defeated John Savage
Johnny Ace defeated Mark Fleming
Wahoo McDaniel & Brad Armstrong defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez via disqualification
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Bobby Jaggers & Todd Champion
Ron & Jimmy Garvin, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Jim Cornette, Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
JCP @ Johnstown, PA – April 9, 1987
Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts defeated Bill Irwin & the Angel of Death
Crockett Cup 87 Day 1 – Baltimore, MD – Arena – April 10, 1987 (9,300)
Crockett Cup Opening Round: Thunderfoot #1 & #2 defeated Rocky King (sub. for Dutch Mantell) & Bobby Jaggers at 5:54 when #1 pinned King following a kick to the chest as King attempted a backdrop
Crockett Cup Opening Round: Bill Dundee & the Barbarian defeated Tim Horner & Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo at 8:37 when Barbarian pinned Horner after Dundee hit Horner with a foreign object behind the referee’s back as Horner was on the Barbarian’s back applying a sleeper
Crockett Cup Opening Round: Shaska Whatley & Teijo Khan defeated Jimmy Valiant & NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron via disqualification at 4:35 when Lazortron sent Whatley over the top rope with a backdrop
Crockett Cup Opening Round: Ron & Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) defeated Ricky Lee Jones & the Italian Stallion at 2:13 when Jimmy pinned Stallion with a sunset flip
Crockett Cup Opening Round: Denny Brown & Todd Champion defeated Bill & Randy Mulkey at 3:58 when Brown pinned Randy with an Oklahoma roll
Crockett Cup Opening Round: Steve Keirn & George South fought Mike Graham & Nelson Royal to a 20-minute time-limit draw at 20:04
Crockett Cup Opening Round: Bob & Brad Armstrong defeated Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov via disqualification at 4:14 when referee Randy Anderson caught Pietrov hitting Brad with the Russian chain as Brad had Ivan in a sleeper
Crockett Cup Opening Round: Florida Tag Team Champions the MOD Squad (w/ Bill Dundee) defeated Wahoo McDaniel & Baron Von Raschke at 4:48 when Spike pinned Von Raschke after Basher hit Von Raschke with a foreign object as Von Raschke had the claw applied to Spike
Crockett Cup Second Round: Bob & Brad Armstrong defeated Arn Anderson & Kevin Sullivan
Crockett Cup Second Round: NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Lex Luger defeated Florida Tag Team Champions the MOD Squad
Crockett Cup Second Round: The Giant Baba & Isao Takagi defeated Denny Brown & Todd Champion
Crockett Cup Second Round: NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors defeated Shaska Whatley & Teijo Khan
Crockett Cup Second Round: Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Ron & Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) via count-out after Cornette hit Ron in the back with his tennis racquet as Garvin attempted a piledriver on Eaton outside the ring; after the bout, the Garvins cleared their opponents from ringside; moments later, Ron punched out referee Earl Hebner until Jimmy pulled him away
Crockett Cup Second Round: NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2
Crockett Cup Second Round: Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Bill Dundee & the Barbarian
Ole Anderson pinned Big Bubba (w/ Jim Cornette) in a last man standing steel cage match when Bubba failed to reach his feet by referee Tommy Young’s standing 10 count after missing a kneedrop off the top and then sustaining a piledriver
JCP @ New Orleans, LA – April 11, 1987
Crockett Cup 87 Day 2- Baltimore, MD – Arena – April 11, 1987 (13,000)
Crockett Cup Quarter Finals: NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Bob & Brad Armstrong at 17:46 when Blanchard pinned Bob after Blanchard and Dillon hit a double clothesline behind the referee’s back while Dillon was on the apron
Crockett Cup Quarter Finals: The Giant Baba & Isao Takagi defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson via forfeit when it was announced Morton sustained an eye injury two days before and could not compete
Crockett Cup Quarter Finals: Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) defeated NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) via disqualification at 12:17 when Ellering interfered, moments after Cornette interfered while the referee was down and shot a fireball into Road Warrior Animal’s face, and hit both Cornette and Lane with Cornette’s tennis racquet; after the bout, Road Warrior Animal knocked Bubba to the floor and into the retaining barrier before the Road Warriors dropped Eaton with a modified Doomsday Device; upon the announcement of the decision, the crowd chanted “bullshit;” after the ring cleared, Road Warrior Hawk too the mic and said the Midnight Express were “dead meat”
Crockett Cup Quarter Finals: Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) in a non-title match at 9:39 when Rhodes pinned Fernandez after the momentum of a crossbody off the top by Fernandez put Rhodes on top for the win
Crockett Cup Semi Finals: NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated the Giant Baba & Isao Takagi at 8:38 when Luger pinned Takagi with an elbow drop after failing to lift him up for the Torture Rack
Crockett Cup Semi Finals: Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) at 11:10 when Koloff pinned Eaton with the Russian Sickle after Eaton accidentally knocked Lane to the floor with a kneelift
NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Barry Windham at 25:52 with a roll over and grabbing the tights for leverage after Windham attempted an O’Connor roll
Crockett Cup Finals: Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA TV Champion Blanchard & Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) when Rhodes pinned Blanchard at 17:29 with a crossbody off the top as Blanchard attempted a piledriver on Koloff; prior to the bout, Magnum TA was introduced to the crowd and hugged Rhodes & Koloff at ringside; Koloff wore a neckbrace for the match but it was removed by the Horsemen mid-way through the bout; after the bout, Mrs. Jim Crockett Sr. and Jim Crockett Jr. presented Rhodes & Koloff with the Crockett Cup trophy and a check for $1 million (Magnum’s first arena appearance following his wreck 6 months earlier) (Allied Powers)
JCP @ Charlotte, NC – Coliseum – April 12, 1987
The Road Warriors & Ron Garvin defeated Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
JCP @ Charleston, SC – April 12, 1987 (3,500)
Todd Champion defeated Mark Fleming
Ivan Koloff defeated Bobby Jaggers
Lazertron defeated Gary Royal
The Road Warriors & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Lex Luger, & Arn Anderson
Ron Garvin defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Rick Rude
Ole Anderson defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard via disqualification
UWF @ Atlanta, GA – Omni – April 12, 1987
Sam Houston vs. UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert did not take place as advertised
The Missing Link defeated Jim Bryant
The Nightmares defeated Ranger Ross & Jon Michaels
The Assassin defeated Randy Rose
Nickla won a catfight match
Savannah Jack defeated Iceman King Parsons in a streetfight
Grizzly Boone defeated Mike Golden in a loser leaves town match (Deep South title)
Rick Steiner & Sting (w/ UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert) defeated UWF Tag Team Champions Chris Adams & Terry Taylor to win the titles at the 17-minute mark when Sting pinned Adams after, as Adams went to suplex Sting into the ring, Gilbert swept his leg out from under him; Gilbert tried to hold onto Taylor’s leg during the cover but Taylor and Steiner ended up brawling on the apron right in front of him
Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, & Buddy Roberts vs. Bill Irwin, the Angel of Death, & the Viking in a Badstreet match
Steve Williams defeated UWF World Champion the One Man Gang via disqualification at the 15-minute mark; Terry Gordy was the special referee for the bout
JCP @ Marietta, GA – April 12, 1987
Bobby Jaggers defeated Thunderfoot #1
Vladimir Pietrov defeated Baron Von Raschke
Brad Armstrong defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Rick Rude
JCP @ Marion, VA – April 13, 1987 (sell out)
Jimmy Valiant defeated Big Bubba via disqualification
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
JCP @ West Palm Beach, FL – April 13, 1987
Included Wahoo McDaniel and Mike Rotunda
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – April 13, 1987
The Italian Stallion defeated George South
Bob & Brad Armstrong fought Chris Champion & Sean Royal to a draw
Bobby Jaggers defeated Todd Champion
Ivan Koloff defeated Nelson Royal
Arn Anderson & Lex Luger defeated Baron Von Raschke & Tim Horner
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Vladimir Petrov
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
Ole Anderson defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard in a non-title steel cage match
JCP @ Salisbury, NC – April 14, 1987
Worldwide – 4/18/87 – featured an opening clip of Magnum TA being introduced at the Crockett Cup the previous weekend; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with JJ Dillon and NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard about Blanchard & Lex Luger losing in the finals of the Crockett Cup, with the two of them brushing it off and saying the Cup would collect dust while Blanchard continued to successfully defend his title; Blanchard then noted he beat Dusty Rhodes for the title and issued an open challenge to the likes of Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson; featured a video package with highlights from the entire Crockett Cup event; included footage from Baltimore of Schiavone conducting a ringside interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair about the challenge of Jimmy Garvin, with Flair saying Precious would be his; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Sean Royal & Chris Champion about their arrival to the NWA, with Royal & Champion saying they were there from the future to save the fans from the likes of Morton & Gibson; included footage from NWA Pro of Schiavone conducting an interview with Ivan Koloff, with Vladimir Pietrov, in which he challenged Nikita to a Russian chain match, demonstrated it on George South, and then ultimate attacked South with the weapon:
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) pinned Tommy Angel with the brainbuster at the 41-second mark; after the bout, footage was shown of a recent altercation between Garvin, Precious, and NWA World Champion Ric Flair
Barry Windham pinned Denny Brown with the lariat at the 37-second mark; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Windham, Dusty Rhodes, & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff about Rhodes & Koloff’s win at the Crockett Cup and Windham’s match with Flair in Baltimore
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff (w/ Dusty Rhodes) pinned John Savage with the Russian Sickle at the 52-second mark; Koloff wore a neckbrace for the match
Sean Royal & Chris Champion defeated Bobby Jaggers & Todd Champion at 4:23 when Champion pinned Champion with a slingshot splash into the ring
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) defeated the Italian Stallion & Nelson Royal at 2:21 when Lane pinned Stallion after a kick to the head; during the bout, Cornette briefly joined the commentary team
Bob & Brad Armstrong defeated Gary Royal & Vernon Deaton at 3:13 when Brad pinned Deaton with the Russian legsweep; during the bout, it was noted a tournament would be held soon to determine the NWA US Tag Team Champions
Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Rocky King via submission with the Torture Rack at 3:04; after the match, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Luger and Dillon about challenging NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff
Pro – 4/18/87 – featured an opening clip of Barry Windham vs. NWA World Champion Ric Flair at the Crockett Cup; included Bob Caudle & Johnny Weaver on commentary; featured Caudle conducting a ringside interview with JJ Dillon about the recent interactions between Precious and NWA World Champion Ric Flair; included Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with Chris Champion & Sean Royal about their arrival to the NWA, with Royal saying they were sent from the year 2002 and were there to take out Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson because they were taking kids down the wrong path; featured a video package of highlights from the Crockett Cup in Baltimore the previous weekend; included footage of Schiavone conducting a ringside interview with Flair in Baltimore about the challenge of Jimmy Garvin; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov about the impending return of Dick Murdoch; Ivan then brought in George South, gave him $100, and helped him demonstrate the Russian chain; Ivan then challenged NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff to Russian chain matches before gently demonstrating what he planned to do to Nikita on South; eventually Ivan struck South in the throat with the chain before Pietrov choked South with the weapon; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Jim Cornette, along with Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane, about their success in the Crockett Cup but being screwed out of winning the tournament; Cornette then said they would have the US and world tag team titles and he wouldn’t face Ron Garvin in a steel cage match; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard and JJ Dillon about Blanchard being the best singles champion; included a closing replay of the Crockett Cup highlight video:
Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Vernon Deaton via submission with the Torture Rack at 2:19
Arn Anderson pinned an unknown with the gordbuster
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) defeated Rocky King & Todd Champion at 1:08 when Eaton pinned King with the Rocket Launcher; during the bout, Cornette joined the commentary team
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Tommy Angel with the Russian Sickle at the 55-second mark; Koloff wore a neckbrace for the match
Tim Horner pinned Thunderfoot #2 with a roll up into a bridge at 1:37
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Johnny Ace & the Italian Stallion at 2:54 when Champion pinned Ace with a crossbody off the top as Champion held Ace in the air with a suplex
JCP @ Charleston, SC – April 15, 1987
Big Bubba defeated Tim Horner
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
JCP @ Jacksonville, FL – Memorial Coliseum – April 15, 1987
Included Dusty Rhodes, Barry Windham, NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, Arn Anderson, and NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
JCP @ Harrisonburg, VA – High School Gym – April 16, 1987 (450)
The Italian Stallion defeated Gary Royal
Bruce Bonner defeated John Savage
Ricky Lee Jones defeated Thunderfoot #2
Lazertron defeated George South
Todd Champion defeated Thunderfoot #1
The New Breed defeated Bobby Jaggers & Nelson Royal
Jimmy Valiant defeated the Barbarian
UWF @ Galveston, TX – Moody Center – April 16, 1987
Steve Williams & Steve Cox vs. UWF World Champion the One Man Gang & Skandar Akbar (if Williams & Cox win, the winner of the fall gets a title match with OMG)
Chavo Guerrero vs. Gary Young (No DQ)
Buddy Roberts vs. Bill Irwin (whip on a pole match)
Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy vs. the Angel of Death & the Viking
Also included Sam Houston, Super Ninja, Eddie Gilbert, Iceman King Parsons, and Savannah Jack
JCP @ Athens, GA – Coliseum – April 16, 1987
Ron Garvin, Wahoo McDaniel, Jimmy Garvin, & Barry Windham defeated Big Bubba, Jim Cornette, Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
Bob Armstrong vs. Ivan Koloff
Baron Von Raschke vs. NWA Tag Team Champion Rick Rude
Brad Armstrong vs. Arn Anderson
Ole Anderson vs. NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
Dusty Rhodes vs. NWA World Champion Ric Flair
JCP @ Richmond, VA – Coliseum – April 17, 1987 (5,000)
Johnny Ace defeated Mark Fleming
The Barbarian defeated the Italian Stallion
Lazertron defeated Thunderfoot #1
Ivan Koloff defeated Baron Von Raschke
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Rick Rude
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Vladimir Pietrov via disqualification
Ole Anderson defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, & Lex Luger
JCP @ Macon, GA – Coliseum – April 17, 1987
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – April 18, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Roanoke, VA – Civic Center – April 18, 1987
Nelson Royal defeated Ricky Lee Jones
Todd Champion defeated John Savage
Rocky King defeated Mark Fleming
Bob Armstrong defeated Thunderfoot #2
Brad Armstrong defeated the Gladiator (sub. for Big Bubba)
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Tim Horner (sub. for Dutch Mantell) & Bobby Jaggers
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
CWF @ Lakeland, FL – Civic Center – April 18, 1987
Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong vs. the Mod Squad
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda vs. Sir Oliver Humperdink (steel cage match)
Jimmy Valiant vs. Kevin Sullivan (Texas Death Match)
Dusty Rhodes vs. Big Bubba (Louisville streetfight)
JCP @ Norfolk, VA – Scope – April 18, 1987
Included the Road Warriors World Championship Wrestling Sunday Edition – 4/19/87
CWF @ Orlando, FL – April 19, 1987
Brady Boone defeated Mitch Snow
Scott Hall & Denny Brown defeated Colt Steele & Teijo Khan
Ron Simmons defeated Pez Whatley
Tracy Smothers, Steve Armstrong, & Kendall Windham defeated Bill Dundee & the MOD Squad
Jimmy Valiant defeated Vladimir Petrov
Baron Von Raschke defeated Ivan Koloff
Dusty Rhodes & Barry Windham defeated Kevin Sullivan & the Tahitian Prince
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Mike Rotunda
UWF @ Muskogee, OK – Civic Center – April 19, 1987
TV taping:
UWF – 5/2/87 – featured an opening video package on UWF World Champion the One Man Gang set to Sammy Hagar’s ‘Winner Takes it All;’ included Jim Ross introducing San Francisco 49ers’ John Ayers as the new UWF commissioner, with footage then shown of OMG and Big Bubba backstage getting ready for their title match later in the night; UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert then joined Ross and Ayers, shook Ayers’ hand for making the match and said he was nervous for both OMG and Bubba; featured a pretaped ringside segment in which Ross interviewed Chris Adams & Terry Taylor in an empty arena about their having lost the UWF tag team titles to Rick Steiner & Sting at the Atlanta Omni on April 12, during which Taylor said the past was the past and he was interested in doing more singles matches; Adams said he wanted to know what happened in their tag team title match so they could regain the belts, while Taylor seemed less interested; included footage showing how Steiner & Sting won the titles from Adams & Taylor at the Omni; featured a video package recapping the feud between Chavo Guerrero and Gary Young; included Ross conducting a pretaped ringside interview with Gilbert, in an empty arena, about Big Bubba being the new UWF World Champion, during which it was revealed Skandar Akbar left the OMG and was responsible for bringing Bubba into the UWF to take the title; featured an ad promoting the UWF Training Center; included a closing backstage segment in which Ross interviewed Akbar, with Bubba, in which Akbar said the OMG had become lazy and that’s why he was out; Akbar then said he would do all the talking for Bubba and that Bubba was ready for any challenge, even that of Dusty Rhodes; after the interview, Ross said the following week’s show would feature a classic match of Magnum TA and that Magnum would join the broadcast in 2 weeks; he then said Steve Williams would face Bill Irwin the next week:
Big Bubba pinned UWF World Champion the One Man Gang to win the title at around the 10-minute mark with a splash off the top, moments after avoiding a splash from the middle turnbuckle by the champion; Steve Williams joined Jim Ross on commentary for the bout; Skandar Akbar did not come out with the OMG before the match but did appear ringside mid-way through the bout; OMG bled from the face during the contest; the match took up several segments of the telecast, with the Chris Adams and Terry Taylor interview spliced in the middle, so the time is approximate
Chris Adams & Terry Taylor defeated Bob Bradley & the Red Devil at 3:26 when Taylor pinned the Devil with a kneedrop after telling Adams to tag him in, despite Adams hitting the superkick; during the bout, it was noted Steve Cox, Chavo Guerrero and UWF Tag Team Champions Rick Steiner & Sting would be in stand-by matches, time permitting; after the commercial break, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with Adams & Taylor about their tag team title loss, with Adams trying to learn from the mistake they made in the match while Taylor was more focused on moving on; Taylor then left ringside, with Adams and Ross continuing to talk and Adams said he still doesn’t know to this day how the match ended
Steve Cox pinned the Super Ninja at 1:16 with a side Russian legsweep
Chavo Guerrero pinned Mike Boyette with an overhead belly to belly suplex at 2:19
UWF Tag Team Champions Rick Steiner & Sting defeated Mike Reed & Jeff Raitz at 1:26 when Steiner made the pin after an elbow off the top onto his opponent’s face as Sting held the opponent across his shoulder
JCP @ Huntington, WV – Civic Center – April 19, 1987
Brad Armstrong defeated Stan Lane via disqualification
Ron Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton in a bunkhouse match
Also included Jimmy Garvin
JCP @ Fayetteville, NC – Cumberland County Arena – April 20, 1987 (2,300)
Lazertron defeated Gary Royal
Ivan Koloff defeated Tim Horner
Vladimir Pietrov defeated Baron Von Raschke
Ole Anderson defeated JJ Dillon
Barry Windham defeated Lex Luger via disqualification
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Rick Rude
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – April 20, 1987
The Italian Stallion defeated John Savage
Neslon Royal defeated Johnny Ace
Todd Champion defeated Thunderfoot #1
Jimmy Valiant defeated Thunderfoot #2
Bob Armstrong defeated Big Bubba via disqualification
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson fought Chris Champion & Sean Royal to a 30-minute time-limit draw
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a bunkhouse match
JCP @ Columbia, SC – Township Auditorium – April 21, 1987
TV taping:
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Mike Force & Rocky King
Pro – 4/25/87 – included opening clips of Barry Windham & Brad Armstrong vs. NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Lex Luger, already joined in progress; hosted by Bob Caudle & Johnny Weaver; Tony Schiavone was the ring announcer for the show:
Barry Windham & Brad Armstrong fought NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Lex Luger to a draw; the match was joined in progress
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov defeated George South & Tommy Angel
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) pinned Bob Armstrong at around the 9-minute mark after hitting the challenger in the head with his briefcase, busting him open, behind the referee’s back after the challenger chased Dillon around and then into the ring; prior to the bout, Bob Caudle conducted a ringside interview with Dillon, who opened up the briefcase, revealing $10,000 in cash inside that would go to whomever could beat Blanchard for the title; after the match, Brad Armstrong ran out to tend to his father; following the commercial break, Caudle conducted an interview with Dillon and Blanchard, with the briefcase opened, in which they bragged about still having the $10,000 in cash and that no one could beat Blanchard; Blanchard went on to say he didn’t care if it was Barry Windham, Ricky Morton, Wahoo McDaniel, Ron Garvin, or Dusty Rhodes, no one could take him down
Worldwide – 4/25/87 – featured an opening clip of Lex Luger attacking Barry Windham and putting him in the Torture Rack; included Tony Schiavone & David Crockett on commentary; featured Crockett conducting a ringside interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Lex Luger, and JJ Dillon in which Flair said there were 2,000 people in the arena so 1,800 potential Space Mountainettes; Luger then took off his shirt to flex while Flair said Precious would soon be his; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Dillon & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard in which Blanchard pulled out a briefcase full of $10,000 that would be on the line whenever the TV title is at stake; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Bob Armstrong regarding him recently challenging Blanchard and having him beaten until Dillon interfered, allowing Blanchard to hit Armstrong with his briefcase; included Caudle conducting an interview with Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson regarding the injury that took them out of the Crockett Cup, with Morton then saying they’ve studied footage of Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff’s win over NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez in Baltimore and now knew Rude & Fernandez’s weaknesses; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov in which Ivan said he would soon teach Nikita that he was the master of the Russain chain match and that he and Petrov would win the vacant NWA US Tag Team Titles; included Caudle conducting an interview with Jim Cornette, Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in which Cornette said his mother was giving him a hard time until they got titles; Cornette then said he would have to face Ron Garvin in steel cage matches during the month of May but Eaton & Lane would make sure Garvin would be in no shape to make the matches; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Nikita regarding Dick Murdoch recently attacking him, facing the challenge of Luger, and responding to the comments made earlier in the show by Ivan:
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Brodie Chase & Tommy Angel at 4:01 when Champion scored the pin following a suplex / crossbody off the top double team; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview in which Champion & Royal cut a promo on Jimmy Valiant & Lazortron and Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Johnny Ace & Vernon Deaton at 1:05 when Gibson pinned Deaton following the double dropkick
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) pinned Mike Force with the brainbuster at 1:36
Brad Armstrong pinned George South at 2:03 with the side Russian legsweep after South missed a charge in the corner
Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Ricky Nelson via submission with the Torture Rack at 2:27
Jimmy Valiant & NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron defeated Thunderfoot #1 & Dexter Wescott at 2:15 when Lazortron pinned Wescott with a crossbody off the top
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Todd Champion & Gary Royal at 3:19 when Eaton pinned Royal following the Rocket Launcher; Cornette joined the commentary team for the duration of the bout; after the match, Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Cornette, Eaton & Lane regarding Cornette’s upcoming steel cage matches against Ron Garvin, with Cornette telling the fans to sign letters and petitions to get him out of it
JCP @ Greenwood, SC – Civic Center – April 22, 1987
Todd Champion vs. Thunderfoot #2
The Italian Stallion vs. Thunderfoot #1
Ricky Lee Jones vs. Gary Royal
NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazertron vs. Denny Brown
Bobby Jaggers & Dutch Mantell vs. Chris Champion & Sean Royal
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Lex Luger & Arn Anderson
CWF @ Miami, FL – Miami Beach Convention Center – April 22, 1987
JCP @ Inglewood, CA – Great Western Forum – April 22, 1987
Baron Von Raschke vs. Vladimir Pietrov did not take place as advertised; Ron & Jimmy Garvin were advertised to face Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a tag team match
Baron Von Raschke (sub. for Brad Armstrong) defeated the Barbarian
Bob Armstrong fought Ivan Koloff to a draw
Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton via disqualification
Ron Garvin defeated Stan Lane in a taped fist match
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff & the Road Warriors defeated Paul Jones, NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Brad Armstrong (sub. for Barry Windham)
Ole Anderson defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard via disqualification
JCP @ San Francisco, CA – Civic Auditorium – April 23, 1987 (between 1,500 and 1,700)
Baron Von Raschke defeated the Barbarian via count-out at 9:53
Bob Armstrong fought Ivan Koloff to a 15-minute time-limit draw
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification at 16:01
Ole Anderson defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard via disqualification at 7:35
The Road Warriors & Brad Armstrong defeated Paul Jones, NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez
NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff to a no contest
JCP @ Raleigh, NC – Dorton Arena – April 23, 1987
Lazertron defeated Nelson Royal
John Savage defeated Gary Royal
Tim Horner defeated Thunderfoot #2
Todd Champion defeated Thunderfoot #1
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated the Italian Stallion & Bobby Jaggers
Ricky Morton defeated Lex Luger via disqualification
JCP @ Columbus, GA – Municipal Auditorium – April 24, 1987
Jimmy Garvin defeated Stan Lane
Ron Garvin vs. Bobby Eaton (steel cage match)
JCP @ Chicago, IL – UIC Pavilion – April 24, 1987
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Tim Horner
Brad Armstrong defeated the Barbarian
Ivan Koloff defeated Baron Von Raschke
Ole Anderson defeated JJ Dillon in a bunkhouse match
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff & the Road Warriors defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Lex Luger, & Arn Anderson
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – April 25, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 4/25/87:
Ron Garvin & Barry Windham defeated Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov via disqualification
World Championship Wrestling Sunday Edition – 4/26/87
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – April 25, 1987 (2,500)
Ricky Lee Jones defeated Mark Fleming
Todd Champion defeated John Savage
Wahoo McDaniel vs. Vladimir Pietrov
Bobby Jaggers & the Italian Stallion (sub. for Dutch Mantell) defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard pinned Tim Horner at the 15-minute mark; Blanchard put $10,000 of his own money at stake in the match
Ole Anderson pinned Arn Anderson at the 6-minute mark after a low blow
The Road Warriors defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez via disqualification when Paul Jones interfered
JCP @ Greensboro, NC – Coliseum – April 25, 1987 (7,829)
Nelson Royal defeated Johnny Ace
Lazertron defeated Gary Royal
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal
Ron Garvin, Barry Windham, & Bob Armstrong defeated Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton, & Stan Lane
Brad Armstrong defeated the Barbarian
Lex Luger defeated NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes defeated Ivan Koloff
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Jimmy Garvin via disqualification
JCP @ Rock Hill, SC – Winthrop Coliseum – April 26, 1987
Television taping:
Ron Garvin pinned Thunderfoot #2
Jimmy Garvin pinned George South
Pro – 5/2/87:
The Road Warriors defeated Tommy Angel & Brodie Chase
NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazertron pinned Rocky King
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Ricky Nelson & Todd Champion
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Gary Royal
NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, & Lex Luger defeated Tim Horner, Bob & Brad Armstrong
Worldwide – 5/2/87 – featured an opening clip of NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard hitting Bob Armstrong with a briefcase during NWA Pro; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett, with Crockett conducting a ringside interview with Sean Royal & Chris Champion in which they mocked Jimmy Valiant & NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron and said, in the future, those like Lazorton take out the trash; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Barry Windham about the Four Horsemen and wanting a shot at the TV title; featured a video package on Dusty Rhodes which included him speaking with Willie Nelson and wrestling in the ring; included Caudle conducting an interview with JJ Dillon and Lex Luger about Luger joining the Horsemen; featured Caudle conducting an interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair about Jimmy Garvin and Precious; included Caudle conducting an interview with Tim Horner, Bob & Brad Armstrong about the Four Horsemen and the Armstrongs wanting the vacated NWA US Tag Team Titles; featured Caudle conducting an interview with NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff about the returning Dick Murdoch, facing Ivan Koloff in a Russian chain match, and the duo of Flair & Luger; included a video package on Flair; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Paul Ellering, NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors about chasing NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez, then mocking Sean Royal & Chris Champion; during the segment, they said they would put the International titles on the line against Rude & Fernandez anytime they wanted:
Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Brodie Chase via submission with the Torture Rack at 2:35; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Dillon and Luger, during which Dillon issued an open challenge for anyone to face the ‘Dream Team’ of NWA World Champion Ric Flair and Luger
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Ricky Nelson & Tommy Angel at the 57-second mark when Fernandez pinned Nelson after a flying back elbow off the top as Rude held Nelson in the air; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Jones, Rude & Fernandez about the challenge of NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors and Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov defeated Johnny Ace & the Italian Stallion at 4:22 when Pietrov pinned Ace with a clothesline from the middle turnbuckle
Ron Garvin pinned George South by sitting on him after hitting the right hand punch at 1:28
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) pinned Rocky King with the brainbuster at the 31-second mark
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Gary Royal & Dexter Wescott at 2:24 when Lane scored the pin after holding his opponent up so Eaton could hit a kneedrop off the top; during the bout, Cornette briefly joined the commentary team, during which Cornette discussed having to get in a steel cage with Ron Garvin; after the commercial break, Bob Caudle conducted an interview with Cornette about having to face Ron Garvin, with Cornette saying Eaton & Lane would do everything they could to prevent it from happening
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) pinned Nelson Royal at 4:14 with a roll over and grabbing the tights for leverage; prior to the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Blanchard & Dillon about putting the title and $10,000 on the line in his defense, with Dillon saying he had hired Blanchard a personal secretary that he would reveal the following week
Dark matches:
Ole Anderson defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard by disqualification
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff & the Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA TV Champion, & Lex Luger
CWF @ Daytona Beach, FL – Ocean Center – April 26, 1987
Dusty Rhodes, NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, & the Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Lex Luger, Arn Anderson, & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
JCP @ Phoenix, AZ – Veterans Memorial Coliseum – April 27, 1987
Bob Armstrong vs. the Barbarian
Brad Armstrong vs. JJ Dillon
Jimmy Garvin vs. NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard ($10,000 goes to the winner)
Ron Garvin vs. Arn Anderson
Lex Luger vs. Tim Horner
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
The Road Warriors vs. NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez
JCP @ El Paso, TX – County Coliseum – April 28, 1987
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
Also included NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Ron Garvin, Jimmy Garvin, NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez, and Arn Anderson
JCP @ Marion, NC – East McDowell Jr. High School – April 29, 1987
Ron Garvin defeated Stan Lane
Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton via disqualification
JCP @ Pembroke, NC – Pembroke State Jones Center – April 30, 1987
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
JCP @ Birmingham, AL – BJCC – April 30, 1987
Brad Armstrong defeated the Barbarian
Ole Anderson & Tim Horner defeated Lex Luger & Arn Anderson
Bob Armstrong, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Paul Jones, NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – Omni – May 1, 1987 (3,200)
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Jeff Sampson & Jeff Belk
Baron Von Raschke defeated Thunderfoot #1
Vladimir Pietrov defeated Jimmy Valiant
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Bob & Brad Armstrong
Barry Windham defeated Lex Luger via disqualification
Arn Anderson & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Ole Anderson & Tim Horner
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff in a Russian chain match
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Jimmy Garvin in a lumberjack match at the 17-minute mark
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – May 2, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Chattanooga, TN – UTC Arena – May 2, 1987
Bob & Brad Armstrong defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
JCP @ Charleston, WV – May 3, 1987 (matinee) (2,200)
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Rocky King & the Italian Stallion
Jimmy Valiant defeated Thunderfoot #1
Lazertron pinned Nelson Royal
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Bob & Brad Armstrong
Ole Anderson defeated Arn Anderson via disqualification
Lex Luger & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard fought the Road Warriors to a double count-out
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Jimmy Garvin via disqualification when Garvin hit the referee; earlier in the match, Lex Luger interfered on behalf of the champion while the referee was knocked down
JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – May 3, 1987
Baron Von Raschke defeated Jim Lancaster
Ivan Koloff defeated Tim Horner
Lazertron defeated Denny Brown
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Bob & Brad Armstrong
Ole Anderson fought Arn Anderson to a no contest
The Road Warriors fought Lex Luger & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard to a no contest
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Jimmy Garvin via disqualification
JCP @ Fayetteville, NC – Cumberland County Arena – May 4, 1987
Todd Champion defeated the Italian StallioN
Rocky King defeated Tommy Angel
Bob & Brad Armstrong defeated Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov
The Road Warriors defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal
Lex Luger fought Barry Windham to a no contest
Dusty Rhodes defeated Dick Murdoch
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – May 4, 1987
Thunderfoot #1 defeated George South (sub. for the Italian Stallion)
Gary Royal (sub. for Bobby Jaggers) defeated Johnny Ace
The Barbarian defeated Denny Brown
NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazertron defeated Nelson Royal via disqualification
Jimmy Valiant defeated John Savage
Arn Anderson & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Ole Anderson & Tim Horner
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson fought Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane to a double count-out; stipulations stated the winners would be the #1 contenders to the NWA US Tag Team Titles
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Jimmy Garvin
JCP @ Spartanburg, SC – Memorial Auditorium – May 5, 1987
TV taping:
Jimmy Garvin defeated Thunderfoot #2
Worldwide – 5/9/87 – featured an opening clip of Magnum TA walking out with Dusty Rhodes during NWA Pro; included Tony Schiavone conducting a ringside interview with NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard and JJ Dillon about Rhodes’ offering to put up $50,000 for a shot against Blanchard, with Blanchard saying Rhodes was living on his past accomplishments; Schiavone provided sole commentary for the broadcast; featured Bob Caudle conducting an interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair about Jimmy Garvin and Precious, challenging NWA Six-Man Tag Team Champions Dusty Rhodes & NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors to take on the Horsemen, and the return of Magnum; included Caudle conducting an interview with Ivan Koloff and Vladimir Pietrov about Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, with Ivan saying Dick Murdoch would return the following week; featured a video package on Flair; included Caudle conducting an interview with Sean Royal & Chris Champion in which Royal discussed being from the year 2002 and their plans to take out Jimmy Valiant; featured footage from NWA Pro of Caudle conducting a ringside interview with Magnum & Rhodes, with Rhodes revealing a brown paper bag full of $50,000 that he would put up against Blanchard’s $50,000 for a match; included Caudle conducting an interview with the Road Warriors in which they told Royal & Champion to put on 100lbs. apiece before they started making fun of them and said they would put the International titles on the line against anyone; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Dillon and Lex Luger in which Dillon said he was now being charged for Crockett to have paramedics in the building each time Luger wrestles, with Luger saying he was after the NWA US Title and the NWA Six-Man Tag Team Titles; included Caudle conducting an interview with Paul Jones, upset that NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez were not getting the respect they deserved, they planned to give all their winnings to charity if they had won the Crockett Cup, and now they would take out their frustrations on the Road Warriors and Rhodes & Nikita; featured a video package on Rhodes which included him speaking with Willie Nelson and wrestling in the ring; included Caudle conducting an interview with Jim Cornette, Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane about their involvement in the NWA US Tag Team Title tournament, during which Cornette mocked Morton & Gibson; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Royal & Champion about Valiant, with the three then reviewing footage of Valiant & NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron attacking Royal & Champion from behind during NWA Pro; Champion then said they had been sent by Cybertron to erase Lazortron from history; included a closing segment in which Koloff and Pietrov called out Rhodes and Nikita, saying they weren’t going to wait until Murdoch returned the following week; moments later, Rhodes came out and fought with Ivan and Pietrov until Murdoch ran out and aided in triple teaming Rhodes; Rhodes’ arm was repeatedly stomped until Barry Windham and Ron Garvin ran out to clear the ring and make the save; Caudle then interviewed Murdoch, Ivan, and Pietrov in which Murdoch said he was back; moments later, Windham and Garvin brawled with all three men all the way backstage (Murdoch’s surprise return after a month absence):
Sean Royal & Chris Champion defeated Mike Force & Ricky Nelson at 3:48 when Champion pinned Nelson with a crossbody off the top as Royal held Nelson up for a suplex
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Larry Stephens & Ricky King at 1:09 when Eaton pinned Stephens by standing over him after the Double Goozle; during the bout, Cornette briefly joined Tony Schiavone on commentary
Ron Garvin pinned Tommy Angel at 1:03 by sitting on him after the right hand punch
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Gladiator #1 & #2 at the 49-second mark when Morton scored the pin after Morton & Gibson hit a simultaneous dropkick to both opponents
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) pinned Chance McQuade with the slingshot suplex at 2:17; prior to the bout, the two shook hands
Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Mike Simani via submission with the Torture Rack at 2:55
Pro – 5/9/87 – featured Dusty Rhodes escorting Magnum TA, his arm in a sling, to ringside to speak with Bob Caudle & Johnny Weaver; Magnum then commented on comments recently made by the Four Horsemen and NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard before Rhodes grabbed a paper bag and showed off the cash inside; Rhodes then told Blanchard and NWA World Champion Ric Flair to stop BSing the people and then said he had $50,000 to match JJ Dillon’s $50,000 if Dillon would only accept his challenge (Magnum’s return to TV); included Caudle conducting a ringside interview with Dillon and Blanchard regarding Magnum’s appearance earlier in the show and Rhodes’ comments, with Blanchard saying it wasn’t his fault he and the Horsemen were the best wrestlers in the world; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Flair in which he said Magnum’s comments put him on the Horsemen’s hit list; Flair then said Precious was his and he would take Jimmy Garvin out any time he wanted:
The Road Warriors defeated Dexter Wescott & Mike Force
Barry Windham defeated Tommy Angel
Lex Luger defeated David Isley
Arn Anderson vs. Larry Stephens
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Mike Simani & Vernon Deaton
– 5/6/87: An article in the Charlotte Observer said Jim Crockett Promotions had purchased the Universal Wrestling Federation, effective May 1.
