WarGames match

The WarGames match was a gimmick match used originally by Jim Crockett Promotions and later by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) mostly at their September Pay Per View event Fall Brawl.
== Structure ==
Two rings, side by side, enclosed by a cage with a roof.
== Rules ==
Two teams of 5 (shortened to 4 in later matches) face each other in which you can only win by making a member of the other team submit, (tap out or verbally submit) or surrender, (give up/quit). No pin falls, no disqualifications, no escaping the cage, no time limit. But you cannot win the match until all members of each team have entered the match.
== Order of entry ==
Each team starts with 1 man in the match who fight for five minutes. After five minutes, a coin toss is held to decide which team can send their next man, gaining the advantage by making the match 2 on 1. The teams then alternate sending a man in every two minutes. The match going 2 on 2, 3 on 2, 3 on 3 etc. Once all men from each team are in the match, The Match Beyond begins where a team can then win by making a member of the other team submit, (tap out or verbally submit) or surrender, (give up/quit).
==Match history==
# 	Match 	Event 	Event	Event
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, Tully Blanchard, and James J. Dillon) at 22:10 when the Road Warriors forced Dillion to submit after a Doomsday Device where he landed awkwardly on his right arm. 	NWA The Great American Bash Tour 1987 - Night 4July 4, 1987 	 	
2 	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 at 19:38 when Animal forced the War Machine to submit by gouging his eyes with a spiked armband. 	NWA The Great American Bash Tour 1987 - Night 27July 31, 1987	 	
3 	Ron Garvin, The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Hawk and Road Warrior Animal), Nikita Koloff and Dusty Rhodes defeated The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Lex Luger, and James J. Dillon) 	ChicagoAugust 16, 1987 	 	
4 	Ron Garvin, Dusty Rhodes, Barry Windham and The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) defeated Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane), Big Bubba Rogers, Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard when Rhodes forced Lane to submit to the figure-four leglock 	Long IslandNovember 25, 1987 	 	
5 	Dusty Rhodes, The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Hawk and Road Warrior Animal), Lex Luger and Paul Ellering defeated The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Barry Windham, and James J. Dillon) when Rhodes forced Dillon to submit to the figure-four leglock. 	Orlando, FloridaJune 26, 1988 	 	
6 	Dusty Rhodes, The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Hawk and Road Warrior Animal), Lex Luger and Paul Ellering defeated The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Barry Windham, and James J. Dillon) when Rhodes forced Dillon to submit to the figure-four leglock at 24:00. 	Oakland, CAAugust 6, 1988 	 	
7 	Dusty Rhodes, Sting, Lex Luger, Nikita Koloff and Paul Ellering defeated The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Barry Windham, and James J. Dillon) in WarGames when Dillon submitted to Luger's Torture Rack. 	Charlotte, North CarolinaJuly 2, 1988 	 	
8 	The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Hawk and Road Warrior Animal), Sting, Lex Luger and Paul Ellering defeated The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Barry Windham, and James J. Dillon) 	Huntsville, AlabamaJuly 12, 1988 	 	
9 	The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Hawk and Road Warrior Animal), Sting, Lex Luger and Steve Williams defeated The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Barry Windham, and James J. Dillon) 	Chattanooga, TennesseeJuly 14, 1988 	 	
10	The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Hawk and Road Warrior Animal), Sting, Lex Luger and Nikita Koloff defeated The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Barry Windham, and James J. Dillon) when Dillon submitted to Sting's Scorpion Deathlock. 	Richmond, VirginiaJuly 15, 1988 	 	
11	Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, Lex Luger, Steve Williams, and Paul Ellering defeated The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Barry Windham, and James J. Dillon) at 21:10 when Rhodes forced Dillon to submit to the figure-four leglock while grabbing the ropes for additional pressure. 	Greensboro, North CarolinaJuly 16, 1988 	 	
12	The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Hawk and Road Warrior Animal), Sting, Lex Luger, and Nikita Koloff defeated The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Barry Windham, and James J. Dillon) 	Cincinnati, OHJuly 21, 1988 	 	
13	Dusty Rhodes, The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Hawk and Road Warrior Animal), Lex Luger and Nikita Koloff defeated The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Barry Windham, and James J. Dillon) 	Philadelphia, PAJuly 23, 1988 	 	
14	The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Hawk and Road Warrior Animal), Sting, Lex Luger and Nikita Koloff defeated The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Barry Windham, and James J. Dillon) 	Johnson City, TennesseeJuly 24, 1988 	 	
