Philadelphia Civic Center – 1985-1989 Results
1985
JCP / AWA @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – Feburuary 28, 1985
Superstar Billy Graham defeated the Sharship Eagle
Magnum TA defeated Johnny Tatum
Manny Fernandez & Ricky Steamboat fought Ivan Koloff & Black Bart to a draw
Bob Backlund defeated Ron Bass
NWA US Champion Wahoo McDaniel defeated Dick Slater
NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Sgt. Slaughter via disqualification after the challenger accidentally hit the referee with the Slaughter Cannon; the bell didn’t ring until Slaughter had Flair in the Cobra Clutch, leading the fans to believe he won the match
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – March 26, 1985
Buzz Tyler defeated John Tatum
Buddy Landell defeated Sam Houston
Jimmy Valiant defeated the Barbarian
Pez Whatley & Denny Brown defeated the Rock ‘n’ Roll RPMs
Dusty Rhodes fought Tully Blanchard to a draw
Manny Fernandez defeated Arn Anderson via disqualification
NWA US Champion Magnum TA defeated Ivan Koloff
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – April 30, 1985
Denny Brown fought John Tatum to a draw
Buzz Tyler & Pez Whatley defeated the Rock ‘n’ Roll RPMs
Krusher Kruschev defeated Denny Brown
National Heavyweight Champion Ron Garvin defeated Bob Roop
Manny Fernandez & Thunderbolt Patterson defeated National Tag Team Champions Ole & Arn Anderson via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard in a non-title steel cage match
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – June 12, 1985
The Italian Stallion defeated Joel Deaton
Pez Whatley & Buzz Tyler defeated the Rock ‘n’ Roll RPMs
Black Bart defeated Brett Sawyer
Jimmy Valiant defeated the Eliminator
Thunderbolt Patterson defeated Ole Anderson
NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought NWA US Champion Magnum TA to a draw
NWA Tag Team Champions Ivan & Nikita Koloff defeated Manny Fernandez & Dick Slater via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard in a non-title barbed wire match
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – July 20, 1985
Sam Houston defeated JJ Dillon
Manny Fernandez defeated Superstar Billy Graham
Buddy Landell defeated Ron Bass
Dick Slater defeated the Barbarian
NWA US Champion Magnum TA defeated Nikita Koloff via count-out
NWA TV Champion Dusty Rhodes defeated Tully Blanchard in a bullrope match
Jimmy Valiant defeated Paul Jones in a dog collar match
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Ivan Koloff & Krusher Kruschev via disqualification
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – August 23, 1985
Krusher Kruschev defeated Starship Eagle
National Tag Team Champions Ole & Arn Anderson defeated Jimmy Valiant & Pez Whatley
Ron Bass fought Buddy Landell to a draw
Magnum TA fought NWA US Champion Tully Blanchard to a draw
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated NWA TV Champion Dusty Rhodes via disqualification
Manny Fernandez defeated the Barbarian in a Mexican death match
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Ivan & Nikita Koloff via disqualification
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – September 7, 1985
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated NWA TV Champion Dusty Rhodes; there were 2 referees for the match
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – October 5, 1985
Bulldog Brown fought the Italian Stallion to a draw
Sam Houston defeated Mike Davis
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Starship Eagle
Manny Fernandez defeated Arn Anderson
Magnum TA defeated NWA US Champion Tully Blanchard in a non-title steel cage match
Ron Bass defeated Abdullah the Butcher via disqualification
Ron Garvin defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – November 23, 1985 (12,500; sell out)
Sam Houston defeated Stan Lane
Pez Whatley defeated Mike Davis
Don Kernodle defeated the Barbarian via disqualification
NWA National Heavyweight Champion Terry Taylor fought Buddy Landell to a 30-minute time-limit draw
NWA Tag Team Champions Ivan & Nikita Koloff defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson when Krusher Kruschev interfered and pinned Morton
Superstar Billy Graham defeated Krusher Kruschev via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA National Tag Team Champions Ole & Arn Anderson when Rhodes pinned Ole
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – December 28, 1985 (10,000)
Don Kernodle fought Dennis Condrey to a 20-minute time-limit draw
Black Bart defeated Pez Whatley
Manny Fernandez defeated Thunderfoot
Ole & Arn Anderson defeated Ron Garvin & Sam Houston
Jimmy Valiant defeated the Barbarian via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Magnum TA defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Tully Blanchard
