PPV REVIEW: WCW Starrcade 1998

December 27, 1998 
MCI Center in Washington, D.C

Here's something that I don't think has ever happened before in the history of Retro Pro Wrestling: This Starrcade 1998 review is being published exactly 20 years to the day that the actual event took place.

That's pretty cool, right?

At least a lot cooler than the state of World Championship Wrestling at the tail end of 1998.

Indeed, after tearing the World Wrestling Federation a new one and dominating the competition throughout the middle part of the 1990s, 1998 had seen the company slowly but steadily beginning to spin out of control as one bad decision after another saw them losing any momentum they'd once gained.

Meanwhile, on the opposite side of pro wrestling's biggest war, the WWF had spent most of the year mounting an unprecedented comeback, clawing their way to the top of the mountain on the back of white-hot main event superstars The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin and, of course, on the back of a whole new Attitude.

With the year now coming to a close, would WCW show that they weren't out of the fight just yet?

Would the company put their best foot forward and give its fans hope for a better 1999?

Or would Starrcade 1998 be just the latest in a long line of bad decisions?

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With the company's own white-hot star, Goldberg, putting his streak and the WCW title on the line against Kevin Nash, we all know the answer to that one.

But hey, we're here anyway, so we might as well jump into the show, right?

The Streak is On The Line

After a brief video introduction highlighting what a powerhouse Goldberg was, we cut to the usual dramatic introduction from Tony Schiavone.

Along with Iron Mike Tenay and Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan, Schiavone told us that Goldberg was currently 173-0, defending a title that had been in existence since 1905.

The trio also informed us that, as per Eric Bischoff's demands, none of the Four Horsemen besides Ric Flair were allowed in the building, giving Easy E a distinct advantage in his match with the Nature Boy later on in the show.

We then cut to Mean Gene Okerlund for a bit of 1-900-909-9900 action before the bell sounded, Dave Penzer spoke up, and it was on with the action.

World Championship Wrestling Cruiserweight Championship Triangle Match
WCW Cruiserweight Champion Kidman vs. Juventud Guerrera vs. Rey Mysterio Jr.

Kicking off the show with what Mike Tenay promised us could be a "show-stealer," Rey Mysterio Jr. came to the ring with a random hip-hop theme that I don't recognise at all.

That aside, this was a fun opening match.

OK, so it wasn't the all-out show-stealer Tenay had predicted, and there were certainly times when you could tell the three combatants were merely shuffling from one spot to the next, but hey, some of those spots were a blast to watch.

After a good back-and-forth battle, Latino World Order leader Eddie Guerrero got involved, trying to assist his boy Juventud Guerrera in picking up the win.

Unfortunately for the LWO, Mysterio gave Kidman the assist in reversing a pin attempt, and the former Flock member retained the gold.
Your Winner and Still WCW Cruiserweight Champion: Kidman

Post-match, an irate Eddie Guerrero berated Rey and Juvi for being "morons" and not LWO material. This is despite the fact that, during his entrance, Rey dropped his LWO t-shirt to the ground and trod on it, effectively disassociating himself from the Latino faction.

This is also despite the fact that Rey had already left the group at the previous month's World War 3 event.

This whole, boring segment lasted almost as long as the previous match had, and culminated in Eddie calling out Kidman with the words "I challenge you to a cruiserweight champion!"

Fortunately, Kidman knew Eddie had meant a championship match and came down to accept the challenge.

In perfect heel mode, Eddie then claimed he wasn't ready (he was still wearing street clothes), but then relented and took the match to stop Kidman calling him a sissy.

World Championship Wrestling Cruiserweight Championship
WCW Cruiserweight Champion Kidman vs. Eddie Guerrero

Lacking the flash and panache of the previous encounter, this was still nonetheless a good match, albeit one that told a different story.

Here, we had the fresh challenger, Eddie Guerrero dominating his battle-weary opponent for the bulk of the contest, with Kidman barely keeping himself in the match.

Rey Mysterio stood guard as the champion's second, with Mike Tenay telling us that he was only in the LWO because he'd been forced to (probably by losing a match).

Ah, so that makes sense now.

Meanwhile, despite being berated by Eddie earlier, Juventud Guerrera continued to run interference for the LWO leader.

He wasn't the only one.

Towards the finish, another LWO member who the announcers told us was Eddie's bodyguard came down to distract the referee. This backfired, as Rey gave Kidman the assist, allowing the champ to hit another shooting star press to retain the gold.
Your Winner and Still WCW Cruiserweight Champion: Kidman

A bizarre video package followed which saw clips of the Goldberg/Kevin Nash rivalry mixed with floating clouds and choral music.

It was odd.

Norman Smiley vs. Prince Iaukea

Yes, Norman Smiley vs. Prince Iaukea on one of the biggest pay per views of the year.

Welcome to the WCW, folks.

Look, I'm not saying it was a bad match. The two actually put on a pretty solid wrestling clinic, but it went on forever and absolutely nobody cared.

After almost 14 minutes of body scissors and assorted submissions, Smiley slapped on the Norman Conquest chicken wing to win the match.
Your Winner: Norman Smiley

Afterwards, a tired-looking Scott Hall turned up "unannounced" to cut a tedious promo about how 1998 had not been his year but 1999 would be.

Distancing himself from former teammate Kevin Nash, Hall claimed that he had nothing to prove to Nash or to the fans, but only to himself.

Though hindsight would prove that this would indeed serve a purpose, it was neither very interesting nor entertaining.

We then got a clip of Bam Bam Bigelow arriving at a WCW show and beating up Hall, which somehow led to a pull-apart between Nash and Goldberg and, finally, a three-way between Nash, Bigelow and Goldberg.

Maybe Bam Bam was still upset about something from the time he and Nash teamed up at King of the Ring 1995.

The Cat (w/ Sonny Onoo) vs. Perry Saturn

Now known simply as The Cat, Ernest Miller began tonight by taking to the mic to tell the crowd that they were lucky to see him compete and "whoop this guy."

He then did his usual schtick in which he gave his opponent five seconds to leave the ring to avoid said whooping. Naturally, Perry Saturn declined the invitation.

Though Miller was never the greatest (despite that being his whole gimmick), this was at least an effective way of getting heat before he and Saturn locked up.

The actual match was kept short and played for laughs in the early going, with the cowardly Cat doing all he could to try and stay away from Saturn.

