• ON THIS DAY IN NWA HISTORY (December 5, 1987) – NWA World Championship Wrestling
On this day in 1987, Jim Crockett Promotions aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘NWA World Championship Wrestling’.
This episode featured pre-taped matches, interviews & storyline segments on the road to the ‘NWA Bunkhouse Stampede 1988’ event.
The card can be found below:
***Jim Ross’s 1st broadcast as host of World Championship Wrestling***
BARRY WINDHAM vs. LARRY ZBYSZKO (JIP)
Sting interview
WARLORD & BARBARIAN vs. TOWERS/IDOL (1st TBS appearance of the Powers of Pain)
Paul Jones w/ his stable interview
Ron Garvin interview
STEVE WILLIAMS vs. JERRY GREY
Steve Williams post match interview
STING vs. BOB COOK
Road Warriors w/ Paul Ellering interview
STAN LANE vs. KENDALL WINDHAM
Dusty Rhodes pre taped interview w/ his bunkhouse boot
Ric Flair w/ J.J. Dillon interview
ARN ANDERSON & TULLY BLANCHARD vs. ROYAL & ITALIAN STALLION
Anderson & Blanchard w/ Dillon interview
NIKITA KOLOFF vs. MARK STARR
Nikita Koloff post match interview
KEVIN SULLIVAN vs. RICK RYDER
Lex Luger w/ J.J. Dillon interview
BOBBY EATON vs. REX KING
MIKE ROTUNDO vs. THUNDERFOOT I
Rock n Roll Express interview
RIC FLAIR vs. MICHAEL HAYES
• BREAKING NEWS: AEW Beats NXT By 6,000 Viewers This Week (Details)
This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite on TNT, which featured Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela in the main event, drew 851,000 viewers.
This is up from previous week’s 663,000 viewers.
On the other hand, this week’s episode of WWE NXT on USA Network, which featured a 6 man tag team match in the main event, drew 845,000 viewers.
This is up from previous week’s 810,000 viewers.
AEW managed to beat NXT by only 6,000 viewers this week to break NXT’s two week win streak over them.
Below is the score between AEW & NXT so far in the Wednesday Night War:
AEW: 8
NXT: 2
In comparison, this week’s RAW drew 2.21 million viewers, which is up from previous week’s 2.11 million viewers.
WATCH: AEW Buries NXT:
