# Fall Brawl (1999)

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{{short description|1999 World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox Wrestling event
|caption    = [VHS](/source/VHS) cover featuring [Diamond Dallas Page](/source/Diamond_Dallas_Page), [Sid Vicious](/source/Sid_Eudy), [Lex Luger](/source/Lex_Luger), [Sting](/source/Sting_(wrestler)), and [Hulk Hogan](/source/Hulk_Hogan)
|name       = Fall Brawl (1999)
|image      = File:Fall_Brawl_1999_VHS.jpg
|promotion  = [World Championship Wrestling](/source/World_Championship_Wrestling)
|tagline    = Sting & Hogan Brawl For It All!
|date       = September 12, 1999
|venue      = [Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum](/source/Lawrence_Joel_Veterans_Memorial_Coliseum)
|city       = [Winston-Salem, North Carolina](/source/Winston-Salem%2C_North_Carolina)
|attendance = 7,491
|buyrate    = 130,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wrestlenomics.com/resources/wcw-pay-per-view-buys-ppv-buys-ppv-buyrate/|title=WCW Pay-Per-View Buys (1987-2001)|work=Wrestlenomics|date=25 March 2020|access-date=January 22, 2021}}</ref>
|lastevent  = [Road Wild](/source/Road_Wild_(1999))
|nextevent  = [Halloween Havoc](/source/Halloween_Havoc_(1999))
|event      =[Fall Brawl](/source/Fall_Brawl)
|lastevent2 =[1998](/source/Fall_Brawl_(1998))
|nextevent2 =[2000](/source/Fall_Brawl_(2000))
}}
The 1999 '''Fall Brawl''' was the seventh [Fall Brawl](/source/Fall_Brawl) [professional wrestling](/source/professional_wrestling) [pay-per-view](/source/pay-per-view) (PPV) [event](/source/List_of_NWA%2FWCW_closed-circuit_events_and_pay-per-view_events) produced by [World Championship Wrestling](/source/World_Championship_Wrestling) (WCW). It took place on September 12, 1999 from the [Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum](/source/Lawrence_Joel_Veterans_Memorial_Coliseum) in [Winston-Salem, North Carolina](/source/Winston-Salem%2C_North_Carolina).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wcw.com/eventinfo/ei_calendar_9909.shtml|title=WCW CALENDAR|date=October 12, 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991012094023/http://wcw.com/eventinfo/ei_calendar_9909.shtml |archive-date=1999-10-12 }}</ref> As of 2014 the event is available on the [WWE Network](/source/WWE_Network).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/every-pay-per-view-on-wwe-network-26179147|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140205010229/http://www.wwe.com/inside/every-pay-per-view-on-wwe-network-26179147|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 5, 2014|title=Every pay-per-view available on WWE Network|publisher=[WWE](/source/WWE)|date=February 4, 2014|accessdate=February 8, 2014}}</ref>

Nine matches were contested at the event. In the main event, [Sting](/source/Sting_(wrestler)) defeated [Hulk Hogan](/source/Hulk_Hogan) to win the [WCW World Heavyweight Championship](/source/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship). In other prominent matches, [Goldberg](/source/Bill_Goldberg) defeated [Diamond Dallas Page](/source/Diamond_Dallas_Page), [Sid Vicious](/source/Sid_Eudy) defeated [Chris Benoit](/source/Chris_Benoit) to win the [WCW United States Heavyweight Championship](/source/WCW_United_States_Heavyweight_Championship), and [Harlem Heat](/source/Harlem_Heat) ([Booker T](/source/Booker_T_(wrestler)) and [Stevie Ray](/source/Stevie_Ray)) defeated [The West Texas Rednecks](/source/The_West_Texas_Rednecks) ([Barry Windham](/source/Barry_Windham) and [Kendall Windham](/source/Kendall_Windham)) to win the [WCW World Tag Team Championship](/source/WCW_World_Tag_Team_Championship).

