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Professional wrestling-related events during the year of 1998
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1998 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling .
These promotions held notable events in 1998.
Calendar of notable shows [ edit ]
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
February 15
WWF
No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
Houston , Texas , United States
Cactus Jack , Chainsaw Charlie , Owen Hart and Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg ), Savio Vega and Triple H in a Non-sanctioned eight-man tag team match [ 5]
February 21
ECW
Cyberslam
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States
Shane Douglas and Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Rob Van Dam and Sabu in a tag team match [ 6] [ 7]
February 22
WCW :SuperBrawl VIII
San Francisco, California , United States
Sting vs. Hollywood Hogan in a singles match for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship
February 28
NWA
Third Annual Eddie Gilbert Memorial Show
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States
Doug and Tommy Gilbert vs. Buddy Landell and Dory Funk Jr. in a tag team match[ 8]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
March 1
AAA
Rey de Reyes
Naucalpan , Mexico
Perro Aguayo defeated Latin Lover , Cibernético and Octagón in a 1998 Rey de Reyes final
March 1
ECW
Living Dangerously
Asbury Park, New Jersey , United States
Al Snow and Lance Storm (with Tammy Lynn Sytch ) defeated Shane Douglas and Chris Candido (with Francine ) in a tag team match
March 15
WCW :Uncensored
Mobile, Alabama , United States
Hollywood Hogan fought Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth ) to a no-contest in a Steel cage match
March 20
CMLL
Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth
Mexico City , Mexico
Emilio Charles Jr. defeated El Satánico in a Lucha de Apuesta, Hair vs. Hair match
March 29
WWF
WrestleMania XIV
Boston , Massachusetts , United States
Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Shawn Michaels (c) in a Singles match for the WWF Championship with Mike Tyson as special outside enforcer
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
April 4
WWF
Mayhem in Manchester
Manchester , England , United Kingdom
Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) defeated Triple H in a Singles match for the WWF Championship The Undertaker defeated Kane (with Paul Bearer ) in a Singles match
April 19
WCW :Spring Stampede
Denver, Colorado , United States
Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth ) defeated Sting (c) in a No Disqualification match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
April 24
CMLL
42. Aniversario de Arena México
Mexico City , Mexico
Gran Markus Jr. defeated Brazo de Oro in a Best two-out-of-three falls Lucha de Apuestas hair vs. hair match
April 26
WWF
Unforgiven: In Your House
Greensboro, North Carolina , United States
Dude Love defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) by disqualification in a Singles match for the WWF Championship
April 29
N/A
First Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show
Norwood, Ohio , United States
Chris Benoit defeated Chris Jericho in a Singles match
April 30
FMW
FMW 9th Anniversary Show
Tokyo , Japan
Hayabusa defeated Mr. Gannosuke (c) in a Singles match for the FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship and the FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
May 1
AJPW
AJPW 25th Anniversary
Tokyo , Japan
Toshiaki Kawada defeated Mitsuharu Misawa in a Triple Crown title match[ 9]
May 3
ECW
Wrestlepalooza
Marietta, Georgia , United States
Shane Douglas (c) (with Francine ) defeated Al Snow in a Singles match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship
May 14
ECW
It Ain't Seinfeld
Queens, New York , United States
The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray Dudley , D-Von Dudley and Big Dick Dudley ) (with Joel Gertner and Sign Guy Dudley ) defeated the Sandman , Spike Dudley and Tommy Dreamer (with Beulah McGillicutty ) by pinfall in a Six-man tag team match
May 16
ECW
A Matter of Respect
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States
Spike Dudley , The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer (with Beulah McGillicutty ) defeated The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray Dudley , D-Von Dudley and Big Dick Dudley ) in a Stairway to Hell match
May 17
WCW :Slamboree
Worcester, Massachusetts , United States
Sting and The Giant defeated The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall ) (c) (with Dusty Rhodes ) in a Tag team match for the WCW World Tag Team Championship
May 19
FMW
Neo 1998: Day 1
Tokyo , Japan
Hayabusa vs. Masato Tanaka in a Singles match
May 31
