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The Great American Bash (1988) was the fourth annual Great American Bash professional wrestling event produced by Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) under the National Wrestling Alliance banner and the first to be produced as a pay-per-view event. It took place on July 10, 1988 at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The main event was a standard wrestling match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Ric Flair defeated Lex Luger to retain the title when the match was stopped due to Luger's excessive bleeding. Featured matches on the undercard were Barry Windham versus Dusty Rhodes for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal), Steve Williams, Jimmy Garvin and Ron Garvin versus Kevin Sullivan, Mike Rotunda, Al Perez, Russian Assassin and Ivan Koloff in a Tower of Doom match, The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) versus Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) for the NWA United States Tag Team Championship and Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard versus Sting and Nikita Koloff for the NWA World Tag Team Championship.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Great American Bash 1988 Review )〕 ==Background== The Great American Bash featured five professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing rivalries, plots and storylines that were played out on ''World Wide Wrestling'', ''Pro'' and ''World Championship Wrestling''–Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP)'s television programs. Wrestlers portrayed a hero, villain or a tweener as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or a series of matches. The main rivalry heading into the event was between Ric Flair and Lex Luger for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Luger was a member of Flair's group Four Horsemen since 1987 but left the group in 1988 after he thought that he was being held back. Luger became the top fan favorite of the company and Horsemen's top rival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/jcp87.htm )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/jcp88.htm )〕 On the inaugural edition of ''Clash of the Champions'' on March 27, Luger and Barry Windham defeated Horsemen members Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/clash1review.htm )〕 On April 23 edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'', Luger and Windham lost the title to Anderson and Blanchard when Windham turned on Luger and joined Horsemen.〔 Luger continued his rivalry with the Horsemen, resulting in Luger becoming the #1 contender for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship held by Flair.〔 The main tag team rivalry heading into the event was between The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) and Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) for the NWA United States Tag Team Championship. On the inaugural edition of ''Clash of the Champions'' on March 27, Midnight Express defended the NWA United States Tag Team Championship against Fantastics. Fantastics initially won the titles but the decision was reversed as Fulton had threw the referee before the pinfall, resulting in Eaton and Lane retaining the titles.〔〔 On May 14 edition of ''World Wide Wrestling'', Fantastics defeated Midnight Express to win the titles.〔 On June 11 edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'', it was announced that Fantastics would defend the title against Midnight Express at The Great American Bash.〔 A secondary rivalry heading into the event was between Barry Windham and Dusty Rhodes for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship. On April 15, Rhodes was stripped of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship and suspended for 120 days due to attacking promoter Jim Crockett.〔 On May 13, a tournament occurred for the vacated title. Barry Windham defeated Nikita Koloff in the finals of the tournament to win the title.〔 On June 8 edition of ''Clash of the Champions'' called Miami Mayhem, Rhodes and Sting competed against Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard for the NWA World Tag Team Championship. The match resulted in a double disqualification after the referee was attacked and Ric Flair and Windham interfered in the match. Windham attacked Rhodes outside the ring.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/clash2review.htm )〕 On June 11 edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'', it was announced that Rhodes would challenge Windham for the United States Championship at The Great American Bash.〔 Another secondary rivalry heading into the event was between Jimmy Garvin and Kevin Sullivan. On March 27 edition of ''Clash of the Champions'', Sullivan's Varsity Club teammate Mike Rotunda defeated Garvin in a College Rules match to retain the NWA World Television Championship.〔〔 At the 3rd Annual Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament, Garvin defeated Sullivan in a Prince of Darkness match.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/crockettcup88review.htm )〕 On June 8 edition of ''Clash of the Champions'' called Miami Mayhem, Garvin and his brother Ronnie Garvin defeated Rick Steiner and Rotunda in a tag team match. After the match, Sullivan, Steiner and Rotunda attacked the Garvins, resulting in Steve Williams making the save for Garvins.〔〔 Williams became an ally of the Garvins against Sullivan and Rotunda. On the other side, The Road Warriors were scheduled to compete against The Powers of Pain in a series of Scaffold matches but Powers of Pain left the company and were replaced by Ivan Koloff and Russian Assassin. On June 11 edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'', a Tower of Doom match was announced to take place between a team of Jimmy Garvin and a team of Sullivan.〔 Road Warriors were added to Garvin's team and Koloff and Assassin were added to Sullivan's team. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Great American Bash (1988)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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