Brian Pillman

Brian Pillman
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Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows
Documentary focusing on the career of pro wrestler Bret Hart & his controversial exit from the WWF. (imdb)
The Great American Bash
At WrestleWar, Ric Flair successfully won the World Championship. Afterwards, Terry Funk - blinded by jealousy - attacked Flair and broke his neck. At the 1989 Great American Bash, Flair and Funk finally come to blows for the title. Also - War Games, Luger vs. Steamboat, Sting vs. Great Muta, Steiner Brothers vs. The Varsity Club.
Halloween Havoc
Thunderdome Match: Sting & Ric Flair vs. The Great Muta & Terry Funk, NWA U.S. Title: Lex Luger vs. Brian Pillman, NWA Tag Team Titles: The Fabulous Freebirds vs. The Dynamic Dudes, The Road Warriors vs. The Skyscrapers, Doom vs. The Steiner Brothers, The Samoan Swat Team vs. The Midnight Express & Steve Williams, The Cuban Assassin vs. Tommy Rich, Tom Zenk vs. Mike Rotunda (imdb)
WrestleWar
The WrestleWar show featured a number of professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing, scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. (Wikipedia)
Capital Combat
NWA Title (steel cage match): Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger, NWA Tag Team Title: The Steiner Brothers vs. Doom, NWA U.S. Tag Team Titles: The Midnight Express vs. Brian Pillman & The Z Man, Corporal Punishment Match: The Rock N' Roll Express vs. The Fabulous Freebirds, Hair vs. Hair: Paul Ellering vs. Teddy Long, The Samoan Savage & Fatu vs. Tommy Rich & Mike Rotunda, Mark Callous vs. Johnny Ace, Bam Bam Bigelow, Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan vs. The Road Warriors & Norman (imdb)
The Great American Bash
The Great American Bash (1990) took place on July 7, 1990 at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The show featured Big Van Vader's WCW debut. In the main event Sting pinned Ric Flair after countering his Figure-Four Leglock attempt into a small package. During the match, The Steiner Brothers, Paul Orndorff and The Junkyard Dog (the "Dudes with Attitudes") surrounded the ring to prevent outside interference by the Four Horsemen. (Wikipedia)
WrestleWar
The WrestlWar show featured a number of professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing, scripted feuds, plots, and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either heels (those that portray the "bad guys") or faces (the "good guy" characters) as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. (Wikipedia)
The Great American Bash
The Great American Bash (1991) took place on July 14, 1991 at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The card was originally to be highlighted by a Steel cage match between Ric Flair and Lex Luger for the WCW World Championship, and this match was heavily promoted on WCW TV. However, two weeks before the show, then-WCW Executive Vice President Jim Herd fired Flair over a contract dispute, stripping him of the title in the process. (imdb)
Halloween Havoc
WCW Title (2 out of 3 Falls Match): Lex Luger vs. Ron Simmons, Chamber of Horrors Match: Sting, The Steiner Brothers & El Gigante vs. Abdullah the Butcher, Cactus Jack, The Diamond Studd & Big Van Vader, WCW Tag Team Titles: The Enforcers vs. The Patriots, WCW Television Title: Steve Austin vs. Dustin Rhodes, WCW Light Heavyweight Title: Richard Morton vs. Brian Pillman, The Halloween Phantom vs. The Z-Man, Bill Kazmeier vs. Oz, Bobby Eaton vs. Terrence Taylor and more (imdb)
SuperBrawl II
SuperBrawl II took place on February 29, 1992 from the Milwaukee Theatre at the MECCA in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This was Lex Luger's final match in WCW until 1995; he joined the World Bodybuilding Federation and later the World Wrestling Federation after this match. between Ron Simmons and Cactus Jack, Abdullah the Butcher came into the ring and double-teamed Simmons with Cactus until Junkyard Dog came out to make the save. (Wikipedia)
The Great American Bash
The Great American Bash (1992) took place on July 12, 1992 at the Albany Civic Center in Albany, Georgia. Shinya Hashimoto was substituting for the injured Akira Nogami. After the tournament the WCW and NWA World Tag Team Championships were considered to be unified and were defended together by Gordy and Williams and subsequent champions until WCW withdrew from the NWA in 1993. (Wikipedia)
Halloween Havoc
WCW Title: Ron Simmons vs. The Barbarian, WCW International Title (NWA Title): Rick Rude vs. Masa Chono, Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal: Sting vs. Jake Roberts, WCW Tag Team Titles: Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham vs. Steve Williams & Steve Austin, Big Van Vader vs. Nikita Koloff, Ricky Steamboat vs. Brian Pillman, Tom Zenk, Johnny Gunn, & Shane Douglas vs. Arn Anderson, Michael Hayes, Bobby Eaton. (imdb)
Starrcade \
WCW Title: Ron Simmons vs. Steve Williams, NWA World Title: Masa Chono vs. The Great Muta, WCW/NWA Tag Team Titles: Shane Douglas & Ricky Steamboat vs. Barry Windham & Brian Pillman, King of Cable Tournament Final: Sting vs. Vader, BattleBowl Matches, with the partners randomly drawn from a lottery: Van Hammer and Danny Spivey vs. Johnny B Badd and Cactus Jack, Vader and Dustin Rhodes vs. Kensuke Sasaki and The Barbarian and more (imdb)
