Fall Brawl (1998)
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]
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| 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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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
| Role: | Name: |
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| Commentators | Tony Schiavone |
| Bobby Heenan | |
| Mike Tenay | |
| Interviewer | Gene Okerlund |
| Referees | Randy Anderson |
| Mickie Henson |
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 |
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| 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 |
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References
- "Every pay-per-view available on WWE Network". WWE. February 4, 2014. Archived from the original on February 5, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
- WCW War Games: WCW’s Most Notorious Matches 2013. WWE.
- Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
- http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/fallbrawl.htm