JCP @ Denver, NC – East Lincoln High School – May 6, 1987
JCP @ Cheraw, SC – High School Gym – May 6, 1987
CWF @ Miami, FL – Miami Beach Convention Center – May 6, 1987
Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong defeated Bill & Randy Mulkey
Jerry Gray defeated Jim Backlund
Ed Gantner defeated Sam Bass
Jimmy Valiant defeated Colt Steele
Ron Simmons defeated Shaska Whtley in an African Death Match
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated the MOD Squad via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes & Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo defeated Kevin Sullivan & Teijo Khan
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Jimmy Garvin via disqualification
JCP @ Raleigh, NC – Dorton Arena – May 7, 1987
Thunderfoot #1 & #2 defeated Ricky Lee Jones & Mark Fleming
The Italian Stallion defeated John Savage
Denny Brown defeated John Savage
Lazertron defeated Nelson Royal via disqualification
Jimmy Valiant defeated Gladiator #2
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Ole Anderson in a steel cage match
JCP @ Waldorf, MD – May 7, 1987
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Brad Armstrong
JCP @ Baltimore, MD – Arena – May 8, 1987 (10,000)
Bob & Brad Armstrong fought Chris Champion & Sean Royal to a draw
Arn Anderson defeated Tim Horner
Vladimir Peitrov defeated Baron Von Raschke
Lex Luger defeated Ron Garvin via disqualification
The Road Warriors defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez via disqualification
Dick Murdoch defeated Dusty Rhodes in a Texas Death Match
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff in a Russian chain match
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Jimmy Garvin via disqualification at the 15-minute mark
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – May 9, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
World Championship Wrestling Sunday Edition – 5/10/87 – featured Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with JJ Dillon & Lex Luger in which Dillon said NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard’s match earlier in the show against Barry Windham showed just why the Horsemen are champions; Luger then discussed his hunt for Nikita Koloff and the NWA US Title:
Barry Windham fought NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) to a time-limit draw at around the 15-minute mark; both men were brawling on the floor at the time the bell rang; after the contest, the two continued to brawl around ringside
Chris Champion & Sean Royal vs. Chance McQuade & Rick Sullivan
NWA Super Bouts – 5/9/87 – debut episode; featured Tony Schiavone & JJ Dillon providing commentary for the match from the studio; included the NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs. Brad Armstrong and Ole Anderson vs. Big Bubba matches taped 3/14/87 at the Greensboro Coliseum
CWF Eddie Graham Memorial – St. Petersburg, FL – Bayfront Center – May 9, 1987
Jimmy Valiant defeated Colt Steele
Bob & Brad Armstrong defeated the MOD Squad
Mike Graham defeated Dory Funk Jr.
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo defeated Kevin Sullivan
Jimmy Garvin defeated Teijo Khan
NWA Florida Tag Team Champions Steve Kiern & Stan Lane defeated the MOD Squad
Barry Windham & Ed Gantner defeated Dory Funk Jr. & the Tahitian Prince
The Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) fought NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) to a double disqualification at 5:07 when both Ellering and Jones interfered as Road Warrior Animal had Fernandez covered following a powerslam off the top
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
JCP @ Charlotte, NC – Coliseum – May 9, 1987 (9,000+)
Ivan Koloff defeated Todd Champion
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Rocky King & the Italian Stallion
Baron Von Raschke defeated Thunderfoot
Lazertron pinned Nelson Royal
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Ole Anderson
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Lex Luger via disqualification
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Vladimir Pietrov & Dick Murdoch
Ron Garvin defeated Jim Cornette in a steel cage match after both Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson and Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane interfered
CWF @ Orlando, FL – Eddie Graham Sports Complex – May 10, 1987
Kendall Windham defeated Teijo Khan
Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong defeated Bill & Randy Mulkey
Jimmy Garvin defeated Colt Steele
Bob & Brad Armstrong defeated the Mod Squad
Jimmy Valiant defeated Shaska Whatley
The Road Warriors defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez
Dusty Rhodes, Ed Gantner, & Barry Windham defeated Kevin Sullivan, Dory Funk Jr. & the Tahitian Prince
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Mike Rotunda
JCP @ Newton, NC – Gurley Stadium – May 11, 1987
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – May 11, 1987
Jeff Belk vs. George South did not take place as advertised
Denny Brown defeated Jeff Sampson
Bob Armstrong fought New Breed #2 to a 20-minute time-limit draw
New Breed #1 defeated the Italian Stallion
NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron defeated Nelson Royal in a No DQ match
Lex Luger defeated Brad Armstrong
NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Arn Anderson defeated Ole Anderson & Tim Horner
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff in a Russian chain match
JCP @ Columbia, SC – Township Auditorium – May 12, 1987
TV taping:
Pro – 5/16/87 – featured Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair regarding his attack earlier on the show on Ricky Morton; Flair then noted Dusty Rhodes recently told him to cut the BS, with Flair then saying the BS was Rhodes claiming he and others like him could take his title; Flair then cut a promo on Jimmy Garvin and Precious having walked off with his $15,000 coat:
Arn Anderson defeated Jeff Sampson; after the bout, Bob Caudle conducted a ringside interview with Anderson in which he said NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff was so preoccupied by NWA World Champion Ric Flair and Lex Luger that he had forgotten about Anderson
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Robert Gibson (w/ Ricky Morton) via disqualification at around the 17-minute mark when – after the referee was knocked to the floor and Morton and Dillon interfered – Gibson backdropped Blanchard over the top rope; after the bout, NWA World Champion Ric Flair came out, attacked Morton in and out of the ring, and helped triple team him before Gibson made the save
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated David Isley & Tommy Angel
NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Todd Champion & the Italian Stallion; after the bout, Dillon commented on Dusty Rhodes’ remarks the previous week and told Rhodes he had a meeting scheduled with the Horsemen’s attorney
Worldwide – 5/16/87 – featured an opening clip of Barry Windham vs. NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard from World Championship Wrestling; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett, with Crockett conducting a ringside interview with Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson about chasing NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez and NWA World Champion Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Paul Jones, NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez about the challenge of Morton & Gibson, with Jones saying Morton & Gibson saying they would have the belts by the end of the summer was a lie and he didn’t want them lying to the fans like that; featured a video package on Dusty Rhodes; included Caudle conducting an interview with Sean Royal & Chris Champion in which they discussed Jimmy Valiant & NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron, with Lazortron referred to as a GoBot before Champion said Ultra Magnus, Galvatron, and all the Decepticons were supporting the New Breed against Lazortron; featured a NWA soft drink cup ad featuring Barry Windham and NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors; included Caudle conducting an interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair in which he said he wasn’t upset with the $1,500 fur coat that Precious now had, he would just take it out on Jimmy Garvin; Flair went on to say Lex Luger would take the NWA US Title and Blanchard & Arn Anderson would take the NWA Tag Team Titles; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Blanchard and Dillon in which they reviewed footage of Blanchard vs. Gibson from NWA Pro, leading to Flair applying the figure-4 on Morton; Dillon then said he sent a letter inviting Rhodes and Magnum TA to a meeting later in the week regarding Rhodes’ $50,000 challenge; included a video package on Flair; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Jim Cornette in which he brought out Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane separately and individually because the ladies couldn’t cope with seeing both of them on the screen at once; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Rhodes from NWA Pro in which Rhodes said Morton & Gibson would take the TV title and Blanchard’s $10,000, but he still wanted to put up $50,000 to face Blanchard, with Blanchard putting up his own $50,000:
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) pinned Johnny Ace with the brainbuster at 2:41; during the bout, it was noted that – time allowing – NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff would face Dick Murdoch later in the broadcast; after the match, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Garvin, with Precious, in which he asked the fans whether he should give NWA World Champion Ric Flair his fur coat back that Precious took from Flair
Jimmy Valiant (w/ NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron) pinned Jeff Sampson with the elbow drop at the 39-second mark; during their ring entrance, Lazortron held up a baby in the crowd for Valiant to kiss; moments later, Valiant also kissed a female fan on the lips; after the contest, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Valiant and Lazortron in which Valiant said Lazortron was the protector of all the children and then cut a promo on Sean Royal & Chris Champion
Barry Windham & Ron Garvin defeated Brodie Chase & Vernon Deaton at 4:07 when Windham scored the pin with the lariat
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Tim Horner & the Italion Stallion at 2:49 when Fernandez pinned Stallion with a back elbow off the top as Rude held Stallion in the air
Sean Royal (w/ Chris Champion) pinned George South with a kneedrop off the top at 2:06
Arn Anderson, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, & Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Todd Champion, Tommy Angel, & David Isley at 2:24 when Anderson pinned Angel with the gordbuster
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Dick Murdoch (w/ Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov); only the first 5 minutes of the match aired before the broadcast ended
Dark match: Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson fought Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane to a 20-minute time-limit draw
JCP @ Westminster, SC – West Oak High School Gym – May 13, 1987
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
CWF @ Ft. Lauderdale, FL – May 13, 1987
Ron Simmons defeated Shaska Whatley
Mike Rotundo defeated Dory Funk Jr.
Kendall Windham & Ed Gantner defeated Kevin Sullivan & the Tahitian Prince
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Jimmy Garvin
JCP @ Hartwell, GA – May 14, 1987
Jimmy Garvin defeated Stan Lane via disqualification
Ron Garvin defeated Bobby Eaton
JCP @ Johnson City, TN – Freedom Hall Convention Center – May 15, 1987
JCP @ Albany, GA – Civic Center – May 15, 1987
Jeff Sampson vs. Ricky Lee Jones
Jeff Beck vs. Nelson Royal
Denny Brown vs. Johnny Ace
Rocky King vs. Gary Royal
The Gladiator vs. Todd Champion
Dick Murdoch vs. Ron Garvin
Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Bob & Brad Armstrong
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – May 16, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
World Championship Wrestling Sunday Edition – 5/17/87:
Dick Murdoch vs. Randy Barber
Barry Windham vs. Alan Martin
Ron Garvin vs. Larry Clarke
Brad Armstrong vs. Brodie Chase
Arn Anderson vs. David Isley
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Bill Tabb & Art Pritts
JCP @ Greensboro, NC – Coliseum – May 16, 1987 (6,121)
Nelson Royal defeated Ricky Nelson
Robert Gibson defeated Thunderfoot #2
Lazortron defeated a member of the New Breed
Ricky Morton fought NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard to a 25-minute time-limit draw
Dusty Rhodes defeated Dick Murdoch
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff in a Russian chain match
The Road Warriors defeated Lex Luger & Arn Anderson
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Jimmy Garvin
UWF @ Shreveport, LA – Hirsch Coliseum – May 16, 1987
TV taping:
Chris Adams vs. Terry Taylor
Steve Williams & Ted Dibiase vs. UWF Tag Team Champions Rick Steiner & Sting
Also included Big Bubba, Iceman King Parsons, Steve Cox, Savannah Jack, Eddie Gilbert and the return of Magnum TA
JCP @ Chesterfield, SC – May 16, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Bob Armstrong & Ron Garvin
NWA Super Bouts – 5/16/87 – included Jimmy Garvin vs. Bobby Eaton and Wahoo McDaniel, Ricky Morton, & Robert Gibson vs. Paul Jones, NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez taped 3/14/87 at the Greensboro Coliseum
JCP @ Asheville, NC – Civic Center – May 17, 1987 (matinee)
Baron Von Raschke defeated Gary Royal
Ivan Koloff defeated the Italian Stallion
Jimmy Valiant & Lazortron defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal
NWA US Tag Team Champion Stan Lane defeated Todd Champion
Ron Garvin defeated NWA US Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Bob Armstrong
NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Lex Luger defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
UWF @ Tulsa, OK – Convention Center – May 17, 1987
TV taping:
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated UWF Tag Team Champions Rick Steiner & Sting to win the titles
CWF @ Daytona Beach, FL – Ocean Center – May 17, 1987
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match
Dusty Rhodes vs. Dick Murdoch (Texas Death Match)
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Jimmy Garvin
Ed Gantner vs. the Tahitian Prince (lights out steel cage match)
Also included NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda, Kevin Sullivan, NWA Tag Team Champion Rick Rude, the MOD Squad and more
JCP @ Fayetteville, NC – May 18, 1987
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – May 18, 1987
The Italian Stallion defeated Gary Royal
Thunderfoot #1 defeated John Savage (sub. for Bobby Jaggers)
Baron Von Raschke defeated Thunderfoot #2
NWA Tag Team Champion Rick Rude defeated Johnny Ace (sub. for Tim Horner)
Jimmy Valiant & Lazertron defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal via disqualification
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Bob Armstrong
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Lex Luger
JCP @ Raleigh, NC – Dorton Arena – May 19, 1987
TV taping:
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Bob Armstrong
Worldwide – 5/23/87 – featured an opening clip of Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff vs. NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Lex Luger from NWA Pro; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Jimmy Garvin, with Precious, about the attack by the Four Horsemen on Rhodes and Garvin challenging NWA World Champion Ric Flair; featured an ad promoting the Crockett Cup 87 VHS; featured a NWA soft drink cup ad featuring Barry Windham and NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors; included footage from a meeting between Dusty Rhodes, with Magnum TA, and JJ Dillon, with NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Luger, and Arn Anderson, overseen by Jim Crockett Jr. in which Rhodes and Blanchard agreed to the terms of a June 6 title match with both men putting up $50,000; Dillon took exception to the match being a 60-minute time limit instead of 25, but agreed; Rhodes then said Magnum would be in his corner with his cash for the contest; featured a video package on Flair; included Caudle conducting an interview with Jim Cornette, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane about their title tournament victory; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Flair about the challenge of Jimmy Garvin, his plans to take Precious, and then discussed the Four Horsemen’s plans to eliminate the Road Warriors & Rhodes in a steel cage in Chicago; included Caudle conducting an interview with Dillon and Blanchard in which they introduced Blanchard’s new secretary Dark Journey, with Blanchard then cutting a promo on facing Rhodes in Greensboro; Dillon went on to note Dark Journey would be in Greensboro for the match (Dark Journey’s debut); featured footage of Blanchard and the Horsemen attacking Rhodes during NWA Pro; included a video package on Rhodes; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Sean Royal & Chris Champion about Jimmy Valiant & NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron; included Caudle conducting an interview with Nikita about the injury to Rhodes and the challenge of Luger; featured a closing segment in which Caudle conducted an interview with Flair, Luger, Anderson, Blanchard, and Dark Journey about the attack on Rhodes and the June 6 between Rhodes and Blanchard:
Sean Royal & Chris Champion defeated Rocky King & John Savage at 3:21 when Champion pinned Savage with a legdrop off Royal’s shoulders as both men came off the top; after the match, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Royal & Champion about Jimmy Valiant & NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron
Barry Windham pinned Gladiator #1 with the lariat at the 46-second mark
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Dexter Wescott & an unknown at 1:37 when Eaton pinned Wescott with the Double Goozle
Bob Armstrong pinned Mark Fleming at the 59-second mark with a right hand punch from the middle turnbuckle
Vladimir Pietrov (w/ Ivan Koloff) vs. the Italian Stallion
Arn Anderson pinned Tommy Angel with the spinebuster and gordbuster
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Ricky Nelson & Gary Young at the 24-second mark when Morton pinned Young after the double dropkick
Pro – 5/23/87 – featured Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with JJ Dillon and NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard in which Dillon introduced Dark Journey as Blanchard’s new secretary and then discussed the $100,000 match with Dusty Rhodes on June 6 in Greensboro; Blanchard then brought up his history with Rhodes, bragging over beating Rhodes at Starrcade 86 to win the TV title (Dark Journey’s debut):
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Gene Ligon & John Savage
Jimmy Garvin vs. Gladiator #1
Ron Garvin vs. Gladiator #2
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov vs. Dexter Wescott & Ricky Nelson
Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) via disqualification at 5:26 when NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson interfered as Flair was caught in Rhodes’ figure-4 and Blanchard repeatedly hit Rhodes in the leg with a steel briefcase; after the bout, the Horsemen ganged up on Rhodes, with Blanchard hitting a kneedrop off the top; moments later, NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson cleared the ring and tended to Rhodes
JCP @ Hillsville, VA – May 20, 1987 (850)
Mark Fleming defeated David Diamond
Denny Brown defeated John Savage
Gary Royal defeated Mark Fleming
Nelson Royal defeated Rocky King
The Italian Stallion defeated Larry Stephens
Vladimir Petrov defeated Todd Champion
Jimmy Valiant & the Italian Stallion defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal via disqualification
JCP @ Savannah, GA – Civic Center – May 20, 1987
Ron Garvin & Barry Windham defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match
NWA World Champion Ric Flair vs. ?
CWF @ Miami, FL – May 20, 1987
The Sheepherders defeated Bill & Randy Mulkey
Kendall Windham defeated Shaska Whatley
Sting & Rick Steiner defeated Mike Graham & Ron Simmons
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda defeated Dory Funk Jr. via disqualification
UWF World Champion Big Bubba fought Ed Gantner to a double count-out
JCP @ Salisbury, MD – Wicomico Youth & Civic Center – May 21, 1987
Baron Von Raschke defeated Mark Fleming
Vladimir Petrov (sub. for Arn Anderson) defeated Brad Armstrong
Ivan Koloff defeated Tim Horner
Ron Garvin & Barry Windham (sub. for Jimmy Garvin) defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard; only the US title was at stake
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
JCP @ Bessemer City, NC – High School – May 21, 1987
Included Jimmy Valiant, Lazortron, Chris Champion & Sean Royal, Bob Armstrong, Baron Von Raschke, Thunderfoot #1 & #2, Nelson Royal and Todd Champion
CWF @ Tallahassee, FL – Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center – May 21, 1987
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda & Ron Simmons vs. Kevin Sullivan & Prince Samu
UWF Heavyweight Champion Big Bubba fought Ed Gantner to a double count-out
Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy defeated Sting & Rick Steiner
Kendall Windham fought Lex Luger to a double disqualification
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
Included 3 other matches
CWF @ Jacksonville, FL – May 22, 1987
The Freebirds defeated Sting & Rick Steiner
Dusty Rhodes defeated Big Bubba via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda
JCP @ Richmond, VA – Coliseum – May 22, 1987
Todd Champion & Denny Brown defeated Thunderfoot #1 & Thunderfoot #2
Tim Horner defeated Mark Fleming
Vladimir Petrov defeated Baron Von Raschke
Lazertron defeated Chris Champion
Jimmy Valiant defeated Sean Royal via disqualification
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez defeated Brad & Bob Armstrong
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff in a Russian chain match
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Jim Cornette, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a handicap match
JCP @ Macon, GA – Coliseum – May 22, 1987
Bill & Randy Mulkey vs. the Italian Stallion & Ricky Lee Jones
Denny Brown vs. Colt Steele
Brady Boone vs. Mitch Snow
Todd Champion vs. Nelson Royal
Tracy Smothers & Scott Armstrong vs. John Savage & Teijo Khan
The Barbarian vs. Ron Garvin
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs. Jimmy Garvin
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – May 23, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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”:
World Championship Wrestling Sunday Edition – 5/24/87
NWA Super Bouts – 5/23/87 – featured the Arn Anderson vs. Ole Anderson, NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Vladimir Petrov, and Dusty Rhodes vs. NWA World Champion Ric Flair matches taped 4/3/87 at the Greensboro Coliseum
JCP @ Columbus, GA – May 23, 1987
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title bunkhouse match
JCP @ Roanoke, VA – Civic Center – May 24, 1987 (matinee)
The Italian Stallion defeated Thunderfoot #2
Denny Brown fought Nelson Royal to a time-limit draw
Todd Champion defeated Gary Royal
Baron Von Raschke defeated Thunderfoot #2
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Jimmy Valiant & Lazortron
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Bob Armstrong
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff in a Russian chain match
The Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Lex Luger via disqualification
JCP @ Chicago, IL – UIC Pavilion – May 24, 1987 (9,000; sell out)
Debut at the venue
Tim Horner fought Eddie Gilbert to a draw
Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts defeated Sting & Rick Steiner
Terry Taylor fought Chris Adams to a no contest
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title Best 2 out of 3 falls match
Michael Hayes defeated Big Bubba via disqualification
Manny Fernandez & Vladimir Petrov defeated Barry Windham & Brad Armstrong
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff in a chain match
Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, & Lex Luger
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – May 25, 1987
Ricky Lee Jones vs. Johnny Ace did not take place as advertised
The Italian Stallion defeated Brodie Chase (sub. for Jeff Belk)
Nelson Royal defeated John Savage (sub. for Bobby Jaggers)
Jimmy Valiant & Lazortron defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2
NWA Tag Team Champion Manny Fernandez defeated Baron Von Raschke
Ron Garvin defeated Ivan Koloff (sub. for NWA Tag Team Champion Rick Rude)
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Barry Windham & Brad Armstrong
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Vladimir Petrov
JCP @ Greenwood, SC – Civic Center – May 26, 1987
TV taping:
Pro – 5/30/87 – featured Johnny Weaver & Bob Caudle on commentary; included Weaver & Caudle conducting an opening ringside interview with Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson regarding their quest for the NWA Tag Team Championship and Paul Jones replacing Rick Rude with Ivan Koloff on the championship team; featured Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with Chris Champion & Sean Royal regarding Jimmy Valiant & NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron, during which they made fun of Dusty Rhodes; included Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, alongside Dark Journey, regarding his $100,000 match against Rhodes June 6 at the Greensboro Coliseum; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Lex Luger & JJ Dillon regarding NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, during which Luger said Koloff had become soft and was a shadow of his former self; 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 Valiant & Lazotron regarding the comments made earlier in the show by Champion & Royal:
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Gladiator #2 with the Russian Sickle at the 41-second mark; following the bout, Bob Caudle conducted a ringside interview with Koloff regarding the challenge of Lex Luger
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Randy & Bill Mulkey; Cornette joined the commentary team for the match
Barry Windham vs. Brodie Chase
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs. George South
NWA Tag Team Champions Manny Fernandez & Ivan Koloff vs. Larry Stevens & Ricky Nelson
Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Dexter Wescott; after the bout, Luger grabbed the mic and called out NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, with Koloff then coming out and brawling with Luger in and out of the ring and down the aisle until other wrestlers came out to break up the fight Barry Windham pinned Brodie Chase with the lariat at 3:09
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ Dark Journey) pinned George South with the slingshot suplex at around the 4-minute mark; Blanchard’s $10,000 was on the line in the match; during the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted an interview with JJ Dillon regarding the June 6 match in Greensboro between Blanchard and Dusty Rhodes
NWA Tag Team Champions Manny Fernandez & Ivan Koloff (w/ Paul Jones & Vladimir Petrov) defeated Larry Stephens & Ricky Nelson at 3:02 when Koloff pinned Nelson following Fernandez’ Flying Burrito; Jones briefly joined the commentary team during the bout and said any combination of Fernandez, Koloff, and Petrov could defend the titles
Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Dexter Wescott via submission with the Torture Rack at 1:01; after the bout, Luger cut an in-ring promo in which he challenged NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff to fight him immediately; moments later, Koloff came out to the ring, shoved Dillon to the mat, and brawled with Luger in and around the ring until Ricky Nelson, Gladiator #2, other wrestlers, and referees came out to try to break up the fight; they two were held apart by the exit doors just as the show ended
Worldwide – 5/30/87 – included an opening clip showing Lex Luger calling out NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff during NWA Pro; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett; featured Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Paul Jones, with NWA Tag Team Champion Manny Fernandez, Ivan Koloff and Vladimir Pietrov, in which Jones announced an injury to NWA Tag Team Champion Rick Rude but said the boad of directors had allowed him to choose a replacement to be Fernandez’s partner and he had chosen Koloff; Jones also implied Pietrov would sometimes be included as well; included footage of Luger and Koloff brawling during NWA Pro until they were pulled apart by other wrestlers; featured a pretaped promo by Magnum TA about the June 6 $100,000 match in Greensboro between Dusty Rhodes and NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, with Magnum saying he was coming back and June 6 would be the beginning; included an in-ring promo by Rhodes in which he discussed his upcoming match with Blanchard and said he would kick the butts of Sean Royal & Chris Champion if they wanted to talk like him; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Jimmy Garvin, with Precious, in which he said he was after NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Luger had no chance against Koloff, and Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson would take the tag team titles from Fernandez & the Russians; he then said it was only a matter of time before he had Flair’s number, because he knew he was wounded; included a video package on Rhodes; featured a video package on Flair; included Caudle conducting an interview with Nikita about his brawl with Luger; featured Caudle conducting an interview with JJ Dillon, Blanchard, Dark Journey, and Luger in which Dillon said NWA World Champion Ric Flair was working in Virginia Beach, VA and Myrtle Beach, SC and Arn Anderson was on vacation; moments later, Blanchard cut a promo hoping Dusty would come out June 6 with his name painted on the side of his head and wearing a Magnum T-shirt like at Starrcade, because the result would be the same:
Lex Luger defeated David Isley via submission with the Torture Rack at 1:17; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Luger and JJ Dillon about NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated George South & an unknown at 3:07 when Eaton pinned the unknown with the Rocket Launcher; during the bout, Cornette joined the commentary team
Barry Windham, Ron & Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) defeated three unknowns at the 45-second mark when Garvin scored the pin after his right hand punch
Vladimir Pietrov (w/ NWA Tag Team Champion Ivan Koloff) pinned Ricky Nelson with a clothesline at the 30-second mark
Sean Royal & Chris Champion defeated the Italian Stallion & Bill Mulkey at 2:06 when Champion pinned Mulkey with a crossbody off the top as Royal hoisted Mulkey up for a suplex; after the bout, Royal referred to Dusty Rhodes as “President Rhodes”
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ Dark Journey) pinned Randy Mulkey at 3:02 with the slingshot suplex; during the bout, Bob Caudle conducted an interview with JJ Dillon, who said the bout was only a warm up match for Blanchard’s match with Dusty Rhodes June 6 in Greensboro
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Gladiator #1 & #2 at 1:45 when Morton scored the pin after the double dropkick; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Morton & Gibson in which they again said they would be tag team champions by the end of the summer, would take them from Paul Jones, Manny Fernandez, and whomever else they had as a partner, and then cut a promo on the Four Horsemen
Dark matches:
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs. Ricky Morton
Jimmy Valiant & Lazertron vs. Chris Champion & Sean Royal
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Ivan Koloff (Russian chain match)
CWF @ Miami, FL – May 27, 1987
Bob & Brad Armstrong defeated the MOD Squad
Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong defeated Krusher Knopf & Ron Bass
Jimmy Garvin defeated Teijo Khan
Mike Graham defeated Dory Funk Jr. via disqualification
Barry Windham & Ed Gantner defeated the Tahitian Prince & Teijo Khan
Barry Windham & Ed Gantner defeated Dory Funk Jr. & the Tahitian Prince
The Road Warriors defeated NWA Tag Team Champions ? (sub. for Rick Rude) & Manny Fernandez via disqualification
UWF @ Oklahoma City, OK – Myriad – May 27, 1987
Chris Adams vs. Terry Taylor
Savannah Jack vs. Black Bart
Eddie Gilbert vs. Steve Cox
Chavo Guerrero vs. Angel of Death
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Sting & Rick Steiner
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Lex Luger
Barry Windham vs. Big Bubba
The Road Warriors vs. NWA Tag Team Champions Manny Fernandez & Ivan Koloff (sub. for Rick Rude)
NWA World Champion Ric Flair vs. Jimmy Garvin
JCP @ Silver City, NC – May 28, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated the Italian Stallion & Todd Champion
CWF @ Gainesville, FL – O’Connell Center – May 29, 1987
Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong and ? vs. Colt Steel and Randy & Bill Mulkey
Steve Keirn vs. Jerry Gray
Ron Simmons vs. Shaska Whatley
Kendall Windham vs. Teijo Khan
Mike Rotunda vs. Manny Fernandez
The Road Warriors & Ed Gantner vs. Dory Funk Jr., Kevin Sullivan, & the Tahitan Prince
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff vs. ? (sub. for NWA Tag Team Champion Rick Rude)
Dusty Rhodes vs. NWA World Champion Ric Flair
JCP @ Beckley, WV – May 29, 1987 (3,000)
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match; during the bout, a fan by the name of Roy Massey threw an object into the ring and struck Eaton & Lane; moments later, Massey sustained fractured bones in his face from a punch from Lane; he was later arrested and charged with two counts of battery
JCP @ Joplin, MO – Memorial Hall – May 29, 1987
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – May 30, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
NWA Super Bouts – 5/30/87 – featured the Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Lex Luger match taped 4/3/87 at the Greensboro Coliseum
JCP @ Sarasota, FL – May 30, 1987
JCP @ Florence, SC – American Legion Stadium – May 30, 1987
The show was to have seen Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeat NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez to regain the titles but Rude left the promotion
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – May 30, 1987 (5,500)
Denny Brown defeated Thunderfoot #2
Baron Von Raschke defeated Mark Fleming
Todd Champion defeated Thunderfoot #1
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane fought Barry Windham & Ron Garvin to a 30-minute time-limit draw
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, & Lex Luger defeated Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors via disqualification
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff in a chain match
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Jimmy Garvin via disqualification
JCP @ Asheville, NC – Civic Center – May 31, 1987 (matinee)
Jimmy Valiant & Lazortron defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2
Baron Von Raschke defeated George South (sub. for Gary Royal)
Ron Garvin foguht Vladimir Pietrov (sub. for NWA Tag Team Champion Rick Rude) to a draw
Jimmy Garvin defeated Ivan Koloff (sub. for NWA Tag Team Champion Manny Fernandez) via disqualification
Lex Luger defeated Todd Champion (sub. for Barry Windham)
Barry Windham (sub. for Bob Armstrong) fought NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard to a double count-out; Blanchard’s title and $10,000 were at stake)
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
JCP @ Little Rock, AR – Barton Coliseum – May 31, 1987
NWA Super Bouts – 6/87 – hosted by Tony Schiavone & JJ Dillon; included footage of the NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Lex Luger vs. Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff match taped at a NWA Pro taping, with NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard attacking Rhodes with a steel briefcase to end the match and targetting Rhodes’ leg:
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ Dark Journey & JJ Dillon) defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton via disqualification at around the 10-minute mark when Morton threw the champion over the top rope; after the bout, Morton cleared Blanchard from the ring (held at NWA Pro taping site)
CWF @ West Palm Beach, FL – June 1, 1987
Mike Rotunda vs. NWA World Champion Ric Flair
JCP @ Union, SC – Union County Stadium – June 1, 1987
JCP @ Spartanburg, SC – Memorial Auditorium – June 2, 1987
TV taping:
Pro – 6/6/87 – featured the announcement that Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson had won the NWA Tag Team Titles; included an announcement by Jim Crockett Jr. that ‘the Match Beyond’ would debut as part of the Atlanta Omni stop of the Great American Bash tour the following month:
Lex Luger vs. Gene Ligon
The New Breed vs. Mike Force & Cougar Jay
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. John Savage & Ricky Nelson
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov vs. Tommy Angel & Rocky King
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ Dark Journey) pinned Todd Champion at 6:53 with the slingshot suplex after the challenger failed an elbow drop; both Blanchard’s title and $10,000 were on the line in the bout; during the match, Tony Schiavone conducted an insert interview with JJ Dillon in which he said Blanchard and the Horsemen would dominate the Great American Bash
Worldwide – 6/6/87 – featured an opening clip of Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. NWA Tag Team Champions Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett, with the opening announcement Morton & Gibson had regained the NWA Tag Team Titles; moments later, Crockett conducted a ringside interview with JJ Dillon and Lex Luger in which Dillon said Luger would be the new NWA US Champion by the end of the summer, with Luger saying Nikita Koloff had become soft; included footage from NWA Pro of Schiavone conducting an interview with Jim Crockett Jr. in which they discussed the upcoming Great American Bash tour, with concerts by David Allen Coe, the Fabulous Freebirds, and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express; Crockett then announced plans for July 4 at the Atlanta Omni the debut of ‘the Match Beyond;’ featured footage from a non-title Morton & Gibson vs. Rude & Fernandez match taped in April 1987 in Spokane, WA portrayed as a recent title win for Morton & Gibson; included Crockett conducting a ringside interview with Morton & Gibson about their title win and being part of the upcoming Great American Bash tour to defend the championship; featured a video package on NWA World Champion Ric Flair; included Bob Caulde conducting an interview with NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, with Dark Journey, about his upcoming match with Dusty Rhodes in Greensboro; featured a video package on Rhodes; included an ad promoting the Crockett Cup 87 VHS; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Flair about the Bash tour; included Caudle conducting an interview with Sean Royal & Chris Champion in which Champion misspoke and said Morton & Gibson were handed the NWA US tag team titles, with Caudle having to correct him that they were the world tag team champions; Royal then mocked Jimmy Valiant & NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron:
Arn Anderson & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ Dark Journey) defeated Ricky Nelson & Tommy Angel at 2:22 when Anderson pinned Angel with the gordbuster
Jimmy Valiant & NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron defeated two unknowns at the 40-second mark when Lazortron scored the pin with a dropkick off the top
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Pietrov (w/ Paul Jones) defeated the Italian Stallion & Todd Champion at 1:18 when Pietrov pinned Stallion after a clothesline off the top as Koloff held Stallion in the air; during the bout, Jones briefly joined the commentary team and said NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson should be ashamed of the way they won the titles because Rick Rude was injured and Manny Fernandez nearly won the match by himself
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Cougar Jay with the Russian Sickle at the 42-second mark; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Koloff about the challenge of Lex Luger
Ron & Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) defeated Mike Force & John Savage at the 50-second mark when Ron scored the pin with the right hand punch and then sitting on his opponent
Kendall Windham (w/ Barry Windham) pinned Thunderfoot #1 with the bulldog at 2:07 (Kendall Windham’s debut)
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated George South & Gary Royal at 3:53 when Eaton pinned South after the Double Goozle; Cornette joined the commentary team during the match; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Cornette, Eaton & Lane about Ron Garvin and wanting the NWA Tag Team Titles from Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson; Cornette then said Morton & Gibson better defend against Eaton & Lane during the Great American Bash tour
Dark match: Barry Windham & Ron Garvin defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
JCP @ Raleigh, NC – Dorton Arena – June 4, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated the Italian Stallion & Todd Champion
NWA Tag Team Champion Robert Gibson defeated Arn Anderson
NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton fought NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard to a draw
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Lex Luger via disqualification
JCP @ Richmond, VA – Coliseum – June 5, 1987 (4,500)
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Denny Brown & Baron Von Raschke
Vladimir Petrov pinned the Italian Stallion
Arn Anderson defeated Todd Champion
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Jimmy Valiant & Lazortron
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard pinned Kendall Windham with the slingshot suplex
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov (sub. for Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez) defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson via disqualification in a No DQ match when Morton & Gibson were caught using the Russian chain
NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Lex Luger defeated Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff when Flair pinned Rhodes after NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard interfered
Ron Garvin defeated Jim Cornette in a steel cage match at the 2-minute mark following a punch
NWA Super Bouts – 6/6/87 – featured the closing moments of the Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. NWA Tag Team Champoins Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez match explaining Morton & Gibson’s title victory; the footage was actually from a non-title match earlier in the year; during the segment, the commentary team never referred to Rude by name, only as “Fernandez’s partner”
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – June 6, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Greensboro, NC – Coliseum – June 6, 1987 (12,837)
Eddie Gilbert pinned Kendall Windham
Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov defeated Ron Garvin & Baron Von Raschke
Terry Taylor fought Chris Adams to a double count-out
NWA Super Bouts – 7/87: Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy (w/ Buddy Roberts) defeated Sting & Rick Steiner (w/ Eddie Gilbert) at around the 9-minute mark when Gordy pinned Sting after Gilbert accidentally hit Sting with a clothesline off the top, behind the referee’s back when Gordy moved out of the way; prior to the bout, Hayes took the mic and told the crowd that if they were ready to rock ‘n’ roll they the Freebirds were “ready to kick ass;” after the contest, Sting argued with Gilbert
NWA Super Bouts – 7/87: Barry Windham defeated UWF Heavyweight Champion Big Bubba (w/ Skandar Akbar) via disqualification at around the 10-minute mark when Akbar tripped the challenger as Windham attempted the lariat; after the match, Windham cleared Bubba from the ring
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Dick Murdoch
NWA Super Bouts – 8/87: NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Lex Luger defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson in a non-title match at around the 19-minute mark when Flair pinned Morton with his feet on the ropes for leverage after Luger hit a clothesline to the back of the head, behind the referee’s back, as Morton had Flair covered with a roll up; Morton & Gibson came out with the title belts as their phantom title victory was announced the same day on television
Worldwide, Pro – 6/13/87: NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ Dark Journey & JJ Dillon) defeated Dusty Rhodes (w/ Magnum TA) via count-out at around the 19-minute mark when Rhodes chased after Dillon, who stole a bag with $50,000 in it from Magnum at ringside; Rhodes initially won the match and title at around the 18-minute mark with Blanchard’s own slingshot suplex, with referee Tommy Young then seeing Blanchard’s foot on the rope during the pinfall; Young then ordered for the match to continue but Rhodes was never informed and already ran out of the arena; stipulations stated the winner would walk away with $100,000; prior to the bout, Dillon confronted Magnum on the floor, with Magnum keeping him at bay with his walking cane; Tony Schiavone provided commentary for the bout; after the contest, Rhodes returned to the ring, took the mic, and told those in charge that he wanted his “damn money” (“damn” was bleeped from the audio) and told Jim Crockett Jr. to get the money back from that “son of a bitch” (which was also bleeped)
CWF @ St. Petersburg, FL – June 6, 1987
TV taping:
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong; Cornette joined Sir Oliver Humperdink on commentary for the bout
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – Omni – June 7, 1987 (7,000)
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Jimmy Valiant & Lazertron at 10:31 when Champion pinned Valiant
UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert pinned Kendall Windham at 9:40
Rick Steiner & Sting defeated Todd Champion & Baron Von Raschke at 9:35 when Steiner pinned Von Raschke following a double team move; after the bout, Steiner and Sting argued with Sting then walking out
Terry Taylor fought Chris Adams to a double count-out
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Ivan Koloff & Vladimir Petrov at 9:08 when Morton pinned Koloff after a leap off the top
Barry Windham defeated UWF Heavyweight Champion Big Bubba via disqualification at 7:30 after Skandar Akbar tripped Windham from the floor
NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Lex Luger, & Tully Blanchard defeated Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, & Buddy Roberts at 17:25 when Flair pinned Roberts after JJ Dillon hit Roberts with his shoe
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Dick Murdoch in a steel cage match at 6:37 after the challenger missed the splash
CWF @ Orlando, FL – June 7, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Ron Simmons & Ed Gantner
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – June 8, 1987
Denny Brown defeated Gary Royal (sub. for Kendall Windham)
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Jimmy Valiant & Lazertron
Vladimir Petrov defeated Todd Champion
The Italian Stallion defeated Thunderfoot #1 (sub. for NWA Tag Team Champion Rick Rude)
Arn Anderson & Lex Luger defeated Jimmy Garvin & Kendall Windham (sub. for Bob Armstrong)
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Manny Fernandez
Barry Windham & Ron Garvin defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
Ricky Morton fought NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard to a double count-out; Blanchard’s title and his $10,000 were at stake in the match
JCP @ Columbia, SC – Township Auditorium – June 9, 1987
Worldwide – 6/13/87 – hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett, with the two talking with Barry Windham about the June 6 match between Dusty Rhodes and NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard; featured the Dusty Rhodes vs. NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard match taped 6/6/87 in Greensboro; included footage from after the Rhodes vs. Blanchard match of Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with Magnum and Dusty, with Magnum apologetic about his role in the match and Dusty hugging him; featured Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with referee Tommy Young and Jim Crockett Jr. about the controversial nature of the decision of the Rhodes vs. Blanchard match, with Young addressing his call and Crockett saying there would be an inquiry into Young’s refereeing; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Jimmy Garvin, with Precious, about the result of the Rhodes vs. Blanchard match; featured a video package on NWA World Champion Ric Flair; included an ad promoting the Crockett Cup 87 VHS; featured footage from NWA Pro of Schiavone speaking with Jim Crockett Jr. about the upcoming Great American Bash tour and ‘the Match Beyond’ concept that would debut July 4 at the Atlanta Omni; Crockett said the Wargames would take place first, with the Match Beyond following and said the two teams would be Rhodes, NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, the Road Warriors & Paul Ellering against Flair, Blanchard, Lex Luger, Arn Anderson, & JJ Dillon; Crockett then said Young would not referee any Rhodes match until after the inquiry was complete:
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Gene Ligon & Tommy Angel at the 28-second mark when Morton pinned Angel after the double dropkick
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Vernon Deaton & an unknown at the 47-second mark when Eaton pinned Deaton with one pinkey after the Rocket Launcher; Cornette joined the commentary during the bout
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, & Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon & Dark Journey) defeated Ricky Nelson & two unknowns at the 40-second mark when Anderson scored the pin with the gordbuster; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with the Horsemen in which Dillon said Blanchard was done facing Dusty Rhodes, Blanchard bragged about beating Rhodes in Greensboro, Luger said the NWA US and tag team titles were coming to the Horsemen, and Anderson talked about human error being the reason the Horsemen are successful and others aren’t
Pro – 6/13/87 – featured opening clips of the Dusty Rhodes vs. NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard match taped 6/6/87 at the Greensboro Coliseum; hosted by Bob Caudle, Johnny Weaver, & Tony Schiavone; included the Rhodes vs. Blanchard match, shown in full; featured Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with Rhodes and Magnum about the result of the contest, with Magnum blaming himself and Rhodes telling Schiavone to go away; included Schiavone conducting a backstage interview with referee Tommy Young and Jim Crockett Jr. about the controversial nature of the finish, with Young standing by his decision and Crockett saying there would be an inquiry into Young’s refereeing and the nature of the match; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Blanchard, with Dark Journey, about beating Rhodes; included Caudle conducting a ringside interview with Dillon, Blanchard, Journey, Arn Anderson, and Lex Luger, with Dillon saying Blanchard would never again wrestle Rhodes for the TV title:
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated John Savage & Rikki Nelson at 1:00 when Eaton pinned Nelson with the Double Goozle; during the bout, Cornette briefly joined the commentary team
Barry Windham pinned Brodie Chase with the lariat at the 49-second mark; after the bout, Bob Caudle conducted a ringside interview with Windham about what happened in the Dusty Rhodes vs. NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard match in Greensboro
JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – June 11, 1987 (1,500)
Thunderfoot #1 pinned Jim Lancaster
Rocky King defeated Thunderfoot #2
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Kendall Windham & the Italian Stallion
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard pinned Todd Champion
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Arn Anderson via disqualification at the 18-minute mark when JJ Dillon interfered
Ron Garvin defeated Jim Cornette in a steel cage match at the 3-minute mark after stripping Cornette down to his underwear
NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Jimmy Garvin in a steel cage match at the 15-minute mark
UWF @ Thibodeaux, LA – June 11, 1987
TV taping:
Hosted by Magnum TA & Michael Hayes:
Barry Windham vs. the Angel of Death
– 6/11/87: Terry Taylor was injured in a car wreck. Six inches of his small intestine, four inches of his large intestine and his appendix were removed following a subsequent operation.
