NWA Clash of the Champions #2 - Wednesday, June 8th, 1988
- We are live from Miami, Florida for the second installment of the Clash of the Champions!
- Tonight, The Horsemen, Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard, defend their World Heavyweight Tag Team Titles against Sting and Dusty Rhodes.
- The Varsity Club continues their feud with the Garvin Brothers.
- The extremely over Fantastics will be in action against the Sheepherders!
- Plus, Nikita Koloff, and a US Title match!
- We go backstage seeing NWA officials and an actor...
- In another limo, more NWA officials come out.
- "Miami Mayhem" video package.
- Tony Schiavone and Bob Caudle are ringside and hype up the show, and the Great American Bash.
- Tony goes over everything I went over in the beginning of this report.
- Sullivan will be locked up in a cage, just like Dillon was in the first Clash.
- For the NWA United States Championship: Brad Armstrong Vs © Barry Windham w/ JJ Dillon
- Windham is the newest member of the Four Horsemen.
- During the course of this match, the camera continues to cut to attractive females in the audience, because that's why people watch the NWA.
- The stalling in this match for the first five minutes is ridiculous.
- The crowd is hot for this match, but sadly all that is going on is side headlocks. The crowd even cheers for that, every time!
- This is simple. Arm drag, scoop slam, and back suplexes.
- Windham places Brad Armstrong into the figure four, with Dillon adding leverage.
- After a long fight in the hold, the referee notices Windham using the ropes, and the ref makes him break the hold.
- Armstrong with a flurry, two cross bodies from the top rope. However, on the second one, Windham places Armstrong in the CLAW! 1-2-3.
- Your Winner: And Still NWA United States Heavyweight Champion, Barry Windham via pinfall
- Commercials.
- We come back with Lyle Alzado, the star of "Learning the Ropes", a new wrestling-oriented sitcom.
- We see a video of the show, which is about a teacher who moonlights as a wrestler.
- NWA stars made several appearances on the show.
- No words were uttered, makes one to believe the acting isn't so great.
- Just a typical plug of a show.
- Tony introduces the returning Rock N' Roll Express!
- Gibson nearly falls making his way to Bob Caudle.
- Morton basically says they are back and here to stay.
- Bob Caudle quickly transitions to the contract signing of Luger/Flair.
- The signing occurred on a boat. Why? You got me.
- Basically just to show they signed the paper... in front of the belt.
- Commercials.
- Jim Ross greets the Four Horsemen in the backstage area.
- Flair cuts a heel promo on Luger.
- Nothing special.
- For the NWA US Tag Team Titles: Sheepherders w/ Rip Morgan Vs © The Fantastics
- We go backstage before the match, to witness Luger being attacked by the Four Horsemen.
- Luger is left bloodied on the concrete floor.
- Commercials.
- For the most part, this match is an evenly contested brawl, with everyone getting a decent amount of offense in.
- Sheepherders manage to keep Tommy Rogers out of his corner and even use a chair to the back of Rogers.
- Rogers manages to reverse one of the Sheepherders into a chair, and makes the tag.
- Bobby Fulton comes in and quickly gets the pin... 1-2-3.
- Your Winners: And still US Tag Team Champions, The Fantastics via pinfall.
- Up next, the Garvin Brothers versus the Varsity Club.
- Commercials.
- We come back and Tony is with Steve Williams. Williams says that all their prayers are with Lex Luger...
- Mike Rotunda/Rick Steiner w/Kevin Sullivan Vs The Garvin Brothers w/ Precious
- Sullivan is placed into a steel cage.
- Early on, Rick sells a shoulder block by Ron, really overdoing it. He literally jumps in the air and does a 360, for a shoulder block.
- Sullivan is trying to get Precious over to him, even though he is in the cage.
- Precious appears to slowly get closer to the cage, as if she is under a spell of Sullivan.
- Nothing is happening in the ring for me to report. They are really focusing on Precious getting closer to Sullivan.
- Steiner has been feeling the brunt of the offense for about half the match, if not more.
- Eventually, Sullivan manages to get the key from Precious.
- At the same time, Jimmy Garvin pins my Syracuse man, Mike Rotunda for the pin!
- Steve Williams comes over and knocks out the Varsity Club.
- Your Winners: The Garvin Brothers via pinfall.
- Precious shoves Jimmy Garvin away afterwards... and leaves without him!
- Jimmy and Steve are wondering what just happened.
- Commercials.
- Tony announces that Road Warriors will face Powers of Pain in a scaffold match.
- We now see a photo of the "Tower of Doom"...
- Three cages, with ladders on the sides, by coming from the top, to the bottom.
- Both matches occurring at the Great American Bash.
- Al Perez and Nikita Koloff, up next!
- Commercials.
- Al Perez w/ Gary Hart Vs Nikita Koloff
- Nikita is working on the arm of Al for a few moments.
- Later, Perez slams Koloff on the outside.
- Back in the ring moments later, they botch a clothesline attempt and Perez sends Koloff back to the floor.
- Eventually Larry Z. comes running out and double teams Nikita with Al Perez.
- DQ time.
- Your Winner: Nikita Koloff via disqualification
- Commercials.
- For the NWA World Tag Team Titles: Sting/Dusty Rhodes Vs © Arn Anderson/Tully Blanchard w/ JJ Dillon
- Sting works on the arm of Arn Anderson for a few moments.
- Sting later has a flurry on both of his opponents until he goes ribs-first into the guard railing.
- Arn and Tully manage to fight back...
- However, Sting and Dusty are near victory, until Barry Windham and Ric Flair come out and attack both men.
- Windham has the claw on a bloody Dusty on the floor, while Sting is tripled-teamed.
- Your Winners: Sting and Dusty Rhodes via disqualification. Horsemen retain titles.
- Commercials.
- We come back and Jim Ross is with Tony and Bob.
- Jim says he hopes to have Luger on Saturday Night.
- The Good: Sheepherders/Fantastics match, and the development of the Sullivan/Precious storyline.
- The Bad: Perez/Koloff, US Title match, and the actual Varsity Club/Garvin match.
- The Ugly: Koloff with hair, and losing a lot of his muscle mass.