The palace at auburn hills auburn hills, michigan attendance. The payperviews title also was the name of its signature match, a threering, sixtyman battle royal. Eddie guerrero by wcw tv champion william regal via a backdrop after guerrero. Nov 23, 2009 wcw world war 3 november 24, 1996 norfolk, va the scope the current wcw champs were as follows. Lord steven regal 8201996 wcw world cruiserweight champion. Please click this line if you do not care and want to view it anyway. Test your knowledge on this sports quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. Use pdf download to do whatever you like with pdf files on the web and regain control. Dec 30, 2008 hulk hogan, nwo, lex luger, giant close wcw monday nitro 27. Dec 30, 2008 wcw world war 3 1998 part 1 of 2 unknown 1. With curt hennig, ric flair, scott steiner, rick steiner.
World war 3 1995 was released on vhs as world war 3 96. Rate 5 stars rate 4 stars rate 3 stars rate 2 stars rate 1 star. Before the night even begins, i am going to pick kevin nash as the winner. This text is hidden because it is only available in german language. Featuring a 60man clusterfuck, irish grannies and super giant ninjas. When using information on this site, please include a link to this page or the homepage thanks. The obvious play here is to team up, and do whatever it takes to work against a team that appears completely unstoppable to this point, but im. Only five minutes of mindless blather before, which i think is good by 98 wcw ppv standards.
The main event was the 3 ring, 60 man battle royal match to earn a shot at the wcw world heavyweight championship. Badd defeated diamond dallas page to earn the services of the diamond doll as his manager. Chris adams, chris benoit, bobby blaze, ciclope, damian. From the wcw world war 3 1998 ppv this is what its come to, this is what ricky wanted, time to find out who the best steiner brother really is. I would just like to say it now, and get it out of the way. The furious flashbacks wcw world war iii 98 411mania. It was hilarious how strong nash was booked during the match. This event marked the only instance where the traditional world war 3.
Wcw television, pay per view, and house show reports for 1998. Scott steiner vs rick steiner world war 3 in detroit 1998 youtube. The most comprehensive wrestling dvd collection on the net. World war 3 1998 ppv w preshow starrcade 1998 ppv w preshow souled out 1999 ppv w preshow. World war 3 match itself was terrible, as expected. The faces of fear with jimmy hart for the wcw world tagteam titles the nastys are busy clearing the ring before the faces of fear even see their music hit. Wcw nitro named after wcw s flagship monday night tv show was originally made for the sony playstation back in 1997. Wcw world war 3 november 24, 1996 norfolk, va the scope the current wcw champs were as follows. Can you name the the wrestlers that appeared at wcw world war 3 1998 p. Wcw world war iii 98 posted by the accelerator, may 17th, 2012 for the record, this is the second time in three payperviews that bill goldberg, the wcw world heavyweight champion, doesnt have a match. They put him in a ring where he was the only non jobber just so he could toss everyone then he unites the horsemen and nwo into tossing giant then he actually wins thing.
World war 3 1997 took place on november 23, 1997 from the palace of auburn hills in auburn hills, michigan. All youll see is nash betray luger for no reason and get all the shine yet again, because hes the head booker now. You see, before nash could get his starrcade match with goldberg, he first had the small matter of a 60man world war 3 battle royal to win. Wcwnwo starrcade 64 mod matches lex luger vs randy macho man savage. Wcw released the world war 3 events on home video the following year, with the packaging for the first three releases reflecting the year that the video was released and not the year that the actual event took place, e. World war 3 1998 was the fourth and final world war 3 professional wrestling payperview ppv event produced by world championship wrestling wcw. World war 3 1997 starrcade 1997 souled out 1998 superbrawl viii uncensored 1998 spring stampede 1998 slamboree 1998 the great american bash 1998 bash at the beach 1998 road wild 1998 fall brawl 1998 halloween havoc 1998 world war 3 1998 starrcade 1998 souled out 1999 superbrawl ix uncensored 1999 spring stampede. Wcw makes no attempt to have a coherant listing of the participants or give me a chance to note them all, but from what i.
This would be approximately two months before i stopped watching wcw altogether. Before we get started, however, lets discuss the rules of engagement. Third annual 3 ring battle royal, featuring chris adams, brad armstrong, marcus bagwell, the barbarian. Booker t did not take place as advertised payperview bouts featured opening footage of wcw world champion bill goldberg arriving to the arena in a limo. Wcw world war 3 1997 wcw s take on the royal rumble match, world war 3, will make its third appearance since its creation. As we watch the show begin, we all give thanks that dusty isnt there. Feb 09, 2017 wcw world war 3 ppv 1995hulk hoganstingmacho mani wanna be your friend forever world war 3 duration. For best streaming, turn off adblock and hd whichll be ready in a few hours. Ppv scattered across the web, theres a few places that have some wcw ppv numbers. The show opens live from the palace in auburn hills, mi. As the referee was knocked out, bret used an illegal object, and the nwo referee said ddp submitted to the sharpshooter. This event is over ten years old but is still a fantastic event. The roster for wcw nitro pc is based on wcw in the year 1998.
