Fall Brawl (1998)

Fall Brawl (1998)
VHS cover featuring Goldberg and Sting
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.
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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 WWE Network.[1]

Production

Background

The WarGames match was created when Dusty Rhodes was inspired by a viewing of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.[2] 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.[3]

Event

The match between Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner 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.

Results

No. Results[4] Stipulations Times
1 The British Bulldog and Jim Neidhart defeated The Dancing Fools (Alex Wright and Disco Inferno) Tag Team match 11:03
2 Chris Jericho (c) defeated "Goldberg" (impersonator) by submission Singles match for the WCW World Television Championship 01:15
3 Ernest Miller defeated Norman Smiley Singles match 05:04
4 Rick Steiner fought Scott Steiner (with Buff Bagwell) to a no-contest Singles match 05:30
5 Juventud Guerrera (c) defeated Silver King Singles match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship 08:36
6 Saturn defeated Raven (with Kanyon and Lodi) Raven's Rules match 14:04
7 Dean Malenko defeated Curt Hennig (with Rick Rude) by disqualification Singles match 07:38
8 Konnan defeated Scott Hall (with Vincent) by submission Singles match 12:03
9 Team WCW (Diamond Dallas Page, Roddy Piper and The Warrior) defeated nWo Hollywood (Hollywood Hogan, Bret Hart and Stevie Ray) and nWo Wolfpac (Kevin Nash, Sting and Lex Luger) WarGames match 20:06
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

References

  1. ↑ "Every pay-per-view available on WWE Network". WWE. February 4, 2014. Archived from the original on February 5, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ WCW War Games: WCW’s Most Notorious Matches 2013. WWE.
  3. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  4. ↑ http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/fallbrawl.htm
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