World War 3 1997 - The Results

The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian) beat Glacier and "The Cat" Ernest Miller when Meng pins Miller to the mat with the Tongan Death Grip after Miller knocks Jimmy Hart off the apron.

Diamond Dallas Page answers questions live for the fans on wcwwrestling.com.

Before the next match, it is announced that there is a new member in Raven's Flock (Raven, Perry Saturn, Billy Kidman, Sick Boy, Van Hammer) in the front row, but that member is not identified. Raven takes the microphone after he accompanies Perry Saturn to the ring and says "Let the stretchings begin."

Perry Saturn retains the WCW World Television Championship against Disco Inferno with the Rings of Saturn. During the match, Disco Inferno fights Raven's Flock (Raven, Perry Saturn, Billy Kidman, Sick Boy, Van Hammer and an unknwon member) outside of the ring, hitting Kidman and the new guy with a Chartbuster. He tries to do the same to Van Hammer, but he grabs onto the guardrail to keep him from doing it.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund plugs the WCW Hotline, saying that a few surprise names will be in the World War 3 Match and that the hotline is the only place where you'll hear who they are. (The names in question are Barry Darsow, originally known as Ax of Demolition and Repo Man, and Louie Spicolli.) He then interviews The Giant, who now sports a cast on his right hand and wrist after what happened to him last week. He can't put someone in the choke slam, but that doesn't mean he can't toss someone over the top rope and says that the match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship is his spot. He is absolutely furious and wants to go after Scott Hall for what he did to his hand on Nitro last week.

Yuji Nagata beats Ultimo Dragon thanks to interference from Sonny Onoo. Had Ultimo Dragon won, he would have had five minutes in the ring with Onoo as per pre-match stipulation.

The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) retain the WCW World Tag Team Championships against Steven Regal and Dave Taylor.

"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews head of the WCW Executive Committee J.J. Dillon. Dillon says that Raven's next match will be last, as despite being given the freedom to do what he wants in WCW, unless he signs a WCW contract in the next 24 hours. When asked why Raven has not signed yet, Dillon says he wishes he could come up with a reason.

Before the next match, Billy Kidman tells Scotty Riggs that the next match will be either no-disqualificaton, or else there will be no match. Scotty Riggs responds by oging over the ropes and taking out Raven, Perry Saturn and Kidman all at once.

Raven beats Scotty Riggs by count-out after Raven lays him out with three Evenflow DDTs. Before the end of the match, Raven confronts Riggs for not joining him, saying he did not want to hurt him and asks why he did not listen to him, and says that he feels his pain after saying that this hurt him more than this hurt Riggs. The rest of Raven's Flock (Perry Saturn, Billy Kidman, Sick Boy, Van Hammer, the unknown member) all enter the ring, and before Riggs can get medical attention, Van Hammer picks Riggs up and carries him through the crowd.

Before the next match, Steve "Mongo" McMichael shows up with a lead pipe, and says we won't see the match we thought we would see, as what's good for the goose is what's good for the gander, and he has learned some new tricks. We then see Goldberg knocked out, face down on the floor backstage, having been knocked out with the lead pipe by Mongo. We also notice that Mongo has his Super Bowl ring on his finger again. Mongo then issues an open challenge to anyone who wants to take him on. Alex Wright and Debra McMichael answer, but Alex Wright is reluctant and is dragged to the ring by Debra.

Steve "Mongo" McMichael beats Alex Wright.

Perry Saturn tells Disco Inferno that he is willing to do anything to keep the WCW World Television Championship and asks Disco what he is willing to do to take it in an interview for WCWWrestling.com. He then leaves.

Eddie Guerrero retains the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Rey Mysterio Jr. after grabbing the bottom rope after Rey's springboard hurricanrana pin.

Starrcade comes live to pay-per-view on December 28th!

Churt Hennig retains the WCW WUnivted States Heavyweight Championship against "The Nature Boy" Rick Flair after knocking Flair out with the US title as Flair has the Figure Four Leg Lock cinched in.

Scott Hall wins the World War 3 Match. During the end of the match, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan shows up as the last competitor to keep everyone else still in the match, but he eliminates himself by running out of the ring when a man in a Sting mask scares him away. The man in the Sting mask then attacks The Giant with the baseball bat, knocking him out of the ring and giving Scott Hall the win and the shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at SuperBrawl VIII on February 19th. After the match, the man in the Sting mask unmasks to reveal himself as none other than Kevin Nash. Hogan hits Diamond Dallas Page with a Diamond Cutte at the end of the show.