No Holds Barred: The Match/The Movie
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	December 12, 1989 (aired December 27, 1989)
City	Nashville, Tennessee
Venue	Nashville Municipal Auditorium
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No Holds Barred: The Match/The Movie was aprofessional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV)event produced by theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The program aired on December 27, 1989, and consisted of the filmNo Holds Barred in its entirety, followed by a match previously recorded at aWrestling Challenge taping on December 12 at theNashville Municipal Auditorium inNashville, Tennessee. It was one of the few pay-per-view events not made available for streaming at the launch ofWWE Network service, although in 2018, the cage match became available as part of theWWE Supertape compilation in the service's Classic Home Video section.

In 1989, theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) scheduled apay-per-view (PPV) titled No Holds Barred: The Match/The Movie to be held on December 27, 1989. The program consisted of the filmNo Holds Barred in its entirety, followed by a match previously recorded at aWrestling Challenge taping on December 12 at theNashville Municipal Auditorium inNashville, Tennessee.^[1]

The main event pittedHulk Hogan andZeus on opposing tag teams. Hogan teamed with longtime friendBrutus Beefcake, while theheel Zeus teamed withRandy Savage. All four had been involved in an intertwined feud since the summer. Zeus had made several appearances at WWF events and cut promos stating that he, and not Hogan, should have received top billing inNo Holds Barred. Meanwhile, as Hogan and Savage were feuding over theWWF World Heavyweight Championship, Beefcake began feuding with Savage after Beefcake insulted Savage's managerSensational Sherri during a TV taping. At the1989 SummerSlam, Hogan and Beefcake teamed to defeat Savage and Zeus, after which the tag team feud simmered for several months as Zeus began appearing withTed DiBiase in the lead-up tothe 1989 Survivor Series. Unlike1989 SummerSlam,Miss Elizabeth did not appear at this event.

The Hogan-Beefcake vs. Savage-Zeus tag team rivalry resumed after Survivor Series, in the lead-up to "No Holds Barred: The Match/The Movie."

The Hogan-Beefcake vs. Savage-Zeus steel-cage match was part of aWWF Wrestling Challenge taping. Non-televised matches from the taping sawDusty Rhodes defeatBig Boss Man, WWF Intercontinental ChampionThe Ultimate Warrior defeatDino Bravo,The Colossal Connection (André the Giant andHaku) defeat WWF Tag Team ChampionsDemolition (Ax andSmash) by countout andMr. Perfect defeatRonnie Garvin.

Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake defeated Randy Savage and Zeus in the 10:27-longsteel-cage match. The match could be won either by pinfall/submission or by having both members of a team escape the cage.

After a back-and-forth match early on, all four competitors were knocked out after Hogan hit a suplex on Zeus, and Beefcake and Savage hit each other's heads into the cage structure. Sensational Sherri (the manager of the Savage-Zeus team) handed a chain to Savage, who attempted to strike Beefcake with a fist drop off the top of the cage, but Beefcake recovered and caught Savage coming off. Eventually, Beefcake knocked Savage to the mat and escaped the cage; Savage — with some eventual help from Beefcake — crawled outside. Meanwhile, Hogan rallied against Zeus, battering him before dropping three leg drops to score the pin and the win for the Hogan-Beefcake team.

This was Zeus's last match in the WWF, as he left shortly afterwards. Randy Savage continued to target Hogan over the WWF Championship, culminating in a match atThe Main Event III. Zeus (as Z-Gangsta) and Hogan would eventually face each other again in the main event atWCW'sUncensored (1996) with Savage this time partnering Hogan, in a two-versus-eightDoomsday Cage match.^[3]

A day after the tapings, the Colossal Connection defeated Demolition for the WWF Tag Team Championship only to lose the titles back to Demolition atWrestlemania VI. Dino Bravo continued to challenge the Ultimate Warrior for the Intercontinental Championship, culminating in a match at The Main Event III.

The Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan would begin their march toward "The Ultimate Challenge" at Royal Rumble, when they would face each other down in the ring during the Royal Rumble match. Dusty Rhodes would wrap up his feud with the Big Boss Man and move into a feud with "Macho King" Randy Savage and "Queen" Sensational Sherri which would culminate in a match at WrestleMania VI.

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