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1998 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.

Calendar of notable live events

January

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
NJPW Final Hall in Tokyo Dome January 4 Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 55,000
ECW House Party (1998) January 10 ECW Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1,650
WWF Royal Rumble (1998) January 18 San Jose Arena San Jose, California 18,542
WCW Souled Out (1998) January 24 Hara Arena Trotwood, Ohio 5,486
ECW Hostile City Showdown (1998) January 31 ECW Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1,650

February

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
WWF No Way Out of Texas: In Your House February 15 Compaq Center Houston, Texas 16,110
ECW Cyberslam (1998) February 21 ECW Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2,000[1]
WCW SuperBrawl VIII February 22 Cow Palace San Francisco, California 12,620

March

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
AAA Rey de Reyes (1998) March 1 N/A Naucalpan, Mexico N/A
ECW Living Dangerously (1998) March 1 Asbury Park Convention Hall Asbury Park, New Jersey 3,700
WCW Uncensored (1998) March 15 Mobile Civic Center Mobile, Alabama 7,475
CMLL Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth (1998) March 20 Arena México Mexico City, Mexico N/A
WWF WrestleMania XIV March 29 FleetCenter Boston 19,028

April

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
WCW Spring Stampede (1998) April 19 Denver Coliseum Denver, Colorado 7,428
CMLL 42. Aniversario de Arena México April 24 Arena México Mexico City, Mexico
WWF Unforgiven: In Your House April 26 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina 21,427
N/A First Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show April 29 Norwood Middle School Norwood, Ohio N/A
FMW FMW 9th Anniversary Show April 30 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 5,200

May

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
ECW Wrestlepalooza (1998) May 3 Cobb County Civic Center Marietta, Georgia 3,407
ECW It Ain't Seinfeld May 14 The Elks Lodge Queens, New York 1,250
ECW A Matter of Respect (1998) May 16 ECW Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1,600
WCW Slamboree (1998) May 17 The Centrum Worcester, Massachusetts 11,592
FMW Neo 1998: Day 1 May 19 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan N/A
WWF Over the Edge: In Your House May 31 Wisconsin Center Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin 9,822[2]

June

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
AAA Triplemanía VI June 7 El Toreo Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, Mexico N/A
WCW The Great American Bash (1998) June 14 Baltimore Arena Baltimore, Maryland 12,810
FMW King of Fight 1998: Day 2 June 19 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan N/A
WWF King of the Ring (1998) June 28 Pittsburgh Civic Arena Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 17,087[3]

July

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
FMW King of Fight II 1998: Day 2 July 10 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan N/A
WCW Bash at the Beach (1998) July 12 Cox Arena San Diego, California 10,095[4]
CMLL Ruleta de la Muerte (1998) July 18 Palacio de los Deportes Mexico City, Mexico 21,000
WWF Fully Loaded: In Your House July 26 Selland Arena Fresno, California 9,855

August

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
WWC WWC 25th Aniversario August 1 Hiram Bithorn Stadium San Juan, Puerto Rico N/A
ECW Heat Wave (1998) August 2 Hara Arena Dayton, Ohio 4,400
WCW Road Wild (1998) August 8 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Sturgis, South Dakota 8,500[5]
FMW Atsushi Onita Presents Liar, Liar August 11 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan N/A
CMLL International Gran Prix August 14 Arena Mexico Mexico City, Mexico N/A
FMW Welcome to the Darkside August 22 DirecTV Studios Tokyo, Japan 50
WWF SummerSlam (1998) August 30 Madison Square Garden New York City, New York 21,588

September

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
FMW Super Dynamism 1998: Day 11 September 8 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan N/A
WCW Fall Brawl (1998) September 13 Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina 11,528
AAA Verano de Escándalo (1998) September 18 N/A Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico 12,000
CMLL CMLL 65th Anniversary Show September 18 Arena México Mexico City, Mexico N/A
ECW UltraClash (1998) September 19 ECW Arena Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1,100
WWF Breakdown: In Your House September 27 Copps Coliseum Hamilton, Ontario 17,405[6]

October

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
FMW Flashover 1998: Day 10 October 6 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan N/A
WWF Judgment Day: In Your House October 18 Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, Illinois 18,153[7]
WCW Halloween Havoc (1998) October 25 MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, Nevada 10,663

November

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
ECW November to Remember (1998) November 1 Lakefront Arena New Orleans, Louisiana 5,800
WWF Survivor Series (1998) November 15 Kiel Center St. Louis, Missouri 21,179[8]
FMW Scramble Survivor 1998: Day 6 November 20 Bunka Gym Yokohama, Japan N/A
WCW World War 3 (1998) November 22 The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, Michigan 17,670

