A WarGames Classic

While this is a couple of days late as well, February 24th is an important day. It was on February 24, 1991 that the Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Sid Vicious, and Larry Zbysko) took on Sting, Brian Pillman, and the Steiner Brothers in a type of match called "WarGames" at a pay-per-view event called WrestleWar '91 in Phoenix, AZ. (ironically the site of last night's RAW). The match was an instant classic, filled with plenty of action, lots of blood, and a shocker for an ending (You might not want to watch the whole match but the end is amazing). Here is a review of the match by Scott Keith of 411mania.com as well as the match itself from DailyMotion:

February 24, 1991 in Phoenix, AZ
Memorial Coliseum drawing 6,800 ($53,000)

Shown live on PPV (1.2)

Larry is replacing Arn Anderson, who was injured shortly before this. Pillman and Windham start out. Pillman has got a big-ass shoulder tapejob. Windham goes for the Wargames bladejob record by gushing two minutes into the first period. Steve Austin would shatter the record the year after by tapping an artery about 30 seconds in. The cage is so short that Pillman can barely stand on the top rope, something which would come into play later in the match. Pillman is absolutely beating the living hell out of Windham for 5 minutes straight here. Kudos to Windham for selling like a champ. Flair is next in (I think the coin toss is rigged) and Pillman gets the beats put on him. Flair offers a groin thrust to Sting. The Horsemen are just tossing Pillman around the ring at will. Sting makes the save and goes bananas on Flair to a mega-pop. Flair pairs off with Sting and they do their usual match. Larry Z is in next and Sting takes him out with ease. Flair cheats and the Horsemen pound on Sting for a bit and then take care of Pillman. Rick Steiner cleans house for the faces to another hot reaction. Flair joins the bleeding pool. The Horsemen are mercilessly hammering Pillman's shoulder. Sting bleeds. Sid Vicious just pounds the hell out of everything that moves when he gets in. Flair gets rubbed into the cage about 5 times. Rick keeps getting rammed to the cage but no-sells every time. There's big red blotch all over the cage from Flair's head. Big Poppa Pump is last in for the faces. Sid Vicious calls a spot with Rick Steiner while on camera. Vicious rams Pillman into the turnbuckle shoulder-first a few times and then rips off the tape. The faces all get figure-fours on the Horsemen in a very a cool moment. The faces continue the assualt on everyone but Sid Vicious, who won't go down. Vicious takes out Sting and the Steiners, leaving Pillman to take on the Horsemen. Then Sid takes over on Pillman. In the ugliest moment in Wargames history, Sid powerbombs Pillman, hitting his head on the top of the cage and nearly breaking his neck legit, and then he picks up the half-dead Pillman and does it again. Pillman is temporarily paralyzed and El Gigante improvises by running in from the dressing room and throwing in the towel. The crowd is in shock at the sudden ending. Still, an easy ***** match. (21:50)

Wargames Ric Flair's Team vs Sting's Team Part 1
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Wargames Ric Flair's Team vs Sting's Team Part 2
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