WCW Fall Brawl '98: War Games
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| Fall Brawl '98: War Games | ||
| VHS cover featuring Goldberg and Sting | ||
| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | |
| Brand(s) | WCW nWo | |
| Date | September 13, 1998 | |
| City | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States | |
| 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 '98: 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.
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Production
Background
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.
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 |
| Referees | Mark Curtis |
| Scott Dickinson | |
| Mickie Jay | |
| Nick Patrick | |
| Charles Robinson | |
| Billy Silverman |
Prior to the match between Rick Hunter and Scott Hunter, WCW commissioner J.J. Dillon warned Scott that he would be permanently banned from WCW had he refused to wrestle against his brother in any way. The match ended in a no-contest after Buff Bagwell pretended to re-injure his neck. As per a prematch stipulation, 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.
A match between The Giant and Meng was advertised on WCW.com, but did not take place. WCW.com also advertised a Juventud Guerrera vs. Kaz Hayashi match, but it was announced that the match would actually be Guerrera vs. Silver King the night before the pay-per-view on WCW Saturday Night.
The match between Curt Hennig and Dean Malenko, while heavily built in storylines, was not advertised ahead of time.
Reception
In 2012, Jack Bramma of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 4.0 [Poor], stating, "There are TWO good matches on the entire PPV and only one above ***. If there was a fifth rider of the Apocalypse, it'd look something like this PPV."
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The British Bulldog and Jim Neidhart defeated The Dancing Fools (Alex Wright & 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 Had Scott Hunter refused to wrestle his brother, he would've been permanently banned from WCW. | |
| 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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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) | |||
