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(WCW) under the
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(NWA) banner. It took place on February 20, 1989, at the UIC Pavilion in
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. The
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was a standard wrestling match for the
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.
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defended the title against
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. Steamboat pinned Flair with a small package to win the title. Featured matches on the
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were
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(
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and
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) versus The Varsity Club ( Steve Williams and Kevin Sullivan) for the
NWA World Tag Team Championship The NWA World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling World Tag Team Championship, world tag team championship created by the National Wrestling Alliance. From 1948 to 1982, the NWA allowed List of National Wrestling Alliance territories ...
,
Lex Luger Lawrence Wendell Pfohl (born June 2, 1958), better known by the ring name Lex Luger, is an American retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, bodybuilder, and gridiron football player. He is best known for his work with Jim Crocke ...
versus
Barry Windham Barry Clinton Windham (born July 4, 1960) is an American retired professional wrestler. The son of wrestler Blackjack Mulligan, he is best known for his appearances with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the World Wrestling Federation (W ...
for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship,
Mike Rotunda Lawrence Michael "Mike" Rotunda Jr. (born March 30, 1958) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling in the 1980s and 1990s under the r ...
versus Rick Steiner for the NWA World Television Championship, Midnight Express ( Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) and
Jim Cornette James Mark Cornette (born September 17, 1961) is an American author, sports historian, and podcaster who previously worked in the professional wrestling industry as an agent, booker, color commentator, manager, photographer, promoter, tra ...
versus Original Midnight Express (
Jack Victory Kenneth Rinehurst (born July 3, 1964) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and Manager (professional wrestling), manager, better known by his ring name, Jack Victory. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with the U ...
and Randy Rose) and Paul E. Dangerously in a Loser Leaves NWA match, Sting versus Butch Reed and Michael Hayes versus Russian Assassin #1.


