Fall Brawl '94: War Games

Fall Brawl '94: War Games was the second Fall Brawl professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on September 18, 1994 from the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. As of 2014, the event is available on the WWE Network.[1]

Fall Brawl '94: War Games
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PromotionWorld Championship Wrestling
DateSeptember 18, 1994
CityRoanoke, Virginia
VenueRoanoke Civic Center
Attendance6,500
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Production

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Background

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The WarGames match was created when Dusty Rhodes was inspired by Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.[2] It was originally used as a specialty match for the Four Horsemen. The first WarGames match took place at The Omni in Atlanta during the NWA's Great American Bash '87 tour. It became the traditional main event at Fall Brawl pay-per-views from 1993 to 1998.

Storylines

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The event featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Professional wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3]

Event

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Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
Commentator Tony Schiavone
Bobby Heenan
Interviewer Gene Okerlund
Ring announcer Gary Michael Cappetta
Michael Buffer
Referees Randy Anderson
Nick Patrick

Ricky Steamboat was originally scheduled to defend the WCW United States Championship against Steve Austin, but he was suffering from a back injury and could not compete. As a result, Austin won the United States title by forfeit. This was Steamboat's last appearance in WCW as he was fired shortly thereafter and decided to retire from the ring. Following the announcement that Austin was the new champion WCW Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel declared that Austin would defend his title against a mystery opponent. As Austin was protesting the decision, saying he would not wrestle again that night, Hacksaw Jim Duggan was revealed as the mystery opponent.

In the triangle match, Big Van Vader pinned The Guardian Angel in the first part of the match. The second part, between Vader and Sting ended in a 15-minute time limit draw. Referee Nick Patrick continued the match with a five-minute overtime and, when that period expired with no decision, with a sudden death period, in which the first wrestler to be taken off his feet would lose. Vader won when a masked man attacked Sting while Race and the Guardian Angel fought at ringside, distracting Patrick; Sting had knocked Vader down first but Vader got up before Patrick turned his back to the action and declared Vader the winner. As per a pre-match stipulation, Big Van Vader was declared number one contender for Hulk Hogan's WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

Results

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No.Results[5][6]StipulationsTimes
1DBrad Armstrong and Brian Armstrong defeated Bad Attitude (Steve Keirn and Bobby Eaton)Tag team match
2Johnny B. Badd defeated Lord Steven Regal (c)Singles match for the WCW World Television Championship11:08
3Kevin Sullivan (with Dave Sullivan) defeated Cactus JackLoser Leaves WCW match[4]06:08
4Jim Duggan defeated Steve Austin (c)Singles match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship00:35
5Pretty Wonderful (Paul Orndorff and Paul Roma) (c) defeated Stars and Stripes (The Patriot and Marcus Alexander Bagwell)Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship12:54
6Big Van Vader defeated Sting and The Guardian AngelTriangle Elimination match30:22
7Dusty Rhodes, Dustin Rhodes and The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) defeated The Stud Stable (Terry Funk, Arn Anderson, Bunkhouse Buck and Col. Robert Parker) (with Meng)WarGames match19:05
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
D – this was a dark match

References

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  1. ^ "Every pay-per-view available on WWE Network". WWE. February 4, 2014. Archived from the original on February 5, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  2. ^ WCW War Games: WCW’s Most Notorious Matches 2013. WWE.
  3. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  4. ^ Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p.281)
  5. ^ "Fall Brawl". thehistoryofwwe.com.
  6. ^ "Pro wrestling history (9/18): Flair pins Dusty, Triple H defeats CM Punk in No DQ". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. September 18, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2020.