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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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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 from the Philadelphia Civic Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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]

Results

No.Results[2]StipulationsTimes
1Tom Zenk defeated Mike RotundaSingles match13:23
2The 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 match18:23
3Tommy Rich defeated The Cuban AssassinSingles match08:29
4The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) (c) defeated The Dynamic Dudes (Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas) (with Jim Cornette)Tag team match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship11:28
5Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) (with Woman) defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)Tag team match15:32
6Lex Luger (c) defeated Brian PillmanSingles match for the NWA United States Championship16:49
7The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) (with Paul Ellering) defeated The Skyscrapers (Dan Spivey and Sid Vicious) (with Teddy Long) by disqualificationTag team match11:39
8Ric Flair and Sting (with Ole Anderson) defeated The Great Muta and Terry Funk (with Gary Hart)Thunderdome match with Bruno Sammartino as special guest referee23:46
(c) – 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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