15	Dusty Rhodes, The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Hawk and Road Warrior Animal), Sting and Nikita Koloff defeated The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Barry Windham, and James J. Dillon) when Dillon submitted to Sting's Scorpion Deathlock 	Daytona Beach, FloridaJuly 28, 1988 	 	
16	The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Hawk and Road Warrior Animal), The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane), and Steve Williams defeated The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin, Michael Hayes, and Terry Gordy) and The Samoan Swat Team (Fatu and Samu) at 22:18 when Hawk forced Jimmy Garvin to submit. 	The Great American Bash 1989July 23, 1989 	 	
17	The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Hawk and Road Warrior Animal), The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane), and Steve Williams defeated The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin, Michael Hayes, and Terry Gordy) and The Samoan Swat Team (Fatu and Samu) 	Atlanta, GAAugust 6, 1989 	 	
18	The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Sid Vicious, and Larry Zbyszko) defeated Sting, Brian Pillman and the Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) at 21:50 when El Gigante ran in to surrender the match on Pillman's behalf after he had been knocked out and legitimately injured by two Powerbombs from Sid Vicious. 	WrestleWar 1991February 24, 1991 	 	
19	Sting, Lex Luger, The Yellow Dog, and El Gigante defeated Barry Windham, Nikita Koloff, Kevin Sullivan, and The One Man Gang at 16:38 when Kevin Sullivan submitted to El Gigante's claw hold. 	East Rutherford, New JerseyJuly 3, 1991 	 	
20	Sting, Lex Luger, The Yellow Dog, and El Gigante defeated Barry Windham, Nikita Koloff, Kevin Sullivan, and The One Man Gang; Magnum T.A. was the special guest referee. 	Norfolk, VAJuly 6, 1991 	 	
21	Sting, Lex Luger, The Yellow Dog, and El Gigante defeated Barry Windham, Nikita Koloff, Kevin Sullivan, and The One Man Gang 	Richmond, VAJuly 7, 1991 	 	
22	Sting, Ron Simmons, Tom Zenk, and Robert Gibson defeated Nikita Koloff, The One Man Gang, The Diamond Studd, and Richard Morton 	Greensboro, NCAugust 10, 1991 	 	
23	Sting, El Gigante, Barry Windham, and The Yellow Dog defeated Cactus Jack, Kevin Sullivan, The One Man Gang, and Arn Anderson 	Jacksonville, FloridaAugust 24, 1991 	 	
24	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) at 23:27 when Sting forced Eaton to submit with an armbar after Zbyszko had accidentally struck Eaton in the shoulder with a metal piece of a dismantled turnbuckle. 	WrestleWar 1992May 17, 1992 	 	
25	Sting, Davey Boy Smith, Dustin Rhodes, and The Shockmaster defeated Sid Vicious, Vader, and Harlem Heat (Kane and Kole) at 16:39 when The Shockmaster forced Kole to submit with a bearhug. 	Fall Brawl 1993September 19, 1993 	 	
26	Dusty Rhodes, Dustin Rhodes, and The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) defeated Terry Funk, Arn Anderson, Bunkhouse Buck, and Col. Parker at 19:05 when Dusty Rhodes forced Parker to submit. 	Fall Brawl 1994September 18, 1994 	 	
27	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 Hulk Hogan forced Zodiac to submit using a Camel Clutch. 	Fall Brawl 1995September 17, 1995 	 	
28	The nWo (Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and nWo Sting) defeated Lex Luger, Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, and Sting at 18:15 when nWo Sting forced Luger to submit to the Scorpion Deathlock. 	Fall Brawl 1996September 15, 1996 	 	
29	The nWo (Buff Bagwell, Kevin Nash, Syxx, and Konnan) defeated The Four Horsemen (Chris Benoit, Steve McMichael, Ric Flair, and Curt Hennig) at 19:37 when McMichael asked for the match to be stopped in order to prevent further punishment to Flair. Curt Hennig, having recently replaced Arn Anderson as a member of the Four Horsemen, showed up while nursing a hurt arm, only to turn on the Horsemen and aid the nWo to a 5 on 3 victory.	Fall Brawl 1997September 14, 1997 	 	
30	Team WCW (Diamond Dallas Page, Roddy Piper and The Warrior) defeated nWo Hollywood (Hollywood Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart and Stevie Ray & nWo Wolfpac (Kevin Nash, Sting and Lex Luger) at 20:06 when Page pinned Ray after a Diamond Cutter. 	Fall Brawl 1998September 13, 1998 	 	
== World Wrestling Entertainment ==
On November 18, 2017 WWE brought back the WarGames match for their NXT brand at the NXT TakeOver: WarGames event.
===Structure===
Although the match had two rings and a cage covering both rings, the cage did not have a roof.
===Rules===
The rules for the match were different then the original rules of the match in that instead of submit or surrender, teams could now win by pin fall or submission.
===Order of entry===
For the first NXT WarGames match on November 18, 2017 instead of 2 teams, there were three teams facing each other in the match.
*All three teams were contained inside separate shark cages by the entrance way, with a member from each team (as chosen by his respective squad) starting the match.
*After five minutes, the remaining members from one team were released from their shark cage and allowed to enter the match.
