NWA The Great American Bash '88: The Price for Freedom

Jim Crockett Jr.
1988-07-10

The Price for Freedom
6.5
148 min

The Great American Bash '88 was the fourth annual Great American Bash professional wrestling event produced by Jim Crockett Promotions under the NWA banner and the first to be produced as a pay-per-view event. It took place on July 10, 1988 at The Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The main event was a standard wrestling match for the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship between Ric Flair and Lex Luger for the title. Featured matches were Barry Windham versus Dusty Rhodes for the NWA US Heavyweight Championship, The Road Warriors, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin & Ron Garvin versus Kevin Sullivan, Mike Rotunda, Al Perez, The Russian Assassin & Ivan Koloff in a Tower of Doom match, The Fantastics versus The Midnight Express for the NWA United States Tag Team Championship and Horsemen Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard versus Sting & Nikita Koloff for the NWA Tag Team Championship.

Cast

Name Character Team
Larry Pfohl Lex Luger Unowned
Ric Flair Himself Unowned
Barry Windham Himself Unowned
Virgil Runnels Dusty Rhodes Unowned
Mike Hegstrand Road Warrior Hawk Unowned
Joe Laurinaitis Road Warrior Animal Unowned
Roger Barnes Ron Garvin Unowned
Kevin Sullivan Himself Unowned
Mike Rotunda Himself Unowned
Oreal Perras Ivan Koloff Unowned
Bobby Eaton Bobby Eaton Unowned
Stanfield Lane Stan Lane Unowned
James Hines Bobby Fulton Unowned
Tom Couch Tommy Rogers Unowned
Martin Lunde Arn Anderson Unowned
Tully Blanchard Himself Unowned
Steve Borden Sting Unowned
Scott Simpson Nikita Koloff Unowned