Halloween Havoc (1996)
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Halloween Havoc | |||
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Promotion World Championship Wrestling | | ||
Date | October 27, 1996 | ||
City | Paradise, Nevada | ||
Venue | MGM Grand Garden Arena | ||
Attendance | 10,000[1] | ||
Tagline(s) | A Night Of Terror And Suspense! | ||
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Halloween Havoc chronology | |||
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The 1996 Halloween Havoc was the eighth annual
The event was notable for the first appearance of former
In 2014, all of WCW's Halloween Havoc PPVs became available on WWE's streaming service, the WWE Network.[2]
Production
Background
Halloween Havoc was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) since 1989. As the name implies, it was a Halloween-themed show held in October. The 1996 event was the eighth event in the Halloween Havoc chronology and it took place on October 27, 1996, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada.[1]
Storylines
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
Role: | Name: |
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Commentators
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Tony Schiavone |
Bobby Heenan | |
Dusty Rhodes | |
Interviewers
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Mike Tenay |
Lee Marshall | |
Ring announcer | David Penzer |
Referees | Randy Anderson |
Nick Patrick |
Prior to the start of the pay-per-view there were two dark matches. The first match saw Jim Powers defeated Pat Tanaka and the second match saw Psychosis and Juventud Guerrera defeated Damián and Halloween.
The opening match of the pay-per-view was for the
The second match saw Diamond Dallas Page defeat Eddie Guerrero via pinfall after hitting the Diamond Cutter.
In the next match,
The next match saw Syxx defeat Chris Jericho. When Jericho was arguing with referee Nick Patrick about slow counts, Syxx used the opportunity to hit Jericho with a spin kick, and picked up the pinfall victory.
Next Lex Luger defeated Arn Anderson via submission. After Luger hit Anderson in the back with a chair, Luger was able to apply the Torture Rack, to which Anderson submitted. Prior to the next match, it was mentioned that Flair had accompanied Anderson to the local hospital.
In the following match
The second to last match saw
The main event saw Hollywood Hogan defeating Randy Savage to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. The Giant chokeslammed Savage to the floor; Giant then dragged an unconscious Hogan onto Savage. During the match, Miss Elizabeth came down to ringside and wasn't sure whose corner to go to. Roddy Piper came out following the match to confront Hogan and make his WCW debut.
Results
No. | Results dark match |
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References
- ^ a b "WCW Halloween Havoc 1996 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Every pay-per-view available on WWE Network". WWE. February 4, 2014. Archived from the original on February 5, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
- Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
- ^ "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts: Halloween Havoc 1996". Wrestling's Historical Cards. Kappa Publishing. 2007. p. 144.
- ^ "Halloween Havoc". 16 January 2023.