Alas, he failed, got his ass kicked, and lost the match after Sonny Onoo tried to kick Saturn, missed, and smashed Cat in the mush.

Cat kicked his manager back but got a Death Valley Driver from Saturn and was pinned.
Your Winner: Perry Saturn

Post-match, Miller shoved Onoo, apparently ending their relationship.

"Meeeeeeeeean...WHOOO! Gene!"

Up next, Okerlund interviewed a returning Ric Flair about his upcoming match with Eric Bischoff.

Styling and profiling like no other before or since, Nature Boy vowed to tear Bischoff limb from limb in a highly entertaining promo, reminding us all that he was indeed a jet-flying, limousine-riding, kiss-stealing, wheeling-dealing son of a gun.

WHOO!

In case you were wondering what caused this match, we next saw a video package which traced the Bischoff/Flair rivalry all the way back to the Outsiders invasion of 1996.

If you recall, this led to Bischoff being revealed as part of the New World Order and becoming an egomaniacal dictator.

The video package recounted many of Bischoff's most dastardly power-mad moves, including trying to rid WCW of Ric Flair, beating up David Flair, and generally being a massive D.

After all that hype, you'd assume the big showdown between the two was next, but let's not forget that this was WCW, so of course, it wasn't.

Buff and Scott Threaten Konnan

Out in the back, Buff Bagwell and Scott Norton busted into Konnan's dressing room to tell him that the nWo Black & White was now under Steiner's control.

The two then said that even though they'd promised not to beat up Lex Luger, they couldn't say the same about K-Dogg.

This brought in Luger himself. The Total Package sent Bugg and Scott packing before having his loyalties questioned by Konnan.

Brian Adams & Scott Norton (w/ Vincent) vs. Fit Finlay & Jerry Flynn

Biggest pay per view of the year, folks!

OK, so this wasn't terrible, but if that's about the best you can say about a wrestling match then that's not exactly a good sign, is it?

After a whole bunch of kicking, slamming and chin-locking, Scott Norton powerbombed Jerry Flynn to get the fall for the nWo Job Squad.

The most interesting thing to happen here was that Tony Schiavone told us the main event was now a No-DQ match.
Your Winners: Brian Adams & Scott Norton

Out in the entrance way, Mean Gene gave Eric Bischoff a chance to respond to Flair's earlier promo.

A cocky heel in the best possible sense, Sleazy E put Flair over for "putting his life on the line" in a wrestling match despite having heart problems.

Flair, according to Bischoff, really had no choice though because, and I quote "In the hundred and four years that Flair's been wrestling, he never saved a nickel" and now needed the money.

Say what you want about Eric Bischoff, this was very good stuff.

World Championship Wrestling World Television Championship
WCW TV Champion Konnan vs. Chris Jericho (w/ Ralphus)

Prior to the match, we were shown a clip from Nitro of Chris Jericho putting the Lion Tamer on a skinny little dude dressed as Konnan.

Jericho then came out doing the thing where he wore the TV title after having stolen it, pretending to be the champion.

This would have been interesting if WCW didn't do the exact same gimmick every few months with different wrestlers.

Hitting the ring with Ralphus by his side, the future Y2J wished us all a Happy Jericholiday before mocking his opponent's slang and baggy pants.

Konnan then came down and had one of his best matches in a long time, a solid seesaw battle that was hugely enjoyable from start to finish.

Rivalled only by the opening triple threat in terms of quality, this very fun match ended with Konnan locking in Tequila Sunrise to keep his title.
Your Winner and Still WCW TV Champion: Konnan

Out in the "Internet Location" The Giant got mad at Lee Marshall because he believed Marshall had insinuated The Giant couldn't beat DDP.

Moving on...

Eric Bischoff vs. Ric Flair

Much better than this writer imagined, Bischoff vs. Flair was exactly what it needed to be:

Several minutes of Nature Boy beating the ever-loving snot out of the WCW President to the delight of the live audience.

At once point, Bischoff did mount a comeback, using a few karate kicks and driving Flair's head into the guardrail.

It was at this point that Flair bladed probably just for the sake of blading. The match really didn't need it and it looked stupid, but otherwise, Flair had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand as he battered Easy E from pillar to post.

The end came sometime after Little Naitch took a nap.

Flair slapped on the Figure Four but an unshaven Curt Hennig came down, gave Bischoff an International Object, and helped him win the match.
Your Winner: Eric Bischoff

Post-match, Hennig dragged a battered, lifeless, yet victorious Bischoff backstage.

Coming up...DDP Takes on The Giant! 

Prior to our next match, we were shown a video that told us how we got to Giant/DDP.

Basically, it began with Giant aligning himself with Bret Hart and helping The Hitman regain the US title from Page.

Giant then attacked DDP, even destroying the old WCW logo set-piece as an excuse to eventually reveal the new logo and set-piece that nobody liked.

The Giant vs. Diamond Dallas Page

I wanted to like this match. I really did.

Diamond Dallas Page had become one of WCW's hottest acts in 1998 and had been involved in some genuinely enjoyable matches (as well some not-so-enjoyable ones involving Dennis Rodman), but this?

This was mostly slow, tedious, and not very interesting.

Towards the finish, Bret Hart ran in swinging a chair, but missed Page and got The Giant instead.

Not that it mattered, the two competitors continued to battle in a finish that was more exciting than anything else in the entire match.

To finish, Page hit the Diamond Cutter off the top for the three count.
Your Winner: Diamond Dallas Page

Afterwards, Page and Hart trash-talked one another.

We then got the weird Goldberg and Kevin Nash in the clouds video, and with that, it was time for our main event.

World Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship
WCW World Heavyweight Champion Goldberg vs. Kevin Nash

This is one of those occasions when rewatching wrestling shows twenty years after the fact can seriously spoil your enjoyment.

Sure, Nash and Goldberg both worked to their strengths to give us a main event calibre big man match, but the ending to this one is so well known that I just couldn't buy into anything that was happening.

Instead, I found myself sitting here waiting...waiting for the inevitable.

Then, it happened.

Disco Inferno ran in wearing a Wolfpac T-shirt and got speared to hell and back. Bam Bam Bigelow ran in and got battered too.

Then, Scott Hall, disguised as a member of security, clambered up onto the apron and tasered the champion.

