demanding $10,000 () for a single appearance, an amount few independent promoters could afford. The highest drawing talent on the independents were paid an average of $750 (). Warrior agreed to do the event as a favor to Bill Anderson, who had originally trained he and Sting as Power Team USA in 1985, in exchange for $1,000 as well as a deal with Martin to restart his wrestling school, Warrior University, with both parties sharing in the profits. The match was unexpectedly set up on NWC's June 23 show which had a sellout crowd of 1,300 fans, with a weapon-filled Steel Cage Stretcher match involving Sabu, Cactus Jack, Mr. Hughes and Virgil as the main attraction. In the co-main event, The Honky Tonk Man used his guitar to win his match against Junkyard Dog. Bragging in post-match interview about having an open contract, the wrestler was confronted by T.C. Martin who revealed that The Ultimate Warrior had one as well and announced they would be meeting each other at the NWC's next show. The bout was promoted as a chance for The Honky Tonk Man to avenge his embarrassing loss at SummerSlam (1988). "The Ultimate Return" was held on July 22, 1995, and saw The Warrior won the match after using The Honky Tonk Man's own guitar on him. Between 1,250-2,000 fans turned out to see the Warrior's first appearance in the United States in two and a half years, making it one of the year's highest-attended shows on the U.S. independent circuit behind Smoky Mountain Wrestling's Super Bowl of Wrestling (5,000) and the United States Wrestling Association's Memphis Memories II (3,000). The event was a major coup for the company and garnered publicity from Pro Wrestling Illustrated and similar publications. But the company soon found itself dragged into The Ultimate Warrior's legal problems with the WWF. The July 29 edition of Slammin' TV, in which The Ultimate Warrior made his NWC tv debut, was pulled after KFBT received "an 11-page fax from Titan Sports" threatening legal action if it aired any footage of his appearance on the show. Though he appeared as "The Warrior", the WWF claimed his portrayal resembled "The Ultimate Warrior" character too closely. These segments were supposed to be edited out on the next broadcast but the station accidentally aired the episode its entirety the following month. On August 25, 1995, the NWC held a supercard