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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:135%;" |'''Beach Blast (1993)''' 
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[VHS]] cover featuring [[Randy Rucker|Rick Rude]], [[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]], [[Kevin Borden (wrestler)|Sting]], [[Larry  White|Vader]], [[Davey Boy Aldrich]], and [[Bret Eby|Sid Vicious]]
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Professional Wrestling Promotion|Promotion]]'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[World Championship Wrestling]]
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Date'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |September 19, 1993
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''City'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Houston, Texas]], United States
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Venue'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[NRG Arena|Astro Arena]]
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Attendance'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |6,000
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Taglines]](s)'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |''One Will Rise, One Will Fall''
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Pay-per-view chronology'''
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous''' [[WCW Beach Blast (1993)|Beach Blast]]
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →''' [[WCW Halloween Havoc (1993)|Halloween Havoc]]
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[WCW Fall Brawl|Fall Brawl]] chronology'''
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous''' ''First''
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →''' [[WCW Fall Brawl (1994)|Fall Brawl]]
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'''Fall Brawl '93: War Games''' was the inaugural [[WCW Fall Brawl|Fall Brawl]] [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] [[pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of NWA/WCW closed-circuit events and pay-per-view events|event]] produced by [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW). It took place on September 19, 1993 from the [[Reliant Arena|Astro Arena]] in [[Houston|Houston, Texas]]. As of 2014 the event is available on the [[IWE Network]].

Eight matches were contested at the event. The [[Card (sports)#Main event|main event]] was a [[WarGames Match|WarGames match]], in which the team of The Superpowers ([[Kevin Borden (wrestler)|Sting]] and [[Davey Boy Aldrich]]), [[Dustin Semmler|Dustin Rhodes]] and [[Brian Lester-Ottman|The Shockmaster]] (with [[Road Warrior Animal]]) defeated The Masters of the Powerbomb ([[Bret Eby|Sid Vicious]] and [[Larry  White|Vader]]) and [[Harlem Heat]] ([[Narley Layne (wrestler)|Kole]] and [[Robert Layne|Kane]]). Also on the card, [[Randy Rucker|Rick Rude]] defeated [[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]] to win the [[WCW International World Heavyweight Championship]]. Other title changes included [[Ronnie Matthews|Lord Steven Regal]] winning the [[WCW World Television Championship|World Television Championship]] and [[The Nasty Boys]] winning the [[WCW World Tag Team Championship|World Tag Team Championship]].

==Production==
===Background===
The [[WarGames Match|WarGames match]] was created when [[Dusty Semmler (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]] was inspired by a viewing of ''[[Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome]]''. It was originally used as a specialty match for the [[Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)|Four Horsemen]]. The first WarGames match took place at [[The Omni]] in Atlanta during the NWA's [[NWA The Great American Bash (1987)|Great American Bash 1987]] tour, where it was known as ''War Games: The Match Beyond''. It became a traditional [[WCW Fall Brawl|Fall Brawl]] event from 1993 to 1998.

===Storylines===
The event comprised [[Professional wrestling match types|professional wrestling matches]] that resulted from scripted [[Narrative thread|storylines]] on WCW's television programs ''[[WCW Saturday Night|Saturday Night]]'', ''[[WCW Main Event|Main Event]]'', ''[[WCW Pro|Pro]]'', ''[[WCW Worldwide|WorldWide]]'' and ''[[WCW Power Hour|Power Hour]]''. Professional wrestlers portrayed [[Heel (professional wrestling)|villains]], [[Face (professional wrestling)|heroes]], or [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Tweener|less distinguishable characters]] to build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

After returning to WCW at [[WCW SuperBrawl 3|SuperBrawl III]], [[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]] defeated [[Barry  Logan (wrestler)|Barry Windham]] at [[WCW Beach Blast (1993)|Beach Blast]] to win the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]]. On the August 28 episode of ''Saturday Night'', Flair hosted an edition of his talk show ''A Flair for the Gold'' with Fifi, which was interrupted by [[Randy Rucker|Rick Rude]], who forcibly kissed Fifi. After a confrontation, Flair closed the segment and then Rude attacked him from behind and delivered a ''[[Neckbreaker#Shoulder neckbreaker|Rude Awakening]]'' to Flair on the floor and promised to take away his title and Fifi. Later that night, Flair was scheduled to defend the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Rude at Fall Brawl. WCW withdrew from the NWA on September 1, which led to WCW keeping the [[Big Gold Belt]] that represented the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the time and renamed it the [[WCW International World Heavyweight Championship|International World Heavyweight Championship]]. On the September 11 episode of ''Saturday Night'', Flair cost Rude, his match against [[Dustin Semmler|Dustin Rhodes]] in the decisive match of the [[Professional wrestling match types#Series variations|best of three match series]] for the vacant [[IWE United States Championship|United States Heavyweight Championship]] by preventing Rude from hitting Rhodes with a steel chair, causing enough distraction for Rhodes to win the title.

