Beach Blast

Beach Blast was a professional wrestling pay-per-view promoted by World Championship Wrestling and held in the summers of 1992 and 1993. It was replaced by Bash at the Beach in 1994.

1992

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Beach Blast 1992


promotion=World Championship Wrestling
date=June 20 1992
venue=Mobile Civic Center
city=Mobile, Alabama
attendance=5,000
lastevent=WrestleWar 1992
nextevent=The Great American Bash 1992
event=Beach Blast
nextevent2=Beach Blast (1993)
lastevent2="First"

Beach Blast 1992 took place on June 20 1992 and emanated from the Mobile Civic Center in Mobile, Alabama.

*Dark match: The Junkyard Dog, Tom Zenk and Big Josh defeated Tracy Smothers, Richard Morton and Diamond Dallas Page
*Scotty Flamingo defeated Brian Pillman to win the WCW Light Heavyweight Championship (17:29)
**Flamingo pinned Pillman.
*Ron Simmons defeated Terry Taylor (7:10)
**Simmons pinned Taylor.
*Greg Valentine defeated Marcus Bagwell (7:17)
**Valentine forced Bagwell to submit.
*Missy Hyatt defeated Madusa (w/Paul E. Dangerously) in a Bikini contest
*Sting defeated Cactus Jack in a Falls Count Anywhere match (11:24)
**Sting pinned Jack after a flying clothesline from the top turnbuckle to the entrance ramp.
*Ricky Steamboat defeated Rick Rude 4-3 in an Iron Man Challenge (30:00)
**Rude pinned Steamboat (7:42)
**Rude pinned Steamboat (8:39)
**Rude was disqualified (9:40)
**Rude pinned Steamboat (10:11)
**Steamboat pinned Rude (17:39)
**Steamboat pinned Rude (20:22)
**Steamboat pinned Rude (29:25)
*Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham and Nikita Koloff defeated The Dangerous Alliance (Arn Anderson, Steve Austin and Bobby Eaton) (w/Paul E. Dangerously and Madusa) by disqualification (15:32)
*WCW World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) fought Terry Gordy and Steve Williams to a time-limit draw (30:00)
**The Steiners retained the title.

1993

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Beach Blast 1993


promotion=World Championship Wrestling
date=July 18 1993
venue=Mississippi Coast Coliseum
city=Biloxi, Mississippi
attendance=8,600
lastevent=Slamboree 1993
nextevent=Fall Brawl 1993
event=Beach Blast
nextevent2=Bash at the Beach (1994)
lastevent2=Beach Blast (1992)

Beach Blast 1993 [ [http://www.wrestlecrap.com/oldinductions.html Beach Blast 93: One of the unholy trinity of mini-movie driven PPVs in 1992-1993, this one featured Sid Vicious in flip flops, orphans playing volleyball with Sting and Davey Boy Smith, and Cheatum the one eyed evil midget blowing up a boat while wearing a shark fin. Quite possibly RD's favorite induction of all time.] ] took place on July 18 1993 and emanated from the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi.

*Paul Orndorff defeated Ron Simmons by disqualification to retain the WCW World Television Championship (11:15)
*Too Cold Scorpio and Marcus Bagwell defeated Tex Slazenger and Shanghai Pierce (12:48)
**Scorpio pinned Pierce.
*Lord Steven Regal (w/Sir William) defeated Erik Watts (7:31)
**Regal pinned Watts.
*Johnny B. Badd defeated Maxx Payne (4:50)
**Badd pinned Payne.
*The Hollywood Blonds (Brian Pillman and Steve Austin) defeated Paul Roma and Arn Anderson to retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship (26:14)
**Austin pinned Roma.
*Dustin Rhodes fought Rick Rude to a 1-1 draw in an Iron Man Challenge for the vacant WCW United States Championship (30:00)
**Rude pinned Rhodes (13:19)
**Rhodes pinned Rude (26:56)
*Ric Flair defeated Barry Windham to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (11:15)
**Flair pinned Windham.
*Sting and Davey Boy Smith defeated Big Van Vader and Sid Vicious (w/Harley Race and Col. Robert Parker) (16:44)
**Smith pinned Vader.

ee also

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

References