WWF
Over the Edge: In Your House
Milwaukee , Wisconsin , United States
Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) defeated Dude Love in a Falls Count Anywhere match for the WWF Championship with Mr. McMahon as special guest referee[ 10]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
June 7
AAA
Triplemanía VI
Chihuahua City , Chihuahua , Mexico
Kick Boxer defeated Heavy Metal in a Steel cage match, Lucha de Apuestas, "Hair of Pepe Casas vs. Hair of El Tirantes" match
June 11
N/A
Third Annual Ilio DiPaolo Memorial Show
Buffalo , New York , United States
Kevin Nash and Diamond Dallas Page defeated Hollywood Hogan and Bret Hart in a tag team
June 14
WCW :The Great American Bash
Baltimore, Maryland , United States
Sting defeated The Giant in a Singles match for control of the WCW World Tag Team Championship
June 19
FMW
King of Fight 1998: Day 2
Tokyo , Japan
Hayabusa , Hisakatsu Oya , Ricky Fuji and Daisuke Ikeda vs. Team No Respect (Kodo Fuyuki , Koji Nakagawa , Gedo and Yukihiro Kanemura ) in four-man tag team match
June 28
WWF
King of the Ring
Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States
Kane (with Paul Bearer ) defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) in a First Blood match for the WWF Championship [ 11]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
July 10
FMW
King of Fight II 1998: Day 2
Tokyo , Japan
Hayabusa , Hisakatsu Oya , Ricky Fuji and Daisuke Ikeda vs. Team No Respect (Kodo Fuyuki , Koji Nakagawa , Jado and Gedo ) in an eight-man tag team match
July 12
WCW :Bash at the Beach
San Diego, California , United States
Hollywood Hogan and Dennis Rodman (with The Disciple ) defeated Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone in a tag team match[ 12]
July 18
CMLL
Ruleta de la Muerte
Mexico City , Mexico
El Hijo del Santo defeated Guerrero del Futuro
July 26
WWF
Fully Loaded: In Your House
Fresno, California , United States
Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Undertaker defeated Kane and Mankind (c) (with Paul Bearer ) in a tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
August 1
WWC
WWC 25th Aniversario
San Juan , Puerto Rico
Ricky Santana defeated El Texano in a hair vs. hair match
August 2
ECW
Heat Wave
Dayton, Ohio , United States
Tommy Dreamer , The Sandman and Spike Dudley defeated The Dudleys (Buh Buh Ray Dudley , D-Von Dudley and Big Dick Dudley ) (with Joel Gertner , Sign Guy Dudley and Jeff Jones ) in a Street Fight
August 8
WCW :Road Wild
Sturgis, South Dakota , United States
Diamond Dallas Page and Jay Leno (with Kevin Eubanks ) defeated Hollywood Hogan and Eric Bischoff (with The Disciple and Miss Elizabeth ) in a tag team match[ 13]
August 11
FMW
Atsushi Onita Presents Liar, Liar
Tokyo , Japan
Atsushi Onita , Mr. Pogo , Shoichi Arai and Yoshinori Sasaki defeated Go Ito and Team No Respect (Kodo Fuyuki , Koji Nakagawa and Yukihiro Kanemura ) in a Shoichi Arai Presidency vs. Hosakas and Kurodas Freedom Weapons Death Match
August 13
N/A
Second Annual Plum Mariko Memorial Show
Tokyo , Japan
Mayumi Ozaki and Devil Masami defeated Cutie Suzuki and Dynamite Kansai in a tag team match
August 14
CMLL
International Gran Prix
Mexico City , Mexico
Apolo Dantés defeated Rayo de Jalisco Jr. in a 1998 International Gran Prix final match
August 22
FMW
Welcome to the Darkside
Tokyo , Japan
Koji Nakagawa defeated Darkside Hayabusa in a Singles match
August 30
WWF
SummerSlam
New York City , New York , United States
Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) defeated The Undertaker in a Singles match for the WWE Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
September 8
FMW
Super Dynamism 1998: Day 11
Tokyo , Japan
Hayabusa and Daisuke Ikeda vs. Kodo Fuyuki and Yukihiro Kanemura in a tag team match
September 13
WCW :Fall Brawl
Winston-Salem, North Carolina , United States
Team WCW (Diamond Dallas Page , Roddy Piper and The Warrior ) defeated nWo Hollywood (Hollywood Hogan , Bret Hart and Stevie Ray ) and nWo Wolfpac (Kevin Nash , Sting and Lex Luger ) in a WarGames match
September 18
AAA
Verano de Escándalo
Ciudad Madero , Tamaulipas , Mexico
Heavy Metal and Blue Demon Jr. defeated Kick Boxer and Abismo Negro in a Steel cage match
September 18
CMLL
CMLL 65th Anniversary Show
Mexico City , Mexico
Los Hermanos Dinamita (Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 ) and Emilio Charles Jr. defeated Los Boricuas (Kevin Quinn , La Boricua and Miguel Perez, Jr. ) in a Best two out of three falls tag team match
September 19
ECW
UltraClash
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States
Rob Van Dam and Sabu (with Bill Alfonso ) and Masato Tanaka fought the Triple Threat (Bam Bam Bigelow , Chris Candido , and Shane Douglas ) to a no contest
September 27
WWF
Breakdown: In Your House
Hamilton, Ontario , Canada