Nash then recovered from having been beaten up by Goldberg and -not knowing Hall had been involved- powerbombed his way to infamy.
Your Winner and NEW WCW World Heavyweight Champion: Kevin Nash

Ladies and gentlemen, one of the worst decisions in WCW history had just been made, and knowing WCW history, that's saying something.

The Finger Poke of Doom was imminent, the eventual demise of World Championship Wrestling not far behind.

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After two really enjoyable cruiserweight matches, Starrcade 1998 quickly devolved into a bizarre show which, for the most part, played out like a random episode of WCW Saturday Night rather than the company's flagship Pay Per View. 

Whilst the likes of Smiley/Iaukea and nWo vs. Flynnlay weren't exactly awful, they weren't PPV quality either. 

Meanwhile, the main event, whilst certainly befitting a show like Starrcade in terms of its stature, really was the beginning of the end of WCW as we know it. 

It's sad really because at times World Championship Wrestling really had been the best pro wrestling show on the planet. 

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1998 events reviewed so far

1. WWF - Royal Rumble 1998 
2. WCW - Souled Out 1998
3. WWF - In Your House 20: No Way Out of Texas 
4. WCW - Superbrawl 1998
5. WCW - Uncensored 1998 
6. WWF - Wrestlemania 14 
7. WCW Spring Stampede 1998
8. WWF - In Your House 21: Unforgiven
9. WCW Slamboree 1998
10. WWF - In Your House 22: Over The Edge
11. WCW Great American Bash 1998 
12. WWF - King of the Ring 1998
13. WCW - Bash at the Beach 1998 
14. WWF - In Your House 23: Fully Loaded 
15. WCW - Road Wild 1998
16. WWF - Summerslam 1998
17. WCW - Fall Brawl 1998
18. WWF - In Your House 24: Breakdown
19. WWF - In Your House 25: Judgement Day 
20. WCW - Halloween Havoc 1998
21. WWF - Survivor Series 1998
22. WWF - Capital Carnage 1998
23. WCW - World War 3 1998
24. WWF - In Your House 26: Rock Bottom

Other WCW Starrcade reviews:

• WCW Starrcade 1996
• WCW Starrcade 1997

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PPV REVIEW: WWF Capital Carnage 1998

December 6th, 1998
London Arena, London, England

A lot had changed since the World Wrestling Federation had presented their last UK-only pay-per-view.

That had taken place back at the Birmingham NEC arena on September 20th, 1997. It was called One Night Only and was notable for being the night Shawn Michaels humiliated national hero Davey Boy Smith, taking his European Championship in the process.

Along with Triple H and Chyna, Michaels had gone on to officially declare himself the leader of D-Generation-X and dethrone Bret 'The Hitman' Hart in the main event of Survivor Series 1997.

That event, forever known as "The Montreal Screwjob" was the catalyst for unprecedented change in the WWF, change which would ultimately give us the creative and financial resurgence known as the Attitude Era.

A year down the line, as the WWF returned to the UK, that change was evident from top to bottom.

Michaels was no longer an active competitor, with Triple H taking his place at the helm of DX. Bret Hart and The Bulldog were long gone from the company, and in almost every conceivable way, the World Wrestling Federation that arrived at the London Arena on this cold December night was an entirely different entity than the one UK fans had last seen in September '97.

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With that being said, let's head to England's capital for Capital Carnage 1998.

There's a Fatal Fourway a'Comin'

We began tonight's show with a hype video for tonight's fatal four-way main event pitting Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Undertaker, Kane and Mankind against one another.

Though it lacked much of the drama and storytelling that most WWF PPV openings had, this one was nonetheless effective in building excitement for the match.

After panning through a sea of fan-made signs and hyper audience members, we were greeted by Jim Ross and Jerry 'The King' Lawler for the usual introductions.

As Ross and Lawler talk us through tonight's matches, I'll take a moment to point out two things about this show.

1: This would be the night that Ross would suffer his second attack of Bell's Palsey. This one would happen as Ross was actually on air.

This came just hours after Ross had learned that his mother had passed away. Imagine getting that news and then going on to still call a pro wrestling news. What a hero that man is.

2: This is only the second show we've ever reviewed on Retro Pro Wrestling that your writer was actually live in the crowd for.

Yes, somewhere in that 10,000-strong crowd was an excitable 14-year-old wearing a Stone Cold Steve Austin t-shirt who had no idea he'd still be writing about this event 20 years later.

With that being said, let's get on to the matches.

Gangrel vs. Al Snow (w/ Head)

So, we got things underway with a fun little opener pitting Al Snow against everyone's favourite vampire warrior, Gangrel.

It's been said before that because Gangrel's whole gimmick was so memorable, many of us forget that he was actually a pretty solid performer.

Here, he proved that by taking the fight to Snow in an enjoyable contest, suplexing him from pillar to post and engaging in some pretty sweet exchanges.

With the London faithful firmly behind him, Snow did mount a comeback, and even gave his opponent Head, but alas, it wasn't to be his day.

Mid-bout, Edge and Christian made their way to ringside, and, after Snow had drilled Gangrel with his mannequin head, Christian kept the referee distracted while Edge lept off the top rope and took out the J.O.B Squad leader.

Gangrel made the cover and this one was over.
Your Winner: Gangrel

Out in the depths of the arena, Mankind told us that he was in "the coldest boiler room I've ever been in" (because, you know, England gets pretty cold in December) before reminding us that tonight's fatal four-way was no holds barred, no DQ, no countout.

Wrapping up one his typically intense and well thought-out promos, then told us that after tonight, the London Arena would be up there with the likes of the Tower of London as a popular tourist attraction were gruesome things once happened.

L.O.D 2000 (Animal & Droz) vs. The Headbangers

Prior to this match getting underway, we were reminded of that oh-so-classy 'Hawk is an Addict' angle and the time Droz pushed him off the Titantron.

The Headbangers had recently turned heel again yet here they were loved by the London crowd. Whether that's because we just loved Mosh and Thrasher or simply hated Droz so much we'd cheer for his opponents, I can't remember.

What I can tell, you from watching this, is that we certainly did hate Droz.

While his partner Animal got a lot of love, the former football star was loudly booed by the audience.

That was about the most interesting thing about this short little contest.

OK, so it wasn't terrible, but it barely got the chance to get going before Droz got rolled up and pinned.
Your Winners: The Headbangers

Post-match, Droz and Animal got into an argument which led into a full-scale brawl that had to be stopped by a gaggle of referees.

The brawl wasn't much, but it was still more exciting than that previous match.

'The end is near, Austin'

Up next, we were shown a flashback to the special Friday night edition of Raw which had aired earlier that weekend.

On that show, Undertaker had attempted to put Kane in a body bag and send him to an insane asylum via ambulance.

However, it turned out that Kane had escaped, sent 'Taker in the ambulance, and then helped Stone Cold shove Paul Bearer (now back with The Undertaker) down a sewer.

To this day, I always remember watching that segment. To this day, I'd still love to know how they pulled it off.

Anyway, that took us to Michael Cole, who stood by for an interview with The Deadman.

With his typically morbid promos becoming ever more macabre as of late, 'Taker talked about Austin's rotted soul and how we should pray for Stone Cold because all kinds of sinister things were going to happen to him.

As usual, this was captivating stuff from The Phenom.

Val Venis vs. Goldust

These two had previously gone at it at Judgement Day: In Your House 25 during that whole saga when Terri Runnels was sleeping with Val Venis.

Since then, Terri had gone onto declare herself pregnant with Val's love child (which Val himself disputed thanks to having a vasectomy) and form PMS with Jacqueline.

Yet even with her out of the picture, it seemed The Big Valbowski and Goldust still hated each other.

Tonight, they channelled that hate into a decent yet immediately forgettable, by-the-numbers match.

Though pretty basic, this was actually a decent watch, ending when Val narrowly escaped a Shattered Dreams and rolled up Goldie for the three count.
Your Winner: Val Venis

Unfortunately for the wrestling porn star, he didn't get the chance to celebrate for very long.

Goldust beat him up some more and then finally hit Shattered Dreams, much to the delight of the UK audience.

Tea time: a pile of pious crap

Next, we were shown a clip of Vince McMahon giving a guest lecture at the prestigious Oxford University.

This was followed by the Chairman making his way out, accompanied by his son Shane McMahon, and The Stooges, Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco.

Patterson kicked off promo time by telling us that Mr McMahon had changed tonight's card around.

Instead of The Rock vs. Triple H (or Hunter Hearst Hem-sley, as Patterson continually called him), we'd get Triple H vs. Jeff Jarrett and The Rock vs. X-Pac.

Gerald Briscoe then said little of note before handing the mic to Shane.

Here, Shane took the opportunity to address footballer-turned-actor, Vinnie Jones.

The Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels actor was set to be the special guest enforcer in tonight's main event, and Shane had a few thoughts on this.

Specifically, he had thoughts on Jones' reputation as a "hard man," which in the UK, basically means you're known for being physically tough, if not a little violent.

This being 1998, Shane had no problem suggesting that Jones was actually hard because he was George Michael's gay lover.

"Oh come on, Vinnie Jones is a man's man, but not like that!" cried Jim Ross on commentary, as if being accused of being gay was the worst possible thing that could ever happen to someone.

Ah, good ol' homophobic '90s.

Shane's whole promo was terribly cringe-worthy.

To begin with, Vince's wasn't much better.

The evil overlord of the World Wrestling Federation took to the mic and began by telling us all that 'tea time is a load of pious crap,' even going so far as to toss away the cup of tea that I was drinking.

The crowd booed like they were supposed to, but there was something very odd about this statement. I remember being there, live in the London Arena at aged 14 and wondering why I was supposed to be upset that Vince didn't care for a spot of tea.

Watching it back, I still think it was a pretty dumb line.

Fortunately, Mr. McMahon redeemed himself with one of the best promos I've ever heard him cut, launching into a scathing tirade about Britain's past as a colonial power, it's fall from grace, and it's inferiority to the United States.

Vince gave us history, he gave us politics, he gave us social commentary. Above all, he gave us a compelling reason to hate us.

It was awesome and would have been even more awesome had Vince not then predicted that one day the UK would be governed by "a Prime Minister of Pakistani descent" as though this were a bad thing.

Yep, racism and homophobia in one segment. What a time that decade really was.

Edge vs. Tiger Ali Singh

Does nobody else find it weird that Tiger Ali Singh would always show up at these WWF UK PPVs despite doing next to nothing on television for the rest of the year?

Here, the second generation star drew heat for dedicating this match to his Indian forefathers who suffered under the tyranny of the British Empire (fair enough) but then basically got his ass handed to him in a short nothing match with future main eventer, Edge.

The Brood member quickly dominated his opponent, only for Singh to score the upset with a quick roll-up (another one) that he reinforced by putting his feet on the ropes.
Your Winner: Tiger Ali Singh

Afterwards, Singh continued the beatdown, only for Edge to once again take control and batter the evil foreigner.

It's gonna be emotional

Up next, Michael Cole brought Vinnie Jones to the ring in order to respond to the earlier put down from the McMahons.

Though clearly amped up and enthusiastic, Jones came across as an unintelligent thug, responding to Cole's simple questions with even simpler answers (such as repeating the phrase 'bring 'em on!" over and over).

The crowd loved it but, looking back, it all seemed terribly scripted and forced.

Mixed Tag Team Match
WWF Women's Champion Sable & Christian vs. Jacqueline & Marvelous Marc Mero

Christian's partner Edge had previously teamed with Sable back at Summerslam 1998 so now it was the younger of the two 'brothers' to tag with the women's champion.

Quite why Sable would choose two gothic dudes as her partners is anyone's guess, but there ya go.

Meanwhile, Marvelous Marc Mero had recently fired Jacqueline after she cost him a match against The Big Boss Man on Heat.

He'd then gone onto Raw and promised that if he couldn't beat "that jobber" Duane Gill, then that would be the last we'd ever see of him.

Naturally, The Marvelous One lost (thanks to interference from The Blue Meanie) and that was it for Mero's WWF career.

Except of course for tonight, when he was forced to meet his final outstanding contractual obligation, teaming with his pissed-off former manager.

The match itself was fine, with some fun, playful spots breaking up some solid action between the two men.

Eventually, Mero took a walk and Christian gave chase, leaving Sable to finally get her hands on arch-rival Jacqueline.

It didn't take long for the women's champion to dispose of her opponent either.

A few punches and a TKO were all it took to win the match.
Your Winners: Sable & Christian

Afterwards, Jacqueline took out her frustrations on referee Tim White by attacking him. White lifted Jacqueline onto his shoulders, allowing Sable to reach up and pull off Jacqui's top.

