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Name of the event:
WCW Bash At The Beach 1996
Attendance:
ca. 8.300
Broadcast type:
Live
Broadcast date:
07.07.1996
TV station/network:
PPV Sender
Buyrate (relative):
0.71

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Valid votes: 137
Number of comments: 61
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Average rating: 7.74  [137]
Average rating in 2026: 7.00  [8]
Average rating in 2025: 7.00  [12]
Average rating in 2024: 6.38  [8]
Average rating in 2023: 7.00  [9]
Average rating in 2022: 6.63  [16]
Average rating in 2021: 7.33  [9]
Average rating in 2020: 9.17  [6]
Average rating in 2019: 8.33  [3]
Average rating in 2018: 8.00  [8]
Average rating in 2017: 8.14  [14]
Average rating in 2016: 7.29  [7]
Average rating in 2015: 7.80  [5]
Average rating in 2014: 7.00  [2]
Average rating in 2013: 7.00  [1]
Average rating in 2011: 8.50  [4]
Average rating in 2010: 8.75  [4]
Average rating in 2009: 9.60  [5]
Average rating in 2008: 9.50  [8]
Average rating in 2007: 9.00  [8]
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Thats The Wall wrote on 23.01.2026:
[9.0] "One of the most important PPVs in wrestling history. Big fight feel for the Outsiders vs Savage, Luger and Sting, capped by the biggest turn in pro wrestling history. Rey vs Psychosis was very good as well. Rest of the undercard was average, but it's impossible not to rate this show high considering how high the highs are."
Jamesbroispx wrote on 13.01.2026:
[7.0] "The main event is of such stature on this card that the rest of the show feels like a waiting room for it, and that makes sense in Kayfabe, but in reality its hard to be invested in John Tenta vs Big Bubba while the fate of the entire company rests on the final match of the card. WCW at this point is such a bizarre mish-mash of talent really highlighted by a PPV starring Steve McMichael, Disco Inferno, Dean Malenko, Rey Misterio, and Psicosis. The work-rate is all over the place, and while WCW is changing the game by putting incredible talent on Monday Nights at this point, the legacy of trying to push guys with "the look" over talent is still evident here, and that's something that'll hang over WCW til it closes its doors."
Oddtalk wrote on 26.08.2025:
[6.0] "This show is weird. It's an incredible opening match, then 2.5 hours of mediocrity at best and dogshit at worst, then a solid main event that ends with a historical shock that sent waves across the entire industry. If it weren't for the first and final matches, this would've been the worst PPV of the year."
GolyPCDV wrote on 13.07.2025:
[7.0] "A very important PPV due to its main event which was fantastic in terms of ringwork and storytelling obviously. Unfortunately, the whole show is marred by decent to very poor matches. The only real standout is the opener which is just killer from the best luchadors at the time in my opinion. 7/10, would have been closer to 9 if it featured more matches like the first and last. Still, the execution of the last match was so good that it really saves the entire show."
Ruthless Attitude wrote on 10.03.2025:
[10.0] "Bash at the Beach 1996 is by no means a perfect event, but it is hands down the most important WCW PPV. I don't think it's negative to say that everything on this show is overshadowed by the ending of the main event and the payoff of Hulk Hogan's betrayal of WCW when he leg drops a prone Randy Savage. The promo interview with a heartbroken Mean Gene Okerlund along with the ring being filled with garbage fans threw in the ring showed in itself how good this angle was and from this point on nothing was predictable in WCW. The main event itself I thought was very well laid out and was a huge spectacle after months and months of strong build. The card had some really strong matches with Rey Mysterio vs Psychosis being one of the best matches of the year. There was also a surprisingly good Disco Inferno performance against Dean Malenko, which told a really solid underdog story and Ric Flair vs Konnan was solid too even if it could have been better. It isn't as strong a card as The Great American Bash the previous month because there was a bad few gimmick matches that didn't really work and I wish The Giant had been defending the WCW Title instead of the tag team match we got, but overall this was still a legendary show despite its flaws."
