NWA Questions for anyone who knows

[Guest DaGoodz]

ok i downloaded a 1989 scenario for EWR and I wanna use the NWA.. never really watched it though so i'm trying to figure out some things about it.. it has stables but doesn't have who was in them. can someone tell me who was in these stables..

 

Dangerous Alliance (were they even around in 89?)

 

Dudes With Attitudes

 

Four Horseman (was it flair, windham, arn and sid?)

 

J-Tex Corporation

 

Paul Jones Army

 

Desperados

 

Varsity Club

 

York Foundation

 

i'll probably have more questions later in the thread but for now thats all

[Guest DaGoodz]

also another thing.. this lists Jushin Liger, Great Muta, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit , Lance Storm, Owen Hart, Ultimo Dragon and Rob Van Dam being in the NWA's "developmental territory"..WTF?

[Richard]

ok i downloaded a 1989 scenario for EWR and I wanna use the NWA.. never really watched it though so i'm trying to figure out some things about it.. it has stables but doesn't have who was in them. can someone tell me who was in these stables..

 

Dangerous Alliance (were they even around in 89?)

no

 

Dudes With Attitudes

not until '90

 

Four Horseman (was it flair, windham, arn and sid?)

Arn was in the WWF, Sid debuted as a Skyscraper midyear, Windham was alligned with Flair, leaving after dropping the US belt to Luger in febuary. Hiro Matsuda managed Flair and Windham

 

 

J-Tex Corporation

Terry Funk (debuted in may), Great Muta (debuted around march), with Buzz Sawyer, the Dragonmaster, and Dick Slater at certain points. Gary Hart was the manager

 

Paul Jones Army

The Russian Assassins are the only members I know

 

Desperados

not yet

 

Varsity Club

Sullivan, Rotunda, Dr. Death, & Terry Gordy

 

 

York Foundation

much later

 

 

i'll probably have more questions later in the thread but for now thats all

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[Guest DaGoodz]

Ok thanks.. what about TV shows.. this lists NWA Power Hour, NWA Saturday Night and NWA Worldwide.. were these the shows they had back then? Wasn't there a show called NWA Main Event?

[UseTheSledgehammerUh]

Saturday Night = Saturday 6:05 PM EST on TBS

 

Power Hour = Saturday 9:05 AM AM EST on TBS

 

Main Event = Sunday 6:05 PM EST on TBS

 

Worldwide = Why am I forgetting this...it was a Sat/Sun (differing syndication days/hours) early morning 10AM show.

[Guest DaGoodz]

thanks.... they didnt have all those shows at once did they? if they did were certain ones jobber shows and others for the main guys?

[nl5xsk1]

They were pretty much all jobber shows, with a semi-legit "main event" at the end.

 

Sunday Night Main Event started off as being all somewhat good matchups, but devolved to pretty much squash matches. Saturday night's World Championship Wrestling had a few good matches, but was pretty much just a jobber show, too.

[LooseCannon25]

Rob Van Dam was in WCW for a while under the name of Robby V.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh]

An example of a Worldwide:

 

MATCH 1: Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat defeats jobber Mike Winner in 3 minutes.

 

-Pre-taped Interview segment - Cactus Jack rips on Ricky Steamboat.

 

MATCH 2: Bobby Eaton & Arn Anderson defeat jobbers Bob Cook & The Medic (!!!!) in like 4 minutes.

 

- Highlights of last week's Clash of Champions with Sting.

 

MATCH 3: Erik Watts defeats Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker in a not-so-one-sided jobber squash in 6 minutes.

 

- Interview with Watts, putting over the STF, looking towards the TV Title

 

- Run-down of the two top matches for Starrcade

 

MATCH 4: Flyin' Brian and Steve Austin defeated Marcus Bagwell & Z-Man in a good 8-10 minute match.

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[UseTheSledgehammerUh]

WCW Saturday Night was the "Nitro"/"Raw" for WCW during the late 80's and early 90's (into mid 90's).

 

It had frequent title changes (Windham over Austin TV Title, Rhodes def. Steamboat for US Title, numerous tag title changes).

 

Many angles were advanced or created.

[fisticuffs]

I was only 7 or 8 years old, but I remember Rick Steiner being a member of the Varsity Club (he wore the Michigan jacket). When was that?

 

I don't remember Terry Gordy in any role, other than as a Freebird. This was also when I was very young, though.

[Richard]

I was only 7 or 8 years old, but I remember Rick Steiner being a member of the Varsity Club (he wore the Michigan jacket). When was that?

 

I don't remember Terry Gordy in any role, other than as a Freebird. This was also when I was very young, though.

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Steiner turned face in late '88, and I'm not 100% on Gordy.

[BruiserKC]

Paul Jones was more mid-80s...they never had the Russian Assassins that was Ivan Koloff's doing. Some of his men were The Barbarian, Abdullah the Butcher, Teijo Khan, and Baron Von Raschke.

 

Gordy was never a Varsity Club member...it was Sullivan, Rotundo, Dr. Death, and Rick Steiner.

[nl5xsk1]

Paul Jones, I think, also had Superstar Billy Graham before his face turn. He also managed Manny Fernandez and "Shasta" (Pistol Pez) Whatley when they turned heel against Jimmy Valient. And, if memory serves, Fernandez & Rude when they were tag champs, but I might be wrong with that.

 

RE: The Varsity Club. It was originally Rotundo & Steiner with Sullivan as the manager, and then Williams joined. Shortly thereafter Steiner was punked out of the group and became a face. If I remember correctly (a big if in this case) Danny Spivey had a brief run as part of the VC, too.

[Richard]

Sullivan & Spivey teamed up at Clash of the Champions VI, which went up against WM5, to take on the US tag champs (Rick Steiner & Eddie Gilbert).

 

And then again at Wrestlewar that may.