Dusty Rhodes won a Bunkhouse Stampede
1986
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – January 18, 1986 (8,500)
Don Kernodle defeated Mark Fleming
Jimmy Valiant defeated Ramblin Wreck
Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated Ron Bass & Pez Whatley
Baron Von Raschke defeated the Italian Stallion
The Barbarian defeated Sam Houston
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated NWA National Heavyweight Champion Dusty Rhodes in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match; fall #3: Flair won via disqualification
The Road Warriors defeated Ivan & Nikita Koloff in a Texas Tornado match
NWA US Champion Magnum TA defeated Tully Blanchard in an I Quit match
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – February 1, 1986 (6,500)
The Italian Stallion defeated Jim Jeffers
Ron Garvin defeated Thunderfoot
Baron Von Raschke defeated Pez Whatley
NWA National Heavyweight Champion Dusty Rhodes defeated Tully Blanchard
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey via disqualification at 13:59 when referee Earl Hebner caught Eaton hitting Gibson with Jim Cornette’s tennis racquet as Gibson had Condrey in an abdominal stretch; after the bout, Morton & Gibson cleared the challengers from the ring (Wrestling Rarities: The Midnight Express)
NWA World Champion Ric Flair fought NWA US Champion Magnum TA to a 60-minute time-limit draw
The Road Warriors defeated Ivan & Nikita Koloff in a steel cage match
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – March 22, 1986 (10,000+)
Pez Whatley fought Leo Burke to a draw
Jimmy Garvin defeated Sam Houston
NWA National Heavyweight Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Ron Bass
NWA Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson via disqualification at 10:32 after Morton hit Eaton with the tennis racquet; the decision was not announced until after Morton covered Eaton and referee Earl Hebner crawled into the ring, slapping his hand to the mat three times, thus the fans thought the titles had changed hands; after the bout, Morton was assaulted with the racquet until Gibson made the save with a steel chair (Wrestling Rarities: The Midnight Express)
NWA US Champion Magnum TA defeated Nikita Koloff via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA TV Champion Arn Anderson in a non-title steel cage Texas Death Match
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Ron Garvin
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – April 18, 1986 (7,000)
NWA Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated the Road Warriors via reverse decision; the challengers originally won the match and titles at 10:35 when Road Warrior Hawk pinned Eaton after hitting him with Jim Cornette’s tennis racquet but Earl Hebner, the original referee, changed the call since Road Warrior Animal shoved him to the floor moments before the pinfall and he saw Hawk use the weapon to get the fall; after the match, the Road Warriors cleared the champions and Cornette from the ring (Wrestling Rarities: The Midnight Express)
NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA TV Champion Arn Anderson, & NWA National Heavyweight Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Dusty Rhodes, Ron Garvin, & Wahoo Mcdaniel
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – May 4, 1986
Robert Gibson defeated Thunderfoot
NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion Black Bart defeated the Italian Stallion
Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Magnum TA fought NWA Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey to a no contest
Baron Von Raschke, Ivan & Nikita Koloff defeated the Road Warriors & Paul Ellering
Ricky Morton fought NWA World Champion Ric Flair to a no contest
Wahoo McDaniel fought NWA TV Champion Arn Anderson to a draw
Ron Garvin defeated NWA National Heavyweight Champion Tully Blanchard via disqualification
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – August 16, 1986 (7,000)
Dick Murdoch defeated Steve Regal
Wahoo McDaniel pinned Baron Von Raschke
Ivan Koloff & Krusher Kruschev defeated Dutch Mantell & Bobby Jaggers
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match to win the titles, 2-1; fall #1: Gibson pinned Eaton at 10:30 with an inside cradle as Eaton attempted a backdrop; fall #2: Condrey pinned Gibson at 1:29 following two backbreakers after Eaton pulled down the top rope behind the referee’s back, causing Gibson to fall out to the floor; fall #3: Morton pinned Condrey at 6:13 by reversing a bodyslam into the ring into a cradle (Wrestling Rarities: The Midnight Express)
NWA US Championship Best of 7 Series – Match 7: Magnum TA fought Nikita Koloff to a no contest; Nikita: 3, Magnum: 3; Bob Geigel was the guest referee for the bout
