World War 3 1997

World War 3 1997 took place on November 23, 1997 from The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
 * The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian) defeated Glacier and Ernest Miller (9:09)
 * Meng pinned Miller with the Tongan Death Grip.
 * Perry Saturn defeated Disco Inferno to retain the WCW World Television Championship (8:19)
 * Saturn forced Inferno to submit with the Rings of Saturn.
 * Yuji Nagata (with Sonny Onoo) defeated Último Dragón (12:45)
 * Nagata pinned Dragon.
 * If Dragon had won, he would have got 5 minutes alone with Onoo.
 * The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated The Blue Bloods (Lord Steven Regal and Squire David Taylor) to retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship (9:45)
 * Rick pinned Regal after a Steiner Bulldog.
 * Raven defeated Scotty Riggs in a No Disqualification match (9:43)
 * Raven pinned Riggs after a Evenflow DDT.
 * Steve McMichael defeated Alex Wright (3:36)
 * McMichael pinned Wright after a Mongo Spike.
 * Eddy Guerrero defeated Rey Misterio, Jr. to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (12:42)
 * Guerrero pinned Misterio after a Frog Splash.
 * Curt Hennig defeated Ric Flair to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (17:57)
 * Hennig pinned Flair after hitting him with the US title belt.
 * Scott Hall won the Three Ring, 60 man battle royal (29:48)
 * Also in the match were: Chris Adams, Brad Armstrong, Marcus Bagwell, The Barbarian, Chris Benoit, Bobby Blaze, Booker T, Ciclope, Damien, El Dandy, Barry Darsow, Disco Inferno, Jim Duggan, Fit Finlay, Héctor Garza, The Giant, Glacier, Johnny Grunge, Juventud Guerrera, Chavo Guerrero, Jr., Eddy Guerrero, Curt Hennig, Hollywood Hogan, Prince Iaukea, Chris Jericho, Lizmark, Jr., Lex Luger, Dean Malenko, Steve McMichael, Meng, Ernest Miller, Rey Misterio, Jr., Hugh Morrus, Mortis, Yuji Nagata, John Nord, Diamond Dallas Page, La Parka, Stevie Ray, Lord Steve Regal, The Renegade, Rocco Rock, Randy Savage, Silver King, Norman Smiley, Louie Spicolli, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Super Calo, Squire David Taylor, Ray Traylor, Último Dragón, Greg Valentine, Villaño IV, Villaño V, Vincent, Kendall Windham, Wrath and Alex Wright
 * Kevin Nash (disguised as Sting) descended from the rafters with a baseball bat, causing Hogan to eliminate himself. "Sting" then attacked and eliminated the Giant to give Hall a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Uncensored 1998.
 * The match began with only 59 competitors. When there were only 3 men left (Hall, Page and the Giant), Hollywood Hogan (who was WCW Champion at the time) entered the match as the 60th entry. He did this to personally eliminate the last competitors so nobody would win the title shot.