JCP @ Norfolk, VA – Scope – June 12, 1987 (6,000)
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Kendall Windham & Todd Champion
Arn Anderson & Lex Luger defeated Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff
Ron Garvin defeated Jim Cornette in a steel cage match
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Jimmy Garvin in a steel cage match
JCP @ Charleston, WV – June 12, 1987
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Jimmy Valiant & Lazertron in a Texas Tornado match
Manny Fernandez pinned Robert Gibson in a lumberjack match
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard fought Ricky Morton to a time-limit draw
UWF @ Lake Charles, LA – Civic Center – June 12, 1987
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – June 13, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
World Championship Wrestling Sunday Edition – 6/14/87
NWA Super Bouts – 6/13/87 – included Tony Schiavone as the sole host, without JJ Dillon; featured an ad promoting the 1987 Crockett Cup on VHS; included the NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs. Todd Champion bout from the 6/6/87 Pro; featured the announcement that the 7/18/87 show in Charlotte, NC would be part of the Great American Bash tour NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff in a Russian chain match at 9:07 when, after Nikita touched three corners, Ivan knocked him into the fourth; David Crockett was the guest ring announcer for the bout and explained the rules of the match, with referee Tommy Young having to clarify to him that the winner would have to drag his opponent to the four corners consecutively
– 6/13/87: Chris Champion & Sean Royal were injured in a car wreck driving from the TV studio in Atlanta to Florence, SC. The car hydroplaned in rain, with both men being thrown through the windshield before the car exploded. Royal suffered major burns while Champion’s arm was broken in two places.
JCP @ Florence, SC – June 13, 1987
JCP @ Baltimore, MD – Arena – June 13, 1987 (5,200)
NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton defeated Mark Fleming
Arn Anderson defeated Kendall Windham
Manny Fernandez defeated Brickhouse Brown
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Ron Garvin
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Lex Luger via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Jimmy Garvin
UWF @ New Orleans, LA – Superdome – June 13, 1987
Shane Douglas fought Shaska Whatley to a draw
Buddy Roberts defeated Mike Boyette
Steve Cox defeated Gary Young
Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy defeated the Terminator & the Enforcer
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Vladimir Pietrov & the Angel of Death
UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Rick Steiner & Sting
UWF World Champion Big Bubba defeated Barry Windham
Black Bart defeated Chris Adams
Steve Williams defeated Dick Murdoch
JCP @ Asheville, NC – Civic Center – June 14, 1987 (matinee)
Denny Brown vs. Vladimir Pietrov
Lazortron vs. New Breed #2
Jimmy Valiant vs. New Breed #1
Ron Garvin vs. Arn Anderson
Bob Armstrong vs. NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (Blanchard’s title and $10,000 were at stake)
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Lex Luger
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Ivan Koloff & Manny Fernandez
Jimmy Garvin vs. NWA World Champion Ric Flair
UWF @ Ft. Worth, TX – Cowtown Coliseum – June 14, 1987
Steve Cox defeated Catman
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Sting & Rick Steiner
UWF Heavyweight Champion Big Bubba defeated Michael Hayes
Steve Williams & Terry Gordy defeated UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert & Dick Murdoch
JCP @ Charlotte, NC – Coliseum – June 14, 1987 (6,421)
The MOD Squad (sub. for Bill & Randy Mulkey) fought Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong to a draw
Jimmy Valiant & Lazortron defeated Gladiator #1 & #2 (sub. for Chris Champion & Sean Royal)
Arn Anderson defeated Kendall Windham
Manny Fernandez & Vladimir Petrov (sub. for Rick Rude) defeated Ron Garvin & Todd Champion (sub. for Bob Armstrong)
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
Lex Luger fought NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff to a no contest
Dusty Rhodes (w/ Magnum TA) defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard in a non-title Texas Death Match
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Jimmy Garvin in a No DQ, no time-limit match
UWF @ Tulsa, OK – Civic Center – June 14, 1987
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – June 15, 1987
The MOD Squad defeated Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong
Lazortron defeated Gladiator #2 (sub. for New Breed #2)
Kendall Windham defeated Gladiator #1 (sub. for New Breed #1)
Vladimir Petrov defeated Denny Brown (sub. for Todd Champion)
Manny Fernandez defeated Todd Champion (sub. for Denny Brown)
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Barry Windham; Blanchard’s title and $10,000 were at stake in the match
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane fought Ron & Jimmy Garvin to a double count-out in a No DQ match
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Lex Luger & Arn Anderson
UWF @ Springfield, MO – Ozark Empire Fairgrounds – June 15, 1987
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner vs. Rick Steiner & Sting
Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts vs. UWF Heavyweight Champion Big Bubba & Black Bart
Chris Adams vs. Terry Taylor
Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs. UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert & Dick Murdoch
Also included Chavo Guerrero, the Angel of Death, Gary Young, Steve Cox, the Enforcers, Shane Douglas, and Bob Bradley
JCP @ Fayetteville, NC – Cumberland County Memorial Arena – June 16, 1987
TV taping:
Pro – 6/20/87:
Ron & Jimmy Garvin vs. John Savage & David Isley
Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong vs. Cougar Jay & Tommy Angel
Barry Windham vs. Thunderfoot #2
Manny Fernandez, Ivan Koloff, & Vladimir Pietrov vs. the Italian Stallion, Rocky King, & Todd Champion
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Gladiator #1
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs. Ricky Nelson
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Nelson Royal & Mike Force
Worldwide – 6/20/87 – featured an opening clip focusing on the conclusion of the Dusty Rhodes vs. NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard match from June 6 at the Greensboro Coliseum; hosted by Tony Schiavone, with Schiavone conducting a ringside interview with JJ Dillon and Lex Luger about the Wargames and chasing NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff; included footage from NWA Pro of Schiavone conducting an interview with Jim Crockett Jr. about the Rhodes vs. Blanchard match from Greensboro, with Crockett announcing he had stopped payment on a check for $50,000 to Dillon so that JCP could sign Rhodes vs. Blanchard July 18 in Charlotte as part of the Great American Bash; the bout would be a barbed wire ladder match for the $100,000 that was at stake in Greensboro; Oklahoma University football head coach Barry Switzer then gave his comments about not wanting to miss out on the Bash tour; featured Bob Caudle conducting an interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair about the Wargames in Atlanta and the Bash tour; included an ad promoting the Crockett Cup 87 VHS; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Jim Cornette, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in which Cornette said he was retired from wrestling now that he survived the steel cage matches with Ron Garvin, then saying NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson would soon lose their titles to Eaton & Lane; included Caudle introducing a video in which Rhodes, sitting with Magnum TA, discussed the June 6 match in Greensboro against Blanchard, said referee Tommy Young is the best manager in wrestling and he called it as he saw it; Rhodes then said he would get his money back in Charlotte during the Bash; Magnum then said he was told he would never walk again but he did and he would step inside the ring again and he had plans for Blanchard:
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated George South & Todd Champion at 3:31 when Eaton pinned South with the Gravedigger; during the bout, Cornette joined Tony Schiavone on commentary (debut of the Gravedigger)
Kendall Windham pinned Dexter Wescott with the bulldog at 1:20; during the bout, Barry Windham cut an insert promo about he and his brother being excited about the upcoming Great American Bash tour
The MOD Squad defeated Rocky King & Ricky Nelson at 1:37 when Basher pinned Nelson with an elbow drop off the top (the MOD Squad’s TV debut)
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated John Savage & David Isley at the 35-second mark when Morton pinned Isley after the double dropkick
Arn Anderson & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated the Italian Stallion & Nelson Royal at 3:32 when Anderson pinned Stallion after a double gordbuster; during the bout, JJ Dillon cut an insert promo on the Wargames and Great American Bash tour before saying Anderson & Blanchard could be the next tag team champions
Jimmy Valiant & NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron defeated Gary Royal & Tommy Angel when Valiant pinned Angel with the elbow drop
Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Gladiator #1 & #2
UWF @ Baton Rouge, LA – Centroplex – June 16, 1987
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – June 17, 1987
World Championship Wrestling – 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
World Championship Wrestling Sunday Edition – 6/21/87
UWF @ Alexandria, LA – Rapides Parish Coliseum – June 18, 1987
UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner vs. the Enforcers
Chris Adams vs. Terry Taylor
Steve Williams, Terry Gordy, Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts vs. Dick Murdoch, UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert, Rick Steiner & Sting
Also included Chavo Guerrero, Shaska Whatley, Steve Cox, the Angel of Death and Black Bart
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – June 18, 1987
World Championship Wrestling – 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
World Championship Wrestling Sunday Edition – 6/28/87
CWF @ Tallahassee, FL – Leon County Civic Center – June 19, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Ron & Jimmy Garvin
UWF @ Lafayette, LA – Cajundome – June 19, 1987
UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner vs. Black Bart & the Angel of Death
Chris Adams vs. Terry Taylor (Texas Death Match)
Steve Williams & Barry Windham vs. Dick Murdoch & UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert
Dusty Rhodes vs. NWA World Champion Ric Flair
Also included the Fabulous Freebirds, Rick Steiner, Sting, Chavo Guerrero, Steve Cox and the Enforcers
UWF @ Houston, TX – Summit – June 20, 1987
Steve Cox won a $10,000 pole battle royal; other participants included: Shane Douglas, Gary Young, Bob Bradley, Ken Massey, Mike Boyette, Jeff Raitz, and David Haskins
UWF Western States Heritage Championship Tournament Quarter Finals: Shaska Whatley pinned Buddy Roberts at 5:23
UWF Western States Heritage Championship Tournament Quarter Finals: Black Bart pinned Sting at 7:00
UWF Western States Heritage Championship Tournament Quarter Finals: Rick Steiner fought Terry Gordy to a double disqualification at 6:35
UWF Western States Heritage Championship Tournament Quarter Finals: Barry Windham pinned Chris Adams at 8:13
UWF Tag Team Champions Tim Horner & Brad Armstrong defeated the Enforcer & the Terminator at 5:25
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated the Angel of Death & Big Bubba at 9:45
NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Michael Hayes at 20:12
UWF Western States Heritage Championship Tournament Semi Finals: Barry Windham pinned Shaska Whatley at 7:32
Dusty Rhodes & Steve Williams defeated Eddie Gilbert & Dick Murdoch in a bunkhouse tornado match at 11:00
UWF Western States Heritage Championship Tournament Finals: Barry Windham pinned Black Bart at 9:00 to win the title
CWF @ Lakeland, FL – June 20, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Ron & Jimmy Garvin
JCP @ Amarillo, TX – Civic Center – June 21, 1987
JCP @ Greensboro, NC – Coliseum – June 21, 1987 (4,500; 3,121 paid)
Kendall Windham pinned Denny Brown
Jimmy Valiant & Lazortron fought the MOD Squad to a time-limit draw after the 15-minute mark
Manny Fernandez pinned the Italian Stallion
Ivan Koloff pinned Todd Champion
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Ron & Jimmy Garvin via disqualification
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Arn Anderson
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard via count-out in a Texas Death Match after hitting him with Magnum TA’s cane, knocking Blanchard to the floor
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Lex Luger via disqualification when NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard interfered
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – June 22, 1987
TV taping:
Worldwide – 6/27/87
Pro – 6/27/87:
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Gladiator #2 & Thunderfoot #2
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Larry Stevens
Arn Anderson & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs. Tommy Angel & Ricky Nelson
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Rocky King & David Isley
Manny Fernandez vs. the Italian Stallion
Jimmy & Ron Garvin vs. Cougar Jay & Thunderfoot #1 Dark match: NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane fought Ron & Jimmy Garvin to a double count-out
Dark match: Barry Windham, NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, & Lex Luger
Also included Lazortron, NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, Dusty Rhodes, Ivan Koloff, and Vladimir Petrov
JCP @ Albuquerque, NM – Tingley Coliseum – June 22, 1987
NWA World Champion Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham
CWF @ Tampa, FL – Sundome – June 23, 1987
Florida Tag Team Champions the Sheepherders defeated Mike Graham & Steve Keirn
Ed Gantner fought Kevin Sullivan to a no contest
Barry Windham defeated Teijo Khan
Steve Williams defeated the Tahitian Prince (sub. for Eddie Gilbert)
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Arn Anderson & Lex Luger via disqualification
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Dory Funk Jr.
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda
Dusty Rhodes vs. NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (steel cage match)
JCP @ Beaumont, TX – Civic Center – June 24, 1987
JCP @ Macon, GA – Coliseum – June 25, 1987
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
JCP @ Greenville, NC – Memorial Auditorium – June 26, 1987
Denny Brown defeated David Diamond
Gladiator #2 defeated Ricky Nelson
Nelson Royal defeated Gladiator #1
The Italian Stallion defeated Brodie Chase
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Jimmy Valiant & Lazortron
Barry Windham defeated Lex Luger
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson fought NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson to a 60-minute time-limit draw
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – June 27, 1987 (5,500)
Todd Champion pinned Thunderfoot #2
The Italian Stallion defeated Thunderfoot #1
Kendall Windham defeated Mark Fleming (sub. for Vladimir Pietrov)
Barry Windham pinned Ivan Koloff
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match; fall #3: Morton & Gibson won via disqualification when Jim Cornette interfered with his tennis racquet; Jim Cornette tore his ACL after the match, which required arthroscopic surgery the following week
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff fought Lex Luger to a double count-out
Dusty Rhodes (w/ Magnum TA) defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard after using Magnum TA’s cane as a weapon
NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Jimmy Garvin
JCP @ Fayetteville, NC – June 27, 1987 (6,300)
The Italian Stallion defeated Thunderfoot #1
The Barbarian defeated Todd Champion
Paul Ellering defeated Paul Jones
Lazertron defeated MOD Squad Basher
Jimmy Valiant defeated MOD Squad Spike
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham & Kendall Windham
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Arn Anderson & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
The Road Warriors defeated Ivan Koloff & Manny Fernandez in a double chain match
Ron Garvin defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Lex Luger via disqualification
JCP @ Rock Hill, SC – Winthrop Coliseum – June 28, 1987 (matinee) (600)
TV taping:
Jimmy Garvin defeated Thunderfoot #2
Barry Windham defeated Larry Stephens
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Gladiator #2 & Rick Sullivan
Ivan Koloff defeated Tommy Angel
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Chance McQuade
Lex Luger defeated John Savage
Arn Anderson & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Ricky Nelson & Dexter Wescott
Lex Luger defeated Larry Stephens
Ivan Koloff defeated Ricky Nelson
Jimmy Garvin defeated Gladiator #2
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Dexter Wescott
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff fought Lex Luger to a draw
Pro – 7/11/87:
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification when referee Teddy Long was knocked to the floor; after the bout, Lane hit the Alabama Jam on Gibson before Eaton & Lane left ringside with both title belts
JCP @ Wilmington, NC – June 28, 1987
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – June 29, 1987
Denny Brown defeated David Diamond
Gladiator #2 defeated Ricky Nelson
Nelson Royal defeated Gladiator #1
The Italian Stallion defeated Brodie Chase
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Jimmy Valiant & Lazertron
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Lex Luger via disqualification
NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson fought NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson to a 60-minute time-limit draw
JCP @ Columbia, SC – Township Auditorium – June 30, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Ron & Jimmy Garvin
JCP @ Lakeland, FL – Civic Center – July 1, 1987 (5,000+)
The start of the Great American Bash tour; Buddy Roberts vs. the Black Assassin did not take place as advertised
The Cuban Connection defeated Bill & Randy Mulkey
Ron Simmons defeated the Tahitian Prince
Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts (sub. for Michael Hayes) defeated the MOD Squad
Florida Tag Team Champions Mike Graham & Steve Keirn defeated the Sheepherders via disqualification
NWA Southern Professional Wrestling – 7/12/87: Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) fought Arn Anderson to a 10-minute time-limit draw
NWA Southern Professional Wrestling – 7/12/87: NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification when the referee caught Lane coming off the top with a double axe handle to Morton as Eaton was covered; in commentary, Jim Cornette’s absence was explained in that he sustained an injury in a prior altercation with Morton & Gibson
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Lex Luger in a No DQ match
Blackjack Mulligan, Bugsy McGraw, & Ed Gantner defeated Dory Funk Jr., Sir Oliver Humperdink, & the Black Assassin (sub. for Kevin Sullivan) in a bunkhouse match
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda defeated the Barbarian
NWA Southern Professional Wrestling – 7/12/87: NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ Dark Journey) fought UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham to a draw; only Blanchard’s title was at stake in the match
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match; fall #1: Rhodes pinned Flair at 17:07; fall #2: Flair pinned Rhodes at the 10-minute mark; fall #3: Rhodes won via disqualification when NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard interfered
JCP @ Landover, MD – Capital Centre – July 2, 1987 (15,000)
Debut at the venue – Gary Michael Cappetta was the ring announcer
Pro – 7/11/87 – featured Tony Schiavone conducting a ringside interview with Dick Murdoch & UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert regarding Murdoch’s match later in the show against Steve Williams, during which Murdoch also cut a promo on Dusty Rhodes and Terry Gordy and said he would become the next UWF World Champion; included Schiavone conducting a ringside interview with Lex Luger & JJ Dillon regarding the July 25 card at the Philadelphia Civic Center in which Luger would be part of an in-ring segment of The Dating Game with three members of the audience, during which both said Luger would leave Philadelphia with the NWA US Title
Worldwide – 7/11/87 – hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett; included a promo by Barry Switzer about the Great American Bash tour
Kendall Windham pinned Thunderfoot #1 at 3:28
Pro – 7/11/87: Rocky King pinned Thunderfoot #2 at 6:30 with a sunset flip
Pro – 7/11/87: Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts (w/ Michael Hayes) defeated Paul Jones & Ivan Koloff at 9:14 when Gordy pinned Jones with an elbow drop
Pro – 7/11/87: Dick Murdoch (w/ UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert) defeated Steve Williams in a Texas Death Match at 10:51; both men were counted down by referee Dick Whorle followed by the announcement the first man to reach his feet would be the winner; Williams reached his feet first but Gilbert tripped him behind the referee’s back; after the match, Williams cornered Gilbert before Murdoch pulled Gilbert from the ring
UWF World Champion Big Bubba defeated Barry Windham via count-out in a Louisville Streetfight at 7:15
Worldwide – 7/11/87: UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert (w/ Dick Murdoch) defeated Mark Fleming at 3:31 via submission with a standing armbar, moments after Murdoch rammed Flemming shoulder-first into the ringpost behind the referee’s back
Worldwide – 7/11/87: NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via reverse decision; Eaton & Lane originally won the match and titles at around the 19-minute mark when Eaton pinned Morton after Big Bubba interfered as referee Earl Hebner was knocked down on the floor, with Bubba then dragging Hebner back into the ring to make the pinfall; moments later, referee Dick Whorle came out and told Hebner what happened; there was a guest ring announcer to make the ring introductions; after the bout, David Crockett conducted an interview with Eaton & Lane, with Bubba, in which Lane said they were the rightful new world tag team champions
Worldwide – 7/11/87: Dusty Rhodes, NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, & the Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ Dark Journey), & Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) in a steel cage match at the 18-minute mark when Rhodes pinned Anderson; only the first minute of the match was televised
JCP @ Richmond, VA – Coliseum – July 3, 1987 (8,500)
Misty Blue pinned Kat Laroux
The Italian Stallion pinned Mark Fleming
The Barbarian pinned Todd Champion; the Barbarian was cheered in the match
UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert pinned Kendall Windham by grabbing the tights for leverage
Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, & Buddy Roberts defeated Ivan Koloff, Manny Fernandez, & Vladimir Pietrov when Gordy pinned Pietrov
Steve Williams pinned Dick Murdoch after hitting him with his arm cast; after the bout, UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert and Murdoch double teamed Williams until Terry Gordy made the save
Barry Windham defeated Big Bubba via count-out in a Louisville Streetfight
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match; fall #1: Morton & Gibson won at the 30-second mark; fall #2: Eaton & Lane won after Big Bubba interfered; fall #3: Morton & Gibson won via disqualification after Bubba dropped Morton with the sidewalk slam
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Arn Anderson
The Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Lex Luger via disqualification when Flair hit Road Warrior Hawk with JJ Dillon’s shoe
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard in a non-title I Quit steel cage match after taking JJ Dillon’s shoe and grinding it into Blanchard’s face
JCP @ Nassau, Bahamas – Stadium – July 3, 1987
Randy & Bill Mulkey vs. the Sheepherders
Bugsy McGraw vs. Johnny Ace
Mike Rotundo vs. the Tahitian Prince
Blackjack Mulligan & Kevin Sullivan vs. Dory Funk Jr. & Sir Oliver Humperdink
Worldwide – 7/4/87
Pro – 7/4/87
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – July 4, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – Omni – July 4, 1987 (13,500)
Opened with a Michael Hayes concert; featured a David Allen Coe concert
Kendall Windham pinned Gladiator #1 (Gary Royal) with a bulldog at 4:59
Sting pinned Thunderfoot #1 (Joel Deaton) with a flying fist drop at 5:40
Jimmy Valiant pinned Basher of the MOD Squad with a roll up at 5:10
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned Rick Steiner in a non-title match at 5:00 with a cradle as Steiner attempted a powerslam from the apron into the ring (Great American Bash 87)
Jimmy & Ron Garvin defeated Vladimir Petrov & Konga the Barbarian at 6:00 when Ron pinned the Barbarian
UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated UWF World Champion Big Bubba & the Angel of Death at 6:00 when Horner pinned Angel
Chris Adams defeated Black Bart via reverse decision at 4:35; Bart originally won via pinfall after using his branding iron but Sting came out and told the referee what happened
Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, & Buddy Roberts defeated Paul Jones, Ivan Koloff, & Manny Fernandez at 3:58 when Gordy pinned Jones with an elbow drop (Great American Bash 87)
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) via disqualification in a title vs. title match after referee Tommy Young found Bubba’s hat and sunglasses in the ring after Bubba interfered behind his back and dropped Morton with a sidewalk slam (Great American Bash 87)
Steve Williams (w/ Magnum TA) defeated Dick Murdoch (w/ Eddie Gilbert) in a Texas Death Match at 8:00 when Murdoch failed to get to his feet after Williams hit Murdoch with the cast on his left arm as Murdoch came off the top rope; after the bout, Williams hit Gilbert with the cast but was assaulted from behind by Murdoch wielding a steel chair; Magnum then gave Williams his cane, with Williams hitting Murdoch with the weapon and clearing him from the ring (Great American Bash 87)
Dusty Rhodes, NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, the Road Warriors, & Paul Ellering defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Lex Luger, & JJ Dillon in Wargames at 21:20 when Dillon submitted as Road Warrior Hawk stood on his throat (the first Wargames match) (Great American Bash 87, WarGames: WCW’s Most Notorious Matches)
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – July 5, 1987 (matinee)
Rocky King defeated John Savage
Nelson Royal defeated Clark (sub. for Gladiator #1)
Lazortron defeated MOD Squad #2
Jimmy Valiant defeated MOD Squad #1
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Lex Luger in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Manny Fernandez & Ivan Koloff
The Road Warriors defeated Arn Anderson & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
JCP @ Charleston, WV – July 5, 1987
The Italian Stallion defeated Gladiator #2
Kendall Windham defeated Thunderfoot #1
Misty Blue defeated Kat Leroux
The Barbarian defeated Todd Champion
Mike Rotundo fought Dory Funk Jr. to a draw
Jimmy Garvin defeated Ivan Koloff
Ron Garvin defeated Manny Fernandez via disqualification
Barry Windham defeated Vladimir Petrov
The Road Warriors defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, & Lex Luger in a steel cage match
JCP @ Inglewood, CA – Great Western Forum – July 6, 1987
Misty Blue defeated Kat Leroux
Mike Rotunda fought Dory Funk Jr. to a draw
Chris Adams defeated Black Bart via disqualification
Barry Windham defeated UWF Heavyweight Champion Big Bubba (w/ Skandar Akbar) in a streetfight
Jimmy & Ron Garvin defeated Ivan Koloff & Manny Fernandez
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification when UWF Heavyweight Champion Big Bubba hit the sidewalk slam on Morton
Steve Williams defeated Dick Murdoch
Dusty Rhodes pinned NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard in a non-title steel cage match with an elbow off the top to a standing Blanchard; after the match, NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Lex Luger, & Arn Anderson ran out and attacked Rhodes in the cage, with NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff & the Road Warriors then making the save
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff & the Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Lex Luger, & Arn Anderson in a steel cage match when Road Warrior Animal pinned Anderson with a clothesline as Anderson came off the middle turnbuckle; the cage was too small for wrestlers to stand on the apron, so they stood in the corner within the ring while waiting for the tag
JCP @ San Francisco, CA – Civic Auditorium – July 7, 1987
US Women’s Champion Misty Blue defeated Kat Leroux
Big Bubba defeated Chris Adams (sub. for Chavo Guerrero)
Barry Windham defeated Black Bart
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda fought Dory Funk Jr.
