November to Remember (1998) was the sixth
November to Remember
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professional wrestling
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pay-per-view
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(PPV)
event
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produced by
Extreme Championship Wrestling
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(ECW). The event took place on November 1, 1998 from the
Lakefront Arena
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in
.
Seven
professional wrestling matches
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were held at the event. The
main event
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was a
six-man tag team match
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, in which the team of
Sabu,
Rob Van Dam
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and
Taz Taz or TAZ may refer to:
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defeated
Triple Threat (
Shane Douglas
Troy Allan Martin (born November 21, 1964) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name Shane Douglas. He is best known for his tenures in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (W ...
,
Bam Bam Bigelow
Scott Charles Bigelow (September 1, 1961 – January 19, 2007) was an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Bam Bam Bigelow. Recognizable by his close to 400-pound frame and the distinctive flame tattoo that spanned most ...
and
Chris Candido
Christopher Barrett Candito (March 21, 1972 – April 28, 2005) was an American professional wrestler. Candito is best remembered for his tenures with promotions such as World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, New Japan Pro-W ...
).
Storylines
The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and
storylines. Wrestlers portrayed
villains
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,
heroes
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, or
less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
At
Heat Wave
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,
Taz Taz or TAZ may refer to:
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*Taz (river), a river in western Siberia, Russia
*Taz Estuary, the estuary of the river Taz in Russia
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* Taz people, an ethnic group in Russia
** Taz language, a form of Northeastern Mandarin spoken by ...
defeated
Bam Bam Bigelow
Scott Charles Bigelow (September 1, 1961 – January 19, 2007) was an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Bam Bam Bigelow. Recognizable by his close to 400-pound frame and the distinctive flame tattoo that spanned most ...
in a
Falls Count Anywhere match
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to retain the
FTW Heavyweight Championship.
On the August 12 episode of ''Hardcore TV'', Taz retained the title against
Sabu and Bigelow in a
triple threat match
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after the match ended in a thirty-minute time limit draw.
The following week, on ''Hardcore TV'', Bigelow's
Triple Threat leader, the injured
World Heavyweight Champion
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Shane Douglas
Troy Allan Martin (born November 21, 1964) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name Shane Douglas. He is best known for his tenures in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (W ...
proclaimed that he was a better champion than the
World Television Champion Rob Van Dam
Robert Alexander Szatkowski (born December 18, 1970) is an American professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam (frequently abbreviated to RVD). He is best known for his tenures in Extreme Championship Wrestling ...
and announced that Triple Threat would be pursuing Rob Van Dam and Sabu's
World Tag Team Championship
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Nomenclature
The name of the promo ...
. Later that night, Bigelow and
Chris Candido
Christopher Barrett Candito (March 21, 1972 – April 28, 2005) was an American professional wrestler. Candito is best remembered for his tenures with promotions such as World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, New Japan Pro-W ...
attacked RVD and Sabu during RVD's match against
Dudley Boyz
The Dudley Boyz (also known as Team 3D) are an American professional wrestling tag team that consisted of kayfabe half-brothers Bubba Ray Dudley (Mark LoMonaco) and D-Von Dudley (Devon Hughes). The team was also joined by various Dudley family me ...
until Taz made the rescue.
RVD and Sabu retained their World Tag Team Championship against Triple Threat and Dudley Boyz on August 26 ''Hardcore TV''.
It was teased that a new Triple Threat would be formed between RVD, Sabu and Taz against the Triple Threat.
On the October 2 ''Hardcore TV'', RVD and Sabu's manager
Bill Alfonso
William Matthew "Bill" Sierra (born August 11, 1957) is an American former professional wrestling referee and manager better known by his ring name Bill Alfonso. He achieved his greatest success in Extreme Championship Wrestling in the mid-to-late ...
tried to convince Taz to form the New Triple Threat with RVD and Sabu but Taz teased a handshake and then left the ring. Later in the main event, Taz made the save for RVD and Sabu from an assault by Triple Threat and Dudley Boyz and formed New Triple Threat.
The two teams continued to brawl and battle with each other.
On the October 23 episode of ''Hardcore TV'', it was announced that the Triple Threat would face Sabu, RVD and Tazz at November to Remember.
A week later, Triple Threat cost RVD and Sabu, the World Tag Team Championship against Dudley Boyz.
On the August 19 episode of ''Hardcore TV'',
Justin Credible
Peter Joseph "PJ" Polaco (born October 16, 1973) is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Justin Credible. He ...
defeated
The Sandman to get a huge upset victory.
