Pat O'Connor Memorial International Cup Tag Team Tournament

The Pat O'Connor Memorial International Cup Tag Team Tournament was a professional wrestling tournament held by the National Wrestling Alliance in honor of New Zealand-born wrestler Pat O'Connor, the only man in history to hold both the AWA and NWA World Heavyweight Championships, who died from cancer on August 16, 1990.

The NWA held the tournament at the event on December 16 1990 from the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri. O'Connor had the majority of his career success while wrestling in the St. Louis area.

Participating teams

*Chris Adams and Norman Smiley, representing the United Kingdom
*The Great Muta and Mr. Saito, representing Japan
*Salman Hashimikov and Victor Zangiev, representing the Soviet Union
*Danny Johnson and Troy Montour, representing Canada
*Konnan and Rey Misterio, Sr., representing Mexico
*Rip Morgan and Jack Victory, representing New Zealand
*Col. DeKlerk and Sgt. Krueger, representing South Africa
*The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott), representing the United States

Tournament bracket

8TeamBracket
score-width=2.5em
team-width=14em
RD1-team1=flagicon|USA Steiner Brothers
RD1-team2=flagicon|RSA DeKlerk / DeKlerk
RD1-score1=Pin
RD1-score2=2:12
RD1-team3=flagicon|MEX Konan / Misterio
RD1-team4=flagicon|GBR Adams / Smiley
RD1-score3=Pin
RD1-score4=5:29
RD1-team7=flagicon|JPN Saito / Muta
RD1-team8=flagicon|NZL The Royal Family
RD1-score7=Pin
RD1-score8=5:41
RD1-team5=flagicon|URS Zangiev / Hashimikov
RD1-team6=flagicon|CAN Johnson / Montour
RD1-score5=Pin
RD1-score6=3:54
RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=flagicon|USA Steiner Brothers
RD2-seed2=4
RD2-team2=flagicon|MEX Konan / Misterio
RD2-score1=Pin
RD2-score2=2:51
RD2-seed3=3
RD2-team3=flagicon|URS Zangiev / Hashimikov
RD2-seed4=2
RD2-team4=flagicon|JPN Saito / Muta
RD2-score3=Pin
RD2-score4=3:08
RD3-seed1=1
RD3-team1=flagicon|USA Steiner Brothers
RD3-seed2=2
RD3-team2=flagicon|JPN Saito / Muta
RD3-score1=Pin
RD3-score2=10:52

References

* [http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/wcw/wcwtny.htm Wrestling Information Archive]

ee also

*Pat O'Connor
*National Wrestling Alliance
*Starrcade (1990)