The Road Warriors vs Tenryu in '89 — wrestling before it was sanitized for your protection.
Clash of the Champions V took place on February 15, 1989 at the Cleveland Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio. There were 5,000 people in attendance and the show drew a 4.6 rating on TBS. This show was warm up show for the Chi-Town Rumble PPV only 5 days later.
Practical Effects
Real bumps, real blood, zero CGI nonsense.
Stunts
Road Warriors' power moves that defied physics.
Director
Jim Herd
Mike Hegstrand
Road Warrior Hawk
Joe Laurinaitis
Road Warrior Animal
Genichiro Tenryu
Genichiro Tenryu
Kevin Sullivan
Kevin Sullivan
Steve Williams
"Dr. Death" Steve Williams
Rob Rechsteiner
Rick Steiner
Mike Morgan
Rip Morgan
Rick Blood Sr.
Ricky Steamboat
Bob Cook
Bob Cook
James Hines
Bobby Fulton
Tom Couch
Tommy Rogers
Larry Pfohl
Lex Luger
Bruce Reed
"Hacksaw" Butch Reed
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired opposite WWF's first Saturday Night's Main Event, making it a genuine ratings war casualty most fans forgot.
The 'St. Valentine's Massacre' name was pure Jim Herd — he loved movie titles and allegedly didn't know the original 1929 event was real murders.
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