1989-03-25-NWA-World Championship Wrestling

[GSR]

National Wrestling Alliance

World Championship Wrestling

Aired March 25, 1989

WTBS Studios, Atlanta, GA

1. Recap of Michael Hayes’ turn from The Omni last week
2. INT: Hiro Matsuda & Michael Hayes - Matsuda confirms he has come to an arrangement with Hayes, whilst Hayes says that he is the new color analyst on the show.
3. Midnight Express (w/ Jim Cornette) vs Chance Myers & The Raider
4. INT: Lex Luger (from Albany, GA) - addresses what Michael Hayes did to him.  Hayes then responds from the commentary booth and says that the Yamasaki Corporation (Ric Flair, Barry & Kendall Windham, Butch Reed, Hiro Matsuda and himself) now runs the NWA.
5. Steve Williams & Kevin Sullivan (w/ Mike Rotunda) vs Bob Emory & Dewayne Bruce
6. The Danger Zone w/ Cougar Jay - they are joined early by Randy Rose who says that his lawyers found a loophole and he is back in the NWA.  When Paul E. Dangerously asks him who his manager will be, he says him.  Dangerously says that he wants nothing to do with him as he lost twice on PPV, and when Rose gets heated about saying how he put his career on the line for him, Jack Victory attacks him with the cell phone and then piledrives both Rose and Jay on the concrete floor.
7. Ranger Ross vs Max McGiver - the Iron Sheik comes to ringside waving the Iranian flag
8. INT: Iron Sheik
9. INT: Ric Flair & Hiro Matsuda - Flair says that he will provide commentary for the upcoming Rick Steamboat match.
10. Rick Steamboat vs Snake Brown (from Albany, GA)
11. INT: Rick Steamboat (from Albany, GA)
12. INT: Ric Flair & Hiro Matsuda
13. INT: Paul E. Dangerously
14. Samoan Swat Team (w/ Paul E. Dangerously) vs Tony Suber & Mike Justice
15. INT: Jim Cornette & Midnight Express
16. Great Mota (w/ Gary Hart) vs Jerry Price
17. INT: Gary Hart & Great Mota
18. INT: Eddie Gilbert & Rick Steiner & Missy Hyatt
19. INT: Kevin Sullivan & Mike Rotunda & Steve Williams - Sullivan wants to see who the best College athlete in the NWA is.  Jim Ross again questions why Rotunda isn’t defending his title against the likes of Sting and Rick Steiner, then he says he will get to them, but at the moment there are greater contenders.
20. Mike Rotunda (w/ Kevin Sullivan & Steve Williams) vs Greg Brown
21. INT: Ranger Ross
22. Iron Sheik (w/ Rip Morgan) vs Richard Sartain - Ranger Ross comes to ringside carrying the U.S. flag
23. Road Warriors (w/ Paul Ellering) vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (jip, from AJPW)
24. Dick Murdoch & Vincent Young vs Lee Scott & The Enforcer

Bold matches are PWO recommended