SuperBrawl III
SuperBrawl III took place on February 21, 1993 from the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. This event marked the return of Ric Flair to WCW. Davey Boy Smith made his WCW debut during the show. The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Stan Lane) replaced the Wrecking Crew due to an agreement by WCW Executive Vice President Bill Watts and Smoky Mountain Wrestling commissioner Bob Armstrong on an earlier episode of WCW Main Event. (Wikipedia)
Beach Blast
Beach Blast was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event promoted by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and held in the summers of 1992 and 1993. The 1992 WCW Beach Blast PPV event was held in June on a Saturday while the 1993 WCW Beach Blast PPV event was held in July on a Sunday. It was replaced by Bash at the Beach in 1994. WCW closed in 2001 and all rights to their television and PPV shows was bought by WWE, including the Beach Blast shows. (imdb)
SuperBrawl IV
SuperBrawl IV took place on February 20, 1994 from the Albany Civic Center in Albany, Georgia. This event, along with SuperBrawl Revenge, was one of only two SuperBrawls never released on home video. Jimmy Garvin replaced the injured Michael Hayes in the match against Johnny B. Badd. After the match, Garvin attacked Badd and gave him the 9-1-1. (Wikipedia)
Spring Stampede
After Vader defeated The Boss, Nick Bockwinkel announced that The Boss could no longer use the name the Boss, in reality The WWF threaten to sue WCW because The Boss character was too similar to the Big Bossman character he played in the WWF. WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair fought Ricky Steamboat to a no-contest as the match ended in a double-pin. WCW President Bockwinkel originally awarded the belt back to Flair, but title was later held up pending a rematch. (Wikipedia)
The Great American Bash
The Great American Bash (1995) took place on June 18, 1995 at the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio. This was also the first The Great American Bash in nearly three years. The Pre-PPV matches were all shown on WCW Main Event. The Fantastics were substitutes for the Rock 'n Roll Express, who failed to show. Scott D'Amore was mistakenly billed as Chris Kanyon in this match. (Wikipedia)
Halloween Havoc
Halloween Havoc 1995 took place on October 29, 1995 from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Sgt. Craig Pittman pinned VK Wallstreet after Jim Duggan hit Wallstreet with a taped fist. Duggan's interference came after Big Bubba Rogers hit Pittman with his own taped fist to knock him out. After Diamond Dallas Page entered the ring, a fake Johnny B. Badd appeared at the entranceway (played by Joey Maggs) to distract Page and allow the real Badd to sneak up on Page from behind. (Wikipedia)
Starrcade 1995: World Cup of Wrestling
Starrcade (1995): World Cup of Wrestling was a major professional wrestling show broadcast live on pay-per-view (PPV) that took place on December 27, 1995. The show was promoted by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and took place at the Greensboro Coliseum in the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. (Wikipedia)
Clash of the Champions VIII: Fall Brawl 89
Clash of the Champions VIII took place on September 12, 1989 at the Carolina Coliseum in Columbia, South Carolina. There were 2,600 fans in attendance and the show drew a 4.7 rating on TBS. This show was used to build the first ever Halloween Havoc PPV on October 28.[11] Tom Zenk made the Cuban Assassin pass out from the Sleeper hold. This was Tom Zenk's WCW Debut match. Scott Steiner was tripped by either Missy Hyatt or Robin Green at ringside.
Clash of the Champions IX: New York Knockout
Clash of the Champions IX took place on November 15, 1989 at the Houston Field House in Troy, New York. There were 4,000 fans in attendance and the show drew a 4.9 rating on TBS. This show mainly dealt with fallout from Halloween Havoc PPV and set up the Iron Man / Iron Team tournaments at Starrcade 1989.[12] The Road Warriors were disqualified when Hawk hit the referee.
Clash of the Champions X: Texas Shootout
Clash of the Champions X took place on February 6, 1990 at the Memorial Coliseum in Corpus Christi, Texas. There were 3,000 fans in attendance and the show drew a 4.5 rating on TBS.[13] This was the show that set up WrestleWar. Norman the Lunatic pinned Kevin Sullivan behind closed doors in the women's bathroom. The Skyscrapers were disqualified for bringing a chair into the ring. Doom was unmasked as Ron Simmons and Butch Reed.
Clash of the Champions XI: Coastal Crush
Clash of the Champions XI took place on June 13, 1990 in Charleston, South Carolina. There were 4100 fans in attendance at the McAlister Field House on the campus of The Citadel and the show drew a 4.1 rating on TBS.[15] This was the buildup show for The Great American Bash. Bam Bam Bigelow was disqualified when he refused to break his chokehold on Tommy Rich by the 5-count. The Midnight Express were disqualified after Stan Lane grabbed the referee to break up a pin count.