Storylines

Chi-Town Rumble featured seven professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing
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, plots and storylines that were played out on '' World Wide Wrestling'', ''
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'' and ''
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''–WCW's television programs. Wrestlers portrayed a
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,
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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
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heading into the event was between
Ric Flair Richard Morgan Fliehr (born February 25, 1949), known professionally as Ric Flair, is an American retired professional wrestler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Flair's career spanned 50 years. He is ...
and
Ricky Steamboat Richard Henry Blood Sr. (born February 28, 1953), better known by his ring name Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat, is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his work with the American Wrestling Association (AWA), Jim Crockett Promo ...
for the
NWA World Heavyweight Championship The NWA World's Heavyweight Championship is a men's professional wrestling Professional wrestling championship#World championships, world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), an American professiona ...
. At Starrcade, Flair defeated
Lex Luger Lawrence Wendell Pfohl (born June 2, 1958), better known by the ring name Lex Luger, is an American retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, bodybuilder, and gridiron football player. He is best known for his work with Jim Crocke ...
to retain the title. On the January 21 edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'', Steamboat returned to WCW as Eddie Gilbert's surprise partner against Flair and
Barry Windham Barry Clinton Windham (born July 4, 1960) is an American retired professional wrestler. The son of wrestler Blackjack Mulligan, he is best known for his appearances with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the World Wrestling Federation (W ...
in a
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match. Steamboat pinned Flair to win the match and demanded a shot against Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. On January 28 edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'', it was announced that Flair would defend the title against Steamboat at Chi-Town Rumble. The main tag team rivalry heading into the event was between
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(
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and
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) and The Varsity Club ( Steve Williams and Kevin Sullivan) for the
NWA World Tag Team Championship The NWA World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling World Tag Team Championship, world tag team championship created by the National Wrestling Alliance. From 1948 to 1982, the NWA allowed List of National Wrestling Alliance territories ...
. At Starrcade, Varsity Club defeated The Fantastics ( Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) to win the NWA United States Tag Team Championship. Later that night, Road Warriors retained the NWA World Tag Team Championship against Sting and
Dusty Rhodes Virgil Riley Runnels Jr. (October 11, 1945 – June 11, 2015), better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, was an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, booker, and trainer who worked for the National Wrestling Alliance ...
by intentional disqualification. On January 14 edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'', Sullivan and Williams challenged Road Warriors to a match for the World Tag Team title. On January 28 edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'', it was announced that Road Warriors would defend the title against Sullivan and Williams at Chi-Town Rumble. Another tag team rivalry heading into the event was between Midnight Express ( Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) and Original Midnight Express (
Dennis Condrey Dennis Condrey (born February 1, 1952) is an American retired professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the Continental Wrestling Association, Jim Crockett Promotions and World Championship Wrestling ...
and Randy Rose). At Starrcade, Eaton and Lane defeated Condrey and Rose in a tag team match. The rivalry expanded to involve their
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s
Jim Cornette James Mark Cornette (born September 17, 1961) is an American author, sports historian, and podcaster who previously worked in the professional wrestling industry as an agent, booker, color commentator, manager, photographer, promoter, tra ...
and Paul E. Dangerously respectively. On January 14 edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'', Dangerously announced that he would force Cornette out of NWA. On January 28 edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'', it was announced that a Six-man Loser Leaves NWA match would take place pitting Midnight Express and Cornette against Original Midnight Express and Dangerously. A secondary rivalry heading into the event was between Barry Windham and Lex Luger for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship. At Starrcade, Windham defeated
Bam Bam Bigelow Scott Charles Bigelow (September 1, 1961 – January 19, 2007) was an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Bam Bam Bigelow. Recognizable by his close-to-400-pound frame and the distinctive flame tattoo that spanned mo ...
to retain the US title. Later that night, Luger was defeated by Ric Flair in a title shot for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Windham and Luger's rivalry dated back to April 23 edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'' in 1988, when Windham turned on Luger during a NWA World Tag Team Championship title defense against
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and Tully Blanchard and joined Four Horsemen. On January 28 edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'', it was announced that Windham would defend the United States title against Luger at Chi-Town Rumble. Another secondary rivalry heading into the event was between Rick Steiner and
Mike Rotunda Lawrence Michael "Mike" Rotunda Jr. (born March 30, 1958) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling in the 1980s and 1990s under the r ...
for the NWA World Television Championship. At Starrcade, Steiner defeated Rotunda to win the Television title. On January 14 edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'', Steiner defeated Rotunda to retain the title in a rematch when Steve Williams caused the disqualification by attacking Steiner. On January 21 edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'', Rotunda expressed about his quest to regain the title. On January 28 edition of ''World Championship Wrestling'', it was announced that Steiner would defend the TV title against Rotunda at Chi-Town Rumble.


