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The History of the Great American Bash 1986 - 1995

By Eric Cohen, About.com

(c) 2007 World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
1986 Great American Bash Tour Highlights
- US Title: Nikita Koloff won the best of 7 series against Magnum T.A. 4-3
- Cage Match for the NWA Title: Dusty Rhodes beat Ric Flair to win the title
- Hair vs Hair: Jimmy Valiant beat Shaska Whatley
- Hair vs Hair: Paul Jones beat Jimmy Valiant
- Indian Strap Match: Wahoo McDaniel beat Jimmy Garvin
- The Rock-n-Roll Express & Baby Doll beat NWA Tag Champs The Midnight Express & Baby Doll
- Taped Fist Matches: Tully Blanchard beat Ron Garvin 6-5

1987 Great American Bash Tour Highlights
- Wargames 1: The Super Powers, The Road Warriors, & Paul Ellering beat The Four Horsemen & JJ Dillon
- Wargames 2: The Super Powers, The Road Warriors, & Paul Ellering beat The Four Horsemen & War Machine
- UWF Title: Steve Williams beat Bubba Rogers to win the title
- Cage match for NWA Title & a Date with Precious: Ric Flair beat Jimmy Garvin
- Cage Match for US Title: Lex Luger beat Nikita Koloff to win the title
- $100,000 barbed wire ladder match: Dusty Rhodes beat Tully Blanchard

1988 GAB – Baltimore Arena; Baltimore, MD 7/10/88
- NWA Tag Team Titles: Champions Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson wrestled to a time limit draw against Sting & Nikita Koloff
- US Tag Team Titles: The Midnight Express beat The Fantastics to win the belts
- Tower of Doom Match: The Road Warriors, Jim Garvin, Ron Garvin, & Steve Williams beat Kevin Sullivan, Mike Rotundo, Ivan Koloff, Al Perez, & Russian Invader 1
- US Title: Champion Barry Windham beat Dusty Rhodes when Ronnie Garvin turned on Dusty
- NWA World Title: Champion Ric Flair beat Lex Luger when the match was stopped due to excessive bleeding

1989 GAB – Baltimore Arena; Baltimore, MD 7/23/89
- The Skyscrapers won the "king of the Ring" Battle Royal
- Brian Pillman beat Bill Irwin
- The Skyscrapers beat The Dynamic Dudes
- Tuxedo Match: Jim Cornette beat Paul E Dangerously
- Tornado Match: Rick & Scott Steiner beat Kevin Sullivan & Mike Rotundo
- TV Title: Champ Sting & The Great Muta fought to a no decision. The title was later declared vacant.
- US Title: Champ Lex Luger beat Ricky Steamboat by DQ
- War Games: The Road Warriors, The Midnight Express, & Steve Williams beat The Samoan Swat Team & The Fabulous Freebirds
- NWA World Title: Champion Ric Flair pinned Terry Funk

1990 GAB – Baltimore Arena; Baltimore, MD 7/7/90
- Brian Pillman beat Buddy Landell
- Mike Rotundo beat The Iron Shiek
- Doug Furnas beat Dutch Mantel
- Harley Race beat Tommy Rich
- The Midnight Express beat The Southern Boys
- Big Van Vader beat Tom Zenk
- The Steiners beat The Freebirds
- Junkyard Dog, Paul Orndorff & El Gigante beat Barry Windham, Sid Vicious & Arn Anderson
- US Title: Champ Lex Luger beat Mark Callous
- NWA Tag Team Titles: Champions Doom beat The Rock-n-Roll Express
- NWA Title: Sting beat Ric Flair to win the title

1991 GAB – Baltimore Arena; Baltimore, MD 7/14/91
- Scaffold Match: Bobby Eaton & PN News beat Terrance Taylor & Steve Austin
- Diamond Studd beat Tom Zenk
- Ron Simmons beat Oz
- Ricky Morton beat Robert Gibson
- Six Man Elimination Match: The Young Pistols & Dustin Rhodes beat The Freebirds & Badstreet
- Yellow Dog beat Johnny B Badd by DQ
- Lumberjack Match: Big Josh beat Black Blood
- El Gigante beat The One Man Gang
- Russian Chain Match: Nikita Koloff beat Sting
- Cage Match for Vacant WCW World Title: Lex Luger beat Barry Windham
- Cage Match: Rick Steiner & Missy Hyatt beat Paul E Dangerously & Arn Anderson

1992 GAB – Civic Center; Albany, GA 7/12/92
- WCW Title: Big Van Vader beat Sting to win the title - NWA Tag Team Tournament Quarterfinals: Ricky Steamboat & Nikita Koloff beat Brian Pillman & Jushin Liger
- NWA Tag Team Tournament Quarterfinals: Hiro Hase & Shinya Hashimoto beat The Freebirds
- NWA Tag Team Tournament Quarterfinals: Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham beat Steve Austin & Rick Rude
- NWA Tag Team Tournament Semifinals: WCW Tag Team Champs Steve Williams & Terry Gordy beat Ricky Steamboat & Nikita Koloff
- NWA Tag Team Tournament Semifinals: Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham beat Hase & Hashimoto
- NWA Tag Team Tournament Finals: Gordy & Williams beat Rhodes & Windham to win the titles and hold both world tag team titles

1995 GAB – Hara Arena; Dayton, OH 6/18/95
- Alex Wright beat Brian Pillman
- Arm wrestling match for the right to date The Diamond Doll: Dave Sullivan beat Dallas Page
- Jim Duggan beat Sgt. Craig Pittman by DQ
- Harlem Heat beat Bunkhouse Buck & Dick Slater
- TV Title: The Renegade beat Arn Anderson to win the title
- WCW Tag Titles: Champs The Nasty Boys beat Bobby Eaton & Steven Regal
- US Title Tournament Finals: Sting beat Meng to win the vacant title
- Ric Flair beat Randy Savage

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