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – September 6, 1986 (4,500)
Don Kernodle pinned NWA Jr. Heavyweight Champion Steve Regal
Buddy Landell defeated the Italian Stallion
Dutch Mantell pinned the Barbarian
Bobby Jaggers defeated Shaska Whatley via disqualification when Paul Jones tripped Jaggers
Ivan Koloff & Krusher Kruschev defeated Manny Fernandez & Hector Guerrero
Jimmy Valiant defeated Paul Jones in a lumberjack match; members of Jones’ Army were lumberjacks for the bout
National Heavyweight Champion Wahoo McDaniel & Dick Murdoch defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey via disqualification when Condrey used Jim Cornette’s tennis racquet as a weapon; after the bout, McDaniel & Murdoch assaulted Eaton & Condrey with the weapon
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Magnum TA in a steel cage match
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – October 18, 1986 (7,000)
The original line up included Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey vs. Manny Fernandez & Don Kernodle, Jimmy Valiant vs. Buddy Landell, and Krusher Krushev, NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff & Ivan Koloff vs. Wahoo McDaniel, Ron Garvin, & Dick Murdoch
Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated Tim Horner & Don Kernodle
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff, NWA US Tag Team Champions Ivan Koloff & Krusher Kruschev defeated Jimmy Valiant, Dick Murdoch, & Wahoo McDaniel when Valiant was pinned
Brad Armstrong (sub. for Magnum TA) defeated Jimmy Garvin via disqualification
Manny Fernandez pinned Hector Guerrero
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Ole & Arn Anderson via disqualification
NWA TV Champion Dusty Rhodes (w/ NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff) pinned JJ Dillon (sub. for Tully Blanchard) (w/ Ole Anderson & Blanchard) at the 57-second mark after a series of punches, moments after Nikita hoisted Dillon in the air and Rhodes hit an elbow to the head from the top rope; Nikita fought with Ole in the ring for much of the duration of the contest; after the bout, NWA TV Champion Arn Anderson and Blanchard helped Dillon from the ring as NWA World Champion Ric Flair came out and yelled at Koloff; moments later, Rhodes grabbed the mic and said “Tell Hulk Hogan that Dusty’s in town,” noting the WWF was running a show across town at the Spectrum; Rhodes wore a cast on his arm as a result of a parking lot attck from Blanchard, Dillon, Ole & Arn Anderson earlier that day in Charlotte (Koloff’s surprise first appearance with Rhodes)
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – November 1, 1986
Baron Von Raschke fought Shaska Whatley to a draw
Jimmy Garvin defeated Tim Horner
NWA US Tag Team Champions Ivan Koloff & Krusher Kruschev defeated Hector Guerrero & Don Kernodle
Brad Armstrong defeated Rick Rude via disqualification
Manny Fernandez defeated Wahoo McDaniel
NWA TV Champion Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Tully Blanchard
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Ole & Arn Anderson
Big Bubba, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeated NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion Ron Garvin, Bobby Jaggers & Dutch Mantell
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – November 29, 1986
Hector Guerrero defeated Alan West
Don Kernodle defeated Gary Royal
Jimmy Valiant defeated Tony Zane
NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion Ron Garvin defeated Bill Dundee via count-out
NWA US Tag Team Champions Ivan Koloff & Krusher Kruschev defeated Dutch Mantell & Bobby Jaggers
NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard
NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez via disqualification
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – December 13, 1986 (10,000)
Denny Brown defeated Hector Guerrero
Jimmy Valiant defeated Shaska Whatley
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Ivan Koloff & Krusher Kruschev
Barry Windham defeated the Barbarian
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
Dusty Rhodes won a Bunkhouse Stampede match
1987
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, 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 @ 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 (sub. for Dick Murdoch)
Wahoo McDaniel & NWA US Tag Team Champion Ron 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 NWA US Tag Team Champion Barry Windham at the 20-minute mark
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 @ 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 @ 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 @ 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 @ 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
