The Great American Bash | |
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Other name(s) | The Bash |
Created by | Dusty Rhodes |
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National Wrestling Alliance's Jim Crockett Promotions (1985–1988) World Championship Wrestling (1989–2000) World Wrestling Entertainment (2004–2009; 2012) |
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Raw (2007–2009) SmackDown (2004–2009) ECW (2007–2009) |
First event | The Great American Bash (1985) |
Last event | The Bash (2009) |
The Great American Bash (1985) | ||||
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Tagline(s) | Ringmasters | |||
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National Wrestling Alliance Jim Crockett Promotions |
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Date | July 6, 1985 | |||
Attendance | 27,000 | |||
Venue | American Legion Memorial Stadium | |||
City | Charlotte, North Carolina | |||
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The Great American Bash (1986) | ||||
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Tagline(s) | Ringmasters | |||
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National Wrestling Alliance Jim Crockett Promotions |
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Date | July–August 1986 | |||
Attendance | N/A | |||
Venue | various venues | |||
City | various cities | |||
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The Great American Bash (1987) | ||||
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National Wrestling Alliance Jim Crockett Promotions |
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Date | July 4, 1987 July 18, 1987 July 31, 1987 |
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Venue |
The Omni Memorial Stadium Orange Bowl |
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City |
Atlanta Charlotte, North Carolina Miami |
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The Great American Bash (1996) | ||||
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Tagline(s) | World Championship Wrestling Turns Up The Heat! | |||
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Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | |||
Date | June 16, 1996 | |||
Attendance | 9,000 | |||
Venue | Baltimore Arena | |||
City | Baltimore, Maryland | |||
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The Great American Bash (1997) | ||||
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Tagline(s) | Give Him A Nice Warm Hug On Father's Day | |||
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Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | |||
Date | June 15, 1997 | |||
Attendance | 9,613 | |||
Venue | The MARK of the Quad Cities | |||
City | Moline, Illinois | |||
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The Great American Bash (1998) | ||||
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Tagline(s) | Baseball, Hot Dogs & Apple Pie. Tradition Bites! The New American Pastime! | |||
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Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | |||
Brand(s) | WCW nWo |
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Date | June 14, 1998 | |||
Attendance | 12,810 | |||
Venue | Baltimore Arena | |||
City | Baltimore, Maryland | |||
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The Great American Bash (1999) | ||||
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Tagline(s) | The Real Fireworks Start June 13th! | |||
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Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | |||
Date | June 13, 1999 | |||
Attendance | 11,672 | |||
Venue | Baltimore Arena | |||
City | Baltimore, Maryland | |||
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The Great American Bash (2000) | ||||
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Tagline(s) | A Battle Of Heroic Proportions! | |||
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Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | |||
Date | June 11, 2000 | |||
Attendance | 7,031 | |||
Venue | Baltimore Arena | |||
City | Baltimore, Maryland | |||
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The Great American Bash was an annual summer professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the National Wrestling Alliance's (NWA) Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and then by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). According to Ric Flair in his autobiography, To Be the Man, Dusty Rhodes invented the concept of The Great American Bash.
After the final Great American Bash was held by WCW on June 11, 2000, the event would not be held again due to the acquisition of WCW by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). After a four-year hiatus, however, the event was revived by WWE in 2004 until 2009 (the name of the final event being abbreviated to "The Bash"), and was also used as the title for a special live edition of SmackDown in July 2012. WWE's production of The Great American Bash was the only former WCW pay-per-view event to be revived by WWE.
The Great American Bash (1985) was the inaugural The Great American Bash professional wrestling closed circuit event produced by Jim Crockett Promotions. It took place on July 6, 1985 at the American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. As a result of Dusty Rhodes winning the match, Tully Blanchard's valet, Baby Doll was forced to be Dusty Rhodes' valet for 30 days which sparked her face turn as she became a full-time valet for Rhodes and his then partner, Magnum T.A.