WAR 1

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1995

WAR 1 was the first WAR event produced by World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling which took place on 30th December 1990

## Background

WCW's first year was so incredible and groundbreaking that Vince Mcmahon saw money to be made off of it, he approached Ted Turner for a deal to make a co-show which would bring huge amounts of money to both companies as a co-promotional show like this hasn't been seen since Vince started taking down NWA, Ted Turner agreed to this and WAR was launched.

As of 2001, after WCW shut down, we learned about the contract details of WAR, they are as it follows:

1. There can't be an uneven number of matches
2. Champions will fight each other unless there's some big dream match of champion vs non-champion
3. Shows always have to end in a tie to make sure one company doesn't look better than the other, this is why the show always has to have an even number of matches
4. There can be shots thrown by both companies during shows to hype up WAR
5. However, there can't be any specific shots to wrestlers, only to the owners of WWF(Vince Mcmahon) and WCW(Ted Turner)
6. This show is not canon to the programming seen on WCW Saturday Night and WWF Superstars of Wrestling
7. This is an every 5 years deal, so this event will only take place in 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010 and so on
8. This contract can only be cancelled during the 4 years after the show happened, the same year that the show will take place there cannot be a cancellation anymore

The main match heading into the show is obviously WWF Champion Haku vs WCW Heaviweight Champion Ric Flair, Ric Flair has held the title for almost 2 years now while Haku has recently won the belt but proving himself to be dominant with wins over Ultimate Warrior, Hulk Hogan and Ted Dibiase, he will try to defeat another legend synonymous with the Golden Age while Ric Flair tries to show that no man can ever beat him

Intercontinental Champion Roddy Piper will face United States Champion Vader, 2 very different styles, Vader will surely try to destroy the big mouthed Roddy Piper who broke the contract rules a bit by calling Vader "a big fat pig" on The Tonight Show

WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition will be facing off against newly won WCW Tag Team champions Fabulous Freebirds, 2 of the biggest teams in the world since the 80s finally face off

Hulk Hogan will face off against Sting, Sting seemed to take Hogan's spot in 1987-1988 when he debuted but they only ever faced off once in WWF, tonight they have the chance to do it again with Sting having a different mindset as he's now a heel and part of Four Horsemen

Talking about Four Horsemen, The Enforcers Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko are the best pure wrestling team WCW has but Arn Anderson was once part of another pure wrestling stable, The Ringmasters with Tully Blanchard and Mr.Perfect on WWF. Since Arn and Tully left WWF, Mr.Perfect added a new member to continue the legacy of The Ringmasters: Texas Tornado, tonight these 2 pure wrestling teams will face off in what is sure to be a classic

A battle of the giants will take place as Andre The Giant will have his first match since Summerslam against El Gigante in what is sure to be a god damn mess.

A battle of the stables will also take place as Million Dollar Corporation Ted Dibiase, IRS and Legion of Doom face off against the stable that debuted at Starrcade 1990, New Japan Legends The Great Muta, Masahiro Chono, Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki as part of the NJPW-WCW deal

A battle of the jobbers will be taking place as well with Barry Horowitz who has a record of 3-38 vs Tommy Rich who has a record of 2-11, a battle to decide who truly is the biggest loser

Lastly, we have a 20 men battle royal pitting 10 WCW wrestlers against 10 WWF wrestlers including people such as former WWF Champions Koko B.Ware and Jake Roberts, Bret Hart, Dusty Rhodes, etc. and on the WCW side people like the NO1 Contender to the WCW Heaviweight Championship Ricky Steamboat, Lex Luger, Steiner Brothers, etc.

## Results

Other participants: Ricky Steamboat, Lex Luger, Brian Pillman, Junkyard Dog, Sid Vicious, Barry Windham, Butch Reed, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner(WCW), Koko B.Ware, British Bulldog, Dusty Rhodes, Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, Tito Santana, Earthquake, Typhoon, Shane Douglas(WWF)

## Details

* During the battle royal, Shane Douglas immediatly eliminates Brian Pillman as a callback to Starrcade 1989 which Pillman is pissed and screams "I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN JAIL" and Bret Hart eliminates Jim Neidhart
* Rick Martel challenged anyone in the WCW locker room for an improptu match, Rick Rude made his way to the ring as now part of WCW but since this show isn't canon, Rude hasn't technically debuted in WCW yet
* The show ends with a brawl between WWF guys and WCW guys with referees by each company even coming to blows

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