WCW Mayhem (1999)
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| Mayhem (1999) | ||
| Promotional poster featuring Diamond Dallas Page, Sting, Hulk Hogan and Goldberg | ||
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | |
| Date | November 21, 1999 | |
| City | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Venue | Air Canada Centre | |
| Attendance | 13,839 | |
| Tagline(s) | The Night of Champions | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| ← Previous Halloween Havoc | Next → Starrcade | |
| Mayhem chronology | ||
| ← Previous First | Next → 2000 | |
Mayhem (1999) was the inaugural Mayhem professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW), presented by Electronic Arts (in which the event was named after the EA-published video game of the same name) The event took place on November 21, 1999 from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Twelve matches were contested at the event, with the most notable feature being a thirty-two man tournament for the vacated WCW World Heavyweight Championship. The title had been vacated after previous champion Sting attacked a referee at Halloween Havoc and Goldberg defeated Sting for the title in an unsanctioned match. The first three rounds of the tournament took place on WCW television and the semi-final and final matches of the tournament were contested at Mayhem, where Chris Benoit defeated Jeff Jarrett and Bret Heart defeated Sting in the semi-final rounds. Heart defeated Benoit in the main event to win the final round and win the vacant title. A clip of the match appeared in the opening credits of the TV series Malcolm in the Middle.
Other featured matches on the card were Goldberg versus Sid Vicious in an "I Quit" match, Scott Hall versus Booker T for the WCW United States and World Television Championships and Filthy Animals versus The Revolution in an elimination match.
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Storylines
The card featured professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines and had results predetermined by WCW played out on WCW's television programs Monday Nitro, Thunder, Saturday Night and WorldWide.
At Halloween Havoc, Sting defeated Hulk Hogan to retain the World Heavyweight Championship after Hogan purposely laid down for Sting. Later in the night, Sting issued an open challenge to an opponent for a true wrestling fight and the challenge was answered by Goldberg, (who had earlier defeated Sid Vicious for the United States Heavyweight Championship) who defeated Sting in the unsanctioned match to win the title. After the match, Sting attacked the referee Charles Robinson with a Scorpion Death Drop. The following night, on Monday Nitro, Sting complained to J.J. Dillon that he never put the title on the line in the match but Goldberg had been awarded the title and then Dillon stripped Goldberg off the title and vacated it due to Sting's attack on Robinson and set up a thirty-two man tournament for the vacant title with the semi-finals and finals taking place at Mayhem. Bret Heart defeated Goldberg in the first round to win Goldberg's United States Heavyweight Championship with interference by The Outsiders. On the November 8 Nitro, Scott Hall defeated Hart, Goldberg and Sid Vicious in a fatal four-way ladder match to win the United States Heavyweight Championship.
On the November 11 episode of Thunder, Disco Inferno provided guest commentary during Evan Karagias' match against Lash LeRoux and began flirting with Karagias' valet Madusa at ringside which caused distraction for Karagias to lose the match. After the match, Inferno challenged Karagias to a match and offered to put his Cruiserweight Championship on the line and Karagias accepted the challenge on Madusa's urging.
On the October 25 episode of Nitro, "The Powers That Be" gave an ultimatum to Curt Hennig which required that if he lost any other match by pinfall then he would be forced to retire. Hennig would avoid by winning his matches or losing via count-out. On the November 15 episode of Nitro, Hennig took on Goldberg in a match which stipulated that if Hennig would be pinned then he would retire and if he won then he would receive a new contract. Hennig lost via submission, meaning he would not have to retire. On the November 18 episode of Thunder, Hennig cost Buff Bagwell, a match against Chris Benoit, setting up a match between Bagwell and Hennig at Mayhem.
On the November 1 episode of Nitro, Vampiro defeated Berlyn in the opening round of the tournament for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship after interference by Misfits. The following week on Nitro, Berlyn cost Vampiro, the second round match in the tournament against Buff Bagwell by hitting Vampiro with a chain. Vampiro attacked Berlyn during a match against Curly Bill on the November 11 Thunder. On the November 15 Nitro, Berlyn and The Wall defeated Vampiro and Misfits in a handicap match to set up a match between Berlyn and Vampiro at Mayhem.
At Halloween Havoc, Diamond Dallas Page defeated Ric Flair in a strap match and continued to attack Flair after the match until Flair's son David Flair came to his father's rescue but Kimberly Page attacked David low with her knee and then Page delivered a Cutter to David. Filthy Animals attacked Ric and David and then kidnapped Ric away. The following night on Nitro, David and DDP competed in the first round tournament match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, which ended in a no contest after David whipped DDP with a crowbar. On November 1 Nitro, Flair attacked Filthy Animals with his crowbar and then Kimberly ran Flair down with a car. As a result, Flair began a feud with Kimberly and it was announced on the November 8 episode of Nitro that Flair would face Kimberly at Mayhem. On the November 15 Nitro, Flair interrupted a match between Kimberly and Asya and scared Kimberly off with his crowbar.