==Production==
===Background===
The [WarGames match](/source/WarGames_match) was created when [Dusty Rhodes](/source/Dusty_Rhodes) was inspired by a viewing of ''[Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome](/source/Mad_Max_Beyond_Thunderdome)''.<ref>{{cite AV media|title=WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches 2013|publisher=WWE}}</ref> It was originally used as a specialty match for the [Four Horsemen](/source/Four_Horsemen_(professional_wrestling)). The first WarGames match took place at [The Omni](/source/The_Omni) in Atlanta during the NWA's [Great American Bash](/source/The_Great_American_Bash_(1987)) '87 tour, where it was known as War Games: The Match Beyond. It became a traditional [Fall Brawl](/source/Fall_Brawl) event from 1993 to 1998. This was the first Fall Brawl not to have a War Games Match.

===Storylines===
The event featured [professional wrestling matches](/source/Professional_wrestling_match_types) that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and [storylines](/source/Narrative_thread). Professional wrestlers portray [villains](/source/Heel_(professional_wrestling)), [heroes](/source/Face_(professional_wrestling)), or [less distinguishable characters](/source/Glossary_of_professional_wrestling_terms) in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.<ref name="HSW">{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm|title=How Pro Wrestling Works|last=Grabianowski|first=Ed|work=HowStuffWorks, Inc.|date=13 January 2006|publisher=[Discovery Communications](/source/Discovery_Communications)|accessdate=2015-11-15}}</ref>

==Event==
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em; float: right; clear: right;"
|+ Other on-screen personnel
!Role:
!Name:
|-
|rowspan=3|Commentators
|[Tony Schiavone](/source/Tony_Schiavone)
|-
|[Bobby Heenan](/source/Bobby_Heenan)
|-
|[Mike Tenay](/source/Mike_Tenay)
|-
|Interviewer
|[Gene Okerlund](/source/Gene_Okerlund)
|-
|rowspan=2|Ring announcers
|[Michael Buffer](/source/Michael_Buffer)
|-
|[David Penzer](/source/David_Penzer)
|-
|rowspan=5|Referees
|Scott Dickinson
|-
|[Mickie Jay](/source/Mickie_Henson)
|-
|[Nick Patrick](/source/Nick_Patrick_(referee))
|-
|[Charles Robinson](/source/Charles_Robinson_(referee))
|-
|[Billy Silverman](/source/Billy_Silverman)
|}

[Berlyn](/source/Alex_Wright) was originally supposed to face [Buff Bagwell](/source/Buff_Bagwell), but the storyline was that Bagwell was late in arriving. In reality, Bagwell had refused to lose the match. Instead Berlyn wrestled against [Jim Duggan](/source/Jim_Duggan). In the main event [Sting](/source/Sting_(wrestler)) put an unconscious [Hulk Hogan](/source/Hulk_Hogan) in the [Scorpion Deathlock](/source/Sharpshooter_(professional_wrestling)) after knocking him out with a baseball bat and Hogan failed to respond to his arm being raised three times by referee Charles Robinson. The outcome of the match played out due to large amounts of interference. [Diamond Dallas Page](/source/Diamond_Dallas_Page) was the first to interfere, attacking referee [Nick Patrick](/source/Nick_Patrick_(referee)) and then hit the Diamond Cutter on Hogan. After Hogan kicked out Page attacked Patrick with the Diamond Cutter and took him out of the match. [Bret Hart](/source/Bret_Hart) then came out to attack Page while Hogan forced Sting to the outside. [Sid Vicious](/source/Sid_Vicious_(wrestler)) entered the ring to attack Hogan but was quickly taken out with the Big Boot. Hogan then intercepted a bat-wielding [Lex Luger](/source/Lex_Luger) as he tried to interfere; Sting then took the bat after Luger had dropped it and assaulted Hogan with it. After the match, Sting and Luger celebrated in the middle of the ring.

