WarGames was a

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produced by

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(MLW). The event was named after the famous

WarGames match WarGames is a specialized steel cage match in professional wrestling. The match usually involves two teams of either four, five, or more wrestlers locked inside a steel cage that encompasses two rings placed side by side. The cage may or may not ...

, which headlined the event. The event was produced by MLW in September twice, first as a supercard in 2003 and secondly as a television taping of MLW's television program ''

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'' in 2018. The 2018 WarGames match aired on the September 14, 2018 episode of ''Fusion'' on

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. It was replaced by War Chamber in 2019 after

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acquired the rights from MLW to use the WarGames name for its NXT TakeOver events.

Dates and venues

References

External links

Major League Wrestling official website
{{MLWPPV, WarGames Recurring events established in 2003 Recurring events disestablished in 2018

WarGames ''WarGames'' is a 1983 American science fiction techno-thriller film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham. The film, which stars Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, and Ally Sheedy, follows Dav ...