-Wife’s tires saga continued.
-I ended up having to get a set of tires for my truck.
-I fell off the sidewalk on an afternoon walk last week.
-Date Night Grocery Store Chopped game:
Canned chicken
Green Beans
Egg Noodles
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Fried Onions
Confetti Frosting
Chicken Hot Dogs
Pork Carnitas seasoning
A Peach
A package of Broccoli Slaw
-Today we look at The Great American Bash 1990 from WCW.
-The Great American Bash ’90: The New Revolution took place on July 7, 1990 from the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. There were 14,000 in attendance.
-Dave Sierra beat Mr. X in a dark match.
-Opening Credits.
-Jim Ross and Bob Caudle welcome us to Baltimore and talk about the main event.
-Buddy Landell VS. Brian Pillman: They go at it with chops to each other to begin. A Buddy chant goes out. Landell selling hard for Pillman. JR gets Pillman’s football career in IYDAH. Landell has his share of fans here. Pillman won’t go down for a three count. They trade chops. Back and forth match. Pillman wins with a high crossbody.
-Gordon Solie runs down some of the matches we will see tonight.
-The Iron Sheik VS. Mike Rotunda: We have reached the point where Mike Rotunda has gone from Wrestling Team Captain to Sailboat Captain. We probably should have had a ceremony. JR works in their amateur credentials so take a Shot. USA chant goes out. Sheik looks pregnant. Rotunda hits a nice dropkick. Sheik slows it down. They hit each other hard. Sheik can’t get the pin. Rotunda fights back. Sheik tosses Rotunda outside, but doesn’t follow. Rotunda wins with a back slide.
-Gordon Solie interviews Harley Race. Race mentions that Tommy Rich beat him once for the NWA title and he will beat Rich tonight.
-Dutch Mantell VS. Doug Furnas: Nice ovation for Furnas. JR and Bob ponder where Oil Trough, TX is. Furnas has an amateur athletic career so take a shot. Bob puts over his future Smoky Mountain Wrestling broadcast partner Dutch. Crowd solidly behind Furnas and pop when he does his signature power moves. Mantell doing some great cheating moves. Furnas hits a nice dropkick. JR works in that Furnas and Mickey Mantle come from the same hometown. Furnas works the arm. Furnas misses a top rope splash. It goes outside where Mantell hits a short clothesline. Furnas gets the win after a belly to belly suplex.
-Gordon Solie talks to Jim Cornette. He says The Southern Boys don’t have what it takes to become champions.
-Tommy Rich VS. Harley Race: Battle of former NWA World Champions. Race wearing his old King trunks over his singlet. Race thrown shoulder first into the post. Race hits a high knee and a piledriver on Rich. It goes out to the runway and Race hits a suplex. Rich comes back. The announcers are putting over the history between the two. JR says Race must be a fan of the Sacramento Kings. Yeah, right. It spills over to the outside. Race rolls through a crossbody to get the pin.
-Gordon Solie interviews Paul E. and Mean Mark. They say that Lex Luger is half the man that Mean Mark is. Look at Mark Calloway and just think that Ole Anderson saw absolutely nothing in him.
-United States Tag Team Championship Match: The Midnight Express Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane with Jim Cornette VS. The Southern Boys Tracy Smothers and Steve Armstrong: This is the match of the night for me. They brawl in and out of the ring. Eaton gets caught up top. Armstrong in control. MX slow the pace down. Smothers showing some good moves. Southern Boys in control early. Lane tagged in. Smothers and Lane go at it in martial arts moves. Smothers gets the best of it to the delight of the crowd. The Midnight Express regroup. The Southern Boys solidly in control though. The Southern Boys do a double pin attempt at one point. Jim Cornett is apoplectic. Lane throws Smothers outside when the referee is distracted. The crowd pops for Smothers fall from the apron to the barricade. Vintage Midnight Express here. Lane tagged in and the MX are tagging effectively. All four in at one point. They hit Steve Armstrong with the rocket launcher for 2 1/2 count. Lane hits Smothers with a savate kick and Eaton pins him to win.
