WarGames match

The WarGames match is a match used originally in Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) and later held annually in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), usually at their Fall Brawl pay-per-view event in September. Dusty Rhodes is cited with coming up with the idea. The match usually involved 2 teams of either four, five, or more wrestlers locked inside a steel cage that encompassed two rings. WWE, purchased the assets of WCW in 2001, and thus held annual WarGames matches from 2002 until 2016. However the rights and trademarks expired for WWE, AEW purchased them in 2019. 
The setup of the cage consists of 2 rings side by side with a ring-encompassing rectangular cage that covered both rings, but not the ringside area. Doors are placed at far corners of the cage, near where the opposing teams wait to enter, so the teams do not contact each other before they enter the match. The match begins with 1 member of each team entering the cage. After 5 minutes, a member from one of the teams would enter the cage, giving his team the temporary 2-on-1 handicap advantage. After 2 minutes, a member from the other team would enter to even the odds for the next 2 minutes. Entrants alternate between teams every 2 minutes, giving the 1 team the temporary advantage in terms of numbers, before giving the other team the advantage with the freshest man and even odds. Teams continue to alternate during the 2 minute periods until all participants are in the ring. When all competitors have entered the ring, a roof is lowered onto the top of the cage, with various weapons hanging from it. Both teams wrestle each other in the cage until any participant either submits, surrenders, or is knocked unconscious. There are no pinfalls, no count-outs, and no disqualifications. 
# 	Match 	Event 	Location 	Date
Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) / National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)	Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) / National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) 	Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) / National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)	Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) / National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)	Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) / National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)
1 	The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Hawk and Road Warrior Animal), Nikita Koloff, Dusty Rhodes, and Paul Ellering defeated The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Lex Luger and Tully Blanchard) and The War Machine 	The Great American Bash 	Miami, FL 	July 31, 1987
2 	Dusty Rhodes, Sting, Lex Luger and Nikita Koloff defeated The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard and Barry Windham) when Sting forced Blanchard to tap out with a Scorpion Deathlock 	WrestleWar 	Uniondale, NY 	January 24, 1988
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) 	World Championship Wrestling (WCW) 	World Championship Wrestling (WCW) 	World Championship Wrestling (WCW) 	World Championship Wrestling (WCW)
3 	Team WMES (Road Warrior Hawk, Road Warrior Animal, Bobby Eaton Stan Lane, and Steve Williams) defeated The Fabulous Freebird Swat Team (Jimmy Garvin, Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, Fatu and Samu) at 21:10 	WrestleWar 	Baltimore, MD 	May 7, 1989
4 	Dudes With Attitude (Sting, Junkyard Dog and The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) defeated The Four Horseman (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Barry Windham and Sid Vicious) (with Woman) at 26:01 when Sting forced Windham to tap out with a Scorpion Deathlock 	Halloween Havoc 	Chicago, Illinois 	October 27, 1990
5 	The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Sid Vicious, and Larry Zbyszko) defeated Sting's Squadron (Sting, Brian Pillman and The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) at 21:50 after Pillman's passed out from the Vicious Crossface 	WrestleWar 	Baltimore, MD 	February 24, 1991
