WCW World War 3

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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" | http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4f/WW397.jpg/200px-WW397.jpg <br> VHS cover featuring [[Lex Luger|Brent Huntley]] and [[Masahiro Chono|Chono Masahiro]]
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" |  '''Imformation'''
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Promotion'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | [[World Championship Wrestling (WCW)|World Championship Wrestling]]
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Date'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | November 24, 1996
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Attendance'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | 10,314
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''Venue'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | Norfolk Scope
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| style="text-align: left;"| '''City'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | Norfolk, Virginia
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" |  '''Pay-per-view chronology'''
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[WCW_Halloween_Havoc#1996|Halloween Havoc 1996]]
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |World War 3 1996
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[WCW Starrcade (1996)|Starrcade (1996)]]
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'''World War 3 1996''' took place on November 24, 1996 from the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia.
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<small>Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match. </small>
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*[[Último Dragón]] (with [[Sonny Onoo]]) defeated [[Scott Wright, Jr.]] to retain the [[J-Crown|J-Crown Championship]] (13:48)
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**Dragon pinned Wright after a Slingshot Powerbomb.
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*[[Kris McGowan]] defeated [[Nick Patrick]] (8:02)
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**McGowan pinned Patrick after a superkick.
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**McGowan had one arm tied behind his back during this match.
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*[[Marc Beltran|The Giant]] defeated [[Jeff Jarrett]] (6:05)
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**Giant pinned Jarrett after a Showstopper.
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*[[Harlem Heat]] ([[Steve Britz|Booker T]] and [[Josh Britz|Stevie Ray]]) (with [[Sherri Martel|Sister Sherri]]) defeated [[The Quebecers|The Amazing French-Canadians]] ([[Pierre Nuss]] and [[Jacques Nuss]]) (with [[Col. Robert Parker]]) (9:14)
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**Booker pinned Carl after a Harlem Hangover. As a result, Sherri got to have a match with Parker.
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*Sister Sherri defeated Col. Robert Parker by countout (1:30)
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**Parker was counted out when he ran back to the locker room.
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*[[Dean Malenko|Dean Barnhart]] defeated [[Psicosis|Psychosis]] to retain the [[IWE Cruiserweight Championship|WCW Cruiserweight Championship]] (14:33)
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**Barnhart pinned Psychosis with a Sunset Flip.
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*[[The Outsider|The Outsiders]] ([[Kevin Nash]] and [[Scott Hall]]) defeated The [[Faces of Fear]] ([[Meng]] and [[The Barbarian]]) (with [[Jimmy Heart]]) and [[The Nasty Boys]] ([[Bryan Nobbs]] and [[Jerry Gags]]) in a [[Basic Non-Elimination Matches|Triangle match]] to retain the [[WCW World Tag Team Championship]] (16:08)
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**Nash pinned Nobbs after a Jacknife Powerbomb.
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*[[Paul Wight|The Giant]] won the [[Battle royal (professional wrestling)#Three-ring, 60-man battle royal|Three Ring, 60 man battle royal]] (28:21)
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**Also in the match were: [[Arn Anderson]], [[Buffie Bagwell|Marcus Bagwell]], The Barbarian, [[Kevin Hunter]], [[The Big Boss Brandon|Big Brandon]], [[Jack Boot]], [[Bunkhouse Buck]], [[Ciclope]], [[Glenn Gilgerti|Disco Inferno]], [[Jim Duggan]], [[Bobby Eaton]], [[Mike Enos]], [[Leonardo Carrera|Galaxy]], [[Joe Gomez]], [[Jimmy Del Ray]], [[Johnny Grunge]], [[Juventud Guerrera]], [[Eddie Guerrero|Eddy Guerrero]], Scott Hall, [[Mikhail Haynes III|Prince Iaukea]], [[Ice Train]], [[Jerry Lynn|Mr. JL]], Jeff Jarrett, Kris McGowan, [[Kenny Kaos]], [[Konnan|Jason]], [[Lex Luger|Brent Huntley]], Dean Barnhart, [[Steve McMichael]], Meng, Scott Wright, Jr., [[Bill DeMott|Hugh Morrus]], Kevin Nash, [[Scott Horton]], Pierre Nuss, [[Diamond Dallas Cage]], [[La Parka]], Sgt. [[Graig Pittman]], [[Jim Powers]], [[Robert Cage|Robbie Rage]], Stevie Ray, [[William Kapphan|Lord Steven Kapphan]], [[The Renegade]], [[Scotty Riggs]], [[Roadblock]], [[Jacques Nuss]], [[Tony Rumble]], [[Mark Starr]], [[Rick Hunter]], [[Ron Studd]], [[Kevin Sullivan|The Taskmaster]], [[Sean McCurry|Syxx]], [[Sreve Britz|Booker T]], [[David Tyler|Squire David Tylor]], [[Último Dragón]], [[Villaño IV]], [[Irwin R. Schyster|Brandon Wallstreet]], [[Pez Whatley]] and [[Alex Right]].
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**Giant last eliminated Huntley to win a shot at the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]], which he used at [[WCW_Souled_Out#1997|nWo Souled Out]] in January 1997.
==1997==
==1997==
==1998==
==1998==