*When another period elapsed, the remaining members from a second team were released from their shark cage and entered the match.
*Following another period, the final team's members were released from their shark cage and entered the match.
*Once all members of all three teams entered, a victory was attained via pin fall or submission.
*If someone from a team tried to escape the cage by climbing out of the structure, they forfeited the match for their team.
The second NXT WarGames match on November 17, 2018 had 2 teams of 4 members each. Both teams were contained inside separate shark cages by the entrance way, with a member from each team (as chosen by his respective squad) starting the match. The order of entry followed the traditional order set by the first WarGames match.
===Match history===
#	Match 	Event 	Event	Event
1	The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) defeated Sanity (Eric Young, Alexander Wolfe & Killian Dain) and The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) & Roderick Strong	NXT TakeOver: WarGamesNovember 18, 2017 	 	
2	Pete Dunne, Ricochet, & The War Raiders (Hanson & Rowe) defeated The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, Bobby Fish, & Kyle O'Reilly) 	NXT TakeOver: WarGames IINovember 17, 2018 	 	
3	Rhea Ripley, Candice LeRae, Tegan Nox & Dakota Kai defeated Shayna Baszler, Io Shirai, Bianca Belair & Kay Lee Ray 	NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2019November 23, 2019	 	
4	Tommaso Ciampa, Dominik Dijakovic, Keith Lee & Kevin Owens defeated The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly & Roderick Strong) 	NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2019November 23, 2019	 	
5	Team Candice (Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, Raquel González & Toni Storm) defeated Team Shotzi (Shotzi Blackheart, Ember Moon, Rhea Ripley & Io Shirai) 	NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2020December 6, 2020 	 	
6	The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, Roderick Strong & Bobby Fish) defeated Pat McAfee, Pete Dunne, Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan 	NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2020December 6, 2020 	 	
7	Raquel González, Cora Jade, Io Shirai & Kay Lee Ray defeated Dakota Kai, Mandy Rose, Gigi Dolin & Jacy Jayne 	NXT WarGames 2021December 5, 2021 	 	
8	Bron Breakker, Carmelo Hayes, Tony D'Angelo & Grayson Waller defeated Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, Pete Dunne & LA Knight 	NXT WarGames 2021December 5, 2021 	 	
===Survivor Series===
In 2022 WWE brought WarGames to their Survivor Series event. 2 teams of 5 members each with both teams contained inside separate shark cages by the entrance way, with a member from each team (as chosen by his respective squad) starting the match. The order of entry followed the traditional order set by the first WarGames match and was decided by matches on Raw and SmackDown before the event. The rules remained the same, win by pinfall or submission.
===Match history===
#	Match 	Event 	Event	Event
1	Alexa Bliss, Asuka, Becky Lynch, Bianca Belair & Mia Yim defeated Nikki Cross, Rhea Ripley & Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai & IYO SKY) 	Survivor Series 2022November 26, 2022	 	
2	The Bloodline (Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Roman Reigns, Sami Zayn & Solo Sikoa) (w/Paul Heyman) defeated Drew McIntyre, Kevin Owens & The Brawling Brutes (Butch, Ridge Holland & Sheamus)	Survivor Series 2022November 26, 2022	 	
3	Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Shotzi & Bianca Belair defeated Damage CTRL (Asuka, IYO SKY, Bayley & Kairi Sane) (w/Dakota Kai) 	Survivor Series 2023November 25, 2023	 	
4	Cody Rhodes, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn, Seth Rollins & Randy Orton defeated Drew McIntyre & The Judgment Day (Damian Priest, Finn Bálor, Dominik Mysterio & JD McDonagh) 	Survivor Series 2023November 25, 2023	 	
== Major League Wrestling ==
Major League Wrestling (MLW) has held two WarGames matches. Both with two rings with a cage that didn't have a roof. The first on September 19, 2003 when The Funkin' Army (Bill Alfonso, Sabu, Steve Williams, Terry Funk & The Sandman) defeated The Xtreme Horsemen (Barry Windham, CW Anderson, PJ Walker, Simon Diamond & Steve Corino). The second on September 6, 2018 when Barrington Hughes, John Hennigan, Kotto Brazil, Shane Strickland & Tommy Dreamer defeated Abyss, Jimmy Havoc, Sami Callihan & The Death Machines (Leon Scott & Sawyer Fulton).
== Videos ==
*How Dusty Rhodes created the WarGames Match
*Arn Anderson reflects on WarGames
*Booker T on what makes WarGames a match unlike any other
*Legacy of WarGames
*WarGames Match: WCW Fall Brawl 1995 FULL MATCH
*WarGames Match: WCW Fall Brawl 1998 FULL MATCH
*MLW WAR GAMES 2003: Funkin' Army vs. Extreme Horsemen FULL MATCH
*Triple Threat WarGames Match: NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2017 FULL MATCH
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