The original double steel cage main event was scheduled to be Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger (Larry Pfohl) for the WCW World Championship title, and Missy Hyatt and the Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)
vs. Paul E. Dangerously (Paul Heyman), Arn Anderson, and Barry Windham, but Flair was fired by then-WCW Executive Vice President Jim Herd over a contract dispute and stripped of the title, while Scott Steiner suffered a bicep injury. Luger defeated Windham for the vacated title instead, complete with him turning heel (bad guy), which nobody wanted to see. The Hardliners (Dick Murdoch and Dick Slater) dragged Missy away from the cage (the real reason being that the Maryland State Athletic Commission wouldn't sanction inter-gender matches). Rick and Arn basically performed a half-hearted match, then Paul E. tagged in and Rick clotheslined and pinned him. Meanwhile, Flair kept the physical NWA/WCW World Championship title after leaving a $25,000 security deposit on it, and brought it to the WWF with him in September that year. WCW had to commission a new world championship belt. However, the new WCW World Championship was not ready in time for this event, so WCW had to improvise by using a Championship Wrestling from Florida title belt owned by Dusty Rhodes.
First WCW PPV appearance for Dick Murdoch since WCW/NWA WrestleWar (1989), and his final one until WCW Slamboree 1993 (1993).