Halloween Havoc 1998 Live Discussion - October 18, 2020

[Chris]

I saw the word starting for some reason

 

[Smart Marx]

Oh yeah, always been feared, but you wouldn't think Goldberg would sell that.

 

[Chris]

DDP def got the winning gameplan here, he's done all his homework

 

[Hoss]

Nah, Nash was insanely over in 1998 and the match with Goldberg outdraws even WrestleMania. I don't think you retain that number without this huge match the fans in 1998 wanted to see.

I mean I'm exaggerating But you definitely could have put a few different people in that match and drawn huge. Starrcades 96-98 all rank among WCW's best buy rates. The business was on fire. WCW had plenty of hot acts.

 

[Chris]

Goldberg with a baby Jackhammer as I like to call it

 

[Hoss]

Though I'm not saying Nash shouldn't have been the guy in there. I have no real qualms with him breaking the streak.

 

[Kim Jong Umb]

Did Nash need to beat Goldberg? No. They could of had DDP or even Booker T Scott Steiner

 

[Chris]

Nash was easily one of the most over guys at the time

 

[Hoss]

Absolutely

 

[Chris]

Probs second behind Goldberg honestly

 

[Hoss]

I equate Nash beating Goldberg, almost to Charlotte beating Asuka

 

[Hoss]

I'm sure a lot of motherfuckers don't like it, but the qualifications speak for themselves

 

[Chris]

Man this DDP guy has got it I tell ya

 

[Smart Marx]

I mean I'm exaggerating But you definitely could have put a few different people in that match and drawn huge. Starrcades 96-98 all rank among WCW's best buy rates. The business was on fire. WCW had plenty of hot acts.

Bash at the Beach and Halloween Havoc actually draw more than Starrcade outside 1997 and 1998. 1997 you had the year-long build with Sting. You even look at this show and you have DDP with Goldberg, Hogan with Warrior, Bret with Sting and Hall with Nash and doesn't draw what Starrcade does this year. I do think DDP and Goldberg rematch draws a decent number, but the fans were behind Nash. His pops were starting to get louder than Goldberg's in some markets and Nash was being built like the first true challenge to to the streak. I do believe this match, specifically is what got them the buy they did. I would not have been disappointed with a DDP rematch, though.

 

[Chris]

Holy shit what a Spear