Jimmy & Ron Garvin defeated Ivan Koloff & Manny Fernandez
Dick Murdoch (w/ Eddie Gilbert) defeated Steve Williams; stipulations stated Williams would get 5 minutes in the ring with Gilbert if he won the match
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Arn Anderson
The Road Warriors defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Lex Luger
Dusty Rhodes (w/ Magnum TA) defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard in a non-title steel cage match
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – July 8, 1987
TV taping
JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardnes – July 9, 1987
Lazortron & Kendall Windham defeated Ivan Koloff & Paul Jones
Misty Blue defeated Kat Leroux
Jimmy Valiant defeated MOD Squad Basher
Ron Garvin defeated MOD Squad Spike
Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts defeated Big Bubba & the Angel of Death
Jimmy Garvin defeated Manny Fernandez via disqualification
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated the Barbarian
Steve Williams & Terry Gordy defeated Dick Murdoch & Eddie Gilbert
Dusty Rhodes, NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, & the Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, & Lex Luger in a steel cage match
JCP @ Pittsburgh, PA – Civic Arena – July 10, 1987
Misty Blue defeated Kat Leroux
Sting & Chris Adams defeated the Barbarian & Thunderfoot #1
Black Bart defeated the Italian Stallion
Buddy Roberts defeated Jerry Jackson
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Rick Steiner & Eddie Gilbert
Jimmy Garvin defeated Big Bubba via disqualification
Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy defeated the MOD Squad
Steve Williams defeated Dick Murdoch
Barry Windham & Ron Garvin defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes, NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, & the Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, & Lex Luger
Worldwide – 7/11/87 – featured the Eddie Gilbert vs. Mark Fleming, NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane, and Dusty Rhodes, NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, & the Road Warriors vs. NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Lex Luger, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, & Arn Anderson matches taped 7/2/87 at the Capital Centre
Pro – 7/11/87 – included Tony Schiavone & Bob Caudle on commentary; featured Schiavone conducting a ringside interview with Dick Murdoch & UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert regarding Murdoch’s match later in the show against Steve Williams, during which Murdoch also cut a promo on Dusty Rhodes and Terry Gordy and said he would become the next UWF World Champion; included Schiavone conducting a ringside interview with Lex Luger & JJ Dillon regarding the July 25 card at the Philadelphia Civic Center in which Luger would be part of an in-ring segment of The Dating Game with three members of the audience, during which both said Luger would leave Philadelphia with the NWA US Title; featured comments from University of Oklahoma football coach Barry Switzer in which he told fans not to miss the Great American Bash on tour; included footage from the 6/28/87 match in Rock Hill, SC between NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane; featured the Rocky King vs. Thunderfoot #2, Gordy & Buddy Roberts vs. Paul Jones & Ivan Koloff, and Murdoch vs. Williams matches taped 7/2/87 at the Capital Centre
World Championship Wrestling – 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
UWF @ Oklahoma City, OK – Myriad – July 11, 1987
Included a pre-show concert by David Allan Coe
TV taping:
UWF – 7/18/87:
Steve Williams pinned UWF Heavyweight Champion Big Bubba to win the title; Dusty Rhodes was tied to Skandar Akbar for the match UWF – 7/25/87:
UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Gary Young & the Terminator
Davey Haskins & Shane Douglas defeated the Enforcer & Bob Bradley
Terry Gordy defeated Black Bart (w/ Skandr Akbar) via disqualificatio in a taped fist match
Dusty Rhodes, Sting, & Chris Adams defeated UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert, Rick Steiner, & the Angel of Death in a bunkhouse match
UWF – 8/1/87:
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham fought Dick Murdoch (w/ Eddie Gilbert) to a time-limit draw at around the 29:41 mark; Jim Ross & Terry Taylor provided commentary for the match; the bout ended just after Murdoch dropped Windham with the brainbuster
Dark matches:
The Road Warriors defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match
Steve Cox won a $10,000 pole battle royal
NWA Southern Professional Wrestling – 7/12/87 – hosted by Sir Oliver Humperdink & JJ Dillon; included comments from Blackjack Mulligan & Kevin Sullivan on facing Dory Funk Jr. & Humperdink the following day in Orlando, with Mulligan warning Sullivan not to double cross him and Sullivan stating they could be teammates without being friends; moments later, UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham stormed in and objected to his father teaming with Sullivan; featured two live event promos for the Great American Bash tour, featuring NWA World Champion Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes, respectively; included comments from Bugsy McGraw, who urged fans to celebrate their freedom at the Bash tour events; featured the Jimmy Garvin vs. Arn Anderson, NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. NWA US Tag Team Champions Stan Lane & Bobby Eaton, and NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs. Windham matches taped 7/1/87 in Lakeland, FL
NWA Super Bouts – 7/87 – featured the Barry Windham vs. UWF Heavyweight Champion Big Bubba and Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy vs. Sting & Eddie Gilbert matches taped 6/6/87 at the Greensboro Coliseum
JCP @ Greensboro, NC – Coliseum – July 11, 1987 (10,532)
Kendall Windham defeated Thunderfoot #1
Nelson Royal defeated Thunderfoot #2
The MOD Squad defeated Jimmy Valiant & Lazertron in a bunkhouse match at 6:16 when Basher pinned Lazertron after Spike hit Lazertron with brass knuckles behind the referee’s back as Basher was caught in an abdominal stretch
Worldwide – 7/18/87: Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts fought Manny Fernandez & Ivan Koloff (w/ Paul Jones) to a time-limit draw at around the 13-minute mark; Fernandez kicked out of a sunset flip from Hayes just before the bell rang
Ole Anderson defeated the Barbarian
Arn Anderson & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson via disqualification
Worldwide – 7/18/87; NWA Super Bouts – 12/87: NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) in a steel cage match with the figure-4 and holding the ring ropes for added leverage at around the 14-minute mark; stipulations stated Flair would win a date with Precious if he won; mid-way through the bout, Ron Garvin appeared ringside to offer moral support to the challenger; after the match, Precious climbed in the ring to tend to Jimmy but was grabbed by Flair, with Ron then assaulting Flair until he left the cage (Great American Bash 87)
Worldwide – 7/18/87: Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff in a steel cage match via KO with the Torture Rack after hitting him in the back with a steel chair thrown in the ring by Dillon while referee Earl Hebner was knocked out; Koloff came into the ring wearing a neckbrace but Luger took it off mid-way through the match; after the bout, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson celebrated in the ring with Luger and Dillon (Great American Bash 87)
CWF @ Orlando, FL – July 12, 1987 (4,000)
Lazertron defeated Jerry Gray
The Sheepherders defeated Mike Graham & Steve Keirn
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated the Cuban Connection
Kevin Sullivan defeated the Tahitian Prince
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo defeated Ivan Koloff
Blackjack Mulligan & Kevin Sullivan defeated Dory Funk Jr. & Sir Oliver Humperdink
JCP @ Asheville, NC – Civic Center – July 12, 1987 (matinee)
Ricky Nelson vs. Thunderfoot #2
John Savage vs. Gladiator #2
Larry Stephens vs. Gladiator #1
Rocky King vs. Dexter Wescott
Nelson Royal & the Italian Stallion vs. the MOD Squad
Kendall Windham vs. the Barbarian
Todd Champion vs. Vladimir Pietrov
NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson
NWA Six-Man Tag Team Champions Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors vs. NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA US Champion Lex Luger, & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
JCP @ Baltimore, MD – Arena – July 12, 1987 (13,500)
Misty Blue defeated Kat Leroux
Terry Gordy (sub. for Buddy Roberts) defeated Thunderfoot #1
Rick Steiner (sub. for Black Bart) defeated Sting
Jimmy Garvin defeated Manny Fernandez via disqualification
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts (sub. for Terry Gordy)
Barry Windham defeated Big Bubba
Ron Garvin defeated NWA US Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton (sub. for an injured Jim Cornette); Cornette came out to the ring on crutches before the bout
UWF World Champion Steve Williams defeated Dick Murdoch
Nikita Koloff & the Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA US Champion Lex Luger, & Arn Anderson in an elimination match
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard in a non-title barbed wire match
UWF @ Salisbury, MD – Wicomico Youth & Civic Center – July 13, 1987
Misty Blue defeated Kat Leroux
Terry Gordy defeated Thunderfoot #2 (sub. for Black Bart)
Eddie Gilbert defeated Mark Fleming
Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts defeated the MOD Squad
Sting defeated Rick Steiner
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Big Bubba
UWF World Champion Steve Williams defeated Dick Murdoch
JCP @ West Palm Beach, FL – Auditorium – July 13, 1987
Jimmy Valiant defeated Ricky Santana
David Sierra defeated Bill Mulkey
Ron Simmons & Scott Hall defeated Bill Tabb & Incubus
The Sheepherders defeated Ed Gantner & Steve Keirn
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda defeated Ivan Koloff
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson
NWA US Champion Lex Luger fought Nikita Koloff to a double disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
Blackjack Mulligan & Bugsy McGraw defeated Dory Funk Jr. & Sir Oliver Humperdink
UWF @ Baton Rouge, LA – Centroplex – July 14, 1987
Dave Haskins & Shane Douglas fought the Enforcer (Doug Gilbert) & Gary Young to a draw
Angel of Death defeated Buddy Roberts
Shaska Whatley defeated Steve Cox
Michael Hayes defeated the Terminator
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Ivan Koloff & Paul Jones
Chris Adams & Sting defeated Rick Steiner & Black Bart
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Big Bubba via disqualification
Brad Armstrong (sub. for NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton) & NWA Tag Team Champion Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
UWF World Champion Steve Williams & Terry Gordy defeated UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert & Dick Murdoch in a bunkhouse match
JCP @ Gaffney, SC – Timken Gym – July 14, 1987
Fundraiser show
George South defeated Gladiator #1
The Italian Stallion defeated Thunderfoot #2
Rocky King defeated Thunderfoot #1
NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazertron fought Nelson Royal to a draw
The MOD Squad defeated Kendall Windham & Todd Champion
Jimmy Valiant defeated Arn Anderson via disqualification after Anderson tried to use a foreign object
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Manny Fernandez & the Barbarian
CWF @ Key West, FL – July 14, 1987
UWF @ Little Rock, AR – Barton Coliseum – July 15, 1987
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham (sub. for NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton) & NWA Tag Team Champion Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
JCP @ Johnson City, TN – Freedom Hall – July 16, 1987
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
CWF @ Tallahassee, FL – July 17, 1987
JCP @ Norfolk, VA – Scope – July 17, 1987
Mark Fleming defeated Gladiator #1
Nelson Royal defeated Thunderfoot #2
Lazertron defeated Thunderfoot #1
The MOD Squad defeated the Italian Stallion & Todd Champion
Manny Fernandez defeated Rocky King
The Barbarian defeated Kendall Windham
Paul Ellering defeated Paul Jones in a bunkhouse match
Robert Gibson defeated Sean Royal
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, & the Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA US Champion Lex Luger, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, & Arn Anderson in a steel cage match
Worldwide – 7/18/87 – featured the Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts vs. Ivan Koloff & Manny Fernandez, NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Lex Luger, and NWA World Champion Ric Flair vs. Jimmy Garvin matches taped 7/11/87 in Greensboro
Pro – 7/18/87:
Sean Royal vs. Todd Champion
Nelson Royal vs. Colt Steele
Barry Windham vs. NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Sarasota, FL – July 18, 1987
JCP @ Charlotte, NC – Memorial Stadium – July 18, 1987 (25,000)
Pro – 7/25/87: Jimmy Valiant, Kendall Windham, & NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron defeated Sean Royal, Gladiator #1 & #2 (sub. for the Mod Squad & Gary Royal) when Windham pinned a Gladiator with a crossbody
Pro – 7/25/87: Vladimir Petrov (w/ Paul Jones) pinned Todd Champion with the Russian Sickle at 2:11
Ron & Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) defeated Manny Fernandez & Ivan Koloff
Pro – 7/25/87: UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned Big Bubba (w/ Skandar Akbar) with a crossbody off the top at around the 6-minute mark; after the bout, Bob Caudle conducted a ringside interview with Windham regarding his recent title win and defending against the likes of Bubba, Dick Murdoch, and the Four Horsemen
Pro – 7/25/87: NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts when Lane pinned Roberts after hitting him with Cornette’s tennis racquet behind the referee’s back; Cornette briefly joined the commentary team for the match; after the contest, Terry Gordy came out to dispute the call and then cleared the champions and Cornette from ringside; the commentary team of Bob Caudle & Johnny Weaver said the decision was overturned after Gordy told the referee what happened but the ring announcer did not indicate that; moments later, Caudle & Weaver conducted a ringside interview with Hayes regarding the match
NWA International Tag Team Champion Road Warrior Animal defeated Arn Anderson; the bout was advertised as a taped fist match
Worldwide – 7/25/87: UWF World Champion Steve Williams & Terry Gordy defeated UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert & Dick Murdoch in a bunkhouse match when Williams pinned Gilbert after hitting him with Gilbert’s own boot
Worldwide – 7/25/87: NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated the MOD Squad (sub. for Chris Champion & Sean Royal) at around the 11-minute mark when Gibson scored the pin with a sunset flip into the ring; during the bout, it was noted the War Machine would replace the injured JJ Dillon for Wargames 2 in Miami, FL
Black Bart (sub. for Terry Taylor) defeated Chris Adams
Worldwide – 7/25/87: NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated NWA International Tag Team Champion Road Warrior Hawk (w/ Paul Ellering) via disqualification; less than 1 minute of the match aired before the broadcast ended
NWA US Champion Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Nikita Koloff via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes (w/ UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham) defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon & Dark Journey) in a non-title $100,000 barbed wire ladder match at 7:14 after hitting Blanchard with his own loaded glove as Windham prevented Dillon from interfering (Great American Bash 87)
JCP @ Roanoke, VA – Civic Center – July 19, 1987 (matinee)
Worldwide – 8/1/87 – hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett on commentary; featured Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Nikita Koloff, now without his neckbrace, about his plans to regain the NWA US Title; featured footage from NWA Pro of Schiavone introducing the ‘dream date’ with Precious and NWA World Champion Ric Flair; Flair and JJ Dillon were then shown in a hotel suite with a private pool, with Dillon instructing the cameraman to not be seen because he was paying him a lot of money to document the night; Flair and Dillon then prepared for the date; moments later, there was a knock at the door, with a person in a blonde wig and sparkling blue jacket then knocking Flair out with a punch and shoving Dillon into the pool; the person then revealed himself as Ron Garvin, with he and Jimmy Garvin running off with the camerman’s camera; Schiavone then discussed the situation with Flair and Dillon, with the two targetting Ron Garvin; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Dillon, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, and Arn Anderson in which they said they were now focused on taking the NWA Tag Team Titles; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Jimmy Garvin, with Precious and Ron Garvin, about Manny Fernandez, Ivan Koloff, and Paul Jones trying to injure Jimmy’s leg on NWA Pro beyond what happened to him in Greensboro against Flair; Ron then responded to Flair’s comments about him earlier in the show and said he would take Flair’s title; included a closing segment in which Schiavone recapped footage of the rivalry between Luger and Koloff in recent months, leading to Luger winning the US title in Greensboro:
Sean Royal pinned Rocky King with a kneedrop off the top at 1:12
The Barbarian (w/ Paul Jones) pinned the Italian Stallion with a headbutt off the top at 5:27; late in the bout, the Barbarian applied a Scorpion Deathlock
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned Thunderfoot #2 with the lariat at 3:42
Pro – 8/1/87 – included Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA US Champion Lex Luger and JJ Dillon in which they noted Dusty Rhodes never held the US title and now wanted a shot at it; Luger then suggested Nikita Koloff work his way back up the ranks to prove to Luger that he was a viable contender before saying Rhodes, just like Koloff, would be a stepping stone for him; featured Bob Caudle & Johnny Weaver on commentary; included Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson about the challenge of Arn Anderson & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Rhodes and Koloff in which Koloff discussed his neck healing and wanting the US title back and Rhodes discussing Luger’s comments from earlier in the show; included Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair and Dillon in which they reviewed footage of Flair’s date with Precious and discussed being humiliated by Ron Garvin; Flair then said he wanted Garvin and would need only one match to end him:
The Italian Stallion pinned Gene Ligon with a powerslam; the match was joined in progress
The Barbarian (w/ Paul Jones) pinned Kendall Windham at around the 8:30 mark with a falling headbutt after Jones tripped Windham from the floor; after the bout, Windham avoided Barbarian’s headbutt off the top and knocked him to the floor
Jimmy Valiant & NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron defeated Sean Royal & Thunderfoot #2 at the 56-second mark when Lazortron pinned Thunderfoot with a flying forearm
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) defeated Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) via disqualification at around the 6-minute mark when Jones attacked Fernandez as Garvin had him covered with a roll up; during the bout, Jones briefly joined the commentary team; after the match, Fernandez and Ivan Koloff double teamed Jimmy and Fernandez came off the top onto Garvin’s knee, as he was held down by Koloff and Jones, before Ron Garvin ran out to make the save; moments later, Ron Garvin joined Bob Caudle & Johnny Weaver and said he would make sure that kind of attack wouldn’t happen again; Ron then helped Jimmy backstage
Dark matches:
Ron Garvin defeated Ivan Koloff in a chain match
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda fought Dory Funk Jr. to a draw
Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, & the Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA US Champion Lex Luger, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, & Arn Anderson in a steel cage match
JCP @ Chicago, IL – UIC Pavilion – July 19, 1987 (10,000; sell out)
Ivan Koloff defeated Todd Champion
Sting defeated Rick Steiner
Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts defeated the MOD Squad
Black Bart defeated Chris Adams
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Big Bubba & the Angel of Death
Steve Williams & Terry Gordy defeated Dick Murdoch & Eddie Gilbert
NWA US Champion Lex Luger fought Road Warrior Hawk to a no contest
Nikita Koloff defeated Arn Anderson
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – July 20, 1987
Sean Royal defeated Rocky King
The Barbarian defeated Kendall Windham
Ivan Koloff defeated Todd Champion
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2
Jimmy Valiant & Lazertron defeated the MOD Squad
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Manny Fernandez
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
Paul Ellering defeated Paul Jones in a bunkhouse match
Dusty Rhodes (w/ Magnum TA) defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
Nikita Koloff & the Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA US Champion Lex Luger, & Arn Anderson in a steel cage match
UWF @ Shreveport, LA – Hirsch Coliseum – July 20, 1987
UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner vs. Big Bubba & the Angel of Death
Sting vs. Rick Steiner (taped fist match)
Chris Adams vs. Black Bart (steel cage match)
UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams & Terry Gordy vs. Dick Murdoch & UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert (bunkhouse match)
Also included the Fabulous Freebirds
JCP @ Columbia, SC – Township Auditorium – July 21, 1987
UWF @ Jackson, MS – Fairgrounds Coliseum – July 21, 1987
TV taping:
UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner vs. Big Bubba & the Angel of Death
Sting & Chris Adams vs. UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert & Black Bart
UWF World Champion Steve Williams vs. Dick Murdoch (bunkhouse match)
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – July 22, 1987 (matinee)
TV taping
JCP @ Columbus, GA – July 22, 1987
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
UWF @ Dallas, TX – Reunion Arena – July 23, 1987 (4,000)
Shane Douglas, Davey Haskins, Jeff Raitz, & Bob Bradley defeated Killer Killsha, Mike Boyette, the Enforcer, & Gary Young
Shane Douglas won a 10-man $10,000 pole match
Shaska Whatley defeated Steve Cox
Sting defeated Rick Steiner
UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham & Chris Adams defeated UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert & Black Bart
Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, & Buddy Roberts defeated Big Bubba, the Terminator, & the Angel of Death
UWF World Champion Steve Williams defeated Dick Murdoch in a Texas Death Match
The Road Warriors defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger & Arn Anderson
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Nikita Koloff
JCP @ Harrisonburg, VA – High School Gym – July 23, 1987
Denny Brown vs. Gladiator #2
The Italian Stallion vs. Gladiator #1
Todd Champion vs. the Barbarian
Kendall Windham vs. Vladimir Petrov
Jimmy Valiant & Lazer Tron vs. Thunderfoot #1 & #2
Ron Garvin vs. Ivan Koloff
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Chris Champion & Sean Royal
UWF @ Houston, TX – Summit – July 24, 1987
Davey Haskins & Shane Douglas defeated Shaska Whatley & the Enforcer; the match was advertised as just Douglas vs. the Enforcer
Buddy Roberts defeated the Terminator
Steve Cox defeated the Angel of Death
Sting defeated Rick Steiner
Chris Adams defeated Black Bart (sub. for UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert) via disqualification
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham fought NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard to a double disqualification; only the UWF title was at stake
UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger & Arn Anderson via disqualification
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy fought NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane, Big Bubba, & Black Bart to a double count-out; both Jim Cornette & Skandar Akbar were suspended in a cage above the ring for the bout
NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought Dusty Rhodes to a double disqualification
UWF World Champion Steve Williams defeated Dick Murdoch in a barbed wire match
CWF @ St. Petersburg, FL – Bayfront Center – July 24, 1987
Ron Garvin vs. the Tahitian Prince
Ron Simmons, Scott Hall, & Jimmy Valiant vs. Manny Fernandez, Ivan Koloff, & Vladimir Pietrov
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda vs. Mike Graham
Ed Gantner & Bugsy McGraw vs. the Sheepherders
Blackjack Mulligan & Kevin Sullivan vs. Dory Funk Jr. & Sir Oliver Humperdink (lights out barbed wire fence match)
Included 4 other matches
Worldwide – 7/25/87
Pro – 7/25/87 – included Johnny Weaver & Bob Caudle on commentary; featured Caudle conducting a backstage interview with Nikita Koloff regarding the recovery of his neck injury and loss of the NWA US Title; Caudle and Koloff then reviewed footage from the cage match loss to Lex Luger on 7/11/87 in Greensboro; included Dusty Rhodes cutting a backstage promo on Luger regarding his title win, during which Rhodes challenged Luger to a title match; featured the Jimmy Valiant, Kendall Windham, & Lazortron vs. Sean Royal, Gladiator #1, & Gladiator #2, Vladimir Petrov vs. Todd Champion, UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Big Bubba, and NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts matches taped 7/18/87 in Charlotte
World Championship Wrestling – 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
NWA Super Bouts – ?/87 – hosted by Tony Schiavone & JJ Dillon:
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham fought NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) to a time-limit draw at around the 15-minute mark; the bell rang just as Windham had Blanchard covered following a dropkick off the top
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – July 25, 1987
Future ECW referee Jim Molineaux was in attendance for the show
Kendall Windham & Todd Champion defeated the MOD Squad
NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron pinned Nelson Royal
Sean Royal pinned the Italian Stallion
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo fought Dory Funk Jr. to a 20-minute time-limit draw
The Barbarian pinned Jimmy Valiant
Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, & Buddy Roberts defeated Ivan Koloff, Vladimir Petrov, & Manny Fernandez via disqualification when Fernandez hit Roberts with a steel chain
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Arn Anderson
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title lumberjacks with tennis racquets match when Morton pinned Eaton
UWF World Champion Steve Williams pinned Dick Murdoch in a bunkhouse match
Jimmy Garvin & Precious defeated Paul Jones (sub. for JJ Dillon) & Dark Journey when Garvin pinned Jones with a backslide
Dusty Rhodes & Ron Garvin defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard in a double bullrope match when Rhodes pinned Blanchard after hitting him with a cowbell
Nikita Koloff defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger via disqualification in a steel cage match after hitting the challenger with a foreign object
UWF @ Shreveport, LA – Rapides Parish Coliseum – July 25, 1987
TV taping:
Sting vs. Rick Steiner (w/ UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert)
UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner vs. Big Bubba & the Angel of Death
Chris Adams vs. Black Bart (steel cage match)
CWF @ Daytona Beach, FL – Ocean Center – July 26, 1987
JCP @ Cleveland, OH – Municipal Stadium – July 26, 1987
Non-Great American Bash show held after a Cleveland Indians game
Ron Garvin defeated the Barbarian
Jimmy Valiant defeated Ivan Koloff
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard fought Jimmy Garvin to a draw
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
JCP @ Fayetteville, NC – Cumberland County Memorial Arena – July 27, 1987
The Italian Stallion defeated Thunderfoot #1
The Barbarian defeated Todd Champion
Paul Ellering defeated Paul Jones
NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazertron defeated MOD Squad Basher
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham & Kendall Windham
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson
The Road Warriors defeated Manny Fernandez & Ivan Koloff
Ron Garvin defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair
Nikita Koloff defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger
JCP @ Rock Hill, SC – Winthrop Coliseum – July 28, 1987
Manny Fernandez defeated Kendall Windham
The Barbarian defeated Lazortron
Jimmy Valiant defeated Ivan Koloff via disqualification
Todd Champion & The Italian Stallion defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2
Ron & Jimmy Garvin fought NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane to a 30-minute time-limit draw
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated Barry Windham
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Arn Anderson & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – July 29, 1987
TV taping
JCP @ Jacksonville, FL – Coliseum – July 30, 1987
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
JCP @ Miami, FL – Orange Bowl – July 31, 1987 (16,000)
The last show of the Great American Bash tour
Scott Hall defeated Bob Cook
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw defeated Ricky Santana & the Cuban Assassin
Manny Fernandez (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Randy & Bill Mulkey in a handicap match following a flying forearm
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned Incubus with a clothesline off the top
NWA Florida Tag Team Champions the Sheepherders fought Ron & Jimmy Garvin to a double disqualification
NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo pinned Ivan Koloff (w/ Paul Jones) with an inside cradle and fast count from referee Earl Hebner, moments after the challenger shoved Hebner
Kevin Sullivan defeated Dory Funk Jr. in a Texas Death Match
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) via disqualification at 10:15 when Lane accidentally hit Eaton with Cornette’s tennis racquet; after the bout, Cornette hit Morton with the racquet before Eaton & Lane dropped Morton with a spike piledriver
Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, the Road Warriors, & Paul Ellering defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, NWA US Champion Lex Luger, & the War Machine (Ray Traylor) (sub. for JJ Dillon) at 19:38 when War Machine submitted as Road Warrior Animal repeatedly rammed a spike elbowpad into War Machine’s eye (Great American Bash 87, WarGames: WCW’s Most Notorious Matches)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Richmond, VA – Coliseum – August 1, 1987 (7,500)
Thunderfoot #1 & Sean Royal defeated the Italian Stallion & Nelson Royal
Ivan Koloff defeated Todd Champion
The Barbarian defeated Kendall Windham
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw defeated the MOD Squad
Jimmy Garvin defeated Manny Fernandez
Nikita Koloff defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger via disqualification
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson
Ron Garvin defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
UWF @ New Orleans, LA – Superdome – August 1, 1987 (5,000)
TV taping:
UWF – 8/22/87:
Davey Haskins pinned Mike Boyette
Terry Gordy (w/ Michael Hayes) pinned the Angel of Death
Terry Taylor (w/ UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert) pinned Steve Cox
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned Shaska Whatley
UWF – 8/29/87:
Sting pinned the Enforcer
UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via reverse decision
Dusty Rhodes & UWF World Champion Steve Williams defeated Eddie Gilbert & Dick Murdoch in a double bullrope match when Williams pinned Gilbert
Dark matches:
Shane Doglas pinned Gary Young
Rick Steiner defeated Chris Adams in a taped fist match in the 5th round
Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, & Buddy Roberts defeated Big Bubba, Black Bart, & the Terminator in a steel cage first blood elimination match; Roberts was eliminated; Terminator was eliminated; Hayes and Bart were eliminated; Bubba was eliminated
JCP @ Huntington, WV – August 2, 1987 (matinee)
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match
JCP @ Charlotte, NC – Coliseum – August 2, 1987 (8,371)
Larry Stephens defeated Colt Steele (sub. for Nelson Royal)
Nelson Royal defeated Keith Patterson; the match replaced the scheduled Denny Brown vs. Ed Gantner bout
Todd Champion defeated Sean Royal
Nikita Koloff defeated Arn Anderson
Barry Windham fought NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard to a draw; Blanchard’s title and $10,000 were at stake
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title bunkhouse match
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
Ron Garvin fought NWA World Champion Ric Flair to a no contest
UWF @ Morgan City, LA – August 3, 1987
UWF – 8/8/87 – featured an opening shot of Missy Hyatt getting ready for Terry Taylor’s press conference to begin; hosted by Jim Ross & Magnum TA, with the two discussing that Magnum was in street clothes because the airline lost his luggage; included a segment in which Missy spoke with Chris Adams at the site of the press conference, with Adams saying he was waiting for Taylor and wanted to know what Taylor had to say; featured a Dusty Rhodes video package set to Hank Williams Jr.’s ‘You Can’t Judge a Book (By Looking at the Cover)’; included Magnum conducting a ringside interview with Shaska Whatley in which he said he was after title belts and would take the UWF Tag Team Titles if he could find a partner; featured the Ron Simmons vs. Gladiator #1 match from the 7/18/87 World Championship Wrestling; included Ross & Missy at the site of the press conference, with Taylor then walking in and taking a question from Dennis Brent about whether Taylor and Adams could be friends again; another person asked what role Taylor has now with UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert, with Gilbert then whispering in Taylor’s ear and Taylor saying Gilbert was a motivational force; after Taylor ducked a question, Ross asked where Taylor had been for the past 5 weeks; Taylor then fired off that everyone was just trying to bring him down and they would never be at his level, with he and Gilbert then storming off; Ross said there was more time left for the press conference and invited Adams to come up to take questions; moments later, Taylor jumped Adams from behind, hitting him with a chair and busting him open until others pulled Taylor away; featured a segment in which Magnum spoke with Sting at ringside at the commentary table, with Sting saying he wanted a shot to get back at Taylor for what Taylor did to Adams; included several minutes from the NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane taped 7/2/87 at the Capital Centre; the airing only showed Eaton & Lane controversially winning the titles and made no mention that the decision was later reversed; after the video aired, Magnum said UWF Commissioner John Ayers was working hard to bring the tag team feud to the UWF cities so fans could see it live; featured a video package on NWA World Champion Ric Flair set to ‘Also sprach Zarathustra’:
Shaska Whatley pinned Ken Massey with the flying headbutt at 3:01
UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert pinned Davey Haskins with the Hot Shot at 4:31; during his entrance, Gilbert said Haskins could have his title if he could beat him; after the contest, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with Gilbert about choosing to put the title on the line against someone like Haskins and not one of the top contenders; Gilbert then said he would face anyone, including Sting, Chris Adams, Brad Armstrong and Tim Horner, and he would go through everyone, including UWF World Champion Steve Williams
Big Bubba (w/ Skandar Akbar) defeated Bobby Howell & Craig Whitford in a handicap match at the 54-second mark by pinning Whitford with one hand after the sidewalk slam; Magnum TA provided sole commentary for the bout as Jim Ross was still at the press conference; after the bout, Magnum TA conducted a ringside interview with Akbar in which he said Bubba would get revenge on UWF World Champion Steve Williams for taking his title
Black Bart & the Terminator (w/ Skandar Akbar) defeated Davey Haskins & Ron Ellis at 3:32 when Bart pinned Haskins with the leg drop from the middle turnbuckle; during the bout, it was announced UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert would defend against Brad Armstrong the following week; after the match, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert and Terry Taylor about what happened earlier at the show at their press conference
UWF – 8/15/87 – featured an opening clip of the NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane from 7/2/87 at the Capital Centre; hosted by Jim Ross & Magnum TA; included the same Ron Simmons vs. Gladiator #1 match from the 7/18/87 World Championship Wrestling that was shown on the previous week’s show; for the second week in a row, the show featured several minutes of the Morton & Gibson vs. Eaton & Lane match from the Capital Centre; the footage ended with Eaton & Lane supposedly winning the titles, followed by the announcement the UWF was working on bringing the two teams in to continue their feud; featured Ross conducting a ringside interview with Sting in which he said he wanted UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert and Terry Taylor after the two jumped Chris Adams the previous week during Taylor’s press conference; Sting then said he would take Gilbert’s TV title and would also go after Rick Steiner; included footage from the Barry Windham vs. Angel of Death match taped 6/11/87 in Thibodeaux, LA; featured a Dusty Rhodes video package set to Hank Williams Jr.’s ‘You Can’t Judge a Book (By Looking at the Cover)’; included a backstage promo by UWF World Champion Steve Williams in which he said he would show Big Bubba who the toughest man was in the UWF; featured a video package on NWA World Champion Ric Flair set to ‘Also sprach Zarathustra;’ included a clip of Michael Hayes’ ‘Badstreeet USA’ music video:
Sting pinned Mike Boyette with a jumping fist drop at 1:02; during the bout, Boyette, who had a record of 0-99, cut an insert promo in which he said he was going to finally win
Rick Steiner pinned Bobby Howell with a belly to belly suplex at 1:57
Big Bubba (w/ Skandar Akbar) defeated Ron Ellis & Craig Whitford in a handicap match at 1:29 by pinning both men after hitting the sidewalk slam on Whitford and a backbreaker on Ellis, then putting Ellis on top of his opponent; after the bout, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with Akbar, with Bubba, the Terminator, and Black Bart, about Bubba facing UWF World Champion Steve Williams
UWF Tag Team Champion Brad Armstrong defeated UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert via disqualification at around the 14-minute mark when Terry Taylor attacked the challenger as Armstrong put Gilbert in a figure-4; prior to the bout, footage was shown from the previous week of Taylor attacking Chris Adams with a chair during Taylor’s press conference; after the match, Armstrong was double teamed until UWF Tag Team Champion Tim Horner ran out to clear the ring and make the save; moments later, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with Gilbert and Taylor in which they issued a challenge to Armstrong & Horner for the tag team titles; Adams then appeared and attacked Taylor as Armstrong hit the side Russian legsweep on Gilbert in the ring, with Horner counting the pinfall
UWF – ? – hosted by Jim Ross & Missy Hyatt:
Shane Douglas (sub. for Sting) pinned UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert to win the title when, after the referee was knocked down, Sting, his head bandaged, ran out to the ring and hit a clothesline on the champion; prior to the bout, Terry Taylor attacked Sting from behind, repeatedly hitting him with a steel chair in the aisle and busting Sting’s head open; moments later, Douglas, UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner tended to Sting on the floor and helped him backstage; Gilbert took the mic, bragged about being the winner and still champion until the referee stole the belt away, ordered that a title match take place and sent Taylor backstage; Douglas then came back out to answer the challenge; after the contest, Sting, Armstrong, Horner and others came out to celebrate and hoisted Douglas on their shoulders
Dark matches:
Buddy Roberts vs. the Terminator
Chris Adams vs. Terry Taylor
UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner vs. Big Bubba & Black Bart
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – August 3, 1987
Lazortron defeated Gladiator #1
Sean Royal defeated the Italian Stallion
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw defeated the MOD Squad
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Ivan Koloff & the Barbarian (sub. for Vladimir Petrov)
Jimmy Garvin defeated Manny Fernandez
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Nikita Koloff; Blanchard’s title and his $10,000 were at stake
NWA Us Champion Lex Luger defeated UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham; only the US title was at stake
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Ron Garvin
JCP @ Spartanburg, SC – Memorial Auditorium – August 4, 1987
TV taping:
Worldwide – 8/15/87 – featured an opening clip of NWA World Champion Ric Flair facing Ricky King on NWA Pro, with Ron Garvin then fighting Flair in the ring; hosted by Tony Schiavone, with Schiavone conducting a ringside interview with Jimmy Garvin, with Precious, about Ron chasing Flair and the title; included a video package on Dusty Rhodes; featured Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Rhodes and Nikita Koloff about Rhodes’ match the previous week with NWA US Champion Lex Luger, with Rhodes saying both he and Nikita have had raw deals recently against Luger and introducing footage of him putting Luger out with the sleeper; included Caudle conducting an interview with Flair about his rivalry with Ron Garvin, with the two reviewing footage from NWA Pro of Garvin fighting off the Four Horsemen; featured Caudle conducting an interview with JJ Dillon and Luger about Luger’s match with Rhodes, with Dillon saying Rhodes’ sleeper is an illegal choke and Luger saying he would stay US champion as long as he wanted; included a video package on Flair; included Caudle conducting an interview with Ron Garvin about facing Flair, with the two reviewing footage of facing all the Horsemen during NWA Pro:
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw defeated Thunderfoot #1 & Thunderfoot #2 at the 55-second mark when McGraw scored the pin with a splash
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Ricky Nelson & Gary Royal at the 25-second mark when Gibson pinned Nelson with the double dropkick
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned Mike Force with the lariat at the 46-second mark
Ivan Koloff & the Barbarian (w/ Paul Jones) defeated David Isley & Tommy Angel at 2:39 when Koloff pinned Angel with a clothesline off the top as the Barbarian hoisted Angel in the air; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Jones and his men in which he said his camp suffered through the Great American Bash tour but they had regrouped and were ready for the Road Warriors, Ron & Jimmy Garvin, NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, Dusty Rhodes & Nikita Koloff
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) pinned Colt Steele with the slingshot suplex at 2:02; after the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Dillon and Blanchard about NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton wanting a shot at the title
Arn Anderson pinned Brodie Chase with the spinebuster at 3:48
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated George South & Larry Stephens at 3:47 when Eaton pinned Stephens with the Double Goozle; during the bout, Cornette joined Tony Schiavone on commentary; after the match, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Cornette, Eaton & Lane in which Cornette said the only thing left for them to accomplish was dethrone NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
Pro – 8/8/87:
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Ricky Nelson & David Isley
Jimmy Garvin & Barry Windham vs. Thunderfoot #1 & #2
Ron Garvin vs. Gladiator #1
Arn Anderson & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs. John Savage & Mike Force
Bugsy McGraw vs. Tommy Angel
Nikita Koloff vs. Gary Royal
NWA World Champion Ric Flair vs. Rocky King
Dark match: NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Arn Anderson & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – August 5, 1987
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ St. Louis, MO – Arena – August 7, 1987 (7,000)
Sting fought Rick Steiner to a draw
Ron Simmons defeated Ivan Koloff
Terry Gordy defeated Black Bart
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Ron & Jimmy Garvin via disqualification
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated Nikita Koloff via count-out
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Big Bubba
Dusty Rhodes & UWF World Champion Steve Williams defeated Dick Murdoch & UWF TV Champion Eddie Gilbert in a bunkhouse match
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Michael Hayes
Worldwide – 8/8/87 – featured an opening clip from the opening of the Nikita Koloff vs. Arn Anderson match; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson about facing the Horsemen, with the three showing footage of Morton & Gibson recently coming to the aid of UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham against the Horsemen; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Jim Cornette, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in which Cornette referred to Ron & Jimmy Garvin, the Fabulous Freebirds, Dusty Rhodes & Nikita Koloff as potential challengers; included Caudle conducting an interview with Ron Garvin about chasing NWA World Champion Ric Flair, with Garvin saying he wouldn’t steal the world title from Flair but he would walk out and take it from him:
Nikita Koloff pinned Arn Anderson (w/ JJ Dillon) with a roll up at around the 16-minute mark after Anderson swung at Ricky Morton, on the ring apron; late in the match, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard came off the top onto Koloff behind the referee’s back; moments later, Morton came out to tell the referee what happened, which distracted Anderson
Nelson Royal pinned Keith Patterson with a Thesz Press at 6:25; there were frequent chants of “Boring” during the bout
NWA US Champion Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Dusty Rhodes via reverse decision; Rhodes initially won the match and title at around the 15-minute mark when the momentum of a crossbody by Luger put Rhodes on top for the cover, with replacement referee Tommy Young counting the pinfall; however referee Teddy Long changed the call because he saw Rhodes throw Luger over the top rope moments earlier, as both referees were outside the ring; Tony Schiavone was the ring announcer for the match; after the pinfall, UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham, NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson came out to celebrate until the announcement of the decision; after the contest, Rhodes attacked Luger backstage and applied a sleeper on him until he passed out and Dillon repeatedly said “It’s over, Dream;” Rhodes released the hold, said “It ain’t over. Get him ready,” spat down on Luger, and walked away
JCP @ Pittsburgh, PA – August 8, 1987
Denny Brown defeated Jimmy Jackson
The Italian Stallion & Nelson Royal defeated Thunderfoot #2 & Gladiator #1
Sean Royal defeated Kendall Windham
Jimmy Valiant & NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazertron defeated the MOD Squad
Ron Garvin defeated Thunderfoot #1
Jimmy Garvin defeated Manny Fernandez
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson
Nikita Koloff defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger via disqualification
JCP @ Kansas City, MO – August 8, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated the Freebirds via disqualification
JCP @ Asheville, NC – Civic Center – August 9, 1987 (matinee)
Rocky King defeated John Savage
Sean Royal defeated NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazertron
Manny Fernandez defeated Colt Steele
