NWA 1987 - A Band of Horses

Short Results:
» Re-Announcement: Tully Blanchard vs. Road Warrior Animal signed for WrestleWar «
Match #1: Kevin Sullivan (w/Journey) def. Rocky King - Pin - 3 min.;
» Re-Announcement: Tag Team Championship unification matches «
» Hype: The Midnight Express to bring even more to the tag team division «
Match #2: The Russian Team def. The MOD Squad - Pin - 6 min.;
» Promo: Paul Jones predicts both his teams winning their respective title matches «
» Dick Murdoch wants to give US title back to americans / Big Bubba Rogers vows to shred Super-Powers’ flag «
Match #3: Dusty Rhodes def. Bobby Jaggers - Pin - 6 min.;
» Dusty Rhodes questions Rogers and Murdoch’s real values «
» Hype: Ric Flair - champion for present and future «
Match #4: The Road Warriors (w/Ellering) def. The Horsemen [Lex Luger & Tully Blanchard] (w/Dillon) - Pin - 12 min.;
» Ric Flair low blows Hawk / The Horsemen run away «

Show Rating: B-

Recap - Takeaways:
    The go-home show for WrestleWar was, obviously, centred on the main rivalries going to the pay-per-views. Hyping was the objective, and the focus, of course, was, for the most part, on the clash between The Horsemen and The Road Warriors.

    On the main event, Tully Blanchard shared the ring with Animal before both’s meeting at the pay-per-view. In tag team action, The Road Warriors faced The Horsemen in a heated match marked by J.J. Dillon’s efforts to intervene in favour of his squadron - most stopped by Paul Ellering. Near the end, The Horsemen got a taste of their manager’s venom after Hawk dodged a slap that rocked Lex Luger. Luger was then taken out of equation and Tully Blanchard was finished with the Doomsday Device. Dillon could do nothing but watch.

    Ric Flair, himself, was also a presence on the show. First, he claimed he’ll be champion for a long time, and that Hawk doesn’t stand a chance. After the main event, though, he made sure that The Horsemen were the last ones laughing. In rare fashion, the ‘Nature Boy’ solved a brawl between both teams, by taking a cheap shot at his WrestleWar opponent, low blowing him and running away with Luger and Blanchard while mocking The Road Warriors.

    As for the feud opposing The Super-Powers and the duo of Big Bubba Rogers and Dick Murdoch, it featured the most out-of-the-box segment of the show. In an outside promo, Murdoch vowed to take the United States title off Nikita Koloff and give it back to the worthy people of America. After that, Big Bubba Rogers got to a lenght such as grabbing a Super-Powers’ shirt wearing passing-by young adult and shredded said shirt before threatening the fan. Rogers then claimed he will do the same to the Super-Powers' flag after he defeats Dusty Rhodes in WrestleWar’s Flag Match.

    Instantly, the ‘American Dream’ got to stick it back to both Confederate enthusiasts, by defeating redneck Bobby Jaggers in a short match that ended with the Bionic Elbow. After said match, Dusty questioned the true values of Rogers and Murdoch, and if ripping the shirt of a young man who simply supports world peace is acceptable for them. «Are those kind of things supposed to take place in your ideal America?», questioned Rhodes, having the crowd entirely behind him.

    The tag team championship unification mini-tournament scheduled for tomorrow’s WrestleWar was also in focus. The Russian Team, meant to face Barry Windham and Ron Garvin, defeated The MOD Squad in a dominant showing after a Bearhug Assisted Russian Sickle on Basher.

    After the match, Paul Jones gave his preview for tomorrow, claiming that both teams representing the Paul Jones’ Army (The Russian Team and Awesome Twosome) would win their respective matches and unify the belts in a friendly bout.

    Another team, that we hadn’t seen much of lately, got some time. The Midnight Express, alongside Jim Cornette, promised in a video to bring even more spark (fabulous spark) to the tag team division of the National Wrestling Alliance.

    As for the ‘Prince of Darkness’: we had seen Kevin Sullivan talk a lot lately about his plans to rid the NWA off its traditional values. This time, he got the chance to back up his talking. Effortlessly, he beat Rocky King with the Devil Stomp at the 3-minute mark before posing with Dark Journey, looking dominant.