Current wrestling fans haven't the appreciation of the past that they should. Long before the biggest party of the summer was the WWE's SummerSlam event, the National Wrestling Alliance and oft-brilliant booker Dusty Rhodes developed a sweltering super card known simply as The Great American Bash.
Developed under Jim Crockett Promotions, the Great American Bash had everything you could possibly want from the greatest wrestlers in the world. Over the year, the Bash would showcase such epic contests as WarGames: The Match Beyond, The Texas Death Match, and the first major encounter between Sting and Ric Flair.
But as time went on, the premise dissolved as World Championship Wrestling dissipated with stale, repetitive programming. By the e...
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