Event


Preliminary matches

As the event aired live on pay-per-view, the first match to take place was between Michael Hayes and Russian Assassin #1. Assassin delivered a series of Jumping Lariats called ''Russian Sickle'' to Hayes. Hayes made comebacks during the match but Assassin dominated him. Assassin's
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Paul Jones interfered in the match by attacking Hayes. Assassin tried to attack Hayes in the corner but Hayes countered it and tried to perform a
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but Assassin pushed him to the mat. Assassin tried to deliver a
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but Hayes countered it. Hayes avoided a corner clothesline by Assassin and delivered him mounted punches in the corner. Hayes followed with a DDT to win the match. The next match was between Sting and Butch Reed. Sting dominated Reed in the earlier part of the match. Reed gained momentum in the match with the help of his manager
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. Reed applied a chinlock and began using dirty tactics. Sting tossed Reed into the corner and tried to perform a corner splash, which he called ''Stinger Splash'' but Reed avoided it. Reed tried to perform a Corner Clothesline but fell out to the floor. Sting delivered a vertical suplex to Reed and tried to pin him but got a near-fall as Matsuda pulled Sting out of the ring. Reed took advantage and pulled Sting in the ring to perform a swinging neckbreaker. He applied another chinlock. Sting countered with a Jawbreaker. Sting performed a diving elbow drop. Reed threw Sting out of the ring and stomped him on the apron. Sting managed to deliver a shoulder block and tried to perform a sunset flip but Reed fell on Sting and held the ropes for the pinfall. The referee Teddy Long pulled Reed from the ropes, causing Sting to pin Reed with the Sunset Flip for the win. The third match was a Loser Leaves NWA match pitting the Midnight Express ( Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) and their manager
Jim Cornette James Mark Cornette (born September 17, 1961) is an American author, sports historian, and podcaster who previously worked in the professional wrestling industry as an agent, booker, color commentator, manager, photographer, promoter, tra ...
against Original Midnight Express (
Dennis Condrey Dennis Condrey (born February 1, 1952) is an American retired professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the Continental Wrestling Association, Jim Crockett Promotions and World Championship Wrestling ...
and Randy Rose) and their manager Paul E. Dangerously. Condrey left NWA just before the event and was replaced by
Jack Victory Kenneth Rinehurst (born July 3, 1964) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and Manager (professional wrestling), manager, better known by his ring name, Jack Victory. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with the U ...
. Lane and Rose started the match. The match went back and forth with both teams exchanging momentum. Dangerously was eventually tagged into the match. Dangerously tagged in Rose after a few attacks. Rose was tagged in. Dangerously distracted Cornette, allowing Rose to attack Cornette. He tagged in Dangerously, allowing Cornette and Dangerously to battle each other for the first time in the match. The match continued until miscommunication occurred between Original Midnight Express. Cornette tripped Dangerously outside the ring while Eaton and Lane delivered a Double Flapjack to Rose to win the match. The next match that occurred was between Rick Steiner and
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for the NWA World Television Championship. Steiner's younger brother
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made his NWA debut at the event and appeared at ringside with Rick to manage him. Steiner and Rotunda exchanged submission maneuvers on each other. Rotunda offered Steiner a handshake but Steiner did not shake hands with him. Rotunda applied an abdominal stretch and cheated near the ropes. Steiner countered the hold with an
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but was in the ropes. Rotunda gained momentum and attacked Steiner in the corner with his shoulder. Steiner performed a scoop powerslam to Rotunda. Steiner was about to win the match until Kevin Sullivan distracted Steiner by talking about his dog Spike. Rotunda took advantage and delivered a back suplex to Steiner. Rotunda missed a
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on Steiner and received Mounted Punches in the corner by Steiner. Steiner applied a sleeper hold on Rotunda. Rotunda's back fell on Steiner and Steiner's shoulders were pinned. As a result, Rotunda won the title.


Main event matches

The fifth match pitted
Barry Windham Barry Clinton Windham (born July 4, 1960) is an American retired professional wrestler. The son of wrestler Blackjack Mulligan, he is best known for his appearances with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the World Wrestling Federation (W ...
defending the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship against
Lex Luger Lawrence Wendell Pfohl (born June 2, 1958), better known by the ring name Lex Luger, is an American retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, bodybuilder, and gridiron football player. He is best known for his work with Jim Crocke ...
. Luger dominated Windham for much of the earlier part of the match by performing his power moves, the then action spilled to the ringside. The two returned with Windham delivering a Suplex to Luger to gain the advantage. The two outside the ring where Windham attacked Luger on the guardrail. Windham tried to punch Luger into the ringpost but Luger avoided it and Windham injured his hand. It became trouble for Windham as he was unable to use his hurt hand. He managed to apply a clawhold on Luger but Luger escaped the hold. Windham then delivered a superplex from the top rope and tried to pin Luger's shoulders to the mat. Luger reversed the pin into one of his own and got the three count. As a result, Luger won the title. The final match on the
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was a
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match between
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(
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and
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) and The Varsity Club ( "Dr. Death" Steve Williams and Kevin Sullivan) for the
NWA World Tag Team Championship The NWA World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling World Tag Team Championship, world tag team championship created by the National Wrestling Alliance. From 1948 to 1982, the NWA allowed List of National Wrestling Alliance territories ...
. Sullivan and Williams' NWA United States Tag Team Championship was not on the line, despite being the champions. Animal and Williams started the match. Hawk and Animal dominated Williams in the beginning, before Williams eventually tagged in Sullivan. Sullivan and Williams double-teamed Animal to gain control of the match. Hawk and Williams started battling each other outside the ring and the referee was distracted by their fight. This allowed Sullivan to perform a chair shot on Animal. Sullivan and Williams continued to dominate Animal, before Hawk was tagged in. The Road Warriors tried to perform a Doomsday Device, but Williams broke it up. Animal fought Williams while Hawk performed a Flying Clothesline on Sullivan to win the match and retain the titles. The
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featured
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defending the
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against
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. Steamboat got the early momentum until Flair began attacking Steamboat. Flair performed a Jumping Knee Drop on Steamboat. Steamboat
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ped Flair and Flair did a Flair Flip onto the apron. He climbed the top rope and delivered a diving crossbody to Steamboat but Steamboat countered it into a pinfall. Flair delivered an inverted atomic drop to Steamboat and followed a Figure Four Leglock. Flair began attacking Steamboat's knee. Steamboat eventually gained momentum by performing a clothesline. Steamboat tried to deliver a diving crossbody on Flair but the referee was hit as well. Steamboat tried to wake up the referee. Flair took advantage and tried to pin Steamboat with a roll-up. Flair tossed Steamboat over the top rope and Steamboat climbed the top rope to perform a Diving Crossbody but Flair moved out of the way. Teddy Long came in as the replacement referee. Flair tried to apply a Figure Four Leglock on Steamboat but Steamboat countered it with a small package to pin Flair to win the title.


