WCW Sin - Event

Event

The first matched that aired was between Chavo Guerrero, Jr. and Shane Helms for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. A back and forth match between the two, as Helms would try to execute the "Nightmare on Helms Street" on Guerrero, while Guerrero would try to execute his brainbuster. After two consecutive reversals, Guerrero would successfully execute the brainbuster on Helms then covering him for the successful pinfall, thus retaining the WCW Cruiserweight Championship.

A video aired from earlier in the day, where Mike Tenay asked then-WCW CEO, Ric Flair, who was getting out of his limo, on who the "mystery opponent" is in the four corners match later in the event. Flair responded by saying the identity of the "mystery opponent" had to be kept confidential and "will rock Scott Steiner's world". Then Gene Okerlund interviewed The Mamalukes, followed by Reno and Big Vito discussing their match and how everything would be "finished once and for all". The second match was between Reno and Big Vito. The match began in a brawl, leading to Big Vito in control. However Reno attempts to hit his "Roll the Dice" on Vito, but counters, leading to a successful second attempt where then after, Reno covered Big Vito for the victory.

The third match was a cruiserweight tag team match between the Jung Dragons and Jamie Knoble with Evan Karagias. The match started out fast with chops and Irish whips from both teams. However the Jung Dragons took control of the match, until the climax of the match, where Karagias gave Yang a hangman's neckbreaker. After Knoble delivered a piledriver to Kaz, Yang unsuccessfully attempted a corkscrew moonsault on Knoble, but ended up pinning Knoble with an inside cradle for the win. After the match, Knoble and Karagias assault the Jung Dragons.

The fourth match was between Ernest Miller and Mike Sanders, in a match where the WCW Commissioner job title and Ms. Jones managing service were on the line. Both Miller and Sanders gained control in the course of the match. In the climax, the Thrillers came to interfere on Sanders behalf, but as they came to the ring, KroniK came after them interfering on Miller's behalf. Miller then performed a 360 kick on Sanders followed by the pin, winning the match, Ms. Jones, and the WCW Commissioner job title.

Backstage, Goldberg and then-WCW CEO Ric Flair watched Totally Buffed's arrival followed by "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviewing Jeff Jarrett. The fifth match then got underway between Team Canada (Lance Storm, Mike Awesome and Elix Skipper) defeating the Filthy Animals (Konnan, Rey Misterio, Jr. and Billy Kidman) with Jim Duggan as Special Guest Referee in a Penalty Box match, where if one broke a rule they were sent into the Penalty Box for one minute. The match started off with Rey Misterio, Jr. in control as Elix Skipper and Mike Awesome were sent into the Penalty Box after breaking the rules of the match. Midway though the match, Awesome and Lance Storm were sent into the penalty box after performing a double-team move. But then after, Team Canada was in control of the match after Misterio and Kidman were sent into the Penalty Box, after Duggan thought they were about to perform a low blow on Awesome. After Konnan, Awesome, and Skipper were sent into the Penalty box, Storm applied the Maple Leaf on Kidman forcing him to submit, thus winning for Team Canada.

The sixth match was between Meng, Crowbar and WCW Hardcore Champion Terry Funk in a Triple Threat match for the WCW Hardcore Championship. The match started out with Crowbar hitting Funk with a steel chair, and then dragging him backstage, where Meng joined the two men in the brawl using a variety of weapons. In the climax of the match, Crowbar applied a figure four leglock on Funk which was broken up by Meng who was then attacked by Funk and Meng with steel chairs. Meng then superkicked a chair into Meng's face followed by making Funk submit to the Tongan Death Grip to win the WCW Hardcore Championship.

The seventh match was contested between Sean O'Haire, Chuck Palumbo and The Insiders in a WCW World Tag Team Championship match, with the stipulation of the Insiders able to make substitutions. The match began with then-WCW CEO Ric Flair sending the Natural Born Thrillers backstage, banning substitutions in the match. The Insiders started out in control over the match, with Kevin Nash and Diamond Dallas Page squashing Paulumbo and O' Haire. In the climax of the match, Palumbo and O' Haire, double team on DDP. Shawn Stasiak interfered in the match, keeping DDP busy on the outside. Buff Bagwell and Lex Luger then interfere in the match hitting Nash with a wrench, leading to O' Haire hitting a Seanton Bomb on Nash and covering him for the win and the WCW World Tag Team Championship.

The eight match was between Shane Douglas and General Rection in a First Blood Chain match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. The match began with Rection in control, as he and Douglas attempted to retrieve the chain. Afterwards, Douglas worked on the legs of Rection for a period of time until Demott recovered and gained control. In a turn of events, Rection was pushed off a ladder by Douglas, which knocked down the referee, and he pulled out a chain from his boots and attacked Rection with it. As the referee recovered, Rection began to bleed and was seen by the referee who called for the bell, declaring Shane Douglas the winner and new WCW United States Champion.

The ninth match, and the main match in the undercard, was between Totally Buffed (Lex Luger and Buff Bagwell) and Goldberg with DeWayne Bruce in a No Disqualification tag-team match, where if Goldberg lost he would have had to retire. The match started out with Goldberg against Bagwell, where Goldberg had full control of the match. Bruce was then tagged in by Goldberg where he gained an early advantage over Bagwell for a short time, but was then double teamed by Totally Buffed. Goldberg was then tagged in, where Bagwell gained the upper-hand. Luger then exited the ring and walked up to a fan, who asked for Goldberg's autograph earlier in the event. This distracted and lured Goldberg near the fan, who sprayed mace into Goldberg's eyes. Luger then hit Goldberg with a steel chair and covered him for the victory, thus ending Goldberg's undefeated streak of thirty-five victories and being forced to retire from professional wrestling.

The main event was between Sid Vicious, Jeff Jarrett, WCW World Champion Scott Steiner, and a "mystery opponent" for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in a Four Corners match. The match begins with only three competitors, without the mystery opponent. Vicious gains the advantage over Jarrett and Steiner in the start of the match, but was then double-teamed by Jarrett and Steiner. As Vicious is making a come back into the match, he attempts an aerial maneuver, which is unsuccessfully performed as he slips on the turnbuckle legitimately fracturing his leg. Towards the end of the match, then-WCW CEO Flair announces the arrival of the "mystery opponent", who comes out wearing a mask, hiding his identity. He enters the ring delivering an axe handle on Vicious knocking him down, due to the leg injury, where Steiner takes advantage and covers Vicious for the victory, thus successfully retaining the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. After the match ended, the "mystery man" unmasked and revealed himself to be Road Warrior Animal, making his return to WCW after leaving with his longtime tag team partner Road Warrior Hawk in 1996.

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