The wrestling experiment that gave you vertigo before VR existed.
WCW Clash of The Champions IV took place on December 7, 1988 at the UTC Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee. There were 8000 people in attendance and the show drew a 4.5 rating on TBS. This show set up Starrcade '88: True Gritt. It was on this show that TBS/NWA experimented with a top down camera angle, which did not catch on. This is comparable to the "refer-eye" camera from Halloween Havoc '91. This is the very first supershow held by World Championship Wrestling.
Practical Effects
That cursed top-down angle — beautiful disaster of ambition.
Stunts
Road Warriors throwing bodies around before safety existed.
Production
Jim Herd's first supershow gamble that birthed modern WCW.
Director
Jim Herd
Ric Flair
Ric Flair
Barry Windham
Barry Windham
Stanfield Lane
"Sweet" Stan Lane
Bobby Eaton
"Beautiful" Bobby Eaton
Virgil Runnels
Dusty Rhodes
Joe Laurinaitis
Road Warrior Animal
Tom Couch
Tommy Rogers
James Hines
Bobby Fulton
Eddie Gilbert
"HotStuff" Eddie Gilbert
Oreal Perras
Ivan Koloff
Paul Frederick
Paul Jones
Steve Williams
"Dr. Death" Steve Williams
Gary Sabaugh
The Italian Stallion
Jim Cornette
Jim Cornette (Manager)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'refer-eye' camera from Halloween Havoc '91 was a spiritual successor to this failed experiment. WCW never learned.
This show established WCW's supershow rhythm and directly fed into Starrcade '88: True Gritt, the last NWA-branded Starrcade before Turner fully took over.
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