Location: Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida
Attendance ; 62,000
hours before the matches ,there was a 2 hour VIP meet and greet followed by a free concert featuring 80'S stars PAUL YOUNG...The HOOTERS and headlined by RICK SPRINGFIELD!
After the anthem and prsentation of the colors ,LANCE RUSSELL ,in ring, welcomes the near sold out crowd!
1st Match: BRAD ARMSTRONG vs ERIC EMBRY
A barnburner of a mnatch here to kick off the Bash and these two put on a great back and forth contest which mainly stays scientific with liberal amounts of some roughhouse tactics thrown in!
BRAD hits the russian leg sweep into a floatover but the bell rings as the ref hits the two count!
Official decision is a 20 minute draw as both men shake hands !
2nd Match: JINMMY VALIANT/JUNKYARD DOG take on HONKYTONK MAN/EDDIE MANSFIELD
VALIANT is looking for revenge against these two and he couldnt have picked a better partner!
HTM does his best to avoid any in ring contact with VALIANT and kinda throws EDDIE MANSFIELD to the wolves as HTM limits his in ring action and MANSFIELD takes the brunt of the punishment and gets pinned after JYD hits the Big Thump power slam on him!
HONkY escapes any real damage as he plays the cowardly heel...this time!!
3rd Match: FCW TV ChampioN- SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM/w EDDIE GILBERT defebd his title in this special 15 minute time limit match against the returning MANNY FERNANDEZ
MANNY gets a huge response from the crowd and is on fire for the first several minutes as SBG has no answer for the RAGING BULL!
GILBERT complains to the ref of rules being broken by MANNY who ofc did no such thing!
But EDDIE does his job here as MANNY is distracted by him,whuich allows the champ to take advantage and eventually clamps on a devastating bear hug which unfortunately causes MANNY to submit!
4th Match: the ZAMBUII EXPRESS w/ PERCY PRINGLE take on MR. WTRESTLING 2/BILL DUNDEE
2 and DUNDEE have no choice but to use their speed and timing to avoid and fight off these two behemoths!
It works for a little while until BILL DUNDEE attempts to bounce off the ropes and tries to dropkick ELIJAH AKEEM!
He does this twice but on the third attempt AKEEM,tho staggerd, catches DUNDEE with a heluva clothesline which levels the smaller DUNDEE!
A quicj tag here to KAREEM is followed by a whip into the corner and then a big legdrop for a three count !
MR WRESTLING 2 tried to save his partner from the pin but as he tried to enter the ring,PERCY PRINGLE grabbed onto his leg to prevent the save!
5th Match:RICK RUDE w/ PERCY PRINGLE vs DON MURACO
PERCY is on cloud 9 here as he just got a big win withn his ZAMBUII EXPRESS and is looking to go 2-0 here at the BASH!
RUDE starts out trying to use his strength against MURACO who surprise the ravishing one by staying even with RUDE in that department!
This pisses off RUDE who turns to some hard hitting punches, kicks and clotheslines to wear down DON!
The action spillsto the outside where MURACO reverses a whip into the guardrail and RUDE hits his back hard which puts him down!
A furious PRINGLE does his best to help RUDE back in the ring but MURACO jumps back out,thus breaking the ref's 10 count and grabs both men and crashes their heads together!
PERCY hits the floor and MURACO tosses RUDE back into the ring!
MURACO starts hammering on RUDE ,whips him into the ropes and back body drops RUDE !
aS rude is stunned ,PERCY jumps up on the apron and MURACO grabs him by the collar!
RUDE comes from behind to attempt to knee MURACO in the back but DON moves at the last second and collides with PERCY who is knocked to thje arena floor !
MURACO commences to kicking RUDES as when KAREEM MUHAMMAD comes to ringside to check on PERCY!
The ref is distarcted here and doesnt see ELIJAH AKEEM come done and toss a foreign object to RUDE who promptly uses it on MURACO ,unbeknownst to ref Mike SMITH, AND rude GETS THE PIN!
The ZX start a beatdown on MURACO as RUDE leaves the ring to help take PERCY to the back!
