Bash at the Beach

Bash at the Beach was a yearly professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It was the company's PPV for the month of July, held from 1994 to 2000. The show centered around a beach theme, with the set around the entrance area for the wrestlers decorated with such things as surfboards and sand. The theme for the show seemed appropriate for an event scheduled during the hot summer month of July. The beach/"fun in the sun" theme was also reflected in the places where WCW chose to hold the event; all of the shows emanated from cities in either Florida or California, two U.S. states renowned for their warm weather. It was WCW's response to WWF's SummerSlam. In 1992 and 1993, WCW held a beach-themed pay-per-view show known as Beach Blast, which was the forerunner to Bash at the Beach. However, the 1992 show was held in June, as the company elected instead to reserve July for its flagship summertime extravaganza, The Great American Bash. Along with Starrcade, SuperBrawl, The Great American Bash, and Halloween Havoc, Bash at the Beach was booked to be one of WCW's flagship events.
World Wrestling Entertainment have owned the rights to Bash at the Beach since they purchased WCW in 2001, however to date, they have not yet produced their own version of the event.

1994

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Bash at the Beach 1994


promotion=World Championship Wrestling
date= July 17 1994
venue=Orlando Arena
city=Orlando, Florida
attendance=14,000
lastevent=Slamboree 1994
nextevent=Fall Brawl 1994

Bash at the Beach 1994 took place on July 17 1994 from the Orlando Arena in Orlando, Florida.

*Dark match: Brian Armstrong and Brad Armstrong defeated Steve Keirn and Bobby Eaton
*Lord Steven Regal defeated Johnny B. Badd to retain the WCW World Television Championship (10:40)
**Regal pinned Badd.
**Badd replaced Sting, who was injured.
*Vader (w/Harley Race) defeated The Guardian Angel by disqualification (7:58)
*Terry Funk and Bunkhouse Buck defeated Dustin Rhodes and Arn Anderson (11:15)
**Funk pinned Rhodes after Anderson turned on Rhodes and executed a DDT on him.
*Steve Austin defeated Ricky Steamboat to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (20:06)
**Austin pinned Steamboat.
*Pretty Wonderful (Paul Roma and Paul Orndorff) defeated Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship (20:11) [cite book|author=Mick Foley|title =Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks|publisher=HarperCollins|date=2000|pages=277|isbn=0061031011]
**Orndorff pinned Jack while Roma held Jack's legs down.
*Hulk Hogan (w/Shaquille O'Neal and Jimmy Hart) defeated Ric Flair (w/Sensational Sherri) to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (21:50)
**Hogan pinned Flair after a leg drop.

1995

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Bash at the Beach 1995


promotion=World Championship Wrestling
date= July 16 1995
venue=The beach
city=Huntington Beach, California
attendance=9,500
lastevent=The Great American Bash 1995
nextevent=Kollision in Korea

Bash at the Beach 1995 took place on July 16 1995 on the beach in Huntington Beach, California.

*Dark match: Johnny B. Badd defeated Chris Kanyon (2:03)
**Badd pinned Kanyon.
*Dark match: Road Warrior Hawk defeated Mark Starr (1:25)
**Hawk pinned Starr.
*Main Event match: Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck defeated Marcus Bagwell and Alex Wright (3:25)
**Buck pinned Wright.
*Sting defeated Meng to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (15:31)
**Sting pinned Meng with a roll-up.
*The Renegade defeated Paul Orndorff to retain the WCW World Television Championship (6:12)
**Renegade pinned Orndorff with a back suplex.
*Kamala defeated Jim Duggan (6:00)
**Kamala pinned Duggan after Zodiac hit him with Kamala's mask.
*Diamond Dallas Page defeated Evad Sullivan (5:04)
**Page pinned Sullivan after a diamond cutter.
*Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) defeated The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) and The Blue Bloods (Lord Steven Regal and Earl Robert Eaton) in a Triangle match to retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship (13:41)
**Booker pinned Regal after Jerry Saggs hit Booker with back body drop, putting Booker over Regal.
*Randy Savage defeated Ric Flair in a Lifeguard Lumberjack match (13:55)
**Savage pinned Flair after a flying elbow.
*Hulk Hogan defeated Vader in a Steel cage match to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (13:13)
**Hogan escaped the cage to win.

1996

1997

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Bash at the Beach 1997


promotion=World Championship Wrestling
date=July 13 1997
venue=Ocean Center
city=Daytona Beach, Florida
attendance=7,851
lastevent=The Great American Bash 1997
nextevent=Road Wild 1997

Bash at the Beach 1997 took place on July 13 1997 from the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida.

