Triple Threat tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship The Outsiders (c) ( Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) defeated Faces of Fear ( Meng and The Barbarian) (with Jimmy Hart) and The Nasty Boys ( Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) Singles match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship Sister Sherri defeated Colonel Robert Parker by count out Harlem Heat ( Booker T and Stevie Ray) (w/ Sister Sherri) defeated the Amazing French-Canadians ( Jacques Rougeau and Pierre Ouellette) (w/ Colonel Robert Parker) Singles match for the J-Crown Championship The Ultimate Dragon (c) (w/ Sonny Onoo) defeated Rey Misterio, Jr. VHS cover featuring Lex Luger and Masahiro Chono. Referee Randy Anderson did not see it, but declared Hogan eliminated after seeing him on the floor. Template:- NOTE: Savage was declared the winner of the World War 3 match although Hogan was never officially eliminated, having been pulled out of the ring by The Giant. Craig Pittman, Stevie Ray, Lord Steven Regal, Scotty Riggs, Road Warrior Hawk, Big Bubba Rogers, Jerry Sags, Ricky Santana, Kensuke Sasaki, Shark, Fidel Sierra, Dick Slater, Mark Starr, Sting, Dave Sullivan, The Taskmaster, Super Assassin #1 and #2, Booker T, Squire David Taylor, Bobby Walker, VK Wallstreet, Pez Whatley, Mike Winner, Alex Wright, James Earl Wright, The Yeti, and The Zodiac.
JL, Chris Kanyon, Brian Knobbs, Kurasawa, Lex Luger, Joey Maggs, Meng, Hugh Morrus, Max Muscle, Scott Norton, One Man Gang, Paul Orndorff, Diamond Dallas Page, Sgt.Buddy Lee Parker, Brian Pillman, Sgt. Badd, Marcus Bagwell, Chris Benoit, Big Train Bart, Bunkhouse Buck, Cobra, Disco Inferno, Jim Duggan, Bobby Eaton, Ric Flair, The Giant, Eddy Guerrero, Hulk Hogan, Mr. ^Other competitors in the WCW World War 3: Scott Armstrong, Steve Armstrong, Arn Anderson, Johnny B. (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match WCW World War 3 (60 Man Battle Royal in Three Rings) Randy Savage won by last eliminating One Man Gang ^ Singles match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship Kensuke Sasaki (c) (w/ Sonny Onoo) defeated Chris Benoit Singles match for the WCW World Television Championshipīull Nakano and Akira Hokuto (w/ Sonny Onoo) defeated Mayumi Ozaki and Cutie Suzuki Badd (c) defeated Diamond Dallas Page (w/ The Diamond Doll) World took place on Novemfrom the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. VHS cover featuring Sting and various WCW Wrestlers. The cover for the 1999 release of the final 1998 event did not show a date. Initially the winner got to pick which pay-per-view he would face the champion at, but this changed for the 19 matches to a set pay-per-view.ĭue to an error on WCW's part and releasing the World War 3 events on home video the following year, the packaging for the first three releases show the year that the video was released and not the year that the actual event took place. In subsequent years the winner of the match became the #1 contender to the World Heavyweight Championship. The inaugural World War 3 match was contested for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, which had been stripped from The Giant due to the outcome of his match with Hulk Hogan at Halloween Havoc in October 1995. The last man standing in the ring was declared the winner.This rule was amended in 1998 so that the competitors had to move to the central ring once forty men had been eliminated. When thirty men remained, they moved to the central ring and the match continued.This rule was amended in 1998 to allow for eliminations if a person leaves the ring in any way, in addition to counting pinfalls and submissions and disqualifications. Originally, in order to be eliminated from the match a wrestler had to be thrown over the top rope and have both feet touch the floor.The match began with all sixty men, in three rings, when the bell rings.All sixty men were randomly assigned a specific ring before the match began.
The rules for the World War 3 match were: Since the match employed three separate wrestling rings, this meant that the sixty men would have to be divided into thirds and twenty men began the match in each ring.
Unlike the Royal Rumble, World War 3 was conducted as a traditional battle royal- meaning that all sixty wrestlers involved started the match at the same time. The rules for a World War 3 match were similar to the rules for a Royal Rumble match.