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| Promotion | National Wrestling Alliance World Championship Wrestling | ||
| Date | February 20, 1989 | ||
| City | Chicago, Illinois | ||
| Venue | UIC Pavilion | ||
| Attendance | 8,000[1] | ||
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Chi-Town Rumble was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner. It took place on February 20, 1989, at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois.
The main event was a standard wrestling match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Ric Flair defended the title against Ricky Steamboat. Steamboat pinned Flair with a Small Package to win the title.[1]
Featured matches on the undercard were The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) versus The Varsity Club (Steve Williams and Kevin Sullivan) for the NWA World Tag Team Championship, Lex Luger versus Barry Windham for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, Mike Rotunda versus Rick Steiner for the NWA World Television Championship, Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) and Jim Cornette versus Original Midnight Express (Jack Victory and Randy Rose) and Paul E. Dangerously in a Loser Leaves NWA match, Sting versus Butch Reed and Michael Hayes versus Russian Assassin #1.[2]
- ^ a b "Chi-Town Rumble results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. February 20, 1989. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
- ^ "Chi-Town Rumble Review". The History of WWE. Archived from the original on January 20, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2011.