The Great American Bash (1996)

The Great American Bash
The Great American Bash
	Baltimore Arena
Attendance	9,000
Tagline(s)	World Championship Wrestling Turns Up The Heat!
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The 1996 Great American Bash was the sixth

Baltimore, Maryland. This was the fifth Great American Bash held at this venue after the 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991

events.

Production

Background

Baltimore, Maryland. This was the fifth Great American Bash held at this venue after the 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991 events.^[2]

The event featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Professional wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.^[3]

Event

Other on-screen personnel
Role:	Name:
Commentators	Tony Schiavone
	Dusty Rhodes
	Mike Tenay
Interviewer	Gene Okerlund
Ring announcers	David Penzer
Ring announcers	Michael Buffer
Referees	Randy Anderson
	Randy Eller
	Nick Patrick

Prior to the start of the pay-per-view, there were three matches held on Main Event. The first match saw Rocco Rock make quick work of Jerry Sags. The second match saw V.K. Wallstreet defeat Jim Powers after a Samoan Drop. The final match saw Jim Duggan pin Disco Inferno following a running clothesline.

The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) defeated Fire and Ice (Scott Norton and Ice Train

) in the first match of the pay-per-view. The Steiner Brothers hit a Frankensteiner followed by a bulldog, which enable Scott to pick up the pinfall victory on Norton.

The second match was for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. This match saw Konnan retain the title by defeating El Gato, after hitting him with a spinebuster.

The next match saw Diamond Dallas Page defeat Marcus Alexander Bagwell. Bagwell went for a fisherman’s suplex that Page countered into a Diamond Cutter.

During the next match for the

WCW Cruiserweight Championship, Dean Malenko retained his title in a match against a debuting Rey Misterio Jr.

When Misterio went for a hurricanrana, Malenko countered into a powerbomb and used the middle rope for leverage to pick up the pinfall victory.

The next match saw

Big Bubba Rogers

. After Rogers attempted to hit Tenta off the top rope, Tenta powerbombed Bubba and covered him for the win. After the match Tenta cut Rogers' goatee off with a pair of scissors.

The next match was a Falls Count Anywhere match between Chris Benoit and Kevin Sullivan. The match ended when Benoit superplexed Sullivan from a table that head been set up on the ropes in the corner. After the match Arn Anderson came to the ring and helped Benoit attack Sullivan.

Monday Nitro

.

The second to last match was a tag team match between

Four Horsemen T-shirt. After the match, McMichael put on a The Four Horsemen shirt, officially joining the group, giving him Brian Pillman's spot in the Horsemen. Chris Benoit

then came out and the Horsemen attacked Greene and Savage.

powerbombed

Bischoff through a table.

The main event was for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship saw the champion The Giant retain his title against Lex Luger. During the match, Jimmy Hart used his megaphone as a weapon on Luger, which brought Sting out who chased Hart to the back. The match ended when Luger attempted to use the Torture Rack, however he was unable to support him and collapsed. Giant used this opening to choke slam Luger and pick up the victory.

Results

No.

Results^{Big Bubba Rogers (with Jimmy Hart)}

Singles match