Halloween Havoc (1989)

Halloween Havoc (1989) was the inaugural Halloween Havoc professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It took place on October 28, 1989, at the Philadelphia Civic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Halloween Havoc (1989)
DVD cover featuring Animal and Hawk
PromotionNational Wrestling Alliance
World Championship Wrestling
DateOctober 28, 1989
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
VenuePhiladelphia Civic Center
Attendance7,300
Tagline(s)Settling the Score
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Eight matches were contested on the event. The main event was a Thunderdome match pitting Ric Flair and Sting against Terry Funk and The Great Muta. Flair and Sting won when Funk and Muta's manager Gary Hart threw in the towel for his team.

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
Commentator Jim Ross
Bob Caudle
Referee Nick Patrick
Tommy Young
Bruno Sammartino (Thunderdome Match)
Interviewer Gordon Solie
Chris Cruise
Ring announcer Gary Michael Cappetta

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]

Aftermath

Ric Flair's feud with Terry Funk ended at Clash of Champions IX when Flair made Funk submit to the figure-four leglock in an "I Quit" match, then Gary Hart's J-Tex corporation began a full-scale feud with Fiair and Sting, but in early December Arn Anderson returned from the WWF and joined Flair, Sting, and Ole Anderson to reform the Four Horsemen. Tommy Young's long refereeing career in the NWA ended in November, 1989, during a TV taping of WCW Saturday Night when Tommy Rich knocked Young to the mat and into the ropes during a match, legitimately injuring his neck.


Results
No. Results[2] Stipulations Times
1 Tom Zenk defeated Mike Rotunda Singles match 13:23
2 The Samoan SWAT Team (Fatu, The Samoan Savage and Samu) (with Oliver Humperdink) defeated The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) and Steve Williams (with Jim Cornette) Six-man tag team match 18:23
3 Tommy Rich defeated The Cuban Assassin Singles match 08:29
4 The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin) (c) defeated The Dynamic Dudes (Shane Douglas and Johnny Ace) (with Jim Cornette) Tag team match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship 11:28
5 Doom (Ron Simmons and Butch Reed) (with Woman) defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) Tag team match 15:32
6 Lex Luger (c) defeated Brian Pillman Singles match for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship 16:49
7 The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) (with Paul Ellering) defeated The Skyscrapers (Sid Vicious and Dan Spivey) (with Teddy Long) by disqualification Tag team match 11:39
8 Ric Flair and Sting (with Ole Anderson) defeated Terry Funk and The Great Muta (with Gary Hart) Thunderdome match with Bruno Sammartino as special guest referee 23:46
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References
  1. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  2. "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts: Halloween Havoc 1989". Wrestling's Historical Cards. Kappa Publishing. 2007. p. 134.
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