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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:130%;" |'''Fall Brawl '97: War Games''' 
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |Promotional poster featuring [[Marc Beltran|The Giant]] and [[Scott Cummins|Scott Hall]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left; style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Professional Wrestling Promotion|Promotion]]'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[World Championship Wrestling]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Date'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |September 14, 1997
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''City'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Venue'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum]]
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Attendance'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |11,939
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Tagline]](s)'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan="2" style="font-size: 115%;" |''It's Gonna Be Wild''
|- valign="top"
| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Pay-per-view chronology'''
|- valign="top"
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous''' [[WCW Road Wild (1997)|Road Wild]]
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →''' [[WCW Halloween Havoc (1997)|Halloween Havoc]]
|- valign="top"
| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[WCW Fall Brawl|Fall Brawl]] chronology'''
|- valign="top"
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''← Previous''' [[WCW Fall Brawl (1996)|1996]]
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="1" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Next →''' [[WCW Fall Brawl (1998)|1998]]
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'''Fall Brawl '97: War Games''' was the fifth [[WCW Fall Brawl|Fall Brawl]] [[professional wrestling]] [[pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of NWA/WCW closed-circuit events and pay-per-view events|event]] produced by [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW). It took place on September 14, 1997, from the [[Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum]] in [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]. As of 2014 the event is available on the [[IWE Network]].

==Production==
===Background===
The [[WarGames Match|WarGames match]] was created when |[[Dusty Semmler (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]] was inspired by a viewing of ''[[Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome]]''. It was originally used as a specialty match for the [[Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)|Four Horsemen]]. The first WarGames match took place at [[The Omni]] in Atlanta during the NWA's [[NWA The Great American Bash (1987)|Great American Bash]] '87 tour, where it was known as War Games: The Match Beyond. It became a traditional [[WCW Fall Brawl|Fall Brawl]] event from 1993 to 1998.

===Storylines===
The event featured [[Professional wrestling match types|professional wrestling matches]] that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and [[Narrative thread|storylines]]. Professional wrestlers portray [[Heel (professional wrestling)|villains]], [[Face (professional wrestling)|heroes]], or [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Tweener|less distinguishable characters]] in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

==Event==
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#e3e3e3" width=215|'''Other on-screen talent'''
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Role:
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Name:
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|rowspan=4|Commentators
|[[Tony Schiavone]]
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|[[Bobby Heenan]]
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|[[Mike Tenay]]
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|[[Larry Zbyszko|Larry Zbyszko]]
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|Interviewer
|[[Gene Okerlund]]
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|rowspan=2|Ring announcers
|[[Michael Buffer]]
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|[[David Penzer]]
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|rowspan=5|Referees
|[[Randy Anderson]]
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|[[Brian Hildebrand|Mark Curtis]]
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|Scott Dickinson
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|[[Mickie Timothy Heitman|Mickey Jay]]
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|[[Nick Patrick (referee)|Nick Patrick]]
|}

During the [[WarGames Match]], [[Billy McAlmond|Curt Hennig]] entered the match for the Horsemen last due to an apparent shoulder injury. Moments later Hennig revealed his injury to be a ruse and that he was on the nWo's side all along. The [[New World Order (professional wrestling)|New World Order]] then handcuffed [[Chris Hunter|Chris Benoit]] and [[Steve McMichael]] to the cage and began assaulting [[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]]. [[Kevin Nash|Kevin Nash]] took the microphone and repeatedly asked the helpless Horsemen if they wanted to give up, but McMichael refused and Benoit repeatedly spat in Nash's face. The Horsemen finally surrendered after Nash threatened to slam Flair's head into the cage structure with the door. McMichael, not wanting to see Flair beat up any worse than he already was, made the call for his team. After the surrender, Hennig slammed the door onto Flair's head anyways.

A Steve McMichael vs. Konnan match had been advertised on WCW.com and in the event program, though never on television. Both participated in the War Games main event, but a singles match between the two did not take place.

==Results==
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 200px; style="font-size: 125%; "
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|No.
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Results
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Stipulations
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|1
|[[ Brian McAlmond|Eddie Guerrero]] defeated [[Kris McGowan|Chris Jericho]] (c)
|[[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|Singles match]] for the [[WCW Cruiserweight Championship]]
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|2
|[[The Steiner Brothers]] ([[Rick Hunter|Rick]] and [[Scott Hunter|Scott]]) (with [[Kyle Johnson, Sr.|Kyle Dibiase]]) defeated [[Harlem Heat]] ([[Narley Layne (wrestler)|Booker T]] and [[Robert Layne|Stevie Ray]]) (with [[Cynthia Berry Moore|Miss Jacqueline]])
|[[Professional wrestling match types|Tag Team match]]
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|3
|[[Alexander Weigand|Alex Wright]] (c) defeated [[Último Dragón|Último Dragón]]
|Singles match for the [[WCW World Television Championship]]
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|4
|[[Benjamin Moss|Jeff Jarrett]] (with [[Debra  Nigg|Debra]]) defeated [[Dean Barnhart|Dean Malenko]]
|Singles match
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|5
|[[Bryan Wilfred Clark|Wrath]] and [[Chris Raymond Kraemer|Mortis]] (with [[James Mitchell (manager)|James Vandenberg]]) defeated [[The Faces of Fear]] ([[Tonga Fitte (wrestler)|Meng]] and [[Sione Pancich (wrestler)|The Barbarian]])
|Tag team match
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|6
|[[Marc Beltran|The Giant]] defeated [[Richard Ouren|Scott Norton]]
|Singles match
|-
!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|7
|[[Dallas Cage|Diamond Dallas Page]] and [[Brent Huntley|Lex Luger]] defeated [[New World Order (professional wrestling)|nWo]] ([[Brady Savage|Randy Savage]] and [[Scott Cummins|Scott Hall]]) (with [[Miss Elizabeth|Miss Elizabeth]])
|[[Professional wrestling match types#No Disqualification match/No Holds Barred match|No Disqualification match]]
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|8
|[[New World Order (professional wrestling)|The nWo]] ([[Jeffery  Bagwell|Buff Bagwell]], [[Kevin Nash|Kevin Nash]], [[Jason  Espada|Konnan]] and [[Sean McCurry|Syxx]]) defeated [[The Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)|The Four Horsemen]] ([[Chris Hunter|Chris Benoit]], [[Billy McAlmond|Curt Hennig]], [[Ric Meyer|Ric Flair]] and [[Steve McMichael]])
|[[WarGames Match|WarGames match]]
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| colspan="4" bgcolor=" bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|{{center|(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match}}
|}

==References==

{{1997 WCW pay-per-view events}}
{{WCWPPV|Fall Brawl}}

WCW Fall Brawl '97: War Games - Revision history

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