Mosse wrote on 25.02.2025:
[5.0] "It's an historic night for wrestling, but the show isn't great from start to end. The first match is amazing, of course, it's 96 Psychosis v Misterio, what else do you expect, Konnan v Flair is fine, Malenko carries Disco Inferno into a decent title match, and the Main Event is fun, mostly thanks to Nash and Hall. And then the Hogan come back, the turn, the leg drops, the promo, the garbage thrown into the ring, it's absolutely iconic. If everything was like the opener and the last 15 minutes, it would be an all timer. But no, we also have Joe Gomez v Steve McMichael."
MOST718 wrote on 17.12.2024:
[3.0] "I mean, outside of the opening and closing matches this was a really, really bad PPV. There are some really meh to straight up bad matches, along side two absolute all time stinkers. That said its much funnier watching it in 2024 than it was in 96, since Im older and have a so-bad-its-good POV when it comes to a lot of 90s wrestling. Still, if you're pressed for time watch the opening Rey vs Psychosis, which was rad as hell, and then skip to the main event, which was also rad but for completely different reasons. It felt chaotic and the commentators did a great job converting panic if WCW lost. Then we got the all timer angle and post match promo. Also its fun to see the crowd reactions, with the dude in the ECW shirt in the front row loving every minute of this turn lol"
JacquesRougeauCanHaveMyWife wrote on 12.11.2024:
[5.0] "Okay, so The Outsiders/nWo angle was phenomenal and the promo from Hogan was incredible, plus the build to it throughout the whole show was great, but the middle part of this was really lacking in some places. A lot of bad matches with The Nasties vs Public Enemy and McMichael vs Gomez leading the line, plus a couple of underwhelming ones, like Flair vs Konnan or Sullivan & Giant vs Benoit & Arn, so the quality was really bumpy throughout the whole length. They started out fantastically though and Psychosis delivered probably his best performance ever, while Rey was getting even more over with the crowd as a babyface, while the main event was a solid match all around, but it mostly played the role of setting up what was about to come after. So overall the PPV itself was really important and I loved what they did in the end, but it was hard to get there and it really showed that they put all the focus in the main event angle and just glanced over the rest."
PattyMaddy wrote on 29.07.2024:
"Historical PPV, except for the main event, you can watch nothing. Although a fight between Malenko and inferno would also be very good in the Nitro"
Dcarter1153 wrote on 11.01.2024:
[4.0] "This was a terrible ppv lmfao what the hell are these ratings. The only thing worth watching was the opening I literally could have turned it off after that and not missed anything. Wowie Hogan turned who cares. Every single match sucked. If I paid money for this show I would have been insanely salty. Not to mention the commentator did not stfu for one second about the third man. Terrible skippable boring show"
Jeaver wrote on 20.08.2023:
[4.0] "This card is just bad, if the Hogan turn doesn't happen I can guarantee this can is rated like a 6 at best. The mid card was atrocious with only probably 10 minutes worth of enjoyable wrestling to me, the opener is great especially for its time, and the main event is solid with some exceptions."
Red Mage Riot wrote on 09.02.2023:
[6.0] "Amazing opener, instantly legendary ending to the show. It sags a bit in the middle, but even then, there are a couple bright spots to fill things in. Shame about a couple of the filler matches, though, as they drag down a really legendary show."
Den003 wrote on 20.12.2022:
[6.0] "Of course, I understand everything, this is a legendary PPV, but in which the NWO was formed, but if you look objectively, then only 2 out of 9 fights deserve to be watched. I think that in this situation, putting 8, 9, 10 is not objective and stupid."
TNBG2381 wrote on 05.10.2022:
[5.0] "Aside from the NWO formation and the Rey and Psicosis match, this PPV was pretty average. The matches weren? t very good other than the opener."
elnino wrote on 02.10.2022:
[8.0] "The match quality wasn't as good as the previous ppv but it gets a similar rating due to how iconic the event was in wrestling history. The opening match was fantastic and the cruiserweight title match was solid. The main event was average in the ring but was all about the story it was telling. The resulting heel promo by hogan was incredible and witnessing the crowd throw debris into the ring is a view that just adds to the iconic moment even more."
XXDoubleHHXX wrote on 17.09.2022:
[8.0] "Outside of the main event and what happens with Hogan turning Heel, it's a pretty okay show. The cruiserweights stole the show but I was really digging the John Tenta getting revenge on the Dungeon storyline. Ric Flair vs Konnan was the best we were gonna get out of those two together. My original rating was gonna get a 6 but because how historic it was I boosted it to a 8."
