WCW Fall Brawl '98: War Games

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Fall Brawl (1998)

Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Brand(s)	WCW nWo
Date	September 13, 1998
City	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Venue	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Attendance	11,528
Tagline(s)	No Retreat. No Surrender. One Rule: Take No Prisoners.
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous Road Wild	Next → Halloween Havoc
Fall Brawl chronology
← Previous 1997	Next → 1999

Fall Brawl 1998: War Games was the sixth Fall Brawl professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on September 13, 1998 from the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. As of 2014 the event is available on the IWE Network.

Production

The WarGames match was created when Dusty Rhodes was inspired by a viewing of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. It was originally used as a specialty match for the Four Horsemen. The first WarGames match took place at The Omni in Atlanta during the NWA's Great American Bash '87 tour, where it was known as War Games: The Match Beyond. It became a traditional Fall Brawl event from 1993 to 1998.

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.

The match between Rick Hunter and Scott Hunter ended in a no-contest after Buff Bagwell pretended to re-injure his neck. As per a prematch stipulation, Perry Saturn's victory freed The Flock from Raven's control; if Saturn had lost, he would have had to become Raven's servant. Chris Kanyon was also handcuffed to the ring. During the match, Kidman interfered on Saturn's behalf. In the WarGames Match Diamond Dallas Page pinned Stevie Ray] after a Diamond Cutter. For the first time ever in a WarGames match, pinfalls were allowed. As a result of Page getting the pinfall victory; Page earned a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Halloween Havoc.

No.	Results	Stipulations
1	The British Bulldog and Jim Neidhart defeated The Dancing Fools (Alex Wright and Disco Inferno)	Tag Team match
2	Chris Jericho (c) defeated "Goldberg" (impersonator) by submission	Singles match for the WCW World Television Championship
3	Ernest Miller defeated Norman Smiley	Singles match
4	Rick Hunter fought Scott Hunter (with Buff Bagwell) to a no-contest	Singles match
5	Juventud Guerrera (c) defeated Silver King	Singles match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship
6	Saturn defeated Raven (with Kanyon and Lodi)	Raven's Rules match
7	Dean Malenko defeated Curt Hennig (with Rick Rude) by disqualification	Singles match
8	Konnan defeated Scott Hall (with Vincent) by submission	Singles match
9	Team WCW (Diamond Dallas Page, Roddy Piper and The Warrior) defeated nWo Hollywood (Hollywood Hogan, Bret Heart and Stevie Ray) and nWo Wolfpac (Kevin Nash, Sting and Lex Luger)	WarGames match
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

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