Aftermath

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and
Ric Flair Richard Morgan Fliehr (born February 25, 1949), known professionally as Ric Flair, is an American retired professional wrestler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Flair's career spanned 50 years. He is ...
continued their
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for the
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at Chi-Town Rumble. On April 2 '' Clash of the Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun'', Steamboat defeated Flair in a
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to retain the title. However, Flair's foot was on the bottom rope during the ending of the third fall. As a result, it was announced on April 9 edition of ''
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'' that a rematch would take place between the two for the title. At WrestleWar, Flair defeated Steamboat to win the title. After winning the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship from
Barry Windham Barry Clinton Windham (born July 4, 1960) is an American retired professional wrestler. The son of wrestler Blackjack Mulligan, he is best known for his appearances with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the World Wrestling Federation (W ...
at Chi-Town Rumble,
Lex Luger Lawrence Wendell Pfohl (born June 2, 1958), better known by the ring name Lex Luger, is an American retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, bodybuilder, and gridiron football player. He is best known for his work with Jim Crocke ...
continued his feud with Windham. On March 18 edition of ''
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'', Luger and Michael Hayes competed against Barry and
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in a
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match, during which Hayes turned on Luger and helped the Windhams in winning the match. As a result, Hayes joined
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's group Yamazaki Corporation and began a rivalry with Luger. At WrestleWar, Hayes defeated Luger, with the help of
Terry Gordy Terry Ray Gordy Sr. (April 23, 1961 – July 16, 2001) was an American professional wrestler from Soddy-Daisy, TN. Gordy appeared in the United States with promotions such as Mid-South Wrestling, Georgia Championship Wrestling, World Class Ch ...
to win the United States Championship.
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(
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and
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) continued their rivalry with The Varsity Club after retaining the
NWA World Tag Team Championship The NWA World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling World Tag Team Championship, world tag team championship created by the National Wrestling Alliance. From 1948 to 1982, the NWA allowed List of National Wrestling Alliance territories ...
against Club members Kevin Sullivan and Steve Williams at Chi-Town Rumble. On April 2 '' Clash of the Champions VI'', Road Warriors lost the belts to Club members
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and Steve Williams. At WrestleWar, Rotunda and Williams defended the titles against Road Warriors. Club members Kevin Sullivan and Dan Spivey attacked the special guest referee
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, resulting in a disqualification loss for Rotunda and Williams. This misconduct between Club members caused the titles to get vacated. Sting would capture his first NWA title, the NWA World TV title, beating Mike Rotunda on March 30, 1989 in the last TV taping of ''
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'' held in the TBS studios (tapings moved to the Center Stage auditorium on April 15), ending 17 years of tapings at TBS. Paul E. Dangerously would begin his own segment, "The Danger Zone", on WCW TV as well as managing the newly arrived Samoan Swat Team.


Results


References


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