5 Worst wrestling matches of 1998

#2 WarGames - Fall Brawl 1998

WarGames 1998

https://www.wwe.com/videos/team-wcw-vs-nwo-hollywood-vs-nwo-wolfpac-wargames-match-wcw-fall-brawl-1998-full-match

WarGames is a great concept when the booking makes sense. In 2017, NXT actually did an excellent job in presenting a 3-team WarGames match that was one of the best matches of that year. If only the bookers of that match also booked the original 3v3v3 WarGames match that took place almost twenty years earlier.

In terms of in-ring action, this match had very little, with most of the moves consisting of punches, kicks and other strikes. But that pales in comparison to the creative side of things. This match was over-booked and so convoluted that you couldn’t enjoy it.

Even when one team had more members in the rings than the other two, neither team had a clear advantage. Momentum shifts didn’t come and go, and so it felt like the wrestlers were all stalling for time. The first ten minutes had nothing interesting happen, and it was only towards the final five minutes that things got even remotely exciting.

This was made even more nonsensical by the fact that, despite it being between three teams of three wrestlers, the one wrestler that got the winning decision would get a WCW World Title shot. So we as viewers were supposed to watch carefully in anticipation that one wrestler on a team would betray the others to get the win for themselves. That didn’t happen, but what did happen was outside interference from The Disciple, and DDP won a title shot.

All this proved is that sometimes, the simplest one-on-one matches are the easiest to follow and are better than over-booking and over-participation.