World War 3 (1995) was the inaugural
World War 3 professional wrestling
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produced by
World Championship Wrestling
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(WCW). The event took place on November 26, 1995, from the
Norfolk Scope
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in
Norfolk, Virginia
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.
Seven matches were contested at the event. The
main event
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was the first-ever
60-Man World War 3 battle royal for the vacant
WCW World Heavyweight Championship
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after the previous champion
The Giant was stripped of the title due to his controversial title win over
Hulk Hogan
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at
Halloween Havoc
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It was originally produced as an annual pay-per-view ...
.
Randy Savage
Randall Mario Poffo (November 15, 1952 – May 20, 2011), better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestl ...
was declared the winner of the World War 3 after eliminating
One Man Gang
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. Other featured matches on the card were
Sting versus
Ric Flair
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,
Lex Luger
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versus Randy Savage, a
Japanese female wrestling tag team showcase between
Bull Nakano
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and professional golfer better known as . She began competing in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) as a teenager under the ring name Bull Nakano. As a wrestler she was a villain, who often teamed w ...
and
Akira Hokuto
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler better known as .
Career
Born Hisako Uno, Hokuto became a professional wrestler in the wake of the enormous popularity of tag team the Crush Gals (Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka), and was responsib ...
from
All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling
, nicknamed Zenjo (全女: 全 meaning "All", 女 meaning "Woman") was a ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) professional wrestling promotion, promotion established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers. The group held th ...
and
Mayumi Ozaki
(born October 28, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is currently working for Oz Academy.
Career
Ozaki debuted in a tag team match in August, 1986.
In her career, she held the WWWA tag titles with Dynamite Kansai from April 11, 19 ...
and
Cutie Suzuki
(born October 22, 1969, as ), better known by her ring name , is a retired Japanese professional wrestler who mostly wrestled for JWP Joshi Puroresu. In 1990 she was featured in an all female wrestling game based on her titled '' Cutie Suzuki ...
from
JWP Joshi Puroresu
, also known as or simply JWP, was a Japanese ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) promotion, founded in 1992 as a splinter promotion of Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. Celebrating its 25th anniversary at the time of its folding in 2 ...
and a
WCW World Television Championship
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match between
Johnny B. Badd and
Diamond Dallas Page
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, with the stipulation that if Badd won, he would gain the
managerial services of
Kimberly Page
Kimberly Lynne Bacon (born January 1, 1970) is an American former professional wrestling personality. Known by her World Championship Wrestling ring name Kimberly Page, she was the leader of The Nitro Girls and the valet for her then-husband wre ...
.
Storylines
The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and
storylines. Wrestlers portrayed
villains
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,
heroes
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* ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...
, or
less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Storylines between the characters played out on WCW's television programs, ''
Monday Nitro
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'', ''
Saturday Night'', ''
WorldWide
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
Main Event
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''.
At
Halloween Havoc
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It was originally produced as an annual pay-per-view ...
,
The Giant controversially defeated
Hulk Hogan
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via disqualification to win the
WCW World Heavyweight Championship
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after Hogan's manager
Jimmy Hart
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turned on him by attacking the referee and then attacked Hogan. Giant was awarded the title in a shocking moment as the title did not change hands on a disqualification and therefore Hart joined
The Dungeon of Doom
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as their manager, a group of which Giant was a member.
On the November 6 episode of ''Monday Nitro'', Giant successfully defended the title against
Cobra and then Hart revealed that he had signed a contract on Hogan's behalf for Hogan's title match against Giant at Halloween Havoc and revealed a stipulation on the contract that if Hogan would be disqualified then Giant would win the title. However, WCW officials stripped Giant of the title because the disqualification was due to Hart's interference and announced that the title would be decided in the first-ever
World War 3 battle royal
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, which would consist of sixty competitors and would be contested in three rings and would take place at the namesake pay-per-view on November 26.
At Halloween Havoc,
Ric Flair
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turned on his partner
Sting during a tag team match against
Arn Anderson
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and
Brian Pillman
Brian William Pillman (May 22, 1962 – October 5, 1997) was an American professional wrestler and professional football player best known for his appearances in Stampede Wrestling in the 1980s and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Ch ...
.
This led to a reformation of
The Four Horsemen
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with Flair, Anderson, Pillman and a fourth partner in future. Sting defeated Flair on the November 13 episode of ''Monday Nitro'', which led to a rematch between the two at World War 3.
At Halloween Havoc,
Randy Savage
Randall Mario Poffo (November 15, 1952 – May 20, 2011), better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestl ...
defeated
Lex Luger
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after Luger collided with Jimmy Hart on the apron. Later that night, Luger turned on Savage and Hulk Hogan after Hart turned on Hogan and cost him the World Heavyweight Championship against The Giant. Luger would then join Dungeon of Doom and resume his rivalry with Savage.
