Halloween Havoc (1991)

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Halloween Havoc
UTC Arena
Attendance8,900
Tagline(s)An Evening of Terrifying Destruction!
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The 1991 Halloween Havoc was the third annual

UTC Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This was also the first Halloween Havoc held by WCW alone following its split from the National Wrestling Alliance
(NWA) in January 1991.

The

The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) and the team of Abdullah the Butcher, The Diamond Studd, Cactus Jack, and Big Van Vader. Additionally, Brian Pillman was crowned the inaugural WCW Light Heavyweight Champion at the event by defeating Richard Morton
in the finals of a tournament.

In 2014, all of WCW's Halloween Havoc PPVs became available on WWE's streaming service, the WWE Network.[1]

Production

Background

UTC Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This was also the first Halloween Havoc held by WCW alone following its split from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in January 1991.[2]

Storylines

The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3]

Event

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
Commentators
 Jim Ross
Tony Schiavone
Ring announcer Gary Michael Cappetta
Interviewers
 Eric Bischoff
Missy Hyatt

During the pre-show, Barry Windham was attacked by

the Steiner Brothers against Oz, the Diamond Studd, the One Man Gang, and Barry Windham.[citation needed] Cactus replaced Oz, Big Van Vader replaced Windham, and Abdullah replaced Gang. One Man Gang was scheduled to take part in this match, but left WCW before the show. With Cactus Jack in the opening match, Oz replaced him against Bill Kazmaier. Doug Somers replaced the injured Michael Hayes, who was originally scheduled for the match against Van Hammer. The Phantom later revealed himself to be Rick Rude
.

United States Tag Team Champions
The Patriots challenged the Enforcers for the WCW World Tag Team Championship. The U.S. Tag Team Championships were not on the line.

This event also featured two matches utilizing the Refer-eye camera, where the referee wore a helmet with a camera to capture the action the referee sees.

Results

No.Results
The Enforcers (Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko) (c) defeated The Patriots (Todd Champion and Firebreaker Chip)
Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship09:51
11Lex Luger (c) (with Harley Race) defeated Ron Simmons (with Dusty Rhodes) 2-1Two-out-of-three-falls match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship18:59
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Tournament brackets

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Brian Pillman
BYE
Brian Pillman
Badstreet
Joey Maggs
Badstreet
Brian Pillman
Richard Morton
Mike Graham
Terrence Taylor
Mike Graham
Richard Morton
Richard Morton
Johnny Rich

Aftermath

As a result of the attack by The Enforcers at the beginning of the show, a match was scheduled for

Clash of the Champions XVII against Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes even though Windham was not cleared to wrestle. This would lead to the return of Ricky Steamboat
as Dustin’s partner.

Rick Rude made a challenge to Sting during his debut promo. A match between the two would also take place at the Clash.

This marked the PPV return of "Ravishing" Rick Rude, who left WCW's predecessor company Jim Crockett Promotions for the WWF in 1987 whilst World Tag Team champions with Manny Fernandez. Rude left WWF earlier in 1991 after a four year run. Kevin Nash would later shed the "Oz" gimmick and become "Vinnie Vegas". Brian Pillman would lose the Light Heavyweight title to Japanese star Jushin Thunder Liger later in 1991 before regaining it in a classic match at SuperBrawl II. Lex Luger (due to his contract only requiring him to work a certain number of dates) would not defend the WCW World Title on PPVs until SuperBrawl II in his final WCW match (before leaving for the World Bodybuilding Federation), losing to Sting (he did defend the title on the WCW/New Japan Supershow II in January 1992 against Masahiro Chono but it did not air in the US until March.)

References

  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. ^ a b "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts: Halloween Havoc 1991". Wrestling's Historical Cards. Kappa Publishing. 2007. p. 136.
  3. Discovery Communications
    . Retrieved 2015-11-15.
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