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|name=The Great American Bash (1991)
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|name=The Great American Bash 1991
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|caption=[[VHS]] Cover Featuring [[Barry Windham]] and [[Lex Luger]]
 
|caption=[[VHS]] Cover Featuring [[Barry Windham]] and [[Lex Luger]]
 
|promotion=[[World Championship Wrestling]]
 
|promotion=[[World Championship Wrestling]]
 
|date=July 14, 1991
 
|date=July 14, 1991
|venue=Baltimore Arena
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|venue=[[Baltimore Arena]]
|city=Baltimore, Maryland
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|city=[[Baltimore, Maryland]]
|attendance=7,000
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|attendance= 9,320
 
|lastevent=[[WCW SuperBrawl I|SuperBrawl I]]
 
|lastevent=[[WCW SuperBrawl I|SuperBrawl I]]
|nextevent=[[Halloween Havoc 1991|Halloween Havoc 1991]]
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'''The Great American Bash 1991''' took place on July 14, 1991 at the [[Baltimore Arena]] in [[Baltimore, Maryland]].
   
 
The card was originally to be highlighted by a [[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|Steel cage match]] between [[Ric Flair]] and [[Lex Luger]] for the WCW World Championship, and this match was heavily promoted on WCW TV. However, two weeks before the show, then-WCW Executive Vice President [[Jim Herd]] fired Flair over a contract dispute, stripping him of the title in the process. At the time, champions left a $25,000 security deposit that would be refunded to them (along with any accumulated interest on the deposit) once they lost the title. As company did not give Flair back his deposit, he retained possession of the belt and later brought it to the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]], where it appeared with it on television. WCW had to commission a new world championship belt. However, the new belt could not be readied in time for the event, so the company was forced to improvise. A [[Championship Wrestling from Florida]] title belt that was in the possession of [[Dusty Rhodes]] was used and a metal plate with "WCW World Heavyweight Champion" was attached to the front. In the match, [[Lex Luger]] pinned [[Barry Windham]], who replaced Flair, after a piledriver on orders from [[Harley Race]]. After the match, Luger turned heel and took on Race as his manager and [[Curtis Hughes|Mr. Hughes]] as his bodyguard.
'''The Great American Bash 1991''' took place on July 14, 1991 at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.
 
 
The card was originally to be highlighted by a [[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|Steel cage match]] between [[Ric Flair]] and [[Lex Luger]] for the WCW World Championship, and this match was heavily promoted on WCW [[Television|TV]]. However, just a few days before the show, then-WCW Executive Vice President [[Jim Herd]] fired Flair over a contract dispute, stripping him of the title in the process. Flair took the [[Big Gold Belt|the physical title belt]] with him to the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]], so WCW had to make a new WCW World Heavyweight Championship belt; however, the new belt could not be readied in time for the event, so an older belt (the Florida Heavyweight Championship from [[Dusty Rhodes]]'s short-lived Professional Wrestling Federation) was used as a temporary replacement, with a makeshift "WCW World Heavyweight Championship" plate affixed to the front.
 
 
   
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[[Paul Neu|P.N. News]] and [[Bobby Eaton]] were scheduled to face [[Steve Austin]] and [[Terrance Taylor]] in a traditional scaffold match but on the day of the show, a "capture the flag" stipulation was added as the wrestlers were unwilling to perform a risky fall from the scaffold.
   
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[[Dustin Rhodes]] and [[Southern Boys|The Young Pistols]] ([[Tracy Smothers]] and [[Steve Armstrong]]) faced [[The Fabulous Freebirds]] is a six-man elimatination match.
{{small|Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.}}
 
*[[List of professional wrestling terms#D|Dark match]]: The [[Junkyard Dog]] defeated [[Rick Harris|Black Bart]] (12:45)
 
**JYD pinned Bart.
 
*[[Paul Neu|P.N. News]] and [[Bobby Eaton]] defeated [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] and [[Terry Taylor|Terrance Taylor]] (with [[Jeannie Clark|Lady Blossom]]) in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Scaffold match|Scaffold match]] (6:19)
 
**Eaton grabbed Austin/Taylor's flag to win.
 
*[[Brian Pillman|The Yellow Dog]] defeated [[Marc Mero|Johnny B. Badd]] (with [[Theodore Long|Teddy Long]]) by disqualification (6:00)
 
**Badd was disqualified when Long interfered.
 
*[[Ron Simmons]] defeated [[Kevin Nash|Oz]] (with [[Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)|Merlin the Wizard]]) (7:55)
 