Kane and The Undertaker defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) in a Triple threat match for the WWF Championship [ 14]
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
Date
Promotion(s)
Event
Location
Main Event
December 6
WWF
WWF Capital Carnage
London , England , United Kingdom
Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Kane , Mankind and The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer ) in a Fatal 4-Way match with Gerald Brisco as special guest referee
December 12
ECW FMW
ECW/FMW Supershow I
Tokyo , Japan
Rob Van Dam and Sabu (with Bill Alfonso ) defeated Hayabusa and Tommy Dreamer by pinfall in a tag team match
December 13
ECW FMW
ECW/FMW Supershow II
Tokyo , Japan
Rob Van Dam and Sabu (with Bill Alfonso ) defeated The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley ) (c) by pinfall in a Tag team match for the ECW World Tag Team Championship
December 13
AAA
Guerra de Titanes
Chihuahua City , Chihuahua , Mexico
Octagón and Heavy Metal defeated Pentagón and Kick Boxer in a Steel Cage match
December 13
WWF
Rock Bottom: In Your House
Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer ) in a Buried Alive match for the right to compete in the 1999 Royal Rumble match
December 19
CWA
Euro Catch Festival
Bremen , Germany
Rambo defeated Big Titan in Round 6 in a Singles match for the vacant CWA World Heavyweight Championship
December 20
IWRG
Arena Naucalpan 21st Anniversary Show
Naucalpan , State of Mexico , Mexico
Mega defeated Judo Suwa in a Ruleta de la Muerte final, Lucha de Apuestas, mask vs. hair match[ 17]
December 26
various
Jaguar Yokota Retirement Show
Tokyo
Devil Masami defeated Jaguar Yokota
December 27
WCW :Starrcade
Washington, D.C. , United States
Kevin Nash defeated Goldberg (c) in a No Disqualification match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – denotes defending champion(s)
Accomplishments and tournaments [ edit ] Pro Wrestling Illustrated [ edit ] Wrestling Observer Newsletter [ edit ] Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame [ edit ] Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards [ edit ]
Date
Winner
Event/Show
Note(s)
No title changes
Incoming champion – Sugar Sato
Date
Winner
Event/Show
Note(s)
April 3
Retired
GAEA Full Bloom
January 20 – Bobo Brazil , 73[ 19]
February 15 – Louie Spicolli , 27[ 20]
April 6 - Stanley Radwan , 89
June 2 – Junkyard Dog , 45[ 21]
July 1 - Toyonobori , 67
July 20 - June Byers , 76
August 17 – Terry Garvin , 61[ 22]
August 18 – Shane Shamrock , 23
November 6 – Sky Low Low , 70[ 23]
November 29 – Giant Haystacks , 51
December 9 - Archie Moore , 84
December 15 – Brady Boone , 40
December 30 - Sam Muchnick , 93
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^ "ECW Cyberslam 1998 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database" . www.cagematch.net . Retrieved 6 May 2018 .^ "3rd Annual Eddie Gilbert Memorial Brawl" . National Wrestling Alliance Eddie Gilbert Memorial Brawls . ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved May 14, 2020 .^ "AJPW 25th Anniversary « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database" . Archived from the original on 2016-01-13.^ "In Your House Results" . TWNP. Retrieved February 15, 2008 .^ "King of the Ring" . Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved December 24, 2012 .^ "Bash at the Beach 1998" . Pro Wrestling History. July 12, 1998. Retrieved September 1, 2015 .^ "Road Wild 1998" . Pro Wrestling History. August 8, 1998. Retrieved 2017-12-23 .^ "Breakdown drawing 17,405" . prowrestlinghistory. Retrieved 2008-12-23 .^ "Judgment Day" . Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2009-05-07 .^ "WWE Survivor Series: Key facts and figures from event's history" . Sky Sports . Retrieved November 7, 2016 .^ "1998 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 9, 1999. pp. 2–28. issue 2348. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Awards" . Pro Wrestling Illustrated . Archived from the original on February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023 .^ Drason Burzynski, Dave. "Bobo Brazil" . Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum . Archived from the original on January 4, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2010 . ^ "Power Slam". This Month in History: February . SW Publishing. January 1999. p. 28. 55. ^ "Junkyard Dog Dies" . Slam Wrestling . June 3, 1998. Archived from the original on December 31, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2023 .^ Oliver, Greg (January 2, 2006). "Terry Garvin: A Career Overshadowed" . Slam Wrestling . Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2023 . ^ "Sky Low Low" . Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum . Archived from the original on 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2009-03-04 .