Having been there live, I can tell you that there are only three things I really remember from Capital Carnage:

1. McMahon insulting tea time
2. The Rock vs. X-Pac being awesome
3. Jacqueline having her top ripped off and exposing her boobs to half of London while atop Tim White's shoulders.

For years, I'd kind of had an inkling that this was planned but had never been entirely sure.

Watching this show back today (For the first time in 20 years), it's obvious that Jacqui was wearing a very loose-fitting shirt and no bra, almost as if she -gasp- wanted to flash her breasticles to 10,000 people.

World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Championship
WWF Intercontinental Champion Ken Shamrock (w/ Big Boss Man) vs. Steve Blackman

When I said there were only three things I remember, I really mean it.

I have absolutely no recollection whatsoever of ever seeing this match before. Now that I watch it back, I realise why.

Before it started, Jim Ross told us that this was going to be a great match.

Unfortunately, Jim Ross lied.

This was the most boring thing on the card so far. A basic, kick-punch-chinlock repeat affair that was beyond dull.

In fact, the only interesting thing that happened in the whole match was when the crowd started chanting 'you fat bastard!' at Shamrock's second, The Big Boss Man.

Speaking of Boss Man, it came as a relief he finally whacked Steve Blackman in the ankle with his nightstick, allowing Ken Shamrock to slap on the ankle lock and pick up the three count.
Your Winner and Still Intercontinental Champion: Ken Shamrock

Continuing the trend of post-match beatdowns that had occurred after just about every match on the card so far, Boss Man beat up on Blackman a little afterwards.

If you smell what The Rock is cookin...

Backstage, World Wrestling Federation Champion The Rock told Michael Cole that he was going to squash "that bony jabroni" X-Pac in their upcoming match.

Seemingly unphased by the change in his opponent, The Great One planned to wrap out his promo with his famous catchphrase.

There was just one problem:

He couldn't remember it.

First, he tried "whatcha gonna do," then "and that's the bottom line." He went for "to be the man, you've got to WOO," and even attempted "I'm the best there is, the best there was," but still it wasn't right.

Finally, The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment his on "If you smell what The Rock is Cookin'" and this fun little segment was over.

Jeff Jarrett (w/ Debra McMichael) vs. Triple H (w/ Chyna)

I keep using the word "fun" in this review because that's the best way to describe it.

None of the action up to this point had been particularly amazing, but outside of the Intercontinental snooze-fest, most of it had been an enjoyable watch.

The same was true of Jeff Jarrett vs. Triple H.

While both men would have much better matches in their careers, this one saw the two veterans prove themselves to be masters of their craft.

It was the case of the cunning heel versus the super-hot babyface in a non-stop, back-and-forth battle.

After a very entertaining contest and some shenanigans involving Debra and Chyna, Hunter Hearst Hem-sley hit the pedigree and got the three count.
Your Winner: Triple H

I should mention -because this is obviously important- that Debra looked smoking hot here.

Stone Cold is in a bad mood

Clearly trying to keep himself warm in the frigid British winter, Stone Cold Steve Austin told Michael Cole that he came to England to whoop somebody's ass, and it didn't matter who's ass that would happen to be.

Maybe it was jet lag, maybe it was just the cold, but Austin seemed rather subdued, answering each of Cole's questions slowly and calmly before finally declaring that he was in a bad mood and sending the interviewer away.

D'Lo does London

Before the next match, we were shown a video of former European Champion D'Lo Brown making is way around London, pretending that he lived at Buckingham Palace, mispronouncing the River Thames (its pronounced "tems") and announcing that Her Majesty The Queen had renamed Big Ben to Big D.

D'Lo, you see, had lost the title to X-Pac some time ago but was still going around pretending to be the champion.

World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Championship
WWF Tag Team Champions The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg Jesse James & Bad Ass Billy Gunn) vs. Mark Henry & WWF D'Lo Brown

Most matches involving the New Age Outlaws had a terrible tendency to be formulaic.

Basically, Road Dogg would get beat up for a bit, Billy Gunn would make the save, and then it would just..kind of end.

Tonight, the popular champions stuck to their tried-and-trusted formula, yet they also mixed it up enough that this became one of the better matches you'd see them in.

The overall result was -you guessed it- fun.

Like many of the performers tonight, you got the idea that the outlaws, as well as D'Lo and Mark Henry,  were having a lot of fun, and that translated into another entertaining match.

Eventually, Bad Ass Billy Gunn got the win for his team.
Your Winners and Stil Tag Team Champions: The New Age Outlaws

Prior to the next match, we were reminded of The Rock's surprising heel turn and WWF Championship win back at Survivor Series 1998.

World Wrestling Federation Championship
WWF Champion The Rock vs. WWF European Champion X-Pac

Making his first PPV title defence since winning the gold, The Rock took the fight to X-Pac in what was by far the best match of the night so far.

Both champ and challenger traded the advantage several times, building up the drama of the match with every move.

At one point, The Rock was fed up of being beaten up by X-Pac and threatened to leave, only for Triple H and Chyna to arrive and send the champion back to the ring.

The challenger's allies then stuck around for the rest of the match, running interference in a way which made no logical sense (they were the babyfaces after all) but was very enjoyable all the same).

After an absolute stormer of a title match, Triple H just beat up on The Rock, costing his buddy the match.
Your Winner via Disqualification and Still WWF Champion: The Rock

Afterwards, there was, you guessed it, another beatdown.

Hunter and X-Pac (the babyfaces, remember?) put the boots to The Rock. Ken Shamrock ran in to help out his Corporation teammate, but he got attacked too.

Needless to say, the crowd loved it.

Time for the main event

Before the final match got underway, Tony Chimmel introduced us to our special guest ring announcer, Shane McMahon.

In turn, McMahon introduced us to our special guest timekeeper, Pat Patterson, who got a rousing "You Fat Bastard!" chant from the crowd, and also Gerald Briscoe, who was taking The Big Boss Man's place as special referee, leaving Boss Man to stand outside as a second enforcer to watch Vinnie Jones.

Naturally, Briscoe got a solid chant of "The referee's a wanker!"
Next, Shane introduced us to our special guest commentator,
none other than Vince McMahon himself.

This made it the first time Vince had joined King & JR on commentary for a PPV since Badd Blood: In Your House 18.

Big Boss Man was then announced as the Corporate Enforcer, after which Tony Chimmel welcomed Vinnie Jones.