December

Promotion(s) Event Date Venue Location Attendance
WWF WWF Capital Carnage December 6 London Arena London, England 10,441
ECW
FMW 		ECW/FMW Supershow I December 12 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 2,150
ECW
FMW 		ECW/FMW Supershow II December 13 Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 2,150
AAA Guerra de Titanes (1998) December 13 Aguirre Gym Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, Mexico 8,000
WWF Rock Bottom: In Your House December 13 General Motors Place Vancouver, Canada 20,042
CWA Euro Catch Festival (1998) December 19 Stadthalle Bremen Bremen, Germany 1,000
WCW Starrcade (1998) December 27 MCI Center Washington, D.C. 16,066

Accomplishments and tournaments

AAA

Tournaments Winner Date won Notes
Rey de Reyes Perro Aguayo March 1

WCW

Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
World War 3 Kevin Nash November 22

WWF

Accomplishment Winner Date won Notes
Royal Rumble Stone Cold Steve Austin January 18
King of the Ring Ken Shamrock June 28
WWF Brawl for All Bart Gunn August 24 This was a shoot fighting tournament, rather than traditional wrestling matches
WWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament Ken Shamrock October 12
Deadly Games WWF Championship Tournament The Rock November 15

Awards and honors

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Main article: List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards
Category Winner
PWI Wrestler of the Year Stone Cold Steve Austin
PWI Tag Team of the Year The New Age Outlaws
(Road Dogg and Billy Gunn)
PWI Match of the Year The Undertaker vs. Mankind (King of the Ring)
PWI Feud of the Year Vince McMahon vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year Stone Cold Steve Austin
PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year Hollywood Hogan
PWI Comeback of the Year X-Pac
PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year Booker T
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year Goldberg
PWI Rookie of the Year Bill Goldberg
PWI Lifetime Achievement Bobo Brazil
PWI Editor's Award Paul Bearer

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

Main article: Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
Inductee
Dos Caras

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

Main article: List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Category Winner
Wrestler of the Year Stone Cold Steve Austin
Most Outstanding Koji Kanemoto
Best Box Office Draw Stone Cold Steve Austin
Feud of the Year Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon
Tag Team of the Year Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Most Improved The Rock
Best on Interviews Stone Cold Steve Austin

Title changes

ECW

ECW World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Shane Douglas
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
No title changes
ECW FTW Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – N/A
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
May 14 Taz It Ain't Seinfeld Taz introduced the championship during a storyline.
December 19 Sabu Hardcore TV #296
ECW World Television Championship
Incoming champion – Taz
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 1 Bam Bam Bigelow Living Dangerously
April 4 Rob Van Dam Hardcore TV #259
ECW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Chris Candido and Lance Storm
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
June 27 Rob Van Dam and Sabu Hardcore TV #271
October 24 The Dudley Boyz
(Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley) 		Hardcore TV #288
November 1 Balls Mahoney and Masato Tanaka November to Remember
November 6 The Dudley Boyz
(Buh Buh Ray and D-Von Dudley) 		Hardcore TV #290
December 13 Sabu and Rob Van Dam ECW/FMW Supershow II

FMW

FMW Double Championship
Incoming champion – Masato Tanaka
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 6 Mr. Gannosuke New Year Generation Tour
April 30 Hayabusa 9th Anniversary Show
November 20 Kodo Fuyuki Scramble Survivor Tour
FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – ZEN/Team No Respect Mr. Gannosuke and Yukihiro Kanemura}}
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 29 Team No Respect
(Kodo Fuyuki and Hido) 		Winning Road tour
April 17 Hayabusa and Masato Tanaka Fuyuki Army
May 27 Team No Respect
(Kodo Fuyuki and Yukihiro Kanemura) 		Neo FMW
October 26 Hayabusa and Daisuke Ikeda Fuyuki Army
FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka and Hisakatsu Oya
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 16 Team No Respect
(Mr. Gannosuke, Yukihiro Kanemura and Jado) 		FMW
February 13 ZEN
(Atsushi Onita, Koji Nakagawa and Tetsuhiro Kuroda) 		FMW
May 5 Team No Respect
(Kodo Fuyuki, Yukihiro Kanemura and Hido) 		Neo FMW tour
June 1 Vacant Neo FMW Tour
June 1 Team No Respect
(Atsushi Onita, Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Hido) 		Neo FMW tour
November 20 Vacant N/A

NJPW

IWGP Heavyweight Championship
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Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
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IWGP Tag Team Championship
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Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – [[]]
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
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IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
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Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
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WCW