The two men feuded with each other over the next few weeks as they attacked each other during matches.
On the September 19 episode of ''Hardcore TV'',
Jack Victory
Kenneth Rinehurst (born July 3, 1964) is an American professional wrestler and manager, better known by his ring name, Jack Victory. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with the Universal Wrestling Federation and the World Class Wrestlin ...
allied himself with Credible and
Jason
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as the trio attacked Sandman during his match against Rod Price later in the night until
Tommy Dreamer
Thomas James Laughlin (born February 13, 1971), is an American professional wrestler and promoter better known by the ring name Tommy Dreamer. He is signed to Impact Wrestling and is the owner and promoter of the House of Hardcore (HOH) promo ...
made the save.
One Man Gang
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made his ECW debut and assaulted both Sandman and Dreamer, thus marking Sandman's exit from ECW who would jump ship to
World Championship Wrestling
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(WCW).
On the September 26 ''Hardcore TV'', Dreamer paid tribute to Sandman until he was insulted and attacked by Credible and his allies as Credible heavily made him bleed by assaulting him with Sandman's signature
Singapore cane
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.
On the following week's ''Hardcore TV'', Dreamer and
The Gangstanators
The Gangstanators were a professional wrestling tag team in Extreme Championship Wrestling. The team consisted of New Jack, formerly of The Gangstas, and John Kronus, formerly of The Eliminators, with "Gangstanators" being a portmanteau of the ...
(
New Jack
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and
John Kronus
George B. Caiazzo (January 13, 1969 – July 18, 2007) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, John Kronus, and later simply Kronus. Caiazzo worked for Extreme Championship Wrestling, the United States Wrestling Asso ...
) defeated Credible, Victory and Price in a
Street Fight.
A week later, Dreamer rescued Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks (
Balls Mahoney
Jonathan Rechner (April 11, 1972 – April 12, 2016), better known by his ring name Balls Mahoney, was an American professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) during the late 199 ...
and
Axl Rotten
Brian Knighton (April 21, 1971 – February 4, 2016), better known by the ring name Axl Rotten, was an American professional wrestler. In the early 1990s, he was a part of the tag team The Bad Breed with Ian Rotten. He had a short stint with Worl ...
) from Credible's assaults by hitting Credible with the Singapore cane.
On the October 16 ''Hardcore TV'', the team of Dreamer,
Spike Dudley
Matthew Jonathan Hyson (born August 13, 1970) is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Spike Dudley. Prior to WWE, Hyson began performing as Spike Dudley in the 1990s with E ...
and The Gangstanators defeated Credible, Victory, Price and One Man Gang.
On the October 30 episode of ''Hardcore TV'', Credible caned Victory's opponent
Tommy Rogers to help Victory in defeating Rogers and then Credible's alliance attacked Rogers until Dreamer made the save. Later that night, Jack declared that he would be Dreamer's partner against Credible and his chosen tag team partner at November to Remember as his match against Victory had been cancelled at Heat Wave. Victory then smashed a guitar over Jack's head.
On the October 9 episode of ''Hardcore TV'',
Masato Tanaka defeated
Buh Buh Ray Dudley
Mark LoMonaco (born July 14, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and Impact Wrestling under the ring name Bully Ray. He was previously known as one-half of The Dudley Boyz tag t ...
in a match after Rob Van Dam and Sabu prevented Bam Bam Bigelow from interfering in the match.
On the October 23 episode of ''Hardcore TV'', Tanaka took on Balls Mahoney in a match which ended in a no contest after Dudley Boyz interfered in the match and attacked both men, resulting in a tag team match between the two teams which Mahoney and Tanaka won.
This would lead to a match between the two teams at November to Remember, which became a title match after Dudley Boyz won the World Tag Team Championship on October 30 ''Hardcore TV''.
At Heat Wave, Chris Candido defeated
Lance Storm in a match.
Both men continued to feud with each other after Heat Wave. On the October 16 episode of ''Hardcore TV'', Storm interfered in Candido's match against
Jerry Lynn
Jeremy Lynn (born June 12, 1963), better known by the ring name Jerry Lynn, is an American retired professional wrestler currently signed with All Elite Wrestling as a producer and coach. He has worked for promotions such as World Championship ...
, with
Mikey Whipwreck
John Michael Watson (born June 4, 1973), better known by his ring name Mikey Whipwreck, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler working for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a trainer, and global ambassador. He is best known for his career ...
also getting involved into the match. Storm helped Candido in beating Lynn, thus setting up a match between Lynn and Storm at November to Remember.
