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Capital Combat was an NWA PPV held on May 19, 1990 in Washington, DC. It was technically a WCW PPV, but the NWA name was still being used at this time. Capital Combat was replaced by SuperBrawl in 1991.

The PPV

• "The Samoan Swat Team" (Fatu & Samu) defeated Tommy Rich & Mike Rotunda.

• Paul Ellering (with The Road Warriors) defeated Theodore Long (with Doom) in a hair vs. hair match.

• "Mean" Mark Callis (with Paul E. Dangerously) defeated Johnny Ace.

• The Road Warriors & Norman the Lunatic (with Paul Ellering) defeated Kevin Sullivan, Cactus Jack and Bam Bam Bigelow (with Oliver Humperdink)

• "The Midnight Express" Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated NWA US Tag Team Champs Brian Pillman & Tom Zenk to win the titles with Jim Cornette in a cage.

• "Doom" Ron Simmons & Butch Reed (with Theodore Long) defeated NWA World Tag Team Champs The Steiner Brothers to win the Titles.

• "The Rock 'N Roll Express" Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated "The Fabulous Freebirds" Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin in a country whipping match.

• Lex Luger (with Sting (on crutches) & El Gigante) defeated NWA World Champ Ric Flair (with Woman) by Disqualification in a Cage Match when Ole Anderson lifted the cage via the controls so Arn Anderson & Barry Windham could interefere.

Trivia

• RoboCop made an appearance at this PPV. He was there to save Sting (who was trapped inside a cage) from the Four Horsemen. This is considered one the worst segments in professional wrestling history. It was also inducted into WrestleCrap.

See also

• List of WCW pay-per-view events
• World Championship Wrestling
• National Wrestling Alliance
• Jim Crockett Promotions

• World Championship Wrestling shows