Bash at the Beach (1999)

The 1999 Bash at the Beach was the sixth Bash at the Beach professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on July 11, 1999, from the National Car Rental Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Bash at the Beach (1999)
PromotionWorld Championship Wrestling
DateJuly 11, 1999[1]
CityFort Lauderdale, Florida[1]
VenueNational Car Rental Center[1]
Attendance13,624[2]
Tagline(s)A Tidal Wave of Trash-Talkin', Body Slammin', Tsunami Fury.
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As of 2014, the event is available on the WWE Network.[3]

Storylines

The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[4]

Event
Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
Commentators Tony Schiavone
Bobby Heenan
Interviewers Gene Okerlund
Mike Tenay
Ring announcers Michael Buffer
David Penzer
Referees Randy Anderson
Johnny Boone
Mickie Jay
Nick Patrick
Charles Robinson
Billy Silverman

The main event was a tag team match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in which the person to score the deciding pinfall would win the title. The match pitted champion Kevin Nash and Sting against Randy Savage and Sid Vicious. Savage pinned Nash to win the title. Other featured matches on the card were Roddy Piper versus Buff Bagwell in a boxing match, The No Limit Soldiers (Konnan, Rey Misterio, Jr., Swoll, and B.A.) versus The West Texas Rednecks (Curt Hennig, Bobby Duncum Jr., Barry Windham, and Kendall Windham) in an elimination match and a Junkyard Invitational match, which took place in a junkyard and the match could only be won climbing over a chain link fence and escaping. Fit Finlay escaped the junkyard to win the match and the Hardcore Junkyard Invitational Trophy.[5]

Reception

In 2015, Kevin Pantoja of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 2.0 [Very Bad], stating, "Another bad show from WCW and they are especially bad from this era. The only match that is really worth anything was the Tag Team Title bout. The only other thing on this entire card to even crack two stars was the opener and that was based on pure entertainment over wrestling skill. I had to endure Swol, topless Piper, Rick Steiner vs. Van Hammer, US Champ David Flair and a damn Junkyard match. If I find a good WCW Pay-Per-View from their last two+ years, I’ll be stunned."[6]

Results
No.Results[1][7]StipulationsTimes
1DC.G. Afi and Jeremy Lopez defeated Jamie Howard and Jet JaguarTag team match—
2Ernest Miller (with Sonny Onoo) defeated Disco InfernoSingles match08:07
3Rick Steiner (c) defeated Van HammerSingles match for the WCW World Television Championship03:05
4David Flair (c) (with Ric Flair, Samantha, Asya, and Arn Anderson) defeated Dean MalenkoSingles match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship03:05
5The No Limit Soldiers (Konnan, Rey Misterio Jr., Swoll, and B.A.) defeated The West Texas Rednecks (Curt Hennig, Bobby Duncum Jr., Barry and Kendall Windham)Elimination match15:35
6Fit Finlay won by escaping the junkyard[note 1]Junkyard Invitational13:51
7The Jersey Triad (Diamond Dallas Page, Chris Kanyon, and Bam Bam Bigelow) (c) defeated Perry Saturn and Chris BenoitHandicap match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship23:16
8Buff Bagwell (with Judy Bagwell) defeated Roddy Piper (with Ric Flair)Boxing match with Mills Lane as special guest referee6:36
9Randy Savage and Sid Vicious (with Team Madness) defeated Kevin Nash (c) and StingTag team match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship13:20
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
D – this was a dark match
  1. Other participants in junkyard invitational: Ciclope, Jerry Flynn, Johnny Grunge, Hak, Horace Hogan, Brian Knobbs, Hugh Morrus, La Parka, Lord Steven Regal, Rocco Rock, Silver King, David Taylor and Mikey Whipwreck.

Eight-man tag team match eliminations
Elimination no. Wrestler Team Eliminated by Elimination move Time
1 Bobby Duncum, Jr. West Texas Rednecks Swoll Springboard leg drop by Mysterio 06:26
2 Brad Armstrong No Limit Soldiers Curt Hennig Hennig-Plex 09:07
3 Kendall Windham West Texas Rednecks Konnan DDT 10:52
4 Konnan and Barry Windham No Limit Soldiers and West Texas Rednecks N/A Double count-out 13:05
5 Curt Hennig West Texas Rednecks Rey Mysterio, Jr. Swan Dive from on top of Swoll's shoulders 15:35
Survivors: Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Swoll (No Limit Soldiers)

References
  1. "Bash at the Beach 1999". Pro Wrestling History. July 11, 1999. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  2. "WCW Bash At The Beach 1999 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  3. "Every pay-per-view available on WWE Network". WWE. February 4, 2014. Archived from the original on February 5, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  4. Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  5. "WCW Hardcore Invitational Tournament history". Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  6. "411Mania".
  7. "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts". Wrestling's Historical Cards: Bash at the Beach (FOrt Lauderdale, Florida, the Car Rental Center). Kappa Publishing. 2007. p. 143.
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