-Gordon Solie talks to The Fabulous Freebirds. They say they are going to dominate The Steiners and there is two things the Steiners can do about it, nothing and like it.
-Tom Zenk VS. Big Van Vader: Welcome to WCW, Big Van Vader! He comes out with the full headgear and mask. His pre match ritual lasts longer than the match. Zenk is just pummeled by Vader.
-Gordon Solie then talks to the Horsemen. They say they are not worried about a thing tonight.
-The Fabulous Freebirds Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin VS. The Steiner Brothers Rick and Scott: Crowd solidly behind the Steiners. Very UN PC chant goes out towards the Freebirds. Steiners keep the advantage throughout. Some loud not so good chants break out again. JR talks about the Freebirds being popular in parts of San Francisco. No comment on that one, yikes! Scott gets the Frankensteiner on Hayes. Rick hits the belly to belly on Hayes and Scott pins him. They talk about Halloween Havoc being the next WCW PPV.
-Jim Ross and Bob Caudle talk about the matches coming up.
-Arn Anderson, Sid Vicious, and Barry Windham VS. Paul Orndorff, The Junk Yard Dog and El Gigante: Faces with the early advantage. All 6 men in and The Horsemen roll out. JR says El Gigante is bigger than Andre the Giant. JYD no sells a Windham DDT. Crowd wants Vicious tagged in. Horsemen throw JYD over the top rope for the DQ. El Gigante then clears the ring.
-Gordon Solie then talks to Lex Luger. He says that he is going to take care of Mean Mark and Sting is going to take care of Ric Flair.
-NWA United States Championship: Lex Luger VS. Mean Mark Callous with Paul E. Dangerously: Luger gets a nice ovation coming out. Take a shot because Lugers College and pro career is brought up. They do some chain wrestling spot. Callous’ athletic career brought up. A Paul E sucks chant goes out. Back and forth match. Callous in control. He walks the ropes. Luger tumbles out of the ring. Luger then comes back. He gets Callous up in the torture rack, but the referee gets hit in the melee. Paul E. comes in and hits Luger with the phone. Luger kicks out at 2. He kicks Callous and gets the pin on him after a clothesline.
-Gordon Solie interviews Sting. It’s your normal Sting interview where he is confident that he will emerge victorious in the main event.
-NWA World Tag Team Championship: Doom Butch Reed and Ron Simmons with Teddy Long VS. The Rock N Roll Express Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson: Shot King JR talks Doom’s Athletic Background. Gibson almost gets a quick pin on Simmons. Reed and Morton are tagged in. Doom then punches Gibson. RNR coming back. Doom double teaming. Morton playing his role to perfection. Rock N Roll chant goes out. Doom cheating freely behind the ref’s back. Rock N Roll coming back. Gibson tagged in. Tries to take both members of Doom on. It breaks down. Reed hits a big shoulder block on Gibson and pins him.
-Gordon Solie interviews Ric Flair. He says tonight he will be the man one more time.
-JR and Bob Caudle preview the main event.
-NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match Ric Flair VS. Sting: The Dudes with Attitude are out with Sting to counteract the Horsemen. Jim Herd demands that Ole Anderson be handcuffed to El Gigante. Crowd is hot for this one. Sting looking good early. Flair takes it outside, but Sting is dominant. Flair then on the offensive and he slows it down. Sting seemingly has an answer to all of Flair’s moves. It then goes back outside. Flair goes after the injured leg. Sting absorbs punishment. Flair goes back to the knee. Sting back on the offense. He goes for the Scorpion. The Horsemen come out and The Dudes with Attitude fight them on the ramp. Flair gets to the ropes. Flair is desperate. He opens the chop house. He goes for the figure four, but Sting gets an inside cradle to win. New Champion! The crowd goes wild.
-Gordon Solie interviews Sting. He calls Flair the greatest champion of all time and he has big shoes to fill.
-JR and Bob talk about the ending of the match and Sting being the new champion. They then push Halloween Havoc before the credits roll.