WCW US Championship Tournament – 1995

– Opening Round

4/12/95; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
WCW Saturday Night – 4/22/95
– Sting defeated WCW TV Champion Arn Anderson via submission with the Scorpion Deathlock in a non-title match

4/25/95; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
– Paul Orndorff pinned Johnny B. Badd by blocking a sunset flip and grabbing the ropes for leverage

4/25/95; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
– Meng pinned Marcus Alexander Bagwell with a side kick to the face

– Brian Pillman pinned Bunkhouse Buck (w/ Col. Rob Parker) in a matter of seconds with an Oklahoma side roll after a dropkick

4/11/95; Gainesville, GA; Georgia Mountains Center
The Main Event – 5/14/95
– Ric Flair (w/ WCW TV Champion Arn Anderson) pinned the Patriot (w/ Marcus Alexander Bagwell) with the figure-4 at 10:15 after Anderson goaded Bagwell into distracting the referee and then dropped the Patriot with the DDT behind the referee’s back (Flair’s in-ring return after a 6-month absence)

4/11/95; Gainesville, GA; Georgia Mountains Center
– Alex Wright defeated Big Bubba via disqualification when Bubba caught Wright as he attempted a reverse crossbody off the top and dumped him to the floor

4/12/95; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
WCW Saturday Night – 5/6/95
– Randy Savage pinned the Butcher with the flying elbowsmash

The Main Event – 4/23/95
– Steve Austin (w/ Col. Rob Parker) pinned Jim Duggan at 7:14 when Parker grabbed Duggan’s foot after he hit a back suplex into the ring into a brige, with Duggan pinning himself

– Quarter-Finals

5/10/95; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
– Sting defeated Paul Orndorff via submission with the Scorpion Deathlock

5/21/95; St. Petersburg, FL; Bayfront Center
The Main Event – 5/21/95
– Meng (w/ Col. Parker) pinned Brian Pillman with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker at 4:41 after kicking Pillman off the apron and knocking him onto the steel barrier; after the bout, Road Warrior Hawk came out, attacked Meng, and beat up Parker until referees and other wrestlers came out to pull Hawk and Meng apart; following the commercial break, it was announced Hawk and Meng would now have a match during the pay-per-view

5/10/95; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
WCW Saturday Night – 5/27/95
– Ric Flair (w/ WCW TV Champion Arn Anderson) defeated Alex Wright via disqualification at 9:53 when Randy Savage ran in the ring, threw Wright to the floor, and assaulted Flair; moments later, Doug Dillenger and several preliminary wrestlers pulled Savage off Flair, who was helped backstage by Anderson; moments later, Savage told Wright he would have his moments in the sun but Flair would have to pay for what he did to his father, with Wright saying he understood and he had no problem with Savage; Savage then cut a promo on facing Flair the following week in the semi-finals

5/11/95; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre
WCW Saturday Night – 5/27/95
– Randy Savage pinned Steve Austin (w/ Col. Rob Parker) at 2:19 with a bodyslam and the flying elbowsmash; after the bout, Schiavone interviewed Savage about Ric Flair’s attack on his father, Angelo Poffo, at Slamboree; Savage said he would take Flair out later in the show (Austin’s last appearance in WCW)

– Semi-Finals

– Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair

– Finals

Great American Bash 95 – 6/18/95; Dayton, OH; Hara Arena
– Sting pinned Meng (w/ Col. Rob Parker) at 13:35 with a jumping DDT to win the title, moments after Meng kicked out following a top rope splash from Sting