Philadelphia Civic Center – 1990-1994 Results

1990

NWA @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – April 7, 1990
Norman & Abdullah the Butcher defeated Kevin Sullivan & Cactus Jack when Norman pinned Sullivan
Ranger Ross fought Jack Victory to a draw
Mike Rotunda pinned Samu
NWA US Tag Team Champions Brian Pillman & Tom Zenk defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane at the 30-minute mark when Zenk pinned Eaton, despite interference from Jim Cornette
NWA Tag Team Champion Scott Steiner pinned Bam Bam Bigelow with the Frankensteiner
NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned NWA US Champion Lex Luger with his feet on the ropes for leverage

NWA @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – May 27, 1990 (1,500)
Doug Furnas pinned Cactus Jack
Norman pinned Dennis Allen with a splash
Mark Callous pinned Tom Zenk with a clothesline and the heart punch
NWA Tag Team Champions Doom defeated Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong
Tommy Rich pinned Dutch Mantell
The Road Warriors & the Junkyard Dog defeated Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, & Barry Windham via disqualification when Flair & Anderson hit a spike piledriver on Road Warrior Hawk

NWA @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – August 4, 1990
NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Brad Armstrong & David Sierra
Bam Bam Bigelow pinned Wendell Cooley
Mark Callous pinned Doug Furnas
Rick & Scott Steiner defeated the Samoan Swat Team
NWA US Champion Lex Luger fought Sid Vicious to a double count-out
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Doom in a non-title match
El Gigante won a battle royal

NWA @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – September 29, 1990 (3,000)
The first 1,000 kids received a Sting watch
Tim Horner pinned Mario Savoldi (Ted Petty)
Master Blaster Steele pinned Tom Zenk at the 2-minute mark
NWA US Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker & Lt. James Earl Wright
Terry Taylor pinned the Iron Sheik
Ric Flair, NWA TV Champion Arn Anderson, & Sid Vicious defeated El Gigante, the Junkyard Dog, & Brian Pillman
NWA World Champion Sting pinned the Black Scorpion (Bill Irwin); after the bout, Sting went for the Scorpion’s mask until Sid Vicious appeared

NWA @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – November 17, 1990
Included Ric Flair, Lex Luger, NWA US Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner

NWA @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – December 29, 1990
The Minotaur defeated the Juicer
Brian Pillman defeated Master Blaster Blade
El Gigante defeated the Motor City Madman
Sid Vicious defeated Brad Armstrong
NWA US Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin
NWA US Champion Lex Luger & NWA TV Champion Tom Zenk defeated Stan Hansen & the Big Cat
NWA World Champion Sting defeated Ric Flair

1991

WCW @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – March 30, 1991 (1,700)
Larry Zbyzsko pinned Tim Horner
Terrance Taylor pinned Tom Zenk
Ron Simmons pinned Butch Reed
Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated Tommy Rich & Ricky Morton
Sting, WCW US Champion Lex Luger, & WCW Tag Team Champion Rick Steiner defeated WCW TV Champion Arn Anderson, Barry Windham, & Sid Vicious when Luger pinned Anderson
WCW World Champion Ric Flair pinned WCW Tag Team Champion Scott Steiner

WCW @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – June 8, 1991 (1,000)
Black Blood pinned Tim Horner
Ricky Morton & Dustin Rhodes defeated Dutch Mantell & Moondog Rex; Morton walked out on Rhodes during the match
Terrence Taylor defeated Bobby Eaton
Barry Windham defeated Brian Pillman
WCW Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Arn Anderson & the One Man Gang
WCW World Champion Ric Flair defeated El Gigante via count-out

WCW @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – July 5, 1991 (1,800)
Johnny B. Badd pinned Big Josh
Michael Hayes, Jimmy Garvin, & Badstreet defeated the Desperadoes
Tom Zenk pinned the Diamond Studd
Dustin Rhodes defeated Richard Morton via disqualification
PN News & Missy Hyatt defeated Terrance Taylor & Paul E. Dangerously
Bobby Eaton fought WCW TV Champion Steve Austin to a draw
Barry Windham pinned Yellow Dog
Dick Murdoch & Dick Slater defeated Rick Steiner & Tom Zenk via disqualification
WCW US Champion Lex Luger & El Gigante defeated Arn Anderson & the One Man Gang
Nikita Koloff defeated Sting in a Russian Chain match

