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The Great American Bash (1989)

The Great American Bash (1989)
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Tagline(s) The Glory Days
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Promotion National Wrestling Alliance
World Championship Wrestling
Date July 23, 1989
Attendance 14,500
Venue Baltimore Arena
City Baltimore, Maryland
Pay-per-view chronology
WrestleWar (1989) The Great American Bash (1989) Halloween Havoc (1989)
The Great American Bash chronology
The Great American Bash (1988) The Great American Bash (1989) The Great American Bash (1990)

The Great American Bash (1989) was the fifth annual The Great American Bash professional wrestling event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner and the second to be produced as a pay-per-view event. It took place on July 23, 1989 at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.

The main event was a standard wrestling match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Ric Flair defended the title against Terry Funk. Flair pinned Funk by reversing an Inside Cradle attempt to retain the title.

Featured matches on the undercard were The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal), Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) and Steve Williams versus Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin, Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy) and Samoan Swat Team (Samu and Fatu) in a WarGames match, Lex Luger versus Ricky Steamboat for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, Sting versus The Great Muta for the NWA World Television Championship, Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) versus The Varsity Club (Mike Rotunda and Kevin Sullivan) in a Texas Tornado match, Jim Cornette versus Paul E. Dangerously in a Tuxedo match, The Skyscrapers (Sid Vicious and Dan Spivey) versus Dynamic Dudes (Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas) and a Two-Ring King of the Hill Battle Royal.


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