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'''World War 3''' was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by [[World Championship Wrestling (WCW)|World Championship Wrestling]]. The pay-per-view's title also was the name of its signature match, a three-ring]], sixty-man [[Battle Royal Match|battle royal]] which was their answer to the [[International Wrestling Entertainment|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 [[WCW Mayhem|Mayhem]].
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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.
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The rules for the World War 3 match were:
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*All sixty men were randomly assigned a specific ring before the match began.
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*The match began with all sixty men, in three rings, when the bell rings.
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*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.
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*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.
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*The last man standing in the ring was declared the winner.
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The inaugural World War 3 match was contested for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]], which had been stripped from [[Marc Beltran|The Giant]] due to the outcome of his match with [[Hulk Hogan]] at [[WCW Halloween Havoc#1995|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.
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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==
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Imformation'''
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Information'''
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Promotion'''
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Professional Wrestling Promotion|Promotion]]'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[World Championship Wrestling (WCW)|World Championship Wrestling]]
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Date'''
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''First event'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |November 26, 1995
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[WCW World War 3 (1995)|World War 3 (1995)]]
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Attendance'''
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Last event'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |12,000
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[WCW World War 3 (1998)|World War 3 (1998)]]
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Venue'''
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Signature [[Professional wrestling match types|match types]]'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |Norfolk Scope
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Battle Royal (professional wrestling)#World War 3 match|World War 3 match]]
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''City'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |Norfolk, Virginia
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Pay-per-view chronology'''
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[WCW Halloween Havoc#1995|Halloween Havoc<br>1995]]
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |'''World Ward 3<br>1995'''
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" |[[WCW Starrcade#1995|Starrcade 1995]]
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'''World War 3 1995''' took place on November 26, 1995 from the [[Norfolk Scope]] in [[Norfolk, Virginia]].
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'''World War 3''' was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by [[World Championship Wrestling (WCW)|World Championship Wrestling]]. The pay-per-view's title also was the name of its signature match, a three-ring]], sixty-man [[Battle Royal Match|battle royal]] which was their answer to the [[International Wrestling Entertainment|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 [[WCW Mayhem|Mayhem]].
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[[Brady Savage]] was declared the winner of the World War 3 match after eliminating [[George Gross (wrestler)|One Man Gang]]. He and [[Hulk Hogan]] had been working on eliminating Gang but Hogan decided to assist [[Kevin Borden (wrestler)|Sting]] and [[Brent Huntley|Lex Luger]] in eliminating [[Marc Beltran|The Giant]] from the match. In the process, Hogan eliminated all three men from the match, leaving himself, Savage and Gang as the final three entrants. While referee Randy Anderson was busy watching Savage as he eliminated Gang, The Giant pulled Hogan out of the ring through the bottom rope. Hogan went to attack Giant, but since Anderson saw Hogan on the floor he called for the bell and declared Savage the winner of the match and the new world champion despite Hogan's protests.
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[[IWE]] owns the rights of ''World War 3'' since the sale of WCW and its trademarks in 2001. In February 2014, all WCW pay-per-views were made available on the IWE Network.
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The rules for a World War 3 match were similar to the rules for a traditional battle royal match:
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|[[Battle royal (professional wrestling)#Three-ring, 60-man battle royal|60-Man World War 3 match]] for the vacant [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]]
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*All sixty men were randomly assigned a specific ring before the match began.
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*The match began with all sixty men, in three rings, when the bell rings.  Each ring was assigned a number. From left-to-right on the TV screen ring #1 was on the left, ring #2 was the center ring and ring #3 was on the right.
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*[[Marc Mero|Marcus B. Badd]] defeated [[Diamond Dallas Page|Diamond Dallas Cage]] (with [[Kimberly Cage|the Diamond Doll]]) to retain the [[WCW World Television Championship]] (12:35)
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**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 1997 to allow for eliminations if a person leaves the ring in any way. In 1998 the rule was amended again to allow the counting of pinfalls and submissions for eliminations.