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
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 @ 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
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
1988
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – January 16, 1988 (7,641)
Dick Murdoch, Eddie Gilbert, & Kevin Sullivan defeated Sting, Ron Simmons, & Kendall Windham at the 8-minute mark when Murdoch pinned Windham with the brainbuster
Jimmy Garvin pinned Black Bart with a roll up at 3:30
NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard fought Ron Garvin to a 20-minute time-limit draw
NWA TV Champion Nikita Koloff defeated Mike Rotundo via disqualification when Kevin Sullivan interfered
The Road Warriors fought the Powers of Pain to a double count-out at the 7-minute mark
NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes pinned NWA US Tag Team Champion Stan Lane at 8:43
Lex Luger pinned NWA Tag Team Champion Arn Anderson at 9:11 by reversing a small package
NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Michael Hayes at the 13-minute mark; the match was shorter than usual because it was approaching 11 p.m. and local workers would have had to be paid overtime if the show went late
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Arena – February 13, 1988 (6,000)
TV taping:
shane Douglas defeaetd Curtis Thompson
NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard defeated Tom Marker & Bob Emory
Sting defeated Tony Suber
Barry Windham defeated Steve Sampson
NWA TV Champion Mike Rotundo defeated Joe Cruz
Jimmy & Ron Garvin defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Stan Lane & Bobby Eaton via disqualification
Nikita Koloff defeated Dick Murdoch
Lex Luger & Barry Windham defeated Ric Flair & NWA Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard via disqualification
The Powers of Pain defeated Tony Suber & Tom Marker
NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard defeated Curtis Thompson, Steve Sampson, & Joe Cruz
Shane Douglas defeated Jimmy Miller
NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA US Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton
Ivan Koloff & the Powers of Pain defeated NWA 6 Man Tag Team Champions – NWA US Champion Dusty Rhodes, Road Warrior Hawk, & Paul Ellering to win the titles
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – April 9, 1988 (matinee) (4,000)
Ron Simmons pinned the Terminator
Jimmy Valiant fought the Green Machine to a draw
The Road Warriors defeated the Powers of Pain when Road Warrior Animal pinned Barbarian after Paul Ellering tripped Barbarian as he was on the top rope
Sting defeated Ric Flair via disqualification
Ron Garvin fought Dick Murdoch to a double count-out
Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated the Sheepherders when Johnny Ace’s interference backfired
Steve Williams pinned Larry Zbyzsko at the 5-minute mark
NWA Tag Team Champions Lex Luger & Barry Windham defeated Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard when Windham pinned Anderson
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – June 18, 1988 (5,900)
Included an autograph signing before the show with NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA US Champion Barry Windham, NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
Al Perez defeated Kendall Windham
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner
NWA TV Champion Mike Rotundo defeated Jimmy Garvin
Steve Williams defeated Larry Zbyzsko
The Road Warriors defeated Kevin Sullivan & Rick Steiner
Paul Ellering defeated Paul Jones via count-out
Sting & Nikita Koloff defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard via disqualification
Dusty Rhodes & Lex Luger fought NWA World Champion Ric Flair & NWA US Champion Barry Windham to a no contest
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – July 23, 1988 (9,473; 7,520 paid)
Ron Garvin pinned the Italian Stallion
NWA Western States Heritage Champion Larry Zbyzsko pinned Bugsy McGraw
Rick Steiner pinned Kendall Windham
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated the Sheepherders
Al Perez pinned Mighty Wilbur
Steve Williams & Jimmy Garvin defeated Ivan Koloff & the Russian Assassin
Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers defeated Jim Cornette, NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a handicap bunkhouse match
Sting defeated NWA TV Champion Mike Rotundo via disqualification when Kevin Sullivan interfered
Dusty Rhodes, Lex Luger, Nikita Koloff, & the Road Warriors defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair, NWA US Champion Barry Windham, JJ Dillon, NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard in Wargames
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – August 20, 1988