Ive also began working on late99 to mid00 wresters and will be adding them to the collection. Then the other referees came out and revived the first referee and told him what hart did, and he gave the. Wcw world war 3 foi um payperview anual realizado pela world championship wrestling wcw. May 11, 20 ddp vs bret hart the rating system used was created and is used by weareprowrestling. Web to pdfconvert any web pages to highquality pdf files while retaining page layout, images, text and. I still dont get the logic of keeping your most popular wrestler off the event, as it must have affected bye rates. This detailed tellall of the demise of the former top pro wrestling company world championship wrestling explores the colorful personalities and flawed business decisions behind how wcw went from being the highestrated show on cable television in 1997 to a laughable series that lost 95 percent of its paying audience by 2001. Im big mike, fresh from charlevoix county, michigan, and its time for world war iii. Wcw world war 3 97 at the palace of auburn hills wrestling. World war iii 98 auburn hills, mi palace november 22, 1998 17,670 iwgp world champion scott norton vs. This event marked the only instance where the traditional world war 3 battle royal did not. Your hosts are tony schiavone, mike tenay, and bobby heenan. Out of those four years the last three outcomes all revolved around the nwo much like all wcw programming at the time. Sports quiz wcw world war 3 1998 random sports or world quiz can you name the participants in wcw s world war 3 1998.
Wcw world war 3 98 at the palace of auburn hills wrestling. Anyway, the original rant of course sucked balls, so since im still unemployed for the moment, lets fill my boring afternoon by redoing it. But since its about the mid1990s, youre stuck in the world between buyrates percentage of capable homes that purchased an event and buys the number of homes that bought the event. Wcw world war 3 1995 by scrooge mcsuck i never thought id bother doing a recap of one of the world war 3 ppvs, but here we are. Saturn wcw tv champ saturn won by submission with the rings of saturn 7. The event took place every november from 1995 until 1998. The cover for the 1999 release of the final 1998 event did not show. Wcw rarely put on a solid top to bottom ppv, but this is one of them. The giant won the 3 ring, 60man battle royal at 28. World war 3 was an annual professional wrestling payperview event produced by world. Wcw saturday night 1998 22 discs wcw saturday night 1999. Feel free to share this page on facebook or other services. World war 3 november 23, 1997 auburn hills, mi the palace the current wcw champs are as follows.
I want to give a shout out though to rex and the boys that were at the flight deck bar in charlevoix. Wcw television, pay per view, and house show reports for 1998 the 1998 archive of reports. Wcw s world war 3 event was headlined by a three ring, 60man battle royal. With dewayne bruce, leonardo carrera, joe dacquisto, bobby eaton. Wcw world war 3 1997 events database cagematch the. The smark retro rant for wcw world war iii 97 i always thought the tradition of naming each world war iii ppv with a different year was a bit stupid, but thats wcw for ya. The outsiders 10271996 wcw world television champion. This collection includes all of the wcw nwo roster members from late 1997 to early 1998. Wcw world war iii 1998 was a professional wrestling payperview produced by world championship wrestling which took place on november 22, 1998 from the the palace of auburn hills in auburn hills, michigan results. The event took place on november 22, 1998 from the palace of auburn hills in auburn hills, michigan, the same location as the previous years event. It was ported to the pc as well as the nintendo 64 in early 1999 with an updated rosterwhich is actually the same roster from wcw nwo thunder named after wcw s thursday night tv show, the sequel to the playstation version. Wcw world war iii 97 sunday, 112397 by lee canfield. Not every wcw ppv had a ring apron or a ring logo, but you can use whatever youd like from this collection to bring back wcw or relive the organizations glory days. The world war 3 match headlines this card, and it rightfully deserves to.
To me it seemed like a russo invention, big ambitious idea that just wasnt practical, but unless im mistaken he didnt work for the wcw in 95. This section contains results and information about wcw, world championship wrestling, formerly known as jcp, jim crockett promotions. Probably reversal role of world war 3 from previous year. Wcw nwo starrcade 64 mod matches lex luger vs randy macho man savage. With the rumble right around the corner i decided to watch or rewatch all of the ww3 matches from the late nineties. Lots and lots of stalling to start, and finally glacier tries some lightning kicks, but wrath shrugs him off, and blasts him with a chop. Hulk hogan, nwo, lex luger, giant close wcw monday nitro 27. World war 3 was an annual professional wrestling payperview event produced by world championship wrestling wcw. World war 3 60 man battle royal for the wcw championship due to the circumstances surrounding halloween havoc, this battle royal would determine the new wcw champion. For those unfamiliar with the match type it was basically wcw s version of the rumble. With dallas page, bret hart, kevin nash, scott hall. Match ratings listed above are from dave meltzers highly respected wrestling observer newsletter.