**Simmons pinned Oz.
 
*[[Matt Osborne|Big Josh]] defeated [[Billy Jack Haynes|Black Blood]] (with [[Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)|Kevin Sullivan]]) in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Lumberjack match|Lumberjack match]] (5:39)
 
**Josh pinned Black Blood.
 
*[[Dustin Rhodes]] and The [[Southern Boys]] ([[Tracy Smothers]] and [[Steve Armstrong]]) defeated [[The Fabulous Freebirds]] ([[Brad Armstrong (wrestler)|Badstreet]], [[Jimmy Garvin]], [[Michael Hayes (wrestler)|Michael Hayes]]) (with [[Oliver Humperdink|Big Daddy Dink]]) in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic elimination matches|Elimination match]] (17:10)
 
**Hayes pinned Armstrong (13:49)
 
**Hayes was disqualified (14:04)
 
**Garvin pinned Smothers (15:16)
 
**Rhodes pinned Garvin (15:24)
 
**Rhodes pinned Badstreet (17:10)
 
*[[Scott Hall|The Diamond Stud]] (with [[Diamond Dallas Page]]) defeated [[Tom Zenk]] (9:00)
 
**Stud pinned Zenk.
 
*[[Jorge González (wrestler)|El Gigante]] (with a bunch of midgets) defeated [[George Gray (wrestler)|One Man Gang]] (with [[Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)|Kevin Sullivan]]) (6:13)
 
**Gigante pinned One Man Gang.
 
*[[Ricky Morton|Richard Morton]] (with [[Terri Runnels|Alexandra York]]) defeated [[Robert Gibson (wrestler)|Robert Gibson]] (17:03)
 
**Morton pinned Gibson.
 
*[[Nikita Koloff]] defeated [[Steve Borden|Sting]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Strap match|Russian Chain match]] (11:38)
 
*[[Lex Luger]] defeated [[Barry Windham]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|Steel Cage match]] to win the vacant [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] (12:25)
 
**Luger pinned Windham.
 
*[[Rick Steiner]] and [[Missy Hyatt]] defeated [[Arn Anderson]] and [[Paul Heyman|Paul E. Dangerously]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|Steel cage match]] (2:08)
 
**Steiner pinned Dangerously.
 
   
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The masked [[Brian Pillman|The Yellow Dog]] defeated [[Johnny B. Badd]] by disqualification when Badd's manager [[Teddy Long]] interfered to try to unmask Yellow Dog; had he done so, [[Brian Pillman]] (who was wrestling under the mask) would not be allowed to wrestle in WCW again.
   
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The final match was originally supposed to pit [[The Steiner Brothers]] and [[Missy Hyatt]] against [[Arn Anderson]], Barry Windham and [[Paul E. Dangerously]]. After Windham was moved to the title match following Flair's departure from WCW and Scott Steiner sustained an injury, the match was changed into a mixed tag team match pitting [[Rick Steiner]] and Missy Hyast against [[Arn Anderson]] and Paul E. Dangerously. Before the match [[Dick Murdoch]] and [[Dick Slater]] forcibly took Hyatt backstage, turning the match into a handicap match, which Rick Steiner won (in reality, this was done, because the Maryland State Athletic Commission didn't allow intergender matches).
   
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==Results==
 
;{{small|Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.}}
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;{{small|(c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.}}
 
*[[Dark match]]: The [[Junkyard Dog]] defeated [[Rick Harris|Black Bart]] (12:45)
 
*[[Paul Neu|P.N. News]] and [[Bobby Eaton]] defeated [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] and [[Terry Taylor|Terrance Taylor]] (w/ [[Jeannie Clark|Lady Blossom]]) in a [[Scaffold match]] (7:32)
 
*[[Scott Hall|The Diamond Stud]] (w/ [[Diamond Dallas Page]]) defeated [[Tom Zenk]] (6:57)
 
*[[Ron Simmons]] defeated [[Kevin Nash|Oz]] (w/ [[Kevin Sullivan|Merlin the Wizard]]) (7:56)
 
*[[Ricky Morton|Richard Morton]] (w/ [[Terri Runnels|Alexandra York]]) defeated [[Robert Gibson]] (17:23)
 
*[[Dustin Rhodes]] and The [[Southern Boys]] ([[Tracy Smothers]] and [[Steve Armstrong]]) defeated [[The Fabulous Freebirds]] ([[Brad Armstrong|Badstreet]], [[Jimmy Garvin]], [[Michael P.S. Hayes]]) (w/ [[Oliver Humperdink|Big Daddy Dink]]) in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic elimination matches|Elimination match]] (17:03)
 
