Beach Blast (1992)
DVD cover featuring Ricky Steamboat, Rick Rude, Madusa, and Missy Hyatt
PromotionWorld Championship Wrestling
DateJune 20, 1992[1]
CityMobile, Alabama[1]
VenueMobile Civic Center[1]
Attendance5,000[1]
Tagline(s)World Championship Wrestling Beats The Heat!
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The 1992 Beach Blast was the inaugural Beach Blast professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on June 20, 1992 in the Mobile Civic Center in Mobile, Alabama.

The show included two main events: Ricky Steamboat and Rick Rude faced off in a 30-minute Iron Man Challenge as the culmination of a long running feud, and The Steiner Brothers defended their WCW World Tag Team Championship against Terry Gordy and Steve Williams. In 2014, All WCW pay-per-views were made available on the WWE Network.

Production

Background

In 1992 the Atlanta, Georgia based World Championship Wrestling (WCW) professional wrestling promotion increased their pay-per-view (PPV) shows from six in 1991 to seven in 1992. As part of the expansion WCW came up with the concept of "Beach Blast". As part of the show's beach theme the Mobile Civic Center was decked out like a beach, complete with sand dunes around the entrance. surfboards and other surfing images.

The show took place only four days after WCW held Clash of the Champions XIX, free to cable subscribers.[2]

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]

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
Presenters Tony Schiavone
Eric Bischoff
Commentator Jim Ross
Jesse Ventura
Ring announcer Tony Gilliam

Results

No.Results[1][3][5][6]StipulationsTimes
1DJunkyard Dog, Tom Zenk and Big Josh defeated Tracy Smothers, Richard Morton and Diamond Dallas PageSix-man tag team match—
2Scotty Flamingo defeated Brian Pillman (c)Singles match for the WCW Light Heavyweight Championship17:29
3Ron Simmons defeated Terry TaylorSingles match07:10
4Greg Valentine defeated Marcus Bagwell by submissionSingles match07:17
5Sting defeated Cactus JackFalls Count Anywhere match11:24
6Ricky Steamboat defeated Rick Rude 4-330 Minute Iron Man match30:00
7Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham and Nikita Koloff defeated The Dangerous Alliance (Arn Anderson, Steve Austin and Bobby Eaton) (with Paul E. Dangerously and Madusa) by disqualificationSix-man tag team match15:32
8The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) (c) vs. Terry Gordy and Steve Williams ended in a time-limit drawTag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship30:00
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
D – this was a dark match

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 WWE, including the Beach Blast shows. With the launch of the WWE Network in 2014 the 1992 Beach Blast show became available on demand for network subscribers. Due to copyright concerns some of the theme songs originally used were initially replaced with generic music, notably the entrance music for Sting and The Steiner Brothers composed by Jimmy Papa. In March 2014, WWE restored the original music after an unsuccessful lawsuit by the composer.[7]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Clash of Champions Results (XIX)". Archived from the original on 2008-06-23.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  5. ^ Cawthon, Graham (2014). the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 4: World Championship Wrestling 1989-1994. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1499656343.
  6. ^ "Beach Blast 1992". Pro Wrestling History. June 20, 1992. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  7. ^ 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.
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