Dangerous Alliance The Dangerous Alliance is a heel professional wrestling stable that made a name for itself in World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) in the early ' 90s and the American Wrestling Association ( AWA ) in 1987 , with Adrian Adonis , Randy Rose , and Dennis Condrey making up the AWA incarnation of the group . History . American Wrestling Association ( 1987 - 1988 ) . In the spring of 1987 , Paul E . Dangerously formed The Dangerous Alliance with Adrian Adonis and The Original Midnight Express ( Dennis Condrey and Randy Rose ) in the American Wrestling Association . In October 1987 , Dangerously successfully led Condrey and Rose to win the AWA World Tag Team Championship from Mid - South legends Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee , only to lose the titles to The Midnight Rockers ( Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty ) two months later . Dangerously also helped Adonis in his feud with Tommy Rich and his bid to win the AWA International Television Championship , in which Adonis lost the title in a tournament final to Greg Gagne . By 1988 , the Dangerous Alliance disbanded , as Dangerously , Condrey , and Rose left the AWA , while Adonis died that July in a van accident during a tour in Canada . World Championship Wrestling ( 1991 - 1992 ) . Halloween Havoc 1991 . After Dangerously was " fired " as an announcer for World Championship Wrestling , the precursors to resurrecting his stable came at the 1991 Halloween Havoc pay - per - view in Chattanooga , Tennessee . Prior to the show , announcer Eric Bischoff was working as a valet in the parking lot . When Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham pulled up and got out of their car , heel wrestlers Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko ran up to Bischoff and Windham and slammed the car door on Windham ' s hand , breaking it . It was from this incident that Zbyszko gained his nickname from around this time , " The Cruncher " . Later at the same show , the mysterious WCW Halloween Phantom appeared , and squashed Tom Zenk in a match using a reverse neckbreaker . Then , in an interview segment with Bischoff , Dangerously brought out the Phantom and had him unmask to reveal the returning " Ravishing " Rick Rude . Dangerously stated that even though he had been fired as a commentator , he still had his manager ' s license , and would use Rude to exact his revenge on the company that fired him . Clash of the Champions XVII . The storyline was furthered at Clash of Champions XVII on November 19 , 1991 in Savannah , Georgia . At the beginning of the Clash , which was televised live on TBS , WCW U . S . Champion ( and perennial face ) Sting was in the ring doing an interview . Madusa came out dressed as a harem girl and distracted Sting so WCW World Champion Lex Luger could attack him from behind by clipping his knee , the same one Sting injured in February 1990 . Luger then bashed the knee against the runway repeatedly to make it seem like Sting had suffered severe damage . Several face wrestlers , including Bobby Eaton , ran out to run the heel Luger off and take Sting to the hospital . Sting , however , had to defend his title against Rude that night and did not want to leave . Eaton kept telling him he would have time , so he left . Bischoff rode in the ambulance with Sting and gave live updates on the condition of Sting from the hospital between matches to announcers Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone . Meanwhile , Dangerously had found a loophole in the match contract that specifically stated that if Sting was not able to defend his title , he would have to forfeit it to Rude . The announcers relayed the message to Bischoff , who in turn passed it along to Sting . Commotion could be heard in the background as Sting tried to leave the hospital and return to defend his title . When it came time for the match , Sting was a no - show and Dangerously declared Rude the U . S . Champion ( which had been their plan all along ) . The telecast featured a split screen of the ambulance arriving at the back area of the arena with Sting ' s knee wrapped up . Dangerously demanded referee Nick Patrick start the match and count Sting out , but he kept interrupting the count which allowed Sting enough time to make it out to the ring . After having trouble finding the right door to enter the building , his fight song started playing and Sting limped out . Rude met him at the runway with punches but Sting was so pumped he took it to him instead and the match was underway . Rude defeated Sting , mainly due to his injured knee , with a small package pin . The next " World Championship Wrestling " ( this was before " WCW Monday Nitro " ) , Dangerously formed his group with Rude , Eaton , Madusa , Arn Anderson , Larry Zbyszko and " Stunning " Steve Austin . Notable feuds . The Dangerous Alliance went on to dominate WCW for the next six months , as Anderson and Eaton won the Tag Team Titles and Austin held the Television Championship for a time . Their main feuds were with Sting , Ricky Steamboat , Barry Windham , Dustin Rhodes , and Nikita Koloff . The Alliance and its rivals went back and forth until they settled their issues in a gruesome " WarGames " match at WrestleWar on May 17 , 1992 in Jacksonville , Florida . During the match , Zbyszko picked up the turnbuckle Rude removed from the post and Eaton tried to repair and tried to hit Sting with the metal hook . However , he ended up hitting his stablemate Eaton instead , allowing Sting to apply an armbar to Eaton and garner a submission victory for his team . After the match , Zbyszko was expelled from the Alliance , which began the group ' s downfall . WCW Downfall . Rude and Madusa went their own separate way and had much success . Anderson and Eaton started running with Michael Hayes , but they came back to Dangerously when he fired Madusa publicly at Halloween Havoc in October and she came after him . By the end of November 1992 after the Clash of the Champions , the Dangerous Alliance had disbanded after Dangerously left after a bitter contract dispute . Eastern / Extreme Championship Wrestling ( 1993 - 1995 ) . Dangerously revived the Dangerous Alliance in NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling in 1993 with Jimmy Snuka , Don Muraco , The Dark Patriot and " Hot Stuff " Eddie Gilbert . By August 1994 , when ECW broke away from the NWA and renamed Extreme Championship Wrestling , Dangerously ' s last incarnation of the Dangerous Alliance composed of The Tazmaniac , Sabu , and 911 . Tazmaniac and Sabu wound up winning the ECW World Tag Team Championship in February 1995 , before losing the titles three weeks later . In April 1995 , Sabu was fired by Dangerously , due to choosing a tour with New Japan Pro Wrestling over a booking on April 8 . In July 1995 , The Tazmaniac , now under the name Taz , suffered a serious neck injury during a tag team match in Florida . With Sabu fired and Taz injured , Dangerously finally disbanded The Dangerous Alliance . Arn Anderson , in an interview video with RF Video , referred to the Dangerous Alliance as one of the greatest gatherings of talent ever . However , Anderson opined that it never became a memorable group because of WCW ' s incompetent bookers ( i . e . Jim Herd , Kip Allen Frey , and Bill Watts ) failing to promote stars .