Ric Flair bleeds in a barn while Terry Funk goes absolutely feral.
WCW Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout took place on November 15, 1989 at The Houston Field House in Troy, New York. There were 4,000 fans in attendance and the show drew a 4.9 rating on TBS. This show mainly dealt with fallout from Halloween Havoc PPV and set up the Iron Man/Iron Team tournaments at Starrcade '89: Future Shock.
Stunts
Funk piledrives Flair onto a table that absolutely does not break.
Acting
Flair selling like his life depends on it. It might've.
Direction
Crockett production values: gloriously janky, forever influential.
Director
Jim Herd
Ric Flair
Himself
Terry Funk
Himself
Gary Williams
Gary Hart
Larry Pfohl
"The Total Package" Lex Luger
Brian Pillman
"Flyin" Brian Pillman
Scott Rechsteiner
Scott Steiner
Rob Rechsteiner
Rick Steiner
Sid Eudy
Sid Vicious
Dan Spivey
Himself
Theodore R. Long
Himself
Steve Williams
"Dr. Death" Steve Williams
Ken Rinehurst
The Super Destroyer
Troy Martin
Shane Douglas
John Laurinaitis
Johnny Ace
Jim Cornette
Himself
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the last Clash before WCW officially rebranded from NWA. The 'New York Knockout' name was ironic—Troy is 150 miles from NYC and looks nothing like it.
The Flair-Funk 'I Quit' match here directly inspired WWE's Attitude Era violence standards. Mick Foley watched this repeatedly before Mankind. You're welcome, society.
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