WrestleWar 1989: Music City Showdown was the first WrestleWar pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on May 7, 1989 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Results[]
- The Great Muta (with Gary Hart) defeated Doug Gilbert (with Eddie Gilbert).
- Butch Reed defeated Ranger Ross.
- Dick Murdoch defeated Bob Orton, Jr. (with Gary Hart) in a Bullrope match.
- The Dynamic Dudes (Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas) defeated The Samoan SWAT Team (Fatu and Samu) (with Paul E. Dangerously).
- Michael Hayes (with Hiro Matsuda) defeated Lex Luger to win the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship.
- Sting defeated The Iron Sheik (with Rip Morgan) to retain the WCW World Television Championship.
- Ric Flair defeated Ricky Steamboat to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
- The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) (with Paul Ellering) defeated The Varsity Club (Mike Rotunda and Steve Williams) (with Kevin Sullivan) by disqualification in a match for The Varisty Club's WCW World Tag Team Championships with Nikita Koloff as the special guest referee.
Main Event[]
- Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner (with Missy Hyatt) defeated The Varsity Club (Dan Spivey and Kevin Sullivan) to retain the WCW United States Tag Team Championships.