Ron Simmons & Brad Armstrong fought Rick Steiner & NWA TV Champion Mike Rotundo to a draw
Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers defeated the Sheepherders
Sting, Steve Williams, Ricky Morton, & Brad Armstrong defeated Al Perez, Larry Zbyszko, NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
NWA US Champion Barry Windham defeated Nikita Koloff via count-out
Dusty Rhodes defeated the Russian Assassin
The Road Warriors defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via disqualification
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – September 10, 1988 (6,532)
Children’s tickets were sold for $1
Steve Corino and Stevie Richards were in attendance for the show
Ron Simmons pinned Agent Steele with a shoulderblock off the top
Ricky Morton pinned Curtis Thompson with a crossbody off the top
Brad Armstrong, Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers defeated Rick Steiner, Larry Zbyzsko, & Al Perez at the 10-minute mark when Armstrong pinned Zbyszko with a sunset flip
Sting defeated NWA US Champion Barry Windham via disqualification when the champion refused to break the claw after Sting reached the ring ropes
The Road Warriors defeated Rip Morgan & Russian Assassin #1 when Road Warrior Hawk pinned Morgan after the clothesline off the top; after the bout, Ivan Koloff attacked Paul Jones until Koloff was attacked by the Russian Assassins; the Road Warriors eventually made the save
NWA TV Champion Mike Rotunda defeated Nikita Koloff via disqualification at the 20-minute mark when Rotunda was tossed over the top rope; Koloff initially won the match and title but Kevin Sullivan put the champion’s foot on the rope after the pinfall and convinced the referee it had been there, with the referee calling for the bout to continue
Dusty Rhodes defeated Kevin Sullivan in a dog collar match when Brad Armstrong (sub. for Dick Murdoch), who was handcuffed to Al Perez at ringside for the duration of the bout, hit Sullivan with the timekeeper’s bell
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard to win the titles at 14:50 when Eaton pinned Anderson with the Alabama Jam at the same time Blanchard pinned Lane with the slingshot suplex; because Eaton and Anderson were the legal men, the challengers won the titles; prior to the bout, Jim Cornette, JJ Dillon, and Anderson exchanged words on the mic; the match was advertised as a Best 2 out of 3 falls match (Anderson’s last appearance for a year; Blanchard’s last appearance for 6 years) (Wrestling Rarities: The Midnight Express)
Lex Luger defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification after JJ Dillon hit Luger with his shoe and NWA US Champion Barry Windham interfered; former NFL player John Ayres was the guest referee for the bout
JCP @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – October 15, 1988 (4,418)
Lex Luger had the night off and Ric Flair was attending his 20 year high school reunion in Minnesota
Larry Zbyzsko pinned the Italian Stallion at the 8-minute mark with a neckbreaker
Al Perez fought Ron Simmons to a 15-minute time-limit draw
The Road Warriors defeated Rick Steiner & Mike Rotunda via count-out when Steiner and Rotunda began arguing with one another after the champions knocked them to the floor
Kevin Sullivan pinned Eddie Gilbert (sub. for an injured Jimmy Garvin) (w/ Garvin & Precious) after hitting him with a foreign object; after the bout, Sullivan fought off Garvin and choked Precious until he and Gilbert fought all the way backstage
Russian Assassin #1 & #2 defeated Ivan & Nikita Koloff when Nikita was pinned after sustaining a loaded mask headbutt behind the referee’s back
NWA US Champion Barry Windham defeated Sting via count-out after dropping the challenger throat-first across the guard rail; Sting wore a neckbrace for the duration of the bout; prior to the match, it was announced Windham would win via forfeit due to Sting’s neck injury, but Sting came out and wrestled anyway
NWA Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton when Eaton pinned Rogers after Lane grabbed Rogers’ leg from the floor during a suplex attempt, with Eaton falling on top
JJ Dillon pinned Jim Cornette in a steel cage match at 9:08 with a kick to the groin and forearm to the face, with an exhausted and bloody Dillon then collapsing ontop of Cornette; prior to the bout, the two exchanged words on the mic (Wrestling Rarities: The Midnight Express)
NWA @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – November 19, 1988 (5,000)
Stan Lane pinned the Italian Stallion with an elbow drop after avoiding a monkey flip
Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose defeated Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers when Condrey pinned Fulton after Paul E. Dangerously hit Fulton with his phone behind the referee’s back as Fulton had Condrey covered