*Mortis and Wrath (w/James Vandenberg) defeated Glacier and Ernest Miller (9:47)
**Mortis pinned Glacier after a superkick with a chain around his foot.
**This defeat marked the first of Glacier's WCW career.
*Chris Jericho defeated Ultimo Dragon to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (12:55)
**Jericho pinned Dragon with a sunset flip.
*The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated The Great Muta and Masa Chono (10:37)
**Rick pinned Muta after a DDT from Scott to make the Steiners #1 contenders to the WCW World Tag Team Championship.
*Juventud Guerrera, Héctor Garza, and Lizmark, Jr. defeated La Parka, Psicosis, and Villano IV (10:08)
**Garza pinned Villano V (who had switched places with Villano IV) after a standing moonsault.
*Chris Benoit defeated Kevin Sullivan (w/Jacqueline) in a Retirement match (13:10)
**Benoit pinned Sullivan after a Diving Headbutt.
*Jeff Jarrett defeated Steve McMichael (w/Debra McMichael) to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (6:56)
**Jarrett pinned McMichael after hitting him with a steel briefcase handed to him by Debra.
*Scott Hall and "Macho Man" Randy Savage (w/Miss Elizabeth) defeated Diamond Dallas Page and Curt Hennig (19:35)
**Savage pinned Page after a Flying Elbow Drop following an Outsiders Edge from Hall.
**Hall and Savage won after Hennig walked out on Page; Hennig left after attacking Page as he thought his partner deliberately pulled the top rope down on him.
*Roddy Piper defeated Ric Flair (13:26)
**Piper won when Flair passed out while in a Sleeperhold.
*Lex Luger and The Giant defeated Dennis Rodman and Hollywood Hogan (w/Randy Savage) (22:30)
**Luger forced Hogan to submit with the Torture Rack.

1998

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Bash at the Beach 1998


promotion=World Championship Wrestling
date=July 12 1998
venue=Cox Arena
city=San Diego, California
attendance=10,095
lastevent=The Great American Bash 1998
nextevent=Road Wild 1998

Bash at the Beach 1998 took place on July 12 1998 from the Cox Arena in San Diego, California.

*Dark match: Villano IV and Villano V defeated Damien and Ciclope (7:51)
**IV pinned Damien.
*Raven (w/Scotty Riggs and Lodi) defeated Saturn in a Raven's Rules match (10:40)
**Raven pinned Saturn after a Evenflow DDT.
*Juventud Guerrera defeated Kidman (9:55)
**Guerrera pinned Kidman after a 450° Splash.
*Stevie Ray defeated Chavo Guerrero, Jr. (1:35)
**Ray won when Chavo purposely submitted to a Knucklelock.
*Eddie Guerrero defeated Chavo Guerrero, Jr. in a Hair vs. Hair match (11:54)
**Eddie pinned Chavo with a small package.
**After the match, Chavo shaved off his hair himself.
*Konnan (w/Lex Luger and Kevin Nash) defeated Disco Inferno (w/Alex Wright) (2:16)
**Konnan forced Inferno to submit with the Tequila Sunrise.
*The Giant defeated Kevin Greene (6:58)
**Giant pinned Greene after a chokeslam.
*Rey Misterio, Jr. defeated WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho (6:00)
**Misterio pinned Jericho, but the title was returned to Jericho the next night on WCW Monday Nitro, due to interference from Dean Malenko during the match.
*Booker T defeated Bret Hart by disqualification to retain the WCW World Television Championship (8:28)
**Hart was disqualified after he hit Booker with a steel chair.
*Goldberg defeated Curt Hennig to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (3:50)
**Goldberg pinned Hennig after a Jackhammer.
*Hollywood Hogan and Dennis Rodman (w/The Disciple) defeated Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone (23:47)
**Hogan pinned Page after an Apocalypse from The Disciple.

1999

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Bash at the Beach 1999


promotion=World Championship Wrestling
date=July 11 1999
venue=National Car Rental Center
city=Fort Lauderdale, Florida
attendance=13,624
lastevent=The Great American Bash 1999
nextevent=Road Wild 1999

Bash at the Beach 1999 took place on July 11 1999 from the National Car Rental Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