WCW @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – August 30, 1991 (650 paid)
Terrance Taylor pinned Big Josh
Dustin Rhodes pinned Joey Maggs
Ron Simmons pinned Tommy Rich
Richard Morton pinned Robert Gibson
Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyzsko fought Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin to a double count-out
Tom Zenk pinned the Diamond Studd
WCW TV Champion Steve Austin defeated Johnny B. Badd via disqualification
Rick Steiner & Bill Kazmaier defeated Dick Murdoch & Dick Slater
El Gigante & Yellow Dog defeated the One Man Gang & Oz
WCW US Champion Sting pinned Cactus Jack
WCW World Champion Lex Luger pinned Barry Windham

WCW @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – October 19, 1991 (820 paid)
WCW US Tag Team Champions Todd Champion & Firebreaker Chip defeated Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin
Big Josh pinned Johnny B. Badd
Misty Blue & Black Venus defeated Linda Dallas & Kat LaRoux
WCW TV Champion Steve Austin pinned PN News
WCW Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko defeated Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong
Dustin Rhodes pinned Richard Morton
Rick Steiner fought Cactus Jack to a no contest
WCW US Champion Sting & Barry Windham defeated WCW World Champion Lex Luger & Mr. Hughes; Tom Zenk was the guest referee for the bout

WCW @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – November 23, 1991 (1,000)
Johnny B. Badd pinned Thomas Rich with the left hand punch
Madusa defeated Bambi via submission
Cactus Jack pinned Van Hammer by lifting his shoulder out of a back suplex into a bridge
Big Josh & Mike Graham defeated Richard Morton & Terrance Taylor when Josh pinned Morton; after the match, Morton and Taylor fought over the loss
Big Van Vader fought PN News to a double count-out
Scott Steiner pinned Mr. Hughes with the Frankensteiner
Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyzsko defeated Tom Zenk & WCW Tag Team Champion Dustin Rhodes when Anderson pinned Zenk
WCW TV Champion Steve Austin pinned WCW Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Pillman after hitting him with a foreign object; only the TV title was at stake
Sting pinned WCW US Champion Rick Rude in a non-title match
WCW World Champion Lex Luger pinned Rick Steiner after hitting him with a chair

1992

WCW @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – February 2, 1992 (1,200)
Ron Simmons pinned Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker
Terrance Taylor pinned Tom Zenk when Zenk pinned himself as he had a sleeper applied on Taylor
Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Diamond Dallas Page & Vinnie Vegas
Larry Zbyzsko pinned Marcus Alexander Bagwell
Brian Pillman pinned Richard Morton
Sting, Dustin Rhodes, & Ricky Steamboat defeated WCW US Champion Rick Rude, Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton; during the bout, Paul E. Dangerously was tied to Dusty Rhodes at ringside with a bullrope
Abdullah the Butcher pinned Cactus Jack in a steel cage match

WCW @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – April 4, 1992 (2,700)
Johnny B. Badd pinned Tracy Smothers
Cactus Jack pinned the Junkyard Dog
WCW US Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Terry Taylor defeated Tom Zenk & Marcus Alexander Bagwell when Zenk was pinned
Nikita Koloff pinned Diamond Dallas Page
Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes defeated WCW TV Champion Steve Austin & Larry Zbyszko
WCW Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton fought Rick & Scott Steiner to a double count-out
WCW US Champion Rick Rude defeated Ricky Steamboat via disqualification
WCW World Champion Sting pinned Big Van Vader

WCW @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – August 1, 1992 (2,000)
Bobby Eaton pinned Michael Hayes (sub. for Larry Zbyszko, selling the arm injury he sustained on TV)
Madusa pinned Heidi Lee Morgan
Dustin Rhodes pinned Greg Valentine with the bulldog; stipulations stated the match could only end following Rhodes’ bulldog or Valentine’s figure-4
WCW TV Champion Steve Austin fought Barry Windham to a draw
Rick & Scott Steiner defeated WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Williams & Terry Gordy in a non-title match
Ricky Steamboat pinned Cactus Jack in a falls count anywhere match
Sting & Ron Simmons defeated WCW World Champion Big Van Vader & the Super Invader
Nikita Koloff pinned WCW US Champion Rick Rude in a non-title match