Clash of the Champions XII: Mountain Madness/Fall Brawl \
Clash of the Champions XII took place on September 5, 1990 at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. There were 4,000 fans in attendance and the show drew a 5.0 rating on TBS.[16] The Master Blasters debuted at this event, however, after approximately one week Iron was replaced by Blade. Ric Flair was disqualified due to interference by Stan Hansen.
Clash of the Champions XIII: Thanksgiving Thunder
Clash of the Champions XIII took place on November 20, 1990 at the Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida. There were 5000 fans in attendance and the show drew a 4.2 rating on TBS.[17] This Clash of the Champions set up for Starrcade '90: Collision Course.
Clash of the Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite
Clash of the Champions XIV took place on January 30, 1991 at the Georgia Mountains Center in Gainesville, Georgia. There were 2200 fans in attendance and the show drew a 3.9 rating on TBS.[18] Dusty Rhodes returned to WCW following a brief stint in the WWF (E) as the new booker and as Color Commentator.
Clash of the Champions XV: Knocksville USA
Clash of the Champions XV took place on June 12, 1991 at the Civic Auditorium in Knoxville, Tennessee. There were 5,000 fans in attendance and the show drew a 3.9 rating on TBS.[19] Steve Armstrong pinned Jimmy Garvin, Tracy Smothers pinned Badstreet, and Tom Zenk pinned Michael Hayes simultaneously. Terrance Taylor was disqualified when Richard Morton interfered.
Clash of the Champions XVII
Clash of the Champions XVII took place on November 19, 1991 at the Savannah Civic Center in Savannah, Georgia. There were 6,922 fans in attendance and the show drew a 4.3 rating on TBS.[23] Prior to this show, Sting had received "Mystery Boxes" which revealed Cactus Jack and Abdullah The Butcher. This Clash was to reveal who was actually sending the boxes to Sting. It turned out to be Lex Luger.
Clash of the Champions XVIII
Clash of the Champions XVIII took place on January 21, 1992 at the Kansas Expo Center in Topeka, Kansas. There were 5500 fans in attendance and the show drew a 3.7 rating on TBS.[24] This event was a set-up for SuperBrawl II and saw the WCW debut of Jesse Ventura. It was originally scheduled as Brian Pillman and The Patriots vs. Diamond Studd and The Young Pistols. (Wikipedia)
Clash of the Champions XIX
Clash of the Champions XIX took place on June 16, 1992 in Charleston, South Carolina at the McAlister Field House of The Citadel. The event aired on TBS on June 22, 1992. There were 4600 fans in attendance and the show drew a 2.8 rating on TBS.[25] The popularity of this event, and the opening of the new 12,000-seat arena twelve miles to the north, led this to be the last Clash on-campus. Further Charleston-based Clashes were held at the new arena.
Clash of the Champions XXI
November 18, 1992 in Macon, Georgia (Macon Coliseum)[29] Brian Pillman pinned Brad Armstrong after attacking him pre-match while feigning injury. Scotty Flamingo knocked out Johnny B. Badd in the second round after hitting him with a glove Page and Vegas filled with water during the 30-second rest period. This was 2 Cold Scorpio's debut in WCW. Simmons' original partner Robbie Walker was injured. This was Paul E. Dangerously's last appearance on WCW television.
Clash of the Champions XXII
January 13, 1993 in Milwaukee (Milwaukee Theatre at The MECCA)[30] This was the last Clash for announcer Jim Ross who shortly after this event left WCW to join the WWF. Originally, it was scheduled to be Sting, Dustin Rhodes, Ron Simmons, and Van Hammer against Big Van Vader, Barry Windham, The Barbarian, and Rick Rude; due to injuries, Hammer and Rude dropped out and Orndorff took Rude's place.
Clash of the Champions XXIII
June 16, 1993 in Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk Scope)[31] Dick Slater replaced WCW World Television Champion Paul Orndorff, who was injured in a car accident. Earlier, Maxx Payne shot Johnny B. Badd in the face with his Baddblaster. Flair pinned Pillman (09:41), The Blonds were disqualified (11:06).
Clash of the Champions XXV
November 10, 1993 in St. Petersburg, Florida (Bayfront Arena)[34] Ric Flair pinned Big Van Vader but the referee later reversed the decision to a disqualification victory for Flair as Vader had accidentally knocked down the referee. As a result, Vader retained the championship. (Wikipedia)
Clash of the Champions XXVI
January 27, 1994 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Riverside Centroplex) This event saw the debut of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan in WCW. (Wikipedia)
Clash of the Champions XXXII
January 23, 1996 in Las Vegas (Caesars Palace)[41] Lord Steven Regal injured his knee during the opening dark match against Chris Benoit. Benoit bled from the eye after receiving several headbutts. The show included the wedding of Col. Robert Parker and Sister Sherri, which was interrupted by Madusa, who was revealed to have been seeing Parker on the side.
In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede was the sixteenth In Your House professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which took place on July 6, 1997, at the Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta. The card of the event consisted of four matches.