On the November 13 episode of ''Monday Nitro'', Luger attacked Savage after Savage defeated
Meng
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* ...
, thus leading to a rematch between Savage and Luger at World War 3.
On the November 13 episode of ''Monday Nitro'',
Chris Benoit
Christopher Michael Benoit (; May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He worked for various pro-wrestling promotions during his 22-year career including most notably the WWE, World Wrestlin ...
defeated
Kensuke Sasaki
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, and founder of the now-defunct wrestling promotion Diamond Ring.
Sasaki is the first of four men ever to hold all three of '' puroresus major heavyweight titles (the IWGP Heav ...
in a match.
Sasaki later won the
United States Heavyweight Championship from Sting at a WCW World in Japan event hosted by
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
(NJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. Founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, the promotion was sold to Yuke's, who later sold it to Bushiroad in 2012. TV Asahi and Amuse, Inc. own minority shares ...
, setting up a match between Sasaki and Benoit for the title at World War 3.
At Halloween Havoc,
Johnny B. Badd defeated
Diamond Dallas Page
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to win the
World Television Championship.
This set up a rematch between Badd and DDP for the title at World War 3, with the stipulation that if DDP lost then Badd would win
Diamond Doll's managerial services.
On the September 16 episode of ''Saturday Night'',
Jim Duggan
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cost
Big Bubba Rogers
Ray Washington Traylor Jr. (May 2, 1963 – September 22, 2004) was an American professional wrestler best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Big Boss Man, as well as for his appearances with ...
a match against
Dave Sullivan by putting Ralph the Rabbit in the ring, which led to Rogers leaving the match due to his allergies from rabbits.
This led to a match between the two on the September 30 episode of ''Saturday Night'', in which Rogers defeated Duggan by hitting him with a taped fist while Duggan was distracted by
VK Wallstreet.
However, Duggan defeated Rogers in a rematch on the following week's ''Saturday Night''.
On the November 11 episode of ''Saturday Night'', it was announced that Duggan would face Rogers in a
Taped Fist match and Duggan was depicted as having visited Ireland to check out his ancestors in preparation for his match.
On the November 20 episode of ''Monday Nitro'', Duggan cost Rogers, his match against
Road Warrior Hawk
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by tripping Rogers from outside the ring as Rogers was about to use the taped fist on Hawk but landed face-first on the taped fist.
Event
Preliminary matches
In the inaugural match,
Johnny B. Badd defended the
World Television Championship against
Diamond Dallas Page
Dallas Page (born Page Joseph Falkinburg Jr., April 5, 1956), better known by his ring name Diamond Dallas Page (often stylized as DDP), is an American actor and retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. In the course of his wrest ...
, with the stipulation being that if Badd won, he would win the managerial services of Page's
valet
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Diamond Doll. Near the climax of the match, Badd executed a
springboard
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splash
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** ''Splash, Too'' ...
outside the ring on DDP and then tossed him into the ring to perform a springboard
diving leg drop
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to win the match and retain the title. As a result, Badd won Diamond Doll's services but freed her.
Next,
Jim Duggan
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took on
Big Bubba Rogers
Ray Washington Traylor Jr. (May 2, 1963 – September 22, 2004) was an American professional wrestler best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Big Boss Man, as well as for his appearances with ...
in a
taped fist match. Duggan was about to win the match as he was about to deliver a
three-point stance clothesline to Rogers but
VK Wallstreet interfered and Duggan hit him with a 2x4 but Wallstreet had tossed a chain into the ring and Rogers wrapped the chain with his fist and hit Duggan with the chain to knock him out, thus winning the match.
The following match was an interpromotional women's tag team match pitting
Mayumi Ozaki
(born October 28, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is currently working for Oz Academy.
Career
Ozaki debuted in a tag team match in August, 1986.
In her career, she held the WWWA tag titles with Dynamite Kansai from April 11, 19 ...
and
Cutie Suzuki
(born October 22, 1969, as ), better known by her ring name , is a retired Japanese professional wrestler who mostly wrestled for JWP Joshi Puroresu. In 1990 she was featured in an all female wrestling game based on her titled '' Cutie Suzuki ...
from
JWP Joshi Puroresu
, also known as or simply JWP, was a Japanese ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) promotion, founded in 1992 as a splinter promotion of Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. Celebrating its 25th anniversary at the time of its folding in 2 ...
against
Bull Nakano
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and professional golfer better known as . She began competing in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) as a teenager under the ring name Bull Nakano. As a wrestler she was a villain, who often teamed w ...
and
Akira Hokuto
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler better known as .
Career
Born Hisako Uno, Hokuto became a professional wrestler in the wake of the enormous popularity of tag team the Crush Gals (Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka), and was responsib ...
from
All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling
, nicknamed Zenjo (全女: 全 meaning "All", 女 meaning "Woman") was a ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) professional wrestling promotion, promotion established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers. The group held th ...