WCW @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – September 19, 1992 (2,000)
Erik Watts defeated Mark Canterbury
Van Hammer defeated Diamond Dallas Page
Barry Windham defeated the Barbarian
Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Greg Valentine & Dick Slater
WCW TV Champion Ricky Steamboat defeated the Super Invader
Dustin Rhodes defeated Vinnie Vegas
Sting & Nikita Koloff defeated Jake Roberts & WCW US Champion Rick Rude
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Steve Williams & Terry Gordy defeated Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton when Williams pinned Eaton with the Oklahoma Stampede
WCW World Champion Ron Simmons defeated Steve Austin

Halloween Havoc 92 – Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – October 25, 1992 (7,000; 4,800 paid)
Brian Heffron (the Blue Meanie) and David Lagana were in attendance for the show
Erik Watts & Van Hammer defeated Diamond Dallas Page & Vinnie Vegas
Pay-per-view bouts – included an opening introdu ction by Tony Schiavone & Bruno Sammartino, during which it was announced Terry Gordy was not in the building and would be replaced by Steve Austin in the match against WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham; featured a backstage segment in which Missy Hyatt was shown outside the locker room of WCW US Champion Rick Rude, during which she questioned whether Rude would appear in both of his scheduled title matches later in the night; included Jim Ross & Jesse Ventura on commentary; featured a backstage segment in which Hyatt found Harley Race entering Rude’s locker room; included Teddy Long conducting a backstage interview with Hiro Matsuda, NWA World Champion Masahiro Chono, Kensuke Sasaki, and Seiji Sakaguchi in which Matsuda announced that Sasaki would be his selected official for the upcoming title defense; featured Schiavone conducting a podium interview with Bill Watts, in which Watts announced Race would be Rude’s official for the NWA title match; Watts then said Gordy had been suspended indefinitely for breach of contract and that Rude filed a injunction against his US title defense, which allowed Rude to bring in Big Van Vader as his substitute in the US title match; included an ad promoting Starrcade 92; featured Long conducting a backstage interview with Williams & Austin regarding their title shot against Rhodes & Windham later in the night; included Hyatt conducting a backstage interview with Rhodes & Windham regarding their internal problems and facing Williams & Austin; featured Schiavone conducting a podium interview with Paul E. Dangerously, Vader, and Race about Vader successfully defending the US title on behalf of Rude; moments later, Madusa came out and congratulated Vader and Race, with Dangerously then yelling at Madusa and degrading her; Dangerously went on to refer to her as a hooker and fired her; Dangerously then shoved Madusa, with Madusa kicking him in the head and stomping him until referees and security pulled her away; included a segment in which Schiavone introduced Sting to spin the Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal wheel at the entrance stage, with the wheel landing on coal miner’s glove; featured a look at Cactus Jack’s training of the Barbarian for the WCW World Title match; featured Schiavone & Sammartino discussing the youth movement in WCW, with the two then conducting a podium interview with Erik Watts; moments later, WCW World Champion Ron Simmons joined him to discuss his successful title defense; included Schiavone & Sammartino at the podium discussing the result of the main event:
Tom Zenk, Johnny Gunn, & Shane Douglas defeated Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, & Michael Hayes at 11:03 when Gunn pinned Hayes with the Thesz Press after Zenk hit a superkick; Zenk, Gunn, & Douglas were heavily booed in the match while Anderson, Eaton, & Hayes were cheered
Ricky Steamboat pinned Brian Pillman at 10:34 by reversing a roll up after Pillman reversed Steamboat’s sunset flip off the top (Wrestling’s Highest Flyers)
Big Van Vader (sub. for WCW US Champion Rick Rude) pinned Nikita Koloff in a No DQ match at 11:54 with the powerbomb, moments after Koloff missed a Russian Sickle attempt on the floor and struck the ringpost; Vader defended Rude’s US title during the bout; stipulations stated Madusa was barred from ringside for the match; following the entrance of Vader, Rude, & Harley Race, Ole Anderson ruled that both Rude and Race were also barred from ringside
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes fought Steve Williams & Steve Austin (sub. for Terry Gordy) to a 30-minute time-limit draw at 30:28; Williams & Austin initially won the match and titles at 28:31 when Austin pinned Windham after a clothesline from Williams but Windham was not the legal man in the match and initial referee Randy Anderson changed the call by replacement referee Nick Patrick
WCW US Champion Rick Rude (w/ Madusa) defeated NWA World Champion Masahiro Chono via disqualification at 22:34; prior to the bout, Seiji Sakaguchi and Manabu Nakanishi were introduced in the crowd; following the introductions, Ole Anderson held a coin toss to determine which referee — Harley Race (Rude’s selection) or Kensuke Sasaki (Chono’s selection) — would be the inside and outside referee; Race won the toss to become the inside referee; during the contest, there were chants of “We want Flair” and repeated “Woooo”s; the match ended as Chono had Rude in the STF, with Sasaki asking Rude if he submitted as Race stopped the match for Chono tossing Rude over the top rope moments earlier, onto both Sasaki and Race; after the match, Sasaki fought off Race, knocked Rude to the floor, and then dropped Race with a suplex (Rude’s first appearance without a mustache)
WCW World Champion Ron Simmons pinned the Barbarian (w/ Cactus Jack) at 12:43 with the powerslam as the challenger attempted the boot to the face; prior to the bout, Simmons came to the ring with Teddy Long and a dozen or more security guards
Sting pinned Jake Roberts in a Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Coal Miner’s Glove Match at 10:35 by punching Roberts with the glove, causing Roberts’ snake to bite Roberts in the face; Roberts’ snake bag was brought out moments earlier by Cactus Jack; after the bout, Cactus yelled for someone to help Roberts as Roberts crawled and staggered his way backstage (Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts: Pick Your Poison)

