• OLD SCHOOL VIDEO HISTORY (June 24, 1989) – NWA World Championship Wrestling
On this day in 1989, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘NWA World Championship Wrestling’.
This episode from the Center Stage Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia and featured pre-taped matches, interviews & storyline segments on the road to the ‘NWA The Great American Bash 1989’ PPV.
The card can be found here:
– Highlights Of Lex Luger Attacking Ricky Steamboat At Clash Of The Champions 12
– The Midnight Express/Steve Williams vs. Keith Steinborn/Fred Avery/Jeff James
– Jim Cornette & Michael Hayes Go At It On The Mic
– Interview w/ The Fabulous Freebirds
– Sting vs. Chance Myers
– Interview w/ Sting. Lex Luger Joins The Interview
– The Fabulous Freebirds vs. The Midnight Express
– Interview w/ The Steiner Brothers, Missy Hyatt & Robin
– A&W Cream Soda King Of The Slam: Ric Flair
– The Steiner Brothers vs. Snake Brown/Cruel Connection
• WWE Possibly Making A Major Change To Their Programming
According to the Wrestling Observer, WWE no longer plans to have wrestling matches continue during commercial breaks on RAW & SmackDown.
This is the reason why WWE did 2 out of 3 falls matches on last week’s RAW & SmackDown (so they can have a fall and then go to commercial break).
Current idea is to do more 2 out of 3 falls matches on WWE programming so they can avoid wrestling during commercial breaks.
Also, PWInsider is reporting that an idea about having multiple rounds in a match have been discussed as well:
“PWInsider has also been told by one source that idea of trying matches with multiple rounds has also been pitched at some point in the last few weeks, similar to the old European rounds system, but there is no word yet that idea will be executed.”
