🎃On October 27, 1996 WCW’s 8th annual Halloween Havoc took place from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event saw Hollywood Hogan defeat Randy Savage to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. The Giant chokeslammed Savage to the floor; Giant then dragged an unconscious Hogan onto Savage. During the match, Miss Elizabeth came down to ringside and wasn't sure whose corner to go to. “Rowdy” Roddy Piper came out following the match to confront Hogan, making his WCW d

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Today In Wrestling History November 25, 1996 – On WCW Monday Nitro from Salisbury in Maryland Eric Bishoff gave the WCW locker room an ultimatum to join the NWO. There were two quarter-final matches in the United States Championship. In the first, Lex Luger and Arn Anderson fought to a count-out draw and in the second, Eddie Guerrero defeated Konnan. Also, Diamond Dallas Page defeated Disco Inferno, and The Faces of Fear (Meng & The Barbarian) fought Harlem Heat to a no-contest when the NWO infe

On July 1, 1996 WCW Monday Nitro aired on TNT from the USAir Arena in Landover, Maryland. In a turning point in WCW, The Outsiders (Scott Hall & Kevin Nash) “invaded” Nitro with front row tickets in hand. The Outsiders were formed when Hall and Nash returned to WCW after leaving the WWF. In the storyline, Hall, better known to fans at the time as Razor Ramon, led an invasion, appearing on WCW programming and insinuating that he was doing so under orders from his WWF employers and warning that he