==Reception==
In 2007, Arnold Furious of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 2.0 [Very Bad], stating, "In terms of delivering tonight’s matches went 0 for 9. That has to be worth some sort of special mention. Hey, you’ll never believe how awful the WCW PPV was! This one is to be avoided at all costs. There’s nothing to redeem it."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://411mania.com/wrestling/the-furious-flashbacks-wcw-fall-brawl-99/|title=The Furious Flashbacks - WCW Fall Brawl '99|website=411Mania}}</ref>

==Results==
{{Pro Wrestling results table
|results=<ref name="thehistoryofwwe.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/fallbrawl.htm |title=Fall Brawl |website=thehistoryofwwe.com}}</ref>
|match1=[The Filthy Animals](/source/The_Filthy_Animals) ([Rey Misterio Jr.](/source/Rey_Mysterio), [Eddy Guerrero](/source/Eddie_Guerrero) and [Billy Kidman](/source/Billy_Kidman)) defeated [Vampiro](/source/Vampiro) and [Insane Clown Posse](/source/Insane_Clown_Posse) ([Violent J](/source/Violent_J) and [Shaggy 2 Dope](/source/Shaggy_2_Dope))
|stip1=[Six-man tag team match](/source/Professional_wrestling_tag_team_match_types)
|time1=14:14
|match2=[Lenny Lane](/source/Lenny_Lane) (c) (with [Lodi](/source/Lodi_(wrestler))) defeated [Kaz Hayashi](/source/Kaz_Hayashi)
|stip2=[Singles match](/source/Professional_wrestling_match_types) for the [WCW Cruiserweight Championship](/source/WCW_Cruiserweight_Championship)
|time2=12:10
|match3=[The First Family](/source/The_First_Family_(professional_wrestling)) ([Hugh Morrus](/source/Bill_DeMott) and [Brian Knobbs](/source/Brian_Knobbs)) (with [Jimmy Hart](/source/Jimmy_Hart)) defeated [The Revolution](/source/The_Revolution_(WCW)) ([Dean Malenko](/source/Dean_Malenko) and [Shane Douglas](/source/Shane_Douglas))
|stip3=[No Disqualification match](/source/Professional_wrestling_match_types)
|time3=09:26
|match4=[Rick Steiner](/source/Rick_Steiner) (c) defeated [Perry Saturn](/source/Perry_Saturn)
|stip4=Singles match for the [WCW World Television Championship](/source/WCW_World_Television_Championship)
|time4=09:23
|match5=[Berlyn](/source/Alex_Wright) (with [The Wall](/source/Jerry_Tuite)) defeated [Jim Duggan](/source/Jim_Duggan)
|stip5=Singles match
|time5=07:58
|match6=[Harlem Heat](/source/Harlem_Heat) ([Booker T](/source/Booker_T_(wrestler)) and [Stevie Ray](/source/Stevie_Ray)) defeated [The West Texas Rednecks](/source/The_West_Texas_Rednecks) ([Barry Windham](/source/Barry_Windham) and [Kendall Windham](/source/Kendall_Windham)) (c) (with [Curt Hennig](/source/Curt_Hennig))
|stip6=[Tag team match](/source/Professional_wrestling_match_types) for the [WCW World Tag Team Championship](/source/WCW_World_Tag_Team_Championship)
|time6=13:07
|match7=[Sid Vicious](/source/Sid_Eudy) defeated [Chris Benoit](/source/Chris_Benoit) (c)
|stip7=Singles match for the [WCW United States Heavyweight Championship](/source/WCW_United_States_Heavyweight_Championship)
|time7=11:48
|match8=[Goldberg](/source/Bill_Goldberg) defeated [Diamond Dallas Page](/source/Diamond_Dallas_Page)
|stip8=Singles match
|time8=09:04
|match9=[Sting](/source/Sting_(wrestler)) defeated [Hulk Hogan](/source/Hulk_Hogan) (c) 
|stip9=Singles match for the [WCW World Heavyweight Championship](/source/WCW_World_Heavyweight_Championship)
|time9=12:24
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{1999 WCW pay-per-view events}}
{{WCWPPV|Fall Brawl}}

Category:1999 in North Carolina
Category:1999 World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view events
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Category:Professional wrestling shows in North Carolina
Category:September 1999 in the United States

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