:*Michael Hayes eliminated Steve Armstrong (13:43)
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:*Michael Hayes was DQ (13:53)
 
:*Jimmy Garvin eliminated Tracy Smothers (15:20)
 
:*Dustin Rhodes eliminated Jimmy Garvin (15:28)
 
:*Dustin Rhodes eliminated Badstreet (17:03)
 
*[[Brian Pillman|The Yellow Dog]] defeated [[Marc Mero|Johnny B. Badd]] (w/ [[Theodore Long|Teddy Long]]) by disqualification (6:00)
 
*[[Matt Osborne|Big Josh]] defeated [[Billy Jack Haynes|Black Blood]] (w/ [[Kevin Sullivan]]) in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Lumberjack match|Lumberjack match]] (5:39)
 
*[[El Gigante]] (with a bunch of midgets) defeated [[One Man Gang]] (w/ [[Kevin Sullivan]]) (6:13)
 
*[[Nikita Koloff]] defeated [[Steve Borden|Sting]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Strap match|Russian Chain match]] (11:46)
 
*[[Lex Luger]] defeated [[Barry Windham]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|Steel Cage match]] to win the vacant [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] (11:24)
 
*[[Rick Steiner]] and [[Missy Hyatt]] defeated [[Arn Anderson]] and [[Paul Heyman|Paul E. Dangerously]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|Steel cage match]] (2:09)
   
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==External Links==
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*[[File:Cm logo.jpg|50px]] [http://cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=1555 The Great American Bash 1991]
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*[[File:WWE Network New Logo.jpg|50px]] [http://network.wwe.com/video/v31589499 {{PAGENAME}} on WWE Network]
   
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Revision as of 00:14, 29 May 2019

The Great American Bash 1991 took place on July 14, 1991 at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.

The card was originally to be highlighted by a Steel cage match between Ric Flair and Lex Luger for the WCW World Championship, and this match was heavily promoted on WCW TV. However, two weeks before the show, then-WCW Executive Vice President Jim Herd fired Flair over a contract dispute, stripping him of the title in the process. At the time, champions left a $25,000 security deposit that would be refunded to them (along with any accumulated interest on the deposit) once they lost the title. As company did not give Flair back his deposit, he retained possession of the belt and later brought it to the World Wrestling Federation, where it appeared with it on television. WCW had to commission a new world championship belt. However, the new belt could not be readied in time for the event, so the company was forced to improvise. A Championship Wrestling from Florida title belt that was in the possession of Dusty Rhodes was used and a metal plate with "WCW World Heavyweight Champion" was attached to the front. In the match, Lex Luger pinned Barry Windham, who replaced Flair, after a piledriver on orders from Harley Race. After the match, Luger turned heel and took on Race as his manager and Mr. Hughes as his bodyguard.

P.N. News and Bobby Eaton were scheduled to face Steve Austin and Terrance Taylor in a traditional scaffold match but on the day of the show, a "capture the flag" stipulation was added as the wrestlers were unwilling to perform a risky fall from the scaffold.

Dustin Rhodes and The Young Pistols (Tracy Smothers and Steve Armstrong) faced The Fabulous Freebirds is a six-man elimatination match.

The masked The Yellow Dog defeated Johnny B. Badd by disqualification when Badd's manager Teddy Long interfered to try to unmask Yellow Dog; had he done so, Brian Pillman (who was wrestling under the mask) would not be allowed to wrestle in WCW again.

The final match was originally supposed to pit The Steiner Brothers and Missy Hyatt against Arn Anderson, Barry Windham and Paul E. Dangerously. After Windham was moved to the title match following Flair's departure from WCW and Scott Steiner sustained an injury, the match was changed into a mixed tag team match pitting Rick Steiner and Missy Hyast against Arn Anderson and Paul E. Dangerously. Before the match Dick Murdoch and Dick Slater forcibly took Hyatt backstage, turning the match into a handicap match, which Rick Steiner won (in reality, this was done, because the Maryland State Athletic Commission didn't allow intergender matches).

Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
(c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
  • Michael Hayes eliminated Steve Armstrong (13:43)
  • Michael Hayes was DQ (13:53)
  • Jimmy Garvin eliminated Tracy Smothers (15:20)
  • Dustin Rhodes eliminated Jimmy Garvin (15:28)
  • Dustin Rhodes eliminated Badstreet (17:03)

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