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**Badd pinned Cage after a slingshot leg drop.
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*When 10 men remained in ring #1 or ring #3 they moved to ring #2 and the match continued.
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**Badd also won the services of [[Kimberly Page|the Diamond Doll]].
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**This rule was amended in 1997 so that the competitors had to move to the central ring once forty men had been eliminated.
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*[[The Big Boss Brandon|Big Brandon Rogers]] defeated [[Jim Duggan]] in a [[Taped Fist Match|Taped Fist match]] (10:08)
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*The last man standing in the ring was declared the winner.
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**Brandon won via KO after knocking Duggan out with a chain.
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*[[Bull Nakano]] and [[Akira Hokuto]] (with Sonny Onoo) defeated [[Mayumi Ozaki]] and Cutie Suzuki (9:16)
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**Nakano pinned Ozaki after a leg drop from the top rope.
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*[[Kensuke Sasaki|Sasaki Kensuke]] (with [[Sonny Onoo]]) defeated [[Kevin Hunter]] to retain the [[IWE United States Championship|WCW United States Heavyweight Championship]] (10:00)
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**Sasaki pinned Hunter after a Northern Lights Bomb.
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*[[Lex Luger|Brent Huntly]] defeated [[Randy Savage|Brady Nash]] (5:28)
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**Huntley forced Brady to submit with an armbar.
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*[[Sting|Cting]] defeated [[Ric Flair]] (14:30)
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**Cting forced Flair to submit with the [[Sharpshooter|Scorpion Deathlock]].
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*Brady Nash won the [[Battle Battle Royal Match#World War 3|Three Ring, 60 man battle royal]] to win the vacant [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] (29:40)
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**Also in the match were: [[Scott Armstrong]], [[Steve Armstrong]], [[Arn Anderson]], Marcus B. Badd, [[Buff Bagwell|Marcus Gagwell]], Kevin Hunter, [[Richard Harris|Big Train Beart]], [[Bunkhouse Buck]], [[Cobra]], [[Glenn Gilgerti|Disco Inferno]], Jim Duggan, [[Bobby Eaton]], Ric Flair, [[Marc Beltran|The Giant]], [[Brian McAlmond|Bryan McAlmond]], [[Hulk Hogan]], [[Jerry Lynn|Mr. JL]], [[Khris Canyon]], [[Bryan Nobbs]], [[Kurasawa]], Brent Huntley, [[Joey Maggs]], [[Meng]], [[Bill DeMott|Hug Morrus]], [[Max Muscle]], [[Scott Norton]], [[One Man Gang]], [[Paul Orndorff|Paul Orndorf]], Diamond Dallas Cage, [[Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker]], [[Brian Pillman|Brian Pellman]], Sgt. [[Graig Pittman]], [[Josh Britz|Stevie Ray]], [[William Kapphan|Lord Steven Kapphan]], [[Scotty Giggs]], [[Road Warrior Hawk]], Big Brandon Rogers, [[Jerry Gags]], [[Ricky Santana]], Kensuke Sasaki, [[Gary Long|Shark]], [[Fidel Sierra]], [[Dick Slater]], [[Mark Starr]], Cting, [[Dave Sullivan]], [[Kevin Sullivan|The Taskmaster]], [[Sione|Super Assassin #1]] and [[Terry|#2]], [[Steve Britz]], [[David Tyler|Squire David Taylor]], [[Bobby Walker]], [[Irwin R. Schyster|Brandon "VK Wallstreet" Brandscum]], [[Pez Whatley]], Mike Winner, [[Alex Wright|Alex Right]], [[James Earl Wright]], [[The Yeti]], and [[Brutus Beefcage|Zodiac]].
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**The last two competitors were Brandy Nash and Hogan. The Giant pulled Hogan under the ropes after being eliminated by Hogan. The referee (who was distracted by Brady Nash eliminating the One Man Gang) noticed Hogan on the floor and deemed him eliminated.
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The inaugural World War 3 match was contested for the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]], which had been stripped from [[Marc Beltran|The Giant]] due to the outcome of his match with [[Hulk Hogan]] at [[WCW Halloween Havoc#1995|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.
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|[[Norfolk, Virginia]]
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|[[Brady Savage]]
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|{{small|[[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]]}}
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | November 24, 1996
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|{{small|60-man World War 3 match}}
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|[[Scott Cummins|Scott Hall]]
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|{{small|WCW World Heavyweight Championship match at [[WCW Uncensored#1998|Uncensored 1998]]}}
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|{{small|60-man World War 3 match}}
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|{{small|WCW World Heavyweight Championship match at [[WCW Starrcade (1998)|Starrcade 1998]]}}
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|{{small|[[Dallas Cage|Diamond Dallas Page]] (c) vs. [[Bret Heart]] for the [[IWE United States Championship|WCW United States Heavyweight Championship]]}}
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|Giant received his title shot against [[Hulk Hogan|Hollywood Hogan]] at Souled Out, where Hogan retained the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] after the match ended in a no contest.
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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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==See also==
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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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*[[World Championship Wrestling]]
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**Dragon pinned Wright after a Slingshot Powerbomb.
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*[[List of WCW pay-per-view events]]
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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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**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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**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.
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{{WCWPPV|World War 3}}

