Bash at the Beach (1995)
The 1995 Bash at the Beach was the second Bash at the Beach professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on July 16, 1995 on the beach in Huntington Beach, California.
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| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | ||
| Date | July 16, 1995 | ||
| City | Huntington Beach, California | ||
| Venue | The Beach | ||
| Attendance | 9,500 | ||
| Tagline(s) | An Event So Hot, They Had To Put It On The Beach! | ||
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Ten professional wrestling matches took place at the event, nine of which were broadcast live on pay-per-view. In the main event, Hulk Hogan defeated Vader to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, marking Vader's final WCW pay-per-view match. Also featured was Sting defeating Meng to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, and Harlem Heat defeating The Nasty Boys and The Blue Bloods to retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship.
To promote the event Hulk Hogan, Big Van Vader, Randy Savage, Ric Flair and Kevin Sullivan guest starred on season 6 episode 15 of Baywatch, also titled "Bash at the Beach". As of 2014 the event is available on the WWE Network.
Bash at the Beach (1995) was the last WCW PPV to take place before the Monday Night War era of September 4, 1995 to March 26, 2001, during which WWF Monday Night Raw/WWF Raw Is War and WCW Monday Nitro competed for ratings in a weekly Monday night time slot, which is now widely seen in retrospect as having been a "golden age" of pro wrestling.