6 	Sting's Squadron (Sting, Nikita Koloff, Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat, and Barry Windham) defeated The Dangerous Alliance (Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, Steve Austin, Larry Zbyszko, and Rick Rude) when Sting forced Eaton to tap out with a Scorpion Deathlock 	WrestleWar 	Jacksonville, FL 	May 17, 1992
7 	The Superpowers (Sting, Davey Boy Smith, Dustin Rhodes, and The Shockmaster) defeated The Masters of the Powerbomb (Sid Vicious, Vader, and Harlem Heat (Stevie Ray & Booker T)) (with Harley Race and Col. Robert Parker) at 16:39 when The Sting forced Kole to tap out with a Scorpion Deathlock 	Fall Brawl 	Houston, TX 	September 19, 1993
8 	Dusty Rhodes, Dustin Rhodes, and The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) defeated The Stud Stable (Terry Funk, Arn Anderson, Bunkhouse Buck, and Robert Parker) at 19:05 when Dusty Rhodes forced Parker to tap out with a figure four-leglock 	Fall Brawl 	Roanoke, VA 	September 18, 1994
9 	The Hulkamaniacs (Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Lex Luger, and Sting) defeated The Dungeon of Doom (Kamala the Ugandan Giant, The Zodiac, The Shark, and Meng) at 18:47 when Luger forced The Zodiac to tap out with the Torture Rack 	Fall Brawl 	Asheville, NC 	September 17, 1995
10 	The nWo (Hollywood Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and nWo Sting) defeated Team WCW (Lex Luger, Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, and Sting) at 18:15 when Hogan and nWo Sting forced Luger to tap out as nWo Sting had the Scorpion Deathlock locked in and Hogan held him down with a front facelock 	Fall Brawl 	Winston-Salem, NC 	September 15, 1996
11 	The nWo (Buff Bagwell, Kevin Nash, Syxx, and Konnan) defeated The Four Horsemen (Chris Benoit, Steve McMichael, Ric Flair, and Curt Hennig) after McMichael surrendered the match on Flair's behalf 	Fall Brawl 	Winston-Salem, NC 	September 14, 1997
12 	nWo Wolfpac (Kevin Nash, Randy Savage, Lex Luger and Sting) defeated nWo Hollywood (Hollywood Hogan, The Giant, Stevie Ray and Curt Hennig) (with Rick Rude and Vincent) for the rights to the New World Order name
at 20:06 after Luger forced Stevie Ray to tap out with the Torture Rack 	Fall Brawl 	Winston-Salem, NC 	September 13, 1998
13 	The Revolution (Shane Douglas, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn and Chris Benoit) defeated Team Flair (Ric Flair, David Flair, Roddy Piper and Rick Steiner) after Benoit forced David Flair to tap out to the Crippler Crossface 	Fall Brawl 	Winston-Salem, NC 	September 12, 1999
14 	Team WCW (Randy Savage, Diamond Dallas Page, Lex Luger and Dustin Rhodes) defeated Natural Born Thrillers (Mark Jindrak, Sean O'Haire, Chuck Palumbo, Shawn Stasiak and Reno) after Luger forced Reno to tap out with the Torture Rack 	Fall Brawl 	Buffalo, New York 	September 17, 2000
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) 	World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) 	World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) 	World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) 	World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
15 	Team WWE (The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Triple H and The Undertaker) defeated Team WCW (Hollywood Hogan, Chris Jericho, Booker T and Diamond Dallas Page) after DDP submitted to Undertaker's Hell's Gate and Rock's Sharpshooter 	Superbrawl 	Milwaukee, WI 	February 17, 2002
16 	Team Austin (Stone Cold Steve Austin, Goldberg, Kevin Nash, ?) defeated Team Bischoff (Triple H, Test, Scott Steiner, ?) (with Eric Bischoff) 	Armageddon 	Orlando, FL 	December 14, 2003
17 	Team Jericho (Chris Jericho, The Rock, Mick Foley, Stone Cold Steve Austin and William Regal) defeated Christian's Coalition (Christian, Tyson Tomko, Batista, and) (with Trish Stratus) 	Insurrextion 	 	May 8, 2004
18 	Team ECW (Tommy Dreamer, Rob Van Dam, The Sandman, Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) (with Paul Heyman) defeated Team WWE (Edge, Christian, JBL, Kurt Angle and Carlito) (with Eric Bischoff) when The Sandman forced Carlito to a kendo stick-assisted camel clutch 	ECW One Night Stand 	Manhattan, NY 	June 12, 2005
