127. The Road Warriors, Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff and Paul Ellering vs The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Lex Luger and Tully Blanchard) and J.J. Dillon (Inaugural War Games Match, NWA The Great American Bash 1987)

After two awful War Games matches, it was time for a War Games match that did the gimmick justice! The WWE Network has a ‘Best of War Games’ feature, and the first match on that compilation is the first ever War Games match: NWA’s The Great American Bash 1987! If you can forgive the odd presentation, the WWE Network’s odd editing of the match (the first few minutes are missing), and a damp squib if an ending, this inaugural gimmick match encapsulates everything that was great about War Games…

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