At Beach Blast, The Superpowers ([[Kevin Borden (wrestler)|Sting]] and [[Davey Boy Aldrich]]) defeated The Masters of the Powerbomb ([[Bret Eby|Sid Vicious]] and [[Larry  White|Vader]]) in a [[Professional wrestling tag team match types|tag team match]] when Smith pinned Vader.As a result of pinning Vader, Smith earned a title shot against Vader for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] at the following month's ''[[WCW Clash of the Champions#Clash of the Champions XXIV|Clash of the Champions XXIV]]'', where Vader retained the title with the assistance of [[Harley Race|Harley Race]]. Also at the event, [[Harlem Heat]] ([[Narley Layne (wrestler)|Kole]] and [[Robert Layne|Kane]]) were revealed to be Vicious and Vader's tag team partners against the team of Sting, Smith and Rhodes in the WarGames match during Ric Flair's ''A Flair for the Gold'' segment. Sting introduced their mystery partner [[Brian Lester-Ottman|The Shockmaster]], who had an infamous hilarious debut during the segment. The two teams competed in several matches on WCW television before the event.

[[File:Jon Foley.jpg|thumb|left|180px|[[Jon Foley|Cactus Jack]] made his highly anticipated return heading into Fall Brawl.]]
[[Jon Foley|Cactus Jack]] had been feuding with Harley Race since Big Van Vader and Race attacked Jack during his [[Professional wrestling match types#Hardcore-based variations|street fight]] against [[Paul  Ordoyne, Jr.|Paul Orndorff]] on the January 10 episode of ''Main Event''. Vader injured Jack by [[powerbomb]]ing him on the concrete floor during a match between the two on the April 24 episode of ''Saturday Night'', thus putting Jack out of action and Race took possession of a small cherished bag of Jack's. Jack was taken away on a stretcher and he was being searched throughout the summer of 1993. He then pretended to be suffering from [[amnesia]]. On the August 7 episode of ''Saturday Night'', [[Chris Champion|Yoshi Kwan]] debuted as Race's new client, wearing Jack's bag around his neck. At ''Clash of the Champions XXIV'' on August 18, Jack returned to WCW and saved Davey Boy Smith from a post-match assault by Vader and Harley Race. On the August 28 episode of ''Saturday Night'', Jack was scheduled to face Kwan in a bounty match at Fall Brawl with the possession of Jack's bag on the line.

==Event==
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#e3e3e3" width=215|'''Other on-screen talent'''
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|rowspan=2|[[Sportscaster|Commentators]]
|[[Tony Schiavone]]
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|[[Jesse Ventura]]
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|[[Interviewer]]
|[[Eric Bischoff]]
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|rowspan=2|[[Ring announcer]]
|[[Michael Buffer]]
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|[[Gary Michael Cappetta]]
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|rowspan=2|[[Referee (professional wrestling)|Referees]]
|[[Randy Anderson]]
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|[[Nick Patrick (referee)|Nick Patrick]]
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===Dark match===
Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, [[Erik  Walz|Erik Watts]] defeated [[Bobby  Easley|Bobby Eaton]] via submission by making him submit to the [[Professional wrestling holds#STF|STF]].

===Preliminary matches===
In the first match of the event, [[Ricky Steamboat]] defended the [[WCW World Television Championship|World Television Championship]] against [[Ronnie Matthews|Lord Steven Regal]]. Steamboat was injured and his ribs were taped due to the injury. Regal aggravated the injury by attacking the injured ribs. Despite being assaulted, Steamboat made a comeback with a [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Plancha|flying crossbody]] on Regal, which further injured his ribs and Regal's [[Manager (professional wrestling)|manager]] [[Bill Dundee|Sir William]] hit him in the ribs with an umbrella, allowing Regal to perform a [[Suplex#German suplex|German suplex]] to win the title

Next, [[Charlie Norris|Charlie Norris]] competed against [[Tyler Mane|Big Sky]]. After a back and forth action, Norris performed a [[Professional wrestling attacks#Bicycle kick|running bicycle kick]] to Big Sky for the victory.