All looks gloom and doom for DON until BLACKJACK NULLIGAN comes down and starts helping MURACO!
They force the ZX to flee the ring as the crowd pops huge and the ZX are angrily escorted to the back by security!
6th Match: the SHEEPHERDERS w/ EDDIE GILBERT take on MAGNUM TA/RICKY STEAMBOAT
The HERDERS ARE REALLY WOUND UP FOR THIS AS THEY GO RIGHT AT ta/steamboat SO THIS SOON TURNS INTO WHAT THEY LIKE BEST..A BRAWL!
STEAMBOAT gets the worse of it for several minutes until making the hot tag to TA!
TA gets revenge on both guys and STEAMBOAT enters the fray as all 4 men battle it out !
as the ref tries to get the illegal men out of the ring,they dont see EDDIE come from behind and clobber TA with the flagstaff and to the crowd's dismay,BUTCH MILLER gets the three count!
The HERDERS and EDDIE leave the ring as quickly as they can after steaking this one!
7th Match: The tag team action keeps on coming as THE FANTASTICS face THE BRITISH BULLDOGS!
A very even nip and tuck match here as both teams have been together for awhile and displays of great teamwork is the name of the game in this one!
As the time limit neard its end,DAVEY BOY gets a powerslam on FULTON who is then hot by a flying headbutt from the top turnbuckle by DYNAMITE KID who gets the hard fought victory!
Both teams show respect and after shaking hands,all four leave the ring together and head to the back
8th Match" NWA World Suoer Junior Championship
CHRIS JERICHO w/JESSE VENTURA vs EDDIE GILBERT w/ SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM
JERICHO starts things off by imploring the ref to send SBG to the back!
Surprisingly the ref agrees and withn GILBERT protesting,SBG goes to the back as the ref threatens disqualification before we even get a lock up!
SBG begrudgingly leaves and as JERICHO gets a good laugh and wavs bye bye to SBG, the ref then informs him the JESSE VENTURA must also leave! The crowd cheers this as VENTURA and JERICHO throw a hissy fit!
VENTURA ,also with the hreat of JERICHO being dqd MAKES HIS WAY TO THE BACK ALSO AS THE CROWD CHEERS!
For the next 20 minutes these two exchange offense and defense as GILBERT nor JERICHO get an advantage for long !
After a ref bump ,both men have the same idea and simultaneously reach into their own tights,grab a chain,wrap it around their fists and clock each other at the same time !
As the ref is recovering,down the aisle comes MAGNUM TA who enters the ring and lays JERICHO across GILBERT'S prone body!
The ref recovers and makes the three count as MAGNUM has exacted his revenge from what happened earlier!
JERICHO IS DECLARED WINNER AND STILL NWA SUPER JUNIOR CHAMP!
9TH Match: FCW Heavyweight Championship!!
RIC FLAIR (C) vs DUSTY RHODES
DUSTY has been waiing for thos oppoertunity and seems well on his way to winning this one!
But the dirtiest player in the game has earned his nickname and takes over midway in this match!
FLAIR even clamps on thenfigure four but DUSTY fights itb off and reverses the hold but FLAIR makes it to the opes forcing a ref break!
Now these two go at it tooth and nail and stop heeding the the refs attempts to restore any sort of order!
Both men take turns shoving the ref as he attempts this and finally the ref calls for the bell signally a double dq!
MAIN EVENT
MWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
THE UNDERTAKER defends against THE ONE MAN GANG w/ SIR OLIVER HUMPERDINK
This match was as good as their first encounter as both guys had theirn moments!
And there's a reason OMG wanted SOH allowed at ringside as SOH did nhis best tom interfere and distarct at several times during this match!
At one point OMG hits the 747 and the UNDERTAKER barely licks out as OMG and SOH are as shocked as the crowd!1
TAKER uses this shock to regain control and shocks the crowd even more by hitting the Last Ride on OMG and gettingg the pin!
WINNER and STILL NWA WORLD CHAMPION-THE UNDERTAKER!
END OF SHOW!
