Fall Brawl (1998)

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[]

Other on-screen personnel
Role:	Name:
Commentators	Tony Schiavone
	Bobby Heenan
	Mike Tenay
Interviewer	Gene Okerlund
Referees	Randy Anderson
Referees	Mickie Henson

Prior to the match between Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner, 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.

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 Had Scott Steiner refused to wrestle his brother, he would've been permanently banned from WCW.	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[]

^ "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 (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
^ http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/fallbrawl.htm

[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.

[HSW-3] Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.

[thehistoryofwwe.com-4] ttp://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/fallbrawl.htm

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