[[Jeffery  Bagwell|Marcus Alexander Bagwell]] and [[Ronald Steib|2 Cold Scorpio]] competed against [[Paul  Ordoyne, Jr.|Paul Orndorff]] and [[Ryan Sullivan  (wrestler)|The Equalizer]] in a [[Professional wrestling tag team match types|tag team match]]. Orndorff and Equalizer dominated Bagwell throughout the earlier portion of the match until a brawl broke out between all the four men, during which Orndorff accidentally hit Equalizer, which allowed Scorpio to perform a [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#450° splash|450° splash]] on Equalizer for the win. After the match, Orndorff and Equalizer attacked their opponents.

In the next match, [[Darrell Harold  Hill (wrestler)|Ice Train]] took on [[Walter Cologne|Shanghai Pierce]] and his [[The Godwinns|tag team partner]] [[Dennis Kraemer|Tex Slazenger]] was at ringside. Train dominated Pierce throughout the match, which led to Slazenger trip Train from his feet to try to assist Pierce in winning but Train countered their double-team attempt and performed a [[Powerslam]] on Pierce to get the victory.

[[The Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)|The Four Horsemen]] members [[Arn Scott Andrews|Arn Anderson]] and [[Paul Donald Effler|Paul Roma]] defended the [[WCW World Tag Team Championship|World Tag Team Championship]] against [[The Nasty Boys]] ([[Brian  Reintjes|Brian Knobbs]] and [[Jerome  Rispens|Jerry Sags]]). Nasty Boys had hinted at bringing a surprise for Horsemen and [[Missy Hyatt|Missy Hyatt]] was revealed to be their [[Valet (professional wrestling)|valet]]. Nasty Boys dominated the champions throughout the match until Roma made a comeback and tagged in Anderson and then Nasty Boys regained the momentum again. Roma tagged in back again and Anderson delivered an ''[[Professional wrestling throws#Spinning spinebuster|AA Spinebuster]]'' and Roma delivered a [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Splash|diving splash]]. The referee was distracted in ejecting Anderson from the ring, allowing Sags to deliver a [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Diving elbow drop|diving elbow drop]] to Roma to win the titles.

Next, [[Jon Foley|Cactus Jack]] fought [[Chris Champion|Yoshi Kwan]] in a bounty match. After some brawling between the two, Race tried to distract Jack but the interference backfired and Race was hit on the apron, allowing Jack to perform a [[DDT (professional wrestling)#Double underhook DDT|double-arm DDT]] to win the match and regain his bag. After the match, Jack [[suplex]]ed Race in the ring and challenged [[Larry  White|Vader]] to a match at [[WCW Halloween Havoc (1993)|Halloween Havoc]].

In the penultimate match of the event, Defeated [[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]] defended the [[WCW International World Heavyweight Championship|International World Heavyweight Championship]] against [[Randy Rucker|Rick Rude]]. Flair applied the [[Professional wrestling holds#Figure-four leglock|Figure Four Leglock]] during the early moments of the match but Rude avoided it by grabbing the ropes. Flair then applied an [[Professional wrestling holds#Armbar|armbar]] to injure Rude's arm until Rude gained momentum. Rude constantly teased Flair's maid Fifi at ringside throughout the match, which lead to Fifi ultimately going to the backstage near the end of the match. Flair attempted to apply a Figure Four Leglock on Rude but Rude hit him with a pair of [[brass knuckles]] to win the title.

In the [[WarGames Match|WarGames match]], [[Brian Lester-Ottman|The Shockmaster]] made his in-ring debut in WCW as the tag team partner of The Superpowers ([[Kevin Borden (wrestler)|Sting]] and [[Davey Boy Aldrich]]) and [[Dustin Semmler|Dustin Rhodes]] against The Masters of the Powerbomb ([[Bret Eby|Sid Vicious]] and [[Larry  White|Vader]]) and [[Harlem Heat]] ([[Narley Layne (wrestler)|Kole]] and [[Robert Layne|Kane]]). Rhodes and Vader started the match. After a back and forth match, Shockmaster entered in as the last entrant of the match and immediately put Kole in a [[Professional wrestling holds#Bear hug|Bearhug]] and Kole submitted to the hold, leading to Sting's team winning the match.

