Retro Results & Review OF NWA / WCW Halloween Havoc (1989) Written by Ryan Balkwill

Promotions: National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling

Date: October 28, 1989

City:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Venue: Philadelphia Civic Center

Other on-screen personnel
Role:	Name:
Commentator	Jim Ross
Bob Caudle
Referee	Nick Patrick
Tommy Young
Bruno Sammartino (Thunderdome Match)
Interviewer	Gordon Solie
Chris Cruise
Ring announcer	Gary Michael Cappetta

Overall Show Score: 4/10

Pros: Watching a specific event from the past on the WWE Network was so refreshing. I like seeing all the classic favourites when they were in there prime was extraordinary and my favourite match on this event was between Lex Luger vs Brian Pillman. 

Cons: This Show aged out for me. Some technical difficulties problems & I dislike the last two matches on this event.

Matches:

Singles match:          

Tom Zenk 

vs 

Mike Rotunda.                                                                                                                                                   Winner: Tom Zenk                                                                                                                                                                     Rating: Alright

6-man tag team match:                                                                                                                                             

The Samoan SWAT Team (Fatu, The Samoan Savage and Samu) (with Oliver Humperdink)

vs

The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) and Steve Williams (with Jim Cornette).         Winners: The Samoan SWAT Team                                                                                                                                     Rating: Descent

Singles match:      

“Wildfire” Tommy Rich 

vs 

The Cuban Assassin.                                                                                                           Winner: “Wildfire” Tommy Rich                                                                                         Rating: Not That Good

Tag team match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship:                                                                                                                

The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) (c)

vs

The Dynamic Dudes (Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas) (with Jim Cornette).                          Winners: The Fabulous Freebirds keep the NWA World Tag Team Championship.            Rating: Ok

Tag team match:          

Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) (with Woman)

vs 

The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner).                                                                    Winners: Doom                  Rating: Really Good

Singles match for the NWA United States Championship:                                                                                                     

Lex Luger (c)

vs 

Brian Pillman.                                    Winner: Lex Luger Keep his NWA United States Championship.              Rating: Very Good

Tag team match:                                                      The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) (with Paul Ellering)

vs 

The Skyscrapers (Dan Spivey and Sid Vicious) (with Teddy Long).                                            Winners: The Road Warriors won by disqualification.                          Rating: Bad

Main event:

Thunderdome match with Bruno Sammartino as special guest referee:
Ric Flair and Sting (with Ole Anderson)

vs 

The Great Muta and Terry Funk (with Gary Hart).                                                                                               Winners: Ric Flair and Sting                   Rating: Not that good.