The Great American Bash 1992

The Great American Bash 1992
Information
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	July 12, 1992
Venue	Gray Civic Center
City	Albany, Georgia
Attendance	8,000
Last Event	Beach Blast
Next Event	Halloween Havoc

The Great American Bash 1992 was the eighth The Great American Bash professional wrestling event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the fifth to be aired on pay-per-view. The event took place on July 12, 1992 at the Albany Civic Center in Albany, Georgia.

Seven matches were contested at the event. The event featured a tag team tournament for the newly created NWA World Tag Team Championship. Miracle Violence Connection defeated Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham in the finals to win the tournament and to be crowned the first champions. From this point onwards, the WCW and NWA World Tag Team Championships were considered to be unified and were defended together by Miracle Violence Connection and subsequent champions until WCW withdrew from the NWA in 1993. Aside from the tag team tournament, the WCW World Heavyweight Championship was also defended at the event. Sting defended the title against Big Van Vader. Vader defeated Sting to win the title.

Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

(c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.

• Dark match: The Super Invader (w/ Harley Race) defeated Marcus Bagwell

• Nikita Koloff and Ricky Steamboat defeated Jushin Liger and Brian Pillman in a NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament Quarter Final Match #2 (19:26)

• Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham defeated Steve Austin and Rick Rude (w/ Madusa) in a NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament Quarter Final Match #3 (19:15)

• Hiroshi Hase and Shinya Hashimoto defeated The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) in a NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament Quarter Final Match #4 (9:16)

• Terry Gordy and Steve Williams defeated Nikita Koloff and Ricky Steamboat in a NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament Semi Final Match #1 (21:39)

• Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham defeated Hiroshi Hase and Shinya Hashimoto in a NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament Semi Final Match #2 (14:55)

• Big Van Vader (w/ Harley Race) defeated Sting (c) to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (17:17)

• Terry Gordy and Steve Williams defeated Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham in a NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament Final Match to win the vacant NWA World Tag Team Championship (21:10)

Tournament bracket

First Round (TV)

Quarterfinals (PPV)

Semifinals (PPV)

Finals (PPV)

Ricky Steamboat & Nikita Koloff

Joe Malenko & Dean Malenko

Ricky Steamboat & Nikita Koloff

Jushin Thunder Liger & Brian Pillman

Beef Wellington & Chris Benoit

Jushin Thunder Liger & Brian Pillman

Ricky Steamboat & Nikita Koloff

Miracle Violence Connection

Miracle Violence Connection

Larry O'Dea & Jeff O'Dea

Miracle Violence Connection

The Steiner Brothers

The Steiner Brothers

Miguel Perez Jr. & Ricky Santana

Miracle Violence Connection

Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham

Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham

Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton

Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham

Steve Austin & Rick Rude

Steve Austin & Rick Rude

Marcus Bagwell & Tom Zenk

Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham

Hiroshi Hase & Shinya Hashimoto

Hiroshi Hase & Akira Nogami

The Headhunters

Hiroshi Hase & Shinya Hashimoto1

The Fabulous Freebirds

The Fabulous Freebirds

El Texano & Silver King

^1 Shinya Hashimoto was substituting for the injured Akira Nogami.

Other on-screen talent

Commentators Jim Ross Jesse Ventura

Ring announcer Gary Michael Cappetta

External links

• The Great American Bash 1992 results at CAGEMATCH.net
• The Great American Bash 1992 on WWE Network