MilkDDT wrote on 16.06.2022:
[7.0] "An odd but memorable show bookended by a fantastic cruiserweight match and a historic angle. Psychosis/Rey is a contender for best opening match in WCW PPV history, and there isn't much I can say that hasn't already been said regarding the industry changing main event. Everything in between these ranged mostly from awful to mediocre, but thankfully are insignificant in the grand scheme of things. This is a turning point for wrestling and that alone makes it deserving of praise."
arrancar wrote on 13.06.2022:
[3.0] "For as well-regarded as this show is due to the NWO's formation, it was mostly just dreadful. It's hard for me to think of a worse stretch of matches from a major PPV than those 7 between the opener and the main-event, all of which ranged from plain bad to outright insulting and valueless. Psychosis vs Misterio was MOTN and nothing else was in contention. They started very slowly due to their 'traditional' approach which featured lots of dull grappling, but their crazy athleticism and immensely creative stunts would eventually win the crowd over in quite a big way, making for a really hot opener. ***1/2. Bubba vs Tenta was once again slow and completely devoid of any creativity or intensity. The item-on-a-pole gimmick was stupid. What an absolute waste of time. 1/2*. Duggan vs DDP was very low-effort. Duggan was annoyingly over-the-top as always, though DDP was mildly entertaining with his charismatic heel work. DDP got the win with the Cutter out of nowhere, and then Duggan immediately no-sold it to get his heat back by attacking him, all of which sucked. *. Nasty Boys vs Public Enemy was just a mindless and uncoordinated brawl with many low-effort weapon/prop spots. *. Malenko vs Inferno was forgettable but mostly fine. Malenko did well beating the hell out of Inferno, and Inferno did well playing the cowardly and dorky heel that's far out of his depth. Malenko's work was solid, but the match had zero heat because of how one-sided it was for so long and how underwhelming Inferno was once he regained control. **1/4. McMichael vs Gomez saw us bounce back to the 'completely worthless' matches. Both men had equally sloppy and uninspired offences, being so slow and uncoordinated that they looked like they were moving underwater. 1/2*. Konnan vs Flair had a clear story but a very lazy one. Flair did all his signature spots and displayed his usual melodramatic selling, while Konan was typically rather slow or sloppy at quite a few points. They had lots of generic and heatless exchanges and spots, all while Flair's entourage constantly interfered to help him win. Pretty damn boring. **1/4. Arn & Benoit vs Giant & Sullivan was just very generic brawl work on both sides. Very little heat and essentially zero intensity or creativity apart from some small flashes from Arn and Benoit. They ironically showed far better wrestling in the post-match fight. **. Hogan, Nash, and Hall vs Luger, Savage & Sting was fine but forgettable as a match, worked very basically but with decent energy all around. **3/4. As an angle, it was very cool. It wasn't yet obvious just how monumental Hogan's turn here was, but his swerve and reveal was very well done, and his first heel promo was great because of how immensely arrogant and hyped-up he was. The visual of fans showering the NWO with trash the whole time was great, too. If not for that really fun opener and shocking main-event reveal then this would absolutely be one of the worst wrestling shows ever."
Giantfan1980 wrote on 02.06.2022:
[6.0] "This show is obviously all about the main event, but the cruiser weight matches are worth a look too. This show does have quite a few garbage filler matches that weren't necessary beyond padding the card."
MorbidAxis wrote on 09.04.2022:
[6.0] "Historical significance aside, this event was absolutely atrocious outside of the opening contest between Psychosis and Mysterio, which was easily one of the best matches of 1996. The following three gimmick matches were horrible, but then nothing compares to the abomination that was Gomez v McMichael. I give it a 6 because of how much the end would mean to the wrestling world."
Derek Joists wrote on 30.12.2021:
[7.0] "This is a really hard show to rate, as it's one of the most important in wrestling history, but for the most part it's really not very good. The opening match was amazing, and shows one part of what would define WCW going forward - the cruiserweight division. The final match wasn't so good from a wrestling point of view, but was the beginning of the NWO, another defining part of WCW. In between those was a load of stuff that varied between tolerable and awful, but the end of the show at least is so important it has to be recommended, and my rating reflects that."