The toughman received a huge ovation from the London crowd and got into a shoving contest with Boss Man, resulting in Briscoe showing him the red card (because football).

This meant that Jones had to leave, and finally, we were allowed to have our main event.

Fatal Four Way
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Mankind vs. Kane vs. The Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer)

Special guest enforcer: The Big Boss Man

I won't lie, one of the most awesome things about this whole main event was hearing Vince slip naturally back into his commentary voice.

He was still technically a heel, sure, but he was a heel Vince McMahon - Commentator rather than a heel Mr. McMahon - Evil Overlord.

As for the match itself, it was all the chaotic, violent fun you'd expect from an Attitude Era four-way match.

Plenty of brawling, swinging chairs and, of course, a crowd who ate it all up.

Mankind, Undertaker and Kane all worked hard here, but really, this was the Austin show plain and simple.

The London crowd were hugely into The Texas Rattlesnake and blew the roof off the place when he finally got the win over Kane.
Your Winner: Stone Cold Steve Austin

To end things, Austin had a beer bash with Vinnie Jones and Earl Hebner, who had counted the winning three count after Austin had beaten up Gerald Briscoe.

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All in all then, a fun show.

WWF Capital Carnage isn't the kind of pro wrestling that's going to change your life.

It isn't the kind of pro wrestling event that's going to have you raving to all your friends about afterwards.

But it is the kind of event you can pop on for a few hours on a quiet afternoon and be glad that you did.

The Rock/X-Pac WWF title match is the true standout here, with the main event a close second.

That said, outside of the atrocity that was Shamrock/Blackman, everything here is watchable and -for the most part- enjoyable.

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1998 events reviewed so far

1. WWF - Royal Rumble 1998 
2. WCW - Souled Out 1998
3. WWF - In Your House 20: No Way Out of Texas 
4. WCW - Superbrawl 1998
5. WCW - Uncensored 1998 
6. WWF - Wrestlemania 14 
7. WCW Spring Stampede 1998
8. WWF - In Your House 21: Unforgiven
9. WCW Slamboree 1998
10. WWF - In Your House 22: Over The Edge
11. WCW Great American Bash 1998 
12. WWF - King of the Ring 1998
13. WCW - Bash at the Beach 1998 
14. WWF - In Your House 23: Fully Loaded 
15. WCW - Road Wild 1998
16. WWF - Summerslam 1998
17. WCW - Fall Brawl 1998
18. WWF - In Your House 24: Breakdown
19. WWF - In Your House 25: Judgement Day 
20. WCW - Halloween Havoc 1998
21. WWF - Survivor Series 1998
22. WWF - Capital Carnage 1998
23. WCW - World War 3 1998

Other UK event reviews: 

• WWF Battle Royal at the Royal Albert Hall 1991
• WWF Summerslam 1992
• WWF One Night Only 1997

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PPV REVIEW: WCW World War 3 1998

November 22, 1998
The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan 

There can't be many who don't know the story of World Championship Wrestling's demise. 

A company that once had it all -the stars, the money, the ratings- eventually became a victim of its own success and imploded under the weight of huge egos and even more huge mistakes.

If there's one pivotal moment in WCW's history that serves not only as the perfect example of their lunacy but as the very catalyst for their downfall, it's the incident known as the Fingerpoke of Doom.

On that fateful night in Georgia, Kevin Nash strolled to the ring as the WCW Champion, having cashed in a title opportunity and ended Goldberg's undefeated streak, a streak that was the hottest thing in the company at the time.

Nash then took a poke to the chest from Hulk Hogan, hit the mat, and essentially handed over the title.

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As the old saying goes, it all went downhill from there.

But what does all of this have to do with World War 3 1998?

In a word, everything.

You see, before Nash could get his Starrcade match with Goldberg, he first had the small matter of a 60-Man World War 3 Battle Royal to win.

This, ladies and gentleman, was the beginning of the end.

Welcome to the Fourth Annual World War 3

Our show tonight began with an opening video package which flashed through the names and pictures of all sixty men competing in tonight's big battle royal.

If you didn't already have epilepsy before, you certainly did after watching this video, that's how fast and in-your-face it was.

Less in-your-face, though not by much, was our usual host Tony Schiavone and his colleagues Iron Mike Tenay and Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan.

Apparently, Hulk Hogan was not here tonight, and for some reason, this came as a shock to the announcers.

Clearly, they hadn't been paying attention to Hogan's behind-the-scenes career one bit.

Tony, Bobby, and Mike also reminded us of the bitter rivalry between Diamond Dallas Page and Bret 'The Hitman' Hart before sending us to Mean Gene Okerlund.

Kids, Get Your Parents' Permission

In between shilling the hotline (1-900-909-9900), Mean Gene took some time out to speculate on the winner of tonight's battle royal.

Refusing to name his pick, Okerlund merely hinted that, rather than one of the bigger guys like Kevin Nash, it might be a smaller competitor who would use their "high moves."

I didn't even realise Rob Van Damn was working for WCW at this time.

All jokes aside, it was onto our opening match.

Glacier vs. Wrath

If you let out a loud groan when you saw the two names above, don't worry:

You're not the only one.

Wrath had debuted back at Uncensored 1997, attacking Glacier during that ill-advised "Blood Runs Cold" feud that was meant to capitalise on the popularity of Mortal Kombat but which only succeeded in boring everyone to tears.

The two had then gone on to face off at The Great American Bash 1997 in a match which did little to generate excitement for that whole story.

Yet that was then and this was now...and things were very different.

Glacier was now a heel, and Wrath was in the middle of a short-lived Monster Goldberg Push that would eventually be derailed at the hands of Kevin Nash.

For now, however, the former Adam Bomb was hot stuff, with the crowd firmly behind him.

OK, so the match itself was never anything more than mediocre, but with the audience popping huge for everything Wrath did, it somehow worked.

It could have benefited from being a few minutes shorter, sure, but it was a serviceable way to keep Wrath's streak intact thanks to his Meltdown pump-handle slam finisher.
Your Winner: Wrath

Prior to the next match, we got a long video package in which Bret 'The Hitman' Hart lambasted everyone he'd feuded with so far in "The WCW," including Booker T, Chris Benoit, Lex Luger and his recent rival, Diamond Dallas Page.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who was bothered by Bret calling the company "The WCW," though I'll forgive him this once on account of this wonderfully hilarious line:

"LEX LUGER, YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT MUSCLES!"

