Beach Blast (1992)
Beach Blast (1992) | |||
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Promotion World Championship Wrestling | | ||
Date | June 20, 1992[1] | ||
City | Mobile, Alabama[1] | ||
Venue | Mobile Civic Center[1] | ||
Attendance | 5,000[1] | ||
Tagline(s) | World Championship Wrestling Beats The Heat! | ||
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The 1992 Beach Blast was the inaugural
The show included two main events:
Production
Background
In 1992 the
The show took place only four days after WCW held
The show was one of the first major events held after Bill Watts had been put in charge of WCW and would be the first show where a number of Watts' new rules would be enforced, including any move that included jumping off the top rope would result in a disqualification.[3]
Storylines
The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[4]
Role: | Name: |
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Presenters | Tony Schiavone |
Eric Bischoff | |
Commentator | Jim Ross |
Jesse Ventura | |
Ring announcer | Tony Gilliam |
Results
No. | Results dark match |
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Aftermath
After Bill Watts took over WCW, several of his old-school Mid-South Wrestling rules were put into place, including removal of the mats around the ring, coming off the top rope became an automatic disqualification, and maintained the old NWA rule about throwing an opponent over the top rope was also an automatic disqualification. The "off the top rope" rule did not apply to NWA-sanctioned WCW matches (ex: the NWA World Tag Team title tournament).
Distribution
WCW closed in 2001 and all rights to their television and PPV shows was bought by
References
- ^ a b c d e "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts". Wrestling’s Historical Cards: Beach Blast (Mobile Alabama, Mobile Civic Center). Kappa Publishing. 2007. p. 140.
- ^ "Clash of Champions Results (XIX)". Archived from the original on 2008-06-23.
- ^ a b Hoops, Brian (November 8, 2007). "SPECIALIST: WCW Beach Blast '92 - Arn & Austin & Eaton taking on Dustin & Windham & Nikita". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
- Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
- ISBN 978-1499656343.
- ^ "Beach Blast 1992". Pro Wrestling History. June 20, 1992. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ Alvarez, Bryan (March 21, 2014). "FRI UPDATE: Another ridiculously packed weekend, TNA star done, Slammiversary travel packages, WWE Network potential series reel, tons more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 30, 2015.