NWA Chi-Town Rumble

Jim Herd
1989-02-20


8.5
149 min

Chi-Town Rumble was a professional wrestling PPV event produced by WCW under the NWA banner. It took place on February 20, 1989 at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. The main event was a standard wrestling match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Ric Flair defended the title against Ricky Steamboat. Featured matches on the undercard were Road Warriors versus Varsity Club (Steve Williams and Kevin Sullivan) for the NWA World Tag Team Championship, Lex Luger versus Barry Windham for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, Mike Rotunda versus Rick Steiner for the NWA World Television Championship, Midnight Express versus Original Midnight Express in a Loser Leaves NWA match, Sting versus Butch Reed and Michael Hayes versus Russian Assassin #1.

Cast

Name Character Team
Ric Flair "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair Unowned
Rick Blood Sr. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat Unowned
Barry Windham Himself Unowned
Larry Pfohl "The Total Package" Lex Luger Unowned
Mike Hegstrand Road Warrior Hawk Unowned
Joe Laurinaitis Road Warrior Animal Unowned
Steve Williams "Dr. Death" Steve Williams Unowned
Kevin Sullivan "Gamesmaster" Kevin Sullivan Unowned
Mike Rotunda Mike Rotundo Unowned
Rob Rechsteiner Rick Steiner Unowned
Scott Rechsteiner Scott Steiner Unowned
Bobby Eaton "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton Unowned
Stanfield Lane "Sweet" Stan Lane Unowned
Randall Alls "Ravishing" Randy Rose Unowned
Yasuhiro Kojima Hiro Matsuda Unowned
Dennis Condrey "Loverboy" Dennis Condrey Unowned
Paul Heyman Paul E. Dangerously Unowned
Jim Cornette Himself Unowned
Steve Borden Sting Unowned
Bruce Reed "Hacksaw" Butch Reed Unowned
Michael Seitz Michael "P.S." Hayes Unowned
Dave Sheldon The Russian Assassin Unowned
Paul Frederick Paul Jones Unowned