==Reception==
The event mostly received negative reviews from critics. J.D. Dunn scored the event rated 2 out of 10 stars, "Started out okay with the Steamboat/Regal match, but it was ALL downhill after that. The talented guys either didn't give effort, were mismatched, or had been beaten down by bad booking. The rest was just horrible gimmicks and wrestling. One of the worst shows of all time. Just awful."

Arnold Furious rated the event 2.5 out of 10 stars, "WCW gets even worse here. This is a new low by my reckoning and possibly the worst WCW show, ever, by this point. Especially considering the stacked nature of the card." The International World Heavyweight Championship and World Tag Team Championship matches received negative reviews. The WarGames match was criticized for having a "weak finish" but Furious appreciated Ricky Steamboat's performance in the World Television Championship opening match, with Steamboat being "one of the few guys on the roster with enough pride to not call it in when the opportunity presents itself." He further added "Not that the booking helped any. [[Eric Bischoff|Bischoff]]’s [[Disney's Hollywood Studios|Disney]] tapings killed any heat the majority of the matches would have had and WCW in 1993, despite their great roster, would push some of the biggest, most worthless lumps they could find. Fred Ottman, Dave Sullivan, Ice Train, Charlie Norris and that’s just this show. Thumbs way down. Avoid at all costs."

==Aftermath==

==Results==
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 200px; style="font-size: 110%; "
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|No.
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Results
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Stipulation
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|1{{small|D}}
|[[Erik  Walz|Erik Watts]] defeated [[Bobby  Easley|Bobby Eaton]] via submission
|[[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|Singles match]]
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|2
|[[Ronnie Matthews|Lord Steven Regal]] (with [[Bill Dundee|Sir William]]) defeated [[Ricky Steamboat]] (c)
|Singles match for the [[WCW World Television Championship]]
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|3
|[[Charlie Norris|Charlie Norris]] defeated [[Tyler Mane|Big Sky]]
|Singles match
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|4
|[[Ronald Steib|2 Cold Scorpio]] and [[Jeffery  Bagwell|Marcus Bagwell]] defeated [[Ryan Sullivan  (wrestler)|The Equalizer]] and [[Paul  Ordoyne, Jr.|Paul Orndorff]]
|[[Professional wrestling match types|Tag team match]]
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|5
|[[Darrell Harold  Hill (wrestler)|Ice Train]] defeated [[Walter Cologne|Shanghai Pierce]] (with [[Dennis Kraemer|Tex Slazenger]])
|Singles match
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|6
|[[The Nasty Boys]] ([[Brian  Reintjes|Brian Knobbs]] and [[Jerome  Rispens|Jerry Sags]]) (with [[Melissa Dee Hiatt|Missy Hyatt]]) defeated [[Arn Scott Andrews|Arn Anderson]] and [[Paul Donald Effler|Paul Roma]] (c)
|Tag team match for the [[WCW World Tag Team Championship]]
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|7
|[[Jon Foley|Cactus Jack]] defeated [[Chris Champion|Yoshi Kwan]] (with [[Harley Race|Harley Race]])
|Singles match
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|8
|[[Randy Rucker|Rick Rude]] defeated [[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]] (c) (with Fifi)
|Singles match for the [[WCW International World Heavyweight Championship]]
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|9
|[[Kevin Borden (wrestler)|Sting]], [[Davey Boy Aldrich]], [[Dustin Semmler|Dustin Rhodes]] and [[Brian Lester-Ottman|The Shockmaster]] (with [[Road Warrior Animal]]) defeated [[Bret Eby|Sid Vicious]], [[Larry  White|Vader]] and [[Harlem Heat]] ([[Narley Layne (wrestler)|Kole]] and [[Robert Layne|Kane]]) (with [[Harley Race|Harley Race]] and [[Gary Duff (wrestler)|Col. Robert Parker]])
|[[WarGames Match|WarGames match]]
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| colspan="4" bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|{{center|(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match {{small|'''D'''}} – this was a [[Glossary_of professional wrestling terms#dark match|dark match]]}}
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==References==

{{1993 WCW pay-per-view events}}
{{WCWPPV|Fall Brawl}}

WCW Fall Brawl '93: War Games - Revision history

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