*Dark match: CJ Afi and Jeremy Lopez defeated Jamie Howard and Jet Jaguar
*Ernest Miller (w/Sonny Onoo) defeated Disco Inferno (8:07)
**Miller pinned Inferno after hitting him with his shoe.
*Rick Steiner defeated Van Hammer to retain the WCW World Television Championship (3:05)
**Steiner pinned Hammer after a Steiner Bulldog.
*David Flair (w/Ric Flair, Samantha, Asya, and Arn Anderson) defeated Dean Malenko to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (3:05)
**David pinned Malenko after Ric hit Malenko with the US Title belt.
*The No Limit Soldiers (Konnan; Rey Misterio, Jr., Swoll, and Brad Armstrong) defeated The West Texas Rednecks (Curt Hennig, Bobby Duncum, Jr., Barry Windham; and Kendall Windham) in an Elimination match (15:00)
**Swoll pinned Duncum (6:26)
**Hennig pinned Armstrong with a Henning-Plex (9:07)
**Konnan pinned Kendal after a DDT (10:52)
**Barry and Konnan were counted-out
**Misterio pinned Hennig after a Swan Dive from on top of Swoll's shoulders.
*Fit Finlay won a Junkyard Invitational also involving: Ciclope, Jerry Flynn, Johnny Grunge, Hardcore Hak, Horace Hogan, Brian Knobbs, Hugh Morrus, La Parka, Steven Regal, Rocco Rock, Silver King, David Taylor, and Mikey Whipwreck (13:50)
**Finlay escaped the junkyard to win the match and the WCW Hardcore Trophy.
**This match took place in a junkyard and the match could only be won climbing over a chain link fence and escaping.
*The Jersey Triad (Diamond Dallas Page, Chris Kanyon, and Bam Bam Bigelow) defeated Perry Saturn and Chris Benoit to retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship (23:17)
**Saturn was pinned after a Double Diamond Cutter.
*Buff Bagwell (w/Judy Bagwell) defeated Roddy Piper (w/Ric Flair) (w/Mills Lane as Special Guest Referee) in a boxing match (3rd round 0:36)
**Bagwell pinned Piper after a Buff Blockbuster.
*Randy Savage and Sid Vicious (w/Madusa and Miss Madness) defeated WCW World Heavyweight Champion Kevin Nash and Sting (13:21)
**Savage pinned Nash after a Flying Elbow Drop to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
**Nash's title was on the line in the match; the first person to get a pinfall or submission would win the title.

2000

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Bash at the Beach 2000


promotion=World Championship Wrestling
date=July 9 2000
venue=Ocean Center
city=Daytona Beach, Florida
attendance=6,572
lastevent=The Great American Bash 2000
nextevent=New Blood Rising

Bash at the Beach 2000 took place on July 9 2000 from the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida.

*Lt. Loco defeated Juventud Guerrera to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (12:09)
**Loco pinned Guerrera after a Tornado DDT.
*Big Vito defeated Norman Smiley and Ralphus in a Handicap match to retain the WCW Hardcore Championship (5:55)
**Vito pinned Ralphus after a Splash through a table.
*Daffney (w/Crowbar) defeated Ms. Hancock (w/David Flair) in a Wedding Gown match (4:16)
**Daffney won when Hancock removed her own dress.
*KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) defeated The Perfect Event (Shawn Stasiak and Chuck Palumbo) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship (13:36)
**Adams pinned Stasiak after a Total Meltdown.
*Kanyon defeated Booker T (10:05)
**Kanyon pinned Booker after a Kanyon Cutter.
*Mike Awesome defeated WCW United States Champion Scott Steiner by disqualification (9:11)
**Steiner was disqualified when he used the Steiner Recliner (which had been banned). WCW Commissioner Ernest Miller then stripped Steiner of the title.
*Vampiro defeated The KISS Demon in a Graveyard match (6:40)
**Vampiro won when the Demon didn't show up to the ring; most of this match was pre-taped before the show.
*Shane Douglas defeated Buff Bagwell (7:54)
**Douglas pinned Bagwell after a Franchiser.
**During the match, Torrie Wilson came out and hit Bagwell with a low blow.
*Hulk Hogan defeated WCW World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett (1:19) [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20000716/ai_n13870868]
**Hogan pinned Jarrett after Vince Russo had Jarrett lie down for Hogan.
**After the match, Russo fired Hogan and declared that Jarrett was still champion.
*Goldberg defeated Kevin Nash (4:21)"'
**Goldberg pinned Nash after a Jackhammer.
**Scott Hall's contract was on the line in the match, Goldberg ripped it up after winning while Scott Steiner had Nash in the Steiner Recliner.
*Booker T defeated Jeff Jarrett to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (13:40)
**Booker pinned Jarrett after a Book End.

Notes

*The first Bash at the Beach in 1994 featured Hulk Hogan's first televised match for WCW, and the final one in 2000 featured his last. Both ended with Hogan winning some version of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, albeit under radically different circumstances.
*The 1995 edition of the Bash, held on an actual beach, was partially incorporated into an episode of the TV series Baywatch. However, the plots in the Baywatch episode did not match the actual WCW storylines for the actual event.
*Several NBA players have participated at this PPV, including: Shaquille O' Neal in 1994 as Hulk Hogan's manager, Dennis Rodman in 1997 and 1998, and Karl Malone in 1998 as the tag team partner of Diamond Dallas Page.

References

* [http://wrestlinginformationarchive.net/WCW/Index.htm WIA WCW Section]

See also

*List of WCW pay-per-view events
*World Championship Wrestling
*Beach Blast