The Great American Bash was an annual summer professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the National Wrestling Alliance's (NWA) Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and then by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). According to Ric Flair in his autobiography, To Be the Man, Dusty Rhodes invented the concept of The Great American Bash.
After the final Great American Bash was held by WCW on June 11, 2000, the event would not be held again due to the acquisition of WCW by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). After a four year hiatus, however, the event was revived by WWE in 2004 until 2009 (the name of the final event being abbreviated to "The Bash"), and was also used as the title for a special live edition of WWE SmackDown in July 2012. WWE's production of The Great American Bash was the only former WCW pay-per-view event to be revived by WWE.
Events[]
National Wrestling Alliance[]
- NWA The Great American Bash 1985 - July 6, 1985
- NWA The Great American Bash 1986 - July–August 1986
- NWA The Great American Bash 1987 - July 1987
- NWA The Great American Bash 1988 - July 10, 1988
- NWA The Great American Bash 1989 - July 23, 1989
- NWA The Great American Bash 1990 - July 7, 1990
World Championship Wrestling[]
- WCW The Great American Bash 1991 - July 14, 1991
- WCW The Great American Bash 1992 - July 12, 1992
- WCW The Great American Bash 1995 - June 18, 1995
- WCW The Great American Bash 1996 - June 16, 1996
- WCW The Great American Bash 1997 - June 15, 1997
- WCW The Great American Bash 1998 - June 14, 1998
- WCW The Great American Bash 1999 - June 13, 1999
- WCW The Great American Bash 2000 - June 11, 2000
World Wrestling Entertainment[]
- WWE The Great American Bash 2004 - June 27, 2004
- WWE The Great American Bash 2005 - July 24, 2005
- WWE The Great American Bash 2006 - July 23, 2006
- WWE The Great American Bash 2007 - July 22, 2007
- WWE The Great American Bash 2008 - July 20, 2008
- WWE The Bash 2009- June 28, 2009
WWE NXT[]
- NXT The Great American Bash 2020 - July 1, July 8 2020
- NXT The Great American Bash 2021 - July 6 2021
- NXT The Great American Bash 2022 - July 5 2022
- NXT The Great American Bash 2023 - July 30 2023