Happy Coastal Saturday Everyone!
I decided to review this one as I’ve always heard how bad the Ric Flair Vs JYD match is and I wanted to see if it could live up to the hype. According to WWE Network I have watched this show before at some point, but I have no memory of doing so, which bodes well for the show itself I guess!
Happy Ragin’ Saturday Everyone!
This show was a bit of a bomb back in the day when it came to attendance figures, but the Main Event is one of my favourite matches of all-time so I decided to boot it up on the WWE Network to see how the rest of the show holds up.
Live from Jacksonville, FL
Airdate: November 20, 1990
Attendance: unknown
Hosted by Jim Ross & Paul E. Dangerously
If you were a wrestling fan in 1990, this was the first of three supershows during Thanksgiving week. Read on!
Before we get to these new ones, a quick update: I’ve lowered the prices on all of the books. I was looking at them the other day and the prices were just too high. I probably wouldn’t pay that much for them and I have no idea why anyone else should be expected to either. Each one has been lowered by at least a dollar and some far more than that. The British prices have been lowered as well.
You can check them out, with the new prices, by clicking on any of the following:
History of Wrestlemania, the Royal Rumble, Survivor Series and Summerslam.
And now, for something new.
If you’re a wrestling fan, odds are you’re familiar with these two series. They’re some of the most important wrestling shows in history and for vastly different reasons. While Saturday Night’s Main Event offered a chance for the masses to see the WWF on a major TV network, Clash of the Champions went the other way and offered pay per view caliber matches on TBS.
In these books I’ve gone back and looked at every episode of both series to see why each one worked (and didn’t work) in their own ways. There were thirty five Clash of the Champions specials and thirty six Saturday Night’s Main Events, though I’ve thrown in the five Main Event specials as a bonus. Each show is broken down match by match and segment by segment with context, play by play and analysis.
Both are ready to go from Amazon in full paperback form. They’re both priced at $9.99 each and are available worldwide (only in English) from any country’s Amazon page. Here are the links for the US and UK versions.
Saturday Night’s Main Event – US, UK
Clash of the Champions – US, UK
Or just search “KB Saturday Night” or “KB Clash” on Amazon.
All of my e-books (24 different topics) are available here:
https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Hall/e/B00E6282W6
I hope you like these and please shoot me any questions you may have.
Thomas Hall
The SmarK Rant for Clash of the Champions XXXIV (January 1997)
Live from Milwaukee, WI
Your hosts are Tony Schiavone, Dusty Rhodes & Bobby Heenan.
This is the second-to-last Clash, and clearly by this point these shows were just extra editions of Nitro and little effort was put into promoting or booking them. Plus this was leading into nWo Souled Out, so…you know…not the best PPV to be leading towards.
(By request, here’s the repost of Clash 21!)
The SmarK Retro Rant for WCW Clash of the Champions XXI
– This is one of those tapes that I had totally forgotten that I even had, but found when I was moving from tape collection into my new room. For those who follow my personal life, Zen moved to Calgary to take a new job this weekend, taking his ECW collection with him, so I’m left with the apartment to myself and only a million tapes instead of 2 million. But such is life. Anyway, someone (I forget who) sent me this in 1999 and I never actually reviewed it, instead choosing to skip over the actual event and review the IWA BathHouse Brawl match that was tacked onto the end. I pulled the match review from the RSPW archive on Google and it follows the Clash review. (Not anymore. The formatting was all messed up so I just left it off.)
– Live from Macon, GA, Nov. 18 / 92.
– Your hosts are JR & Jesse.
Live from Troy, NY
Airdate: November 15, 1989
Attendance: 4,000
Hosted by Jim Ross & Gordon Solie
New York Knockout? Are we referring to these bunch of termagants? Seriously, Flair and Funk battle in an “I Quit” match to settle their feud. Also, the Midnight Express square off against the Dynamic Dudes. In a rematch, Pillman seeks to dethrone Luger for the US title. If that’s not enough, the Steiners face the Skyscrapers. What are you waiting for? Read on!
Live from Columbia, SC
Airdate: September 12, 1989
Attendance: 2,600
Hosted by Jim Ross & Jim Cornette
Put Flair, Funk, Sting, Muta, and Gary Hart in the main event, and let’s see if it’s a masterpiece or a cafeteria special. Read on!
NWA Clash of the Champions VI: Ragin’ Cajun
Live from New Orleans, LA
Airdate: April 2, 1989
Attendance: 5,300
Hosted by Jim Ross & Michael Hayes
We begin with Steamboat’s historical defeat of Flair to become World Champion at Chi-Town Rumble. Can the “Nature Boy” reclaim the biggest prize in the game today?
Live from Cleveland, OH
Airdate: February 15, 1989
Attendance: 5,000
Hosted by Jim Ross & Magnum T.A.
Are you ready to hype Chi-Town Rumble? Well, Ross and Magnum are as they detail what tonight’s show contains and add the spice of NWA World Champion “Nature Boy” Ric Flair and #1 contender Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat being here. This episode has to be awesome, right?
Live from Chattanooga, TN
Airdate: December 7, 1988
Attendance: unknown
Hosted by Jim Ross & Bob Caudle
This is the first supercard under the Turner umbrella as Ted Turner officially purchased Jim Crockett Promotions on 11/2.
Live from Albany, GA
Airdate: September 7, 1988
Attendance: 3,700
Hosted by Tony Schiavone, “Nature Boy” Ric Flair, Jim Ross, & Bob Caudle
Prior to the first match, Tony acknowledges that the “Total Package” Lex Luger is Flair’s toughest test to date. Methinks Rhodes did NOT write that line for him.
Live from Miami, FL
Airdate: June 8, 1988
Attendance: unknown
Hosted by Tony Schiavone & Bob Caudle
While the initial Clash stands on its own as a spectacular, this Clash serves as a promotional vehicle for the upcoming Great American Bash tour. Get out your beach umbrella, fruity cocktail, and sunscreen as we head to Miami, Florida for some NWA wrestling action!
Live from Greensboro, NC
Airdate: March 27, 1988
Attendance: 6,000
Hosted by Tony Schiavone, Jim Ross, and Bob Caudle
In previous reflections, we learned that Vince McMahon and the WWF initially opposed Starrcade ’87 with Survivor Series then subsequently Bunkhouse Stampede with Royal Rumble on USA. With the help of TBS, Jim Crockett Promotions counter-attacked by opposing WrestleMania IV with this show. Back in 1988, despite my admiration for Savage, I tuned in to watch this show instead. Let’s see what transpired.
Back on 3/27/88, as a measure of revenge for ruining the buyrate for Bunkhouse Stampede, Jim Crockett Promotions held Clash of the Champions at the Greensboro Coliseum live on TBS opposite WrestleMania IV on PPV.