WCW @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – December 29, 1992 (1,000)
Big Van Vader was to win the WCW World Title from Ron Simmons on this show but Simmons did not appear; Bill Watts and a TV crew were flown out for the title change; the title instead changed hands the following night in Baltimore; Simmons was fined $2,000 for missing the show
2 Cold Scorpio defeated Vinnie Vegas
Madusa defeated Paul E. Dangerously in a 5-minute challenge
Erik Watts defeated Tex Slazenger
Johnny B. Badd defeated Scotty Flamingo in a boxing match
Barry Windham pinned Dustin Rhodes at 10:00 after hitting him with his boot after the referee was knocked to the floor
Sting & the Great Muta defeated Big Van Vader & NWA World Champion Masahiro Chono at 17:22 when Sting pinned Chono when the momentum of a crossbody off the top by Chono put Sting on top for the win
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas defeated Jushin Liger & Kensuke Sasaki

1993

WCW @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – January 23, 1993 (2,000)
David Lagana was in attendance at the show The Wrecking Crew defeated the Dream Team
The Barbarian pinned Johnny B. Badd with a boot to the face after kicking out of the sunset flip off the top
Chris Benoit fought 2 Cold Scorpio to a 20-minute time-limit draw
WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes pinned Barry Windham in a No DQ match with a roll up after avoiding being hit by Windham’s boot
WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas defeated Steve Austin & Brian Pillman when Douglas pinned Austin with the belly to belly suplex
Sting & Cactus Jack defeated WCW World Champion Big Van Vader & Paul Orndorff in a streetfight when Jack pinned Orndorff with the double arm DDT after sending Orndorff head-first into a steel chair held on the apron by Harley Race

WCW @ Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – May 21, 1993 (600; smallest WCW Philadelphia crowd to date)
Keith & Kent Cole defeated Joey Maggs & Bob Starr
Erik Watts defeated Wrecking Crew Fury
Dustin Rhodes defeated Maxx Payne
Maxx Payne defeated Kensuke Sasaki
Arn Anderson defeated Bobby Eaton
NWA World Champion Barry Windham defeated Ricky Steamboat (sub. for Van Hammer)
Sting & Davey Boy Smith defeated WCW World Champion Big Van Vader & Rick Rude via disqualification