Pretty sure he definitely did have muscles, Bret.

Stevie Ray (w/ Vincent) vs. Konnan

You know, getting through these 1998 WCW PPVs has been hard going, and it's partly because of matches like this.

Stevie Ray vs. Konnan would have been a bathroom break match even on a below-average episode of Nitro, so what it's doing on prime PPV is anyone's guess.

As you might have guessed, the match was 50 shades of meh.

In the end, Konnan avoided getting wallopped with the slapjack, but was so unhappy about Stevie even bringing the thing into the ring that he apparently snapped and just starting clobbering on him, even shoving the referee when he tried to intervene.

That brought about the DQ, and this one was over.
Your Winner via Disqualification: Stevie Ray

Afterwards, Booker T ran in to warn Konnan back off and tried to urge his brother to leave "those nWo pussies."

Alas, Stevie wasn't for leaving and told Booker to leave him alone.

"Special Martial Arts Challenge Match"
Sonny Onoo & Ernest Miller vs. Kaz Hayashi & Perry Saturn

Weirdly, I'm friends with Sonny Onoo on Facebook, so I won't be too harsh on this one.

Still, you can't help but believe that this "special martial arts challenge" was a step down for Perry Saturn, who was just coming off the back of a long, heated rivalry with Raven.

In case you're wondering "Special Martial Arts Challenge" basically meant a regular tag team match with Sonny wearing a karate suit and laying in some ineffective kicks against Kaz Hayashi, who was making his PPV debut here.

Like the earlier Glacier/Wrath outing, this one could have benefited from being about five minutes shorter.

Had they kept it brief, it could have perhaps worked as a quick little comedy outing. Instead,  it went over ten minutes and really began to drag.

When Ernest Miller kicked Saturn in the head and Onoo got the three count it came as a relief, though probably not to Saturn, who must have really pissed somebody off backstage.
Your Winners: Sonny Onoo and Ernest Miller

Out in the "Internet Location" Chris Jericho - who had been one of the hottest stars in the world- talked about his upcoming match with -sigh- Bobby Duncam Jr.

World Championship Wrestling Cruiserweight Championship
WCW Cruiserweight Champion Juventud Guerrera vs. Billy Kidman

Prior to the match, Mean Gene stopped Juventud Guerrera in the middle of his entrance to confront him about wearing a Latino World Order t-shirt.

This brought out LWO leader Eddie Guerrero, who confirmed that yes, Juvi was indeed LWO-4-LIFE.

In turn, this brought out fellow LWO member Rey Mysterio Jr, who was angry because Eddie bringing Juvi into the stable was the reason he (Mysterio) had been denied a cruiserweight title match...

...Yeah, I don't know either.

Irate about this whole confusing thing, Mysterio promised to do something about this injustice before letting Guerrera and Kidman get on with their match.

And man, what a match it was.

Probably the best cruiserweight match since Eddie and Rey's classic at Halloween Havoc 1997, this was dramatic, exciting, and made innovative use of the three-ring set-up.

The two tore it up with gusto, creating a match that was easily going to be the best thing on the card...

At least until the finish.

With Juvi ready to huricanrana Kidman off the top, Rey ran in and held onto Kidman's pants so that he stayed where he was.

A Shooting Star Press later, and we had a new champion.
Your Winner and New Cruiserweight Champion: Billy Kidman

Afterwards, Eddie told Rey he was either in or out.

Naturally, good guy Rey handed in his LWO membership and got chased off by his former teammates.

El Dandy was there.

Nobody doubted him.

Scott Steiner (w/ Buff Bagwell) vs. Rick Steiner

If World Championship Wrestling proved anything over the years, it's that they were pretty good at flogging a dead horse.

At the previous month's Fall Brawl, we finally got the big pay off to the Steiner Brother feud, and if things had ended there, everyone would have been happy.

Instead, they kept it going to tonight, where Scott Steiner had to bring his own referee with him.

You see, Steiner had been mean to some of the referees on WCW programming, and so all of WCW's officials had banded together to say -in the exact words of Tony Schiavone- "that they would not referee a Scott Steiner match or a Big Poppa Pump match ever again."

I suppose there was a subtle difference between Scott Steiner and Big Poppa Pump, though who knows what it was.

Not that this was much of a Scott Steiner match...or Bigg Poppa Pump match for that matter.

Scotty had the nWo job squad beat up his brother backstage when wheel him out for a two-on-one mauling at the hands of the two Daddies - Big Bad Booty and Buff.

Rick Steiner battled back, even taking out Scott's bogus referee, but it all proved too much for him.

In the end, WCW World Champion Goldberg ran out to confront Scott, who flipped him the bird.

The champ then proceeded to destroy everybody in sight and whatever this had been, it was finally over.
No Contest.

I'll take this moment to remind you that Goldberg was the WCW World Heavyweight Champion here, and his only role on the show was to save Rick Steiner and put in a cameo during the battle royal...more of which later.

Scott Hall (w/ nWo Hollywood) vs. Kevin Nash

A lot had happened to Scott Hall since he and former Outsiders partner Kevin Nash first went at it back at Fall Brawl.

For one thing, he'd finally sobered up.

For another, he'd decked Eric Bischoff on Nitro for reasons I don't recall and don't care to look up.

What I do recall -because I just this second watched it- is that this match began with Bischoff coming to the ring and ordering nWo Hollywood to turn their backs on Hall.

They did so with gusto, prompting Nash to run out and make the save.

Yet rather than give the crowd the big Outsiders reunion they wanted, Nash merely refused to give Hall the Too Sweet sign and wandered off instead.
No Contest

That whole thing could have been done on Nitro.

World Championship Wrestling World Television Championship
WCW World Television Champion Chris Jericho (w/ Ralphus) vs. Bobby Duncam Jr

Look, I don't mean to rag on Bobby Duncam Jr, but you can't help but feel as though this match was Chris Jericho's punishment for getting himself over during his "feud" with Goldberg.

Also of note. this was the first PPV appearance not only of Bobby Duncam Jr but also Ralphus, who looked completely awkward throughout the whole thing.

The match itself was OK, but the crowd really gave no damns about Duncam Jr, and completely switched off.

In fact, if you look, you'll see the fans looking anywhere except towards the ring throughout the entirety of the match.

