Midnight Express entrance at Great American Bash 1987 | RassleRama

Rock N Roll Express entrance at Great American Bash 1987 | RassleRama

On July 4, 1987 NWA's The Great American Bash took place in front of 13,500 fans at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. In the main event, The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk), Nikita Koloff, Dusty Rhodes, and Paul Ellering took on The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Lex Luger, Tully Blanchard) and J.J. Dillon with Dark Journey in the first ever "War Games" match, conceived by Rhodes. Koloff, Rhodes and Dillon all sustained legitimate injuries in the then dubbed "WarGames: The Match Beyond". This

#NWA The Great American Bash (War Games 1987) The Four Horsemen vs. The Super Powers Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Lex Luger, Tully Blanchard y JJ Dillon se miden a Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, The Road Warriors y Paul Ellering. | Museo e Historia de la Lucha Libre Puertorriqueña

#OnThisDay in 1986: Dusty Rhodes vs Ric Flair | RassleRama

January 1986 NWA house show: Ric Flair vs Dusty Rhodes | RassleRama