1994

Slamboree 94 – Philadelphia, PA – Civic Center – May 22, 1994 (4,800; 3,600 paid)
Paul Orndorff & Paul Roma defeated Brad & Brian Armstrong
Pay-per-view bouts – featured an opening segment in which Gene Okerlund introduced many of the legends in attendance – Ole Anderson, the Masked Assassin, Penny Banner, Red Bastien, Tully Blanchard, the Crusher, Don Curtis, Terry Funk (who did not appear), Verne Gagne, Hard Boiled Haggerty, Larry Hennig, Killer Kowalski, Ernie Ladd, Wahoo McDaniel, Angelo Mosca, Harley Race, Ray Stevens, Lou Thesz, Johnny Weaver, Mr. Wrestling II, and Tommy Young; included Tony Schiavone & Bobby Heenan on commentary; featured Schiavone & Heenan speaking with WCW Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel before the opening bout in which Bockwinkel had Sting come out, announced Rick Rude was no longer the WCW International World Champion due to the way he won the title in Fukuoka, Japan, and that the title would be returned to Sting; as Bockwinkel made his announcement, footage from the Japan match was shown; Sting said he didn’t want the title to be won or lost in the board room but said he would compete against Vader later in the show to determine the new champion, with Bockwinkel agreeing; included Okerlund speaking with McDaniel and Ladd; Okerlund then introduced a promo of Dusty Rhodes, who was unable to make the show because he was in Hollywood, with Rhodes wishing Dustin Rhodes good luck since he wouldn’t be able to be there with him; featured Jesse Ventura interviewing WCW World Champion Ric Flair backstage regarding Col. Rob Parker and his mystery man; included Okerlund interviewing Funk backstage in which Funk said he didn’t appear at the beginning of the show because he’s not “a” legend, he’s “the” legend, alluded to wanting to beat up Dustin Rhodes, and said he would be seen later in the show; featured Gordon Solie, with Lou Thesz, hosting the WCW Hall of Fame segment in which Harley Race, the Crusher, Ernie Ladd, the Assassin, Ole Anderson, and the late Bruiser were inducted; included Ventura interviewing Col. Parker about the upcoming bullrope match and his mystery man; featured Okerlund interviewing Bastien and Stevens; included Okerlund interviewing Curtis and the Crusher; featured Okerlund interviewing Gagne and Thesz:
WCW US Champion Steve Austin (w/ Col. Rob Parker) pinned Johnny B. Badd at 16:14 when Austin kicked off the ropes as he had Badd in a headlock and landed on Badd for the win; during the bout, Sherri Martel was shown sitting ringside; the heavily-ECW crowd chanted “We’re not hostile” during the contest; the bell inadvertantly rang at 15:30 following a near fall from Badd
Legends Match: Terry Funk fought Tully Blanchard to a double disqualification at 7:22 after Blanchard kicked referee Nick Patrick and Funk attacked Blanchard with his branding iron; Gordon Solie subbed for Tony Schiavone on commentary during the match; during the contest, the crowd chanted “ECW” and “We want blood;” after the match, Funk took “Hat Guy’s” straw hat, put it on, and then dropped an elbow on it (Legends of Wrestling: Roddy Piper and Terry Funk)
Larry Zbyzsko pinned WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal (w/ Sir William) in a non-title match at 11:36 by reversing Regal’s butterfly suplex attempt into a backdrop and bridge; during the bout, Sherri Martel was again shown taking notes
Dustin Rhodes pinned Bunkhouse Buck (w/ Col. Rob Parker) in a bullrope match at 12:46 after fighting off an interfering Parker and hitting Buck in the face with the cowbell; during the bout, the crowd chanted “We want blood;” after the match, Terry Funk appeared, bloodied Rhodes, and double teamed him with Buck until officials swarmed the ring
WCW World Champion Ric Flair pinned Barry Windham (mystery opponent) (w/ Col. Rob Parker) at 13:22 with a crossbody off the top; Jesse Ventura subbed for Heenan on commentary for the match; Sherri Martel was shown taking notes during the bout (Windham’s surprise return after a 10-month absence; Windham’s last appearance for 4 years)
Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan defeated WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys to win the titles in a streetfight at 9:34 when Cactus pinned Jerry Saggs after guest referee Dave Schultz beat up on Saggs, pulled his shirt up over his head, and Cactus hit Saggs with Shultz’ hockey stick; prior to the bout, Dave “The Hammer” Schultz of the Philadelphia Flyers cut a pre-taped promo about his participation; after the match, Saggs repeatedly hit Cactus with the stick until Maxx Payne walked out, came up behind Saggs, and smashed his guitar over Saggs’ head; moments later, Cactus, Sullivan, and Payne scared Brian Knobbs up the ramp, where Dave Sullivan appeared and smashed one of his crutches over Knobbs; Ventura again subbed for Heenan on commentary
Sting (sub. for Rick Rude) pinned Vader (w/ Harley Race) at 13:54 with a splash off the top after Race accidentally hit a diving headbutt on Vader; during the match, some in the crowd chanted “Sting must die;” stipulations stated the winner would win the vacant WCW International World Title (Greatest Wrestling Stars of the 90s, Sting: Into the Light)