The night wrestling went to war with WrestleMania — and nobody won.
WCW Clash of The Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun took place on April 2, 1989 at The SuperDome in New Orleans, Louisiana. There were 5,300 people in attendance and the show drew a 4.3 rating on TBS. This show was used to build the WrestleWar '89: The Music City Showdown PPV on May 7. Clash VI was held on the same day as WrestleMania V and on free TV in an attempt to hurt the PPV rating.
Acting
Steamboat and Flair performing art while everyone else brawls.
Production
SuperDome acoustics making everything feel weirdly hollow.
Director
Jim Herd
Rick Blood Sr.
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
Ric Flair
Ric Flair
Eddie Gilbert
"HotStuff" Eddie Gilbert
Rob Rechsteiner
Rick Steiner
Kevin Sullivan
Kevin Sullivan
Dan Spivey
Dan Spivey
Khosrow Vaziri
The Iron Sheik
Robert Ross Jr.
Ranger Ross
Joe Laurinaitis
Road Warrior Animal
Mike Hegstrand
Road Warrior Hawk
Steve Williams
"Dr. Death" Steve Williams
Dick Murdoch
Dick Murdoch
Bob Orton, Jr.
"Cowboy" Bob Orton Jr.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was WCW's direct response to WWE's crown jewel event — airing free wrestling to sabotage PPV revenue, a strategy that failed spectacularly.
Rob Rechsteiner (Rick Steiner) would later become better known as Scott Steiner's brother and the originator of the Steiner Recliner — here he's just mullet and suplexes.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
US