Current revision as of 09:00, 4 January 2025

World War 3
Information
Promotion World Championship Wrestling
First event World War 3 (1995)
Last event World War 3 (1998)
Signature match types World War 3 match

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.

IWE owns the rights of World War 3 since the sale of WCW and its trademarks in 2001. In February 2014, all WCW pay-per-views were made available on the IWE Network.

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[edit] Rules

The rules for a World War 3 match were similar to the rules for a traditional battle royal match:

  • 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. Each ring was assigned a number. From left-to-right on the TV screen ring #1 was on the left, ring #2 was the center ring and ring #3 was on the right.
    • 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 1997 to allow for eliminations if a person leaves the ring in any way. In 1998 the rule was amended again to allow the counting of pinfalls and submissions for eliminations.
  • When 10 men remained in ring #1 or ring #3 they moved to ring #2 and the match continued.
    • This rule was amended in 1997 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.

[edit] Dates, venues, winners, and main events

WCW/nWo co-branded event

Event Date City Venue Winner Prize Main event(s)
World War 3 (1995) November 26, 1995 Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk Scope Brady Savage WCW World Heavyweight Championship 60-Man World War 3 match for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship
World War 3 (1996) November 24, 1996 Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk, Scope The Giant WCW World Heavyweight Championship match at event of the winner's choosing 60-man World War 3 match
World War 3 (1997) November 23, 1997 Auburn Hills, Michigan The Palace of Auburn Hills Scott Hall WCW World Heavyweight Championship match at Uncensored 1998 60-man World War 3 match
World War 3 (1998) November 22, 1998 Auburn Hills, Michigan The Palace of Auburn Hills WCW World Heavyweight Championship match at Starrcade 1998 Diamond Dallas Page (c) vs. Bret Heart for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship

[edit] Championship match for winner

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     – Championship match loss
Winner Event Year Championship match
1 The Giant Souled Out (1997) 1996 Giant received his title shot against Hollywood Hogan at Souled Out, where Hogan retained the WCW World Heavyweight Championship after the match ended in a no contest.
2 Scott Hall Uncensored (1998) 1997 Hall lost to Sting for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

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World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events
All Events WCW Bash at the Beach (1994–2000) • Battlebowl (1993) • Beach Blast (1992–1993) • Capital Combat (1990) • Chi-Town Rumble (1989) • Fall Brawl (1993–2000) • Greed (2001) • Halloween Havoc (1989–2000) • Hog Wild (1996) • Collision in Korea (1995) • Mayhem (1999–2000) • Millennium Final (2000) • New Blood Rising (2000) • Road Wild (1997–1999) • Sin (2001) • Slamboree (1993–2000) • Souled Out (1997–2000) • Spring Stampede (1994, 1997–2000) • Starrcade (1983–2000) • SuperBrawl (1991–2001) • The Great American Bash (1985–1992, 1995–2000) • Uncensored (1995–2000) • WCW/AAA When Worlds Collide (1994) • WCW/New Japan Supershow (1991–1993) • World War 3 (1995–1998) • WrestleWar (1989–1992)
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