WCW World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Sting
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 8 Vacant Thunder vacated due to the controversial ending from Starrcade 1997
February 22 Sting SuperBrawl VIII
April 19 Randy Savage Spring Stampede This was an No disqualification match
April 20 Hollywood Hogan Nitro
July 6 Goldberg Nitro
December 27 Kevin Nash Starrcade
WCW Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Ultimate Dragon
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 8 Juventud Guerrera Thunder
January 15 Rey Misterio, Jr. Thunder
January 24 Chris Jericho Souled Out
May 17 Dean Malenko Slamboree Malenko won a battle royal earlier in the night, wearing a mask as Ciclope, to earn a title shot
June 11 Vacant Thunder Vacated due to Malenko not winning the title shot as himself
June 14 Chris Jericho The Great American Bash
August 8 Juventud Guerrera Road Wild Dean Malenko was the special guest referee
September 14 Billy Kidman Nitro
November 16 Juventud Guerrera Nitro
November 22 Billy Kidman World War 3
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Diamond Dallas Page
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 19 Raven Spring Stampede
April 20 Goldberg Nitro
July 6 Vacant Nitro Vacated due to Goldberg winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
July 20 Bret Hart Nitro
August 10 Lex Luger Nitro
August 11 Bret Hart Thunder Aired on tape delay on August 13.
October 26 Diamond Dallas Page Nitro
November 30 Bret Hart Nitro
WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship
Incoming champion – Sugar Sato
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
April 3 Retired GAEA Full Bloom
WCW World Television Championship
Incoming champion – Booker T
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
February 16 Rick Martel Nitro
February 22 Booker T SuperBrawl VIII
April 30 Chris Benoit House show
May 1 Booker T House show
May 2 Chris Benoit House show
May 3 Booker T House show
May 4 Fit Finlay Nitro
June 14 Booker T The Great American Bash
July 14 Stevie Ray House show
August 10 Chris Jericho Nitro
November 30 Konnan Nitro
December 29 Scott Steiner Thunder
WCW World Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 12 The Outsiders
(Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) 		Nitro
February 9 The Steiner Brothers
(Rick and Scott Steiner) 		Nitro
February 22 The Outsiders
(Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) 		SuperBrawl VIII
May 17 Sting and The Giant Slamboree
June 2 Vacant Thunder Aired on tape delay on June 4. Vacated due to Sting joining the NWO Wolfpac.
June 14 Sting and Kevin Nash The Great American Bash
July 20 Scott Hall and The Giant Nitro
October 25 Rick Steiner and Kenny Kaos Halloween Havoc

WWF

WWF World Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Shawn Michaels
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 29 Stone Cold Steve Austin WrestleMania XIV Mike Tyson was the special outside enforcer.
June 28 Kane King of the Ring This was a First Blood match
June 29 Stone Cold Steve Austin Raw Is War The title was renamed to WWF Championship
September 27 Vacant Breakdown: In Your House This was a triple threat match also involving The Undertaker and Kane
November 15 The Rock Survivor Series Defeated Mankind in a tournament final
December 29 Mankind Raw Is War Aired on tape delay on January 4.
WWF Intercontinental Championship
Incoming champion – The Rock
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
August 30 Triple H SummerSlam This was a ladder match
October 9 Vacant N/A Vacated due to injury.
October 12 Ken Shamrock Raw Is War Defeated X-Pac in a tournament final
WWF Light Heavyweight Championship
Incoming champion – Taka Michinoku
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
October 18 Christian Judgment Day: In Your House
November 17 Gillberg Raw Is War Aired on tape delay on November 23.
WWF Women's Championship
Incoming champion – N/A
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
September 15 Jacqueline Raw Is War Aired on tape delay on September 21.
November 15 Sable Survivor Series
WWF European Championship
Incoming champion – Triple H
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
January 20 Owen Hart Raw Is War Aired on tape delay on January 26.
March 16 Triple H Raw Is War
July 14 D'Lo Brown Raw Is War Aired on tape delay on July 20.
September 15 X-Pac Raw Is War Aired on tape delay on September 21.
September 29 D'Lo Brown Raw Is War Aired on tape delay on October 5.
October 18 X-Pac Judgment Day: In Your House
WWF Tag Team Championship
Incoming champions – The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg)
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
March 29 Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie WrestleMania XIV
March 30 The New Age Outlaws
(Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) 		Raw Is War Aired on tape delay on April 6.
July 13 Kane and Mankind Raw Is War
July 26 Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Undertaker Fully Loaded: In Your House
August 10 Kane and Mankind Raw Is War This was a four-way match also involving The New Age Outlaws and D'Lo Brown & The Rock.
August 30 The New Age Outlaws
(Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) 		SummerSlam
December 14 The Corporation
(Big Boss Man and Ken Shamrock) 		Raw Is War
WWF Hardcore Championship
Incoming champion – N/A
Date Winner Event/Show Note(s)
November 2 Mankind Raw Is War Mankind was awarded the title by Vince McMahon
November 30 Big Boss Man Raw Is War This was a ladder march
December 15 Road Dogg Raw Is War Aired on tape delay on December 21.

Debuts

Retirements

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ Note that this was an internet pay-per-view event (iPPV)
  2. ^ "In Your House Results". TWNP. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
  3. ^ "King of the Ring". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  4. ^ "Bash at the Beach 1998". Pro Wrestling History. July 12, 1998. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  5. ^ "Road Wild 1998". Pro Wrestling History. August 8, 1998. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  6. ^ "Breakdown drawing 17,405". prowrestlinghistory. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  7. ^ "Judgment Day". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  8. ^ "WWE Survivor Series: Key facts and figures from event's history". Sky Sports. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
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