. After a back and forth action, Nakano hit a ''
Bull's Poseidon'' on Ozaki for the win.
Next,
Kensuke Sasaki
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, and founder of the now-defunct wrestling promotion Diamond Ring.
Sasaki is the first of four men ever to hold all three of '' puroresus major heavyweight titles (the IWGP Heav ...
defended the
United States Heavyweight Championship against
Chris Benoit
Christopher Michael Benoit (; May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He worked for various pro-wrestling promotions during his 22-year career including most notably the WWE, World Wrestlin ...
. After a back and forth match, Sasaki executed a ''
Northern Lights Bomb'' on Benoit to retain the title.
Later,
Randy Savage
Randall Mario Poffo (November 15, 1952 – May 20, 2011), better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestl ...
took on
Lex Luger
Lawrence Wendell Pfohl (born June 2, 1958), better known by the ring name Lex Luger, is an American retired professional wrestler, bodybuilder, and football player. In 2011 he began working with WWE on its wellness policy. He is best known for ...
. Luger's manager
Jimmy Hart
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distracted the referee as Savage was about to hit a
diving elbow drop and Savage tossed Luger out of the ring where the two brawled until Luger applied a ''
Torture Rack'' on Savage and then tossed him inside the ring to apply an
armbar
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on Savage's injured arm, thus knocking him out. Luger continued to apply the hold on Savage until
Sting made the save and talked Luger into releasing the hold.
In the final match on the undercard, Sting took on
Ric Flair
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. In the end of the match, Sting hit a
superplex
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on Flair and applied a ''
Scorpion Deathlock'' on Flair to make him submit for the win.
Main event match
The inaugural
World War 3 battle royal
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for the vacant
WCW World Heavyweight Championship
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was the main event. Randy Savage and
Hulk Hogan
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had been working on eliminating
One Man Gang
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but Hogan decided to assist Sting and Lex Luger in eliminating
The Giant from the match. In the process, Hogan eliminated all three men from the match, leaving himself, Savage and Gang as the final three entrants. While referee Randy Anderson was busy watching Savage as he eliminated Gang, The Giant pulled Hogan out of the ring through the bottom rope. Hogan went to attack Giant, but since Anderson saw Hogan on the floor he called for the bell and declared Savage the winner of the match and the new world champion despite Hogan's protests.
Reception
''World War 3'' received mixed reviews from critics. Jack Bramma of ''411Mania'' gave the event a rating of 5.0, writing "Mero/DDP bring the goods but every thing else can be skipped. Even the good stuff of the Japanese women's match and Flair/Sting have much better iterations elsewhere."
Scott Keith of ''411Mania'' wrote "Aside from the god-awful main event abortion of a battle royale, this is a pretty decent show that started a good run for WCW. Of course, all the good workers that caused it got buried during the
nWo era, but that’s WCW for ya."
''Wrestling 20 Years Ago'' staff rated the event 6.5 out of 10, writing "The main event is a real drag, it lasts the better part of an hour. But the action before that should have something in it to impress everybody. I'm more picky than most when it comes to lack of selling, but I get the feeling the two Japanese matches will be enjoyed more by many. Good show, stinker of a main event."
Aftermath
The following night on ''Monday Nitro'', Hulk Hogan interrupted an interview of the new World Heavyweight Champion Randy Savage and demanded that the outcome of the World War 3 be reviewed as he was not eliminated from the match but The Giant interrupted by attacking both men.
On the December 18 episode of ''Monday Nitro'', Hogan attacked Giant and several referees during Giant's title shot against Savage for the title, which resulted in Hogan being suspended for the rest of 1995 on the December 25 episode of ''Nitro''.
Savage would hold the title until
Starrcade
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, where WCW competed against
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
(NJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo. Founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, the promotion was sold to Yuke's, who later sold it to Bushiroad in 2012. TV Asahi and Amuse, Inc. own minority shares ...
wrestlers in an interpromotional World Cup. WCW won the tournament 4–3 and then Sting, Ric Flair and Lex Luger competed in a triangle match to earn an immediate title match against Savage. Flair won the match, thus earning an immediate title shot against Savage, which Flair won.
Hulk Hogan and The Giant's feud continued until
SuperBrawl VI, where Hogan defeated Giant in a
steel cage match
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to conclude the rivalry.
Mayumi Ozaki and Cutie Suzuki faced Akira Hokuto and Bull Nakano in a rematch on the following night's episode of ''Monday Nitro'', which Hokuto and Nakano won again.
Johnny B. Badd and Diamond Dallas Page had a rematch for the World Television Championship on the following night's ''Monday Nitro'', where Badd won after Diamond Doll knocked DDP out with a chain.
Badd gave Doll, the option to stay free or remain with him and she chose to be his valet. This led to a match between Badd and DDP for the title at SuperBrawl VI, where Badd retained.
Results
References
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