Ivan Koloff pinned Russian Assassin #2 with the Russian Sickle; after the bout, #2 attacked Ivan until Nikita Koloff made the save
NWA TV Champion Mike Rotunda & Steve Williams defeated Bam Bam Bigelow & Ron Simmons at the 19-minute mark after Rotunda struck Simmons from behind
NWA US Champion Barry Windham defeated Rick Steiner via disqualification when Windham missed a clothesline and toppled over the top rope, with the referee thinking Steiner threw him
Lex Luger & Sting fought NWA Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors to a double count-out
NWA @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – December 10, 1988 (1,626)
The smallest Philadelphia wrestling crowd in decades; Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Larry Zbyszko & Al Perez did not take place as advertised
Russian Assassin #1 pinned Italian Stallion (sub. for Nikita Koloff); the bout was advertised as Nikita vs. Russian Assassin in a chain match
NWA US Tag Team Champions Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton defeated Jonathan Holiday & Rip Morgan (sub. for the Commandos)
Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose defeated Dustin Rhodes & Kendall Windham
Ivan Koloff defeated Russian Assassin #2 at the 5-minute mark in a death match
NWA US Champion Barry Windham pinned Eddie Gilbert by using the ropes
Dusty Rhodes & Rick Steiner defeated Kevin Sullivan & Steve Williams; the match was advertised as Rhodes, Steiner, & Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Sullivan, Williams, & NWA TV Champion Mike Rotunda
Sting & Lex Luger defeated NWA Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors in an elimination match; Sting fought Hawk to a double count-out; Animal was disqualified when Paul Ellering interfered as Animal was in the Torture Rack
1989
NWA @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – January 6, 1989 (1,000; 3,628 paid; a 5-inch snowstorm kept fans home)
JJ Dillon, Jim Cornette, Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane did not appear as scheduled due to the storm; Abdullah the Butcher did not appear because he was in Puerto Rico; Bam Bam Bigelow did not appear because he was in Japan
Larry Zbyzsko pinned Kendall Windham
Al Perez pinned Dustin Rhodes
Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose defeated Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers (sub. for Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane)
Sir Oliver Humperdink won a four-man managers bunkhouse battle royal at the 3-minute mark after throwing out Paul Jones; other participants were Paul E. Dangerously and Gary Hart
Kendall Windham fought Eddie Gilbert to a double count-out
NWA Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors & Paul Ellering defeated Dusty Rhodes, Lex Luger, & Sting via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned NWA TV Champion Rick Steiner at the 25-minute mark with his feet on the middle rope for leverage following a shoulderblock from the apron and then sliding into the ring on top of Steiner; Steiner thought he had won the match and title moments earlier with the belly to belly suplex but Flair’s foot was on the bottom rope; after the match, Steiner hit the belly to belly suplex on referee Tommy Young
Lex Luger won a bunkhouse battle royal by last eliminating NWA US Tag Team Champion Steve Williams
NWA @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – February 4, 1989 (2,000)
Butch Reed defeated Steve Casey
The Junkyard Dog & Michael Hayes defeated Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose
NWA TV Champion Rick Steiner defeated Russian Assassin #2
Lex Luger defeated Ray Candy
Abdullah the Butcher defeated Bob Bradley
NWA Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors & Paul Ellering defeated Kevin Sullivan, Steve Williams, & Mike Rotunda
Sting & Eddie Gilbert defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & NWA US Champion Barry Windham
NWA @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – March 18, 1989 (5,375; 4,918 paid)
Dick Murdoch pinned Bob Bradley with an elbow to the back of the neck
Michael Hayes pinned Joey Maggs with a clothesline and bulldog
Rick Steiner pinned Kevin Sullivan with a roll up
Sting pinned Butch Reed with a cradle
NWA US Champion Lex Luger pinned Kendall Windham with a powerslam; after the bout, Barry Windham and Michael Hayes attacked Luger, with Luger sustaining a DDT
Barry Windham pinned Eddie Gilbert by using the tights for leverage
NWA Tag Team Champions the Road Warriors defeated Steve Williams & NWA TV Champion Mike Rotunda when Road Warrior Hawk pinned Rotunda following simultaneous front and back clotheslines
