Bash at the Beach (1996)
Bash at the Beach (1996) | |||
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Promotion World Championship Wrestling[1] | | ||
Date | July 7, 1996[1] | ||
City | Daytona Beach, Florida[1] | ||
Venue | Ocean Center[1] | ||
Attendance | 8,300[1] | ||
Tagline(s) | This is no Day at the Beach Catch the Big One! | ||
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Bash at the Beach chronology | |||
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The 1996 Bash at the Beach was the third annual
The
Storylines
The event featured wrestlers from feuds and
The predominant storyline heading into the event was centered on
Event
Role: | Name: |
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Commentators
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Tony Schiavone |
Bobby Heenan | |
Dusty Rhodes | |
Mike Tenay | |
Interviewers
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"Mean" Gene Okerlund |
Lee Marshall | |
Ring announcers | Michael Buffer |
David Penzer | |
Referees | Randy Anderson |
Randy Eller | |
Jimmy Jett | |
Nick Patrick |
Before the event officially began,
The first match was between
The second match was a
The third match was a
The fourth match was a
The fifth match was between
The sixth match was between
The seventh match was between
The eighth match was between The Giant and The Taskmaster, and Arn Anderson and Chris Benoit. The Giant and The Taskmaster attacked Anderson and Benoit during their entrance into the arena. McMichael hit The Giant with a briefcase and The Giant chased him backstage. This allowed Benoit and Anderson to double-team The Taskmaster. The match officially started as The Giant returned to the ring. Benoit and Anderson continued to attack The Taskmaster for the first half of the match and prevented The Giant from tagging in. The Giant finally tagged in after The Taskmaster delivered a belly to back suplex. As The Giant dominated Anderson in the ring, Benoit fought The Taskmaster outside. The Giant performed a chokeslam, pinned Anderson for the win, and returned backstage. After the match, Benoit continued to attack The Taskmaster. Woman came down, but failed to stop Benoit. Benoit finally stopped when The Giant came back out.[3]
The
Hulk Hogan then made his way down to the ring as Nash and Hall fled to the outside. In a surprise move, the longtime fan favorite Hogan then performed two Atomic Legdrops to Savage, revealing himself to be Hall and Nash's partner as The Outsiders returned to the ring to celebrate their new alliance as the stunned crowd looked on. The match officially ended in a no-contest after Hogan threw the referee out of the ring and hit Savage with one more Atomic Legdrop.[3] After the main event, the audience began to throw trash in the ring. One fan jumped over the guardrail and tried to attack Hogan, but was taken out by Hall and Nash, before being escorted out of the arena by security. Gene Okerlund entered the ring and asked Hogan why he had turned his back on the fans and how he could align himself with Hall and Nash. Hogan claimed that the three of them were "the future of wrestling" and dubs the new group as "the new world order of wrestling, brother." Hogan went on to justify his actions, saying he was bored with WCW and had grown tired of constantly pandering to the fans, especially considering that more and more of them had started to turn on him since he had joined the company in 1994. Hogan declared their intention to take over the wrestling business and destroy everything in their path.[3]
Reception and aftermath
After the event, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan (renamed Hollywood Hogan), now known as the New World Order (nWo), continued their attempt at taking over WCW. On the July 15, 1996 edition of
The nWo became a major part of the history of WCW as well as professional wrestling. The style and nature of mainstream American professional wrestling changed as a result, with storylines becoming more realistic and adult-oriented.[13] While the original nWo ended in 1998, the nWo continued in WCW until 2000 through several different incarnations.[14] The nWo angle aided WCW in their competition against rival company, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), with Nitro gaining a higher rating than Monday Night Raw, the WWF's premiere television show, for 83 consecutive weeks.[15]
In the original broadcast of the pay-per-view, color commentator Bobby Heenan exclaimed "whose side is he on?!" as Hogan entered the arena. This comment was edited out on the Hulk Hogan anthology DVD, but has since been left in unedited in other broadcasts, such as on WWE Classics On Demand and on the WWE Network.
Results
No. | Results dark match |
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ME | – the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on Main Event |
References
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- ^ Anderson, Steve (June 2002). "The NWO: a history". Wrestling Digest. Archived from the original on December 17, 2007. Retrieved March 29, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "WCW Bash at the Beach 1996". The Internet Wrestling Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on November 11, 2007. Retrieved March 28, 2008.
- ^ "Every pay-per-view available on WWE Network". WWE. February 4, 2014. Archived from the original on February 5, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
- Discovery Communications. Retrieved November 15, 2005.
- ^ a b c "nWo History". The Internet Wrestling Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on January 7, 2008. Retrieved March 29, 2008.
- ^ a b c d "WCW Ring Results 1996". The History of WWE. Archived from the original on March 14, 2008. Retrieved March 29, 2008.
- ^ "WCW Great American Bash 1996". The Internet Wrestling Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on November 11, 2007. Retrieved March 30, 2008.
- ^ "The John Report: WWE Unlimited - July '04". The Wrestling Oratory. July 20, 2004. Archived from the original on June 16, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2008.
- ^ a b "WCW Nitro 1996". Obsessed With Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ^ "WCW Monday Nitro 1996". K & D's Matchlists. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ^ "Hulk Hogan's second WCW Championship reign". WWE. Archived from the original on March 27, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2008.
- ^ Robinson, Jon (November 3, 2006). "Eric Bischoff Interview". IGN. Retrieved March 31, 2008.
- ^ "Original nWo". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved March 30, 2008.
- ^ Cole, Glenn (December 26, 1998). "NBC to air WCW cards". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2008.
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