World War 3 (1998)

World War 3 (1998) was the fourth and final World War 3 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on November 22, 1998 from The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan and was the second consecutive event to emanate from the same venue like the previous year's event. This event marked the only instance where the traditional World War 3 battle royal did not headline the event.

Seven matches were contested at the event. There were two main events of the pay-per-view. The first was the traditional World War 3 match, where the winner would receive a WCW World Heavyweight Championship match at Starrcade. Kevin Nash won the match by last eliminating Lex Luger. The second main event was a standard wrestling match between Diamond Dallas Page and Bret Hart for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. Page pinned Hart to retain the title. Other featured matches on the card were Scott Hall versus Kevin Nash and Rick Steiner versus Scott Steiner.

Event

The match between Kevin Nash and Scott Hall was cancelled after Eric Bischoff came out and ordered Vincent, Scott Norton, The Giant, Stevie Ray and Brian Adams to attack Hall. Nash then came out and saved Hall from the beatdown. In the "World War 3" World War 3 battle royal. Nash last eliminated Luger to earn a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Starrcade.

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Wrath defeated Glacier	Singles match	08:22
2	Stevie Ray (with Vincent) defeated Konnan by disqualification	Singles match	06:55
3	Ernest Miller and Sonny Onoo defeated Perry Saturn and Kaz Hayashi	Tag team match	08:04
4	Billy Kidman defeated Juventud Guerrera (c)	Singles match for the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship	15:27
5	Rick Steiner vs. Scott Steiner (with Buff Bagwell) ended in a no contest	Singles match	N/A
6	Chris Jericho (c) (with Ralphus) defeated Bobby Duncum Jr.	Singles match for the WCW World Television Championship	13:19
7	Kevin Nash won by last eliminating Lex Luger	60-Man World War 3 match for a WCW World Heavyweight Championship match at Starrcade¹	22:33
8	Diamond Dallas Page (c) defeated Bret Hart	Singles match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship	18:31
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

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