19 	Judge, Jury and Executioner (Shane McMahon, Vince McMahon, Triple H, Umaga and William Regal) defeated Team HBK (Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Ric Flair, The Big Show and Kane) 	Backlash 	Lexington, KY 	April 30, 2006
20 	Team Lashley (Bobby Lashley, Tyson Fury, ?, The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer) defeated Judge, Jury and Executioner (Vince McMahon (c), Shane McMahon, Umaga, Elijah Burke and Marcus Cor Von) 	Super Showdown 	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 	June 3, 2007
21 	Team HBK (Shawn Michaels, Batista, Kane, Jeff Hardy and ?) defeated Team Jericho (Chris Jericho, Lance Cade, MVP, ? And ?) 	Extreme Rules 	San Diego, CA 	June 1, 2008
22 	Team SmackDown (Chris Jericho, Finlay, Kane, Matt Hardy and Tyson Kidd) defeated Team Raw (Big Show, Cody Rhodes, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, Shawn Michaels and Triple H) for the Bragging Rights Trophy 	Bragging Rights 	Pittsburgh, PA 	October 25, 2009
23 	Team WWE (John Cena, Daniel Bryan, Chris Jericho, Edge and John Morrison) defeated The Nexus (Wade Barrett, David Otunga, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, and Skip Sheffield) (with Darren Young and Michael Tarver) 	Summerslam 	LA, California 	August 15, 2010
24 	Team Triple H (Triple H, Randy Orton, , ? and ?) defeated Team Johnny (The Miz, R-Truth, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger and ?) (with John Laurinaitis) 	Greatest Royal Rumble 	 	October 23, 2011
25 	Team Cena (John Cena, CM Punk, Kane, Kofi Kingston, and Zack Ryder) (with Vince McMahon) defeated Team Laurinaitis (Brock Lesnar, Big Show, Alberto Del Rio, The Miz and Tensai) (with John Laurinaitis and Paul Heyman) 	Great American Bash 	East Rutherford, NJ 	June 17, 2012
26 	Team Cena (John Cena, Chris Jericho, Goldberg, Diego and Fernando) defeated Paul Heyman's Guys (Curtis Axel, Ryback, Roman Reigns, Antonio Cesaro and Jack Swagger) (with Paul Heyman) 	Crown Jewel 	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 	October 27, 2013
27 	Team Shield (Dean Ambrose, Chris Hero, Seth Rollins, Daniel Bryan and ) defeated Team Evolution (Batista, Randy Orton, Triple H, Kane and ) 	Payback 	Miami, FL 	June 1, 2014
28 	Team Batista (Batista, Cesaro, John Cena, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns) defeated The Authority (Seth Rollins, Kane, Xavier Woods, Big Show and Rusev) when Batista forced Woods to tap out to the Batista Bite 	Capitol Punishment 	Washington, D.C. 	June 14, 2015
29 	Team Fury (Tyson Fury, Kane, Edge, Christian, ? and ?) defeated The O.C. (AJ Styles, Good Brothers (Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson), Chris Jericho and ?) 	Extreme Rules 	Newark, NJ 	May 22, 2016
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) 	All Elite Wrestling (AEW) 	All Elite Wrestling (AEW) 	All Elite Wrestling (AEW) 	All Elite Wrestling (AEW)
30 	The Elite (Kenny Omega, "Hangman" Adam Page, Cody Rhodes, Matt Jackson and Marty Scurll) defeated The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Kevin Kross, Santana, Ortiz, and Sammy Guevara)-Each member of the losing team will receive a punishment and if the Inner Circle won, they get 51% of AEW and The Elite must disband and spilt up forever in 34:00 when Ortiz tapped out to Cody Rhodes' figure-four leg lock	Fight for the Fallen 	Norcross, Georgia 	May 24, 2020
31 	The Pinnacle (Maxwell Jacob Friedman, Wardlow, FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) and Shawn Spears) defeated The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Kevin Kross, Proud and Powerful (Santana & Ortiz) and Sammy Guevara) in 31:30 when Guevara surrendered on Jericho's behalf 	Fight for the Fallen 	Norcross, Georgia 	May 24, 2020
32 	The Anti-Jericho Alliance (Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley & Daniel Garcia), Pound & Powerful (Ortiz & Santana) and Eddie Kingston) defeated Jericho Appreciation Society (Chris Jericho, Kevin Kross, 2point0 (Angelo Parker & Matt Menard) and Ryan Nemeth) at 20:26 when Moxley made Matt Menard tap out 	Fight for the Fallen 	Norcross, Georgia 	May 24, 2020
 	 	Fight for the Fallen 	Norcross, Georgia 	May 24, 2020
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