NWA World Champion Ricky Steamboat pinned Ric Flair (w/ Hiro Matsuda) at 35:10 with an inside cradle after Flair became distracted by Barry & Kendall Windham fighting with NWA US Champion Lex Luger in the ring; Flair originally won the match and title at 34:25 until Luger appeared and told the referee Flair’s feet were on the ropes during the cover; moments later, the Windhams appeared, with a brawl ensuing in the ring
NWA @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – April 30, 1989
Shane Douglas defeated the Raider
Butch Reed defeated Bob Emory
NWA US Tag Team Champion Rick Steiner defeated Joey Maggs
The Great Muta defeated NWA US Tag Team Champion Eddie Gilbert via disqualification
The Samoan Swat Team defeated the Junkyard Dog & Steve Casey
Bob Orton Jr. fought Dick Murdoch to a no contest
The Road Warriors defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Williams & Mike Rotunda in a non-title match
NWA TV Champion Sting defeated Dan Spivey
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated Michael Hayes via disqualification
NWA World Champion Ricky Steamboat defeated the Iron Sheik
NWA @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – June 24, 1989 (4,107 paid)
Bill Irwin pinned Joey Maggs
Mike Rotunda & Dan Spivey defeated Scott Hall & Brian Pillman
Norman pinned Steve Casey
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Ron Simmons & Al Greene at around the 1-minute mark
Shane Douglas & Johnny Ace defeated the New Zealand Militia
The Great Muta defeated Eddie Gilbert via count-out in a Dragon Shi match
Sting and Rick Steiner co-won a 2-ring battle royal when they decided to split the victory after each man was the last left in their ring; after the bout, Terry Funk attacked Sting
Steve Williams, Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Terry Gordy, NWA Tag Team Champions Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin when Scott pinned Garvin at the 15-minute mark
The Road Warriors fought the Samoan Swat Team to a no contest
NWA US Champion Lex Luger pinned Ricky Steamboat
NWA @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – July 22, 1989 (3,000)
Al Greene & Ron Simmons defeated Scott Hall & Joey Maggs at 8:30 when Simmons pinned Maggs following a shoulderblock from the middle turnbuckle
Norman pinned Ranger Ross at 6:21
Sid Vicious & Dan Spivey defeated Johnny & Davey Rich at 7:40 following a double powerbomb on Davey
Shane Douglas & Johnny Ace defeated the New Zealand Militia at 6:30 when Shane Douglas pinned Jack Victory with a crossbody
Mike Rotundo pinned Scott Steiner at 5:38 in a “suplex match” even though Steiner’s foot was on the ropes
Kevin Sullivan pinned Rick Steiner at 5:10 after Sullivan hit Steiner with a foreign object after referee Tommy Young intercepted a weapon from an interfering Mike Rotundo
The Great Muta pinned Eddie Gilbert at 11:20 in a Coal Miner’s Glove Match after Gary Hart hit Gilbert with the glove
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated Ricky Steamboat via disqualification at 14:10 after Steamboat hit the referee (Meltzer gave it 4 1/2 stars and said it was better than anything at Bash 89)
Sting defeated Terry Funk in a No DQ match at 14:35 by pinning an interfering Bill Irwin
The Road Warriors, Steve Williams, & Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin & the Samoan Swat Team at 16:15 in a Badstreet Match when Williams pinned Garvin with a cradle
NWA @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – August 26, 1989 (4,500)
Tommy Rich pinned Phil Apollo
Bill Irwin & Randy Rose defeated the Ding Dongs (sub. for Shane Douglas & Johnny Ace)
Ranger Ross pinned Al Greene
Brian Pillman pinned Norman
Sid Vicious & Dan Spivey defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane
NWA Tag Team Champions Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated Rick & Scott Steiner via disqualification
Sting defeated the Great Muta via disqualification
NWA US Champion Lex Luger pinned Steve Williams; during the bout, Williams sustained a rib injury and had to miss the following night’s show in New Haven
NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned Terry Funk
The Road Warriors defeated the Samoan Swat Team in a steel cage match
David Lagana was in attendance for the show