Mudshow Idol wrote on 23.12.2021:
[5.0] "Even when taking historical significance into account the overall rating for this is astonishingly high. By comparison, Wrestlemania 14 is a massively significant event and the rating for that is much more in line with the actual quality of the show. The undercard is fun, but things start to drag massively from the Cruiserweight title match and onwards. McMichael/Gomez, Flair/Konnan and Dungeon/Horsemen are legitimately terrible matches and pull things way down. The main event itself is extremely underwhelming and is only worthwhile for the big reveal."
benny5bellys wrote on 09.12.2021:
[8.0] "Other than the opening match the actual wrestling on this card is terrible but the Hogan turn and promo with trash flying in the ring is an all timer."
5nicoShuffle wrote on 30.11.2021:
[10.0] "A little gimmick heavy but brilliant show that was the start of WCW's biggest money making angle. [1st match] Great opener with some sick outside & Guardrail spots. The finish was incredible! **** [2nd match] Confusing stip, but told a great story. These two having a much better match than at GAB '96. **3/4 [3rd match] An even more confusing stip, with only one of the wrestler's actually having taped fists during the match. ** [4th match] Actually good a good gimmick for a Tag match, I thought. I think it would have been better had they staying in the ring, but at least PE were protected from not having to wrestle much. * [5th match] Quite a lot different to the earlier Cruiserweight match, but still good. *** [6th match] Pretty one-sided, Gomez was pretty much fed to McMichael. 1/2* [7th match] Effectively a 3 on 1 match with the two women getting involved frequently. **3/4 [8th match] Messy inside & outside brawl; too similar to the dog collar Tag from earlier. ** [Main] Drama and post match stuff better than the match itself, but still The Outsiders eliminating and cutting off the faces was great stuff. Some dodgey and unimportant matches for sure, but the way this whole angle was treated as a shoot and a credible threat to the company was extremely well done, to the announcers and interviews, everything was perfect. Best WCW PPV I've ever seen."
jackleone wrote on 30.05.2017:
[8.0] "Highly relevant event, where the main event delivers maybe the best heel turn of all time (well, I still prefer CM Punk heel turn in ROH). The opening match is a great classic, Rey Mysterio vs Psichosis is by far the best match of the event. The rest is not really enjoyable, this is why I can't give more to Bash at the Beach '96. Gomez vs McMichaels is a terrible match, but it's hard to find something else to enjoy."
Mizzle Assault Ant wrote on 14.02.2017:
[10.0] "It's a show that mostly rests on one match and the angle that followed, but that angle was truly world shaking, PLUS there is a genuine MOTY contender in the phenomenal Mysterio/Psychosis match, so I think it's safe to say this is one of the best PPVs WCW ever produced. Even guys like Duggan and Mongo, who I expected to drag the card down, weren't as bad as usual, everyone was working very hard on this show. The Horsemen/Dungeon tag match is also really good, and the main event speaks for itself, good action followed by perhaps THE landmark moment in all of modern wrestling. Great show, cementing the start of one of the best runs a company has ever had."
DanTalksRasslin wrote on 03.07.2015:
[10.0] "The main event and its aftermath featured what was, without a doubt, one of the single greatest angles in wrestling history, and alone makes this a must-see show. But there was some good stuff on the undercard as well: Misterio vs. Psychosis, Flair vs. Konnan, Malenko vs. Disco and Public Enemy vs. Nasties were all good matches and showcased the multitude of different styles WCW featured at its height. There were also a couple of weaker matches, sure, but for what it did right this one's essential viewing."
elwanning wrote on 25.02.2014:
[6.0] "While this is one of the most important PPV's in history, it wasn't really that great. John Tenta/Big Bubba, DDP/Duggan, & McMichael/Gomez were all complete wastes of time. Nasty Boys vs. Public Enemy was an entertaining brawl. Dean Malenko & Disco Inferno was decent. Flair/Konnan had a good match. Arn Anderson & Chris Benoit vs. Kevin Sullivan & Giant wasn't anything special. The opening match between Mysterio & Psychosis was very entertaining, a 4 Star match. The highlight of the show was the main event of the N. W. O. vs. W. C. W. This match gets 5-Stars, not because it stands out as a great contest, but because it told one of the greatest stories of all time, and featured the biggest surprise in the history of wrestling. We will probily never see another surprise as big as this. 6 of 10. The first and last match save this PPV from being easily forgotten."