The Great American Bash (1995)

The Great American Bash (1995)
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Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	June 18, 1995
City	Dayton, Ohio
Venue	Hara Arena
Attendance	6,000
Tagline(s)	Back By Popular Demand! Celebrate With Some Red, White, Black and Blue!
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The Great American Bash (1995) was the ninth The Great American Bash professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on June 18, 1995 at the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio. This was the first Great American Bash event in nearly three years, with the last event taking place in 1992.

Seven matches were contested at the event. The main event was a standard wrestling match between Ric Flair and Randy Savage, which was part of a rivalry stemming from a match in a tournament to crown the new United States Heavyweight Champion. Flair defeated Savage. The undercard featured many matches including a tournament final for the United States Heavyweight Championship between Sting and Meng. Sting defeated Meng to win the title.

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]

Event

Other on-screen personnel
Role:	Name:
Commentators	Tony Schiavone
Commentators	Bobby Heenan
Interviewer	Gene Okerlund
Ring announcers	David Penzer
Ring announcers	Michael Buffer
Referee	Nick Patrick

The Fantastics were substitutes for the Rock 'n Roll Express, who failed to show, due to commitments with the National Wrestling Alliance and Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Scott D'Amore was mistakenly billed as Chris Kanyon in this match.[2] After their match, Harlem Heat and Sister Sherri came out to confront Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck; Sherri punched Col .Robert Parker and challenged Slater and Buck to a match later that night. Dave Sullivan won a date with the Diamond Doll by defeating Diamond Dallas Page; had Page won he would've taken possession of Ralph, Sulivan's pet rabbit. Referee Nick Patrick disqualified Sgt. Craig Pittman when he refused to let go of the Code Red while Jim Duggan was holding onto the ropes. Pittman was originally supposed to face Marcus Alexander Bagwell, but Bagwell suffered an injury and Duggan was announced as his replacement. The match between Sting and Meng was originally scheduled as a semifinal match in the United States Championship Tournament started after Vader was stripped of the title. However, the other semifinal between Ric Flair and Randy Savage ended in a no-contest and both men were eliminated from the tournament.

Results


No.	Results[3][4][5]	Stipulations	Times
1^ME	Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) (with Sister Sherri) defeated The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers)	Tag team match	06:46
2^ME	Sgt. Craig Pittman defeated Scott D'Amore[2]	Singles match	02:16
3^ME	Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck (with Col. Robert Parker) defeated Frankie Lancaster and Barry Houston	Tag team match	03:52
4	Alex Wright defeated Brian Pillman	Singles match	15:42
5	Dave Sullivan defeated Diamond Dallas Page (with the Diamond Doll and Max Muscle)	Arm Wrestling contest	N/A
6	Jim Duggan defeated Sgt. Craig Pittman by disqualification	Singles match	08:13
7	Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) (with Sister Sherri) defeated Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck (with Col. Robert Parker and Meng)	Tag team match	08:39
8	The Renegade (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Arn Anderson (c)	Singles match for the WCW World Television Championship	09:07
9	The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) (c) defeated The Blue Bloods (Earl Robert Eaton and Lord Steven Regal)	Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship	15:03
10	Sting defeated Meng (with Col. Robert Parker)	Singles match for the vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Championship	13:34
11	Ric Flair defeated Randy Savage (with Angelo Poffo)	Singles match	14:42
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match ME – indicates the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on Main Event

Tournament bracket

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First Round (TV)

Quarterfinals (TV)

Semifinals (TV/PPV)

Finals

Sting

10:36

Arn Anderson

sub

Sting

Paul Orndorff

sub

Paul Orndorff