The MOD Squad defeated Kendall Windham & the Italian Stallion
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Arn Anderson
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Nikita Koloff
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title Best 2 out of 3 falls match
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – Omni – August 9, 1987 (14,100)
Denny Brown defeated George South
Ron Simmons defeated Teijo Khan
Barry Windham defeated Dick Murdoch
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane fought Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts to a 20-minute time-limit draw
Steve Williams defeated Big Bubba
Nikita Koloff fought Ivan Koloff to a draw
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger via disqualification
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Ron Garvin via disqualification
JCP @ Buckingham, VA – August 10, 1987
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match
UWF @ Stockton, CA – Civic Auditorium – August 10, 1987 (1,500)
Ron Simmons pinned Shaska Whatley at 4:49 with a shoulderblock off the top
Michael Hayes pinned the Terminator at 12:39 with a crossbody
Terry Taylor defeated Chris Adams via disqualification at 9:00; Adams originally won the match with a powerslam but the referee caught him moments later with a foreign object that Taylor had tried to use moments earlier and then stuffed into the challenger’s tights, with the referee thinking the weapon was Adams’
UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Big Bubba & Black Bart at 15:40 when Armstrong pinned Bart with a cradle after switching places in the ring with Horner
NWA Tag Team Champion Robert Gibson & Sting (sub. for NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton) defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson at 16:00 when Gibson pinned Anderson with a roll up
Nikita Koloff defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger via disqualification at 16:00
UWF World Champion Steve Williams & Terry Gordy defeated Eddie Gilbert & Dick Murdoch in a bunkhouse match when Williams pinned Gilbert after hitting him with his own cowboy boot at 11:00
JCP @ Columbia, SC – Township Auditorium – August 11, 1987
TV taping:
Worldwide – 8/22/87 – featured an opening clip from NWA Pro of NWA World Champion Ric Flair interfering in a match between Ron & Jimmy Garvin and NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Ron Garvin about Flair costing him the NWA US Tag Team Titles, with Garvin saying he would now cost Flair his chance at big money by taking the world title; featured a video package on Dusty Rhodes; included Caudle conducting an interview with Jim Cornette, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane about the challenge of the Garvins, Rhodes & Nikita Koloff, NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors, the Fabulous Freebirds, and NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson; Cornette then said they would soon face Bill & Randy Mulkey in Anderson, SC and would destroy Mulkeymania in their own hometown; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Flair about the challenge of Ron Garvin, with Flair saying he would retire Garvin; included a video package on Flair; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Ivan Koloff in which he said he, Paul Jones, and the Barbarian were in need of title belts:
Jimmy Valiant pinned John Savage with an elbow drop at 1:47
Dusty Rhodes (w/ Johnny Weaver) defeated Colt Steele via submission with the sleeper at 1:14; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Rhodes, alongside Weaver, in which he said he supported Ron Garvin in his quest of NWA World Champion Ric Flair, said he was after NWA US Champion Lex Luger, and told NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane not to forget about he and Nikita Koloff
The Italian Stallion defeated MOD Squad Spike (w/ MOD Squad Basher) via disqualification at 4:38 when Basher attacked Stallion after Stallion hit a powerslam; after the contest, Stallion was double teamed before sustaining an elbow drop off the top from Basher
Ivan Koloff & the Barbarian (w/ Paul Jones) defeated George South & Rocky King at 3:40 when Barbarian pinned King with the headbutt off the top; during the bout, the Barbarian briefly applied a Scorpion Deathlock on King
Sean Royal pinned Ricky Nelson with the kneedrop off the top at 1:14
Kendall Windham pinned David Isley with the bulldog at 1:40; during the bout, UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham cut an insert promo about Kendall and facing the challenge of Arn Anderson
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham & Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) defeated Teijo Khan & Cougar Jay at 2:24 when Garvin pinned Jay with the brainbuster; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Garvin, Windham, and Precious about the Garvin & Windham tag team, wanting the NWA US Tag Team Titles, and Ron Garvin chasing NWA World Champion Ric Flair; Windham then challenged Arn Anderson to a title match
Pro – 8/22/87 – featured Bob Caudle & Johnny Weaver on commentary:
Dusty Rhodes defeated Gladiator #1 via submission with the sleeper at the 40-second mark; after the bout, Johnny Weaver left the commentary table to have Rhodes wake his opponent up
The MOD Squad vs. George South & Rocky King
Manny Fernandez, the Barbarian, & Ivan Koloff vs. Denny Brown, Ricky Nelson, & Larry Stevens
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Ron & Jimmy Garvin via disqualification
UWF @ San Jose, CA – August 11, 1987 (1,800)
Buddy Roberts defeated Steve Pardee
Sting & Ron Simmons defeated Pez Whatley & Rick Steiner
Michael Hayes defeated the Terminator
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Big Bubba & Black Bart via disqualification
Chris Adams defeated Terry Taylor via disqualification
Nikita Koloff defeated Eddie Gilbert
Terry Gordy fought Dick Murdoch to a no contest
UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams, NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, & Arn Anderson
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – August 12, 1987
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Inglewood, CA – Great Western Forum – August 12, 1987
TV taping:
Chris Adams defeated Terry Taylor
Buddy Roberts defeated Tau Lugo
UWF – 10/3/87: Ron Simmons pinned the Samoan Koquine (Yokozuna) at 1:49 with a bodyslam and shoulderblock off the middle turnbuckle
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Big Bubba & Black Bart via disqualification
Michael Hayes fought NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard to a draw
Shaska Whatley defeated Tim Patterson
Terry Taylor & Eddie Gilbert defeated Harry Hell & Billy Anderson
Arn Anderson defeated Brad Armstrong
Tim Horner defeated the Terminator
Eddie Gilbert & Dick Murdoch defeated UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams & Terry Gordy,BR> Nikita Koloff defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger via disqualification
JCP @ Raleigh, NC – Dorton Arena – August 13, 1987
Nelson Royal defeated MOD Squad Basher
MOD Squad Spike defeated Rocky King
The Italian Stallian defeated Colt Steele
Denny Brown defeated Thunderfoot #1
Jimmy Valiant & Lazertron defeated the Barbarian & Ivan Koloff
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham & Jimmy Garvin defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match; fall #3: Windham & Garvin won via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought Ron Garvin to a double count-out
JCP @ Norfolk, VA – Scope – August 14, 1987
The MOD Squad fought the Italian Stallion & Lazertron
Sean Royal defeated Colt Steele
Jimmy Garvin defeated Manny Fernandez
Ivan Koloff defeated Kendall Windham
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger via disqualification
Nikita Koloff & UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Ron Garvin via disqualification
Worldwide – 8/15/87:
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw vs. Thunderfoot #1 & Thunderfoot #2
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Ricky Nelson & Gary Royal
Barry Windham vs. Mike Force
Ivan Koloff & the Barbarian vs. David Isley & Tommy Angel
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard vs. Colt Steele
Arn Anderson vs. Brodie Chase
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. George South & Larry Stevens
JCP @ Charlotte, NC – Coliseum – August 15, 1987
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham & Jimmy Garvin fought NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane to a draw
JCP @ Baltimore, MD – Arena – August 15, 1987
Steve Cox defeated Thunderfoot #1
Lazertron fought Nelson Royal to a draw
Jimmy Valiant defeated Angel of Death
Sting defeated Eddie Gilbert via disqualification
Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy defeated Manny Fernandez & Shaska Whatley
The Road Warriors defeated Ivan Koloff & the Barbarian
NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought Ron Garvin to a draw at the 50-minute mark
JCP @ Kingsport, TN – Dobyns-Bennett High School Gym – August 16, 1987 (matinee)
Todd Champion vs. Ed Gantner
The Italian Stallion vs. Teijo Khan
Denny Brown & Rocky King vs. Thunderfoot #1 & #2
Jimmy Valiant & Lazertron vs. the MOD Squad
Kendall Windham vs. Manny Fernandez
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
Nikita Koloff vs. NWA US Champion Lex Luger
Ron Garvin vs. NWA World Champion Ric Flair
JCP @ Chicago, IL – UIC Pavilion – August 16, 1987 (8,700; sell out)
UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams defeated Eddie Gilbert
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Rick Steiner
Ron Simmons defeated Sean Royal
Sting defeated Black Bart
Ivan Koloff defeated the Italian Stallion
Ron Garvin, Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, & the Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Lex Luger, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, & JJ Dillon in a Wargames match
UWF @ Denver, CO – August 17, 1987
TV taping:
Ron Simmons defeated Rick Steiner
Sting defeated Black Bart
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Big Bubba
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match
UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams defeated Dick Murdoch
The Road Warriors & Nikita Koloff defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger, NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard, & Arn Anderson
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
JCP @ Fayetteville, NC – Cumberland County Civic Center – August 19, 1987
TV taping:
Pro – 8/29/87 – included opening clips from the MOD Squad vs. Denny Brown & Italian Stallion match; featured Bob Caudle & Johnny Weaver on commentary; included Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair in which Flair spoke of the challenges of Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, the Road Warriors, Ron Garvin, NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, then adding Garvin would never pin him or make him give up to win the title; featured Schiavone discussing the Horsemen’s challenge of Morton & Gibson for the tag team titles; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Garvin regarding his challenging Flair; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA US Champion Lex Luger in which he discussed the challenge of Dusty Rhodes and Rhodes using Johnny Weaver’s sleeper:
The MOD Squad defeated Denny Brown & the Italian Stallion when Stallion was pinned following a double clothesline behind the referee’s back (the match was joined in progress)
Ivan Koloff (w/ Paul Jones) pinned Kendall Windham with the Russian Sickle at around the 3:30 mark after Windham became distracted by Jones on the apron; after the bout, UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham ran out and cleared Koloff and Jones from the ring; moments later, Bob Caudle conducted a ringside interview with the Windhams in which Barry said Kendall would do well for himself but he wouldn’t stand for someone taking advantage of him; Barry then spoke of the challenge of Arn Anderson, saying they could settle it anytime in the ring
NWA Super Bouts: Nikita Koloff pinned NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) to win the title after more than 16 minutes after hitting the Russian Sickle on an interfering Dillon and hitting Blanchard with his own foreign object behind the back of referee Earl Hebner; late in the bout, Arn Anderson appeared ringside, at which time Blanchard hit Koloff with the weapon; moments later, UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham came out, stopped the referee from making the count, and tried to tell him what happened before then brawling with Blanchard in the ring in plain view of the referee; after the bout, Windham, NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, Kendall Windham, NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron, the Italian Stallion, Ron Garvin, and others filled the ring to celebrate the win; moments later, Bob Caudle conducted a ringside interview with Koloff regarding the win
Worldwide – 8/29/87 – featured an opening clip of Nikita Koloff vs. NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard from NWA Pro; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett, with the opening announcement that Koloff was the new TV champion; included a video package on NWA World Champion Ric Flair; featured several minutes from the closing of the Blanchard vs. Koloff match; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Koloff about his title win; featured a video package on Dusty Rhodes; included Caudle conducting an interview with Flair about Koloff’s title win and the challenge of Ron Garvin; ; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Ron Garvin about chasing Flair, with Garvin saying he would be the next world champion:
Arn Anderson pinned George South with the spinebuster and gordbuster at 1:28; prior to the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham, Jimmy Garvin, and Precious about challenging NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane and Anderson challenging Windham for his title; after the bout, Crockett conducted a ringside interview with JJ Dillon, Anderson, and NWA US Champion Lex Luger about Anderson chasing Windham and challenging NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson and Luger’s feud with Dusty Rhodes
NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron pinned Gladiator #2 with a sunset flip off the top at the 29-second mark
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Greg Stevens & David Isley at 1:52; during the bout, Cornette joined the commentary team
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Dexter Wescott & an unknown at the 52-second mark when Gibson scored the pin with the double dropkick; prior to the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with JJ Dillon, Tully Blanchard, and Arn Anderson about Nikita Koloff’s TV title win and challenging Morton & Gibson; after Morton & Gibson’s entrance, Blanchard & Anderson climbed in the right but were beaten down by the champions and quickly left ringside; immediately following the match, Blanchard & Anderson returned ringside and double teamed Morton until Gibson made the save with a steel chair
NWA US Champion Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Mike Force via submission with the Torture Rack at 1:20; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Luger, NWA World Champion Ric Flair, & Dillon about NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
NWA Super Bouts – 9/87: NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham & Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) at around the 15-minute mark when Lane pinned Garvin after Eaton hit Garvin over the back with Cornette’s tennis racquet behind the referee’s back as Garvin attempted to drop Lane with a suplex
JCP @ Forest City, NC – August 19, 1987
Ron Garvin & UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
JCP @ Pennington Gap, VA – August 20, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Jimmy Valiant & Lazertron
JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – Cincinnati Gardens – August 20, 1987 (2,500)
Kendall Windham pinned Jim Lancaster
Rocky King pinned Teijo Khan
Denny Brown pinned Gladiator #1
Sean Royal pinned the Italian Stallion
Jimmy Garvin pinned Colt Steele
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned Ivan Koloff
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff fought NWA US Champion Lex Luger to a double-disqualification
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard when Morton pinned Blanchard
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Ron Garvin via disqualification at the 25-minute mark
JCP @ Charleston, WV – August 21, 1987 (3,500)
Mark Fleming pinned Cougar Jay
Teijo Khan defated Keith Patterson
Colt Steele defeated Ricky Nelson
Sean Royal defeated Denny Brown
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned Ivan Koloff
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated the Barbarian
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger via disqualification
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
JCP @ Macon, GA – Coliseum – August 21, 1987
Jimmy Valiant & Jimmy Garvin defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match; fall #3: Valiant & Garvin won via disqualification
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Greensboro, NC – Coliseum – August 22, 1987
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – August 22, 1987 (4,500)
The MOD Squad defeated Denny Brown & Mark Fleming when Fleming was pinned
NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazertron pinned Gladiator #2 with a sunset flip into the ring
Jimmy Valiant defeated Sean Royal via disqualification when Royal threw Valiant over the top rope
Jimmy Garvin pinned Manny Fernandez by using the ropes for leverage
UWF World Champion Steve Williams pinned Big Bubba with the Oklahoma Stampede
NWA Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff & UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham via disqualification when Koloff was caught using Jim Cornette’s tennis racquet as a weapon
The Road Warriors defeated Ivan Koloff & the Barbarian (sub. for Vladimir Pietrov) when Animal pinned the Barbarian after Barbarian missed a headbutt off the top
UWF @ Minneapolis, MN – Met Center – August 23, 1987 (2,500)
TV taping:
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned Eddie Gilbert
Ron Garvin pinned Sean Royal
Ivan Koloff pinned Jimmy Garvin
Chris Adams defeated Terry Taylor via disqualification
UWF World Champion Steve Williams pinned Big Bubba at the 10-minute mark
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated the Barbarian (sub. for NWA US Tag Team Champion Stan Lane) & NWA US Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton when Gibson pinned Eaton; Barbarian had Morton pinned at the same time as the fall
Dusty Rhodes, the Road Warriors, & NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, & NWA US Champion Lex Luger when Road Warrior Animal pinned Anderson
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – August 24, 1987
Lazortron vs. MOD Squad #2 and Todd Champion vs. Ed Von Ganter did not take place as advertised
MOD Squad Spike defeated Larry Stephens (sub. for Denny Brown)
The Italian Stallion defeated Colt Steele (sub. for the Barbarian)
Ivan Koloff & Manny Fernandez defeated Kendall Windham & Jimmy Valiant
The Barbarian defeated Rocky King
Arn Anderson & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Barry Windham & Jimmy Garvin; stipulations stated the winners would be the #1 contenders for the NWA Tag Team Titles
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Ron Garvin in a No DQ match
JCP @ Fayetteville, NC – Cumberland County Arena – August 24, 1987
JCP @ Weslaco, TX – August 24, 1987
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match
JCP @ Corpus Christi, TX – Memorial Coliseum – August 25, 1987
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match
JCP @ Rock Hill, SC – Winthrop Coliseum – August 25, 1987
Television taping:
Ivan Koloff, Manny Fernandez, & the Barbarian defeated George South, Rocky King, & Ricky Nelson
Sean Royal defeated Cougar Jay
Ron Garvin defeated Vernon Deaton
NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors defeated Brodie Chase & Larry Stephens
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated John Savage
Jimmy & Ron Garvin defeated Manny Fernandez & the Barbarian
NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Ivan Koloff
NWA US Champion Lex Luger & Tully Blanchard defeated the Road Warriors
Pro – 9/5/87:
Arn Anderson (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham via count-out after Tully Blanchard appeared ringside and hit Windham with a chair on the floor as referee Tommy Young was knocked down; after the bout, Anderson and Dillon celebrated with the title belt, and shoved down Young, before Windham cleared the ring
Worldwide – 9/5/87 – featured an opening clip of Arn Anderson vs. UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham from NWA Pro; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett, with Crockett conducting a ringside interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Anderson, NWA US Champion Lex Luger, Tully Blanchard, & JJ Dillon in which Flair discussed the Horsemen facing Ron Garvin, NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff, NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Windham about his title defense against Anderson during NWA Pro, with the two then reviewing footage of the match and Blanchard’s interference; Jimmy Valiant, and Precious, then joined Windham to say the Horesmen were falling apart from the inside, Anderson couldn’t beat Windham for the title, and Ron Garvin would soon be the world champion; featured footage of Koloff recently beating Blanchard for the NWA TV Title; included Caudle conducting an interview with Ron Garvin about the challenge of Flair; featured a video package on Flair; included Caudle conducting an interview with Dillon and Luger about the challenge of Dusty Rhodes and Johnny Weaver teaching Rhodes the sleeper, with Dillon claiming Rhodes’ sleeper was an illegal choke and their lawyers would have it barred; featured a video package on Rhodes; included Caudle conducting an interview with NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors and Paul Ellering:
Jimmy Valiant pinned Brodie Chase with the elbow drop at the 57-second mark
The MOD Squad defeated Ricky Nelson & David Isley at 1:45 when Basher pinned Isley with an elbow drop off the top
Ivan Koloff (w/ Paul Jones) pinned Rocky King with the Russian Sickle at 4:20
Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated the Italian Stallion & Denny Brown at 4:13 when Blanchard pinned Stallion with the slingshot suplex; following the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Blanchard, Anderson, & Blanchard in which Anderson said he could beat UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham on any given night before saying he and Blanchard were now focusing on NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated Gladiator #1 & Cougar Jay at the 23-second mark when Road Warrior Hawk pinned Jay with the Doomsday Device
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned Vernon Deaton with the lariat at the 34-second mark
Teijo Khan pinned John Savage at 1:02 with a punch to the gut; prior to the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Dusty Rhodes about the challenge of NWA US Champion Lex Luger; Rhodes provided guest commentary for the match; after the bout, Khan confronted Rhodes at ringside, said he wanted interview time, and told Rhodes to leave; Rhodes then attacked Khan and put him out with the sleeper inside the ring; moments later, Johnny Weaver joined Rhodes, with Weaver slapping Khan on the back to wake him up; Luger and JJ Dillon then came out, with Rhodes and Weaver daring Luger to get in the ring; Dillon and Luger then jumped off the apron, telling Crockett that Luger only wrestles on his terms
JCP @ Galveston, TX – August 26, 1987
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match
JCP @ Miami, FL – Miami Beach Convention Center – August 26, 1987
Johnny Ace defeated Luis Astea
Ricky Santana defeated Robbie Idol
Jimmy Backlund defeated Rick Rider
The Samurai Warriors defeated Rex King & Bill Mulkey
Mike Graham & Steve Keirn defeated the Sheepherders
Mike Rotunda defeated the Black Assassin
Barry Windham defeated Ivan Koloff
Kevin Sullivan & Bugsy McGraw defeated the Mighty Yankees via disqualification
Blackjack Mulligan defeated Dory Funk Jr.
The Road Warriors defeated Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought Ron Garvin to a double count-out
JCP @ Amarillo, TX – August 27, 1987
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match
CWF @ Tallahassee, FL – Leon County Civic Center – August 27, 1987
Bill Mulkey vs. Cuban #2
Mike Graham vs. Johnny Ace (taped fist match)
Mike Rotunda & Steve Keirn vs. the Sheepherders
Blackjack Mulligan, NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham, Kevin Sullivan, & Bugsy McGraw vs. Crusher Kanpk, Dory Funk Jr., the Black Assassin, & Inkubul
Nikita Koloff vs. Ivan Koloff
The Road Warriors vs. NWA US Champion Lex Luger & Arn Anderson
Ron Garvin vs. NWA World Champion Ric Flair
JCP @ Hampton, VA – Coliseum – August 28, 1987
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
JCP @ Daytona Beach, FL – Ocean Center – August 28, 1987
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – August 29, 1987
World Championship Wrestling – 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
NWA Super Bouts – 9/87 – hosted by Tony Schiavone & JJ Dillon:
Ron Garvin defeated Arn Anderson (w/ JJ Dillon) via disqualification at around the 16-minute mark when, as Garvin had Anderson in the figure-4, Anderson poked referee Tommy Young in the eye; Bob Caudle & Dusty Rhodes provided commentary for the bout; moments later, Rhodes attacked Dillon, with NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, and NWA US Champion Lex Luger then coming out, with Flair attacking Garvin as Luger put Rhodes in the Torture Rack; Barry Windham, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff and others then ran out to make the save (held at NWA Pro taping site)
JCP @ St. Petersburg, FL – Bayfront Center – August 29, 1987
The Road Warriors defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match
JCP @ Houston, TX – Summit – August 29, 1987 (1,800)
Night of Champions
Misty Blue pinned Comrade Orca at the 5-minute mark; the match was billed as for the NWA World Women’s title
UWF TV Champion Shane Douglas pinned Pez Whatley at 6:48 with an inside cradle
Ron Simmons pinned the Enforcer at 3:30 after a second rope flying tackle
Steve Cox pinned Gary Young at 10:00
UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Black Bart & the Terminator at 10:12 when Horner pinned Terminator after Armstrong hit a missile dropkick
Terry Taylor pinned Chris Adams at 10:05 after Taylor used a foreign object
UWF World Champion Steve Williams pinned Big Bubba at 7:28 after the Oklahoma Stampede
Sting pinned Eddie Gilbert at the 12-minute mark in a Texas death match
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger via disqualification at the 14-minute mark when JJ Dillon interfered when Rhodes had Luger in the sleeper; Rhodes then put Dillon in the sleeper, with Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard coming out; moments later, NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson came out to make the save
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard at 14:33 when Morton pinned Blanchard; Anderson hit Morton with a tag title belt after the match
NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham at 26:45 when Flair fell on top of Windham after a collision
JCP @ Charlotte, NC – Coliseum – August 30, 1987 (matinee) (10,200)
Kendall Windham pinned Gladiator #1
Denny Brown pinned Colt Steele
NWA Tag Team Champion Robert Gibson fought Arn Anderson to a time-limit draw
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane fought NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff & UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham to a double count-out
Tully Blanchard defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton
The Road Warriors defeated Ivan Koloff & the Barbarian
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger via disqualification after JJ Dillon interfered
NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Ron Garvin when Flair held on to JJ Dillon as Garvin attempted a sunset flip
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – Omni – August 30, 1987 (9,000)
Back to school special – upper balcony tickets were $5
MOD Squad Basher fought the Italian Stallion to a draw
Teijo Khan pinned Denny Brown
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned Manny Fernandez after the 11-minute mark
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane fought UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham & Michael Hayes to a double count-out after the 16-minute mark
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Sean Royal after the 9-minute mark
Jimmy Garvin pinned Ivan Koloff
NWA Six-Man Tag Team Champions Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger, Arn Anderson, and Tully Blanchard after the 11-minute mark
NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Ron Garvin after the 22-minute mark when Flair held on to JJ Dillon for leverage as Garvin attempted a sunset flip
JCP @ Savannah, GA – Civic Center – August 31, 1987
Jimmy Garvin & Jimmy Valiant defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
UWF @ Shreveport, LA – Hirsch Coliseum – September 1, 1987
Sting, Chris Adams, & UWF TV Champion Shane Douglas vs. Eddie Gilbert, Terry Taylor, & Rick Steiner
Terry Gordy vs. Big Bubba (Louisville streetfight)
UWF World Champion Steve Williams vs. Black Bart
Also included Steve Cox, the Terminator, Ron Simmons, Gary Young, UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner, Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr.
UWF @ Lafayette, LA – Cajundome – September 2, 1987
TV taping:
UWF TV Champion Shane Douglas vs. Rick Steiner
Terry Taylor (w/ Eddie Gilbert) pinned UWF TV Champion Shane Douglas to win the title with the figure-4; Douglas’ left hand was heavily taped due to sustaining a broken hand
UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner vs. Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr.
UWF World Champion Steve Williams vs. Black Bart
Sting & Chris Adams vs. Eddie Gilbert & Terry Taylor
JCP @ Biloxi, MS – September 3, 1987
Included Dusty Rhodes and NWA World Champion Ric Flair
JCP @ Anderson, SC – September 3, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated the Mulkey Brothers
JCP @ Richmond, VA – Coliseum – September 4, 1987 (7,000)
Denny Brown defeated David Isley
Sean Royal defeated Kendall Windham
The Road Warriors defeated Ivan Koloff & Gladiator #1
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Roberts Gibson defeated Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard when Morton pinned Blanchard
NWA US Champion Lex Luger pinned Jimmy Garvin; after the match, Precious slapped the referee
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Ron Garvin in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1; fall #1: Flair pinned Garvin with feet on the ropes; fall #2: Garvin pinned Flair after the right hand punch; fall #3: Flair pinned Garvin at the 40-minute mark by holding on to JJ Dillon for leverage as Garvin attempted a sunset flip
JCP @ Columbus, OH – Ohio Center – September 4, 1987
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – September 5, 1987 (3,200)
Lazertron pinned Mark Fleming
Denny Brown defeated MOD Squad Basher
MOD Squad Spike defeated the Italian Stallion
Lazertron (sub. for Todd Champion) defeated Gladiator #1
NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Ron Garvin after the 20-minute mark when Flair held on to JJ Dillon for leverage as Garvin attempted a sunset flip
Jimmy Valiant & Kendall Windham defeated Sean Royal & Teijo Khan (sub. for Chris Champion)
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard when Morton pinned Blanchard
Jimmy Garvin pinned Manny Fernandez after the 5-minute mark
JCP @ Baltimore, MD – Civic Center – September 5, 1987 (9,000)
The preliminary matches were drawn out to allow time for NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, and JJ Dillon to arrive from Philadelphia; the main event didn’t start until after 11:30 p.m.
Ron Simmons defeated the Barbarian
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner (sub. for the Freebirds) after Jim Cornette hit Armstrong with his tennis racket
Sting & Chris Adams defeated UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor & Rick Steiner when Sting pinned Steiner
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned Eddie Gilbert
UWF World Champion Steve Williams defeated Ivan Koloff via disqualification after Paul Jones interfered
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff fought NWA US Champion Lex Luger to a draw in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match after the 42-minute mark
Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, & Tully Blanchard in a steel cage match when Road Warrior Animal pinned Blanchard
JCP @ Asheville, NC – Civic Center – September 6, 1987 (matinee)
TV taping:
Worldwide – 9/19/87 – featured an opening clip of a fight between NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson and Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard from NWA Pro; hosted by Tony Schiavone & JJ Dillon; included an ad promoting the Great American Bash 87 VHS; featured Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Anderson & Blanchard about chasing Morton & Gibson for the tag team titles; included Caudle conducting an interview with Dusty Rhodes, Johnny Weaver, and NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff about the Four Horsemen, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane, and Paul Jones and Ivan Koloff; featured a video package showing Ron Garvin in heavy training for his title match with NWA World Champion Ric Flair, with Schiavone then showing Garvin in the gym; Garvin then gave a narration about his chasing Flair before Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’ played to a montage of Garvin in the ring; included Caudle conducting an interview with Jimmy Garvin, with Precious, about the Horsemen, Ron Garvin chasing Flair, and Rhodes chasing NWA US Champion Lex Luger; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Sean Royal in which he said the Horsemen would soon dominate again just like the New Breed, and he would have a surprise when Chris Champion returns in two weeks:
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Larry Stephens & John Savage at 3:30 when Savage submitted to an armbar from Eaton; during the bout, Cornette briefly joined the commentary team; following the commercial break, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Cornette, with Eaton & Lane, about NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff getting involved during a recent match against UWF Western States Champion Barry Windham & Kendall Windham during World Championship Wrestling
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Vernon Deaton with the Russian Sickle at the 49-second mark
Ivan Koloff & the Barbarian (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Ricky Nelson & Ricky Chase at 1:31 when Koloff scored the pin with a clothesline off the top
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Gladiator #1 & #2 at the 45-second mark when Gibson scored the pin with the double dropkick; following the commercial break, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Morton & Gibson about the challenge of Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned Cougar Jay with the lariat at the 49-second mark
The MOD Squad defeated David Isley & David Patterson at 1:32 when Basher pinned Isley with the elbow drop off the top; after the match, JJ Dillon left the commentary position for the Horsemen match
NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, & NWA US Champion Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Kendall Windham, the Italian Stallion, Rocky King, & Denny Brown at 7:12 when King submitted to Flair’s figure-4 as Flair held onto Anderson for added leverage; late in the bout, Flair threw King over the top rope right in front of referee Tommy Young but Young pretended not to have seen it; after the contest, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with the Horsemen in which they referenced everyone on their hit list
Dark matches:
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. NWA US Champion Lex Luger
NWA Tag Team Chamions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
Ron Garvin vs. NWA World Champion Ric Flair
JCP @ Wilmington, NC – American Legion Stadium – September 7, 1987
Canceled due to rain
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – September 7, 1987
Rocky King vs. Vernon Deaton did not take place as advertised
John Savage defeated Brody Chase
Colt Steele defeated David Isley
Denny Brown defeated Gladiator #2
Kendall Windham defeated Teijo Khan
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham fought Arn Anderson to a double count-out
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff in a Russian chain match
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Ron Garvin in a No DQ match; no managers were allowed ringside for the bout
JCP @ Columbia, SC – Township Auditorium – September 8, 1987
JCP @ Amherst, VA – September 8, 1987
Ron & Jimmy Garvin defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
JCP @ Miami, FL – Miami Beach Convention Center – September 9, 1987
UWF @ New Orleans, LA – Lakefront Arena – September 9, 1987 (500)
Sting vs. Eddie Gilbert
Also included the return of the Sheepherders
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – September 9, 1987
World Championship Wrestling taping
JCP @ New Bern, NC – High School – September 10, 1987
UWF @ Jackson, MS – Mississippi Coliseum – September 10, 1987
TV taping:
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Michael Hayes & Shane Douglas when Eaton pinned Douglas after Jim Cornette hit Douglas with his tennis racquet
UWF World Champion Steve Williams vs. Black Bart
Chris Adams & Sting vs. Terry Taylor & Eddie Gilbert
Also included Ron Simmons, UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner, the Terminator, Rick Steiner, Gary Young, Shane Douglas and Steve Cox
UWF @ Memphis, TN – Mid-South Coliseum – September 11, 1987
TV taping:
Tim Horner defeated Tiger Conway Jr.
Brad Armstrong fought Shaska Whatley to a draw
Steve Cox defeated Gary Young
Ron Simmons defeated Rick Steiner
Michael Hayes & UWF TV Champion Shane Douglas defeated Black Bart & the Terminator
UWF World Champion Steve Williams & the Road Warriors defeated Big Bubba, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
UWF World Champion Steve Williams & Sting defeated Eddie Gilbert & Terry Taylor in a steel cage match
JCP @ Raleigh, NC – Dorton Arena – September 11, 1987
TV taping
JCP @ Charleston, WV – September 11, 1987 (3,000)
George South pinned Mark Fleming
Lazertron pinned Denny Brown
The MOD Squad defeated Italian Stallion & Keith Patterson
Arn Anderson defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Robert Gibson in a No DQ match after Tully Blanchard intefered
NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton defeated Tully Blanchard in a Texas Death match
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Ron Garvin
Worldwide – 9/12/87 – featured an opening clip of Ron Garvin vs. Arn Anderson from NWA Pro; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett, with Crockett conducuting a ringside interview with Paul Jones, along with Ivan Koloff and the Barbarian, in which he promised that in two weeks the fans would see the completed version of Jones’ new Army and he would have a new member from the West Coast; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with JJ Dillon about whether the Four Horsemen were falling apart, with Dillon showing footage of Garvin vs. Anderson and the aftermath in which NWA US Champion Lex Luger put Dusty Rhodes in the Torture Rack; moments later, Luger joined Caudle and Dillon to discuss Rhodes; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Ron Garvin about facing Anderson and challenging NWA World Champion Ric Flair; included Caudle conducting an interview with Flair about the challenge of Garvin; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Tully Blanchard, Anderson, and Dillon about the strength of the Horsemen; included Caudle conducting a closing interview with Anderson, Blanchard, and Dillon, beside the door of a steel cage in which Anderson said he had his shot at greatness at Starrcade the year before but had a partner whose head wasn’t in the game; he then said he and Blanchard would settle it with NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson in a steel cage in Greensboro or wherever else; moments later, Morton came out and confronted Anderson, with Blanchard attacking him and ramming him into the cage door; Gibson attempted to make the save but was tripped by Dillon and beaten down; Morton then had the door put over his face before he was repeatedly stomped by Blanchard; eventually, Garvin, Windham, Ricky Nelson, George South, and several others ran otu to make the save; Morton bled from the face during the segment:
Sean Royal pinned Larry Stephens with the kneedrop off the top at 2:04; after the commercial break, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Royal in which he mocked Ron Garvin and Dusty Rhodes before saying Chris Champion would return as his tag team partner in three weeks
Ivan Koloff (w/ Paul Jones) pinned George South at 3:32 with a driving knee off the top into South’s back
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned Vernon Deaton with the lariat at 2:16
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Dexter Wescott & Ricky Nelson at 4:46 when Eaton pinned Wescott with the Grave Digger; Cornette briefly joined the commentary team for the match and noted Michael Hayes would soon be tagging with Jimmy Garvin
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Colt Steele with the Russian Sickle at 1:13; after the bout, Koloff took a mic and cut a promo on taking a title belt from the Four Horsemen
The MOD Squad defeated Rocky King & John Savage at 3:24 when Basher pinned Savage with an elbow drop off the top
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Sumter, SC – Exhibition Center – September 12, 1987
UWF @ St. Louis, MO – Arena – September 12, 1987
Michael Hayes (sub. for Chris Adams) & Sting defeated Eddie Gilbert & Terry Taylor
Black Bart & the Terminator defeated Steve Cox & UWF TV Champion Shane Douglas
Tim Horner fought Tiger Conway Jr. to a draw
Dusty Rhodes & Road Warrior Hawk defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match; the match was advertised as Eaton, Lane & Big Bubba challenging for Rhodes & the Road Warriors’ NWA Six-Man Tag Team Titles
UWF World Champion Steve Williams defeated Dory Funk Jr.
Ron Garvin fought NWA World Champion Ric Flair to a draw
JCP @ Greensboro, NC – Coliseum – September 12, 1987 (3,725)
Denny Brown defeated Gladiator #1
The Barbarian pinned George South
The Italian Stallion pinned Teijo Khan
Sean Royal & the MOD Squad defeated Jimmy Valiant, Kendall Windham, & Lazertron
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Ivan Koloff
Jimmy Garvin pinned Manny Fernandez
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff via disqualification; both titles were at stake in the match
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson fought Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard to a 60-minute time-limit draw
JCP @ Cincinnati, OH – September 13, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Jimmy Valiant & Kendall Windham
UWF @ Dallas, TX – Reunion Arena – September 13, 1987 (3,300)
Gary Young defeated Steve Cox
Ron Simmons defeated Rick Steiner via count-out
Michael Hayes, Shane Douglas, Tim Horner, & Brad Armstrong defeated Shaska Whatley, Tiger Conway Jr., the Terminator, & the Enforcer
Ron Simmons defeated the Enforcer
Sting defeated Terry Taylor via disqualification
Ron Simmons defeated Big Bubba via count-out
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Eddie Gilbert
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger via disqualification
UWF World Champion Steve Williams defeated Black Bart
NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought Ron Garvin to a double count-out
JCP @ Kansas City, MO – Kemper Arena – September 18, 1987
JCP @ Pittsburgh, PA – Civic Arena – September 18, 1987
Sean Royal defeated Jimmy Jackson
Denny Brown defeated Colt Steele
The Barbarian defeated Rocky King
Ivan Koloff defeated Kendall Windham
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane fought UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham & Jimmy Garvin to a 30-minute time-limit draw
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff via disqualification
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Ron Garvin
UWF @ Lubbock, TX – September 19, 1987 (650)
Davey Haskins defeated the Enforcer
Steve Cox defeated Gary Young
Ron Simmons defeated Shaska Whatley
UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner fought Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr. to a time-limit draw
UWF World Champion Steve Williams defeated Black Bart
Michael Hayes, Sting, & Shane Douglas defeated Big Bubba, Rick Steiner, & the Terminator in a first blood elimination steel cage match
JCP @ Charlotte, NC – Coliseum – September 19, 1987
TV taping:
Jimmy Garvin vs. Manny Fernandez and Nelson Royal vs. Teijo Khan did not take place as advertised
The Warlord pinned Colt Steele
Ricky Nelson defeated Dexter Wescott
Pro – 9/26/87:
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff & UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham via disqualification
The Warlord defeated George South
NWA US Champion Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Larry Stephens via submission with the Torture Rack
Jimmy Garvin defeated Teijo Khan
Manny Fernandez defeated Colt Steele (Fernandez’ last appearance)
Sean Royal defeated Ricky Nelson
Worldwide – 9/26/87 – featured an opening clip from NWA Pro of Sean Royal being confronted at ringside by Jim Cornette; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett; included a Sting vs. Ron Ellis match from UWF TV, with Jim Ross & Magnum TA on commentary:
NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton defeated Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) in a death match at around the 20-minute mark when, after both men collided heads, Morton returned to his feet by referee Teddy Long’s standing 10 count; despite the death match stipulations, there were several near falls via pin attempts during the contest; immediately after the bout, Arn Anderson ran out and hit Morton with the gordbuster, with Dillon then knocking down Long; Morton was then double teamed by Anderson & Blanchard and repeatedly whipped with a belt until UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham ran out to make the save
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned Larry Stephens
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Ricky Nelson & George South
Jimmy Valiant pinned John Savage
Dark matches:
Dusty Rhodes & NWA International Tag Team Champion Road Warrior Animal defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger & Arn Anderson in a double bullrope match
NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Ron Garvin in a No DQ match; no managers were allowed ringside for the match
JCP @ Raleigh, NC – Dorton Arena – September 1987
TV taping:
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Roanoke, VA – Civic Center – September 20, 1987 (matinee)
John Savage defeated Colt Steele
The Warlord defeated Rick Nelson
Jimmy Garvin defeated Manny Fernandez
Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated Barry Windham
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Ron Garvin
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard in a no DQ match
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – Omni – September 20, 1987 (2,300)
Teijo Khan pinned Larry Clarke
Todd Champion pinned Gladiator #2
The MOD Squad defeated Denny Brown & Rocky King
The Italian Stallion pinned Gladiator #1
Manny Fernandez pinned Kendall Windham
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Big Bubba after the Russian Sickle
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification when Lane hit Hayes with Jim Cornette’s tennis racket; Cornette and Precious got into an altercation during the match
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard in a steel cage match after the 14-minute mark when Morton pinned Anderson after Morton leaped off of the top of the cage
JCP @ Chicago, IL – UIC Pavilion – September 20, 1987
Rick Steiner fought Ron Simmons to a draw
Jimmy Valiant defeated Sean Royal
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Black Bart
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr.