Event
Preliminary matches
As the event kicked off,
New Jack
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jumped
Jack Victory
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from behind while Victory was being interviewed.
Terry Funk
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expressed his anger at
Tommy Dreamer
Thomas James Laughlin (born February 13, 1971), is an American professional wrestler and promoter better known by the ring name Tommy Dreamer. He is signed to Impact Wrestling and is the owner and promoter of the House of Hardcore (HOH) promo ...
for not inviting him to the show and choosing him as his mystery partner as Dreamer had done in the past and Dreamer explained that Funk wanted a lighter schedule, so he did not want him to get involved but Funk walked off in anger.
The Blue World Order
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(
The Blue Meanie
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and
Super Nova
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) took on the team of
Danny Doring and Amish Roadkill in the first match of the event. Funk came back to the ringside and got himself involved into the match by slapping Meanie, who shoved Funk into the timekeeper's table. BWO hit a ''Blue Light Special'' to Doring for the win. After the match, Funk attacked BWO.
In the next match,
The Full Blooded Italians
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member
Tracy Smothers
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took on
Tommy Rogers. Smothers' FBI teammates interfered in the match, allowing Smothers to gain advantage. FBI were distracted when they were about to collide as
Little Guido
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had grabbed the
Italian flag
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. The distraction allowed Rogers to hit a ''
Tomikaze'' to Smothers to win the match. After the match, FBI attacked Rogers until
Chris Chetti
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Professional wrestling career
Extreme Championship Wrestling ...
made the save but he was attacked as well.
Ulf Herman
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then brought out
Mabel as a guest member of FBI, who attacked Chetti.
Spike Dudley
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made the save for Chetti but got beaten up. Mabel then attempted to drive him through a table but Dudley moved out of it and Mabel crashed through it and then Dudley executed an ''
Acid Drop'' to Mabel and covered him with the
referee
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counting the pinfall and awarding the win to Dudley.
Next,
Jerry Lynn
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took on
Lance Storm with
Tammy Lynn Sytch
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as the
special guest referee
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while
Mikey Whipwreck
John Michael Watson (born June 4, 1973), better known by his ring name Mikey Whipwreck, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler working for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a trainer, and global ambassador. He is best known for his career ...
was the guest enforcer for the match. Sytch was favouring Lynn.
Tammy Lynn Bytch tried to interfere and Sytch stripped her off and then Whipwreck nailed a ''
Whippersnapper
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'' to Bytch and attempted to execute a ''Whippersnapper'' to Sytch as well but Lynn came in her way and was hit with the move. Storm took advantage by covering Lynn for the pinfall but Sytch counted a slow pinfall count. Storm confronted her and she nailed him with a ''Whippersnapper'' and Whipwreck nailed her with a ''Whippersnapper'' and then Lynn tried to pin Storm with a
small package
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Background
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but Whipwreck turned Storm on top of Lynn and gave a fast count to award the win to Storm.
Later,
The Dudley Boyz
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(
Buh Buh Ray and
D-Von) defended the
World Tag Team Championship
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Nomenclature
The name of the promo ...
against
Masato Tanaka and
Balls Mahoney
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. Dudleys attacked the challengers from behind to gain advantage. Dudleys executed a ''
3D'' to Tanaka who kicked out of the pinfall attempt. Mahoney and Tanaka nailed them with chairs and then executed ''
Nutcracker Suite
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'' and
Tornado DDT
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respectively on the chairs to gain near-falls. Dudleys
low blowed their opponents and drove Mahoney with a
Piledriver and Tanaka with a
sitout powerbomb. Dudleys set up
table
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s in the ring but
Rob Van Dam and Sabu
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attacked Dudleys and drove them with a ''
Five-Star Frog Splash'' and a
diving leg drop
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combination through the tables, allowing Tanaka and Mahoney to win the titles.
The penultimate match of the event featured Tommy Dreamer and his mystery tag team partner
Jake Roberts
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against
Justin Credible
Peter Joseph "PJ" Polaco (born October 16, 1973) is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Justin Credible. He ...
and Jack Victory. Credible's allies Rod Price,
Jason
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and
One Man Gang
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interfered in the match, prompting
The Gangstanators
The Gangstanators were a professional wrestling tag team in Extreme Championship Wrestling. The team consisted of New Jack, formerly of The Gangstas, and John Kronus, formerly of The Eliminators, with "Gangstanators" being a portmanteau of the ...
