#WCW SOULED OUT 1997 PART 1 TV#

In the ensuing commotion WCW television announcer Lee Marshall (working the ring with Larry Zybysko), was knocked down and legitimately kicked to the head and chest by the Dungeon's The Faces of Fear ( The Barbarian and Meng) while lying on the floor and could be heard yelling 'What the heck is going on out here?'. 'World War 3', three-ring, 60 man battle royal for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight ChampionshipД«efore they even got in the ring for the World War 3 match, the Four Horsemen and the Dungeon of Doom battled outside of Ring #3, with Benoit, Sullivan (Taskmaster) and Big Bubba battling into the crowd. Randy Savage won the World War 3 Battle Royal ^ Singles match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship Kensuke Sasaki (c) (with Sonny Onoo) defeated Chris Benoit Singles match for the WCW World Television ChampionshipД«ull Nakano and Akira Hokuto (with Sonny Onoo) defeated Mayumi Ozaki and Cutie Suzuki Badd (c) defeated Diamond Dallas Page (with The Diamond Doll) Hogan went to attack Giant after this as Savage eliminated Gang, 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. While referee Randy Anderson was busy watching Savage, The Giant pulled Hogan out of the ring through the bottom rope. In the process, Hogan eliminated all three men from the match, leaving himself, Savage and Gang as the final three entrants. He and Hulk Hogan had been working on eliminating Gang but Hogan decided to assist Sting and Lex Luger in eliminating The Giant from the match. Randy Savage was declared the winner of the World War 3 match after eliminating One Man Gang. World took place on Novemfrom the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. The cover for the 1999 release of the final 1998 event did not show a date. World was released on VHS as World War 3 '96. WCW released the World War 3 events on home video the following year, with the packaging for the first three releases reflecting the year that the video was released and not the year that the actual event took place, e.g.

Initially the winner got to pick which pay-per-view he would face the champion at, but this changed for the 19 matches to a set pay-per-view. In subsequent years the winner of the match became the #1 contender to the World Heavyweight Championship.

The inaugural World War 3 match was contested for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, which had been stripped from The Giant due to the outcome of his match with Hulk Hogan at Halloween Havoc in October 1995.

The last man standing in the ring was declared the winner.

This rule was amended in 1997 so that the competitors had to move to the central ring once forty men had been eliminated.

When 10 men remained in ring #1 or ring #3 they moved to ring #2 and the match continued.

In 1998 the rule was amended again to allow the counting of pinfalls and submissions for eliminations. This rule was amended in 1997 to allow for eliminations if a person leaves the ring in any way.

Originally, in order to be eliminated from the match a wrestler had to be thrown over the top rope and have both feet touch the floor.

#WCW SOULED OUT 1997 PART 1 TV#

From left-to-right on the TV screen ring #1 was on the left, ring #2 was the center ring and ring #3 was on the right.

The match began with all sixty men, in three rings, when the bell rings.

All sixty men were randomly assigned a specific ring before the match began.The rules for the World War 3 match were: Since the match employed three separate wrestling rings, this meant that the sixty men would have to be divided into thirds and twenty men began the match in each ring. Unlike the Royal Rumble, World War 3 was conducted as a traditional battle royal, meaning that all sixty wrestlers involved started the match at the same time. The rules for a World War 3 match were similar to the rules for a Royal Rumble match.

Wcw souled out 1997 part 1