NWA WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown (1989)
May 7, 1989Release Date
NWA WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown (1989)
May 7, 1989Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Samula Anoa'i
Samu
Rick Blood Sr.
Ricky Steamboat
Michael James Hegstrand
Road Warrior Hawk
Steve Borden
Sting
Joe Laurinaitis
Road Warrior Animal
Bob Caudle
Self
Steve Williams
'Dr. Death' Steve Williams
Craig Leathers
Director
Mike Rotunda
Mike Rotundo
Kevin Sullivan
'GamesMaster' Kevin Sullivan / Writer
Troy Martin
Shane Douglas
Paul Ellering
Paul Ellering
Dan Spivey
'Dangerous' Dan Spivey
Eddie Gilbert
'HotStuff' Eddie Gilbert
Solofa Fatu Jr.
Fatu
Ric Flair
Ric Flair
Rob Rechsteiner
Rick Steiner
Terry Funk
Terry Funk
Khosrow Vaziri
The Iron Sheik
Mike Morgan
Rip Morgan
Larry Pfohl
'The Total Package' Lex Luger
Michael Seitz
Michael 'P.S.' Hayes
John Laurinaitis
Johnny Ace
Dick Murdoch
'Dirty' Dick Murdoch
Details.
Release DateMay 7, 1989
StatusReleased
Running Time2h
Content RatingNR
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WrestleWar '89: Music City Showdown was the first WrestleWar professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It took place on May 7, 1989 from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
The main event was a tag team match between Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner and The Varsity Club (Kevin Sullivan and Dan Spivey) for the NWA United States Tag Team Championship. Gilbert and Steiner defeated Sullivan and Spivey to retain the titles when Gilbert pinned Sullivan.Featured matches on the undercard were The Varsity Club (Mike Rotunda and Steve Williams) versus Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) for the NWA World Tag Team Championship, Ric Flair versus Ricky Steamboat for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, Sting versus Iron Sheik for the NWA World Television Championship, Michael Hayes versus Lex Luger for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, Dynamic Dudes (Shane Douglas and Johnny Ace) versus The Samoan SWAT Team (Samu and Fatu), Dick Murdoch versus Bob Orton, Jr. in a bullrope match and The Great Muta versus Doug Gilbert. Country music group The Oak Ridge Boys performed an 8-song mini-concert at the event.