(New Jack and
John Kronus
George B. Caiazzo (January 13, 1969 – July 18, 2007) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, John Kronus, and later simply Kronus. Caiazzo worked for Extreme Championship Wrestling, the United States Wrestling Asso ...
) to make the save and brawl with Credible's allies. Dreamer brought a ladder into the ring and placed it into the ring and Roberts executed a
DDT
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to Credible on the ladder for the victory. After the match, Terry Funk confronted Dreamer for picking Roberts over him as his tag team partner and attacked him.
Main event match
In the main event of the show,
The Triple Threat
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(
Shane Douglas
Troy Allan Martin (born November 21, 1964) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name Shane Douglas. He is best known for his tenures in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (W ...
,
Bam Bam Bigelow
Scott Charles Bigelow (September 1, 1961 – January 19, 2007) was an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Bam Bam Bigelow. Recognizable by his close to 400-pound frame and the distinctive flame tattoo that spanned most ...
and
Chris Candido
Christopher Barrett Candito (March 21, 1972 – April 28, 2005) was an American professional wrestler. Candito is best remembered for his tenures with promotions such as World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, New Japan Pro-W ...
) took on New Triple Threat (Sabu, Rob Van Dam and
Taz Taz or TAZ may refer to:
Geography
*Taz (river), a river in western Siberia, Russia
*Taz Estuary, the estuary of the river Taz in Russia
People
* Taz people, an ethnic group in Russia
** Taz language, a form of Northeastern Mandarin spoken by ...
). Dudley Boyz attacked RVD and Sabu during their entrance to the ring before the match. Taz made the save by hitting a series of ''
Tazplexes'' on Dudleys. After a back and forth match between the two teams, Taz applied a ''
Tazmission
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'' on Douglas and both men laid down on the mat and then Sabu nailed an ''
Arabian Facebuster'' to both men and pinned Douglas to win the match.
Reception
The event has received generally negative reviews from critics.
In 2011, David of ''Wrestling Recaps'' gave the event "thumbs down," stating, "What’s with all the tag team stuff on this card? Only two one-on-one matches? I never cease to be confused by ECW booking. If you can ignore Sunny’s handiwork, Lance Storm vs. Jerry Lynn is very good, but there’s not much else of note from this pay-per-view. Thumbs down."
In 2018, Kevin Pantoja of ''411Mania'' gave the event a rating of 4.5
oor
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History
The magazine was first published on 1 April 1971, being founded by Ba ...
stating, "A disappointment of a show. Heatwave was incredible, then we get this. It felt like it wasn’t a special show, mostly due to there being so many tag team matches. The disappointment came from several issues. For one, the main event didn’t deliver. Then, things like the mystery partners and the over focus on shenanigans in an otherwise strong Lynn/Storm match didn’t help. I didn’t see the point of Rogers/Smothers, but was pleasantly surprised by the Tag Title match."
In 2022, Paul Matthews of ''Classic Wrestling Review'' described the event as "forgettable," stating, "Heat Wave was great, but this show was forgettable and uneventful. I get they’re holding off on the Taz/Douglas match, but nothing felt important on this show. It wasn’t terrible. None of the bouts were actively bad. But it’s a PPV you forget about at the end of the day. How ironic!"
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Aftermath
On the November 13 episode of ''Hardcore TV'', Taz confronted Sabu for stealing the win from him at November to Remember and then Shane Douglas came and provoked Taz into attacking and injuring Sabu and offered him a spot in Triple Threat in place of the departed Bam Bam Bigelow, who left ECW for WCW.
Taz pretended to be Douglas' ally until he laid down in a match and put Sabu on top of him for the
FTW Heavyweight Championship on the December 25 episode of ''Hardcore TV''.
At
Guilty as Charged, Taz finally defeated Douglas to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
Justin Credible and Tommy Dreamer continued their feud after November to Remember as Credible defeated Dreamer in a
Stairway to Hell match
A ladder match is a type of match in professional wrestling, most commonly one in which an item (usually a title belt) is hung above the ring, and the winner is the contestant who climbs a ladder and retrieves the item. The ladder itself becom ...
at Guilty as Charged after Terry Funk nailed Dreamer with a trashcan.
On the December 13 episode of ''Hardcore TV'', Dudley Boyz defeated Masato Tanaka and Balls Mahoney in a rematch to regain the World Tag Team Championship.
Results
See also
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1998 in professional wrestling
References
External links
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{{ECWPPV, November to Remember
November to Remember
1998 in Louisiana
Events in New Orleans
Professional wrestling in New Orleans
November 1998 events in the United States
1998 Extreme Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events