Pay-per-view bouts – featured Jim Ross & Bob Caudle on commentary; included a backstage segment in which Gordon Solie previewed the interviews he would have during the night; featured a backstage segment with Chris Cruise about the interviews he would have during the show; included Cruise conducting a backstage interview with Bruno Sammartino regarding his upcoming referee role in the Thunderdome main event; featured Solie conducting a backstage interview with Terry Funk and Gary Hart regarding the Thunderdome main event; included Solie conducting a backstage interview with NWA Tag Team Champions Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin regarding their upcoming title defense; featured Cruise conducting a backstage interview with Rick & Scott Steiner about facing the debuting Doom; included Solie conducting a backstage interview with NWA US Champion Lex Luger about his upcoming match with Brian Pillman; featured Cruise conducting a backstage interview with the Road Warriors & Paul Ellering about their upcoming match against Sid Vicious & Dan Spivey; included Cruise conducting a backstage interview with Sting, NWA World Champion Ric Flair, & Ole Anderson about the upcoming Thunderdome cage match:
Tom Zenk pinned Mike Rotunda at 13:26 when the momentum of a reverse crossbody off the middle turnbuckle put Zenk on top for the win
The Samoan Swat Team & the Samoan Savage (w/ Sir Oliver Humperdink) defeated Steve Williams, Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) at 18:22 when Savage pinned Lane after hitting a running headbutt from behind which knocked Lane into Cornette, who was on the ring apron after hitting Humperdink with his tennis racquet; prior to the bout, the SST & the Savage performed a fire dance at the entrance stage
Tommy Rich pinned the Cuban Assassin at 8:27 with the Thesz Press after avoiding a reverse crossbody off the middle turnbuckle
NWA Tag Team Champions Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated Shane Douglas & Johnny Ace (w/ Jim Cornette) at 11:30 when Garvin pinned Douglas after Hayes grabbed Ace’s leg and swept it out from under him as the challengers attempted the Wipe Out springboard double back suplex, with Garvin landing on Douglas for the win; the challengers were heavily booed in the match while the champions were heavily cheered
Doom (Ron Simmons & Butch Reed under masks) (w/ Woman) defeated Rick & Scott Steiner at 15:32 when Reed pinned Rick after Woman put a foreign object in Reed’s mask and Reed headbutted Steiner; Woman & Doom used Bob Seger’s “Her Strut” as their theme music (Doom’s debut)
NWA US Champion Lex Luger pinned Brian Pillman at 16:49 with a Hot Shot after avoiding a missile dropkick; prior to the bout, Pillman was escorted to the ring by several cheerleaders (Pillman’s first TV loss) (Brian Pillman: Loose Cannon)
The Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated Sid Vicious & Dan Spivey (w/ Teddy Long) via disqualification at 11:37 when Long hit Ellering with Norman’s giant key, then threw it to Spivey who used it as a weapon; moments later, as Vicious & Spivey double teamed Road Warrior Animal, Road Warrior Hawk hit Spivey with the clothesline off the top and cleared the ring with the key
NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Sting (w/ Ole Anderson) defeated Terry Funk & NWA TV Champion the Great Muta (w/ Gary Hart & the Dragon Master) in a Thunderdome match at 23:46 after Anderson punched Hart inside the ring, sending Hart’s towel up into the air, as Flair had Funk in the figure-4; Bruno Sammartino was the guest referee for the bout; pre-match stipulations stated the match could only end when one of the designated terminators – Anderson and Hart – threw in the towel for their team; prior to the bout, a small fire started at the top of the cage; late in the contest, Flair locked Funk in the figure-4, with Sting then twice hitting a splash off the top before Muta attacked Sammartino, with Sammartino then knocking Muta to the floor (Sammartino’s NWA debut) (the first Thunderdome match) (Legends of Wrestling Collection, Legends of Wrestling: Ric Flair and Sgt. Slaughter)
NWA @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – November 25, 1989 (matinee)
The New Zealand Milita defeated Trent Knight & Brad Anderson
Tom Zenk defeated Michael Hayes
Mike Rotundo defeated Norman
Road Warrior Animal defeated Dan Spivey via disqualification
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Shane Douglas & Johnny Ace
The Samoan Swat Team & Samoan Savage defeated Ranger Ross, Eddie Gilbert, & Tommy Rich
NWA Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Doom
NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated Sting via count-out
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated NWA TV Champion the Great Muta
NWA @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – December 27, 1989 (2,100)
The New Zealand Militia defeated Ranger Ross & Tommy Rich
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Shane Douglas & Johnny Ace
Heidi Lee Morgan defeated Dusty Comet
Kevin Sullivan defeated Hector Guerrero
Brian Pillman defeated Michael Hayes via disqualification
Sting & Arn Anderson defeated Buzz Sawyer & the Dragon Master
The Road Warriors, NWA Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Doom & the Samoan Swat Team
NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger