Bunkhouse Stampede 1988 Bunkhouse Stampede 1988 was the fourth and final professional wrestling Bunkhouse Stampede event produced by Jim Crockett Promotions ( JCP ) under the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) banner and it was the only Bunkhouse Stampede event to air as a pay - per - view ( PPV ) event . The event took place on January 24 , 1988 from the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale , New York . The main event was a Steel Cage Bunkhouse Stampede , which was won by Dusty Rhodes . The undercard featured Ric Flair versus Road Warrior Hawk for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship , Barry Windham versus Larry Zbyzsko for the NWA Western States Heritage Championship and Nikita Koloff versus Bobby Eaton for the NWA World Television Championship . Background . Bunkhouse Stampede featured four professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre - existing rivalries , plots and storylines that were played out on " Worldwide " , " Pro " and " World Championship Wrestling " – Jim Crockett Promotions ( JCP ) ' s television programs . Wrestlers portrayed a hero , villain or a tweener as they followed a series of events that built tension , and culminated in a wrestling match or a series of matches . The main match heading into the event was the Steel Cage Bunkhouse Stampede . On December 26 edition of " World Championship Wrestling " , it was announced that Big Bubba Rogers , Arn Anderson , Tully Blanchard , The Barbarian and The Warlord , Lex Luger , Road Warrior Animal , Steve Williams , Mighty Wilbur and Ivan Koloff had qualified for the Bunkhouse Stampede final and a Wildcard Bunkhouse Stampede would take place on January 1 to determine the final participant of the Bunkhouse Stampede . On the January 1 event , Dusty Rhodes won the Wildcard Bunkhouse Stampede to become the final participant of Bunkhouse Stampede . On January 24 edition of " World Championship Wrestling " , the final participants were announced for the Bunkhouse Stampede including Rhodes , Anderson , Blanchard , Barbarian , Animal , Koloff , Warlord and Luger . Another predominant rivalry heading into the event was between Ric Flair and Road Warrior Hawk for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . At Starrcade , Flair defeated Ron Garvin to win the title . On December 6 , Road Warriors ( Hawk and Animal ) defeated Flair and Arn Anderson by disqualification . On January 24 edition of " World Championship Wrestling " , it was announced that Flair would defend the title against Hawk at Bunkhouse Stampede . On January 3 edition of " World Championship Wrestling " , Jim Cornette , the manager of the NWA United States Tag Team Champions Midnight Express ( Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane ) announced that Eaton would be the next NWA United States Heavyweight Champion and Lane would be the next NWA World Television Champion , resulting in a rivalry between Midnight Express and the US Champion Dusty Rhodes and the Television Champion Nikita Koloff . Rhodes and Koloff competed against Midnight Express in several Steel Cage matches at live event s . This resulted in a Television Championship match between Koloff and Eaton at Bunkhouse Stampede . Event . Before the event aired live on pay - per - view ( PPV ) , Sting and Jimmy Garvin defeated The Sheepherders ( Butch Miller and Luke Williams ) by disqualification in a non - televised tag team match . When the live broadcast commenced , Nikita Koloff defended the NWA World Television Championship against Bobby Eaton in the opening match . Koloff started focusing on Eaton ' s arm but Eaton gained the control of the match . The action continued back and forth with both men exchanging moves . Eaton eventually regained momentum and performed a Diving Elbow Drop and a Hammerlock . Koloff finally got out of the Hammerlock but Eaton attacked Koloff again and performed a Missile Dropkick . Eaton applied another Hammerlock and Koloff got out of the move and tried to hit a Lariat , which he called " Russian Sickle " . However , Eaton caught Koloff ' s arm and applied a third Hammerlock . The action continued until Koloff performed a Russian Sickle and the twenty – minute time limit of the match expired . As a result , Koloff retained the title . In the next match , Barry Windham defended the NWA Western States Heritage Championship against Larry Zbyzsko . Windham controlled the earlier part of the match until Zbyzsko began focusing on Windham ' s injured knee and continued to attack it . Windham eventually made a comeback by performing a Powerslam . He tried to perform a Diving Elbow Drop but Zbyszko continued to attack his knee . Windham countered with a Dropkick and tried to perform a Backdrop Suplex but he suffered some pain in his knee that allowed Zbyszko to get a near - fall . Windham eventually gained control of the match by performing a Gutwrench Suplex and applied a Sleeper Hold . Zbyszko held the ropes to be released and rolled out , causing Windham to follow him . Zbyszko shoved him into the ringpost . Windham tried to perform a Lariat but Zbyszko collapsed and Windham fell to the floor . Zbyszko took advantage and smashed Windham ' s face on a ringside table . The action returned to the ring where Windham tried to perform a Sunset Flip but Zbyszko countered it with a near - fall . Zbyszko tried to perform a Swinging Neckbreaker but Windham countered it into a Backslide . Zbyszko tried to perform a Piledriver but Windham countered with a Back Body Drop , allowing both men to get knocked out . Zbyszko missed a charge on Windham into the corner , allowing Windham to hit ten punches in the corner . The referee was attacked by Zbyszko and Windham tried to pin him with a roll - up . Zbyzsko ' s valet Baby Doll gave him her shoe and Zbyzsko hit him with the shoe to win the championship . The final match on the undercard was for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . Ric Flair defended the title against Road Warrior Hawk . Hawk did not have any effect of Flair ' s moves and he dominated Flair with his power moves . Flair started getting control of the match with a Low Blow and then followed it with an Eye Rake and a Knee Drop . Flair started getting control of the match until Hawk performed a Shoulder Neckbreaker and missed a Jumping Fist Drop . Flair applied a Figure Four Leglock . Flair eventually broke the hold and tried to climb the top rope but Hawk tossed him down . Hawk performed a Clothesline on both Flair and the referee . Flair was clotheslined outside the ring . He pulled Hawk outside the ring but was attacked by Hawk . Hawk powerslammed Flair and continued to dominate Flair . Hawk performed a Superplex and tried to pin him but Flair ' s manager James J . Dillon broke it with a Chair Shot . Hawk ' s manager Paul Ellering woke up the referee and Flair nailed Hawk with a chair to lose by disqualification and retain the title . The main event was a Steel Cage Bunkhouse Stampede . The object of the match was to throw the opponent out of the cage door or send him out via the top of the cage for the elimination . The participants were Tully Blanchard , Arn Anderson , The Barbarian , The Warlord , Dusty Rhodes , Ivan Koloff , Lex Luger and Road Warrior Animal . The action continued for the first fifteen minutes until Animal eliminated Koloff over the top of the cage . The action continued until Animal eliminated Warlord through the cage door and Barbarian performed a Big Boot , which he called " Kick of Fear " on Animal to eliminate him through the cage door . Blanchard and Anderson tried to double - team Luger to eliminate him through the cage door but all three of them were eliminated at the same time . Rhodes and Barbarian were the remaining participants and continued to fight each other . Barbarian performed a Diving Headbutt on Rhodes but was still unable to eliminate him . They climbed up on the ropes and eventually over the top of the cage . Rhodes performed two Bionic Elbows to eliminate Barbarian and win the Bunkhouse Stampede for the fourth consecutive time . Aftermath . The Bunkhouse Stampede event did not meet much success and was badly criticized . Especially , its book ing was not appreciated due to Dusty Rhodes winning all the four Bunkhouse Stampede Battle Royal s . The event gave birth to a new rivalry between Lex Luger and the Four Horsemen , a group Luger left in late 1987 after losing the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship . On March 27 edition of Clash of the Champions , Luger and Barry Windham defeated Horsemen members , the NWA World Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard to win the title . On April 23 edition of " World Championship Wrestling " , Luger and Windham lost the title back to Anderson and Blanchard when Windham betrayed Luger and joined Horsemen . Luger became the # 1 contender for Horsemen ' s leader Ric Flair ' s NWA World Heavyweight Championship , unsuccessfully challenging him for the title at The Great American Bash and Starrcade .