[13] He also won the Television title (which by that point had been renamed NWA World Television Championship) a second time. [85], On the February 25, 2019 episode of WWE Raw, Steamboat along with special guests Shawn Michaels, Kurt Angle and Sting appeared during the main event segment to celebrate the 70th birthday of Ric Flair. The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner) defeated Lex Luger & Sting in a match for the WCW tag team titles. Here are some options that would suit the job well, in no particular order. On subsequent episodes of Superstars and Wrestling Challenge, Steamboat would go on to win numerous squash matches. 19 Dean Malenko vs. Eddie Guerrero Uncensored 1997 In 1997, Eddie Guerrero and Dean Malenko had already faced off numerous times in both WCW and ECW. In great condition. [80], He appeared on the February 23 edition of Raw, after being named one of the members of the 2009 WWE Hall of Fame class. Ron Simmons pinned Richard Morton at 5:26 with the powerslam, 8/10/92; Atlanta, GA; Center Stage Theatre Scotty Flamingo vs. Larry Santo #WWE2K18 #Sting vs. Ricky Steamboat - #WWEExtreme RulesWWE Shop: http://bit.ly/2WjJQaQSubscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbDjoc2OT8-4VD7dKodm_5gThanks for watching, be sure to leave a Like! Steamboat proposed to fight as a masked heel until somebody would remove his mask, but Patterson said he was a consummate babyface. Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat, & Nikita Koloff vs. Arn Anderson, Larry Zbyszko, & Bobby Eaton Rick & Scott Steiner vs. Don Michaels & Jack Savage In a perfect world, it could be Steamboat and his son, Richie, taking both on in a tag team match, as that would work best to hide Rickys weaknesses. Back by Popular Demand! Steamboat knocked Flair out with a backhand chop to set up a match between the two. Ricky Steamboat battled against WCW United States Champion Rick Rude for 30 minutes, but not for the title, which is such a shame because it was world title worthy. Copyright 2023 The History of WWE. Nikita Koloff vs. John Peterson Several weeks after winning the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship, Steamboat asked WWF owner Vince McMahon for some time off to be with his wife Bonnie, who was expecting the birth of their first son, Richard, Jr. But hes not the only one. Ricky Steamboat VS Big Van Vader (WCW World Title Match) Garth Leadon 1.39K subscribers 21K views 3 years ago From 90's saturday morning wrestling show WCW Power Hour. update: Great TV show, WWE multiple releases, Austin talks WWE Hall of Fame, Best night for Bellator, PPV predictions, NWA Hall of Fame, James Storm headlines benefit show, Devitt takes another title", "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1992", "Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 500 PWI Years", "Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 100 Tag Teams of the PWI Years", Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Profile of Ricky Steamboat, Creative Control/The Harris Brothers (Gerald/Ron Harris and Patrick/Don Harris), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ricky_Steamboat&oldid=1137132358, American sportspeople of Japanese descent, NWA/WCW/WWE United States Heavyweight Champions, Professional wrestlers from New York (state), Professional wrestlers from North Carolina, Sportspeople from Charlotte, North Carolina, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, World's Strongest Tag Determination League Outstanding Performance Award (1980) with, World's Strongest Tag Determination League Fair Play Award (1980) with, World's Strongest Tag Determination League New Wave Award (1982) with, Ranked No. Steamboat and Flair's last encounter was in a tag team match on the July 31 edition of Main Event where Steamboat teamed with Sting against Ric Flair and Steve Austin.[66]. From June to August 2009, Steamboat worked in house shows against Chris Jericho, Drew McIntrye, and Sheamus. WCW US Tag Team Champion Terrance Taylor vs. Tom Zenk, 5/2/92 hosted by Jim Ross; included a look at the feud between Ricky Steamboat and WCW US Champion Rick Rude, and footage from the previous weeks Pro of Ross conducting a podium interview with Paul E. Dangerously, with Madusa, in which Dangerously claimed Steamboat was stalking Madusa outside of the ring and Madusa then cried while talking about Steamboat being a woman beater; featured the Super Nintendo Top 10 Challenge rankings: 10) WCW US Tag Team Champion Terry Taylor, 9) Cactus Jack, 8) Nikita Koloff, 7) Ron Simmons, 6) Larry Zbyszko, 5) Dustin Rhodes, 4) WCW TV Champion Steve Austin, 3) Big Van Vader, 2) Steamboat, and 1) Rude; included a Wrestle War 92 ad; featured a segment of Missy Does the Mail in which Missy Hyatt discussed Koloffs claim that WCW World Champion Sting is his favorite wrestler and offered to face Vader in Stings absence; Missy then claimed Koloff was setting Sting up to turn on him at Wrestle War; footage then aired of Eric Bischoff conducting an interview at home with Sting about his recovery after the injury from Vader and Koloffs comments; included footage from the recent WCW Saturday Night Best 2 out of 3 falls match between Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin and WCW US Tag Team Champions Terry Taylor & Greg Valentine: It ended a long feud between the two units and it was the last time the two teams clashed for almost half a decade. Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat 22 maggio 1994: Slamboree: Filadelfia: Sting vs. Big Van Vader 17 luglio 1994: Bash at the Beach: Orlando: Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan . FOR SALE! Fully recovered, he returned to the ring in February 1990 for the North Carolina-based North American Wrestling Association (later renamed South Atlantic Pro Wrestling in July 1990), where he feuded with Robert Fuller over the NAWA/SAPW Heavyweight Championship, until leaving the promotion in October 1990. Steve Austin vs. Ron Simmons, 6/20/92: view more . This Week In Wrestling History hosted by Don Tony aired back in 2018-2019 and spanned two seasons. Sting & Ricky Steamboat vs. Steve Austin & Rick Rude WCW Clash of the Champions XVIII MK Digital 13:27 Rick Rude vs Sting WCW Oakland, CA 03.07.1992 Rogers Amarion Sting, Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham & Ricky Steamboat vs. Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton & Larry Zbyszko (WCW Saturday Night 02.22.1992) 11:52 Brian Pillman & Marcus Alexander Bagwell vs. Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin vs. Mark Canterbury & Sonny Trout Up for sale: The Wrestler Magazine March 1987 Brian Adidas, Barry 324693210161 One of the best pure babyface wrestlers of the 1980s and early 1990s, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat ended up a highly decorated champion by the end of his career, capturing the WWE Intercontinental Championship, the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, and the WCW World Title. WCW US Tag Team Champion Jimmy Garvin vs. Terrence Taylor, 6/13/92: He then faced off against Randy Savage in the quarterfinals. Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat and Sting vs. Rick Rude and Nasty Boys (11 27 1993) FrancisDonald56648670. [34] On the January 3, 1987 Saturday Night's Main Event IX, Steamboat returned from his injury and prevented Savage from attacking George Steele like he had done to Steamboat six weeks prior. Sting and the nWo, for example, never got a classic feud-ending match. . NWA United States Heavyweight Championship, NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship, Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship, he was not pushed or given any meaningful feuds, Clash of the Champions VII: Guts and Glory, Clash of the Champions XX: 20th Anniversary, both men's shoulders being pinned at the same time, George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, NWA/WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, NWA Mid-Atlantic/NWA/WCW World Television Championship, Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum, World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment, WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship, Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame, "WWE news: The 30 Greatest WWE Superstars of all time ranked (30-21)", "WWE United States Championship official title history", "N.W.A. 2 Cold Scorpio pinned Mustafa Saied with the 450 splash (12/1/92; Gainesville, GA) WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas defeated Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce at 5:30 when Douglas pinned Slazenger after Slazenger sustained Steamboat's crossbody off the top; after the bout, Jesse Ventura interviewed the champions at ringside where they accepted the challenge to face Steve Austin and Brian Pillman the . WWE Mattel Elite 93 . [48] Steamboat lost the match by disqualification after hitting Luger with a chair. More ACTION on WWE. WWE Mattel Elite 62 Sting . DE. However, Steamboat would lose to his first round opponent Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. Luger stood over the fallen Steamboat and arrogantly said, "There lays your number one contender! WCW delivered some absolutely awesome feud-ending matches throughout its history. Ricky Steamboat pinned Scotty Flamingo with the crossbody off the top (10/6/92; Gainesville, GA), 10/31/92: WCW TV Champion Steve Austin vs. Rick Steiner, 4/11/92: Steve Austin vs. Larry Zbyszko [42] Although television segments were shot immediately after WrestleMania IV that made it appear that Steamboat would be facing Valentine in a series of matches, Steamboat left the WWF shortly thereafter. USA & International; Australien; Kanada; In this page you find the full list of all the Tag Teams and Stables included by default in WWE 2K20 with thei Shane Douglas pinned JD Wolfe with a belly to belly suplex (10/6/92; Gainesville, GA) The storytelling in this match summed up why Vader and Jack were able to be so captivating as foes. Johnny B. Badd vs. Chris Sullivan After leaving the NWA, Steamboat underwent surgery on his injured foot. WCW Main Event - TV-Show @ Georgia Mountains Center in Gainesville, Georgia, USA. . The only knock against this classic bout is that it ended in a draw. Sting vs. the Medic [30] They later battled each other in a Snake Pit match (no DQ) in front of 74,000 fans at The Big Event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which Steamboat won with a small package despite Roberts dominating virtually the entire match to that point. Brian Pillman vs. Sgt. Teaming with Kerry Von Erich and Davey Boy Smith against the Warlord, Hercules, and Paul Roma, Steamboat got the victory for his team by pinning Roma. The chances of this, however, are unlikely. 2023-02-27 . [82], On June 28, 2010, he returned to WWE Raw to promote his new DVD only to be attacked and injured by The Nexus. Rude took a commanding 3-1. [83], Steamboat worked as an NXT trainer and in the talent relations department with Triple H until the developmental release of his son, Richie Steamboat, in 2013. WCW World Champion Ron Simmons, Sting, & WCW/NWA Tag Team Champion Dustin Rhodes defeated Cactus Jack, the Barbarian, & Tony Atlas at around the 10-minute mark when Simmons pinned Cactus with the powerslam; the match was joined in progress, 11/21/92: [22] On the September 14, 1985 edition of Championship Wrestling, Steamboat defeated Mr. Fuji, but after his victory he was attacked by Fuji's protege Don Muraco, pitting Steamboat in a feud against Muraco and Fuji. 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