Terry Taylor defeated Shane Douglas
Eddie Gilbert defeated Sting
UWF World Champion Steve Williams defeated Ivan Koloff
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought Ron Garvin to a no contest
JCP @ Winnsboro, SC – Fairfield Central High School Gym – September 21, 1987
Gladiator #2 vs. Larry Stephens
Gladiator #1 vs. the Italian Stallion
Cougar Jay vs. Rick Nelson
Lazertron & Todd Champion vs. the MOD Squad
Jimmy Garvin vs. Manny Fernandez
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Ivan Koloff
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – September 21, 1987
Denny Brown defeated John Savage (sub. for Teijo Khan)
Colt Steele defeated Rocky King
Jimmy Valiant & Kendall Windham defeated Sean Royal & Teijo Khan (sub. for Chris Champion)
NWA Tag Team Champion Robert Gibson defeated the Barbarian
NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton defeated Tully Blanchard in a Texas Death Match
NWA US Champion Lex Luger & Arn Anderson defeated Dusty Rhodes & NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff in a Texas Tornado Match
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Ron Garvin in a steel cage match
JCP @ Tampa, FL – Sundome – September 22, 1987
Pro taping:
The Samurai Warriors fought the Cuban Connection to a draw
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated Jim Backlund
Mike Graham & Steve Keirn defeated the Mighty Yankees
Mike Rotunda defeated Robbie Idol
Barry Windham defeated the Masked Man
Nikita Koloff defeated the Black Assassin
Mike Graham & Steve Keirn defeated the Sheepherders in a Loser Leaves Florida match
Kevin Sullivan & Bugsy McGraw defeated Dory Funk Jr. & Incubus
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Ron Garvin
Pro – hosted by Bob Caudle & Johnny Weaver:
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Chance McQuade & Brodie Chase at 1:44 when Gibson pinned Chase after the double dropkick
NWA Super Bouts – 10/87: Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) via disqualification in a non-title match at around the 12-minute mark when Dillon interfered as Rhodes had Luger in a sleeper; after the bout, Rhodes and Luger continued to brawl, with Luger shoving down referee Bill Alphonso as Luger and Dillon double teamed Rhodes; moments later, Johnny Weaver left the broadcast table and applied the sleeper on Dillon while Rhodes cleared Luger from the ring and prevented him from reentering; Luger eventually pulled Dillon to the floor and helped him backstage
JCP @ Inglewood, CA – Great Western Forum – September 23, 1987
Steve Cox defeated Gary Young
Shane Douglas, Brad Armstrong, & Tim Horner defeated the Enforcer, Shaska Whatley, & Tiger Conway Jr.
Michael Hayes & Ron Simmons defeated Big Bubba & the Terminator
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Rick Steiner
Terry Taylor & Eddie Gilbert defeated Sting & Shane Douglas
UWF World Champion Steve Williams defeated Black Bart
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff
NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought Ron Garvin to a no contest
JCP @ Franklin, NC – Franklin High School Gym – September 23, 1987
Colt Steele vs. Teijo Khan
The Italian Stallion vs. the Barbarian
Todd Champion vs. Sean Royal
Kendall Windham & Lazortron vs. the MOD Squad
Jimmy Valiant vs. Ivan Koloff
Jimmy Garvin vs. Manny Fernandez
UWF @ Las Vegas, NV – Cashman Field – September 24, 1987
Steve Cox defeated Gary Young
Michael Hayes & Ron Simmons defeated Big Bubba & the Terminator
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Rick Steiner
UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr.
Sting defeated Eddie Gilbert
UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor defeated Shane Douglas (sub. for Chris Adams)
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff via disqualification
UWF World Champion Steve Williams defeated Black Bart
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Ron Garvin
JCP @ Harrisonburg, VA – High School – September 24, 1987
Rikki Nelson vs. Teijo Khan
Colt Steele vs. John Savage
Rocky King vs. Chris Champion
The Italian Stallion vs. Sean Royal
Todd Champion vs. Manny Fernandez
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Ron & Jimmy Garvin
JCP @ Greenville, NC – Wallace-Rose Hill High School – September 25, 1987
JCP @ Detroit, MI – Joe Louis Arena – September 25, 1987 (8,000)
Debut at the venue
The Barbarian defeated Shane Douglas
Tiger Conway Jr. defeated Gary Young
Sting defeated Eddie Gilbert
Tim Horner defeated Shaska Whatley
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Rick Steiner
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ivan Koloff
NWA Super Bouts – 10/87: NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) via disqualification at around the 16-minute mark when Eaton hit Gibson in the face with Cornette’s tennis racquet; after the bout, Morton stole the racquet away and cleared the ring
Michael Hayes defeated the Terminator
UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor defeated Brad Armstrong
UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams defeated Big Bubba
Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger, Arn Anderson, & Tully Blanchard in a steel cage match
Worldwide – 10/3/87 – included David Crockett on commentary:
Ron Garvin pinned NWA World Champion Ric Flair in a steel cage match to win the title with a sunset flip off the top at around the 35-minute mark; after the bout, Dusty Rhodes, UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham, NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff, Jim Crockett Jr., Sting, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, Michael Hayes, and Shane Douglas joined Garvin in the ring to celebrate; moments later, David Crockett conducted an in-ring interview with Garvin about his title win
UWF – 9/26/87 – featured an opening shot of Missy Hyatt outside the New York Stock Exchange; hosted by Jim Ross & Magnum TA in the studio; included the Ivan Koloff vs. Rocky King and Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Denny Brown & the Italian Stallion matches from the 9/5/87 Worldwide; featured Ross & Magnum speaking with Skandar Akbar in the studio in which Akbar said it was only a matter of time before one of his men took the UWF World Title from Steve Williams; included a pretaped ringside promo by Akbar and Black Bart about chasing Williams for the UWF title, with Bart saying he would put Williams in the hospital; featured a Dusty Rhodes video package set to Hank Williams Jr.’s ‘You Can’t Judge a Book (By Looking at the Cover)’; included the Rhodes vs. Colt Steele match from the 8/22/87 Worldwide; featured a ringside promo by Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr. in which they said they were the rightful UWF Tag Team Champions; included a video package on NWA World Champion Ric Flair set to ‘Also sprach Zarathustra;’ featured Ross & Magnum discussing plans by UWF Commissioner John Ayers to sign a unification match between NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff and UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor; included the Nikita vs. Vernon Deaton match from the 9/19/87 Worldwide; featured a segment with Missy, Eddie Gilbert and Taylor sitting together on a couch about Taylor’s recent title win; included several minutes of the UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson match from the 9/12/87 World Championship Wrestling; featured a ringside promo by UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner about all the challengers that they’ve fought off, as well as the new challengers of the Sheepherders, Gilbert & Taylor, and Whatley & Conway; included Missy saying she would interview Ron Simmons as a guest in the studio and Ross & Magnum would speak to the First Family the following week, plus big news on Starrcade 87:
Sting & Chris Adams defeated Eddie Gilbert & UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor via disqualification when Rick Steiner attacked Sting after Sting hit the Stinger Splash on Gilbert and made the cover; after the bout, Sting threw Steiner into the ringpost on the floor as Adams attacked Taylor on the floor; moments later, Gary Young ran out to try to make the save but Sting quickly knocked him to the floor; moments later, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with Sting, Adams, and Shane Douglas about the First Family
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Norfolk, VA – Scope – September 26, 1987
Dusty Rhodes & NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
JCP @ Clayton, GA – Rabun County High School Gym – September 26, 1987
World Championship Wrestling Sunday Edition – 9/27/87:
Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Mike Force & Mike Jackson
Mike Rotundo vs. Tommy Angel
JCP @ Oklahoma City, OK – Grandstands State Fair – September 27, 1987 (matinee)
JCP @ Greensboro, NC – Coliseum – September 27, 1987
Kendall Windham & Lazortron defeated the MOD Squad
Jimmy Garvin defeated Manny Fernandez
Sting defeated Eddie Gilbert
UWF World Champion Steve Williams defeated Black Bart
NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton defeated NWA US Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton
NWA Tag Team Champion Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champion Stan Lane via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin defeated Big Bubba
Dusty Rhodes, NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff, & the Road Warriors defeated Ric Flair, NWA US Champion Lex Luger, Arn Anderson, & Tully Blanchard in a steel cage match
JCP @ Darlington, SC – Williamson Athletic Football Field – September 28, 1987
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – September 28, 1987
Thunderfoot #1 defeated Rocky King
Teijo Khan defeated Larry Stephens (sub. for Denny Brown)
Denny Brown defeated Gladiator #1
The Italian Stallion & Todd Champion fought the MOD Squad to a draw
NWA US Tag Team Champion Stan Lane defeated Denny Brown
NWA Tag Team Champion Ricky Morton defeated NWA US Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton
Dusty Rhodes & NWA Tag Team Champion Robert Gibson (sub. for NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff) defeated Ric Flair & NWA US Champion Lex Luger; the match was initially NWA World Champion Ron Garvin, Rhodes, & Koloff vs. Flair, Luger, & Arn Anderson in an elimination match
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin defeated Arn Anderson
JCP @ Misenheimer, NC – Pfieffer College Gym – September 29, 1987
TV taping:
Pro – 10/10/87:
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin vs. Tommy Angel
The Warlord vs. David Isley
Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson to win the titles when Gibson told the referee to stop the match as Blanchard had Morton in an arm bar; prior to the bout, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane, with Jim Cornette, ambushed the champions from behind as they made their way out to the ring; Gibson eventually worked the match alone, with Morton returning late in the bout heavily bandaged and with his left arm in a sling; moments later, Dusty Rhodes, NWA World Champion Ron Garvin, Barry Windham, and others surrounded the ring in support of the champions
Sean Royal vs. Gary Royal
Worldwide – 10/10/87 – featured an opening clip of Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson from NWA Pro; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett, with the announcement Anderson & Blanchard were the new tag team champions; Crockett then conducted a ringside interview with NWA World Champion Ron Garvin about his recent title win over Ric Flair, with Garvin saying he would defend the title against anyone and would face Flair in a rematch in due time; included the first Starrcade 87 Update segment, with Schiavone speaking with Jim Crockett Jr. about the 100 closed circuit locations that would air the Chicago event; Crockett then announced UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams vs. UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham had been signed for the event; Schiavone then spoke with JJ Dillon about the Four Horsemen’s history in Starrcade, with Dillon saying Flair and the Horsemen would have vital roles at the event; Dillon then said Crockett implied he wanted to sign Dusty Rhodes vs. NWA US Champion Lex Luger for Starrcade but he had a list of demands that would have to have addressed before he would agree to the bout; featured Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Dillon about Anderson & Blanchard’s tag team title victory, with the two reviewing footage of how Morton was attacked before the match by NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane; included Caudle conducting an interview with Dillon, Anderson & Blanchard about their title win; included Crockett conducting a ringside interview with Dillon and NWA US Champion Lex Luger about Blanchard & Anderson’s title win, Flair’s quest to regain the title, and the challenge of Dusty Rhodes; Dillon then waved over Johnny Weaver to join them, and implied he may have to come out of retirement; Weaver then said he had no intention of coming out of retirement and told Dillon never to threaten him; featured an ad promoting the Great American Bash 87 VHS; included Caudle conducting an interview with Rhodes in which he praised Garvin’s title win and said he would take the US title from Luger; Rhodes then responded to Kevin Sullivan’s vague statement earlier in the show by giving his own warning:
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned Gary Royal with the lariat at the 34-second mark
The Warlord (w/ Paul Jones) pinned Tommy Angel with the running powerslam at the 54-second mark
Kevin Sullivan pinned Ricky Nelson with the double stomp at around the 40-second mark; following the commercial break, Bob Caudle conducted an interview with Sullivan in which he mocked Ric Flair, Sean Royal & Chris Champion, Jim Cornette, and NWA US Champion Lex Luger; Sullivan then praised Dusty Rhodes and his quest of the US title before giving Rhodes a vague warning
Sean Royal (w/ Chris Champion) pinned John Savage with the kneedrop off the top at 1:15; during the bout, Champion joined the commentary team and cut a promo on Jim Cornette, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane; following the commercial break, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Royal & Champion about Champion’s return and their issues with Cornette, Eaton & Lane (Champion’s return after a several month absence)
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin & NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. NWA US Champion Lex Luger & NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson (w/ JJ Dillon); only 9 minutes of the match aired before the broadcast ended
JCP @ Charleston, SC – St. Andrews High School – September 30, 1987
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham & Jimmy Garvin defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
JCP @ Raleigh, NC – Dorton Arena – October 1, 1987
The Mod Squad fought the Cuban Connection to a draw
Todd Champion defeated John Savage
Lazortron defeated Denny Brown
The Samauri Warriors defeated the Italian Stallion & Kendall Windham
Jimmy Valiant defeated Thunderfoot #1
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda defeated Ivan Koloff
NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson defeated Jimmy Garvin in a steel cage match
Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard in a steel cage match
JCP @ Richmond, VA – Coliseum – October 2, 1987 (3,000)
Rick Steiner pinned Lazertron
Ricky Santana fought MOD Squad Spike to a draw
Denny Brown pinned Colt Steele
Sting pinned John Savage (sub. for the Barbarian, who was in Japan) after the 1-minute mark
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor & Eddie Gilbert when Hayes pinned Gilbert Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo fought Dick Murdoch to a double count-out
The Road Warriors defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification after Lane used Jim Cornette’s tennis racket
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson in a steel cage match when Morton was pinned
The Road Warriors defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
JCP @ Daytona Beach, FL – Ocean Center – October 2, 1987
Bugsy McGraw vs. Johnny Ace
UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner vs. the Sheepherders
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Dory Funk Jr.
NWA US Champion Lex Luger vs. Kevin Sullivan
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin vs. Ric Flair UWF – 10/3/87 – featured an opening clip of Eddie Gilbert interfering Terry Taylor’s match against UWF TV Champion Shane Douglas on 9/2/87 in Lafayette, LA; hosted by Jim Ross & Magnum TA in the studio; included Missy Hyatt conducting a studio interview with Ron Simmons about his football career and getting into pro wrestling; featured a Dusty Rhodes video package set to Hank Williams Jr.’s ‘You Can’t Judge a Book (By Looking at the Cover)’; included the NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Chance McQuade & Brodie Chase match taped 9/22/87 in Tampa, FL; included footage from Worldwide of Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard challenging Morton & Gibson to a steel cage match in Greensboro; moments later, Morton came out and was attacked with a piece of the cage; Gibson tried to make the save but was also beaten down; eventually, Ron Garvin, UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham, Kendall Windham, George South and others ran out to make the save; featured the announcement that UWF Commissioner John Ayers was trying to schedule UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor vs. NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff and Windham vs. UWF World Champion Steve Williams; included an ad promoting the Great American Bash 87 home video; featured footage of how Koloff won the NWA TV title from Blanchard in Fayetteville, NC on 8/19/87; included studio comments from Taylor and Eddie Gilbert about wanting a unification match with Koloff to decide the true TV champion; featured footage of how Taylor won the UWF TV title from Douglas in Lafayette, LA; included a video package on Ric Flair; featured a ringside promo by Gary Young in which he bragged about all his recent accomplishments and being the newest member of the First Family of Wrestling before issuing a warning to Steve Cox; included footage of Dusty Rhodes recently putting the Weaver Lock on Teijo Khan; featured footage from Pro of Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with Rhodes about challenging NWA US Champion Lex Luger; included a ringside promo by Cox about the comments earlier in the show by Young; featured a Starrcade Control Center segment with Schiavone and Jim Crockett Jr. in which Crockett announced Chicago would host Starrcade 87; included the announcement Missy would interview JJ Dillon the next week and the Sheepherders would be in action; featured the Road Warriors vs. Cougar Jay & Gladiator #1 match from the 9/5/87 Worldwide, the NWA US Champion Lex Luger vs. Larry Stephens match from the 9/26/87 Pro and the Ron Simmons vs. Samoan Koquine match taped 8/12/87 at the Great Western Forum:
The Sheepherders (w/ Johnny Ace) defeated Bobby Howell & Craig Whitford at the 45-second mark when Butch Miller scored the pin after the double gutbuster; after the bout, they continued to attack their opponents and pinned the other opponent after hitting a second double gutbuster, then tossing both men to the floor; moments later, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with the Sheepherders about being in the UWF and wanting the UWF Tag Team Titles (Power Pro Wrestling)
Sting pinned the Enforcer with a clothesline at 1:33; Jim Ross & Jack Gregory provided commentary for the match
Eddie Gilbert pinned Ken Massey with the Hot Shot (joined in progress)
Pro – 10/3/87:
Mike Rotundo vs. Bobbie Idol
Steve Keirn & Mike Graham vs. the Masked Yankees
NWA US Champion Lex Luger vs. Jim Backlund
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. the Black Assassin
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. the Masked Villian
Bugsy McGraw vs. Rick Ryder
Kevin Sullivan vs. Rex King
The Sheepherders vs. Bill Mulkey & Rick McCord
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Pittsburgh, PA – Civic Arena – October 3, 1987
The Road Warriors defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
JCP @ Charlotte, NC – Coliseum – October 3, 1987
Lazortron defeated Denny Brown
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Kendall Windham & the Italian Stallion
Michael Hayes defeated Terry Taylor
Kevin Sullivan defeated Thunderfoot #1
Sting defeated Eddie Gilbert
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin defeated Ivan Koloff
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson in a steel cage match
JCP @ Asheville, NC – Civic Center – October 4, 1987 (matinee)
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated the Italian Stallion & Denny Brown
Kendall Windham defeated Mighty Wilbur
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw defeated the Mod Squad
Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton; the match was advertised as Ricky Morton & Gibson vs. NWA US Tag Team Champions Eaton & Stan Lane
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham fought Ivan Koloff to a draw
NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson defeated Kendall Windham (sub. for NWA World Champion Ron Garvin)
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin (sub. for Road Warrior Hawk) & Road Warrior Animal defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger & NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard
JCP @ Macon, GA – Coliseum – October 4, 1987
Robert Gibson & Jimmy Valiant (sub. for Ricky Morton, selling the injury sustained in Misenheimer) defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – October 5, 1987
Ricky Santana defeated Colt Steele
Kevin Sullivan defeated Teijo Khan
Bugsy McGraw defeated the Warlord
Kendall Windham & Lazortron defeated Gladiator #1 & Thunderfoot #1
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title Best 2 out of 3 falls match
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham
JCP @ Spartanburg, SC – Memorial Auditorium – October 6, 1987
TV taping:
Pro – 10/17/87:
Worldwide – 10/17/87 – featured an opening clip of Paul Jones and the Mighty Wilbur, from NWA Pro; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett, with Crockett conducting a ringside interview with Jones and Wilbur, with Jones saying Wilbur would be in a tag team match later in the show with Ivan Koloff; Wilbur then went to speak but Jones cut him off and yelled at him to not speak and that the interview was over; included Bob Caudle conducting an itnerview with Ricky Morton, still bandaged, & Robert Gibson about Jim Cornette, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane costing them the tag team titles; featured Caudle conducting an interview with NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard about their title win, with the champions saying they were up for facing NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors or any other team at Starrcade; included Caudle conducting an interview with JJ Dillon about Johnny Weaver putting him out with a sleeper on TV, with Dillon adding he hired Hiro Matsuda from Japan and Matsuda would teach referee Tommy Young the legal sleeper later in the broadcast; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Ric Flair about challenging NWA World Champion Ron Garvin at Starrcade; included Caudle conducting an interview with Weaver about his history with Matsuda, during which Weaver noted Rhodes would face Matsuda Oct. 25 in Greensboro; featured a closing in-ring segment in which Matsuda, with Dillon, instructed Young on the application of the sleeper, with Matsuda putting Young to sleep; moments later, Weaver came out and tended to Young before slapping Dillon; Matsuda then applied the hold on Weaver, with Weaver bleeding from the mouth before Rhodes, Garvin, and UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham coming out to make the save; moments later, Rhodes faced off with Matsuda as Dillon hyped the Rhodes vs. Matsuda match set for Greensboro (Matsuda’s debut):
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin pinned an unknown with the Garvin Stomp at 1:53; during the match, a voiceover noted NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor and Garvin vs. Ric Flair in a No DQ, no time limit steel cage match had been added to the Starrcade lineup
Ivan Koloff & the Mighty Wilbur (w/ Paul Jones) defeated George South & Rocky King at 2:48 when Koloff pinned King with the Russian Sickle
NWA US Chapion Lex Luger defeated Brodie Chase via submission with the Torture Rack at 1:55
NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated Gladiator #1 & #2 at the 31-second mark when Road Warrior Hawk scored the pin with a clothesline; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with the Road Warriors and Ellering about challenging NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) defeated Kendall Windham & the Italian Stallion at 1:22 when Eaton pinned Stallion after the Flapjack; during the bout, Cornette joined the commentary team (Bubba’s return after a several month absence)
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw defeated Denny Brown & an unknown at the 24-second mark when Valiant pinned the unknown with the elbow drop
Dark matches:
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin vs. NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard
Dusty Rhodes, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson, NWA US Champion Lex Luger, and JJ Dillon
UWF @ Cleveland, OH – Convention Center – October 7, 1987
TV taping:
Ric Flair, NWA US Champion Lex Luger, NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard defeated UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham, Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda, Brad Armstrong, & Tim Horer
NWA Super Bouts – 10/87; Power Pro Wrestling – 10/87: UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Eddie Gilbert (w/ UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor) via disqualification at around the 20-minute mark when, as Windham had Gilbert covered with a roll up, Taylor entered the ring, hit the champion with his shoe and helped Gilbert double team Windham; Jim Ross provided sole commentary for the bout
Worldwide – 10/87:
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) via disqualification at around the 6-minute mark when Ric Flair and NWA US Champion Lex Luger interfered after Garvin knocked out both Blanchard and Dillon with punches; after the bout, Luger rammed Garvin’s head into a ringside table, busting his head open, and helped gang up on him until the Road Warriors & Paul Ellering made the save and cleared the ring
UWF – 10/17/87 – featured an opening clip from World Championship Wrestling of NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff brawling with UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor; hosted by Jack Gregory, Magnum TA, & Missy Hyatt, with Jim Ross on commentary; included a Starrcade 87 Control Center segment with Tony Schiavone, joined by NWA World Champion Ron Garvin and Jim Crockett Jr. in which it was announced Garvin would defend against Ric Flair at the event in a No DQ, no time limit steel cage match; Crockett then said Garvin would not defend the title, beginning October 17, until Starrcade; Schiavone introduced a video package showing the history between Koloff and Taylor dating back to September, with Crockett saying there would be a unification match at Starrcade; featured Ross conducting a ringside interview with UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham about challenging UWF World Champion Steve Williams at Starrcade; included a video package on Dusty Rhodes; featured a video package showing how NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard won the titles from Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson on 9/29/87 in Misenheimer, NC after Morton & Gibson were attacked during their entrance by NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane; included the Garvin vs. Blanchard match from Worldwide:
NWA US Champion Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Cougar Jay via submission with the Torture Rack at 2:32; after the bout, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with Luger, with Dillon, about the challenge of Dusty Rhodes, with Luger saying if Rhodes wanted him in the ring then Luger would make the stipulations
Sting pinned Colt Steele with the Stinger Splash in the corner at 2:12
The Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated Mike Force & Bob Morgan at the 52-second mark when Hawk scored the pin with the Doomsday Device; after the match, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with the Road Warriors & Ellering about being after the NWA Tag Team Titles; Hawk then said they didn’t have a match at Starrcade but they wanted NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
Ron Simmons pinned Tommy Angel at 1:55 with a shoulderblock from the middle turnbuckle; after the bout, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with Dusty Rhodes, along with Simmons, in which Rhodes responded to comments earlier in the show by NWA US Champion Lex Luger and challenged him to a match at Starrcade; Simmons then said big things were in his future
Dark match after the taping: Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors defeated Ric Flair, NWA US Champion Lex Luger, & NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson in a steel cage match
JCP @ Hammond, IN – Civic Center – October 8, 1987
Ron Simmons vs. Ivan Koloff
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin vs. the Sheepherders
The Road Warriors defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger & NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin defeated Ric Flair
JCP @ Albany, GA – Civic Center – October 9, 1987
Gladiator #1 vs. Bill Mulkey
Gladiator #2 vs. Randy Mulkey
Thunderfoot #1 vs. Lazertron
The Cuban Connection vs. the MOD Squad
The Mighty Wilbur vs. Todd Champion
Big Bubba defeated George South
NWA US Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton defeated Chris Champion
JCP @ Charleston, WV – October 9, 1987
Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson
JCP @ St. Louis, MO – Arena – October 9, 1987
The Canadian Kodiaks defeated Kendall Windham & the Italian Stallion
Rick Steiner defeated Shane Douglas
Bugsy McGraw defeated the Terminator
Jimmy Valiant defeated Black Bart
Ron Simmons fought Ivan Koloff to a double count-out
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham fought UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor to a 20-minute time-limit draw; only the Western States title was at stake
The Road Warriors defeated the Sheepherders
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin defeated Ric Flair in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
JCP @ ? – October 1987
TV taping:
Pro – 10/87 – featured Bob Caudle & Johnny Weaver on commentary; included footage 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:
The Mighty Wilbur (w/ Paul Jones) pinned Ricky Nelson with a splash at 1:15; prior to the bout, Jones yelled at Wilbur for being friendly with the fans; after the match, Johnny Weaver came ringside to interview the two, with Wilbur calling Jones “puddin head” and Jones yelling at him some more
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Denver, CO – October 10, 1987
The Road Warriors defeated Big Bubba & NWA US Tag Team Champion Stan Lane
JCP @ Greensboro, NC – Coliseum – October 10, 1987 (3,416)
Teijo Khan defeated Rocky King
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo defeated Mighty Wilbur
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Teijo Khan & the Warlord
Kevin Sullivan defeated MOD Squad #1
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated Sting
Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson
NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Ricky Morton in a lumberjack match
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin defeated Ric Flair
JCP @ Columbus, OH – October 11, 1987 (2,437)
Barry Windham defeated Dick Murdoch via disqualification
Black Bart defeated Jimmy Valiant
The Kodiaks defeated the Italian Stallion & Kendall Windham
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane fought Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin to a draw
Terry Taylor defeated Ron Simmons
Tim Horner & Brad Armstrong defeated the Sheepherders
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin defeated Ric Flair
JCP / CWF @ Orlando, FL – Eddie Graham Sports Stadium – October 11, 1987
The Warlord defeated Bill Mulkey
Mike Graham & Rex King (sub. for Steve Keirn) defeated the Mighty Yankees
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated Kevin Sullivan
Sting defeated Robbie Idol
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda defeated the Mighty Wilbur
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
The Road Warriors defeated Ivan Koloff & Dory Funk Jr.
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – October 12, 1987
The Warlord defeated Todd Champion
Mighty Wilbur defeated the Italian Stallion
Lazortron defeated Teijo Khan
Mike Rotundo defeated Colt Steele
The Road Warriors defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson in a non-title bunkhouse match
Ric Flair & NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated NWA World Champion Ron Garvin & Robert Gibson
JCP @ Mario, VA – High School – October 12, 1987
Ricky Santana (Cuban Connection #1) fought Thunderfoot #1 to a time-limit draw
Cuban Connection #2 defeated Yamari Warrior #1
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw defeated the Mod Squad
Ivan Koloff defeated Jimmy Garvin
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Barry & Kendall Windham
JCP @ Shelby, NC – Rec Center – October 13, 1987
TV taping
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – October 14, 1987
Bugsy McGraw defeated Teijo Khan
Mike Rotundo defeated Rick Steiner
Jimmy Valiant defeated the Warlord via disqualification
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin fought Luke Williams & Johnny Ace (sub. for Butch Miller) to a draw
Mighty Wilbur defeated Ivan Koloff
Sting defeated Eddie Gilbert
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal
Ric Flair defeated NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff via disqualification
UWF @ Kansas City, MO – Kemper Arena – October 16, 1987 (1,900)
TV taping:
Sting & Shane Douglas defeated Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr.
The Canadian Kodiaks defeated two unknowns
Ron Simmons defeated Black Bart via disqualification
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated UWF Tag Team Champions the Sheepherders via disqualification
Eddie Gilbert & UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor defeated Sting & Shane Douglas in a bunkhouse match
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin defeated Ric Flair in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
Power Pro Wrestling – 10/24/87 – included a segment in which Ron Simmons was attacked by Tiger Conway Jr. & Shaska Whatley during an interview:
UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor defeated Steve Cox
Sting & Shane Douglas defeated Tiger Conway Jr. & Shaska Whatley
Jimmy Garvin defeated the Enforcer
The Sheepherders (w/ Johnny Ace) defeated UWF Tag Team Champions Tim Horner & Brad Armstrong to win the titles when Butch Miller pinned Armstrong after Ace hit Armstrong over the back with the flag pole as the referee was knocked down
JCP @ Norfolk, VA – Scope – October 16, 1987
Sean Royal fought MOD Squad Basher to a draw
Bugy McGraw defeated MOD Squad Spike
Kendall Windham defeated Samurai Warrior #1
Mike Rotundo defeated Samurai Warrior #2
Kevin Sullivan fought the Warlord to a draw
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson in a steel cage match
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – October 17, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Baltimore, MD – Arena – October 17, 1987 (8,000)
The Italian Stallion fought Samurai Warrior #2 to a draw
Kendall Windham defeated Samurai Warrior #1
Mike Rotundo defeated Black Bart
Sting defeated the Terminator
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin defeated Ric Flair
JCP @ Lakeland, FL – Civic Center – October 17, 1987
Bill Mulkey vs. Johnny Ace
Mike Graham vs. Eddie Gilbert
UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor vs. Steve Keirn
Kevin Sullivan vs. Big Bubba Rogers (Bounty Death Match; Dusty Rhodes bullroped to Dory Funk Jr.)
The Sheepherders vs. Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin
NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Ivan Koloff
NWA US Champion Lex Luger vs. Dusty Rhodes
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – Omni – October 18, 1987 (about 2,000)
David Sierra, Kendall Windham, & Nelson Royal defeated the Black Assassin & the Samurai Warriors
Kevin Sullivan defeated Teijo Khan
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw defeated the MOD Squad
Sting defeated UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor via disqualification
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Eddie Gilbert
NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Ricky Morton in a lumberjack strap match
JCP @ Roanoke, VA – Civic Center – October 18, 1987 (3,500)
Gary Royal & Colt Steele defeated Larry Stephens & John Savage
Mighty Wilbur defeated Thunderfoot #1
Kendall Windham defeated George South
Robert Gibson defeated Thunderfoot #2
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Big Bubba
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
Ricky Morton defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard via disqualification
JCP @ Detroit, MI – Joe Louis Arena – October 18, 1987 (1,000)
Shaska Whatley defeated the Italian Stallion
Tim Horner defeated Tiger Conway Jr.
