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From NWA Smoky Mountain’s Collision Course 9 card. NWA Smoky Mountain is now the independent group Innovate Wrestling.

Featuring Tommy Rich, Buzz Sawyer, Paul Ellering, Arn and Ole Anderson, Rick Rude, Larry Zbyszko, Mr. Wrestling II, Road Warriors, Iron Sheik and more.

ECW and adult video star Jasmine St Clair also debuts.

David Crockett, Earl Hebner, Jimmy Valiant, Bobby Fulton, Shane Helms, CW Anderson and more interviewed about Dorton Arena’s significance to NWA Jim Crockett Promotions and professional wrestling as a whole.

Eddie Guerrero’s debut with Universal Wrestling Corporation against the former NWA World’s Heavyweight Champion.

In one of the greatest retcons in professional wrestling history, the NWA World’s and WCW titles were on the line. Fujinami was recognized by NJPW as being the NWA World’s champion by defeating Flair a month earlier. WCW ignored the NWA implications, and considered Flair to have still been undisputed world champion. The NWA (and WWE) subsequently agreed with NJPW and recognize Fujinami as the NWA World’s champion going into this match.

The dispute is temporarily resolved by the result of this match. The IWGP title was not on the line.

Thrillbilly appears

For the NWA World’s Heavyweight title at WCW Capitol Combat.

The debut episode of NWA New Zealand’s The Main Event. New Zealand promoter Steve Rickard was the only standing member of the NWA with television in 1990 aside from Don Owen’s Portland Wrestling and WCW (who were using consultant Jim Crockett’s membership via proxy.)

While not as successful as Rickard’s previous NWA TV show On the Mat (1975-1984), The Main Event ran for eleven episodes.

In spite of NWA membership and sanction, most of the talent was booked from Dusty Rhodes’ Florida-based PWF.

Matches:
Mark Starr vs The Terminator (Marc Laurinaitus)
Russian Brute vs Lou Perez
Nasty Boyz vs “Wild Thing” Steve Ray and “The Bull” (Mr. Hughes)

Brett Wayne Sawyer vs. Joe Lightfoot
Chick Donovan vs. Brian Blair
Ron Garvin vs. Bob Roop
Ray Candy & Tommy Rich vs. Destruction Inc. (Arn Anderson & Matt Borne) (w/Paul Ellering)
Larry Zbyszko vs. Paul Orndorff

Matches omitted:
Brian Blair, Dick Murdoch & Stan Hansen vs. Killer Tim Brooks, Paul Ellering & The Iron Sheik - Double DQ

Tony Atlas defeated Killer Tim Brooks via DQ