World War 3 '97 - 60 Man Battle Royal - 11/23/97 Pt. 4

[acegotflows]

the pop was crazy when Hogan appeared.

[LucidDreamZzZ]

15 years later the nWo is more popular than wcw and it's because of wins like this that made them legendary.

[Roguemember]

how did WCW get those cool PPV logos on their ring mats? That must've cost a lot to do that for 3 rings.

[josephD32]

@Roguemember probably silkscreen or something similar. Not too expensive really, at least for a company with the money that WCW had

[Neomac316]

Tallest "Sting" ever...Damn the WCW announce team sounded so stupid....

[iknowme]

Great ending. Nash, wrestling's biggest troll.

[ChefRappa]

I'd love to be a wrestler if wrestling was real. Anyone with common sense would just wait in the back till the very end then run out to win the match. What assholes.

[ants84]

This is around the time they started killing their own business. They booked themselves straight into the shitter.

[krazygreen]

Hogan is not only entrant number 60, but he practically looks 60 in that ring. 

[a2ilool]

wcw was quite gud back in 97 the really went down hill in late 1999

[diemondcutter]

WORLD WAR # from 1997 is up. FUCK YESSSSS.

[Suriel1981]

So they continued ignoring all the match rules and all forms of logic by having Hogan enter (which, btw, could have resulted in a Hogan vs Hogan title match) and THEN had the announcers look like retards by 'not recognising' Nash and THEN had a screwjob finish and THEN had the bad guys come out to kill the babyfaces while the rest of the WCW crew did....nothing.

[thomatude]

Im sorry but im a WCW noob, is Word War 3 the WCW equivalent of WWE's Royal Rumble?

[Suriel1981]

@thomatude pretty much, just that in WCW they kept forgetting the rules. WCW also actually had a few matches in the Royal Rumble format, but once again they were incapable of remembering/adhering to the rules. There was one on Nitro (or Thunder, I don't remember) in 2000 that only went 10 minutes and ended in a no-contest!

[a2ilool]

sort of

[spewintothis]

Yes, the NWO's master plan of evading the rules of the match by sending Hogan out at the very end, and having a 7'0" Kevin Nash disguised as Sting descend from the ceiling and eliminate Page and the Giant with a baseball bat while the referee wasn't looking, worked to perfection. Because WCW were a bunch of fucking idiots, I guess.

[moriarti54]

That Diamond Cutter on the floor ah ah.Love it classic!!

[lsudolemite]

I guess Schiavone didn't know Sting wasn't 7' tall.

[MadAshSamuels]

They dropped the ball with the Sting comeback. 18 months built towards one match ruined by Nick Patrick.

[FightingMiracle]

"Go ahead and jump. On the way down I'll eat'cha" . . . Haha, The Brain was great.

[BORICUAPAPI74]

I miss WCW...

[matt2fresh]

scott hall shud have played sting. at least sting and hall about the same size with black hair

[Spongemonkey26]

Hogan was so thin back then lol

[MadAshSamuels]

World War 3 > Royal Rumble

[McSomething15]

@MadAshSamuels

That's just simple math right there.

[charliemant]

Don't ever count out Scott Hall, New, new new new new, 4 Life.

[Wolveren454]

haha the sting that comes out is nash he is to tall

[McSomething15]

@Wolveren454

I remember when I saw this live, that part was plainly obvious. I was around 12 at the time.

[Wolveren454]

THE DIAMOND CUTTER HE IS SIGNALING FOR IT! this one of my favorite ppv and i hated that it was hogan not Nash awell it was worth it

[jrich02]

ah back when ppvs were worth it

[smt509]

why is everyone in the nwo wearing syxx shirts?

[MIMIOMAR]

@smt509 when bichoff fired syxx, hall and nash were mad and started wearing his shirt on tv to support their boy syxx...and then i guess everyone in the nWo just started doing it

[NoBrianNoGain]

@smt509 I think he'd been injured with a busted neck and Bischoff either fired him or cut his pay ... they talk about it in their shoot interview (outsiders) saying that when you're sat at home injured people wearing your merchandise makes you feel better

[student2dagame]

@NoBrianNoGain They were wearing the shirt in support of Syxx who was recovering from neck surgery. He was fired in early 98, not during this time

[DeathAdder83]

at 7:55 Hulk Hogan the man of 1,001 holds!

[NoBrianNoGain]

@DeathAdder83 Armbar!

[hybridevil]

Damn NWO Hogan was badass for like 2 years or so.

[kuunami]

I love the NWO music!!!! wah wah wah wah wah!!!

[charliemant]

@kuunami The the the biggest Icon in Wrestling. I can't get enough of hearing that.

[djvice86]

now thts how u end a ppv

[kdot123456]

@djvice86 I agree

[Jas5578]

Epic Finish!!!

[lancecryor]

Man I freaking LOVE this ending lol

[charliemant]

@lancecryor I agree.

[kuunami]

@lancecryor

It was funny to see Hogan put the Diamond Cutter on DDP outside the ring.

[damnittwice]

hogan doing a diamond cutter .classic.