Brad Armstrong fought Rick Steiner to a draw
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo defeated Dory Funk Jr. via disqualification
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated Ivan Koloff & the Warlord
NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham fought NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson to a no contest
Ric Flair & NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated NWA World Champion Ron Garvin & Dusty Rhodes
JCP @ New Orleans, LA – Lakefront Arena – October 19, 1987
TV taping:
UWF – 10/31/87 – featured an opening music video on UWF World Champion Steve Williams set to Queen’s ‘We Are the Champions;’ hosted by Magnum TA & Missy Hyatt, with the opening announcement the Sheepherders were the new UWF Tag Team Champions; included Jim Ross conducting a ringside interview with the Sheepherders, with Johnny Ace, about winning the UWF tag team titles, with the Sheepherders saying they were ready for Starrcade; featured Ross & Jack Gregory on commentary; included a Starrcade 87 Control Center segment with Tony Schiavone, joined by Jim Crockett Jr. and NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard, with the announcement that Anderson & Blanchard would defend against the Road Warriors at the event; footage then aired of Sandy Scott hosting the contract signing for the match, alongside Paul Ellering and JJ Dillon; after the video aired, Anderson & Blanchard commented on being paired against the Road Warriors in the challengers’ hometown of Chicago; Schiavone then announced Sting, Michael Hayes, & Jimmy Garvin would face Eddie Gilbert, Larry Zbyszko, & Rick Steiner and Dusty Rhodes would challenge NWA US Champion Lex Luger in a steel cage match; featured Ross conducting a ringside interview with UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham and Sting about their respective matches upcoming at Starrcade:
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) defeated the Red Devil & the Enforcer at 1:59 when Hayes scored the pin with a bulldog
NWA World Chamion Ron Garvin pinned Gary Young at 1:29 by sitting on him after a right hand punch; following the match, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with Garvin about defending against Ric Flair in a steel cage at Starrcade
Ivan Koloff & the Warlord (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Davey Haskings & Terry Jones at 2:37 when Koloff scored the pin after coming off the top onto his opponent as Warlord held the opponent in the air on his shoulder; prior to the bout, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with Jones about Mighty Wilbur, who recently called Jones “puddin head,” disobeyed Jones’ orders to attack an opponent and later hit a splash on Jones when Jones repeatedly struck him; Jones then said Wilbur was dead meat; after the match, Koloff, Warlord, & Jones continued to attack their opponents
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Eddie Gilbert via disqualification at 12:44 when UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor ran out in dress clothes and attacked Koloff from behind with his TV title belt, moments after Koloff hit the Russian Sickle on Gilbert; after the match, Taylor threw the referee to the floor and continued to attack Koloff until Dusty Rhodes got in the ring, distracting Taylor long enough for Koloff to hit him with the Russian Sickle; moments later, Missy Hyatt conducted a ringside interview with Rhodes and Koloff, with Rhodes saying the same was in store for NWA US Champion Lex Luger at Starrcade and Koloff said he would take Taylor’s UWF TV title at the event
NWA US Champion Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Dale Lapeyrouse via submission with the Torture Rack at 1:01; during the bout, it was announced the Luger vs. Dusty Rhodes steel cage match at Starrcade had the added stipulation that Rhodes could not wrestle anywhere for 90 days if he lost; after the match, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with Luger, Dillon, and Ric Flair about the Horsemen being part of Wargames IV in Long Island, Flair & Luger facing the Road Warriors at the event and their big matches at Starrcade
Ron Simmons & Shane Douglas vs. Tiger Conway Jr. & Shaska Whatley; only about 3-minutes of the match aired before the broadcast ended; during the match, it was announced Ric Flair & Lex Luger would be in tag team action the following week
UWF – 11/7/87 – featured an opening clip of the Sheepherders vs. UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner from 10/16/87 in Kansas City, MO; hosted by Magnum TA & Missy Hyatt; included the final moments from the UWF tag team title match, showing how the Sheepherders won the titles; featured Jim Ross conducting a ringside interview with Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin, with Precious, about challenging the Sheepherders and NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard; included Ross & Jack Gregory on commentary; featured Tony Schiavone hosting a Starrcade Control Center segment in which Schiavone spoke about all the matches announced for the show; included Ross conducting a ringside interview with NWA World Champion Ron Garvin about facing Ric Flair in a steel cage match at Starrcade; featured Ross conducting a ringside interview with Ron Simmons about being recently jumped at ringside during an interview by Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr.:
UWF Tag Team Champions the Sheepherders (w/ Johnny Ace) defeated Keith Steinborn & Gary Phelps at 4:19 when Butch Miller pinned Steinborn after a double gutbuster; after the match, Missy Hyatt conducted a ringside interview with the champions about their recent title win, with the Sheepherders challenging the likes of Dusty Rhodes & NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff, Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner and the Road Warriors
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned Clement Fields with the lariat at 1:24
Eddie Gilbert & UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor (w/ Rick Steiner) defeated Alan Martin & Terry Jones at 1:59 when Gilbert scored the pin after a Hot Shot double team; after the bout, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with Gilbert, Taylor, & Steiner about Taylor’s feud with NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff and what happened the previous week after Gilbert’s match with Koloff
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff (w/ Dusty Rhodes) pinned Eric Long with the Russian Sickle at 1:10; after the bout, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with Koloff and Rhodes about their respective matches at Starrcade and the challenge made to them earlier in the show by UWF Tag Team Champions the Sheepherders, with Rhodes warning them not to bring up his name
Sting pinned the Enforcer at 1:52 after a Stinger Splash in the corner
Black Bart & the Canadian Kodiaks (w/ Skandar Akbar & the Terminator) defeated Davey Haskins, Steve Cox, & Dale Lapeyrouse at the 24-second mark when one of the Kodiaks scored the pin after a catapult / clothesline double team
Ric Flair & NWA US Champion Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Ron Simmons & Shane Douglas at 10:43 when Douglas submitted to Luger’s Torture Rack after sustaining a powerslam; after the match, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with Dillon, Flair, & Luger about facing the Road Warriors in Long Island and then their big matches the next night at Starrcade
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – October 19, 1987
Kendall Windham & the Italian Stallion fought the Cuban Connection to a draw
Mighty Wilbur defeated Teijo Khan
Nelson Royal (sub. for Lazortron) defeated Denny Brown
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw defeated the MOD Squad
NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson defeated Robert Gibson in a taped fist match
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal
Ricky Morton defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard in a bunkhouse match
UWF @ Baton Rouge, LA – Centroplex – October 20, 1987
JCP @ Fayetteville, NC – Cumberland County Memorial Arena – October 20, 1987
TV taping:
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin & Dusty Rhodes vs. Ric Flair & NWA US Champion Lex Luger
Also included Bugsy McGraw, Jimmy Valiant, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, Sean Royal & Chris Champion, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
JCP @ Greenwood, SC – Civic Center – October 21, 1987
The Cuban Assassins vs. the Samurai Warriors
Kendall Windham vs. John Savage
Kevin Sullivan vs. Thunderfoot #1
The Italian Stallion vs. Mighty Wilbur
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw vs. the Mod Squad
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda vs. NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson
Chris Champion & Sean Royal vs. NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
UWF @ Monroe, LA – Civic Center – October 21, 1987
JCP @ West Palm Beach, FL – October 22, 1987
Mike Graham defeated Ivan Koloff
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
Robert Gibson defeated Dory Funk Jr. via disqualification
Ricky Morton defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard in a Texas Death Match
Dusty Rhodes, NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff, & Kevin Sullivan defeated Ric Flair, NWA US Champion Lex Luger, & NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson
JCP @ Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum – October 22, 1987
JCP @ Charlotte, NC – Coliseum – October 23, 1987
The Italian Stallion vs. the Warlord
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw vs. the Mod Squad
Mighty Wilbur vs. Teijo Khan
Lazortron vs. Denny Brown
Mike Rotunda vs. Ivan Koloff
Chris Champion & Sean Royal vs. NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
Dusty Rhodes, NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA US Champion Lex Luger, NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (if Rhodes’ team wins, Johnny Weaver gets 5 minutes in the ring with JJ Dillon)
JCP @ ? – October 1987
Pro taping:
NWA Super Bouts – 10/87: Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson via count-out in a death match at around the 17-minute mark when, as both men were fighting on the floor, Gibson crawled back in and punched Anderson in the face, preventing him from answering referee Teddy Long’s 10-count; Gibson’s victory drew audible boos from the crowd; Tony Schiavone & JJ Dillon provided ringside commentary for the match; after the match, it was announced UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham would face Eddie Gilbert the following week
Pro – 10/24/87:
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw vs. George South & John Savage
Mike Rotunda vs. Gladiator #1
Kevin Sullivan vs. Rocky King
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Samurai Warrior #1
Ivan Koloff, the Warlord, & Mighty Wilbur vs. Ricky Santana, David Sierra, & Ricky NelsoN
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Kendall Windham & the Italian Stallion
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. the New Breed
Worldwide – 10/24/87 – featured an opening clip of Hiro Matsuda putting Johnny Weaver out with the sleeper the previous week; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett; included Crockett conducting a ringside interview with Paul Jones in which they reviewed footage of Mighty Wilbur attacking him during NWA Pro, with Jones saying his army would get revenge on Wilbur; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Ric Flair about challenging NWA World Champion Ron Garvin at Starrcade; included Caudle conducting an interview with NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors and Paul Ellering about challenging NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Garvin about his match with Flair at Starrcade:
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard defeated John Savage & Rocky King at 1:59 when Anderson pinned Savage after a double gordbuster
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned George South with the lariat at the 47-second mark
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2 at 1:28 when Morton scored the pin after a double DDT; Morton’s shoulder was heavily taped for the match
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) defeated Ricky Nelson & David Isley at 1:01 when Eaton pinned Isley with an elbow drop off the top; during the bout, Cornette joined the commentary team and complained about Eaton & Lane having to face Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson at Starrcade in a scaffold match, saying Jim Crockett Jr. was putting his team in the scaffold match at Starrcade for the second year in a row because he hated their guts
NWA US Champion Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Kendall Windham via submission with the Torture Rack at 3:34; during the bout, it was noted the Luger vs. Dusty Rhodes steel cage match at Starrcade would have the added stipulation that Rhodes could not wrestle anywhere in 90 days if he lost; following the commercial break, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Dillon, Anderson, Blanchard, & NWA US Champion Lex Luger about their respective Starrcade matches, during which Anderson said, “David Crockett, we don’t mean to come out here and toot our own horn, but toot toot”
Mighty Wilbur pinned Tommy Angel with a splash at the 23-second mark; prior to the bout, Wilbur shook referee Tommy Young’s hand; after the contest, Paul Jones came out and confronted Wilbur, with Wilbur then slamming Ivan Koloff and the Warlord; moments later, all three men cornered Wilbur before Jimmy Valiant and Bugsy McGraw cleared the ring; Wilbur then left the ring and spoke with David Crockett at ringside about him fighting off Koloff and the Warlord
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – October 24, 1987
Bugsy McGraw defeated Teijo Khan
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda defeated Rick Steiner
Jimmy Valiant defeated the Warlord via disqualification
Luke Williams & Johnny Ace (sub. for Butch Miller) fought Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin to a draw
Mighty Wilbur defeated Ivan Koloff via count-out
Sting defeated Eddie Gilbert
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane fought Chris Champion & Sean Royal to a draw
Ric Flair (sub. for Tully Blanchard) defeated NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff via disqualification
CWF @ St. Petersburg, FL – Bayfront Center – October 24, 1987
TV taping:
Bill Mulkey vs. Lazortron
Mike Graham & Steve Keirn vs. the Mighty Yankees
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Dory Funk Jr.
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
Kevin Sullivan defeated Big Bubba
The Mighty Yankees defeated Bobby Idol & Rick Ryder
Dick Murdoch defeated Kendall Windham
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Jack Towers
Dory Funk Jr. defeated Jim Backlund
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger
UWF @ Jonesboro, AR – October 25, 1987 (250)
David Haskins fought the Terminator to a draw
Steve Cox pinned Gary Young
The Kodiaks defeated Ken Massey & the Enforcer (Doug Gilbert)
Tim Horner pinned Black Bart
David Haskins pinned Terry Taylor at the 20-minute mark
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr.
JCP @ Greensboro, NC – Coliseum – October 25, 1987 (3,721)
Ricky Santana defeated MOD Squad Basher
Kendall Windham defeated MOD Squad Spike
Mighty Wilbur defeated Thunderfoot #1
Ivan Koloff fought Kevin Sullivan to a no contest
Dusty Rhodes (w/ Johnny Weaver) defeated Hiro Matsuda (w/ JJ Dillon) via disqualification when NWA US Champion Lex Luger attacked Rhodes as Matsuda was caught in the sleeper; after the bout, Luger and Matsuda double teamed Rhodes as Dillon assaulted Weaver
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal
NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson
Ric Flair, NWA US Champion Lex Luger, & NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard defeated NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – October 26, 1987
Cuban Connection #1 vs. Nelson Royal did not take place as advertised
John Savage defeated David Sierra
Kendall Windham & the Italian Stallion defeated the MOD Squad
Mike Rotundo fought Ivan Koloff to a draw
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Arn Anderson
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Ric Flair & NWA US Champion Lex Luger
JCP @ Harrisonburg, VA – High School Gym – October 29, 1987
The scheduled bouts of Denny Brown vs. Teijo Khan, Cuban Assassin #2 vs. the Warlord, and Jimmy Valiant vs. Samurai #2 did not take place as advertised
Denny Brown defeated David Sierra
The Italian Stallion defeated Thunderfoot #1
Jimmy Valiant defeated Teijo Khan
Mighty Wilbur defeated Ivan Koloff via disqualification
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard via disqualification
JCP @ Norfolk, VA – Scope – October 30, 1987
Pro – 10/31/87 – hosted by Bob Caudle & Johnny Weaver; included Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with Ric Flair about challenging NWA World Champion Ron Garvin in a steel cage at Starrcade 87, with Flair saying NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard would beat the Road Warriors and NWA US Champion Lex Luger would beat Dusty Rhodes:
Ivan Koloff & the Warlord vs. David Isley & Larry Stephens
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Ricky Santana & Cougar Jay
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Gladiator #2
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw vs. Chance McQuade & Tommy Angel
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin pinned George South at 1:56 with the right hand punch, then sitting on South for the cover
Mighty Wilbur pinned Thunderfoot #2 with a splash at the 54-second mark; during his entrance, Wilbur signed autographs for fans; immediately after the bout, Wilbur was triple teamed by Paul Jones, Ivan Koloff, and the Warlord, with Warlord hoisting Wilbur in the air so Koloff could hit a clothesline off the top with his Russian chain; moments later, other wrestlers came out to tend to Wilbur; Bob Caudle then conducted a ringside interview with Jones and his men about Wilbur
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) vs. the Texas Cowboys; following Eaton & Lane’s entrance, their opponents ran out to the ring and attacked them, wearing masks, jeans, cowboy boots, and black cowboy hats; the commentary team and Cornette noted instantly it was Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson in disguise, with the two teams brawling; after several minutes, Morton & Gibson injured Eaton’s arm and shoulder after Morton came off the top onto it, with Bubba then pulling Eaton to safety on the floor; following the commercial break, Bob Caudle conducted a ringside interview with Morton & Gibson in which they unmasked and talked about facing Eaton & Lane in a scaffold match at Starrcade 87
Worldwide – 10/31/87 – hosted by Tony Schiavone; featured the announcement NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors would challenge NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard at Starrcade; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Paul Jones about Mighty Wilbur, with Jones showing footage from NWA Pro of wilbur triple teamed by Koloff, Warlord, and Jones and Koloff using his chain to hit a modified Doomsday Device; featured Schiavone conducting a ringside interview with Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson about facing NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a scaffold match at Starrcade; included an ad promoting the Great American Bash 87 VHS; featured Caudle conducting an interview with JJ Dillon and NWA US Champion Lex Luger about Luger facing Dusty Rhodes at Starrcade, during which Dillon noted Rhodes survived a recent bout with Hiro Matsuda; included Caudle conducting an interview with Ric Flair about challenging NWA World Champion Ron Garvin at Starrcade:
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff (w/ Dusty Rhodes) pinned Tommy Angel at the 49-second mark with the Russian Sickle; after the commercial break, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Rhodes and Koloff about the Rhodes vs. NWA US Champion Lex Luger and Koloff vs. UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor matches at Starrcade
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda pinned Cougar Jay with the airplane spin at 1:20
Ricky Santana pinned Thunderfoot #2 with a crossbody off the top at 1:33; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Santana and NWA World Champion Ron Garvin, with Santana briefly speaking in Spasnish before Garvin spoke about facing Ric Flair at Starrcade
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Gladiator #1 & Chance McQuade at 1:16 when Gibson pinned McQuade after the double dropkick
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin pinned Johnny Ace at the 47-second mark by sitting on Ace after hitting the right hand punch
Mighty Wilbur pinned Larry Stephens with the splash at the 56-second mark; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Wilbur about Paul Jones, Ivan Koloff, and the Warlord
World Championship Wrestling – 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
– 10/31/87: Eddie Gilbert and Missy Hyatt were married.
JCP @ Asheville, NC – Civic Center – November 1, 1987 (matinee)
Cuban Connection #1 vs. Samurai Warrior #2, Cuban Connection #2 vs. Samurai Warrior #1 and the Italian Stallion & Todd Champion vs. the MOD Squad did not take place as advertised
Ricky Santana defeated John Savage
The Italian Stallion defeated David Sierra
Jimmy Valiant defeated Thunderfoot #1
Kendall Windham defeated Thunderfoot #2
Kevin Sullivan fought the Barbarian to a doube count-out
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham & NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title bunkhouse match
JCP @ Salisbury, MD – Wicomico Youth & Civic Center – November 1, 1987
TV taping:
UWF TV – 11/14/87:
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated Chance McQuade
Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr. defeated Trent Knight & Max McGuyver
Ron Simmons defeated the Phantom; after the bout, Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr. attacked Simmons
Tim Horner & Shane Douglas defeated Bob Emory & Joe Lynn
Mighty Wilbur defeated Tony Suber
Larry Zbyszko (w/ Baby Doll) defeated Dexter Wescott
Sting vs. Eddie Gilbert; the broadcast ended with the match still in progress
Power Pro Wrestling – 11/14/87:
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw defeated Tommy Angel & Cougar Jay
Chris Champion & Sean Royal defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2
Larry Zbyszko (w/ Baby Doll) defeated David Isley
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated the Gladiators
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson (Texas Death Match); the broadcast ended after Windham gained two falls
UWF TV – 11/21/87:
Sting defeated Tony Stetson
Luke Williams & Johnny Ace defeated Bob Emory & Dexter Wescott
Larry Zbyszko (w/ Baby Doll) defeated Tony Suber
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo defeated the Phantom
UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor & Eddie Gilbert defeated Curtis Thompson & Max McGuyver
Jimmy Garvin defeated Ivan Koloff via disqualification when Koloff attacked Garvin with his chain; after the match, Mighty Wilbur attemtped to make the save but was also beaten down
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated Joe Lynn
Power Pro Wrestling – 11/21/87:
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated an unknown
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Tommy Angel & David Isley
Larry Zbyszko (w/ Baby Doll) defeated John Savage
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Thunderfoot #1 & #2
Hiro Matsuda defeated Rikki Nelson
Ron Simmons defeated Cougar Jay
Ivan Koloff & the Warlord defeated George South & Gary Royal
NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson defeated Rocky King
CWF @ Orlando, FL – Eddie Graham Sports Complex – November 1, 1987
Kendall Windham defeated Bill Mulkey
Jimmy Valiant defeated Thunderfoot #2
Bugsy McGraw defeated Thunderfoot #1
Mike Graham & Rex King defeated Dory Funk Jr. & the Barbarian
Kevin Sullivan defeated Big Bubba via count-out
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard defeated UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham & NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title bunkhouse match
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – November 2, 1987
TV taping:
Chris Champion vs. MOD Squad #2
Todd Champion vs. Larry Zbsyzko
Ron Simmons vs. Hiro Matsuda
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw vs. Ivan Koloff & the Barbarian
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin defeated the Warlord
NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson in a Texas Death Match
Dark match after the taping: Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title bunkhouse match
JCP @ Rock Hill, SC – Winthrop Coliseum – November 3, 1987
TV taping:
Johnny Weaver vs. JJ Dillon
Barry Windham vs. NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson (Texas Death match)
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin & NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Ric Flair & NWA US Champion Lex Luger
Also featured Michael Hayes, Sting, Kevin Sullivan, Rick Steiner, UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor, Ron Simmons, Larry Zbyszko, Eddie Gilbert, the Sheepherders, Mighty Wilbur, Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner, the Terminator, the Kodiaks, and Black Bart
JCP @ Winston-Salem, NC – Memorial Coliseum – November 3, 1987
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title bunkhouse match
JCP @ Monroe, NC – November 4, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Sean Royal & Chris Champion in a non-title match
JCP @ Portsmouth, OH – Grant Middle School Gym – November 4, 1987
Ron Simmons vs. Larry Zbyszko
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner vs. the Sheepherders
Sting vs. UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor
Michael Hayes vs. Tully Blanchard
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin & NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Ric Flair & NWA US Champion Lex Luger
JCP @ Raleigh, NC – Dorton Arena – November 5, 1987
Rick Steiner defeated Denny Brown
The Italian Stallion & John Savage defeated the Kodiaks
Jimmy Valiant defeated the Terminator
Bugsy McGraw defeated the Barbarian
Mighty Wilbur defeated UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor via disqualification
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo, Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger, NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard, & JJ Dillon
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Eddie Gilbert
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title bunkhouse match
JCP @ Marion, NC – November 6, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Sean Royal & Chris Champion in a non-title match
JCP @ Pensacola, FL – Civic Center – November 6, 1987
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – November 1987
World Championship Wrestling – 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
Worldwide – 11/7/87 – featured an opening clip from the Dusty Rhodes vs. Hiro Matsuda match taped 10/25/87 at the Greensboro Coliseum; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett, with Crockett conducting a ringside interview with UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham about challenging UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams at Starrcade; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Kevin Sullivan about the Starrcade 87 lineup, with Sullivan saying JJ Dillon may have needed an assassin when he got Hiro Matsuda but he only ended up with an errand boy; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Ric Flair about facing NWA World Champion Ron Garvin at Starrcade; included Caudle conducting an interview with Rhodes about his match with Matsuda in Greensboro:
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff pinned David Isley with the Russian Sickle at 1:03; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Koloff about facing UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor at Starrcade and Dusty Rhodes facing NWA US Champion Lex Luger
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Cougar Jay & an unknown at the 16-second mark when Anderson pinned Jay with the double gordbuster; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Dillon, Anderson & Blanchard about facing NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors at Starrcade
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda pinned Thunderfoot #1 with the airplane spin at the 57-second mark
Ricky Santana pinned Ricky Nelson with a crossbody off the top at 1:11
NWA US Champion Lex Luger & Hiro Matsuda (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated the Italian Stallion & Larry Stephens at 1:22 when Stephens submitted to Matsuda’s sleeper; after the match, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Dillon, Luger, and Matsuda about their plan to eliminate Dusty Rhodes
Kevin Sullivan pinned George South with the double stomp at the 19-second mark
Mighty Wilbur, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Ivan Koloff, the Warlord (w/ Paul Jones), & Thunderfoot #2 at 10:33 when Wilbur pinned Thunderfoot with the splash; after the bout, Wilbur put Jones in a bearhug until Koloff choked him with his chain, with Wilbur tossing Koloff to the floor; moments later, David Crockett conducted an interview with Wilbur from the apron, with Wilbur saying he wanted to face Koloff at Starrcade
Pro – 11/7/87:
The New Breed vs. Thunderfoot #1 & #2
NWA US Champion Lex Luger vs. Larry Stephens
Hiro Matsuda vs. Rocky King
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. George South & Gary Royal
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham & Ricky Santana vs. Ivan Koloff & the Warlord
JCP @ Akron, OH – James Rhodes Arena – November 7, 1987 (1,800)
Kendall Windham pinned Thunderfoot #1
Bugsy McGraw & Jimmy Valiant defeated the Canadian Kodiaks
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo defeated Big Bubba via disqualification
Jimmy Garvin & Mighty Wilbur defeated the Barbarian & the Warlord when Garvin pinned the Barbarian
Michael Hayes pinned Ivan Koloff
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title bunkhouse match when Gibson pinned Lane after kicking Lane’s powder into his own face
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger via disqualification when JJ Dillon interfered
JCP @ Anaheim, CA – Convention Center – November 8, 1987 (matinee)
Ron Simmons defeated Black Bart
UWF World Champion Steve Williams defeated Dory Funk Jr. via disqualification
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated the Canadian Kodiaks (w/ Skandar Akbar)
Shaska Whatley defeated Samoan Tau
The Terminator defeated the Golden Bear
NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham fought Larry Zbyszko to a draw
The Road Warriors defeated Luke Williams & Johnny Ace when Road Warrior Animal pinned Ace with a powerslam off the top
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – Omni – November 8, 1987 (3,800)
Rick Steiner fought Kevin Sullivan to a draw
Michael Hayes defeated the Warlord
Mighty Wilbur defeated the Barbarian via disqualification
Ivan Koloff defeated Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin defeated Gladiator #1 & #2 in a handicap match
Ric Flair defeated Kendall Windham & the Italian Stallion in a handicap match
Hiro Matsuda defeated Johnny Weaver
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated Jimmy Garvin
Dusty Rhodes & NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor & Eddie Gilbert
Ricky Morton, Robert Gibson, Chris Champion, & Sean Royal fought NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane to a double disqualification
JCP @ San Francisco, CA – Civic Auditorium – November 9, 1987
Shaska Whatley defeated George Wells
Ron Simmons defeated Black Bart
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated the Kodiaks
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Eddie Gilbert
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham fought Larry Zbyszko to a no contest
The Road Warriors defeated Luke Williams & Johnny Ace
UWF World Champion Steve Williams defeated Dory Funk Jr. via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin & Jimmy Garvin defeated Ric Flair & NWA US Champion Lex Luger
JCP @ Toccoa, GA – November 9, 1987
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
JCP @ Jacksonville, FL – November 10, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – November 11, 1987
TV taping
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – November 12, 1987
TV taping
JCP @ West Palm Beach, FL – South Florida Fairgrounds – November 13, 1987
Admission was free with a paid ticket to the Florida Heritage Festival
Louis Astia vs. Rick Ryder
Jimmy Valiant & Busgy McGraw vs. the Mighty Yankees
Misty Blue vs. Linda Dallas
Kevin Sullivan, Mike Graham, & Rex King defeated Big Bubba, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Dory Funk Jr.
JCP @ Hampton, VA – Coliseum – November 13, 1987
Rick Steiner fought Ricky Santana to a draw
Mike Rotundo defeated Thunderfoot #1 (Joel Deaton)
Robert Gibson defeated the Barbarian via disqualification
Ricky Morton defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson in a lumberjack match
UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor defeated Mark Fleming
Dusty Rhodes & Johnny Weaver defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger & Hiro Matsuda
The Road Warriors defeated Ivan Koloff & the Warlord
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin & NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Ric Flair & NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard when Garvin pinned Flair
Pro – 11/14/87:
Sting vs. Tommy Angel
Larry Zbyszko vs. Curtis Thompson
UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor & Eddie Gilbert vs. Rocky King & Rick Nelson
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Rick Steiner
World Championship Wrestling – 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
Worldwide – 11/14/87 – featured an opening clip of UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Rick Steiner from NWA Pro; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett, with the two going back to the Windham vs. Steiner footage and the interference of Larry Zbyszko and Baby Doll; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Dusty Rhodes and NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff about Rhodes facing NWA US Champion Lex Luger and Koloff facing UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor at Starrcade; :
Ron Simmons pinned Tommy Angel with a spinebuster at 2:32; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Simmons about his arrival and the challenge of Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr. (Simmons’ Worldwide debut)
NWA US Champion Lex Luger, NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated three unknowns at the 50-second mark when Luger forced a submission with the Torture Rack; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Ric Flair, Luger, Anderson, Blanchard, & Dillon about their plans for Starrcade
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin pinned Larry Stephens at 1:48 after the Garvin Stomp
Larry Zbyszko (w/ Baby Doll) pinned Kendall Windham with a neckbreaker at around the 11-minute mark; after the bout, UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham ran out and cleared Zbyszko from the ring; following the commercial break, Bob Caudle conducted an interview with Zbyszko, with Baby Doll, about wanting Windham’s championship (Zbyszko’s Worldwide debut)
Rick Steiner pinned Rocky King with a belly to belly suplex at the 50-second mark; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Kevin Sullivan in which Sullivan discussed Ron Simmons’ comments earlier in the broadcast about his rough upbringing, surviving it, and becoming one of the top football players out of Florida; Sullivan then addressed Steiner and told Steiner he had gone down the wrong path but he saw potential in him
Michael Hayes & Sting defeated Cougar Jay & Gene Ligon at 1:55 when Hayes pinned Jay with a running bulldog; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Hayes & Sting about being part of Starrcade, with Sting saying he had a new move for Eddie Gilbert called the Scorpion; Hayes then said he, Sting, and Jimmy Garvin wouldn’t leave Starrcade as losers
CWF @ Sarasota, FL – Robarts Arena – November 14, 1987
TV taping:
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Mike Graham & Rex King
NWA Super Bouts – 11/87: UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham fought Dory Funk Jr. to a 20-minute time-limit draw; after the bout, Funk attacked the champion but Windham hit him with a dropkick and left the ring with the title belt
Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors vs. Ric Flair, NWA US Champion Lex Luger, & NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard
Also included NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson, Big Bubba, and women wrestlers
UWF @ Oklahoma City, OK – November 15, 1987 (500) (matinee)
Big Bubba defeated an unknown
NWA US Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton defeated an unknown
Kevin Sullivan defeated NWA US Tag Team Champion Stan Lane
UWF @ Tulsa, OK – Convention Center – November 15, 1987 (3,000)
TV taping:
NWA Super Bouts – 11/21/87: NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Larry Zbyszko (w/ Baby Doll) via reverse deicison; Zbyszko initially won the match and title at around the 15-minute mark after hitting Windham with a foreign object but Tim Horner came out, told the referee what happened, and the referee changed the decision after the weapon fell out of the challenger’s tights; after the match, Zbyszko assaulted both Windham and Horner with the title belt before shoving the referee
UWF – 11/28/87 – featured an opening shot of a Bunkhouse Stampede match from the previous year; hosted by Magnum TA & Missy Hyatt; featured Jim Ross & Jack Gregory on commentary, with the two conducting a ringside interview with Michael Hayes about being part of the upcoming Bunkhouse Stampede matches; included a music video on UWF World Champion Steve Williams set to Queen’s ‘We Are the Champions;’ featured the NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Larry Zybszko match from the 11/21/87 NWA Super Bouts; included a video package on the Road Warriors showing them coming to the ring and jumping their opponents:
The Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated Craig Whitford & an unknown at 1:04 when Road Warrior Animal pinned Whitford after a simultaneous clothesline from in front and behind; after the bout, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with the Road Warriors about being part of the Bunkhouse Stampedes, with Animal saying both he and Hawk won 3 Bunkhouse Stampedes the prior year but had to go to Japan and that was the only reason they didn’t win it all
Ron Simmons pinned Ron Ellis at 2:31 with a shoulderblock from the middle turnbuckle; after the match, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with Simmons about being part of the Bunkhouse Stampdes
Sting defeated Mark Calaway via submission with the Scorpion Deathlock at 2:28; after the match, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with Sting, who picked up a young fan in the crowd to show off his Sting-like face paint and haircut; Sting then discussed being part of the upcoming Bunkhouse Stampedes
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) defeated Chuck West & Phil Wylie at 3:44 when Wylie submitted to a half crab from Eaton after the Rocket Launcher; after the bout, Jim Ross conducted a ringside interview with Cornette, with his men, about Eaton, Lane and Bubba being part of the Bunkhouse Stampedes, during which Cornette said Bubba would get revenge on Dusty Rhodes cheating him out of winning the previous year’s Stampede Final
Dark match: Dusty Rhodes & NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor & Eddie Gilbert
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – November 16, 1987
Rocky King & Denny Brown vs. the Canadian Kodiaks (w/ Skandar Akbar), Larry Stephens vs. Teijo Khan, and Ricky Nelson vs. Bill Mulkey did not take place as advertised
Ricky Nelson fought Larry Stephens to a draw
John Savage defeated Thunderfoot #1 (sub. for Rick Steiner)
Denny Brown defeated Rocky King
Kevin Sullivan & the Barbarian defeated Hiro Matsuda & Rick Steiner
Mighty Wilbur, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Ivan Koloff, the Warlord, & Barbarian
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal
JCP @ Inglewood, CA – Great Western Forum – November 16, 1987 (1,500)
Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr. defeated Billy Anderson & Tim Patterson
Ron Simmons pinned the Terminator
Sting pinned Black Bart by using the ropes for leverage
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Luke Williams & Johnny Ace at around the 16-minute mark when Horner pinned Luke after Brad tripped Luke from the floor
Michael Hayes defeated UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor via disqualification when Eddie Gilbert interfered
NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham fought Larry Zbyszko to a double count-out at 22:17
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Eddie Gilbert at 5:38
Ric Flair & NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated NWA World Champion Ron Garvin & UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams at 22:13 in an elimination match; Flair pinned Garvin after hitting him with his shoe; following the pinfall, it was announced Luger and Williams, who had been fighting on the floor during the pinfall, had been counted-out
JCP @ El Paso, TX – Civic Center – November 17, 1987
JCP @ Columbia, SC – Township Auditorium – November 17, 1987
Pro – 11/28/87:
Bugsy McGraw & Jimmy Valiant defeated Thunderfoot #1 & George South at 2:44 when McGraw pinned Thunderfoot
Ricky Santana pinned Gary Royal
Rick Steiner pinned Tommy Angel at 3:20
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson via disqualification
Worldwide – 11/28/87 – featured an opening clip of Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane from NWA Pro; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett, with the two discussing the upcoming Bunkhouse Stampedes as Jim Cornette and Big Bubba stood behind them at ringside; Cornette then introduced Eaton & Lane for the opening bout; included Crockett conducting a ringside interview with Morton & Gibson about the upcoming Bunkhouse Stampedes and having to go through Eaton & Lane to get back to the NWA Tag Team Titles, with Morton then giving advice to Chris Champion & Sean Royal; featured Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Paul Jones, Ivan Koloff, the Barbarian, and the Warlord about being part of the Bunkhouse Stampedes; included an ad promoting The Danger zone VHS; featured the announcement NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Lazortron was injured and the title would be determined later in the show between the top two contenders; included the closing announcement the Bunkhouse Stampedes would begin Dec. 1 in Monroe, LA:
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated two unknowns at 1:57 when Eaton scored the pin after a kick from Lane / spinebuster from Eaton combo; during the bout, Cornette joined the commentary team
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda pinned David Isley at 2:02 with the airplane spin
Mighty Wilbur pinned Gene Ligon at the 49-second mark with the splash; after the bout, David Crockett conducted an interview with Wilbur about Paul Jones and the Bunkhouse Stampedes
Ricky Santana pinned Thunderfoot #1 at 3:55 with with a half cradle
Nelson Royal pinned Denny Brown at around the 14-minute mark with a roll over and grabbing the tights for leverage; stipulations stated the winner would become the new NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion; prior to the bout, David Crockett was in possession of the title belt at ringside
Rick Steiner pinned George South at 2:28 with a German suplex into a bridge; after the match, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Kevin Sullivan and Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda in which Sullivan said he didn’t mean any offense but Rotunda was “the most nothing-happening athlete I’ve ever seen in the wrestling business;” Sullivan said the Florida title took Dusty Rhodes to the NWA World Title but Rotunda hadn’t accomplished anything since he arrived and hadn’t faced anyone of note; moments later, Steiner walked over and listened from the ring as Sullivan told Rotunda to pick someone like Lex Luger, NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard, or UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham as an opponent that could help his career
Ivan Koloff, the Barbarian, & the Warlord (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Curtis Thompson, Max McGyver, & Chance McQuade when Barbarian pinned McQuade at 3:33 when Barbarian scored the pin with the headbutt off the top
JCP @ Lincolnton, NC – November 18, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal
JCP @ Troy, OH – Hobart Arena – November 19, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
JCP @ Bluefield, WV – Brushfork Armory Civic Center – November 20, 1987
Ricky Santana vs. Samurai Warrior #1
Denny Brown vs. John Savage
Cuban Connection vs. Samurai Warrior #2
Chris Champion & Sean Royal vs. the Powers of Pain
Mighty Wilbur vs. Ivan Koloff
Rick Steiner vs. Kendall Windham
Ron & Jimmy Garvin vs. NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
JCP @ Williamson, WV – Fieldhouse – November 20, 1987
Michael Hayes vs. Larry Zbyszko
Barry Windham vs. NWA US Champion Lex Luger
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (bunkhouse match)
Nikita Koloff vs. Ric Flair (#1 contenders match)
Also included Sting, UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor, Brad Armstrong, and Black Bart
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Wytheville, VA – George Wythe High School – November 21, 1987
The Warlord vs. Mighty Wilbur
Florida Champion Mike Rotundo vs. Black Bart
Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Ivan Koloff
Also included Rocky King, Bugsy McGraw, & Jimmy Valiant
JCP @ Washington DC – Armory – November 21, 1987
Kevin Sullivan fought the Barbarian to a draw
Sting defeated Larry Zbyszko via disqualification
UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams defeated Rick Steiner
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated Eddie Gilbert & UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title bunkhouse match
The Road Warriors defeated Ric Flair & NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger in a non-title bullrope match
Pro – 11/21/87:
Larry Zbyszko vs. David Isley
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Mike Rotunda & Ricky Santana
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Tony Suber & Max McGyver
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Eddie Gilbert
Worldwide – 11/21/87 – featured an opening clip of Eddie Gilbert vs. NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff from NWA Pro; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett; included Bob Caudle conducting an interview with Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner about Gilbert’s plans to ensure Koloff doesn’t make it to Starrcade; Gilbert then discussed he, Steiner, and Larry Zbyszko facing Sting, Michael Hayese, & Jimmy Garvin at Starrcade; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Dusty Rhodes and Koloff about their respective matches against NWA US Champion Lex Luger and UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor at Starrcade; included an ad promoting The Danger Zone VHS; featured Crockett conducting a ringside interview with JJ Dillon, NWA Tag Team Champions Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson about defending against NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors at Starrcade; included Caudle conducting an interview with Ric Flair about challenging NWA World Champion Ron Garvin at Starrcade; featured Caudle conducting an interview with Dillon and Luger about Luger facing Rhodes at Starrcade; included Caudle conducting an interview with Larry Zbyszko and Baby Doll in which Zbyszko said he was giving UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham until Starrcade to give him the title or he would be nothing more than a stepping stone en route to the NWA World Title:
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned an unknown with the superplex at 1:25; following the commercial break, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Windham and NWA World Champion Ron Garvin about their respective matches against UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams and Ric Flair at Starrcade
Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) & the Mighty Wilbur defeated Ivan Koloff & the Warlord (w/ Paul Jones) via disqualification at around the 13-minute mark when the Barbarian attacked Wilbur after Wilbur twice hit a splash onto Koloff; after the bout, Wilbur was held down so Barbarian could twice hit a headbutt off the top; eventually, Garvin cleared the ring with a steel chair
Larry Zbyszko (w/ Baby Doll) pinned Larry Stephens with a swinging neckbreaker at 2:40
Ricky Santana pinned an unknown with a crossbody off the top at 1:14
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Chance McQuade & Curtis Thompson at the 31-second mark when Gibson scored the pin with the double dropkick
Rick Steiner pinned Tommy Angel with the belly to belly suplex at the 23-second mark; after the contest, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Kevin Sullivan and Steiner in which Sullivan compared Steiner to Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda and UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams; Sullivan then told Steiner that he was following Eddie Gilbert but he had to be his own man and learn to do the right thing
JCP @ Johnstown, PA – War Memorial Arena – November 22, 1987 (2,000) (matinee)
Eddie Gilbert pinned Jimmy Jackson
Big Bubba pinned John Gavin
Kevin Sullivan fought Rick Steiner to a draw
Paul Ellering pinned JJ Dillon
NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson pinned Robert Gibson at 10:30 by using the ropes for leverage
Ricky Morton pinned NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard at 9:30 by using the ropes for leverage
The Road Warriors defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match after Road Warrior Hawk hit Lane with Jim Cornette’s tennis racquet
JCP @ Boone, NC – Varsity Gym – November 22, 1987
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – November 23, 1987
John Savage vs. Nelson Royal
Kevin Sullivan vs. Gladiator #1
Chris Champion & Sean Royal vs. Black Bart & the Barbarian
Barry Windham vs. Rick Steiner
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Eddie Gilbert
Johnny Weaver vs. Hiro Matsuda
The Road Warriors & Paul Ellering vs. Ric Flair, NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard, & JJ Dillon
JCP @ Bennettsville, SC – November 23, 1987
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match
JCP @ Hillsville, VA – November 24, 1987 (800)
John Savage pinned Gladiator #1 (Gary Royal)
Ricky Santana defeated Rocky King
NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo defeated Thunderfoot #1
Kevin Sullivan pinned Eddie Gilbert by using the ropes for leverage
Rick Steiner pinned Kendall Windham by using the tights for leverage
Jimmy Valiant, Bugsy McGraw, & Mighty Wilbur defeated Ivan Koloff, the Warlord, & the Barbarian via disqualification
NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham pinned NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson at the 15-minute mark
JCP @ Long Island, NY – Nassau Coliseum – November 25, 1987 (11,500)
Debut at the venue
Sting & Ron Simmons fought UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor & the Barbarian to a draw
Larry Zbyszko defeated Kevin Sullivan
Jimmy Valiant, Bugsy McGraw, & Mighty Wilbur defeated Black Bart, the Warlord, & Ivan Koloff
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated the Jive Tones
UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams defeated Rick Steiner
The Sheepherders defeated Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Eddie Gilbert
The Road Warrior defeated Ric Flair & NWA US Champion Lex Luger via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ron Garvin, Dusty Rhodes, NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Big Bubba, NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in Wargames when Eaton submitted to Rhodes’ figure-4
JCP @ New Orleans, LA – Lakefront Arena – November 26, 1987 (1,610)
Starrcade 87 was shown in closed circuit following the live matches
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw defeated Tiger Conway Jr. & Shaska Whatley at 7:32 when Valiant pinned Conway
Ron Simmons pinned Johnny Ace at 4:00 with a flying shoulderblock
Sean Royal pinned Killer Khalifa at 4:11 with a kneedrop off the top
UWF Tag Team Champions the Sheepherders (w/ Johnny Ace) defeated Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner via disqualification when Horner grabbed the flagpole from Ace and used it as a weapon; the match was advertised as Chris Champion & Sean Royal vs. the Sheepherders in a steel cage match but both Champion and the cage did not appear
JCP @ Greensboro, NC – Coliseum – November 26, 1987 (6,000)
Starrcade 87 was shown in closed circuit following the live matches
The Warlord defeated Ricky Santana
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda defeated Black Bart
Misty Blue won a $15,000 7-woman battle royal; other participants included Kat Leroux, Linda Dallas, Jamie West, Venus, Mad Dog Debbie, and Whitney Hansen
Kevin Sullivan defeated Hiro Matsuda
Mighty Wilbur defeated Ivan Koloff
Starrcade 87 – Chicago, IL – UIC Pavilion – November 26, 1987 (8,000; sell out)
Pay-per-view bouts – featured Jim Ross & Tony Schiavone on commentary; included a backstage segment in which Missy Hyatt welcomed the fans and talked about the upcoming bouts; featured Bob Caudle conducting a backstage interview with Michael Hayes, Jimmy Garvin, & Precious about their match earlier in the night and the matches later in the show, during which Garvin said he and Hayes were after the NWA Tag Team Titles and he wished good luck to NWA World Champion Ron Garvin in his title defense; moments later, Caudle conducted an interview with UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams about his match earlier in the night against UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham; included a backstage segment with Jack Gregory & Magnum TA in which they discussed the conclusion of the NWA Tag Team Title match and the upcoming singles title matches; featured Caudle conducting a backstage interview with NWA TV Champion & UWF TV Champion Nikita Koloff about his win earlier in the show over Terry Taylor, with Koloff saying his next goal would be to win the NWA World Title; Caudle then spoke with JJ Dillon about NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard keeping the belts against the Road Warriors earlier in the show; included a closing montage of highlights from the show:
Michael Hayes, Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious), & Sting fought Eddie Gilbert, Rick Steiner, & Larry Zbyszko (w/ Baby Doll) to a 15-minute time-limit draw; the match ended as Hayes had Gilbert covered with a sunset flip; after the match, the crowd chanted “Eddie sucks” at Gilbert
UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams pinned NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham at 6:51 with an Oklahoma side roll as an injured Windham reentered the ring; only Williams’ title was at stake; the crowd booed during the match and for the finish
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) in a scaffold match at around the 9-minute mark; prior to the bout, Bubba dropped Morton with the sidewalk slam inside the ring; order of elimination: Morton knocked Lane off the scaffold (8-minute mark); Lane appeared to injure his knee in the fall; Eaton by Morton & Gibson after being repeatedly hit with Cornette’s tennis racquet; after the match, Bubba climbed the scaffold to face Morton but Morton landed a low blow before climbing back down and putting on Bubba’s hat and jacket (Starrcade: The Essential Collection)
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff pinned UWF TV Champion Terry Taylor (w/ Eddie Gilbert) in a unification match with the Russian Sickle at 18:56
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated the Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) via reverse decision; the challengers originally won the match and titles at 13:24 when Road Warrior Animal pinned Anderson following the Doomsday Device but referee Tommy Young overruled Earl Hebner’s decision since he saw Animal throw Anderson over the top moments before the pinfall; after the bout, the Road Warriors left ringside with the title belts as the crowd chanted “Bullshit” (The Life & Death of the Road Warriors, Starrcade: The Essential Collection)
Dusty Rhodes pinned NWA US Champion Lex Luger (w/ JJ Dillon) in a steel cage match to win the title at 16:24 with a DDT onto a steel chair thrown over the top and into the cage by Dillon; pre-match stipulations stated if Rhodes lost he couldn’t wrestle for 90 days; Johnny Weaver was in possession of the cage key until late in the match when he was knocked down by Dillon outside the ring (The Best of Starrcade: 1983-1987, American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story)
Ric Flair (w/ JJ Dillon) pinned NWA World Champion Ron Garvin to win the title in a steel cage match at 17:38 after catching Garvin running off the ropes and ramming his head into the cage (The Best of Starrcade: 1983-1987)
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – November 28, 1987 (matinee)
World Championship Wrestling – 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
World Championship Wrestling Sunday Edition – 11/29/87
JCP @ St. Petersburg, FL – Bayfront Center – November 28, 1987
Mighty Yankee #2 defeated Rick Ryder
Bugsy McGraw defeated Mighty Yankee #1
Sting, Michael Hayes, & Jimmy Garvin defeated Ivan Koloff, the Warlord, & the Barbarian
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Eddie Gilbert
NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham fought Larry Zbyszko to a draw
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title bunkhouse match
NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors defeated Lex Luger, NWA Tag Team Champions Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Ron Garvin
UWF @ Little Rock, AR – Barton Coliseum – November 29, 1987 (1,500)
Portion of the proceeds went to fund the building of a law enforcement memorial
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotundo fought Ivan Koloff to a draw
The Road Warriors vs. the Sheepherders
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Terry Taylor (Texas Death Match)
UWF World Champion Steve Williams & Sting vs. NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Lex Luger
Also included Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
JCP @ Monroe, LA – December 1, 1987
TV taping:
Included a Bunkhouse Stampede match
Worldwide – 12/5/87 – featured an opening introduction by Missy Hyatt in which she announced UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Black Bart, NWA World Champion Ric Flair vs. Kendall Windham, and an interview with the Four Horsemen during the broadcast; Missy then spoke with Sting about the upcoming Bunkhouse Stampede matches, during which Sting said he wanted a shot at Flair (Missy’s Worldwide debut); hosted by Jim Ross & Bob Caudle (Ross’s Worldwide debut); included Tony Schiavone in the parking garage, speaking with Flair, JJ Dillon, Lex Luger, NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard upon their arrival in which Dillon and Flair said, despite rumors, there were no problems within the Horsemen; featured a promo by NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes, with his Bunkhouse Stampede boot and buckle won from the previous years, about attempting to win his third consecutive annual Bunkhouse Stampede:
UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams pinned the Red Devil with the Oklahoma Stampede at 2:34; after the bout, Bob Caudle conducted a ringside interview with Williams about the Bunkhouse Stampedes and having already won one
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) defeated Tug Taylor & an unknown at 3:31 when Eaton pinned the unknown with the Rocket Launcher; during the bout, Cornette joined the commentary team
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Black Bart (w/ Skandar Akbar) via disqualification at around the 10-minute mark when Baby Doll ran into the ring and raked Windham’s eyes; during the bout, it was announced Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin vs. NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard would be part of the following week’s broadcast, as well as Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson and Sting, Ron Simmons, and UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams in a 6-man tag team match; after the match, Larry Zbyszko came out and twice dropped Windham with the swinging neckbreaker and Bart twice hit a legdrop; moments later, Ricky Santana, Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner ran out to make the save
NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated Ron Ellis & Jerry Newton at around the 1-minute mark when Road Warrior Animal pinned Ellis after a simultaneous front and back clothesline; during their entrance, Animal tripped and fell while jumping over the top rope; following the match, Bob Caudle conducted a ringside interview with the Road Warriors and Ellering about the Bunkhouse Stampedes
NWA World Champion Ric Flair (w/ JJ Dillon) pinned Kendall Windham in a non-title match at around the 9-minute mark by reversing an inside cradle; prior to the bout, the two shook hands; following the bout, Bob Caudle conducted a ringside interview with Flair, Dillon, NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard in which Flair said they were the best because they had the belts; Dillon then discussed Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin facing Anderson & Blanchard the following week
Pro – 12/5/87 – included Jim Ross & Bob Caudle on commentary; featured Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard, alongside JJ Dillon, regarding Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin, during which Anderson called out Lex Luger for being the sole member of the Horsemen to not win their respective match at Starrcade; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Jim Crockett Jr., with Crockett saying Hayes & Garvin heard Anderson & Blanchard’s comments and wanted a match against them, with Crockett saying they would face the Horsemen in the last match on the show:
UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams vs. Tug Taylor
Michael Hayes vs. an unknown
Larry Zbyszko vs. Ron Ellis
NWA International Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors vs. Terry Hays & Chan Torrez
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson vs. Jerry Newton & Craig Wintford
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) via disqualification in a non-title match at around the 7-minute mark when Blanchard hit Hayes with Dillon’s shoe as Hayes had Anderson covered after hitting a bulldog; after the contest, Hayes & Garvin cleared the champions from the ring (the match began during the commercial break)
JCP @ Miami, FL – Knight Center – December 2, 1987 (2,000)
TV taping:
NWA US Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton defeated Rex King
NWA US Tag Team Champion Stan Lane defeated Kendall Windham
NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham fought Larry Zbyszko to a time-limit draw after the 20-minute mark
NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Michael Hayes at the 25-minute mark
Lex Luger won a Bunkhouse Stampede by last eliminating JJ Dillon; eliminations late in the match: Ricky Santana by Luger; NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard eliminated himself; NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson eliminated himself; after the eliminations, Anderson climbed on the apron to tell Luger to take a dive like the rest of them so Dillon could win; after the match, Luger press slammed Blanchard and dropped Anderson with a powerslam before putting him in the Torture Rack; moments later, Blanchard hit Luger in the back of the knee with a steel chair before he, Anderson, and Dillon ganged up on Luger’s leg; Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda and others then came out to make the save
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – December 3, 1987
World Championship Wrestling – 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
World Championship Wrestling Sunday Edition – 12/6/87
UWF @ Alexandria, LA – Rapides Parish Coliseum – December 4, 1987
Larry Zbyszko defeated Brad Armstrong at 7:15
Tim Horner defeated Black Bart at 12:23
Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGarw defeated Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr. via disqualification at 11:46
UWF Tag Team Champions the Sheepherders defeated Ron Simmons & Chris Champion at 13:43
UWF World Champion Steve Williams fought UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham to a draw
Sting won a 21-man $21,000 Bunkhouse Stampede at 9:21
JCP @ Hampton, VA – Coliseum – December 4, 1987
TV taping:
Also included a Bunkhouse Stampede match
Pro – 12/12/87:
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin vs. Cougar Jay & David Isley
The Powers of Pain vs. Tommy Angel & an unknown
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. John Savage
Mighty Wilbur vs. an unknown
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda & Ricky Santana when Rotunda left ringside with Kevin Sullivan
JCP @ Lakeland, FL – December 5, 1987
Included a 25-man Bunkhouse Stampede match involving NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
JCP @ Charlotte, NC – Coliseum – December 6, 1987 (matinee)
Eddie Giblert & Terry Taylor defeated Denny Brown & John Savage
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Ricky Nelson & Keith Jackson
Sting defeated Gladiator #2
The Road Warriors defeated Thunderfoot #1 & Gladiator #2
Larry Zbyzsko defeated Rocky King
Bobby Knight defeated the Italian Stallion
Pro – 12/19/87:
Mighty Wilbur defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson; after the bout, NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard and Anderson double teamed Wilbur until Lex Luger made the save and cleared the ring
Worldwide – 12/19/87 (Power Pro version) – featured an opening clip of Mighty Wilbur double teamed by NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard until Lex Luger made the save; hosted by Jack Gregory, with Gregory speaking with Kevin Sullivan about his recent dealings with Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda; included a music video on UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams set to ‘We Are the Champions’ by Queen; featured a promo by NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes, with his Bunkhouse Stampede boot and buckle won from the previous years, about attempting to win his third consecutive annual Bunkhouse Stampede; included the ‘Badstreet USA’ music video by Michael Hayes; featured Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with the Road Warriors and Paul Ellering about Paul Jones, the Warlord & the Barbarian; included an ad promoting The Danger Zone VHS; featured Tony Schiavone conducting an interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair, JJ Dillon, Anderson & Blanchard about Lex Luger dropping the ball at Starrcade and no longer being part of the Horsemen; they then reviewed footage of Luger coming to the aid of Wilbur against Anderson & Blanchard and Jim Ross conducting an in-ring interview with Luger about chasing the Horsemen:
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Thunderfoot #2 with the Russian Sickle at 1:52; following the match, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Koloff about the issues within the Four Horsemen
Ivan Koloff & the Warlord (w/ Paul Jones) defeated Rocky King & Jessie McClain at 3:15 when Koloff pinned McClain after coming off the top with a forearm as Warlord held McClain over his shoulder
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda (w/ Kevin Sullivan) pinned John Savage with the airplane spin at 1:08; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Sullivan and Rotunda in which Sullivan said Rotunda had become his own man and his game plan was going after the likes of NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes or NWA World Champion Ric Flair
UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams pinned Gladiator #1 with the Oklahoma Stampede (the match was joined in progress)
Larry Zbyszko (w/ Baby Doll) pinned the Italian Stallion with the swinging neckbreaker at 9:19 after Stallion struck the corner
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) fought NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) to a double disqualification at around the 9-minute mark when Ron Garvin attacked Bubba in the ring, moments after Bubba hit the sidewalk slam on Hayes as referee Tommy Young was knocked down; after the match, Garvin cleared Bubba from the ring; during the segment, announcer Jack Gregory repeatedly referred to Ron Garvin as Jimmy Garvin; after the contest, David Crockett said NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes and Lex Luger would be part of the following week’s show
Dark matches:
The Road Warriors & Paul Ellering defeated JJ Dillon, NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Sting
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – Omni – December 6, 1987 (8,800)
Upper balcony seats were $1 for kids; all other seats were $5
Bugsy McGraw fought the Barbarian to a time-limit draw
Larry Zbyszko pinned Ricky Santana (sub. for NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham) at the 11-minute mark by using the ropes for leverage
UWF Tag Team Champions the Sheepherders fought Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner to a 15-minute time-limit draw
Sting pinned Terry Taylor with a sunset flip
UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams & Ron Simmons defeated Kevin Sullivan & the Black Assassin (Bill Tabb) when Williams pinned Assassin with the Oklahoma Stampede
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Eddie Gilbert in a chain match by dragging Gilbert to all four corners
The Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson (sub. for Lex Luger) via disqualification when NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard interfered
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, Chris Champion & Sean Royal in a steel cage match at 10:30 when Anderson pinned Gibson; after the bout, Morton & Gibson and Champion & Royal argued
JCP @ Lafayette, LA – Cajundome – December 7, 1987
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin vs. the Sheepherders
Ron Simmons vs. Lex Luger
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Eddie Gilbert
NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes vs. Terry Taylor
Sting vs. NWA World Champion Ric Flair
Also included a 26-man, $26,000 Bunkhouse Stampede match; participants included NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane, the Road Warriors, NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff, Ron Garvin, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, Big Bubba, NWA Tag Team Champions Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson, UWF World Champion Steve Williams, NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes, Larry Zbyszko, Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr.
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – December 7, 1987
Kids under 10 were admitted for $1
Denny Brown defeated Ricky Nelson
Nelson Royal defeated the Italian Stallion
Rocky King defeated John Savage
Jimmy Valiant defeated Thunderfoot #1
The Barbarian defeated Bugsy McGraw
Ivan Koloff & the Warlord defeated Chris Champion & Sean Royal; stipulations stated the winners would be the #1 contenders for the NWA US Tag Team Titles
JCP @ Baton Rouge, LA – Centroplex – December 8, 1987
TV taping:
Pro – 12/26/87:
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated the Sheepherders (w/ Johnny Ace) via disqualification when Ace interfered with the flagpole; after the match, Morton & Gibson were assaulted
Sting vs. Gene Miller
UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams vs. Keith Steinborn
Larry Zbyszko (w/ Baby Doll) vs. Ed Franks
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff pinned Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda (w/ Kevin Sullivan) with a roll up after Rotunda argued with Sullivan, who was on the apron; after the bout, Sullivan attacked Koloff from behind and hung him in the Tree of Woe, then convinced Rotunda to aid him in double teaming Koloff
Worldwide – 12/26/87- featured an opening clip of NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda from NWA Pro; hosted by Tony Schiavone & David Crockett, with Crockett conducting a ringside interview with UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams and Ron Garvin about the Bunkhouse Stampedes; included an ad promoting the Bunkhouse Stampede pay-per-view; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Koloff about his recent match with Rotunda, with the two reviewing footage of Koloff defeating Rotunda only to be attacked by Kevin Sullivan after the match and then double teamed; included an ad promoting The Danger Zone VHs; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Lex Luger, wearing a Four Horsemen polo shirt, about his new issues with the Horsemen and NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson in which they reviewed footage of Morton & Gibson facing the Sheepherders on NWA Pro and being assaulted by the flagpole; featured Crockett conducting a closing ringside interview with NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes about his recent title win; moments later, Jim Cornette, with Big Bubba, confronted Rhodes and said one of his men would be the one to take out Rhodes; Rhodes then climbed in the ring and faced off against Bubba before then fighting off NWA tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane; the three eventually overpowered him and Cornette threw powder in Rhodes’ face; moments later, Rhodes was held down for Eaton to hit a kneedrop off the top, with Koloff eventually running out to clear the ring and make the save:
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) defeated Dave Spencer & Dave Brown at 3:06 when Hayes scored the pin with the running powerslam
NWA US Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba) pinned Randy Mulkey with a kneedrop off the top at 3:08; Cornette joined the commentary team during the match
Larry Zbyszko (w/ Baby Doll) pinned Tim Horner at around the 9-minute mark when Baby Doll tripped Horner from the floor and held down his foot without the referee seeing
Ron Garvin pinned Alan Martin with the Garvin Stomp at 3:13
Sting defeated Steve Atkinson via submission with the Scorpion Deathlock at the 36-second mark
The Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated the Menace & an unknown at the 52-second mark when Road Warrior Hawk pinned the Menace after the Doomsday Device; after the bout, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with the Road Warriors and Ellering about Road Warrior Animal being part of the Bunkhouse Stampede and Road Warrior Hawk challenging NWA World Champion Ric Flair
Dark matches:
Big Bubba won a 28-man, $28,000 Bunkhouse Stampede match; other participants included the Road Warriors, NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes, UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham, NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff, Ron Garvin, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard, Larry Zbyszko, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff vs. Eddie Gilbert
UWF World Champion Steve Williams & Ron Simmons vs. the Sheepherders
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Terry Taylor
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin vs. NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Lex Luger
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – WTBS Studios – December 9, 1987
World Championship Wrestling – 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
World Championship Wrestling – 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
JCP @ Lenoir, NC – West Caldwell High School – December 10, 1987
JCP @ Raleigh, NC – Dorton Arena – December 10, 1987 (4,000)
NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought Jimmy Garvin to a no contest
World Championship Wrestling – 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)
JCP @ Baltimore, MD – Arena – December 12, 1987 (4,000) (matinee)
Larry Zbyszko defeated Mighty Wilbur (sub. for Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham)
Sting fought the Barbarian to a draw
Eddie Gilbert defeated NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff via disqualification
UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams pinned Terry Taylor (sub. for Rick Steiner)
Michael Hayes defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
Road Warrior Hawk won a 25-man $50,000 Bunkhouse Stampede match by last eliminating Big Bubba; other participants included Road Warrior Animal, Paul Ellering, NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes, NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff, UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams, Mighty Wilbur, NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard, the Barbarian, Kevin Sullivan, JJ Dillon, Ron Garvin, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, Sting, Lex Luger, Larry Zbyszko, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane, Eddie Gilbert, and Terry Taylor
JCP @ Greensboro, NC – Coliseum – December 12, 1987 (6,000)
TV taping:
Lex Luger won a 25-man Bunkhouse Stampede; other participants included NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson, Ron Garvin, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane, UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams, NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes, the Road Warriors
Worldwide – 1/2/88 – featured Bob Caudle conducting an opening ringside interview with Lex Luger in which he took off his T-shirt and challenged NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson to come out and show him what he’s got; Anderson then rushed down as the opening credits began; included Tony Schiavone & David Crockett on commentary, with Crockett then interviewing Larry Zbyszko & Baby Doll in which they said they were after Barry Windham’s NWA Western States Heritage Title and Dusty Rhodes’ NWA US Title; featured an ad promoting the Bunkhouse Stampede Finals on Jan. 24 on pay-per-view; included Schiavone running down the 11 participants entered into the Bunkhouse Stampede Finals – Rhodes, Anderson, NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard, Steve Williams, Mighty Wilbur, Road Warrior Animal, Warlord, Barbarian, Big Bubba, Ivan Koloff, and Luger – and clarifying the rules of the $500,000 match; Schiavone brought in Jim Crockett Jr. who said NWA World Champion Ric Flair would face Road Warrior Hawk as part of the event, with Schiavone then conducting an interview with Rhodes about his participation in the match, his match later in the night with NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff against Anderson & Blanchard, and replied to the comments made earlier in the show from Zbyszko & Baby Doll; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Luger about his recent brawl with Anderson, with Luger saying it was all on the line for both of their careers, said Anderson drew first blood, and there wasn’t a building where Anderson was safe; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Flair in which he discussed the challenges of Michael Hayes, Sting, and Road Warrior Hawk; featured Schiavone conducting an interview with Paul Ellering & the Road Warriors about the upcoming weightlifting challenge against the Powers of Pain, Animal being in the Bunkhouse Stampede Finals, and Hawk facing Flair; included Schiavone conducting an interview with Paul Jones, Koloff, & the Warlord about the upcoming benchpress challenge against the Road Warriors:
Ricky Morton pinned Mike Force at the 47-second mark with a backslide; moments later, David Crockett conducted a ringside interview with Morton in which he discussed the Sheepherders putting down America and said he wouldn’t stand for it
Ron Garvin pinned Thunderfoot #1 at the 42-second mark after the Garvin Stomp
Sting defeated Thunderfoot #2 via submission with the Scorpion Deathlock at the 31-second mark
Eddie Gilbert pinned George South with the Hot Shot at 1:25; on his way to the ring, Gilbert smacked away an NWA calender a fan had open to Sting’s month; Gilbert used what would later be Sting’s theme music for the bout
NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes & NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard via disqualification in a non-title match at 9:44 when Anderson threw Koloff over the top rope; after the match, NWA World Champion Ric Flair ran out and attacked Koloff on the floor, with Lex Luger then running out and chasing Anderson backstage
Big Bubba, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Kendall Windham, the Italian Stallion, & Mighty Wilbur at 3:41 when Lane pinned Stallion after the Flapjack; Cornette joined the commentary team for the bout
Pro – 1/2/88 – included an opening clip from a Bunkhouse Stampede match; hosted by Bob Caudle & Jim Ross; featured an ad promoting The Danger Zone VHS; included Caudle conducting an interview with NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff about the recent changes of Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda and his association with Kevin Sullivan; featured Caudle conducting an interview with NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes about his plans for 1988 and the challenge of Big Bubba, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane; Rhodes then brought up facing Larry Zbyszko, with Baby Doll; included Caudle conducting a ringside interview with Luger in which Luger took off his shirt and called out Anderson, with Anderson coming out and the two brawling at ringside; moments later, Blanchard helped in double teaming Luger; Barry Windham, Kendall Windham, Denny Brown, the Italian Stallion, and others then came out, with referees then intervening to break up the fight:
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Cougar Jay & Mike Force at 2:08 when Eaton scored the pin with the Rocket Launcher; during the bout, Cornette joined the commentary team to discuss Eaton & Lane’s singles title goals; after the match, Bob Caudle conducted a ringside interview with Cornette, Eaton & Lane in which Cornette said Big Bubba was the king of the Bunkhouse Stampedes and Eaton or Lane would take down NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes
Kevin Sullivan (w/ Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda) pinned Rocky King with the double stomp at 1:10
UWF Heavyweight Champion Steve Williams pinned Tommy Angel with the Oklahoma Stampede at 1:10 after catching him in mid-air
NWA Tag Team Champions Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson defeated Gary Royal & John Savage at 1:39 when Anderson scored the pin with the spinebuster and gordbuster; after the bout, Caudle conducted a ringside interview with Anderson & Blanchard in which they cut promos on Lex Luger
The Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated Chance McQuade & Larry Stephens at the 51-second mark when Road Warrior Hawk scored the pin after he and Road Warrior Animal hit a clothesline from the front and behind of their opponent
The Warlord (w/ Paul Jones & Ivan Koloff) pinned George South with a running powerslam at 2:21
NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Sting; only 16 minutes of the match were shown before the show ended
JCP @ Albany, GA – December 13, 1987 (matinee) (4,000)
TV taping:
Ivan Koloff (w/ Paul Jones) pinned Chris Champion after Jones interfered
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Denny Brown & George South
NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes & NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Ron Garvin
NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard won a 25-man Bunkhouse Stampede by last eliminating Mighty Wilbur
UWF – 12/26/87 (final episode) – featured Jim Ross & Bob Caudle on commentary: Larry Zbyszko (w/ Baby Doll) defeated Joe Lynn
Sting defeated Gladiator #2
Eddie Gilbert (w/ Terry Taylor) defeated Denny Brown
Ron Garvin & the Mighty Wilbur defeated Curtis Thompson & Bob Emery
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Gary Royal
The Warlord (w/ Paul Jones & Ivan Koloff) defeated George South
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Big Bubba Rogers) defeated Kendall Windham & the Italian Stallion
JCP @ Cincinatti, OH – December 13, 1987
UWF World Champion Steve Williams defeated Jim Lancaster
Ivan Koloff defeated Mike Rotunda
Larry Zbyzsko defeated the Mighty Wilbur via count-out
NWA Tag Team Champions Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson fought NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes & NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff to a draw
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Sting
Mighty Wilbur won a 25-man Bunkhouse Stampede match
JCP @ Greenville, SC – Memorial Auditorium – December 25, 1987 (matinee)
UWF Tag Team Champions the Sheepherders vs. Chris Champion & Sean Royal, Bugsy McGraw vs. Black Bart, and Ron Simmons & Mike Rotundo vs. Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr. did not take place as advertised
Nelson Royal (sub. for Johnny Ace) fought Kendall Windham to a draw
Ricky Santana defeated Thunderfoot #1
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda defeated the Italian Stallion
Shaska Whatley defeated Rocky King
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated the Barbarian & John Savage
The Barbarian won a $20,000 25-man Bunkhouse Stampede; other participants included: Eddie Gilbert, Terry Taylor, Ricky Santana, Bugsy McGraw, UWF Tag Team Champions the Sheepherders, Brad Armstrong, Jimmy Valiant, Chris Champion & Sean Royal, Johnny Ace, Shaska Whatley, Tiger Conway Jr., Ron Simmons, Black Bart, Tim Horner, Rocky King, John Savage, Kendall Windham, Mike Rotundo, Denny Brown, Italian Stallion, Thunderfoot #1, and Nelson Royal
JCP @ Charlotte, NC – Coliseum – December 25, 1987 (matinee)
Ivan Koloff defeated Mighty Wilbur
Lex Luger defeated Thunderfoot #2
Sting fought the Warlord to a draw
Jimmy Garvin defeated Kevin Sullivan
UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham fought Larry Zbyszko to a draw
Michael Hayes defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes won a 26-man, $26,000 Bunkhouse Stampede; other participants included NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham, the Road Warriors and Lex Luger
JCP @ Atlanta, GA – Omni – December 25, 1987
Lex Luger won a 26-man Bunkhouse Stampede by last eliminating NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard after NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson interfered and attacked Luger, with the momentum knocking Blanchard over the top; other participants included: NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane, Michael Hayes, and others; eliminations late in the bout: Hayes by Blanchard; Anderson by Luger; after the bout, Luger was triple teamed by Anderson, Blanchard, and JJ Dillon until Ole Anderson made the save and helped clear the ring; Luger and Ole then brawled with Blanchard & Anderson all the way backstage; moments later, Jim Ross conducted an in-ring interview with Luger & Ole in which they challenged Anderson & Blanchard to a title match on Jan. 1
JCP @ Richmond, VA – Coliseum – December 26, 1987 (matinee)
TV taping:
Included NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane and a 28-man Bunkhouse Stampede match
JCP @ Detroit, MI – December 26, 1987
Black Bart fought Tim Horner to a draw
Mike Rotunda defeated the Italian Stallion
Jimmy Garvin defeated Ivan Koloff
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff fought Dick Murdoch to a draw
Road Warrior Hawk won a Bunkhouse Stampede match
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – December 26, 1987
The Barbarian defeated Ricky Santana
The Warlord defeated Ron Garvin via count-out
NWA US Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton fought UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham to a 20-minute time-limit draw
NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard (sub. for Lex Luger) via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Sting
The Warlord won a $50,000 20-man Bunkhouse Stampede; other participants included: NWA International Tag Team Champion Road Warrior Animal, Robert Gibson, Ron Garvin, Michael Hayes, NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard, Larry Zbyszko, the Warlord, UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham, and NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
JCP @ Charleston, WV – Civic Center – December 27, 1987 (matinee)
NWA US Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton defeated Chris Champion
Also included a 24-man Bunkhouse Stampede match
World Championship Wrestling – Sunday Edition – 1/3/88 – included Tony Schiavone on commentary; featured Schiavone conducting an opening ringside interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair regarding Sting, Lex Luger, and the Horsemen still running the NWA into 1988; included Schiavone conducting a ringside interview with Luger regarding the Horsemen in which he said he couldn’t take all the Horsemen on himself but he could take them one by one and wanted to start with Anderson; featured Schiavone conducting a ringside interview with the Road Warriors & Paul Ellering regarding their $50,000 benchpress contest against the Powers of Pain Jan. 30 in Greensboro and Road Warrior Hawk’s upcoming match against Flair Jan. 24 at the Nassau Coliseum; included an ad for The Danger Zone home video:
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Kendall Windham & Larry Stephens at 3:39 when Anderson pinned Stephens following the spinebuster and gordbuster; following the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Dillon, Anderson & Blanchard in which they bragged about having the gold while all the other teams were just contenders
Black Bart (w/ Skandar Akbar) pinned George South with a legdrop off the middle turnbuckle at 3:15
Shaska Whatley & Tiger Conway Jr. defeated Mike Force & Gene Ligon at 4:26 when Whatley pinned Force following a double Russian legsweep; after the match, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Whatley & Conway in which they said they would dominate 1988
Florida Heavyweight Champion Mike Rotunda (w/ Kevin Sullivan) pinned Chance McQuade with a butterfly suplex at 1:53; after the bout, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Sullivan & Rotunda in which Rotunda said he was the first member of the Varsity Club and wanted the belts of either NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes or NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff
NWA US Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton (w/ Jim Cornette) pinned Mark Fleming with a kneedrop off the top at 3:41; during the bout, Cornette joined Schiavone on commentary to say Eaton would be the next NWA US Champion; after the contest, NWA US Tag Team Champion Stan Lane joined Cornette and Eaton for a ringside interview with Schiavone, during which Cornette said Lane would be the next NWA TV Champion and that he and the Midnight Express would retire Rhodes
The Sheepherders (w/ Johnny Ace) defeated Tommy Angel & David Isley at 4:18 when Luke Williams pinned Isley following the double gutbuster; Ace briefly joined Schiavone on commentary during the match; after the contest, Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with the Sheepherders & Ace in which they said they would begin crippling people in the NWA and said they started with Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
JCP @ Norfolk, VA – Scope – December 27, 1987
NWA US Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton fought UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham to a 20-minute time-limit draw
JCP @ St. Louis, MO – Arena – December 28, 1987 (matinee)
TV taping:
World Championship Wrestling – 1/2/88 – featured Jim Ross & Tony Schiavone on commentary; included Ross & Schiavone conducting a ringside interview with UWF World Champion Steve Williams about being the lead money winner in the Bunkhouse Stampedes and competing in the Bunkhouse Stampede finals in January; during the interview, Williams addressed beating Barry Windham at Starrcade and looking forward to going to “New York City” for the finals; featured an ad promoting the Wrestling Hotline; included David Crockett conducting an interview in the aisle with Kevin Sullivan about the Bunkhouse Stampede Finals:
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin (w/ Precious) defeated James Bradley & Alan Martin at around the 7:30 mark when Hayes pinned Bradley by sitting on him after a double spinebuster; the bout was joined in progress; following the commercial break, David Crockett conducted an interview in the aisle with Hayes, Garvin, & Precious about Hayes chasing NWA World Champion Ric Flair and NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
Lex Luger defeated Keith Steinborn via submission with the Torture Rack at 2:17; after the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with Luger about facing NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson and being part of the Bunkhouse Stampede Finals
Dick Murdoch pinned Jason Walker with the brainbuster at 6:37; during the bout, Murdoch assaulted his opponent with a chair and microphone cord; after the match, Crockett conducted an interview in the aisle with Murdoch, with Murdoch yelling about how much he hated Missouri and the fans and then discussing his goal of getting the bounty placed on NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes and Ron Garvin; Murdoch went on to say he would take out UWF World Champion Steve Williams for free
Eddie Gilbert pinned Steve Atkinson with the Hot Shot at 5:47
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) defeated Mike Jackson & an unknown at 6:01 when Eaton pinned the unknown with the Rocket Launcher; after the bout, David Crockett conducted an interview in the aisle with Cornette, Eaton & Lane about Eaton chasing NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff and Lane chasing NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes
Larry Zbyzsko (w/ Baby Doll) pinned Lee Peek at 4:46 with a neckbreaker; following the bout, David Crockett conducted an interview in the aisle with Zbyszko and Baby Doll, during which Zbyszko had words with NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff, who was in the ring for the next match; moments later, Zbyszko cut a promo on UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham and challenging him Jan. 24 in Long Island
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff pinned the Menace with the Russian Sickle at 2:45
Ron Garvin defeated NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson (w/ JJ Dillon) via disqualification at around the 16-minute mark when NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard attacked Garvin; prior to the bout, Tony Schiavone conducted a ringside interview with NWA World Champion Ric Flair, Dillon, and Blanchard, with Flair talking about facing Road Warrior Hawk Jan. 24 in Long Island, Blanchard responding to Michael Hayes’ comments earlier in the show, and Dillon noting Sam Muchnick was sitting ringside for the show; after the contest, Lex Luger ran out to make the save and briefly applied the Torture Rack on Dillon before Anderson attacked him from behind; moments later, Luger fought with Anderson and Garvin fought with Blanchard all the way backstage
NWA Six Man Tag Team Champions – NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated Ivan Koloff, the Warlord & the Barbarian (w/ Paul Jones); Tony Schiavone was the ring announcer for the bout; only 12 minutes of the match aired before the show ended
Dark matches after the taping:
NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham vs. Larry Zbyszko
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard via disqualification
Steve Williams won a 28-man, $30,000 Bunkhouse Stampede; other scheduled participants included: the Road Warriors, Ron Garvin, Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes, NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff, NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham, Ron Simmons, Dick Murdoch, Larry Zbyszko, NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard, Lex Luger, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane, Big Bubba, and Eddie Gilbert
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Sting
JCP @ Savannah, GA – Civic Center – December 29, 1987
Included a 20-man Bunkhouse Stampede match
JCP @ Albuquerque, NM – Tingley Coliseum – December 29, 1987
JCP @ Johnson City, TN – Freedom Hall – December 30, 1987
JCP @ Chicago, IL – UIC Pavilion – December 30, 1987
Jimmy Garvin defeated Eddie Gilbert
Ron Simmons defeated Johnny Ace
NWA Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham defeated Larry Zbyszko via disqualification
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff fought Dick Murdoch to a draw
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Sting
Road Warrior Animal won a Bunkhouse Stampede