Aftermath
Ricky Steamboat and Ric Flair continued their rivalry for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Chi-Town Rumble. On April 2 edition of Clash of the Champions, Steamboat defeated Flair in a Two out of three falls match to retain the title. However, Flair's foot was on the bottom rope during the ending of the third fall. As a result, it was announced on April 9 edition of Main Event that a rematch would take place between the two for the title. At WrestleWar, Flair defeated Steamboat to win the title.
After winning the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship from Barry Windham at Chi-Town Rumble, Lex Luger continued his feud with Windham. On March 18 edition of World Championship Wrestling, Luger and Michael Hayes competed against Barry and Kendall Windham in a tag team match, during which Hayes turned on Luger and helped the Windhams in winning the match. As a result, Hayes joined Hiro Matsuda's group Yamazaki Corporation and began a rivalry with Luger. At WrestleWar, Hayes defeated Luger, with the help of Terry Gordy to win the United States Championship.
Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) continued their rivalry with Varsity Club after retaining the NWA World Tag Team Championship against Club members Kevin Sullivan and Steve Williams at Chi-Town Rumble. On April 2 edition of Clash of the Champions, Road Warriors lost the belts to Club members Mike Rotunda and Steve Williams. At WrestleWar, Rotunda and Williams defended the titles against Road Warriors. Club members Kevin Sullivan and Dan Spivey attacked the special guest referee Nikita Koloff, resulting in a disqualification loss for Rotunda and Williams. This misconduct between Club members caused the titles to get vacated.
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