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Clash of The Champions IX: New York Knockout

Clash of the Champions IX took place on November 15, 1989 at the Houston Field House in Troy, New York. There were 4,000 fans in attendance and the show drew a 4.9 rating on TBS. This show mainly dealt with fallout from Halloween Havoc PPV and set up the Iron Man / Iron Team tournaments at Starrcade 1989.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• The Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) defeated The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) by disqualification (5:18)

• The Road Warriors were disqualified when Hawk hit the referee.
• The Freebirds had actually lost the NWA World Tag Team titles on November 1, but the match had not aired yet, so the Freebirds were introduced as the NWA World Tag Team champions.

• Doom (Ron Simmons and Butch Reed) (with Woman and Nitron) defeated Eddie Gilbert and Tommy Rich (5:15)

• Doom #1 pins Rich after a double team Clothesline

• The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) defeated The Dynamic Dudes (Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas) (9:22)

• Eaton pinned Douglas after Jim Cornette hits Douglas with his tennis racket.
• Jim Cornette was in a neutral corner at the start of the match before deciding to side with the Midnight Express

• Steve Williams defeated The Super Destroyer (1:41)

• Williams pinned the Super Destroyer with the Oklahoma Stampede
• This is Jack Victory's 4th “Masked Mystery Man” appearance at a Clash (“Russian Assassin #2”, “The Blackmailer” and “The Terrorist”)

• The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) defeated The Skyscrapers (Dan Spivey and Sid Vicious) by disqualification (6:08)

• The Steiner Brothers had actually won the NWA World Tag Team titles on November 1, but the match had not aired yet, so The Steiners were not announced as the champions.
• The Skyscrapers were disqualified when Doom ran in and attacked the Steiner Brothers.
• During the match Sid Vicious punctures a lung and is replaced by ”Mean” Mark Callous soon after.
• Woman's bodyguard Nitron makes his debut during the post match brawl between the Steiners, the Skyscrapers, Doom and the Road Warriors.

• Lex Luger defeated Brian Pillman to retain the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (12:38)

• Luger pinned Pillman after hitting him with a chair while the referee was down.
• Sting saved Pillman from further attacks by Luger.

• NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defeated Terry Funk (with Gary Hart) in a "I Quit" match (18:33)

• Flair forced Funk to say “I Quit” on the microphone due to the pain of the Figure Four Leglock
• Gary Hart attacked Funk after the match and was quickly joined by The Great Muta.
• Sting saved Flair from the attack only to be attacked by Lex Luger.
• This match received a 5-star rating from Dave Meltzer.
• Flair's NWA World Heavyweight Championship was not on the line, making it a non-title match.