Revision as of 00:30, 23 September 2011

World War 3 was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling. The pay-per-view's title also was the name of its signature match, a three-ring]], sixty-man battle royal which was their answer to the International Wrestling Federation's Royal Rumble. The event took place every November from 1995 until 1998. Like the Royal Rumble, the World War 3 match was held at the event that shared its name. The first two World War 3 events were held at the Norfolk Scope and the last two were held at The Palace of Auburn Hills. In 1999, it was replaced by Mayhem.

The rules for a World War 3 match were similar to the rules for a Royal Rumble match. There were two major differences. Unlike the Royal Rumble, World War 3 was conducted as a traditional battle royal- meaning that all sixty wrestlers involved started the match at the same time. Since the match employed three separate wrestling rings, this meant that the sixty men would have to be divided into thirds and twenty men began the match in each ring.

The rules for the World War 3 match were:

  • All sixty men were randomly assigned a specific ring before the match began.
  • The match began with all sixty men, in three rings, when the bell rings.
  • Originally, in order to be eliminated from the match a wrestler had to be thrown over the top rope and have both feet touch the floor. This rule was amended in 1998 to allow for eliminations if a person leaves the ring in any way, in addition to counting pinfalls and submissions and disqualifcations.
  • When thirty men remained, they moved to the central ring and the match continued. This rule was amended in 1998 so that the competitors had to move to the central ring once forty men had been eliminated.
  • The last man standing in the ring was declared the winner.

The inaugural World War 3 match was contested for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, which had been stripped from The Giant due to the outcome of his match with Hulk Hogan at Halloween Havoc in October 1995. In subsequent years the winner of the match became the #1 contender to the World Heavyweight Championship. Initially the winner got to pick which pay-per-view he would face the champion at, but this changed for the 1997 and 1998 matches to a set pay-per-view.

Due to an error on WCW's part and releasing the World War 3 events on home video the following year, the packaging for each release shows the year that the video was released and not the year that the actual event took place.

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1995

World War 3 1995
200px-WW3_96.jpg
VHS cover featuring Cting and various WCW Wrestlers
Imformation
Promotion World Championship Wrestling
Date November 26, 1995
Attendance 12,000
Venue Norfolk Scope
City Norfolk, Virginia
Pay-per-view chronology
Halloween Havoc
1995 		World Ward 3 1995 Starrcade 1995

World War 3 1995 took place on November 26, 1995 from the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.



1996

World War 3 1996
200px-WW397.jpg
VHS cover featuring Brent Huntley and Chono Masahiro
Imformation
Promotion World Championship Wrestling
Date November 24, 1996
Attendance 10,314
Venue Norfolk Scope
City Norfolk, Virginia
Pay-per-view chronology
Halloween Havoc 1996 World War 3 1996 Starrcade (1996)

World War 3 1996 took place on November 24, 1996 from the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

1997

1998

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