Professional wrestling-related events during the year of 1998
Overview of the events of 1998 in professional wrestling
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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 ^ "Power Hall in Tokyo Dome" . ProWrestlingHistory.com. January 4, 1998. Retrieved April 13, 2010 . ^ "The SmarK Retro Rant For ECW House Party 98" . 411Mania . May 11, 2002. Retrieved 23 June 2018 . ^ "Royal Rumble 1998 Results" . WWE. Retrieved July 10, 2008 . ^ Hoops, Brian (January 24, 2020). "Pro wrestling history (01/24): WWF Royal Rumble 1999" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved January 25, 2020 . ^ "No Way Out of Texas Results" . WWE . Archived from the original on 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-07-12 . ^ Note that this was an internet pay-per-view event (iPPV) ^ "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 .