On July 4, 1987 NWA’s The Great American Bash took place in front of 13,500 fans at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. In the main event, The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk), Nikita Koloff, Dusty Rhodes, and Paul Ellering took on The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Lex Luger, Tully Blanchard) and J.J. Dillon with Dark Journey in the first ever “War Games” match, conceived by Rhodes. Koloff, Rhodes and Dillon all sustained legitimate injuries in the then dubbed “WarGames: The Match Beyond”. This

On July 4, 1987 NWA’s The Great American Bash took place in front of 13,500 fans at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. In the main event, The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk), Nikita Koloff, Dusty Rhodes, and Paul Ellering took on The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Lex Luger, Tully Blanchard, and J.J. Dillon) (with Dark Journey) in the first ever “War Games” match, conceived by Rhodes. Koloff, RHODES and Dillon sustained legit injuries in the then dubbed “WarGames: The Match Beyond”. This marke