WCW Mayhem

This article is about pay-per-view event. For the video game, see WCW Mayhem (video game). For the music release, see WCW Mayhem: The Music.

Mayhem was a professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Championship Wrestling and held in the month of November in 1999 and 2000. It is noted for being the first wrestling pay-per-view named after a video game, rather than the video game named after a pay-per-view.

1999

Mayhem 1999
Information
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	November 21, 1999
Attendance	13,839[1]
Venue	Air Canada Centre
City	Toronto, Ontario
Pay-per-view chronology
Halloween Havoc 1999 Mayhem 1999 Starrcade 1999
WCW Mayhem chronology
First Mayhem 1999 Mayhem (2000)

Mayhem 1999 took place on November 21, 1999 from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It was the first WCW pay-per-view event held in Canada.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi-Final: Chris Benoit defeated Jeff Jarrett (9:27)
  • Benoit pinned Jarrett after hitting him with his own guitar.
• Evan Karagias (with Madusa) defeated Disco Inferno (with Tony Marinara) to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (8:00)
  • Karagias pinned Inferno with a diving crossbody.
• Hardcore Championship Tournament Final: Norman Smiley defeated Brian Knobbs (with Jimmy Hart) to become the first WCW Hardcore Champion (7:27)
  • Smiley pinned Knobbs after Hart accidentally hit Knobbs with a garbage can.
• The Revolution (Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko and Asya) (with Shane Douglas) defeated The Filthy Animals (Eddy Guerrero, Billy Kidman and Torrie Wilson) (with Konnan) in an Elimination match (10:55)
  • Malenko pinned Kidman with a roll-up (2:56)
  • Guerrero pinned Malenko with a Hurricanrana (5:03)
  • Guerrero pinned Asya after a Frog Splash (6:28)
  • Saturn forced Guerrero to submit with the Rings of Saturn (10:17)
  • Saturn pinned Wilson after a low blow (10:55)
• Buff Bagwell defeated Curt Hennig in a Retirement match (7:47)
  • Bagwell pinned Hennig after a Buff Blockbuster.
• World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi-Final: Bret Hart defeated Sting (9:27)
  • Hart forced Sting to submit with the Sharpshooter.
• Vampiro (with Jerry Only) defeated Berlyn (with The Wall) in a Dog Collar match (4:57)
  • Vampiro forced Berlyn to submit with a Camel Clutch.
• Meng defeated The Total Package (with Elizabeth) (5:23)
  • Meng pinned Package with the Tongan Death Grip.
• Scott Hall defeated Booker T to retain the WCW United States Championship and WCW World Television Championship (6:04)
  • Hall pinned Booker after an Outsider's Edge.
  • Hall was originally supposed to face Rick Steiner for his World Television Championship, but Steiner was too injured to compete. Hall was awarded the title by forfeit and Booker T was named as his replacement.
• David Flair fought Kimberly Page to a no-contest (4:55)
• Goldberg defeated Sid Vicious in an "I Quit" match (5:30)
  • The referee ended the match after Goldberg put Vicious in a Half Nelson Choke.
• World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Final: Bret Hart defeated Chris Benoit to win the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship (17:44)
  • Hart forced Benoit to submit with the Sharpshooter.

2000

Mayhem 2000
Information
Promotion	World Championship Wrestling
Date	November 26, 2000
Attendance	3,800[1]
Venue	U.S. Cellular Arena
City	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Pay-per-view chronology
Halloween Havoc 2000 Mayhem 2000 Starrcade 2000
WCW Mayhem chronology
Mayhem (1999) Mayhem 2000 Final

Mayhem 2000 took place on November 26, 2000 from the U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Mike Sanders defeated Kwee Wee (with Paisley) to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (7:50)
  • Sanders pinned Kwee Wee after a 3.0.
• Three Count (Shane Helms and Shannon Moore) defeated Evan Karagias and Jamie Knoble, and The Jung Dragons (Kaz Hayashi and Yun Yang) (with Leia Meow) in a Triangle match (10:53)
  • Helms pinned Yang after a Count Down.
• Mancow (with Freak, Turd the Bartender, Al Roker Jr., and Jim Jesus) defeated Jimmy Hart (1:38)
  • Mancow pinned Hart after hitting him with a fake cast Hart was wearing.
• Crowbar defeated Reno and Big Vito in a Triple Threat match to retain the WCW Hardcore Championship (7:50)
  • Crowbar pinned Reno after hitting him with a steel chair.
• The Filthy Animals (Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Billy Kidman) (with Tygress) defeated Alex Wright and KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) (with Disqo) in a Handicap match (7:46)
  • Kidman pinned Wright after a diving leg drop low blow with Misterio.
• Ernest Miller (with Ms. Jones) defeated Shane Douglas (with Torrie Wilson) (8:00)
  • Miller pinned Douglas after hitting him with a shoe.
• Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Sgt. AWOL (5:41)
  • Bigelow pinned AWOL after a Greetings from Asbury Park.
• General Rection defeated Lance Storm (with Major Gunns) to win the WCW United States Championship (6:25)
  • Rection pinned Storm after a No Laughing Matter.
• Jeff Jarrett defeated Buff Bagwell (11:10)
  • Jarrett pinned Bagwell after hitting him with a guitar.
• The Insiders (Kevin Nash and Diamond Dallas Page) defeated The Perfect Event (Chuck Palumbo and Shawn Stasiak) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship (14:55)
  • Nash pinned Stasiak after a Jacknife Powerbomb.
• Goldberg defeated Lex Luger (5:53)
  • Goldberg pinned Luger after a Jackhammer.
• Scott Steiner (with Midajah) defeated Booker T in a Straight Jacket Steel Cage match to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (13:10)
  • Steiner won by TKO when he put an unconscious Booker into the Steiner Recliner.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Mayhem". Pro Wrestling History. http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/mayhem.html. Retrieved 2009-08-09. 

See also

• List of WCW pay-per-view events