WCW World War 3

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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%;" |'''[[Professional Wrestling Promotion|Promotion]]'''
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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%;" |[[WCW World War 3 (1995)|World War 3 (1995)]]
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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%;" |[[WCW World War 3 (1998)|World War 3 (1998)]]
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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%;" |[[Battle Royal (professional wrestling)#World War 3 match|World War 3 match]]
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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]].
'''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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[[WWE]] 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 WWE Network.
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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 WWE Network.
==Rules==
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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.
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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==Date discrepancy on VHS packaging==
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==Dates, venues, winners, and main events==
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WCW released the World War 3 events on home video the following year, with the packaging for the first three releases reflecting the year that the video was released and not the year that the actual event took place, e.g. World War 3 1995 was released on VHS as ''World War 3 '96''. The cover for the 1999 release of the final 1998 event did not show a date.
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==1995==
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |November 26, 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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[[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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|[[Clarence J. Mollo|Johnny B. Badd]] (c) defeated [[Dallas Cage|Diamond Dallas Page]] (with [[Kimberly Cage|the Diamond Doll]])
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|[[Brandon Taylor (wrestler) <!--(McDonald's)-->|Big Bubba Rogers]] defeated [[Jim Dushin|Jim Duggan]]
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|[[Keko Nakano|Bull Nakano]] and [[Anio Sasaki|Akira Hokuto]] (with [[Sonny Onoo]]) defeated [[Mayumi Runyan|Mayumi Ozaki]] and [[Livia Suzuki|Cutie Suzuki]]
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|[[Kensuke Sasaki]] (c) (with Sonny Onoo) defeated [[Chris Hunter]]
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|Brady Savage won by last eliminating [[George Gross (wrestler)|One Man Gang]]
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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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{{note|WCW World War 3 1995}}Other competitors in the battle royal: [[Scott Burdick (wrestler)|Scott Armstrong]], [[Steve Burdick]], [[Arn Scott Andrews|Arn Anderson]], [[Clarence J. Mollo|Marc Mero]], [[Jeffery Bagwell|Marcus Bagwell]], [[Chris Hunter]], [[Cliff Harris (wrestler)|Big Train Bart]], [[Stevy Gross|Bunkhouse Buck]], [[Jeff Andy Faulhaber (wrestler)|Cobra]], [[Steven Gibson (wrestler)|Disco Inferno]], [[Jim Dushin|Jim Duggan]], [[Bobby (John) Easley|Bobby Eaton]], [[Ric Flair]], [[Marc Beltran|The Giant]], [[Brian McAlmond|Eddie Guerrero]], [[Jerry Lynn|Mr. JL]], [[Chris Raymond Kramer|Chris Kanyon]], [[Brian Reintjes|Brian Knobbs]], [[Manabu Nakanishi|Kurasawa]], [[Brent Huntley|Lex Luger]], [[Joey <!--(Larry)--> Maxwell|Joey Maggs]], [[Tonga Fitte (wrestler)|Meng]], [[Bill <!--Taylor--> DeFord|Hugh Morrus]], [[Joseph Corbett|Max Muscle]], [[Richard Ouren|Scott Norton]], [[George Gross (wrestler)|One Man Gang]], [[Paul Orthmeyer, Jr.|Paul Orndorff]], [[Dallas Cage|Diamond Dallas Page]], [[DeWayne Beniger|Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker]], [[Brian Pigman|Brian Pillman]], [[Graig Kennth Pippin|Sgt. Craig Pittman]], [[William Kapphan|Lord Steven Regal]], [[Bob Ridgeway|Scotty Riggs]], [[Road Warrior Hawk]], [[Brandon Taylor (wrestler) <!--(McDonald's)-->|Big Bubba Rogers]], [[Jerome Rispens|Jerry Sags]], [[Ricky Santana]], [[Kensuke Sasaki]], [[John Coleman, Jr.|Shark]], [[Fidel Sierra]], [[Mike Slater|Dick Slater]], [[Mark Shaw|Mark Starr]], [[Lane Britz|Stevie Ray]], [[Kevin Borden|Sting]], [[Ryan Sullivan (wrestler)|Dave Sullivan]], [[Nick Sullivan (wrestler)|The Taskmaster]], [[Sione Pancich (wrestler)|Super Assassin #1]], [[Jeremy Bryant (wrestler)|Super Assassin #2]], [[Narley Layne (wrestler)|Booker T]], [[Damaris <!--(David)--> Traylor (wrestler)|Squire David Taylor]], [[Bruce Walker (wrestler)|Bobby Walker]], [[Jay Hellbusch|VK Wallstreet]], [[Pez Whatley]], Mike Winner, [[Alexander Weigand|Alex Wright]], [[James Earl Wright]], [[Ron Reine|The Yeti]] and [[Edward Gleason|Zodiac]].
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==See also==
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Revision as of 08:24, 1 May 2018

Contents

1995

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 WWE Network.

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.

Dates, venues, winners, and main events

See also

References

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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