On July 14, 1991 the 3rd Great American Bash pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the 7th overall, took place at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The original scheduled card of the event was heavily changed. Ric Flair was scheduled to defend the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against WCW United States Champion Lex Luger in a steel cage match but Flair was fired by Jim Herd over a contract dispute before the event and was replaced by Barry Windham.