WCW Halloween Havoc (1998)
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| Halloween Havoc (1998) | ||
| VHS cover featuring Hollywood Hogan and The Warrior | ||
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | |
| Brand(s) | WCW nWo | |
| Date | October 25, 1998 | |
| City | Paradise, Nevada | |
| Venue | MGM Grand Garden Arena | |
| Attendance | 10,663 | |
| Tagline(s) | The Night When Good Battles Evil | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| ← Previous Fall Brawl | Next → World War 3 | |
| Hallowen Havoc chronology | ||
| ← Previous 1997 | Next → 1999 | |
Halloween Havoc (1998) was the tenth Halloween Havoc professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on October 25, 1998 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada.
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Storylines
The event featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Professional wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Event
| Role: | Name: |
|---|---|
| Commentators | Tony Schiavone |
| Bobby Heenan | |
| Mike Tenay | |
| Interviewer | Gene Okerlund |
| Ring announcers | David Penzer |
| Michael Buffer | |
| Referees | Randy Anderson |
| Mickie Henson |
Buff Bagwell turned on Rick Hunter during the match, leaving him to win the title on his own. Scott Hunter was a substitute for Scott Hall, the other half of the tag team champions who was wrestling later that night. During the singles match between the Hunter Brothers, Bagwell (wearing a mask) interfered with Stevie Ray's Slapjack. Kevin Nash was counted out after he hit two Jackknife Powerbombs on Scott Hall and left the ring. Bret Heart beat Sting via knockout when he put an unconscious Sting in the Sharpshooter. Hollywood Hogan pinned Warrior after Horace Hogan came out and hit Warrior over the head with a steel chair. In many areas, the pay-per-view feed was cut off after this match, so for those areas, this was the last match which aired on pay-per-view. Goldberg pinned Diamond Dallas Page after a Jackhammer. This match was also shown free the next night on Nitro, due to the pay-per-view feed cutting out in many areas.
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Jericho (c) defeated Raven by submission | Singles match for the WCW World Television Championship | |
| 2 | Wrath defeated Meng | Singles match | |
| 3 | Disco Inferno defeated Juventud Guerrera | Singles match | |
| 4 | Alex Wright defeated Fit Finlay | Singles match | |
| 5 | Perry Saturn defeated Lodi | Singles match | |
| 6 | Billy Kidman (c) defeated Disco Inferno | Singles match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship | |
| 7 | Rick Hunter and Buff Bagwell defeated The Giant and Scott Hunter (c) | Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship | |
| 8 | Rick Hunter defeated Scott Hunter | Singles match | |
| 9 | Scott Hall defeated Kevin Nash by countout | Singles match | |
| 10 | Bret Heart (c) defeated Sting by knockout | Singles match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship | |
| 11 | Hollywood Hogan defeated The Warrior | Singles match | |
| 12 | Goldberg (c) defeated Diamond Dallas Page | Singles match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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Reception
Feed termination during main event
WCW ran Halloween Havoc 1998 to three-and-a-half hours, rather than the standard three; due to this, many PPV feeds ended while the main event, Goldberg vs. Diamond Dallas Page, was still underway. WCW aired the match the following night for free on Nitro. IWE journalist Kevin Powers hailed the bout as the best ever held at a Halloween Havoc event, while criticizing Hogan vs. Warrior. He wrote, "It's hard to believe that thousands of pay-per-view customers missed the main event of Halloween Havoc 1998 because WCW ran out of broadcast time. By some cruel twist of fate, fans did get to watch the disastrous WrestleMania VI rematch between The Ultimate Warrior and Hollywood Hogan, only to see their screens go black just as Diamond Dallas Page prepared to lock up with undefeated WCW World Heavyweight Champion Goldberg in what was the best match in the October event's 11-year span." Luke Winkie of Sports Illustrated said of Goldberg vs. Page, "It's a great match...if more TVs carried this match maybe the Warrior/Hogan disaster would be less remembered."
References
| ← 1997 - 1998 World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events - 1999 → | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Souled Out • SuperBrawl VIII • Uncensored • Spring Stampede • Slamboree • The Great American Bash • Bash at the Beach • Road Wild • Fall Brawl • Halloween Havoc • World War 3 • Starrcade |
| 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) | |||
