WWE: 5 classic Great American Bash moments  NXT will need to live up to

#3 War Games (1987)

Oh no... you pissed off Animal...

Created by WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes, War Games is one of the all-time classic speciality matches. At once simple and, yet, convoluted (I know, it's weird, but it's still awesome), these matches were a staple of NWA/WCW shows throughout its history - sort of like that era's Hell In A Cell or Elimination Chamber. It's recently been revived in WWE NXT, which is appropriate as the brand is now bringing back the Bash in the first place.

The only match that can contain #SAnitY, #AOP + @roderickstrong, AND #UndisputedERA? #WWENXT GM @RealKingRegal has declared WarGames!!! pic.twitter.com/0SPbA4kwIZ

— WWE (@WWE) November 2, 2017

It was at NWA's Great American Bash in 1987 that we witnessed the very first War Games match. The Road Warriors - Hawk and Animal - along with their manager Paul Ellering, teamed with Dusty Rhodes and Nikita Koloff to face the Four Horsemen - which, at that time, consisted of Flair, Anderson, Blanchard, and Lex Luger (along with their manager JJ Dillon, who was also in the match along with Ellering). Many of these names would go on to be WWE Hall of Famers.

At this early point in the show's history, it was actually a series of shows that took place during July 1987 in Miami, FL and Charlotte, NC. Two out of the three shows featured this War Games match, both of which saw the Four Horsemen defeated.

The War Games matches that followed this one - including the WWE NXT matches - were certainly as epic, if not more, than this one. But, there's nothing quite like the original.