The near silence that greeted this one really sucked the life out of this one and it was a chore to watch.

That's not to say that Jericho, and even, Duncam Jr, didn't put some effort in, but alas, such efforts really didn't pay off.

After a long bit of nothing exciting, Ralphus distracted the referee and Jericho waffled his opponent with the title to score the fall.
Your Winner and still WCW TV Champion: Chris Jericho

Next up, it was time for World War 3.

World War 3: Sixty Man Battle Royal

Featuring: Alex Wright, Bobby Blaze, Barry Darsow, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Chip Minton, Chris Adams, Chris Benoit, Ciclope, Saturn, Damien, The Disciple, Disco Inferno, Eddie Guerrero, El Dandy, The Giant, Hector Garza, Horace Hogan, Chris Jericho, Booker T, Wrath, Ernest Miller, Scott Steiner, Scott Norton, Scott Hall, Scotty Riggs (basically, all the Scotts), Rey Mysterio Jr., Barry Horowitz, Bobby Eaton, Stevie Ray, Billy Kidman, Juventud Guerrera, Psicosis, Dean Malenko, Steve 'Mongo' McMichael, Kaz Hayashi, Lex Luger, Konnan, Bobby Duncam Jr., Kanyon, Kevin Nash, Johnny Swinger, Renegade, Scott Putski, Silver King, Super Calo, Tokyo Magnum, Van Hammer, Vilanos V, Vincent, Kendal Whindam Jr., Kenny Kaos, La Parka, Lenny Lane, Lizmark Jr., Mike Enos, Lodi, Norman Smiley, Prince Iuekea, Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker, Glacier

The show did a really good job of giving all sixty men a proper introduction - not with their own theme music- but at least in a way that you could clearly see -and were told- exactly who was competing.

That was a nice touch, and, weirdly, I quite like that they started off by introducing everybody in more-or-less alphabetical order.

I think that's the OCD side of me kicking in.

The rules this year were slightly different, in that as well as being thrown to the floor, you could also be eliminated by being pinned or submitted.

The weirdest part is this hardly came into play at all.

The only time that it did was a two-second spot in which Scott Steiner slapped Mongo McMichael in a submission move, but the referee stayed over on the other side of the ring, paying no attention to it.

Still, as battle royals go, this was one of the better ones.

Kevin Nash cleaned house in his ring early and then got plenty of time to just hang out and chill for a while. Seriously, you can put your own jokes in there.

When it got down to 20 men, the remaining wrestlers met in one ring to give us some genuinely enjoyable action.

At one point, the recently debuted Bam Bam Bigelow made his first WCW PPV appearance when he ran through the crowd and tried to attack everybody but ended up getting beaten up.

Goldberg ran in for a fantastic pull-apart brawl with the former WWF and ECW star as the remaining battle royal participants just watched.

Finally, the match culminated in Nash eliminating both his Wolfpac teammate Lex Luger and World War 3 1997 winner, Scott Hall.
Your Winner: Kevin Nash

Nash would now go on to face Goldberg at Starrcade 1998.

The Finger Poke of Doom was getting ever closer.

World Championship Wrestling United States Heavyweight Championship
WCW US Champion Diamond Dallas Page vs. Bret 'The Hitman' Hart

With challenger Bret Hart playing the uber-heel and challenger Diamond Dallas Page riding a wave of momentum as one of WCW's hottest homegrown stars, both men worked together to create a compelling main event match that worked on every level.

Bret was vicious and yet conniving.

Page was valiant and courageous.

Each man played their roles to perfection to deliver a very solid bout.

Just like Jericho/Duncam Jr., this one suffered in the early going thanks to a lack of crowd reaction, but like the consummate professionals they were, Hart and Page won them over.

At least they did until the finish, which totally put a dampener on the entire thing.

Charles Robinson took a tumble, which allowed Bret Hart to retrieve a pair of brass knuckles from Robinson's pocket, the referee having put them there after they were knocked out of Bret's hand earlier in the match.

Scott Steiner's weird nWo referee then ran in, Page was clocked with the brass knuckles, and the Sharpshooter was applied.

The fake ref then called for the bell, and apparently, that was all she wrote.

Except it wasn't.

Mickie Jay, who was ringside tending to Lil' Naitch, disputed the finish, giving Page enough time to recover, hit the Diamond Cutter, and retain the title.
Your Winner and Still WCW United States Champion: Diamond Dallas Page

As Tony Schiavone reminded us what went down throughout the course of the show, DDP celebrated his big win to bring the fourth and final World War 3 to an end.

After tonight, the World War 3 concept would be shelved for good. The following year, it was replaced by WCW Mayhem, a show designed to promote the video game of the same name.

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As I said earlier, reviewing WCW's 1998 PPVs has been a chore over these last few months. With the notable exception of the aforementioned Fall Brawl 1998 (which was mostly very good), every show has been frustrating, disappointing, confusing, or just plain bad.

Tonight's show risked doing just the same, with two scheduled matches not taking place, a bunch of filler on the undercard, and an infuriatingly poor finish to the main event.

That said, the Juvi/Kidman cruiserweight bout was an absolute joy to watch, whilst the actual World War 3 battle royal was by far and away the best one the company had ever produced.

Definitely check out the cruiserweight match, and if you're a battle royal fan give the  60-man a look, otherwise there's nothing much to see here.

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1998 events reviewed so far

1. WWF - Royal Rumble 1998 
2. WCW - Souled Out 1998
3. WWF - In Your House 20: No Way Out of Texas 
4. WCW - Superbrawl 1998
5. WCW - Uncensored 1998 
6. WWF - Wrestlemania 14 
7. WCW Spring Stampede 1998
8. WWF - In Your House 21: Unforgiven
9. WCW Slamboree 1998
10. WWF - In Your House 22: Over The Edge
11. WCW Great American Bash 1998 
12. WWF - King of the Ring 1998
13. WCW - Bash at the Beach 1998 
14. WWF - In Your House 23: Fully Loaded 
15. WCW - Road Wild 1998
16. WWF - Summerslam 1998
17. WCW - Fall Brawl 1998
18. WWF - In Your House 24: Breakdown
19. WWF - In Your House 25: Judgement Day 
20. WCW - Halloween Havoc 1998
21. WWF - Survivor Series 1998

Other WCW World War 3 reviews:

• WCW World War 3 1996
• WCW World War 3 1997

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