The event featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Professional wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Event
Pre-show
Prior to the pay-per-view, WCW had three matches which aired on Main Event. The first match saw Sgt. Craig Pittman defeat Chris Kanyon followed by Road Warrior Hawk defeating Mark Starr. During the last match on Main Event, Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck defeated Marcus Bagwell and Alex Wright. Following the match Big Van Vader came out and hit the Vaderbomb on both Bagwell and Wright. As three additional wrestlers came out to attempt to stop Vader, however they too were hit with a Vaderbomb.
Preliminary matches
The opening match saw WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Sting retain his title by defeating Meng. Toward the end of the match, Meng went to kick Sting, however Sting was able to step out of the way and used the opening to roll up Meng for the victory. Following the match, Meng attacked Sting, however Hawk came out to save Sting. The second match saw The Renegade successfully defend his WCW World Television Championship against Paul Orndorff. The Renegade hit a suplex on Orndorff, as Nick Patrick counted two, Orndorff got his shoulder up, however it was out of view from Patrick, who counted three. During the next match Kamala pinned Jim Duggan after The Zodiac hit Duggan with Kamala's mask. The following match saw Diamond Dallas Page defeated Dave Sullivan. As Sullivan attempted an inverted bearhug Max Muscle jumped on the ring apron to distract Sullivan. This enabled Page to hit the Diamond Cutter and pick up the victory. The next match was a triple threat for the WCW World Tag Team Championship. During this match Harlem Heat defended their titles against The Nasty Boys and The Blue Bloods. As Saggs covered Booker T, Booker T was on top of Regal, allowing Harlem Heat to pick up the victory, despite the confusion on the part of The Nasty Boys.
The second to last match was a lumberjack match called a lifeguard match, to go along with the beach theme. Several women in red bathing suits were also around the ring for the match, as this would be included as part of an episode of ‘’Baywatch’’. The match which saw Randy Savage defeat Ric Flair, had the following life guards: Diamond Dallas Page, Booker T, Stevie Ray, Max Muscle, Dave Sullivan, Arn Anderson, Johnny B. Badd, Dick Slater, Bunkhouse Buck, Chris Kanyon, Jim Duggan, Brian Knobbs, Jerry Sags, and Mark Starr. The main event of the event was a steel cage match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship between the champion Hulk Hogan and Big Van Vader. During the match The Zodiac and Kevin Sullivan attempted to get involved in the match however Dennis Rodman attacked them with a chair. Ultimately as Vader was on the top rope, Hogan knocked him off, allowing him to climb the cage and escape. Following the match, Ric Flair and Arn Anderson came out to confront Vader for not getting the job done, resulting in Vader challenging both of them.
