title, and Flair/The Andersons would become the foundation of the Four Horsemen with Tully Blanchard and James J. Dillon joining in early 1986. Kamala would join the WWF later in 1985. 1986 The 1986 Great American Bash was the second annual Great American Bash event produced by the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP). Instead of a singular event, JCP used "The Great American Bash" name for a tour that had several pay-per-view caliber shows around the country in the summer of 1986. There were a total of 13 shows held under this Great American Bash tour and NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defended his title at each one against Ricky Morton, Road Warrior Hawk, Ron Garvin, Nikita Koloff, Robert Gibson, Road Warrior Animal, Magnum T. A., Wahoo McDaniel, and Dusty Rhodes. Rhodes defeated him for the title at the July 26 event. Flair challenged Rhodes to a rematch on the last Bash on August 2. Nikita Koloff and Magnum T. A. were involved in a best of seven title match series throughout the Bash for the U.S. Title. The cities toured in 1986 were in order as follows: July 1 in Philadelphia, July 3 in Washington, D.C., July 4 in Memphis, Tennessee, July 5 in Charlotte, North Carolina, July 8 in Charleston, WV, July 9 in Cincinnati, July 10 in Roanoke, Virginia, July 12 in Jacksonville, Florida, July 18 in Richmond, Virginia, July 21 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, July 23 in Johnson City, Tennessee, July 25 in Norfolk, Virginia, July 26 in Greensboro, North Carolina, and August 2 in Atlanta. In July 2019, the July 5 and July 26 editions were uploaded as hidden gems on the WWE Network. Steve Regal would win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight title from Denny Brown at the final Bash event in Atlanta, then lose it back to Brown a month later and join the WWF shortly afterwards. Ric Flair would regain the NWA World Heavyweight Title from Rhodes in St. Louis one week after the Bash tour ended, then Baby Doll would leave Dusty Rhodes and become Flair's valet until she was moved to the Central States territory after JCP's purchase later in 1986. Nikita Koloff would win the United States Heavyweight title after defeating Magnum T. A. for the fourth time on August 17 in Charlotte, NC, then would unify the United States title with the former Georgia National Heavyweight title