On the October 25 episode of Nitro, Norman Smiley defeated Bam Bam Bigelow in a hardcore match in the first round of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship tournament and developed a new character, considering himself the face of hardcore wrestling in WCW after defeating Meng and The Barbarian in a triple threat match on the November 1 Nitro. On November 8 episode of Nitro, Brian Knobbs of The First Family cost Smiley, a hardcore match against Billy Kidman in the second round of the World Heavyweight Championship tournament by hitting Smiley with a hockey stick. On November 11 episode of Thunder, Knobbs and Jimmy Heart took exception to Smiley's character and expressed their anger over him. Later that night, Smiley cost Knobbs, his match against The Maestro. On the November 15 Nitro, Smiley defeated Jimmy Heart in a hardcore match. Smiley then interfered in a match between First Family's Jerry Flynn and Bam Bam Bigelow on the November 18 Thunder, during which Flynn was distracted by Smiley fighting Barbarian and Knobbs and Bigelow capitalized by defeating Flynn. This led to a match between Smiley and Knobbs to determine the inaugural Hardcore Champion at Mayhem.
On the October 18 Nitro, Jeff Jarrett returned to WCW and smashed Buff Bagwell with his guitar. Later that night, Elizabeth was found unconscious backstage with a guitar beside her, causing The Total Package to suspect Jarrett of having done so. On the November 1 episode of Nitro, Jarrett called out Luger and Elizabeth and demanded Luger and Elizabeth to apologize to him for suspecting him of doing so and then they suspected Meng of having done so which caused Meng to come out and then Luger and Elizabeth attacked Meng. Meng cost Luger, his WCW World Heavyweight Championship tournament quarter-final match against Sting on November 15. On the November 18 episode of Thunder, Elizabeth apologized to Meng after his match with Vampiro to distract him enough for Luger to attack Meng with a chair, thus setting up a match between the two at Mayhem.
Event
| Other on-screen talent | |
|---|---|
| Role: | Name: |
| Commentator | Bobby Heenan |
| Tony Schiavone | |
| Interviewer | Mike Tenay |
| Referee | Johnny Boone |
| Mark Johnson | |
| Nick Patrick | |
| Charles Robinson | |
| Billy Silverman | |
| Ring announcer | Michael Buffer |
| David Penzer | |
Preliminary matches
Main event match
Reception
Aftermath
On the November 22 episode of Monday Nitro, Bret Hart considered to defend the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Goldberg at Starrcade. In the warmup to the event, Heart and Goldberg defeated Creative Control to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship on the December 7 episode of Thunder, only to lose it to The Outsiders, six days later on Nitro. At Starrcade, Hart controversially defeated Goldberg to retain the title in a no disqualification match when Roddy Piper ended the match while Heart had applied a Sharpshooter on Goldberg without Goldberg ever submitting.
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulation | |
|---|---|---|---|
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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Filthy Animals vs. Revolution eliminations
| Elimination no. | Wrestler | Team | Eliminated by | Elimination move | Time |
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Tournament bracket
| First round (TV) | Second round (TV) | Quarterfinals (TV) | Semifinals (PPV) | Finals (PPV) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bret Heart | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goldberg * | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bret Heart | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Perry Saturn | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Guerrero | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Perry Saturn | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bret Heart | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Kidman | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norman Smiley | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bam Bam Bigelow | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norman Smiley | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Kidman | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Kidman | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Konnan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bret Heart | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Total Package | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rick Hunter | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Total Package | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYE | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diamond Dallas Page | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| David Flair | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Total Package | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Meng | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Madusa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Meng | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brian Knobbs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bret Heart | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Benoit | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Benoit | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dean Malenko | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Benoit | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Madusa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| La Parka ** | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evan Karagias | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Benoit | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scott Hall | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scott Hall | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sid Vicious | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scott Hall | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lash Leroux | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ernest Miller | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lash LeRoux | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Benoit | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeff Jarrett | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buff Bagwell | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stevie Ray | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buff Bagwell | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vampiro | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vampiro | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Berlyn | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buff Bagwell | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeff Jarrett | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disco Inferno | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Curt Hennig | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Curt Hennig | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeff Jarrett | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Booker T | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeff Jarrett | |||||||||||||||||||||||
^1 Goldberg's United States Heavyweight Championship was on the line. As a result of the stipulation, Heart won the title.
^2 La Parka was replaced by Madusa after she was allowed to reenter the tournament following her loss to Meng.
References
External links
| ← 1998 - 1999 World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events - 2000 → | |||
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| Souled Out • SuperBrawl IX • Uncensored • Spring Stampede • Slamboree • The Great American Bash • Bash at the Beach • Road Wild • Fall Brawl • Halloween Havoc • Mayhem • Starrcade |
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| 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) | |||
