Halloween Havoc (1989)
Halloween Havoc (1989) was the inaugural Halloween Havoc professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It took place on October 28, 1989 from the Philadelphia Civic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Promotion | National Wrestling Alliance World Championship Wrestling | ||
Date | October 28, 1989 | ||
City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||
Venue | Philadelphia Civic Center | ||
Attendance | 7,300 | ||
Tagline(s) | Settling the Score | ||
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Eight matches were contested on the event. The main event was a Thunderdome match pitting Ric Flair and Sting against Terry Funk and The Great Muta. Flair and Sting won when Funk and Muta's manager Gary Hart threw in the towel for his team.
Role: | Name: |
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Commentator | Jim Ross |
Bob Caudle | |
Referee | Nick Patrick |
Tommy Young | |
Bruno Sammartino (Thunderdome Match) | |
Interviewer | Gordon Solie |
Chris Cruise | |
Ring announcer | Gary Michael Cappetta |
Storylines
The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[1]
Results
No. | Results[2] | Stipulations | Times |
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1 | Tom Zenk defeated Mike Rotunda | Singles match | 13:23 |
2 | The Samoan SWAT Team (Fatu, The Samoan Savage and Samu) (with Oliver Humperdink) defeated The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) and Steve Williams (with Jim Cornette) | Six-man tag team match | 18:23 |
3 | Tommy Rich defeated The Cuban Assassin | Singles match | 08:29 |
4 | The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) (c) defeated The Dynamic Dudes (Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas) (with Jim Cornette) | Tag team match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship | 11:28 |
5 | Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) (with Woman) defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) | Tag team match | 15:32 |
6 | Lex Luger (c) defeated Brian Pillman | Singles match for the NWA United States Championship | 16:49 |
7 | The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) (with Paul Ellering) defeated The Skyscrapers (Dan Spivey and Sid Vicious) (with Teddy Long) by disqualification | Tag team match | 11:39 |
8 | Ric Flair and Sting (with Ole Anderson) defeated The Great Muta and Terry Funk (with Gary Hart) | Thunderdome match with Bruno Sammartino as special guest referee | 23:46 |
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References
- Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
- "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts: Halloween Havoc 1989". Wrestling's Historical Cards. Kappa Publishing. 2007. p. 134.