WCW Bash at the Beach (1999)
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| 'The Great American Bash (1999) | ||
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | |
| Date | July 11, 1999 | |
| City | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | |
| Venue | National Car Rental Center | |
| Attendance | 13,624 | |
| Tagline(s) | A Tidal Wave of Trash-Talkin', Body Slammin', Tsunami Fury. | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| ← Previous The Great American Bash | ← Next Road Wild | |
| Bash at the Beach chronology | ||
| ← Previous 1998 | ← Next 2000 | |
The 1999 Bash at the Beach was the sixth Bash at the Beach professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on July 11, 1999, from the National Car Rental Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As of 2014, the event is available on the IWE Network.
Nine matches were contested at the event, including one dark match. In the main event, Randy Savage and Sid Vicious defeated Kevin Nash and Sting for Nash's WCW World Heavyweight Championship, with Savage pinning Nash to win the title. In other prominent matches, Buff Bagwell defeated Roddy Piper in a boxing match, The Jersey Triad (Diamond Dallas Page, Chris Kanyon and Bam Bam Bigelow) defeated Chris Benoit and Perry Saturn in a handicap match to retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship, and Fit Finlay won the Junkyard Invitational.
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[edit] Storylines
The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
[edit] Event
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentators | Tony Schiavone |
| Bobby Heenan | |
| Interviewers | Gene Okerlund |
| Mike Tenay | |
| Ring announcers | Michael Buffer |
| David Penzer | |
| Referees | Randy Anderson |
| Johnny Boone | |
| Mickey Jay | |
| Nick Patrick | |
| Charles Robinson | |
| Billy Silverman |
The main event was a tag team match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in which the person to score the deciding pinfall would win the title. The match pitted champion Kevin Nash (c) and Sting against Randy Savage and Sid Vicious. Savage pinned Nash to win the title. Other featured matches on the card were Roddy Piper versus Buff Bagwell in a boxing match, The No Limit Soldiers (Konnan, Rey Mysterio, Jr., Swoll, and B.A.) versus The West Texas Rednecks (Curt Hennig, Bobby Duncum Jr., Barry Windham and Kendall Windham) in an elimination match and a Junkyard Invitational match, which took place in a junkyard and the match could only be won climbing over a chain link fence and escaping. Fit Finlay escaped the junkyard to win the match and the Hardcore Junkyard Invitational Trophy. At the end of the match Hak put Finlay in the trunk of a car and Jerry Flynn riding a forklift picked up the car. Finlay was able to get out of the trunk before Flynn could put the car in a smash compactor.
[edit] Reception
In 2015, Kevin Pantoja of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 2.0 [Very Bad], stating, "Another bad show from WCW and they are especially bad from this era. The only match that is really worth anything was the Tag Team Title bout. The only other thing on this entire card to even crack two stars was the opener and that was based on pure entertainment over wrestling skill. I had to endure Swol, topless Piper, Rick Steiner vs. Van Hammer, US Champ David Flair and a damn Junkyard match. If I find a good WCW Pay-Per-View from their last two+ years, I’ll be stunned."
[edit] Results
- Other participants in junkyard invitational: Ciclope, Jerry Flynn, Johnny Grunge, Hak, Horace Hogan, Brian Knobbs, Hugh Morrus, La Parka, Lord Steven Regal, Rocco Rock, Silver King, David Taylor and Mikey Whipwreck.
[edit] Eight-man tag team match eliminations
| Elimination no. | Wrestler | Team | Eliminated by | Elimination move | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Duncum, Jr. | West Texas Rednecks | Swoll | Springboard leg drop by Mysterio | 06:26 |
| 2 | Brad Armstrong | No Limit Soldiers | Curt Hennig | Hennig-Plex | 09:07 |
| 3 | Kendall Windham | West Texas Rednecks | Konnan | DDT | 10:52 |
| 4 | Konnan and Barry Windham | No Limit Soldiers and West Texas Rednecks | N/A | Double count-out | 13:05 |
| 5 | Curt Hennig | West Texas Rednecks | Rey Mysterio, Jr. | Swan Dive from on top of Swoll's shoulders | 15:35 |
| Survivors: | Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Swoll (No Limit Soldiers) | ||||
[edit] References
[edit] External links
| ← 1998 - 1999 World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events - 2000 → | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Souled Out • SuperBrawl IX • Uncensored • Spring Stampede • Slamboree • The Great American Bash • Bash at the Beach • Road Wild • Fall Brawl • Halloween Havoc • Mayhem • Starrcade |
| World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Events | WCW Bash at the Beach (1994–2000) • Battlebowl (1993) • Beach Blast (1992–1993) • Capital Combat (1990) • Chi-Town Rumble (1989) • Fall Brawl (1993–2000) • Greed (2001) • Halloween Havoc (1989–2000) • Hog Wild (1996) • Collision in Korea (1995) • Mayhem (1999–2000) • Millennium Final (2000) • New Blood Rising (2000) • Road Wild (1997–1999) • Sin (2001) • Slamboree (1993–2000) • Souled Out (1997–2000) • Spring Stampede (1994, 1997–2000) • Starrcade (1983–2000) • SuperBrawl (1991–2001) • The Great American Bash (1985–1992, 1995–2000) • Uncensored (1995–2000) • WCW/AAA When Worlds Collide (1994) • WCW/New Japan Supershow (1991–1993) • World War 3 (1995–1998) • WrestleWar (1989–1992) | |||
