Halloween Havoc 1995 took place in Detroit, Michigan the same as Halloween Havoc 1994. The pay per view aired on October 29th, 1995 and included a Sumo Monster Truck match which was taped the day before. Hulk Hogan won the Monster Truck match by having his Hulkster truck push The Giant's Dungeon of Doom truck out of the circle for the win. Following the match, Hogan and The Giant began fighting and The Giant fell off the side of the building.
Eddie Guerrero defeated Disco Inferno (Aired on WCW Main Event)
Paul Orndorff defeated The Renegade (Aired on WCW Main Event)
Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko defeated The Blue Bloods (Lord Steven Regal and Earl Robert Eaton) (Aired on WCW Main Event)
Craig Pittman defeated VK Wallstreet (Aired on WCW Main Event)
Johnny B. Badd defeated Diamond Dallas Page (c) (with The Diamond Doll and Max Muscle) for the WCW World Television Championship
Randy Savage defeated The Zodiac
Kurasawa (with Col. Robert Parker) defeated Road Warrior Hawk
Sabu (with The Sheik) defeated Mr. JL
Lex Luger defeated Meng by disqualification
Sting and Ric Flair defeated Brian Pillman and Arn Anderson by disqualification
Hulk Hogan defeated The Giant in a Sumo Monster truck match
Randy Savage defeated Lex Luger
The Giant (with The Taskmaster) defeated Hulk Hogan (c) (with Jimmy Hart) by disqualification for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
Halloween Havoc 1996 was the first event to take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Halloween Havoc event would remain at the MGM Grand Garden until WCW's demise in 2001, with the last Halloween Havoc taking place in 2000. The event took place on October 27th, 1996 and was notable for being the first appearance of Rowdy Roddy Piper after his departure from the WWF a month prior.
Jim Powers defeated Pat Tanaka (Dark Match)
Psychosis and Juventud Guerrera defeated Damián and Halloween (Dark Match)
Dean Malenko defeated Rey Misterio Jr. (c) for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship
Diamond Dallas Page defeated Eddie Guerrero
The Giant defeated Jeff Jarrett by disqualification
Syxx defeated Chris Jericho
Lex Luger defeated Arn Anderson by submission
Steve McMichael and Chris Benoit (with Woman and Debra) defeated The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian) (with Jimmy Hart)
The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) (c) (with Sister Sherri and Col. Robert Parker) for the WCW World Tag Team Championship
"Hollywood" Hulk Hogan (c) defeated Randy Savage with Miss Elizabeth in a neutral corner for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
Halloween Havoc 1997 aired on October 26th, 1997 from the MGM Grande Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. This show had Hogan face Roddy Piper in a steel cage, but the match that stole the show was Rey Misterio Jr vs Eddy Guerrero in one of the best WCW matches ever.
Yuji Nagata (with Sonny Onoo) defeated Último Dragón by submission
Chris Jericho defeated Gedo by submission
Rey Misterio Jr. defeated Eddy Guerrero (c) Title vs. Mask match for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship
Alex Wright (with Debra) defeated Steve McMichael
Jacqueline defeated Disco Inferno
Curt Hennig (c) defeated Ric Flair by disqualification for WCW United States Heavyweight Championship
Lex Luger defeated Scott Hall (with Syxx) by submission with Larry Zbyszko as special guest referee
Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) defeated Diamond Dallas Page in a Las Vegas Sudden Death match
Roddy Piper defeated Hollywood Hogan by submission in a Steel Cage match
Alright, now we're up to one of the more memorable (and disastrous) Halloween Havoc. Halloween Havoc 1998 took place on October 25th, 1998 once again from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. This pay per view was the in ring debut of the Ultimate Warrior in WCW where he'd go on to face his Wrestlemania VI opponent Hulk Hogan. Widely considered one of the worse matches of either man's career, this thing was a disaster from start to finish. The Warrior was rusty, neither man seemed to want to sell for each other, and there was a huge blotched fireball spot.
To make matters worse, due to the show running long, the main event of Goldberg vs. DDP was cut off and had to air on Nitro the next night. This was memorable because that match is arguably Goldberg's best match ever. DDP actually got some wrestling out of him and its well worth a watch. I would consider it the best main event of any WCW Halloween Havoc.
Chris Jericho (c) defeated Raven by submission Singles match for the WCW World Television Championship
Wrath defeated Meng
Disco Inferno defeated Juventud Guerrera
Alex Wright defeated Fit Finlay
Perry Saturn defeated Lodi
Billy Kidman (c) defeated Disco Inferno for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship
Rick Steiner and Buff Bagwell defeated The Giant and Scott Steiner (c) for the WCW World Tag Team Championship
Rick Steiner defeated Scott Steiner
Scott Hall defeated Kevin Nash by countout
Bret Hart (c) defeated Sting by knockout for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship
Hollywood Hogan defeated The Warrior
Goldberg (c) defeated Diamond Dallas Page for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
Halloween Havoc 1999 was held on October 24th, 1999 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Disco Inferno (c) defeated Lash LeRoux for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship
Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) defeated The Filthy Animals (Billy Kidman and Konnan) and The First Family (Brian Knobbs and Hugh Morrus) (with Jimmy Hart) Street Fight for the vacant WCW World Tag Team Championship
Eddy Guerrero defeated Perry Saturn by disqualification
Brad Armstrong defeated Berlyn (with The Wall)
Rick Steiner defeated Chris Benoit (c) for the WCW World Television Championship
The Total Package (with Elizabeth) defeated Bret Hart by submission
Sting (c) defeated Hulk Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
Goldberg defeated Sid Vicious (c) by TKO for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship
Diamond Dallas Page (with Kimberly Page) defeated Ric Flair in a Strap match
Goldberg defeated Sting (c) for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
Halloween Havoc 2000 took place on October 29th, 2000 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Similar to the 1999 edition, there wasn't much memorable about the show. Halloween Havoc died with a bit of a whimper.
The Natural Born Thrillers (Mark Jindrak and Sean O'Haire) (c) defeated The Filthy Animals (Billy Kidman and Rey Misterio, Jr.) (with Konnan) and The Boogie Knights (Disqo and Alex Wright) in a Three-Way Dance for the WCW World Tag Team Championship
Reno (c) defeated Sgt. AWOL for the WCW Hardcore Championship
The Misfits In Action (Lt. Loco and Cpl. Cajun) defeated The Perfect Event (Shawn Stasiak and Chuck Palumbo)
The Filthy Animals (Konnan and Tygress) defeated Shane Douglas and Torrie Wilson
Buff Bagwell defeated David Flair in a First Blood DNA match
Mike Sanders (with Shawn Stasiak and Chuck Palumbo) defeated Ernest Miller (with Ms. Jones) by countout Kickboxing match
Mike Awesome defeated Vampiro
Gen. Rection defeated Lance Storm (c) and Jim Duggan (with Major Gunns) in a Handicap match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship
Jeff Jarrett defeated Sting
Booker T (c) defeated Scott Steiner (with Midajah) by disqualification for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
Goldberg defeated KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) in a Handicap Elimination match
In my opinion, Halloween Havoc was at it's best from 1989-1997 with 1998 being the most memorable (not for all the good reasons) but also because it had the best set design of any of the shows.
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